The mbers of the Whitebeard Pirates were far from weak, and since Haibara ow did not use the highest concentration of the Satan Potion, Ace and the others soon began to recover one after another, just as Sherwin had predicted.
However, this ti they didn’t dare to swarm the "Poisonous-Handed Alchemist ow" all at once.
Only Marco, being the ship doctor, and Ace, who shared a good relationship with them, cautiously approached.
"Um... Miss Haibara, how is Pop condition? Is there a way to treat him?"
Marco inquired carefully once again, for fear of annoying this little kitten with a prickly temperant.
Having already taught them a lesson, Haibara ow naturally wouldn’t continue to be moody and directly shared the results of her examination.
"Conventional thods are of little use," she said, looking seriously at Marco. "You are a doctor too, so you should understand that your Pops isn’t actually suffering from any specific illness he simply old, ow."
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Marco sighed. He certainly knew what was going on with Whitebeard body. If it were just simple injuries or even certain diseases, he could heal them directly with the Flas of Resurrection provided by his Phoenix Fruit.
However, his Flas of Resurrection were powerless against the aging caused by ti.
"Is even Dr. Kureha thod useless?"
Shirahoshi, also worried about Whitebeard health, asked urgently, "She over a hundred and thirty years old and still very healthy!"
"That different," Haibara ow replied, finding ti to answer while jostling with Klee ow for "territory" in Sherwin arms.
"Dr. Kureha condition is the result of years of accumulated maintenance. To put it simply, it a ans of delaying aging and maintaining physiological functions, ow.
But Newgate body has already aged severely those maintenance thods can only extend his life, not make him young again, ow."
"To put it in an easier way to understand..." Haibara ow paused before continuing her explanation.
"Even though Dr. Kureha is over a hundred and thirty years old, her body remains in a state similar to soone in their sixties or even fifties. Garp is in his seventies, and his body is roughly in a seventy-year-old state. But Newgate body has already reached a state of soone in their eighties or even nineties, ow."
"As for why Newgate body has aged so drastically, it might be as Dr. Kureha speculated—due to the accumulation of one or more old injuries, or perhaps because he was once poisoned by sothing that caused functional damage, or maybe a combination of two or more external factors, ow."
Haibara ow spread her paws and shrugged helplessly. "I can’t turn back ti, so I can’t determine the exact cause, and even if I knew, it wouldn’t matter, ow."
Marco, as the ship doctor and the primary physician who had been treating Whitebeard body for years, naturally knew that what Haibara ow said was true.
In fact, he hadn’t held much hope for Haibara ow or even Vegapunk from the start he simply didn’t want to throw cold water on his comrades.
But Ace didn’t have such preconceived notions, so he keenly caught the first thing Haibara ow had said—
"Little sister Haibara, you just said that conventional thods aren’t of much use for Pop body, which ans there are unconventional thods?"
"Of course ow."
The little kitten nodded her head. "The simplest thod is to use a Devil Fruit with ti-reversal abilities to directly make Newgate young again ow.
The only drawback to doing this is that if the person ability is deactivated, Newgate will revert to his original state, and his physical condition might even worsen further due to the instantaneous aging ow."
"Unless the opponent Devil Fruit ability is permanent, but as far as I know, Bonney fruit ability has a ti limit... Oh, Bonney is the Age-Age Fruit user, she can make a person younger or older ow."
"Additionally, there is a more complex thod, which is to create a clone of Newgate and then transplant all the clone organs into his body, or directly transplant his brain into the clone ow."
After giving a solution from the mystical side involving Devil Fruits, Haibara ow provided a very scientific one. "However, this thod also has drawbacks ow."
She added, "Although the clone uses Newgate Lineage Factor and its basic physical attributes are no different from the original, it wasn’t forged through his own training, so his strength would certainly decline.
He might even have to re-train his Haki. Furthermore, the brain can’t be replaced no matter what no matter how young the cloned body is, it impossible to let him live another seventy or eighty years ow."
"Gurarararara! What this about returning to youth or clones! I don’t need any of it!"
Just as Ace and the others were still weighing the pros and cons of the two plans, Whitebeard interrupted their thoughts with a loud laugh.
"Haibara already told the situation during the previous check-up, but I don’t need any of it!"
Whitebeard spoke very seriously to Ace and the others: "On this sea, people will always die, and new people will always appear. I am a remnant of the old era, and sooner or later, I will fade away with ti.
What difference does it make if I live a few years more or less? Using every possible ans to cling to life and refusing to die is far too unsightly. I am Whitebeard!"
Since things had reached this point, Ace and the others knew that further persuasion was useless.
Furthermore, they actually agreed with Whitebeard perspective. Pirates of their alignnt, who leaned toward the side of good, were always accustod to brushing aside concerns for their own lives.
Otherwise, Whitebeard wouldn’t have persisted in heavy drinking despite knowing he shouldn’t.
Of course, while they understood, it was unrealistic to expect Ace and the others to remain completely indifferent—
"Pops!"
The mbers of the Whitebeard Pirates stopped their persuasion, but they collectively surged forward to surround Whitebeard, weeping uncontrollably.
However, one of the characteristics of the world of pirates was how quickly people emotions could shift.
One mont they were crying their eyes out, and the next, they were joyfully preparing for another banquet.
The reason was simple: Haibara ow had taught Kureha health preservation thods to Marco.
She told him that while this thod couldn’t save Whitebeard, extending his life for a few more years would be no problem.
Most importantly, Kureha thod did not require him to quit drinking.
So, not only Ace and the rest, but even Whitebeard himself was incredibly happy. The more he looked at Haibara ow in Sherwin arms, the more he liked her.
"Gurararara! Haibara, letting drink is more useful than curing my body! If you ever need anything in the future, just tell your Grandpa! I, Whitebeard, will find a way to get it for you no matter what!"
"Mm... if possible, could I have another Zoan Fruit ow?"
Haibara ow reached out a paw without any hint of politeness. She had long since researched the alchemical core of the Demon Drug series, but after using the Giraffe Fruit to test the Felyne-made Devil Fruit, she hadn’t obtained any additional Zoan Fruits, which left the little kitten quite frustrated.
"No problem!" Whitebeard agreed without the slightest hesitation.
"After we have visited Wano Country, I will imdiately send soone to help you collect them!"
While Whitebeard was teasing Haibara ow with a kind expression, Sanji ow roar suddenly ca from the direction of Ace and the others—
"Don’t think you’re so great just because your bounty is higher than mine! I want to duel you, ow!"
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