One Piece Talk King: Starting with Commentary on Devil Fruits

The world of One Piece is cruel; only the strong deserve to live, and there is no place for the weak.

Eren didn't rest; he transformed into the Attack Titan again to receive the next batch of patients. This was at the request of Dr. Kureha, who would also need the help of the two doctors later, so he couldn't refuse.

After finding the castle kitchen, Luffy ate a big meal, stuffing his mouth with rice balls. Thinking that his other companions hadn't eaten yet, he wandered around Drum Castle, wasting a lot of time before finally returning to his crew.

At this moment, apart from Zoro watching the ship, all the other crew members are in this ward. Chopper in his human-beast form is using a stethoscope to check Nami's heartbeat. According to the diagnosis, she may have myocarditis. Fortunately, she was brought in in time; any later and the navigator's life might have been in danger.

While everyone was concerned about Nami and Sanji, the eccentric Straw Hat Luffy steered the conversation toward Eren, saying, "Eren, aren't you sick? Let this little tanuki take a look at you. You absolutely can't die!"

"I'm a reindeer, not a raccoon dog."

Everyone ignored Chopper's protests and removed the antlers from his head. The little doctor looked very much like a tanuki, no wonder Luffy mistook him at first glance.

Dr. Kureha, holding a wine bottle, turned her gaze to Allen. This young man had used his Devil Fruit powers multiple times that day, yet he hadn't shown any signs of fatigue or even broken a sweat. Could such a monster get sick?

"Oh!" Princess Vivi covered her eyes as Alan Yeager took off his shirt in front of everyone, revealing his well-proportioned and muscular physique.

Unlike most people, Allen has white patches on his skin below his neck, which are distributed in patches all over his body. This is not albinism, a skin condition.

"How can lead poisoning still occur? Your Highness, hide behind me, be careful not to catch it."

As a minister of the Kingdom of Alabasta, Icarum had heard a little about the destroyed white town. As for whether lead poisoning was contagious, he preferred to believe it was. It didn't matter if he, as a minister, died, but Princess Vivi absolutely could not be harmed.

"What is lead poisoning? Is it a terminal illness?"

Luffy picked at the vegetable leaf stuck in his teeth. He had just given the food to his crew, but they had no appetite and it all ended up in the rubber man's stomach.

As for whether he had contracted lead poisoning, his clever little brain made it perfectly clear that if he were to contract it, he would have been infected long ago, after living on the ship with Allen for so many days and eating together with everyone. Why would he have waited until today?

Usopp had heard about Amber Lead Disease in the newspaper, and the timid man trembled with fear. But Nami and Sanji were still lying there, so he couldn't run away alone. If he were to run, he would carry Nami with him.

"If this disease were contagious, you would have all been infected by now. The lead poisoning he has is a type of heavy metal poisoning. You've all been fooled by the newspapers."

Kureha walked up to Allen and touched the white patches on his skin with her fingers; these white deposits were a symptom of lead poisoning.

"I never imagined that there would be survivors from that white town."

The witch sighed. Kureha knew the truth about the White Town; it was a dark story she didn't want to recall.

Chapter 48 The Will to Survive

The truth that happened in the White Town is a stain that the World Government can never wash away. Even the most heinous pirates would shake their heads at it, and the brutal kings of the member states would think they were being merciful, believing that the Heavenly Gold they imposed on their people was better than losing their lives.

As long as amber lead ore is not mined, it will not affect humans if it is buried underground. However, humans cannot control their greed. The beautiful amber lead ore is mined and used in almost every place. It is used to make decorations for buildings, jewelry worn on the hands, and even tableware. It has been used to an insane degree.

Bringing wealth and the nickname "White Town" to the ordinary place of Flevance, this gift of fate had already come with a hidden price. The World Government and the royal family of this country knew that the lead ore was extremely harmful to the human body, but they did not order a halt to its mining.

Choosing to conceal the truth from everyone for the sake of money resulted in a massive outbreak of Amber Lead Disease. The World Government took away the royal family of this country, leaving the citizens to die on the spot.

They spread rumors to surrounding countries, claiming that lead poisoning was a terrible infectious disease, and the town's reputation as a "white town" became a nightmare for neighboring countries, who sent troops to blockade the town and prevent its inhabitants from entering or leaving.

This hereditary lead poisoning doesn't kill immediately after onset; theoretically, one should have several more years to live. However, only the dead can keep the secret.

The World Government also dispatched elite troops to Flevans to indiscriminately eliminate survivors; the elderly, women, and children were all buried in the fire, completely covering up the dark past that had occurred in the White Town.

As Eren calmly recounted his story, everyone in the ward looked on in astonishment. They had never heard of anything that crossed the line of humanity before, and their opinion of the World Government plummeted. They were still too kind.

"I am the adopted son of the nun in town. Unfortunately, my adoptive mother was deceived. The World Government tricked her, saying they could provide a ship for her and the children to escape. Instead, they fell into a trap and were all slaughtered."

Ellen describes the nun's kindness in her words, but unfortunately, her kindness is taken advantage of. She manages to save the children, only to fall victim to gunfire. This woman underestimated the World Government's determination to eradicate the White Town, not even sparing the most innocent children.

He was lucky to survive. Young Allen was standing at the back of the group of children when, just as the fully armed enemy opened fire, he managed to jump into the river and escape.

After drifting on the river for a day, when he returned to Frevans, the once white town had been burned to the ground and he saw a large number of people who had been burned alive, their bodies blackened. He still remembers the horrific sight of their deaths.

"That's really too much! They're all a bunch of bad people."

Luffy stopped eating too; he lost his appetite after hearing about this.

"Didn't you ask the Navy for help afterward?"

The naive Princess Vivi still believes in the navy at this time; this little mistress who never learns from her mistakes.

"Looking for the Navy? I saw soldiers in Navy uniforms searching for survivors near the country back then. If I had sought their help then, I wouldn't be standing here now."

A cold smile appeared on Allen's lips. After experiencing such a dark past, it was already the limit for him to remain rational. He was utterly disappointed with the World Government and the Navy.

Usopp chimed in, "Princess Vivi, if the Navy were useful, you wouldn't need to ask us pirates to help you save your country."

Crocodile is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a unit placed in the Navy by the World Government. These once powerful pirates have been given the legal right to plunder, which is a trampling of justice.

The World Government probably turns a blind eye to the theft of a member kingdom's royal power. As long as it's not brought to the forefront, the Five Elders are too lazy to bother with such a trivial matter. As long as the Alabasta Kingdom pays its celestial tribute on time, they don't care if they get a more obedient king.

"So many years have passed since the events in White Town. By all accounts, lead poisoning should have killed you long ago. How have you managed to survive until now?"

Kureha raised her doubts: if Eren had inherited the incurable disease Amber Lead Disease, he wouldn't have lived to adulthood even if he was young at the time. Could it be that he encountered the legendary Op-Op Fruit?

The opponent's ability to transform into a giant is something that, logically speaking, Eren is a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. Even if he has a stronger recovery ability than ordinary people after eating a Devil Fruit, it shouldn't have allowed Eren to survive until now.

"Chopper, lend me a scalpel!"

The little reindeer rummaged through the medical kit and found a scalpel, handing it to the cool man, who simply called him Chopper. He was very happy as long as the man didn't call him Tanuki Chopper.

"The Devil Fruit I ate has some special abilities."

After speaking, Allen gripped the scalpel tightly in his right hand and plunged it straight into his own body, blood staining his pants red along the blade.

"What are you doing? Why are you hurting yourself?!"

As a doctor, Chopper couldn't stand people not taking care of their bodies, so he immediately transformed from a tiny creature into a humanoid animal, becoming a burly reindeer, to snatch the self-harming tool from Eren's hand.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. I'm just demonstrating my abilities. Look closely at the location of my wound."

Despite the pain, Allen pulled the scalpel out of his body. Under everyone's gaze, a small amount of visible steam was seen emanating from the wound that had been bleeding. The wound healed little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye, and only one minute had passed until the injured skin was completely intact.

"What an amazing Devil Fruit ability! Could it be that you..."

Following Kureha's words, Allen continued, "The witch doctor guessed correctly, 'The human liver has the function of metabolism and detoxification. After a period of time, I will cut open my abdomen myself and replace the diseased liver. In less than half a day, a new liver will grow in my abdomen.'"

The people in the ward thought that the reason Allen had been able to live until now was because he had to personally remove his own liver every time. It was like a form of torture imposed on him, and he probably had to go through it every year.

"When I was a child, I needed a liver transplant every two years. As I've gotten older, the frequency of transplants has increased, and now I need one every three months. If this lead poisoning continues to drag on, I estimate that a liver transplant to detoxify the body will be too late."

Allen spoke of his death with a calm expression, which made everyone feel even more heartbroken. What kind of hardships had he gone through to develop such a mindset?

"Has lead poisoning already entered your brain?"

"Yes, the Devil Fruit granted me regenerative abilities, but I've never tried brain transplantation."

Constant liver transplants are merely a stopgap measure. In Kureha's mind, Allen's lead poisoning was something she was born with, that entered her brain from infancy, and that her path to survival had long been blocked.

Alan Yeager exuded an astonishing will from within, deeply moving everyone present.

Chapter 49: Rich enough to rival a nation

Having received countless pitying glances, Eren was already tired of them. Whether in the world of Attack on Titan or in this pirate world, he would not accept anyone's pity. He had his own freedom to pursue, and without Mikasa's entanglement, no one could stop him.

"Lead disease also brought me one benefit: it allowed me to develop corresponding hardening abilities."

This explains why the giant's body turns white and hard. It's not a Zoan-type Devil Fruit ability; it allows the giant's body to have the hardness of rock and can also harden tangible matter, turning it into a weapon for the giant. The price is that the damage from Amber Lead Disease worsens.

"Amber Lead Disease is an incurable disease. You are lucky to have survived until now. To completely cure this disease, we need to find a Paramecia-type Op-Op Fruit user. With my current medical skills, I can only delay the onset of your illness."

Dr. Kureha had no other options. For this patient whose poison had seeped into his bones, she could only use the special medicine she had developed to temporarily suppress the toxicity of the lead poisoning. This was only a temporary solution and did not address the root cause, thus prolonging the time it would take for Allen to receive a liver transplant.

"I never thought you could completely cure me. I'm already very satisfied that you can buy me more time."

After saying this, Allen fell silent, sitting alone in a chair in the corner, looking out at the light screen.

Upon hearing such heavy news, the joy that had initially been felt at healing Nami and Sanji was replaced by silence due to the suffering Eren had endured. Everyone else in the ward fell silent, unable to offer any words of comfort.

Suddenly, Luffy hugged the shrunken Chopper from behind, tickled the future ship doctor's armpit, and said seriously, "Eren's future may depend on this little tanuki. Chopper, do you want to come sailing with me?"

"Hahaha...I'm not a raccoon dog...Hahaha...Stop scratching me...I won't agree to this...Hahaha!"

Chopper laughed heartily in Luffy's arms. If he were to transform into his Zoan-type human form, Chopper Beard, he could break free of the rubber man's restraints with a single punch.

"It's all on the screen that you'll be my partner in the future, and I like you a lot too. I'm determined to get you on board."

Luffy's fingers didn't stop moving, lingering on Chopper's ticklish spot. Luckily, he had just gone into the castle's kitchen to fill his stomach, otherwise he would have eaten venison if he got too hungry. Chopper was the best emergency food on the ship.

"The light screen has changed again, and it's still about Chopper." At Allen's reminder, everyone looked out the window through the glass. The text on the light screen started scrolling again, showing the latest content to intelligent beings all over the world.

Luffy climbed Drum Mountain with his frozen hands, carrying his injured crewmate in his mouth. Thanks to the captain's efforts, Sanji and Nami were healed by Chopper. Without a navigator and cook, the brilliant navigator would have starved to death at sea before even reaching the Alabasta Kingdom.

After careful treatment by the doctor, Nami woke up that night. She was the first person in the group to have seen Chopper. This blue-nosed, talking creature did not frighten her; instead, she found him very cute.

Luffy initially wanted to recruit Chopper onto his crew, unaware that he was a doctor. He simply found Chopper's multiple transformations interesting and thought it would be very entertaining to invite him to his pirate ship.

Chopper and Luffy ran tirelessly through the snowstorm, with the latter finally winning over Luffy with his enthusiasm and successfully inviting the future Zoan-type God to join their crew. During this time, they helped defeat Wapol, the former king of Drum Kingdom, completely liberating the island and laying the foundation for the future Sakura Kingdom.

[Future chronicles will prove that Tony Tony Chopper joining the crew was the best decision of his life. Without the adventures with his best friend and confidant, he wouldn't have achieved what he has today. He might have faded into obscurity on Drum Island, and history wouldn't have recorded the story of an ordinary doctor.]

[To give an example using the Straw Hat Pirates, someone's affection for Chopper might be so high that everyone treats him too well, leading the Navy to view Chopper as a pet on the pirate ship and not give this ship's doctor sufficient attention.]

Navigator Nami is undoubtedly the richest woman on the seas in the future. Even Tesoro, the Golden Emperor who ate the Gold-Gold Fruit and is said to possess one-fifth of the world's wealth (Berry), is insignificant compared to this woman.

[When archaeologists discovered her remains in later years, the coffin used to hold them was made from a single Adam Tree, estimated to be over a thousand years old. Not only was it inlaid with hundreds of fist-sized precious gems, but there were also more than twenty Devil Fruits growing beside the coffin.]

[Analyzing the Devil Fruits according to the encyclopedia, none of the Devil Fruits used as burial goods are ordinary. The worst is the Paramecia-type Magnet-Magnet Fruit, and there are even Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruits. There are three Logia-type Devil Fruits alone.]

After extensive archaeological investigation, the entire island beneath our feet has been confirmed as the tomb of Lady Nami, and its area is roughly equivalent to that of the former Alabasta Kingdom.

She also used a lost technique for creating Poneglyphs, combining murals and text to record her legendary life in a detail comparable to a nautical log. The treasures that Nami buried with her were countless, and it took hundreds of large ships to haul them away in one go.

[The main problem is that this wealthy woman dug out most of the area beneath the island, creating seven or eight layers of it. She set up many fake main burial chambers and hundreds of accompanying burial chambers. If it weren't for the advanced laser scanning technology, we would have been fooled by the tomb owner and missed the real main burial chamber.]

[According to calculations by several of the most brilliant economists, if this wealth were placed in the Great Pirate Era and the unit of measurement for wealth were changed to Berries, Nami's burial goods would be worth over ten trillion Berries. And that's a conservative estimate. Her wealth during her lifetime was truly immeasurable, making her a figure who was richer than a country.]