[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 312 The Tradition of Suffocation

"It turns out that Miss Toki is a time fruit capable person... Momonosuke-kun should actually be in his 20s?!" Youxiang said in surprise, "Why did you say it now, Olu!"

"I wasn't sure before, because Shi-sama's abilities are just rumors." People say that Shi-sama came from a long, long time ago.Olu said, "Maybe when Kozuki Oden was killed by Kaido, she felt that she needed to create hope before sending her son and trusted people to the future."

"If that's the case, we'd better not say anything."

After listening to Olu's explanation, Matthew became a little more serious: "Original contact like this should be avoided. Time travel, especially this kind of situation where you can travel to the past, is very dangerous. We must be careful You can’t create paradoxes. Otherwise, people you know suddenly disappear, or the situation changes drastically.”

"That's right, wouldn't it be bad if Momonosuke couldn't be born..." Youxiang didn't expect that there was such a relationship, she said, "What kind of person does Olu know Miss Toki?" ?”

"Kozuki Oden is the man who once went to sea with the One Piece King Roger. And Toki... Toki-sama was also brought back from overseas by him. When he came back, Momanosuke and his sister were already born." Olu replied, " Kozuki should have been on Whitebeard's boat. He should have seen Shi-sama as well."

"Grandpa?! Then, did that grandpa recognize Miss Shi too?!" Youxiang quickly looked towards the camp.Grandpa Meow is lying on top of Shanks' head at this moment.There was nothing unusual... Youxiang said, "Grandpa has turned into a kitten, and now he can't understand anything..."

"It's all as if it was written." This is too coincidental.If it wasn't because the old man was turned into a cat, he wouldn't have come to this island to meet Mr. Shi... Olu muttered thoughtfully, and his consciousness returned to many years ago.At that time, his mother had just passed away, and he was helpless, wolfing down the stolen food on the streets of Huadu.

"where is your family?"

Then such a voice was heard.When he raised his head, he saw a gorgeous and beautiful woman who had never seen such a grown up.Behind her were two children who were about the same age as her.

People like guards immediately rushed up to separate Olu from these people: "Master Shi! Are you okay?! What did this little beggar do to you!"

"W-wait a minute, this child is..." Immediately, some guards saw Olu's sky-blue hair, even though Olu's hair was cut very short and dirty at that time.The guard showed fear, and he whispered, "Master Shi, let's get out of here quickly."

"Why? What's wrong with this child?" However, Shi did not leave, she asked slightly sternly, "What happened? Why are you afraid?"

"Master Shi...this child..." There is no way, facing Shi's questioning, the guard had no choice but to tell the truth, "The father of this child is a pirate from outside, and people say that when the pirate was outside... It's a ghost. It killed many people cruelly, and even destroyed the country. Such a ghost fled to Wano country, and there are women who are willing to give birth to him..."

"........."

"People say he is the son of a ghost."

Listening to these words, she didn't say anything, but bent down to look at Olu, and smiled at him: "You remind me of someone I met a long time ago. He has a very strange name called... ..."

Augustus.

baffling.At that time, I just felt inexplicable.What is this noble lord talking to himself?But after that, Olu thought again, that was the only person who could talk to him gently and show such a friendly smile since he grew up.

And thinking about it now, that old ninja man (Master) found himself a few days after meeting Mr. Shi.It should be Master Shi who asked him to come here, otherwise how could it be so coincidental that someone with status and status would find and adopt him?

"Youxiang." Olu suddenly stopped Youxiang, and he said, "I should...I think I should thank her."

"Huh? Miss Shi?"

"Ah, that's right. Shi-sama... I should thank her. But..." But there was no way to save her. There was no way 20 years ago, and there is no way now.Can't you say it?Can't tell her?After all, there will be some way... how much can the worst be avoided?Just tell her what's going to happen to her—

Just tell her not to meet Kozuki Oden.So is she not going to die?Maybe I will be affected too, maybe I will never meet my master again, maybe I will die in some corner of Huadu.But in comparison, compared with my own life...

The smile he showed to himself a long time ago appeared in Olu's mind.Master Shi... Master Shi, what should I do?Should I...

"Olu." Youxiang felt that something was wrong with this island.It seems to put everyone in a dilemma.Let Dover be right again, this place is not normal.You have to cheer yourself up, someone has to stay awake!Youxiang held Olu's hand, she said, "Maybe the ending is very sad... But I think we should believe that people can make choices that satisfy them."

is that so?Is it true... Was the incident 20 years ago caused by Toki-sama himself, or by Kozuki Oden?I have no idea.I can't be sure.I wasn't there when that happened.There is no way to save Wano Country, which later went to extremes under the rule of Kaido and Orochi.

"Then let's find out." Olu said, "Let's find out how Toki-sama feels. Ask her why she gave up such a free identity and finally became Kozuki Oden's wife. I want to know her thoughts , and then decide... and then decide again on Wano Country, which is my hometown."

——Grandpa seems to have really recognized Miss Shi.

When Youxiang was sitting by the campfire, she could see it from Grandpa Meow's eyes.Grandpa Meow looked a little worried.Although he lay on top of Shanks' head, sometimes he stretched out his little paws to touch the top of Miss Shi's head.If the guy Shanks gets too close, he will also perform a 'meow punch' attack.

"..." While still looking at Grandpa, Youxiang was suddenly held in the face by Luo who leaned over. He looked at Youxiang seriously, touched her forehead, and then looked into her eyes, She also asked her to open her mouth and look at her tongue and throat before saying, "I don't have a fever now, but my throat is bad. Drink this. This is Matthew's purified water."

"Thank you, Mr. Luo...but I think you are worrying too much!" Youxiang took the water glass he handed over, and said, "Don't check me suddenly, it's so strange!"

"Sorry...I'll hold back next time. I'm just worried about you." I'd be more worried if you slept longer.As soon as Luo finished saying this, Luffy rushed over from behind. He grabbed Youxiang with an aggrieved face and began to cry: "Xiangxiang~~~ Matthew won't let me eat!!"

"Huh? Why?" It's too cruel not to let Luffy eat!Youxiang immediately said, "Why don't you let him eat, Matthew!"

"Eating the food from the infected place before confirming the source of the infection is equivalent to committing suicide. Please don't spoil him, Miss Youxiang." Matthew said righteously, "Doctor! Explain to them!"

"Shall I explain?!" The young man named 'Doctor' was still warming up.Suddenly he was named.According to Matthew's introduction, he is the owner of the time machine and a witness who can travel through time and space.It's just that his image is a bit too down-to-earth, making people feel that those tall titles are not suitable for him.

"Do you still remember those people outside the field?" The doctor explained helplessly instead of Matthew, "They were not dancing, but they couldn't control themselves because they were sick."

"...I have indeed seen similar disease records in some very rare medical books." Luo is sitting next to Youxiang (separating her from the approaching Shanks), he said, "It is called It is 'God's final restraint on human beings who have violated the bottom line of ethics'. It is a disease called chorea."

That's amazing, Mr. Luo... He's actually reading medical books!

"That's amazing, Luo. I'm actually reading medical books!"

Ace's voice overlapped with Youxiang's inner voice.

"I'm a real doctor, okay?" Luo retorted Ace first, and then spoke again, "The book says that although there is no definite evidence, many people with this disease are highly suspected. Extraordinary."

"Huh... eat, eat people...?" Shi covered her mouth in surprise after hearing this, and said, "Then those people you saw over the field..."

"That's why Matthew keeps asking if that villager eats people..." So it was.No wonder Matthew has been asking, and the villagers' answers are also very ambiguous.Youxiang even became a little scared.Now that night had fallen and the surroundings were pitch black, she moved closer to Ace and Luffy.

"Ah, that's right. Cannibalism is a major way of infection." Matthew confirmed Luo's statement, "There should be no ability to find the real pathogenic factor here. The disease-causing thing is called 'Ruan virus' .Although it is not a virus itself, but a protein that is mistakenly replicated in the biological body... No, it is not necessary to understand it in such detail."

"Prion virus is not transmitted through air and water. It is not the same as most viruses... Even, it will only cause disease if it accumulates to a certain extent in the organism." The doctor took this question and continued to explain, "The biological body is very delicate, because every cell is working precisely and strictly, we can stand here and talk and live a lifetime. So..."

"Therefore, proteins will not always replicate incorrectly. It is almost impossible for prions to break out in organisms for no reason." Matthew said very seriously, "Moreover, there is strict reproductive isolation between organisms. In many cases, diseases They cannot infect each other. Therefore, prions can be transmitted between the same kind or between highly similar species."

When Matthew said this, he saw Olu raised his hand expressionlessly.Like a student asking a question.So he said, "What's the problem?"

"Isn't it okay to eat it after it's baked?" Olu asked the question as if he had eaten it.

"No. Although high temperature can indeed kill most viruses, bacteria and parasites, but..." Matthew replied, "Prion virus is not an ordinary virus or bacteria, it can survive at extremely high temperatures .Ordinary heat cooking won't kill it."

"So that's how it is..." Olu said, "That is to say, as long as you eat it, you will inevitably bear this curse."

"Have you eaten? Show me your protein!"

"No. Don't come here, your eyes were straight just now."

I'm just seriously analyzing the situation!Olu dodged the rushing Matthew, he said: "That is to say, there are a group of man-eating lunatics living on this island?"

"It's not necessarily because of madness that you can eat the same kind... There are cases because people in certain areas have ancient customs and beliefs about eating the internal organs of dead relatives." Matthew spread his hands and shrugged. He said, "You humans always Crazy. None of them are normal."

"Well... it doesn't necessarily mean that I will get sick after eating it myself." The doctor smoothed things over with a wry smile, "Mother-to-child inheritance is also a way of getting sick, and...sometimes eating sick animals, humans will also get sick." will be infected."

"Let's just say that most wild animals don't eat their own kind. It's an instinct." Matthew emphasized, he said, "The more likely case is that animals in captivity were fed. One's own kind, and then get sick, and then be eaten by humans, and humans are infected again."

"The island is not normal anyway." Dover was right!As expected of him!Youxiang regretted it a little bit, she should have listened to Dover and made more mental preparations.She said, "So, can this disease be cured, Matthew?"

"It's an incurable disease. Even a person like Mr. Luo with special healing ability can't replace all the damaged proteins. What's more, the damaged brain and nerves cannot be restored." Law is created out of thin air.Matthew said, "Even in my hometown, this disease belongs to the early mourning type."

"Will there be white knights?"

"I don't know. But even if there is, it doesn't matter, he has been transformed into a human being." Matthew shook his head, and he said, "My suggestion is not to communicate with the barbarians here. Go directly to their hot springs and put Mr Sabo and Mr Newgate throw it in and wash it and we run away. And don't eat food on the island, especially meat."

Now no one would want to eat it...You Xiang is not even hungry anymore.But... this was originally the testing ground for the Tianlong people. What exactly did they test to make people like this?Why did you give up in the end?

How did the man named Ned White who became the White Knight be chosen...to be the agent of justice?Although it's a bit willful to say that I'm curious and want to investigate now, but I always feel that if I go back like this...

"I... I think there is some reason for this?" At this time, Shi suddenly said, "The people here don't look like uncivilized savages...they are also anxious, but they don't treat the sick Abandoned by their companions. Maybe they need help...Although it's a bit self-willed, I want to get in touch with them."

"...I'll go with you." Olu suddenly said, "No problem, boss, I want to ask for leave."

"No need to ask for leave. To be honest, I am quite interested. Although the civilization and ecology here sound terrible, what is it like in reality... This is the first time I have heard such an exciting thing." !Weird and exciting!Kagawa's focus was a bit off, "Let's go together, too!"

"Okay! Let's all go and have a look together!!" Shanks suddenly raised his glass and stood up, "Here we are! Let's set up our flag here! Beckman!!"

"Captain, are you drunk?" What you raised was not the wine glass, but Grandpa Meow.Beckman sat there, complaining with a habitual expression, "Forget it. It's good to figure it out. But we must hurry up. After all, our own supplies are limited, and things on this island can't be eaten casually." Bar."

"There's really no way..." Matthew shook his head, and he said, "I'll stay on the ship for repairs so that we can set sail as soon as possible. Can I leave the investigation to you, doctor?"

"Although I don't really recommend going to the (suspected) base camp of the cannibals...but it's okay." Because Shi's eyes seemed unconvincing.The doctor sighed helplessly, and he said, "But we can't help them...Let's go after a little look. When?"

"...I see." Shi nodded, and she said, "Thank you, doctor. You have taken me to so many places, and you still let me be self-willed every time."

"Haha... After all, we are partners now! Someone once told me... Don't be alone, you must find a partner. I was thinking about it, and then I met." The doctor smiled wryly, and he said, "Although I'm running out of time, but I'm glad to meet you at last, Shi."

"Why do you say goodbye, doctor." A person who can go back to the past has no end.Mr. Rand is also worried about me, but you are the most worrying.Laughing, she said, "Let's go! Let's solve this problem! It's like that time with Da Vinci!"

"I knew you liked Leonardo! Are you still doing something behind my back?"

"No! We just happened to chat, and then he gave me a gift..."

Ms. Shi was very happy...the trip between her and the doctor was really exciting.You can feel it just by listening to a few words.Youxiang looked at their backs, thinking that maybe it would be good to leave the truth of this island to them, but when she was not too self-willed, Shanks suddenly surrounded her neck: "Xiao Youxiang. We also let's go."

"Eh, eh? Where are you going?" The smell of alcohol is so strong, Mr. Shanks!And it's so close... Youxiang asked in surprise.

"Cannibal Island Adventure."

Matthew not far away: "It's Shit Island."

"Adventure on Shit Egg Island." Shanks smiled while correcting, "You are looking forward to it! I can see it! Uncle, I will go with you so don't be afraid!"

No, no, no... It's better to say that your card is a bit too big!You are the Four Emperors!Youxiang felt that this person might be really drunk: "Ace, Ace and I will just go!"

"Let's just go together!"

"Captain. We can't go together. You should be sober."

"Cut... Beckman is so stubborn! Slightly~slightly~" Shanks pulled Youxiang up as he spoke, and said, "Let's go, little Youxiang! Just the two of us!"

"Wait, wait a minute Mr. Shanks~~"

"Wait! Let's go on an adventure now!!"

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The author has something to say:

Shanks: I decided to fulfill the little girl's wish because I saw Yuxiang's intentions. After all, I am an uncle.

Luffy, who was supposed to be the first to jump up to take the risk: because he couldn't eat meat, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up again temporarily.

Ace: I'm thinking quickly about what excuse I should use to keep up with Yuxiang who went out with the Four Emperors.

Luo: I am thinking about whether it is appropriate to use the excuse that I am a doctor and I am responsible for patients (You Xiang).

Matthew: A bunch of idiots.

Iji: I suddenly realized that other guys are not much higher than me when it comes to men and women.