One Piece Dragon King - Chapter 23

When meditating, Hals didn’t feel tired. He could meditate all night as long as he had enough Energy Elixirs. As for the toll it might take on his body… he had Healing Elixirs.

The Healing Elixirs were astonishingly effective. They were so powerful that if you had enough of them, you could regrow a severed arm, even if the injury had healed years ago. They could regenerate missing organs and even repair spinal injuries that were otherwise incurable. The Healing Elixirs provided the necessary energy for healing directly from the elixir itself without draining the body’s life force.

The only issue they couldn’t address was blood loss. However, using Healing Elixirs and Energy Elixirs together could stimulate the rapid production of blood, preventing fatigue. They could even restore life energy lost from taking certain dangerous drugs like Alabasta’s Hero Water or Fish-Man Island’s Energy Steroid.

However, the Healing Elixirs could only heal injuries, not cure diseases.

Hals felt well-prepared for whatever came his way. He didn’t mind this setup at all.

The night passed quickly, and Hals woke up.

– Body: 17
– Soul: 18
– Blood: Magic Dragon (can master all kinds of magic) [Dragon Meditation Technique: Beginner] [Dragon Body Technique: Beginner]
– Negative Emotion Points: 196,790
– Magic: Water Element Level 1+ (1/10)

The negative emotion points hadn’t increased. Sadly, Whitebeard hadn’t given any more donations. Hals missed him a bit.

—

Whitebeard was having breakfast, with several bottles hanging from his body. Alcohol was no longer allowed. Whitebeard was in pain, having suffered many injuries and illnesses in his youth. Drinking helped alleviate the pain, but his health would deteriorate further if he drank too much. He relied on Marco’s Phoenix Fruit abilities to keep him going.

Sigh, it was tough.

However, Saatchi’s cooking was excellent. Suddenly, Whitebeard felt a tickle in his nose, remembering how he had sneezed into his drink before. Not wanting to ruin Saatchi’s food, he turned and sneezed away from the table.

“Ah-choo!”

The sneeze accidentally hit someone passing by.

Blackbeard: “…”

What just happened?

“Sorry about that, Teach,” Whitebeard said.

Teach looked at the cherry pie in his hand, now covered in snot.

Whitebeard felt embarrassed and touched his black headscarf.

“Never mind, Pops. Just take care of your health.”

Teach looked at the pie again, feeling a bit grossed out.

Sigh, delicious cherry pie, you’re gone now. I’ll just have Saatchi make another one.

Teach thought, pretending to be nice.

Those snot-covered pies were really gross, though.

—

“From Marshall D. Teach: Negative Emotion +50,000”
“From Whitebeard: Negative Emotion +130,000”
“From Marshall D. Teach: Negative Emotion +70,000”

—

What’s going on? Hals was puzzled.

Why did this involve Blackbeard?

Blackbeard was the most shameless of the Four Emperors but also one of the strongest. A Marine admiral had once chased him. Some said it was because he feared Akainu’s power. While that might be an explanation, Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit made him extremely powerful.

To prevent Blackbeard from targeting Whitebeard, one had to ensure Blackbeard couldn’t get the Dark-Dark Fruit. Giving the Dark-Dark Fruit to someone else might not work, considering Blackbeard’s mysterious ability to extract Devil Fruits from others. It would be better to trick Blackbeard into eating a useless fruit.

Also, Blackbeard might have three hearts, so caution was necessary.

Such a hassle.

Maybe, if Blackbeard did have three hearts, two should be removed.

Some said Blackbeard could consume multiple Devil Fruits because of his three hearts, while others thought it was due to the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Whatever the case, Hals decided to ignore it for now. He was hungry and needed breakfast.

Breakfast was crocodile meat from the previous day’s hunt.

“What’s going on, Hals?”

It was early morning, and Hals had woken up the trio. Luffy was groggy, yawning.

“Don’t sleep in, or you’ll miss breakfast.”

“Really? I want more crocodile meat.”

Hearing that food might be gone, Luffy jumped up instantly, only to find that breakfast was still being prepared.

Dadan and the others were busy.

“Hals, breakfast isn’t ready yet,” Ace complained.

“From Ace: Negative Emotion +70”
“From Luffy: Negative Emotion +50”
“From Sabo: Negative Emotion +50”

“Then why not help out? It’s good to improve your life skills,” Hals said. “And Luffy, you want to be the Pirate King, right? A Pirate King can’t just know how to eat. What will you do when your crew needs you?”

“I can still fight,” Luffy said, wearing his straw hat around his neck.

“Sure, but you also need to develop your personality and basic life skills. You can’t just focus on eating,” Hals said, patting Luffy’s head.

I’m taller than him, Hals thought smugly.

Luffy was indeed not very tall, even as an adult. Hancock, for instance, was much taller.

“Alright, alright. I’ll help, Hals,” Ace said, leading Luffy to help out. Sabo had already gone to assist with breakfast.

As for Hals, he thought, I just need to get stronger and beat the captain of that Blue Sapphire pirate ship. I’ll leave the rest to Grandpa.

“Yes, that’s the plan.”

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