At this moment, Jina also understood.
These people seem to have a lot of confidence in that guy.
But it doesn’t matter.
There’s absolutely no way she could lose!
She’d just have to see what skills this guy actually had!
“Here, your magnifying glass.”
Suddenly, a magnifying glass appeared on the table.
Jina looked down and saw Chopper staring at her, a bit nervous.
After saying that, Chopper turned and scurried off.
But Jina, standing behind him, had a strange glint in her eyes.
A talking… tanuki?
So weird… but so cute!!
It didn’t take long for Jina’s gaze toward Chopper to soften.
But given the situation, she didn’t make any bold moves.
Hancock and the others, watching the scene unfold, found it a bit odd.
What kind of bizarre bet was this?
Could it be… Vir had some hidden side they didn’t know about?
Or… was it that strange “sound” from yesterday’s treatment they were referring to?
At that thought, their eyes shifted toward the rugged-faced Golden Lion.
Imagining him making that kind of sound…
They all shook their heads.
Couldn’t imagine it.
Didn’t want to imagine it.
There was just no way.
The guy still looked pretty powerful.
Someone that strong… surely wouldn’t be so easily broken, right?
With that in mind, Hancock turned her gaze to Vir.
What was he thinking about?
The way he looked when he was deep in thought… she loved it~
Hm? He smiled!
Was he smiling at her?
She… was so happy~
Hancock’s eyes practically turned into hearts.
Her love-struck brain began spinning fantasies.
Meanwhile, Vir was looking at an item in front of him, unable to suppress a grin.
“Cranial Pop Mini-Injector”
Effect: Inject into the patient’s brain to provide 2 seconds of full invincibility.
Note: This may cause minor brain trauma. Possible side effects include: zoning out, sleepiness, uncontrollable drooling. Symptoms may last up to 7 days. Use with caution.
Price: 550,000 points
Review: Hard to evaluate.
It worked on anyone, under any condition.
Sure, it only lasted for two seconds.
But that was more than enough.
Exactly what he needed.
He bought it on the spot.
With this…
He could finally go all-out.
No more worrying about yanking out a ship’s rudder and accidentally pulling Shiki’s brain along with it.
This thing would keep him alive—but only temporarily.
During those two seconds, though…
He’d need to use his Vibro-Blade to carve out some of Shiki’s body parts to fill the gap.
Otherwise, when those two seconds were up, Shiki would still die.
At this point, Golden Lion snapped out of his brief daze and returned to his seat.
Vir looked at him.
No need for extra chatter.
Time for the routine consultation.
This step would have to be added to the process from now on.
Ask the questions, propose the treatment plan, then get to work.
What if they didn’t want to be treated?
Too bad. They’d get treated anyway.
Because at the end of the day, there was only one goal when it came to treating patients:
To heal.
To heal them, damn it!
Think you can leave before you’re healed?
But can you leave without your legs?
With that, Vir put on his most harmless smile.
Looking at Shiki, he asked softly, “So, what’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”
Hearing this and seeing Vir’s expression, Shiki felt an inexplicable chill.
Jina, on the other hand, overheard the question and immediately flared up again.
“He even has to ask? Can’t he see for himself? Once this treatment’s over, I’m gonna beat him up!”
She muttered under her breath.
It’s like when you already dislike someone—everything they do just seems dumb.
But her words reached the ears of the three onlookers.
Huh?
What did she just say?
Beat who???
Was she insane?
This little girl wants to challenge Vir?
And she’s even threatening to beat him up?
Oh, sweet mother of—
Are you serious?
Yamato’s face was pure shock.
She was already starting to feel pity.
This girl is done for.
Why did she keep doing and saying such dumb things?
Look at her, acting all high and mighty.
And complaining that Vir asked?
Him asking at all was already the height of kindness, okay?
Back then, she was pinned down under his foot, planted right on her E-cups, unable to move at all!
At that moment, how badly she wished he’d just asked, “Where does it hurt?”
Because then she could’ve screamed, “I’M NOT SICK! I’M NOT SICK!”
But she didn’t even get that chance.
And this girl had the nerve to complain about him asking?
How ungrateful.
Rayleigh also felt a pang of sympathy.
This old man…
Ah, never mind.
Talking about it just brings back… memories…
Anyway… you should be grateful!
Marco was equally dumbfounded.
ust what kind of brain would make this girl say something like “I’m gonna beat Vir up”?
Didn’t she even try to sense how strong he was?
Was she just throwing herself at death’s door?
Did she really not fear dying?
But then again…
Vir’s Observation Haki was so strong now that even he could barely gauge Vir’s strength.
Uh…
Well, in that case, it wasn’t entirely her fault.
Still, all he could say was:
Good luck, girl.
If you get hurt, you’ll have to go through his “treatment” too.
Shiki was also a bit surprised.
He had to ask?
Wasn’t it obvious?
Though puzzled, he still looked at Vir and asked, “This ship’s rudder—can you take it out?”
He pointed at his head.
He’d already consulted plenty of doctors about it.
All of them were too terrified to even speak after seeing it.
Not one had any confidence.
They said the rudder was lodged deep in his brain.
If they tried to remove it, the best-case scenario was massive intracranial bleeding.
Massive bleeding.
A 100% chance of death.
Even Jina had said the same.
She had no solution either.
Forget removing it.
Even in a fight, he had to protect it carefully.
It was practically a fatal weakness.
One wrong move, and he could be done for.
Jina now turned her gaze to Vir.
She wanted to see how he’d respond.
This was practically an unsolvable problem.
Hmph.
Annoying bastard.
Now, let’s see how you handle this!
Something like this… is impossible to fix!
But if even this can’t be done, then wasn’t this whole trip a complete waste?
No way!
He has to compensate us!
And that Whitebeard guy too!
Forget helping him fight— he’s definitely paying up!
But just as Jina was lost in her thoughts, Vir pretended to finish his contemplation.
He slowly raised his head, looking at Shiki with a troubled expression. “There is a way, but it might hurt a bit. And there’s a slight side effect.”
“Plus, it’ll use up a very precious medicine. Tsk tsk. Oh well, I’ll use it for you.”
After Vir spoke…
Everyone instinctively glanced at Rayleigh’s butt…