The Last Words That Were Never Delivered
I didn't receive it.
Jinbe placed his Shichibukai appointment letter in front of the Den Den Mushi.
"After joining the Shichibukai, the World Government only made me sign a contract for the release of Fish-Man slaves; Fisher Tiger's blood was never handed over to me."
Robin compared the receipt date.
This Receipt was issued three years before Jinbe became Shichibukai.
"It's been assembled in advance again."
Nami retrieved the record of Garp's forged palm print.
"They removed the signatures from documents from the future and stuffed them back into the past."
Akainu is reviewing the files of the Shichibukai.
"Jinbe signed a permit for the disposal of the Sun Pirates' belongings, dated the day of his appointment."
What did you write?
"In exchange for the release of the Fish-Man pirates, they agreed to let the World Government dispose of the unclaimed ships and weapons."
Jinbe's face filled the Den Den Mushi screen.
Blood does not belong to unclaimed weapons.
"The files classified that bag of blood as a biological weapons sample."
Boa Hancock said, "The Mary Geoise liked to call the blood of slaves 'samples.'"
"The restrictions on public disclosure are still in effect."
Lin Qi reminded him to cover up the Suns list again.
"First, find out where that bag of blood is now."
Vegapunk accessed the Old Archives of the science department.
"The numbering was transferred three times, with the last extraction performed by the Lineage Research Group. The remaining samples were sent to the Shichibukai Compatibility Project."
Buggy moved back a little.
What exactly is "Shichibukai compatibility"?
"Study the effects of Fish-Man blood on human enhancement."
"Using Fisher Tiger's blood for experiments?"
Aladdin leaned on the edge of the table, his sleeve sweeping the medicine bottle off his hand.
"He refused to let human blood enter his body until his death, yet the World Government took his blood and put it into human bodies?"
Vegapunk did not shy away from the topic.
"The old research project was handled by the World Government's science team. I only saw the compiled data at the time; the sample sources were all replaced with numbers."
Have you used it?
Jinbe asked.
"I participated in the study on the blood pressure resistance of Fish-Men. The samples used in the project came from voluntary donations, and the original serial numbers need to be re-verified."
Boa Hancock sneered.
"The World Government says it's voluntary, and you actually believe it?"
"So we'll investigate now."
Lin Qi interrupted the argument.
"Blood sources must be frozen first; any Fisher Tiger samples still in use must be suspended from experiments; and subjects already tested must not be destroyed due to illegal sources."
A notification popped up on the Throne.
[Discontinuing the use of samples will affect the assessment of the Shichibukai strength]
Buggy asked, "Which Shichibukai used it?"
The page did not provide a response.
The dark red mark under the sun spread outwards along the pages, finally stopping on an old conscription document.
The conscription notice only revealed half of the name.
Bartholomew Bear
The dragon stood up.
"Bear?"
Vegapunk immediately denied it.
"The bear's modification did not use Fish-Man blood."
"Then why point to him?"
Robin flipped the conscription notice over.
On the back was a line of inconspicuous additional terms.
[When the Shichibukai themselves do not require a sample, it can be transferred to their protected object.]
Lin Qi asked, "Whom has Xiong protected using his own quota?"
The dragon did not answer.
Emporio Ivankov squeezed through the Revolutionary Army's communications.
"He has protected too many people: the elderly of the Sorbet Kingdom, sick children, and slaves captured by the World Government. How can you expect a dragon to count them all?"
Vegapunk found the sample requisition records.
"Without injection, Kuma used his Shichibukai privileges to transfer that bag of blood out of the research database."
Where to send it?
Fish-Man Island.
Jinbe's chair made a dull thud.
I didn't receive it.
"The receiving location is listed as the former medical station of the Ryugu Kingdom, and the recipient is blank."
Aladdin went through the medical records kept by the Sun Pirates.
That year, a group of children who had escaped from Mary Geoise on Fish-Man Island needed blood transfusions, but our blood bank didn't have enough.
"Did you use it?"
"The serial number doesn't match; I need to ask the doctor who treated me."
While waiting for a response, the dark red mark in the undelivered record continues to move.
Instead of heading to Fish-Man Island, it circled back to Fisher Tiger's final page.
A line of text, obscured by bloodstains, appeared on the paper.
Don't let the children know whose blood this is.
Jinbe lowered his head.
Aladdin stared at it for a long time.
"It's Fisher Tiger's handwriting."
When did he write it?
"Before leaving Fish-Man Island, he left a blood donation permit, only allowing the treatment of Fish-Man children. Later, he said that the blood was contaminated and told us to burn it."
Boa Hancock asked, "What do you mean by pollution?"
"After he went to Mary Geoise, he didn't want his children to know that even heroes had been enslaved."
Koala's voice came from the Revolutionary Army's line.
"He didn't want anyone to know he had been injured, but he still gave his blood to the child."
Jinbe took over the sentence.
We thought that bag of blood had been burned long ago.
Vegapunk rechecked the year of sealing.
"The samples taken by the World Government came from before Fisher Tiger's attack on Mary Geoise; they were donated voluntarily."
Nami looked at the death report.
"They altered his blood, which he was willing to leave to save the child, into a research sample for the Shichibukai, and then covered its whereabouts with Jinbe's future signature."
The bear sent it back to Fish-Man Island.
"Dragon said."
He didn't leave any credit behind.
Emporio Ivankov, standing nearby, cursed, "That idiot's always like that! He does it and leaves without even an explanation!"
Lin Qi wrote down the sample disposal problem.
How should Fisher Tiger's remaining blood be disposed of?
The options offered by the Throne still revolve around ownership.
[A: Belongs to World Government research institutions]
[B: To be inherited by the Sun Pirates]
[C: Entrusted to Jinbe, Jinbe of the Shichibukai]
Jinbe shook his head.
"Neither is correct."
Lin Qi left the fourth line to him.
Jinbe picked up a pen and wrote for a long time.
[D: Verify the medical authorization left by Fisher Tiger himself, which can only be used for those he explicitly agreed to treat. Past use will not be pursued against the treated individuals, and any remaining samples may not be used for research or trade.]
Aladdin added a line.
The rescued children are not liable for the source of their funds.
Boa Hancock added one more sentence.
The identities of the rescued must not be disclosed.
After the five seats were approved, the Shichibukai Compatibility Project fell off the blood bag.
The bear's transfer record was preserved, but no right of receipt was generated.
The old medical station on Fish-Man Island finally replied.
That bag of blood saved twelve children, seven of whom had been slaves in Mary Geoise.
All names have been moved to privacy protection.
The only publicly disclosed information was a sentence written by the last doctor on the empty blood bag.
The sun didn't ask them if they hated humanity.
Jinbe copied this sentence into the Sun Pirates' records.
"Brother Fisher Tiger had one last message he didn't send."
Aladdin asked, "Which sentence did you say?"
"Before he died, he told me to come closer, and all I heard was 'Don't tell them.'"
You think he's talking about his experiences as a slave?
"Right."
Unanswered, he climbed to the edge of the final page and slowly pulled that dark red stain out of the paper fibers.
The obscured second half of the sentence is now visible.
Don't tell them, human blood killed me.
Jinbe closed his eyes and covered his forehead with his palm.
At the same time, the old Tax Token in Cocoyasi Village rang.
The Ju Bei pointed to the account books from the Arlong era.
"The same thing was written here before."
Nami took the ledger.
Next to Bellemere's death record, Arlong left a note by hand.
Refusing to pay the poll tax for oneself is considered voluntarily giving up one's life.