The Doctor Who Had Already Died
"Turn it off."
Luo said.
The Throne did not respond.
The White Swallow continued to glide forward in the darkness, its hull leaving the rocky strata. The muffled sound of water rushing over the hull could be heard outside, as if the entire ship was being dragged into deeper water.
Chopper asked into the communicator, "What is that? I can't see anything."
Patient records.
Whose is it?
Trafalgar D. Wa Tie'er.
A clattering sound came from the other end of the communicator.
"Luo, your father?"
Same name.
"No, they're not the same," Garp said through the Den Den Mushi. "He's your father's brother."
Luo turned around.
"You said that dead people don't leak secrets."
"I was referring to your father."
"Then why is he here?"
He's always been here.
Where is the body?
"The Throne didn't let you see the corpse."
Luo looked at the line of text.
[Status: Dead]
[Please confirm if you wish to revive]
You knew he was still alive?
"I know he's dead."
What are you all going around in circles about?
Luo's hand was already on the Kikoku.
Drake finished bandaging the wound and walked to his side.
"Don't touch the page."
"I have no intention of touching it."
You've asked three times already.
That's because no one answered.
"I answered," Garp said. "Wa Tie'er died once thirty-eight years ago, and then came back to life."
"Is this an illness or a skill?" Vegapunk asked.
"You're interested in dead people too?"
"I'm interested in anyone who can repeat their death."
He did not die again.
"Then how do you explain the files?"
You've asked the wrong question.
Vegapunk remained silent.
Luo looked at the page.
What should I ask?
Ask him when he first died.
"He died in the God Valley?"
"You've come to the right person this time."
One of the lights in the cabin was turned on again.
An old medical record was visible on the wall inside the door. The paper was soaked in water and softened, but the date at the top was still legible.
[August 10th, 1490 in the Sea Circle Calendar]
[Patient: Trafalgar D. Wa Tie'er]
[Diagnosis: Extensive burns, blood loss, fractures, cardiac arrest]
Lami looked at the medical records.
"That's the date of the God Valley Incident," Drake said.
"I know," Luo replied.
There is another line of text at the bottom of the medical record.
[Confirmed death: Monkey D. Garp]
Lami reached for Luo's clothes.
"Garp killed him?"
"I didn't kill him," the Den Den Mushi said. "I'm certain he's dead."
What's the difference?
Garp remained silent for a moment.
"When I pulled him out of the fire, he was no longer breathing."
"Then what?"
Then your father came.
"He saved someone?"
He saved the body.
Looking at the words on the medical record, Luo asked, "What should we use?"
"A fruit."
Vegapunk's voice immediately cut in. "What Devil Fruit?"
"I don't know the name."
Have you seen the effects of that ability?
"I've seen it."
"Describe."
He placed a stone in Wa Tie'er's chest.
Luo raised his head.
"Stone?"
"It was dug out from beneath the God Valley Royal Palace."
"Then what?"
"Wa Tie'er's heartbeat has returned."
No one spoke inside.
Chopper's voice rang out first. "That's impossible."
"You'd also say it's impossible?" Vegapunk asked.
"A dead man cannot be brought back to life by a stone."
"Then explain this."
Vegapunk placed a test result next to the page.
A continuous heartbeat was detected in the basement of the ship's medical room.
[Source: Unknown]
[Quantity: One]
Lami suddenly looked up.
"It's down there."
Luo opened the ROOM, his gaze penetrating the ship's deck; in the darkness beneath the hull, there was indeed a heartbeat.
It's very slow.
It made a sound only once every seven seconds, separated by more than a dozen layers of wooden boards and an iron shell.
"He's still alive," Chopper said.
"That piece of paper said he was dead."
"Medical records can be wrong."
"The Throne is infallible."
"The Throne may only recognize records."
What are you trying to say?
"Find the person first, then ask him if he's alive or not."
No sooner had Chopper finished speaking than the Medical Department's communications came through.
"Trafalgar Law, immediately cease the illegal opening of the ward."
Luo picked up the communicator.
"Can you hear me?"
"The White Swallow is a government-owned medical asset."
There are no patients on board.
Assets are not determined by the number of patients.
"Then why did you tow the boat away?"
"Recover the evidence."
What evidence?
"Evidence of your parents' involvement in God Valley's illegal medical practices."
Upon hearing this, Lami slowly loosened his fingers from the hem of his robe.
"They saved the child."
The Medical Department ignored her.
"Your sister is also evidence."
Luo squeezed the communicator until it made a soft click.
Say it again.
"Trafalgar Lami is a remnant from the God Valley."
"She has a name."
"The name does not affect archiving."
"Your archiving has killed sixteen children."
"That's a natural consequence of insufficient medical resources."
Chopper yelled from the other end of the communicator, "You're talking nonsense!"
Please be civilized.
"You took the child's blood for experiments and then claimed it was a natural result?"
"Experimental records show that the transfer behavior prolonged sample preservation time."
Luo raised his eyes.
"Sample?"
Sixteen children.
"They have names."
"The name does not affect archiving."
Luo raised his hand and projected the sixteen names onto all the communication pages.
Say it again.
The Medical Department fell silent.
"They have names."
This message was transmitted to the sea surface via the external signal of the White Swallow, reaching both Xiong's submarine and the blockade line where Aokiji was located.
A loud explosion came from afar.
Aokiji said, "The Medical Department has started blowing up the ship."
Luo turned to look at the heartbeat on the ground.
"I need to go down."
Drake said, "I'll go."
"You protect Lami."
"Then let Bepo do it."
Bepo is outside helping the bear tow the boat.
"I can walk by myself," Lami said.
"You can't walk," Chopper's voice became urgent. "Her oxygen supply isn't stable yet; leaving the wheelchair will cause her blood oxygen levels to drop."
"Then take the wheelchair down with you."
"I have no idea what's below."
Luo looked at his younger sister.
Lami pushed the wheelchair forward half an inch.
I want to see that person.
"Why?"
"He's met his father."
Many people have met Dad.
But he's waiting for you.
Luo did not refute.
Lami continued, "He waited a long time, and you waited a long time too."
She looked down and touched the coat on her leg.
"Now you've all been found."
Luo turned to Drake and said, "Take her with you."
"Lo!" Chopper shouted.
I will keep her where I can see her.
"You have to promise me you'll come back immediately if there's any poison gas down there."
"Promise."
"Also, you are not allowed to use your abilities to forcibly restore her."
"Know."
"You just said you knew."
"I'll do it this time."
Chopper didn't try to persuade him any further.
Luo walked into the nameless ward, lifted the white cloth on the wall, revealing the iron plate underneath.
There is a handprint in the center of the iron plate.
Two lines of text were engraved next to the palm print.
[Doctors can only take one patient down with them]
Patients must know who they need to see.
Luo placed his hand on it.
The iron plate remained unmoved.
Lami looked at the two lines of text and slowly said, "I want to see Dr. Wa Tie'er."
The iron plate made a muffled thud.
Garp's Den Den Mushi suddenly spoke.
"Lami, call him by his full name."
Trafalgar D. Wa Tie'er.
The iron plate sank downwards.
The staircase was now visible.
The heartbeat that came from the darkness paused for seven seconds.
Then, a man below asked, "Where's Rosinante?"
Luo grasped the Kikoku.
"Dead."
"Then who are you?"
"His child."
A light came on at the end of the stairs.
The man said, "You're thirty-eight years too late."
Luo pushed Lami down the first step.
The iron plate behind them began to close.
The man asked again, "Did you bring a doctor?"
Law glanced at Chopper.
"I brought it."
"That's good."
"Who are you?"
"Patient."
The iron plate closed completely.
In the ship's medical room, Garp's Den Den Mushi) lost its sound.
The Medical Department outside launched another bombing.