The Perennial Youth Operation's List of Drawbacks
Who wrote it?
Luo did not go to collect the parchment.
Joy Boy placed it by the hospital bedside.
"The first Devil Fruit User."
"Name."
"It's been deleted."
"It got deleted again."
He deleted it himself.
The White Swallow only has five minutes of oxygen left.
Chopper was still transferring the wounded, the sound of stretchers hitting the door frame could be heard over the radio.
"Luo, the main pipe can't be repaired. There's Black Line in the rupture; it keeps disconnecting every time it's reconnected!"
"Use the external airbag first."
"The bears are already being delivered, but there aren't enough ports in the ward!"
Lami opened the Medical Record Box.
"The old pipes from bed number seventeen can be connected to the White Swallow."
Wa Tie'er shook his head.
That pipe can only supply one ward.
"Gather all the people in the ward together."
"Moving seriously wounded patients could cause problems."
Chopper responded immediately.
"I'll divide them up. Those who can move, go to bed number seventeen. Those who can't move, stay where you are. Marco, help me keep breathing!"
Luo looked at the parchment.
"Open."
Joy Boy didn't move.
"After you finish reading this, you'll be on the Throne's surgical list."
"I'm already on the list."
"This difference."
"Which time was the same?"
Lami turned and glanced at Luo.
Luo did not avoid the question.
"She copied me."
No, I didn't.
"That was what I just said."
"That's because you learned it from your father first."
Joy Boy turned the seal over to the other side.
"It requires someone from the Trafalgar family to open it personally."
Luo cut his thumb with the tip of a knife and pressed the blood onto the Family Crest.
The parchment was not unfolded.
A system notification popped up.
[Current Devil Fruit User confirmed]
[Please confirm whether the reader is a qualified physician.]
Luo submitted the ship's doctor registration directly.
[The third doctor's authority has been revoked]
"It doesn't recognize it."
Lami pushed the wheelchair closer.
"I can confirm it."
"Your ownership rights have been transferred to me."
"The Button is still there."
She stuck the old Button next to the mark and tapped it four times.
In the ward, bed number seventeen responded with the same rhythm.
[Patient confirmed]
Trafalgar D. Wa Tie'er is a licensed physician.
The parchment unfolds automatically.
The first half contains no surgical images, only a string of names.
Twenty kings.
Each name is followed by the same diagnosis.
[Eternal Youth]
Lin Qi read it aloud in the Tavern's Cellar.
"Is this considered an illness?"
Joy Boy sat down on the edge of the hospital bed.
"At first count."
Who can cure this disease?
"A person who is afraid of death."
Luo continued reading.
Eight hundred years ago, twenty kings found the Devil Fruit User and asked him to share his lifespan with the royal family.
When the doctor refused, the royal family used all the patients on the island to force him to take action.
The surgery was completed, but the doctor died.
The hearts of the twenty kings were then inserted into the Throne.
This is not immortality.
Luo turned the page.
It's symbiosis.
Joy Boy nodded.
"They share the life stored within the Throne."
Wa Tie'er approached the parchment.
Where does the storage come from?
No one answered.
Lami has already seen the next column.
She covered the paper with her hand.
"Brother, don't read the rest."
Luo moved her hand away.
That column records all the patients registered at the Throne over the past eight hundred years.
People whose medical records have been deleted.
People who died during medical experiments.
People who are administratively designated as targets for elimination.
Whenever a name disappears from the records, the remaining life of that person is added to the Empty Throne.
Sixteen of Flevance' children were among them.
Luo saw the Echo.
The status following that name is currently incomplete.
"So Imu was just formatting the list."
Dragon leaned against the wall.
"If your name is deleted, your life belongs to the Throne."
"The world has read the name aloud again; the transfer has failed."
"That's why the Five Elders left the Holy Land."
Joy Boy pointed outside the tower.
The seawater still surrounded the five-headed demon.
Their recovery slows down, yet they remain impossible to kill.
"Imu must reclaim the God Valley before all names become public witnesses."
Luo unfolded the last section of the parchment.
There's a heart drawn there.
Twenty lines pass through the outside of the heart and converge at the base of the Throne.
Only two words were written next to the picture.
[Forward Surgery]
[Reverse End]
Vegapunk's voice came through the line.
"Bring the image closer to the screen; I want to see the connection location!"
Luo pasted the parchment in front of the projector.
"Did you see it clearly?"
"Move a little more to the left, so you don't block the twelfth line."
"You state your conclusion first."
"The Forward Surgery inserts the lifespan, while the Reverse Surgery removes it!"
Wa Tie'er asked, "Whose?"
"All life on the Throne that does not belong to it!"
What are the costs of the surgery?
Vegapunk remained silent.
Luo looked at the bottom of the drawing.
That part was soaked in blood, and the writing was stuck together.
Joy Boy poured the last dose of Stabilizer onto the paper.
The dried blood slowly dispersed, revealing the instructions hidden underneath.
[Reverse Surgery cannot be stopped]
[The caster will serve as Temporary Life Anchor.]
[After the stripping is completed, lifespan will be paid according to the number of years the stripping was completed.]
Lami reached for the parchment after reading this.
Luo pressed it down first.
"I haven't finished watching it yet."
That's all.
"Have."
"Elder brother."
"Let go."
She didn't relax.
The brother and sister each held one side of the parchment, and the old paper tore open in the middle.
Lami immediately let go.
You can't do it.
"Not decided yet."
"You always say that, but you always end up doing it."
"Then why are you asking?"
Because you promised to go together.
Luo closed up the crack.
"Repair the White Swallow first."
"Look at me and say that."
"I'm busy."
"Elder brother."
Luo turned the wheelchair around and pushed her toward the power supply interface of bed number seventeen.
"Prioritize the patient's breathing."
"You're not answering."
Doctors are not obligated to answer every question.
Chopper interrupted them.
"The pipeline is connected. Bed number seventeen can only support nineteen people; we're still short eight!"
Marco's voice followed immediately.
"I'll take three; the remaining five will go to the bear's air bladders."
"Okay, report blood oxygen levels after everyone has been transferred!"
The countdown for the White Swallow stopped at two minutes and forty seconds.
The old oxygen supply pipe of bed number 17 extends along the outer wall of the High Tower and connects to the bottom of the hull.
The alarms gradually decreased.
Luo put away the parchment.
Where is the Reverse Surgery performed?
Joy Boy points to the Empty Throne on the map.
The altar is located beneath the Throne.
How do I get in?
"The High Tower and the Tavern each have a separate path."
"Choose High Tower."
This road has been blocked.
Lin Qi asked from the other side, "So the only way is through me?"
"The Tavern is the Initial Terminal, and also the earliest operating room left behind by the Throne."
Upon hearing this, the chef immediately picked up the wine barrel.
"Move."
The helper asked, "Where are we moving to?"
"Outside."
Lin Qi closed the system window.
"Don't move it."
"The Throne is going to be used like an operating room."
"It's always done that."
"Before, we only used alcohol as medicine; this time, we're going to take people."
Several Black Lines appeared on the inside of the stone door of the Cellar.
They crossed the name and entangled themselves on the Tavern's foundation.
Lin Qi stepped on one of them.
The Black Line wraps around the sole of the shoe and continues towards the bar.
The system's highest warning level covers the entire page.
[The Empty Throne is assimilating the Initial Terminal]
[After assimilation is complete, the Tavern will replace the God Valley Altar.]
[Final Mission Begins]
[The host must become the anchor point for the Reverse Surgery]
[Execution refused; the Initial Terminal and bound regions will be cleared]
The helper read the last line.
What is the size of the bound region?
Lin Qi clicked on the detailed instructions.
The map expands outward from the Tavern, covering villages, crossing the East Blue, and finally connecting all public witnesses worldwide.
The chef was still holding the wine barrel.
"If you don't go, how many people will be eliminated?"
"The page is not written."
That's a lot.
"It's also possible the system is just trying to scare people."
"You dare to bet?"
Lin Qi reached out and closed the page.
The window popped up again.
"It can't be turned off."
Luo looked at him through the wall.
Don't accept the quest, I'll find my way from the High Tower.
"You just said the road was closed."
"It can be disassembled."
How long will it take?
Luo looked at the five demons outside the tower that were still recovering.
No one has given a timeframe.
Lin Qi turned and walked up the Cellar steps.
The chef asked, "Where to?"
"Take something."
"What?"
"Hunting Rifle."
"The gun barrel is rusty."
The door lock is old too.
Lin Qi walked under the bar and pulled out the Hunting Rifle that he hadn't used in a long time.
The sling got caught on the cork of the wine barrel, and he had to pull it off twice.
The helper followed them to the back door.
"Boss, this door has never been opened."
That's why we need guns.
What's outside?
Lin Qi rested the butt of his rifle on his shoulder.
There was no sunlight from the East Blue through the crack in the door.
A Black Chains pierced through the door and wrapped around his ankle.
The system provides one last instruction.
[Open the back door]
[Send the Initial Terminal to the Holy Land]