Have You Changed?

"What!"

"You're already forty-nine years old?"

In the captain's office of ship 404, Vidal, sitting behind his desk, stared in shock at Nacil, who looked like a beautiful young woman.

"Cough cough cough, yes, yes." Nacil blushed and twisted her two long white legs.

The office fell silent. Only then did Vidal remember that she had indeed claimed to be eighty years old in the theatrical version.

For some reason, my mood inexplicably soured. Doesn't this mean that Nacil is five years older than Vice Admiral Tsuru?

Why does he remember the crane's age?

"Actually, my physical condition is still around twenty years old. If you need it, it won't affect anything," Nacil explained in a coquettish voice.

"Stop!"

Vidal was completely bewildered. What was going on? It was as if he was about to do something to her. "So this is also an effect of traditional Chinese medicine?"

"This is my unique secret medicine, 'Goryeo Newcomer'." Nacil instantly became proud when she mentioned it, puffing out her chest and tilting her head back.

"No matter your age, as long as you take it, your body can regain its youthful appearance for a period of time and temporarily suppress all diseases!"

"But."

"But what?" Vidal noticed that Nacil always liked to keep people in suspense when she spoke.

"However, the older one gets and the worse their physical condition, the shorter the duration of the medication's effect will be."

Nacil said regretfully, "I tested it on an 83-year-old man a few years ago, and the effect only lasted for about an hour."

"My original intention was to develop a 'Youth Drug' that could keep people young until they die of old age."

Upon hearing this, Vidal thought to himself, "The doctors in this world are truly monsters."

Some people want to develop a 'panacea' that can cure any disease, while others even want to create some kind of 'Youth Drug'.

"So you're currently in a state where you've taken the secret medicine?"

"More or less."

Nacil spoke with a seductive voice, exuding an alluring charm, "But I haven't started to age yet; I just keep myself young."

"Hmm, how's the herb collection going?" Vidal didn't bring it up again, though he did add a comment about paying attention to his attire.

But in the end, that topic wasn't brought up. Although she was a 49-year-old woman, she was still quite pleasing to the eye.

The key point is that he really likes Nacil's classic Chinese beauty style, even though she has a very strong air of worldliness about her.

Seeing that Vidal was getting down to business, Nacil toned it down a bit.

"It's amazing that we found so many very rare medicinal herbs in that small Sleep Ancient Town, some of which aren't even found in the Flower Country."

"Really? That's good. What about the Medical Department on the warship?" Vidal nodded, but didn't ask any further questions.

When the topic of warships came up, Nacil seemed dissatisfied and shook her head.

"The operating room and equipment are quite good, but the stockpiled medications are all finished products, and all of them are ordinary goods."

This means they couldn't find any medicine at the Medical Department. Vidal wasn't surprised; what warship keeps medicinal herbs on board?

"Alright, now go check on the marines on the ship. Many of them were injured in the battle with you."

"Your first task is to treat the wounded sailors, and then examine the uninjured ones."

"Once all this is done, I'll hand over the Medical Department to you. You can even turn it into a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, no problem!"

A moment later, having received Vidal's promise, Nacil walked out of the office with a happy expression. Vidal ignored her and continued to work on the documents on his desk.

They are currently en route to Alabasta and should arrive at the port of 'Nanohana' tomorrow.

After contacting Issho by phone, he was somewhat surprised that Cobra would come to greet him personally; it seems his Devil Fruit ability has filled them with anticipation.

However, we still need to observe the situation on-site to see how it goes, and Alabasta is an important part of his plan.

In Alabasta, in the city of 'Nanohana', Yixiao relayed Vidal's message to Prince Cobra on the other side.

His words not only made him frown, but also surprised Brook, Igaram, and Neisesi, the lieutenant of the guard.

Cobra rubbed his chin and said softly, "Will we show the kingdom's utmost sincerity when we greet them?"

Isn't this statement implying that they should give him a grand welcome and show him, the 'Horn of Justice,' the utmost respect?

The prince hadn't really thought about these things at first. Firstly, he didn't like extravagance, and secondly, he thought that since Vidal could become friends with Yixiao, he probably wouldn't care too much about these things.

But now it seems that this disciple of Sengoku, the Admiral Sengoku of the Sengoku, and the newly promoted famous naval Colonel, really enjoys 'excitement'?

Yi Xiao was completely bewildered. What was going on with Vidal? When did he start liking to make a scene?

"Igaram, contact your father immediately and ask him to order the port garrison to cooperate with tomorrow's welcome. Also, spread the word that the entire city should come and watch the welcome tomorrow."

In fact, if it were anyone else, let alone Admiral's disciple, even Fleet Admiral's disciple, Cobra wouldn't jeopardize the lives of the people just to save face for one person.

But Colonel Vidal is different; he has carefully examined the abilities of the Woods-Woods Fruit and believes it could indeed change the harsh environment of Alabasta.

Even if it doesn't work now, it will definitely work if Awakening in the future. In addition, as a disciple of the Sengoku, the possibility of becoming a strong person in the future is not small, which greatly increases the probability of Awakening.

Therefore, no matter how much Cobra disliked it, he wouldn't show his displeasure in front of Yixiao at this moment. Instead, he would give the orders with a smile.

Soon, the entire 'Nanohana' region knew that the 'Horn of Justice' from yesterday's newspaper was about to arrive tomorrow, and that Cobra had ordered the public to go and watch.

This immediately made the already bustling port city even noisier. Normal travelers and merchants were fine, but some pirates hiding among them prepared to leave.

Tomorrow this place will be teeming with marines, and with Colonel Vidal, who defeated the pirate with a bounty of 500 million, staying here is far too dangerous!

However, some arrogant individuals, who believed themselves to be highly capable and capable of running away even if they couldn't win, chose to stay. They wanted to see for themselves what kind of person Vidal really was.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, but actually Vidal wasn't like this before," I smiled and explained apologetically.

"It's alright, it's alright, haha!" Cobra laughed and waved his hand. "After all, he's a powerful figure who defeated Bondi Byrnndi World, so we definitely need to take his welcome seriously."

"Sigh--" Yixiao didn't know what to say, so she could only sigh and think to herself, "Vidal, what's wrong with you? Have you really been changed by power and fame?"

Anyway, let's find an opportunity to talk to Vidal in person when we meet him tomorrow.