A chill suddenly swept through the cabin, while the chattering doctor continued his detailed explanation.
"This illness once had a very famous name: 'Five-Day Sickness.' It claimed many lives. However, the parasite known as 'Kaiski' went extinct over a hundred years ago, so I have no idea..."
That was it.
Little Garden!
That island even had dinosaurs, so having some kind of parasite called "Kaiski" was perfectly normal. No wonder there had been so many human skeletons on that island. So that was why...
"Is there medicine to treat this illness?"
Faced with Roman's question, the doctor hesitated before finally shaking his head.
"I'm sorry. It's from a century ago... We don't have any aboard..."
Crack, crack, crack!!!
An icy killing intent made the doctor unable to continue. Even though it was not directed at him, the aura spreading from Roman—
"Roman, don't scare Nami."
Luffy's words brought Roman back to himself. He rubbed his stiff face and nodded at the doctor, who was drenched in cold sweat.
"Sorry, I lost control for a moment. Please prescribe some antibiotics for my friend first."
"O-Okay..."
"What do we do now?"
Zoro's words broke the frigid atmosphere in the cabin. They had thought it was merely an ordinary fever from heatstroke, but it turned out to be a fatal illness that lasted only five days... It was hard for everyone to accept.
"It's all my fault."
Pressing hard against his temples, Roman desperately searched through his hazy memories. It seemed that going to Drum Kingdom was unavoidable, and this stretch of sea should have been near Drum Kingdom, but—
That damned Wapol was utterly useless!
Abandoning his citizens and running away from Blackbeard's retaliation had already been pathetic enough. The crucial part was that he had not even taken his own