Rest and Recuperation

A powerful energy exploded within the body, bursting forth to every part of it. Every cell was enveloped in heat, and under the impact of this powerful energy, pain spread throughout the body.

"It hurts, it's hot, but it feels so good."

Xia Qiu ran off on the ice, her six legs moving with a peculiar gait, her head tilted back and her tail twitching.

"What's wrong with the president?"

Standing on the boat at Mr. Christmas, looking at Xia Qiu, he seemed a little crazy.

"He looks very happy."

Robin stood on the ship's railing, looking at Xia Qiu in the distance, a faint smile on his face.

Seeing the president in this state, having survived a major battle, the others felt relieved.

After the battle ended and Jack's men were dealt with, the ship began to move forward.

Ace needed to provide power, as the frozen area was quite extensive, reaching a depth of ten to twenty meters.

Fortunately, he stopped breaking the ice and, with the president's help, got the ship ashore. He then used the four engines to spray flames, propelling the ship forward across the ice.

The frozen section stretches for about two kilometers, and this is the ice surface extending in this direction.

If you include the other direction, the frozen area is even wider.

In terms of developing his abilities, Aokiji's strength is far too great.

The ship sailed across the ice, entered the ocean, and then swam away into the distance.

Upon arriving at the deserted island, they found several Baroque Works agents waiting there. Some of them were capable, but they were no match for the ferocious beasts on the island.

However, they were only gone for a day, and the ferocious beasts had long since made the coastline a forbidden area.

"Let's rest and recuperate here first, and heal our injuries," Xia Qiu said loudly.

They brought four or five doctors and plenty of medicine; the ship also had an operating room, enough for treatment.

"And what about you?"

Robin walked over to Xia Qiu, looked at Xia Qiu's head where the blast had exposed bone, and said, "Your injuries are also very serious, aren't they?"

"Don't worry."

Xia Qiu stretched out her wrist and tapped Robin's body, saying, "I can heal myself, this injury is nothing. But you, I hope there's nothing wrong with the injury on your back."

"I'm fine."

Robin said with a smile, "My injuries are much lighter than theirs."

Many people were injured. Luo almost lost his life, with more than a dozen wounds all over his body, involving his internal organs.

Cecilia fainted from the pain. Alken's wounds from the two battles had been reopened.

Hack was knocked unconscious, and it's unclear how many bones in his body were broken.

The injuries of all four were very serious, but in this world, they could recover in four or five days.

Xia Qiu and autumn go into the sea to eat, the heat heals wounds, and when they climb ashore again, they hear a commotion.

"I said, no."

Ace's voice came from outside, attracting Xia Qiu's attention.

"Why?"

Luffy said, "We can fight Kaido together with you."

"Kaido is Four Emperors."

Ace said, "He has many strong fighters under his command, and the battle is not something you can participate in. Think about just now, you almost lost to one of Kaido's subordinates."

Luffy and Zoro each stopped two opponents in Heckle' battle, and the two fought fiercely. In the end, they were defeated with the help of others.

However, the two people they attacked were named X Drake and Ginrummy.

He was an important subordinate of Jack.

Even with Luffy and Zoro's current strength, they would still be unable to defeat the two of them.

"It's okay, we'll take the risk ourselves."

Luffy wasn't discouraged at all, and said with a grin.

"I suggest you don't do anything."

Sabo also said, "You don't know Haki yet, so you're very weak in the New World. It will be very difficult to deal with you."

Ace said, "You can work with our Baroque Works. After we defeat Kaido, we will take over his territory. You can stay here then, and I will teach you how to use Haki."

"In that case..."

Luffy frowned. When they were protected by others, they lost their freedom.

"Luffy, they're right."

Zoro said, "Our strength is indeed lacking. We are simply not qualified for the New World right now."

"We arrived at Sabaody Archipelago without any problems, and once we arrived in the New World, we were turned into toys."

Marcel said, "Two years have been wasted, so if we don't improve, it will be difficult to establish ourselves in the New World."

"Okay, I've made up my mind."

Luffy raised his fist and pressed it into his palm, saying, "Then let's stay here for now. We'll start our adventures after we've improved and are able to deal with others."

Luffy in this world has experienced very few wars, and he has not experienced the Summit War, so he has not felt his own powerlessness.

They didn't have much interest in strength originally, but being turned into toys for two years made them feel desperate.

Luffy never wants to experience that feeling of helplessness again.

He has to be responsible not only for himself, but also for the other crew members.

Luffy chose to stay, while Ace looked at Xia Qiu and asked, "President, I made this decision on my own. I wonder if it would be alright to take them in?"

"I can agree."

Xia Qiu nodded and then said, "But they have to stay here for two years, and in addition to training, they also have to participate in our battles."

"That's no problem."

Zoro stood up and said, "We also need to fight to hone ourselves."

"Alright then."

Xia Qiu said, "But we can't worry about you for now. We'll talk about it after we start fighting Kaido."

"Thank you."

Luffy stood up, bowed slightly to Xia Qiu, and said, "You saved us from Doflamingo and were willing to take me in. Thank you."

He naturally knew what Xia Qiu had done, and he felt deeply grateful to Xia Qiu.

Moreover, he dared not neglect his two older brothers, one a subordinate and the other a business partner.

"You're welcome."

Hearing this, Xia Qiu shook his head. You weren't originally this weak. Because of my involvement, you've become like this. Consider this a small compensation.

Xia Qiu looked at Luffy and asked, "Luffy, are you Devil Fruit User?"

"That's right, I'm Rubber Man who ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi," Luffy said with a smile.

"In that case..."

Xia Qiu looked at him and said, "Making use of the properties of rubber is very important. Why don't you try turning your body into a pump, compressing to increase blood pressure, and increasing strength and movement speed? Or inflate your bones to make a certain part of your limbs huge."

The current Luffy hasn't gone through the Enies Lobby battle, so naturally he doesn't have the basis to develop such a move as shaving his head.

"Raise blood pressure, pump air into the body?"

Luffy's eyes lit up when he heard this. "That's a good idea. I'll give it a try."

"As for the others, we'll talk about them after we defeat Kaido. We can't worry about you right now."

The Beasts Pirates are the most important target now.

The Beasts Pirates not only have Kaido, but also the other two top executives of the Calamities, plus his Devil Fruit user subordinates Wano Country.

If I devour them all, I will truly be able to fight the world alone.

Xia Qiu eagerly awaited this day.

But he didn't notice that high in the sky, a huge eagle was soaring, watching down below, before secretly leaving.