Doflamingo and the Origin of Jade Scale Disease
For the next few days, Ortolan basically spent all his time with Spandam. Spanda didn't seem to care about Ortolan's presence at work, which allowed Ortolan to learn a lot about the CP Agency's activities.
However, none of this is of much significance.
Once he figured it was about time and that Dragon should be arriving soon, Ortolan ended his friendly but gossipy time with Spandam —a time that had no real practical significance—and boarded a warship, leaving Enies Lobby and heading towards the Sabaody Archipelago.
On the deck of the warship, Ortolan sat on a small stool, holding a fishing rod, and was sea fishing.
However, it's clear that Ortolan's 'luck' wasn't great today. Apart from a bunch of seaweed and other miscellaneous trash, there wasn't anything worth mentioning.
Just as Ortolan was pondering ideas like, "If all else fails, let's try sea fishing with new energy sources," the Den Den Den Mushi in his pocket suddenly rang.
He took out his Den Den Mushi and saw that it was Doflamingo calling. Ortolan didn't hesitate and answered the phone.
"Dover? What brings you to contact me all of a sudden? Is there something you need me to handle?" Ortolan asked with a smile after Den Den Mushi.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Doflamingo was still in the North Blue, also sitting on his Flamingo, but he was sunbathing and drinking red wine, not fishing.
"Fufufufufufu, I was just thinking that it's been a long time since I've contacted you, so I thought I'd catch up with you..." Doflamingo said with a chuckle.
No sooner had he finished speaking than he asked with concern, "Last time you asked me to inquire about those three sisters, has the situation been resolved?"
"Oh, this matter is progressing soon. You should be able to see the news in the newspapers in a while," Ortolan said casually.
Doflamingo was puzzled when he heard this. How could such a trivial matter make the news?
"In the newspaper?" Doflamingo asked, puzzled.
"Well, this should be good news that will put you in a good mood. I plan to burn Mary Geoise down..." Ortolan said confidently.
Doflamingo????
Although he didn't understand the connection, Doflamingo was greatly shocked!
Seeing that Ortolan didn't seem to intend to explain or say anything more, Doflamingo, being a sensible person, didn't ask any questions despite his curiosity. Instead, he encouraged Ortolan by telling him to pour a couple more buckets of fuel later.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Doflamingo finally got to the point. "I heard that Dr. Vegapunk is in your Marines's hands. Do you have any contact with him?"
"Vegapunk?" Ortolan asked, somewhat puzzled. "There is some connection, but why are you asking about this? You're not thinking of making a move against him, are you? Well, I have to give you some advice. Burning Mary Geoise isn't a big deal for me, as long as things are arranged properly afterwards. But if you dare to touch Dr. Vegapunk, you'll truly be crossing the line with the World Government..."
"I didn't mean to harm him. Why would I?" Doflamingo quickly explained, then continued, "Well, I was busy with the Lead-Platinum disease situation in Flevance, right? I met an interesting kid there, and I really admire him. He also suffers from Lead-Platinum Disease, so I was thinking, maybe I could lend him a hand..."
"I see..." Ortolan's eyes lit up, and he asked curiously, "What kind of brat could make you so interested?"
"His name is Trafalgar Law. I'll introduce you to him next time I have the chance. To be honest, he's not that special. I just find him pleasing to the eye... That kid looks a bit like me when I was a kid." Doflamingo said with a slightly wistful tone.
"So you mean you want to see if Dr. Vegapunk has any way to cure Lead-Platinum Disease, right?" Ortolan chuckled.
"Yes, I have considered that," Doflamingo replied softly.
"I'll ask around for you when I have the chance," Ortolan said, pausing before continuing, "However, while Dr. Vegapunk is indeed accomplished in biological sciences, you'd better not have too high hopes for something like Lead-Platinum Disease... I think those strange and wonderful abilities of Devil Fruit might be helpful. You're better at that, so it's more practical to start from there."
"Mingyi, I've had those considerations too," Doflamingo replied.
As if remembering something else, Ortolan asked, "By the way, speaking of these difficult and complicated diseases, have you ever heard of the Jade Scale disease?"
"Jade Scale!?" Doflamingo asked with some surprise, "Where did you hear about this disease?"
"I was just chatting with some friends from the CP Agency, what's wrong?" Ortolan was also a little surprised to see Doflamingo's emotions fluctuate so much.
Doflamingo, having heard from Ortolan that he had heard it from someone else, composed himself slightly before speaking in a somber tone, "This illness... how should I put it... is a hereditary disease, and it also has a very small chance of being contagious, mostly occurring in Mary Geoise... that is, within the Celestial Dragons."
"Celestial Dragons..." Upon hearing this, Ortolan realized it was indeed true.
"Yes, I'm not entirely sure how this disease originated. I guess it's related to the Celestial Dragons' weird 'collecting' habits. Some Celestial Dragons like to mate with nearly extinct races, finding it novel and interesting. This kind of thing happens quite often. The Jade Scale disease first appeared in Mary Geoise at least two weeks ago. Although there's no concrete evidence, it's highly likely that some Celestial Dragons at the time, on a whim, mated with someone outside who had this disease, causing the disease to appear in Mary Geoise. Subsequently, it seems the Celestial Dragons exterminated all the races and people outside the area associated with this disease. So now, this disease can only possibly appear in Mary Geoise..." Doflamingo said.
After learning these secrets, Ortolan asked again, "Is this disease incurable?"
"It's not incurable. It's been over two weeks, and even Celestial Dragons have been affected. Those who were cured have been cured. However, I've heard that treating this disease requires a considerable amount of resources; it's an expensive disease. Even for the Celestial Dragons, it's quite a burden. Therefore, this disease is only treated if it appears in Celestial Dragons Dragon's bloodline. If it's not a Celestial Dragon's bloodline, such as a bastard child, it will be abandoned once it's discovered," Doflamingo explained further.
"I see..." Ortolan raised an eyebrow, finally understanding.
It was obvious that Ginny was not worthy of being treated with such a large amount of resources by the Celestial Dragons, so they simply abandoned her.
Judging from Doflamingo's words, the Celestial Dragons should be able to eliminate all these troublemakers, so why was Ginny able to leave Mary Geoise alive?
It couldn't be that the Celestial Dragons had a sudden burst of kindness and felt sorry for her, could it?
Just as Ortolan was thinking about these things, he suddenly realized that, according to the original story, Ginny escaped from the clutches of the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise around 1506 in the Marine Era.
Normally, a major event would indeed happen in 1506, namely... Fisher Tiger burning Mary Geoise!
Once you connect the dots like this, it all makes sense!
It's possible that Ginny was able to escape Mary Geoise under such circumstances thanks to Fisher Tiger.
After chatting about this for a while, Doflamingo added, "Oh, right, there's another piece of news I need to tell you..."
"What news?" Ortolan asked, slightly curious.
"The Paramecia Gold-Gold Fruit showing some promise. It's said that someone saw this Devil Fruit on Koh-e-Cola Island in the First Half of Grand Line. Whether it was eaten or not is still uncertain. I've already sent people to track it down, and we should have results soon..." Doflamingo said.
"That's great!" Ortolan said excitedly, "If we find it, I want it, whether it's the ability or the Devil Fruit!"
"Mingyi," Doflamingo replied with a smile.
They chatted with Doflamingo about some other trivial matters, and seeing that there was nothing else to talk about, they ended the call without lingering.
Meanwhile, Ortolan also put away his fishing rod; he'd missed out on Air Force again today.
He looked towards the Sabaody Archipelago, which had already appeared at the edge of the sea, and figured that it must be because he was going to see that guy Dragon that he was so unlucky and hadn't caught anything!