Crocus said in surprise, "Ares, extending one's lifespan is something countless people dream of!"
"Besides... Dr. Kureha has lived for over a hundred years, yet her body is still so agile and healthy. How many people on the sea would go crazy over eternal youth!?"
Olvia nodded in agreement. "To still be in that condition at a hundred years old... Even if they had to sell everything they owned, everyone would want to know the secret of eternal youth."
"Take Drum Island, for example. The reason it became a famous medical powerhouse on the Grand Line was because it amassed a great fortune by profiting from its patients..."
Ares grinned. "Hey—you're being a little naive, aren't you? Do you really think Dr. Kureha would tell you this kind of secret?"
"And besides..."
He looked Dr. Kureha up and down before saying, "Dr. Kureha doesn't seem to have any family. Could it be that this secret brought disaster upon them? Or perhaps this method of retaining eternal youth has some flaw?"
Hearing this, Crocus and Olvia both calmed down. Eternal youth had indeed caused them to lose some of their rationality.
They had become impulsive.
Dr. Kureha laughed unnaturally and examined Ares with some surprise. "Heh heh, I didn't expect you to have no interest in eternal youth. No wonder you're the Great Pirate offered a bounty of 3.5 billion by the World Government..."
"War God Ares!"
Ares gave a mysterious smile. "It's not that I have no interest in eternal youth. It's that I know how to obtain an extraordinarily long lifespan—even immortality."
His words were astonishing. To a very small number of people, this was no secret, but to the vast majority of people...
It was an utterly shocking and incredible matter!
In an instant.
Everyone's eyes turned toward