Newgate's fatherly nature made him eager to see whether Oak could heal him. Oak caught the look in his eyes, wasted no time, and called Trafalgar Law and Mansherry down from the Floating Island.
"One has the Op-Op Fruit, and the other has the Heal-Heal Fruit. They represent the pinnacle of surgery and internal medicine. Aside from natural aging, there's nothing in this world the two of them can't cure together!"
Oak gave a brief introduction, and Marco's eyes lit up.
The Op-Op Fruit and the Heal-Heal Fruit were exactly the treatments he had once considered for Pops. Unfortunately, the Op-Op Fruit had appeared briefly over a decade ago, then vanished without a trace. No news of the Devil Fruit had surfaced anywhere on the seas since.
As for the Heal-Heal Fruit, it had been absent for even longer. Its last appearance dated back more than a century. That was why he had held out no hope for Pops's condition.
But now Oak had brought both users right to them.
"Pops, these two can definitely heal you!"
Marco spoke excitedly to his father.
"Let's examine him first!"
Not wasting a moment, Oak signaled for Trafalgar Law to step forward, then reminded Newgate,
"Don't resist!"
Newgate was unlike Shiki, whose Haki had been sealed inside his body and could not be used. Though Newgate was no longer in his prime, he was still one of the strongest fighters on the seas, with powerful Haki constantly surrounding him.
Unless he withdrew that Haki himself, Law would never be able to cut him.
Newgate trusted Oak, so he immediately reined in his Haki.
Only then did Law, who had been standing before him and sweating under the pressure of his formidable presence, breathe a sigh of relief.
Standing before the man once known