The Third Time-This Is the Current [Scholar] Advancement Task (Continued)

P.S. I really couldn't get into the writing today. I sat in front of the computer for over an hour like an idiot and barely managed a few words.

P.S. 2: The noon update will be pushed back to this afternoon...

P.S. 3: I should've earned the [10,000 Words a Day] badge ages ago, but... on a few crucial days, I only wrote 9,000 words. Now I'm still ten days short!

Refusing to Call in a Favor

Was Crocus the second old man who'd come to the rescue?

The thought had barely surfaced before Adrian's imagination ran wild.

As the Roger Pirates' ship doctor, Crocus did have a connection to Shanks, who had also once been a crewmate.

And given his age and experience, Crocus certainly qualified as an "old man."

So... what Specialty would Adrian get from farming Crocus?

Ahem!

Just kidding.

No matter how ruthless Adrian was, he wouldn't farm an old doctor who had already retired from piracy for a Specialty.

Besides, Crocus wasn't like the ship doctors of other pirate crews.

True, he had accompanied the Pirate King on the final leg of his voyage to conquer the Grand Line.

But in truth...

Apart from Roger's personal invitation, and Crocus's desire to cure Roger's supposedly "incurable" terminal illness...

He had another reason: to help Laboon, who rammed the Red Line day and night at the foot of Reverse Mountain, find the Rumbar Pirates, lost on the Grand Line for decades.

In short...

Crocus wasn't some villainous doctor.

Attacking him would go against the principles Adrian had always lived by.

However...

Adrian might not intend to farm a quest from Crocus.

But he had no intention of letting the other Roger Pirates off the hook!

Especially Dark King Rayleigh. Dark King Rayleigh. Dark King Rayleigh!

Adrian's Strength