The members of the Whitebeard Pirates were all quite strong, and Vermouth did not have the highest-concentration Satan Potions, so just as Xie Wen had said, Ace and the others soon recovered one after another.
This time, however, they did not dare crowd around to pester this "Poison-Hand Medicine Meow" again. Only Marco, the ship's doctor, and Ace, who was on better terms with her, approached.
"Um, well... Miss Haibara, how is Pops's condition? Is there any way to treat him?"
Marco cautiously asked again, afraid of upsetting the rather ill-tempered Little Kitten once more.
Having already taught them a lesson, Ai Haibara Meow naturally did not continue her little tantrum and directly shared the results of her examination.
"Conventional methods won't do much good," she told Marco seriously. "You're a doctor too, so you should know that your Pops isn't actually sick, meow. He's simply grown old, meow."
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Marco sighed. Of course he knew what was going on with Whitebeard's body. If it were merely injuries, or even certain illnesses, the Flames of Regeneration that came with his Phoenix fruit could cure them outright. But his Flames of Regeneration could do nothing about the aging caused by time.
"Would even Granny Kureha's methods be useless?"
Shirahoshi, who was also worried about Whitebeard's health, asked anxiously, "She's over a hundred and thirty years old, but she's still so healthy!"
"That's different." While jostling with Klee Meow for "territory" in Xie Wen's arms, Ai Haibara Meow found time to answer, "Granny Kureha's condition is the result of years of accumulated care. Simply put, it's a way of slowing aging and maintaining bodily functions, meow. But Old Man Newgate's body has already aged considerably. That sort of maintenance can only prolong his life, not make him young again, meow."
"To put