At the edge of the port.
Kuzan was looking at Shane with a goofy grin.
His injuries were far too severe. As an apprentice crew member, he had only been at sea for a month.
Yet he had suffered a brutal beating from the leader of CP9 right at the start. Simply keeping him breathing until now had been no easy feat.
"Captain, I think I'm going to die."
Kuzan raised his eyes to Shane.
During this time, he had stopped stealing food and stopped worrying about tomorrow.
He had briefly felt lost, but he had also had aspirations and a sense of self.
Much of the time, Kuzan had trained desperately.
He was an ordinary person, only a little more physically robust than others his age.
Even with all his efforts to grow stronger, he had yet to learn a single one of the Six Powers.
Compared with Usopp when he first entered the Grand Line, his only advantage was Shane's systematic training.
But he was still too weak.
Kuma had expelled his pain with his paw pads, and Ginny was helping his injuries heal faster.
Yet the blood that kept flowing told everyone that, unless the Op-Op Fruit could directly cut off his impending death...
Kuzan would undoubtedly die.
"It's all my fault! If I'd developed my fruit's powers further, I could definitely do it!"
Ginny desperately pressed her hands over the wound.
She wanted to give Kuzan an illness that would let him recover from any injury, but her fruit's powers were too underdeveloped to manage it.
"Kuzan! It won't hurt! I promise it won't!"
Kuma decided to take all these injuries upon himself, so that Kuzan could at least pass away without pain.
"Thank you, everyone!"
Feeling that death was near, Kuzan expressed his gratitude once