Munch-Munch Fruit.
In the original story, Wapol used this fruit in a rudimentary way, making it a waste of a top-tier fruit by eating iron to replenish iron and eating stones to replenish stones.
The true value of the Munch-Munch Fruit lies in "fusion" and "transformation" --
If a user can absorb Seastone and integrate Seastone properties into themselves, they can gain the hardness of Seastone while retaining their Devil Fruit power.
If one can devour various rare metals and minerals, their physical strength can be increased indefinitely.
The potential of this fruit depends on the user's imagination and resources.
Roy instructed Tesoro to put the Munch-Munch Fruit into his storage bag, placing it together with the Meganeura Fruit.
Leaving Hachinosu, these two fruits alone made the trip worthwhile.
Moreover, he had also taken the Devil Fruit User into his possession.
Lafitte walked up to Wapol, stared into his eyes, and began the hypnosis.
"Starting tomorrow, the 'Doctor Hunting' law will be repealed. The persecution of doctors will cease."
"Recall all the exiled doctors."
Wapol nodded blankly.
Forget about tonight. You slept soundly tonight and know nothing about it.
Wapol nodded again.
The three of them left the palace silently, just as they had arrived.
The next morning, in the Big Horn Village.
A notice bearing the royal seal was posted on the bulletin board at the village entrance.
"Effective immediately, the 'Hunting Doctors' Act is hereby revoked. All exiled doctors are to be recalled immediately and their medical licenses restored."
The confiscated clinics and medical equipment must be returned within a specified period.
The villagers gathered in front of the bulletin board, unable to believe their eyes.
"Really?"
"King Wapol... revoked the decree?"
"Impossible, right? Are they up to something again?"
But the royal seal on the notice is genuine, and the signature is also genuine.
Moreover, the patrol team had already withdrawn long ago, and all the soldiers who usually swaggered around the village were nowhere to be seen.
At noon, the first exiled doctor returned to Big Horn Village.
He was an old man in his sixties who was exiled to the uninhabited area at the northern end of Drum Island and survived for more than half a year by eating snow and digging up grass roots.
He stood at the village entrance, looking at the notice, tears streaming down his face.
The villagers finally believed it.
The cheers started in Big Horn Village and quickly spread to Cocoa Weed, Gyasta... the entire Drum Island was engulfed in revelry.
Meanwhile, in the castle Drum Mountain, Kureha stood by the window.
Looking at the faint cheers coming from the foot of the mountain, I took a sip of plum wine.
"This kid's got some skills."
She turned around and looked at Luo, who was engrossed in his studies.
"Hey kid, stop slacking off! Have you finished memorizing Chapter Three?"
Luo didn't even look up. "Finished reciting."
What about Chapter Four?
"... I'm memorizing it."
"Too slow! The old woman memorized this medical book in just three days!"
Luo looked up at her expressionlessly. "Didn't you say it took a month?"
Kureha was taken aback, then, enraged, smashed a bottle over his head. "Shut up! Recite your book!"
Luo lowered his head, a very faint smile unconsciously curving his lips.
For the next month, Luo lived a hellish life.
Every day before dawn, Kureha would drag me out of bed, force-feed me a bowl of medicine soup so bitter it made me question the meaning of life, and then I would start memorizing my lessons.
Medical books, pathology, toxicology, anatomy—one after another, Kureha's most treasured medical books were piled up in front of him.
Luo's Amber Lead Disease meant he didn't have much formal education growing up; he was taught to read by Rosinante.
It's easy to imagine how difficult it would be for him to devour so many professional medical books in such a short time.
But Luo didn't complain once.
He only sleeps four hours a day, spending the rest of his time reading.
If he didn't understand any technical terms, he would ask Kureha. Although Kureha would grumble and complain, she would always explain things clearly to him.
After explaining, they'd add, "You don't even understand something this simple? You're so stupid!"
Luo was already used to it.
He discovered that the more fiercely the old woman scolded people, the more earnestly she taught.
Yamato volunteered to stay behind to "protect Luo".
In reality, all she did every day was roll around in the snow and steal drinks from Kureha's plum wine.
After Kureha discovered this, she chased after Yamato with various weapons and attacked half of the castle, but in the end she acquiesced—because Yamato had chopped firewood for an entire wall.
The Pea were left behind too.
Every day, he squatted in every corner of the castle planting flowers—a row of sunflowers on the windowsill, a few luminous moss plants by the fireplace, and even a few cloud grass seeds stuffed into the cracks of Kureha's medicine cabinet.
Kureha scolded her for "treating an old woman's castle like a flower garden," but she didn't actually stop her.
After those flowers and plants grew, the castle did indeed come to life a bit more.
Savi, Bar, Jesus Burgess practiced sparring in the snow in front of the castle every day.
All three fought head-on, with each punch landing hard, leaving the snow pockmarked and uneven.
Kureha initially found them too noisy, but later she would sit by the window every day with a glass of wine in hand, watching them fight, and occasionally offering her comments.
"Hey big guy, you're not very stable!" "Hey white-haired one, your left punch is a beat slower than your right!"
Savi, Bar, and Bullet were initially unconvinced, but later they realized that the old woman was absolutely right, so they listened obediently.
Kazami sat alone on the castle tower, staring blankly at the wind and snow. He had become even more silent since returning from the Little Garden.
He draws and sheathes his sword more often than he eats. Sometimes he sits on the tower for an entire day, motionless, like a statue in the snow.
Enel floated in mid-air, his Observation Haki covering the entire island, acting as a sentinel.
He claimed he was "protecting you weaklings," but actually he was craving Kureha's plum wine. He was too embarrassed to sneak a sip like Yamato did, so he just floated in the sky, sulking.
Tesoro and Lafitte guarded the outer perimeter of the castle.
Although Wapol was hypnotized, no one could guarantee that nothing unexpected would happen.
Roy used this time to search the entire Drum Island.
He traveled to several major villages, including Big Horn Village, Cocoa Weed, and Gyasta, and even ventured deep into the uninhabited areas of the Drum Mountain.
With his Observation Haki fully activated and his mental energy spread out, he searched for any possible trace of aura.
reindeer.
Blue nose.
Human-Human Fruit.
But no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't sense anything that matched the criteria.
Roy stood Drum Mountain, gazing at the swirling snowflakes, and sighed inwardly.
Is it too early?
In the original Luffy arrives at Drum Island several years later, by which time Chopper has already started learning medicine from Kureha.
At this moment, the reindeer that would later become the " Straw Hat Pirates' ship's doctor" is probably still an ordinary fawn, or even hasn't been born yet.
Roy didn't insist on it.
One month later.
Luo's treatment, under Kureha's guidance, has concluded.
He stood in the castle hall and took off his shirt.
The white patches on my chest, arms, and back have all disappeared.
The skin returned to its normal color, no longer that sickly pale white, but with a healthy flush.
Kureha circled him twice, examined his eyelids, took his pulse, and finally nodded in satisfaction.