Vic had already heard about Dragon's illness from Bonney, which was told to Dragon by the Kuma. Although Dragon didn't know what the illness was, he felt it was necessary to tell Vic, who was a doctor.
When Vic was researching bioelectricity, he read almost all the medical books he had obtained on Drum Island, so he naturally knew what kind of incurable disease Sapphire Scales was—a disease caused by an ancient virus that resulted in a loss of bodily vitality.
After this ancient Sapphire Scales virus invades the human body, it uses the vitality within human cells as nutrients to multiply into a large number of offspring viruses. The excrement of this virus will accumulate and pile up inside the human body. When there is too much excrement, it will grow out of the flesh like crystals.
This virus thrives in natural light. When a person is exposed to natural light, the Sapphire Scales virus in the body becomes extremely active, like someone who has taken Viagra, absorbing large amounts of life force from cells to reproduce.
More viruses will produce more excrement, and this excrement will quickly crystallize and grow out of the skin from all parts of the body, making the person look terrifying and abnormal.
If natural light is blocked, this virus will still rob life and reproduce, but much slower than when exposed to natural light. However, even at its slowest, there will be a time limit.
When the Sapphire Scales Virus multiplies to a certain extent in the human body, the body, which has been depleting its vitality for a long time, can no longer meet its needs. It will desperately snatch away the little vitality left in the body. This reckless competition will cause the human body to die rapidly in a very short time!
There is no effective treatment for this ancient virus that has long since disappeared. Even the treatment methods recorded in medical books no longer have all the necessary ingredients, as the ingredients disappeared along with the virus.
But the fact that this virus appeared in the Holy Land Mary Geoise reminded Vic of Roger's illness and Wendy's illness. It seems that these Celestial Dragons have collected all the extinct viruses and are even secretly researching them for future use!
These Celestial Dragons are truly a bunch of demons! This incident even reminded Vic of the news reports about several countries that were destroyed by infectious diseases. Were they also victims of the Celestial Dragons? The thought alone sends chills down his spine!
What might be an incurable disease for others is just a minor cold for Vic.
If the disease or terminal illness is caused by internal lesions, it will indeed take a lot of effort for Vic, but diseases or terminal illnesses caused by external viral and bacterial invasions are truly Vic's forte.
His lightning ability is specifically designed to counter life forms. Viruses and bacteria also possess life forms, but their life forms aren't particularly strong. Vic's lightning ability is a perfect counter to them.
After all, Vic's lightning can penetrate into every cell of the human body for micro-manipulation, an advantage that no one else possesses, not even Vegapunk's super brain. Vegapunk needs several years to heal Bonney, but Vic can heal her in a very short time. This is the power of specialization!
"You must be Bonney! How adorable! I'm your father's friend, here to treat your illness!"
Vic was the first to arrive in the Sorbet Kingdom. Even though the Kuma possessed spatial abilities, he wasn't as fast as Vic. The New World Sea was located between the South Blue and the West Blue. Vic crossed the Calm Belt between the South Blue and the New World and quickly arrived at the South Blue. His speed was truly impressive.
After arriving in the Sorbet Kingdom, Vic did not wait for Kuma and Dragon, but went directly to the church where Kuma had once lived. The windows and several doors of the church were sealed shut.
Vic used his Observation Haki to sense that there were three people inside the church: two adults and a child. The two adults were playing with the child.
He recognized the aura of those two adults; they were the same two he had used Observation Haki to lock onto when he visited the Sorbet Kingdom last time. It was thanks to them that Vic had been able to contact Dragon and Kuma. These two later became Bonney's pirate companions.
Vic pushed open the church door and went inside. He ignored the two adults and gently asked the pink-haired little girl.
The little girl's attention was drawn by the sound of the door opening. She probably thought her father had come home to see her, so she stopped playing and looked at the door with a smile and anticipation.
But the person who came in wasn't her father. Vic could see the little girl's smile and anticipation freeze. Kuma had been out searching for a cure for Bonney's terminal illness for almost a year, Bonney naturally missed him terribly, wanting to travel with him to Sky Island, Fish-Man Island, and so on! Seeing that it wasn't her father who came in, she was naturally very disappointed!
" Totsu! Gyogyo! Is he really Dad's friend?"
Bonney had never met Vic, but she didn't sense any malice from Vic, only a warm and friendly feeling. Humans can really sense this, especially children. Children are more sensitive to these subjective feelings of good and evil, so she wanted to ask these two uncles who grew up with her parents. If they were really her father's friends, they would definitely know each other.
I guess so!
Gyogyo murmured. Totsu and Gyogyo naturally knew Vic. Even if they didn't know him before, they should know him now. Vic's fame is too great now. It would be self-deception to say that they didn't know him.
Gyogyo remembered that the last time he saw Vic, it was they who exposed Kuma and Ginny. However, he didn't know what happened afterward. He only knew that Vic eventually left the Sorbet Kingdom, and Kuma and Ginny were not in danger.
So when Vic said he was Kuma's friend, he didn't refute it. If they were enemies, would Kuma and Ginny have been able to leave unscathed that time?
They knew how powerful Vic was, and when Vic left the Sorbet Kingdom last time, he went to the royal palace to see King Bekori and heard about some of the wonders that had occurred at that time, which made the terrible king dare not exploit the common people too much. In fact, they had to thank this current Shichibukai!
"So what? Can you really cure me? I want to travel with my dad! Can you help me make this wish come true?"
Bonney is only 6 years old and doesn't quite understand whether "something" means affirmation or negation, but sensing the kindness in Vic, she still chose to believe Vic.
She had lived in this church since she could remember, and her longing for the outside world existed every day, growing stronger with each passing day. Now that she had a doctor friend who claimed to be her father, she naturally had boundless expectations.
"Of course! Once I heal you, you can travel anywhere with Kuma!"
After saying that, Vic closed the church door, walked to Bonney, squatted down, put his hand on Bonney's shoulder, and then used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability to release bioelectricity to probe Bonney's body. Although he already knew that the disease was caused by a virus, the necessary examinations still needed to be done.
Upon examination, Vic discovered that the virus in Bonney's body had reached a balance with her life force, which could be considered the middle stage of the incurable disease, Sapphire Scales, as crystals had already grown on her skin.
If left untreated, Bonney's body will grow weaker and weaker, and more crystals will appear on his skin. Vic doesn't know how Bonney survived in the original story, but if this drags on any longer, there will be very few people in the world who can cure Bonney. Of course, Vic certainly can.