Chapter 49
Rayleigh was suddenly dumped with the responsibility by Roger and instantly became unwilling.
"Roger~"
Rayleigh's face immediately darkened.
If it weren't for seeing the wounds on Roger's body, he would have already gone up and beaten Roger up.
Shanks and Buggy were left behind just like that.
After the playful roughhousing ended, treatment still had to be done.
"Raise sails, set off! Let's leave this place first. Hahaha."
Roger shouted loudly.
Afterward, the Plant Scholars quickly left the God Valley sea area.
"Roger—you should get treated first. Look at the wounds on your body."
Jabba came over, looked at Roger's wounds, and reminded him.
"Oh oh, right, right. Haha."
Roger hurriedly agreed—he didn't dare refuse.
"Crocus—come quickly and help Roger treat his wounds."
Rayleigh immediately called Crocus over.
"Coming. What a group of troublesome guys."
Crocus said irritably.
Roger could only smile awkwardly.
The twin doctors also came over to help treat him.
And just at that moment, Shakky walked out from the cabin.
Previously, Shakky had been inside the cabin chatting with the twin doctors—mainly because she wanted to learn more about Victor's past.
That's why she didn't go look for another ship to leave.
And Shakky's appearance immediately startled everyone—but it was a pleasant surprise.
"Shakky? How are you on our ship?"
"Great—it's Shakky! My goddess!"
"Shakky—I declare you!"
In an instant, almost everyone turned into heart-eyed simps.
Only Victor remained unmoved. Rayleigh's reaction was still okay, but the changes on his face and the fluctuations in his heartbeat frequency couldn't lie.
A man without a woman draws his sword naturally divine—unfortunately, Rayleigh couldn't achieve that.
No woman, no weakness—having partners is just right. The yet-to-be-born Luffy did it very well.
So women are for appreciation only—less involvement in other matters.
Victor gave Rayleigh a meaningful look, knowing Rayleigh still felt something.
"Hehe—of course it was little brother Victor who saved me and brought me aboard. Just hitching a ride."
Shakky's seductive, smiling voice reached everyone's ears.
"Welcome, welcome, Miss Shakky—stay as long as you like."
"Haha—great! Then let's have a banquet!"
"You can have a banquet, but no drinking."
As soon as Crocus spoke, Roger immediately wilted.
"Ah? Can't we negotiate?"
Roger asked pitifully.
"You still have to listen to the doctor. Otherwise, with all those wounds, who knows how long it'll take to heal completely?"
Shakky said sweetly with a smile.
"Hahaha—fine, then I'll listen to the doctor."
Roger immediately laughed.
"Captain Roger—want to try accelerated healing?"
Victor looked at Roger and raised an eyebrow.
"How exactly?"
Roger immediately ran over, grabbed Victor, and asked eagerly.
The others also looked curiously at Victor.
"Just stand still—let me try first."
With that, Victor first took out a large amount of food, then the Gluttonous Giant Mouth swallowed it all.
Then he let a transparent Gluttonous Giant Mouth swallow Roger whole.
Immediately after, a golden energy poured out from the giant mouth and wrapped around Roger.
It was like a healing pod.
Roger's wounds were rapidly healing—at the end, only one scar remained.
And Roger's internal injuries were also mostly healed under the golden energy.
Victor saw this and withdrew the Gluttonous Giant Mouth.
Roger went from looking utterly miserable to recovering about seventy to eighty percent of his original state.
"Hmm—first experiment, the effect is pretty good. Captain Roger—how do you feel?"
Victor looked at Roger very satisfied.
"Hahaha—feels great. My body has strength again—overall recovered seventy to eighty percent. You've developed this Glutton-Glutton Fruit ability really well."
Roger felt his body regaining strength and laughed happily.
"Oh—I never expected the Glutton-Glutton Fruit could be developed into this kind of ability."
Shakky looked at Victor with a face full of interest.
"I still have to thank Shakky-nee for the information. Otherwise, who knows when I would have gotten the Glutton-Glutton Fruit."
Victor said with a smile.
"I only provided the information—the real work was still up to you guys."
Shakky smiled and shook her head lightly.
Immediately after, all the injured came to Victor for healing.
So Victor took out massive amounts of food—devouring it in big bites while healing the wounded.
The food previously stored in the Gluttonous space had already been used up—he needed to replenish a lot afterward.
"Hmm—although the injuries have been treated to about seventy-eighty percent, you still need Crocus to prescribe medicine."
"Obediently take the medicine and rest your body."
Victor was very satisfied with the healing results—but medicine still had to be taken.
"Ah? No need, right? Right, Crocus?"
All the crew members immediately looked toward Crocus.
"Hmph—keep dreaming. Try not taking it and see what happens."
Crocus's medical skills were truly excellent—and yes, medicine was still necessary.
Otherwise, what was the point of having a doctor?
Hearing the definite answer, everyone immediately dreaded the days ahead.
"Hahaha—no problem. Medicine is for tomorrow. Today let's have a banquet—no one leaves sober!"
Roger laughed happily—now he could drink again; other matters could wait until tomorrow.
"Hahaha—banquet! Banquet!"
"Drinking! Drinking! Food! I'm starving to death."
"Victor—hurry and bring out the food!"
The crew immediately became lively.
So Victor had no choice but to bring out the gourmet food and wine.
"Alright—first, a piece of bad news. This food is only enough for this meal. The next meal will be drinking the northwest wind."
Victor said loudly.
"Ah? No food tomorrow?"
"Who cares—deal with it tomorrow. Eat today's meal first."
"Hahaha—no problem. We'll find food tomorrow."
But the crew members had all become optimists—live today happily and worry later.
Victor saw this and also smiled.
This God Valley battle had consumed most of his food supply. Plus healing the crew had used up almost everything else. Being able to have this much left was already good luck.
Other people consume life in battle—Victor just used food and energy instead.
However, he himself wasn't worried about food at all.
For someone with the Glutton-Glutton Fruit ability, hunger was impossible.
The Glutton-Glutton Fruit—everything can be swallowed.
Soon the banquet began—everyone joyfully partied.
Shakky saw this scene and felt it deeply—her smile involuntarily covered her beautiful face.
On the Hive Island side—when the captains of the Rocks Pirates returned, another big battle broke out.
Many more died instantly, and all the surviving captains began to leave the Rocks Pirates.
At this moment, the Rocks Pirates officially disbanded.
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