"Romir, I think you're supposed to be patrolling outside the forest right now, right? Was someone attacked by Rabang? Dalton asked.

"No... No.. Be... It's..."The person who came was panting, and there was no way to speak smoothly for a long time.

It can be seen that he came all the way.

Dalton could only patiently guide the other party to take a few deep breaths, and then Romil spoke eagerly:

"Mr. Dalton, I saw a human dressed in black flying from the sky to the palace where the 'witch' lived, you see?"

"Humans dressed in black?" Dalton immediately thought of the companion who Vivi had mentioned going ashore first.

"Yes, it's black, I can see it clearly, it was about half an hour ago."

"Do you know that the 'shrine maiden' was not in the palace at the time?" Dalton asked.

"No... No, an hour earlier, the other party got down in his sleigh and went to Coco Wit in the next village. ”

"That's it... Okay, I see, you can get back to work. ”

"Yes, Mr. Dalton." Roger answered, but did not leave immediately, looking like he wanted to say something and stopped.

"What's the matter, is there anything else?" Dorton asked.

"It's... Ah no... There's a little bit of a problem... I heard that there is another pirate group in the village... Is it true? ”

"Don't worry, I'll watch over them, you can go back to work."

"Whew~ Then it's troublesome Mr. Dalton." Roger breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.

Dalton stood outside the door, pondering his questions, until Roger's figure disappeared, then turned and pushed the door in.

"You're here, Mr. Dalton." Vivi was the first to say hello, "Thank you very much for lending us your house, we will take your kindness to heart." ”

"These are the little things." Dalton had a meticulous and serious face, "Regarding the matter of your companion, I heard that he is now in the palace of Magnetic Drum Peak, waiting for the only physician in our country, the 'Shrine Maiden', but the 'Shrine Maiden' has just left the house, and now he is in Kekewit in our neighboring village, do you want to continue to wait for your companion, or take the patient to find the 'Shrine Maiden'?" ”

In the face of Dalton's inquiry, Sanji pressed Luffy down without hesitation, and said in confusion:

"The only physician? What the hell is going on? ”

Dalton didn't answer immediately, but paused for a few seconds, as if he was sorting out his thoughts and as if he didn't want to mention it, and then looked up at Vivi:

"Have we met? It always feels familiar to you. ”

"Ahh Haha, it must be your delusion," Wei Wei snorted and changed the subject, "Compared to this, tell us about this 'witch' What is going on?" ”

Usopp and the others also looked at each other suspiciously.

Seeing that Vivi would not say more, Dalton gave up and replied:

"It's not a secret, so it doesn't hurt to talk to you. In order to strengthen his position, our previous king expelled all the doctors on Drum Island, which was once a mecca for doctors, leaving only twenty of the most skilled doctors by his side. The 'shrine maiden' is a doctor who escaped being driven away, and is now 139 years old. ”

"139 years old !!" Everyone was shocked.

With the human lifespan of the pirate world, this can already be said to be a long life.

"If that's the case, what if your sons are sick? You can't rely on just a 139-year-old doctor in the whole country, right? Sanji's words are to the point.

At the mention of this, Dalton's hands immediately clenched subconsciously, and only released after three or four seconds.

Seeing that Dalton didn't answer immediately, Chieko, who had been drinking hot tea, spoke:

"Since Mr. Dalton says that this is a means for the king to strengthen his position, then the people can only plead with him for mercy by taking the physician into his own hands, and that they can be saved? And the reason why the 'shrine maiden' was able to escape the fate of being expelled is that she didn't often help the sick in the past, right? ”

Dalton didn't want to say it, but he didn't want to be broken by this little girl, and he was very surprised to look at Chieko, who was a little ghost, and nodded helplessly:

"Yes, as you say, this is the sorrow of our people."

"Then why do you say she's the only doctor? Isn't there still some kind of king's twenty? "Luffy listened carefully this time.

"Wouldn't it be great if we went over and beat up that king, let those twenty doctors treat Nami, and by the way, free your country from the rule of such a guy?"

"Stupid." Chieko complained speechlessly, "It's all said to be the only one, and I still live in the iconic palace on the central island, no need to ask, the king of this country left the island with a doctor for some reason." ”

After that, Chieko's sparkling eyes looked at Dalton fixedly, and although there was no exit to the question, it could make people understand that she wanted to know the reason for the king's departure.

I'm very confident in myself.

"Hmm... Not long ago, our country was attacked by a five-member pirate group, their captain 'Blackbeard' has extraordinary strength, and in just half a day it almost destroyed the country, our king Valpo did not even dare to fight, with soldiers and twenty doctors, on our warship to escape into the great voyage. It is said that he is now the captain of the 'Brikick Pirates'. ”

's words made the scene fall silent for a while.

With such a king, it is perfectly conceivable how sad the people of this country must be.

For a long time, Chieko still said in a very low voice:

"I'm so sorry, I thought it was diplomacy or something... So, can you tell us a little bit about the 'witches'? What is her medical skills? ”

"It doesn't matter, we still have to thank Blackbeard, if it weren't for them, our country doesn't know how long it would have been enslaved." Dalton shook his hand absently, and then replied with a serious appearance:

"As for the 'witch' Dr. Kureha's medical skills, there is no doubt that they are superb, and there are no diseases that she cannot cure. It's just that she is quite eccentric, not to mention living on the Magnetic Drum Peak, and only on a whim will go down the mountain to treat the patients she meets, and then take all the things she wants from the patients as a reward. ”

"What, is she really a doctor? I can't be a pirate ship doctor before! Usopp complained, sounding outrageous.

"Then the most important thing, how long does this 'shrine maiden' doctor usually go out?" Again, Chieko raised the key question.

"It's not fixed, sometimes it's only a few hours, sometimes it's a whole month, and it's because of her elusive temperament that she's called 'Shrine Maiden.'" There was a rare hint of helplessness in Dalton's tone.

Speaking of which, Chieko stopped talking.

It's time for Luffy to decide.

Whether to wait for Lan Ye to come back with the doctor, or to take the initiative to find the doctor 'shrine maiden', everything has nothing to do with Chieko.

Everyone is also focusing on this issue, but no one even realizes that it has always been Chieko who is leading the direction of this topic.

Only Dalton, who was outside, understood this, and looked at Chieko very calmly, not knowing what he was thinking.

In this regard, Chieko just silently held the hot tea in her hand and looked at Luffy with interest.

The corners of the mouth are curled.

"Heh, it seems that Brother Blue Night is going to be angry again."

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