It was night, and everyone was sleeping in the women's room, taking care of Nami in case anything happened, while Oliver had taken the night watch.
"The night sure is quiet. There's no noise and it's not cold... Although this thing I have still hasn't gone away," Oliver said, looking at his arm. "It's even a bit hard to move it."
He checked his status, where nothing had changed compared to before because he hadn't been able to train since Nami got sick.
"We should arrive at Drum tomorrow if the travel time hasn't increased."
He looked at the sky, which was full of stars, and the moon could barely be seen.
"I have to get stronger. I could spend money on talents to see if I get something related to immunity so I can keep training... Wait a minute... in Arlong Park, when I got beaten up, I got stronger after recovering. Maybe if I hurt myself more and then recover, I could end up getting something."
He went to the kitchen to look for a knife, bringing it close to his sick arm.
"I have pain resistance, so there shouldn't be any problems."
He tried to cut himself, but the knife didn't leave a single scratch.
"Eh?"
He tried again, but once again nothing happened despite using more force.
"Hardened skin. I remember that was something that helped resist cuts, if I'm not mistaken. Well, this plan failed. Should I burn my arm to test it? I'd better try the pay-to-win method."
He summoned the gacha machine, and when he was about to buy something, he heard a noise, so he turned around to look, bumping into the machine and causing pain to shoot through his entire arm.
"H-How am I feeling pain?"
He used his nose to try to tell if someone had moved, but everyone's scent was still in the same room.
"They're still sleeping."
He looked at the gacha machine, giving it a punch and feeling as if it were pure steel.
"I think I found a way to train," Oliver said, feeling the pain in his hand.
It was already morning, where the Straw Hats started doing different things, unlike Oliver, who was sleeping.
"Hmmmm... How is he so tired?" Elegg asked, placing a blanket over Oliver.
"It must be from staying up all night," Usopp said, holding some wooden planks.
"But Sanji didn't seem tired when he was on watch," Elegg said.
"Hehe, that's because I'm clearly stronger than him," Sanji said, laughing while up in the watchtower.
Right then, a great freezing wind arrived, shaking the entire Merry.
"Hey, don't you guys think it's getting too cold lately?" Sanji asked.
"Yeah, it's probably another strange weather change. You know how things are in this ocean," Usopp said while repairing the ship.
"That is proof that we are approaching an island. Sanji-san, please look closely at the horizon," Vivi told him. "There must be a Winter Island nearby."
"Winter Island?" Sanji asked her.
"Speaking in meteorological terms, the islands of the Grand Line are divided into four types: Summer Islands, Spring Islands, Autumn Islands, and Winter Islands."
Vivi began to explain that each island has 4 seasons, so if there are islands close together, the climate is very unstable; meaning that if there is a stable climate, there must be an island nearby.
Sanji checked with the binoculars until he saw an island in the distance, so he shouted to warn the rest.
"Land ho!!" Sanji shouted.
At that, Luffy shot out like lightning to take his favorite seat and see the island.
"WOOOW!! AN ISLAND!! It's white! It must be snow! A snow island!" Luffy said excitedly.
"Hey Luffy! This time we don't have time for any kind of adventures. We came looking for a doctor. Once Nami-san is cured, we will leave," Sanji told him, but Luffy didn't listen, being so excited.
"I love snow," Luffy kept saying.
"Wait, will the island be safe? If there is snow in that place, could there also be snow monsters?!" Usopp asked worriedly. "Will there even be people on the island? Damn it! I caught the 'We-shouldn't-go-to-that-island' disease!"
"I love snow, it's so white," Luffy said again.
"It will be fun!" Elegg said. "Let's go!"
"Yeah!" Luffy shouted, just wanting to go have fun.
"You guys yell too much," Oliver said, coming out of the kitchen while yawning. "I guess it's normal with the new island."
"Everyone prepare to dock," Sanji said, warning the rest.
'I managed to wake up. I just hope there won't be any problems here; I don't know how useful I can be,' Oliver thought, looking at Drum.
When they were about to dock, large mountains with a strange shape could be seen, which seemed even more fascinating to Luffy.
Luffy was quite happy, since, from what he kept saying, he loves snow.
"Hey, Luffy, aren't you cold in those clothes?" Usopp asked Luffy.
Upon realizing it, he started to feel cold.
"You're so slow!!" Sanji and Usopp shouted at him.
He quickly went inside to look for a coat.
"He is very weird," Usopp told him.
"That's true. How is it possible that he doesn't realize he's cold?" Oliver wondered.
"You are weird too!" Usopp told him.
"But I don't feel the cold that much, so it's fine," Oliver answered him.
"THAT'S EVEN WEIRDER!" Usopp yelled at him.
In the end, they reached the shore of the island, but there was nowhere to dock, so they had to drop anchor right there while leaving some people to guard the ship, but at that moment, they found themselves surrounded by many people pointing weapons at them.
"Don't move, pirates," said a person who seemed to lead the rest.
"Wow, people," Luffy said.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Usopp said.
"Turn around, you are not welcome here," the leader of the people said.
'What was his name again?' Oliver asked himself.
He saw Elegg try to pull out her weapon, but he stopped her.
"Let's try not to let this escalate," Oliver whispered to her.
"Maybe it will escalate," Elegg whispered back.
"We came looking for a doctor!" Luffy tried to explain to them.
"We brought a sick person!" Vivi also said.
Both Vivi and Luffy tried to explain the situation to them, but the people didn't want to listen to their explanations, as the country was theirs and no pirate would step foot in it; if they didn't obey, they would destroy the ship.
"Wow, they already hate us and we just met," Sanji said.
"SHUT UP!" One of the men shot at the cook, who barely managed to dodge.
"He shot at us!" Usopp shouted.
"That was too much..." Sanji said, preparing to hit him, while Zoro was ready with his Katana.
The man got scared and took aim again.
"You damn son of a...!"
"Sanji-san, wait!"
Vivi tried to stop Sanji so he wouldn't attack the people, but the man shot at them, right where Vivi was.
It might have been a hallucination due to what was happening to him, but from Oliver's perspective, he saw the bullet slowly going right towards Vivi, so he quickly stepped between her and the bullet.
"They sure are reckless," Oliver said, having interfered. 'If I hadn't had Hardened Skin, it would have gone deeper.'
Since the bullet was inside his body, he put it into his inventory and then took it out.
"It worked," he said, holding the bullet in his hand.
"HOW DARE YOU HURT MY NAKAMA!" Luffy shouted angrily.
"Take aim!!"
"Luffy! Calm down!" Oliver shouted, stopping him. "It's just a bullet. Besides, we have something more important to worry about."
Luffy remembered that Nami was sick, so he held back his urge to go beat up the people.
"The first priority is Nami, and if we fight here, we won't be able to get a doctor," Oliver told him, doing a bit better.
"You're right," Luffy said after thinking about it. "Please call a doctor. Save our Nakama."
The people saw how the young man bowed, so they thought about what to do.
"Alright, we will take you to our village. Follow me," the leader of the people said.
[It is recommended that you see a doctor as soon as possible]
[I repeat]
[It is recommended that you see a doctor as soon as possible]
'Just a little more. I have to hold on a little more.'
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