After leaving Drum, the Straw Hats thought of another thing to celebrate: that Nami was healed and having Chopper in their crew.
"What a great night! A full moon and a cherry blossom tree!"
Everyone was enjoying the party, unlike Chopper, who kept looking back towards the Drum Kingdom.
"Chopper! How long are you going to sit there?" Usopp said. "Come over here and drink with us"
"It's a beautiful night. I never thought I'd see a cherry blossom tree in this snow country" Sanji said, drinking alcohol.
"That's fine! We have to get drunk on a night like this!" Zoro said.
"You guys are fast to start throwing parties" Oliver said, taking a drink.
"That makes this even more entertaining!" Elegg said while eating.
"Wait a minute! Can you stop for a moment and look here?" Nami said, making them look at Karoo, who was slightly thawed out.
"Karoo. Why did you jump into the freezing water?" Vivi said, hugging Karoo to try to give him warmth.
"But he's fine. When I pulled him out of the water he was perfect... except for being an ice cube, which I don't understand since the water wasn't even freezing" Oliver said, trying to drink again, only to be met with a punch from Nami.
"That's because you are weird!" Nami yelled at him.
"Maybe he just fell into the water by accident. What an idiot!" Zoro said, laughing at Karoo.
"Shut up!" Vivi yelled at him.
"He said he saw some guy named Zoro jump into the water and disappear. He thought he was in danger so he jumped in to save him, but he froze" Chopper said, translating for Karoo.
"So it was your fault!" Nami said, hitting Zoro.
"Tony-kun, do you understand Karoo's words?" Vivi asked.
"Of course, I am an animal first and foremost, so I understand what he's saying" Chopper said.
"That's incredible, Chopper. Not only do you have medical knowledge, but you also have many other talents" Nami said, impressed by Chopper.
"Idiot! Saying nice things to me doesn't make me happy! Jerk!" Chopper said doing a little dance while having a happy face.
"You look happy" Luffy and Usopp said.
"Wait a minute, what do you mean?" Zoro asked him.
"What? Well, Chopper is a doctor" Nami said.
"What?! Chopper is a doctor?!" Luffy and Sanji yelled.
"Why do you think I told him to join us?" Nami asked.
"Because he can transform seven times" Luffy said.
"Emergency food supply" Sanji answered.
Chopper was scared hearing that until he remembered his tools.
"I forgot to bring my backpack with me. All my medicines and instruments were in there" Chopper said worriedly.
"Do you mean this backpack? It was on the sled" Nami said, holding it in her hand.
"My backpack? But how did it get here?" Chopper said without knowing.
"I thought you were the one who put it there. It must have been Doctor Kureha then. She really knew what you were thinking" Nami said.
"Chopper, come dance with us!" Luffy and Usopp said while having chopsticks in their noses.
"Do you mind stopping for a while?!" Nami yelled at them angrily until she saw Chopper start doing the same. "Why are you copying them?!"
"Alright everyone! Listen up!" Usopp yelled, blowing a whistle. "For our new nakama, let's throw a party for our Dr. Chopper"
"HOORAY!"
Everyone raised their mugs to start celebrating louder and to finally head towards Alabasta at top speed.
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"Hmmmm... This is weird. I'm not tired" Oliver said, seeing how everyone was sleeping on the kitchen floor.
He looked at his arm, so he took off the bandage, and there were no traces of the disease, nor any wound.
"That arrow almost put a hole in me, but it's gone now. In Arlong Park I ended up very injured and by Loguetown I was already healed, but now in just a few hours I'm fine"
He looked around, and since he saw everyone resting, he preferred to step outside where the snow was no longer falling.
"We're starting to get farther away from Drum..."
He kept looking at the sea for a few moments until he wanted to check something.
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Status
Name: Oliver
Age: 24 years
Race: Beastkin
Height: 1.95 m
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Inventory
-Jester Spear
-Storage-Storage Fruit
-Slime-Slime Fruit
-Ant-Ant Fruit
-Spider-Spider Fruit, Model: Scorpion
-Dinosaur Dinosaur Fruit, Model: Quetzalcoatlus
-Money: 48,000,000
-2x Weapon Gacha Token
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Fighting Style
-Mastery in Electro (30%)
-Mastery in Boxing (21%)
-Mastery in Iron Fist (15%)
-Mastery in Karate (11%)
-Mastery in Two-Axe Style (0%)
-Mastery in Street Fighting (17%)
-Mastery in Hoplomachia (20%)
-Mastery in Nunchaku Style (0%)
-Mastery in Lightning Spear (7%)
-Mastery in Mixed Martial Arts (13%)
-Mastery in Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist (10%)
-Mastery in Drunken Swordsman (0%)
-Mastery in One-Dagger Style (0%)
-Mastery in Rokushiki/Six Powers (5%)
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Talent
-Adaptive Body
-Pain Tolerance
-Accelerated Metabolism
-Warrior Mindset
-Fighter's Body
-Casual Fishing
-Hardened Skin
-Basic Discipline
-Accelerated Healing Factor
-Affinity with Devil Fruits
-Climate Resistance
-Refined Palate
-Steady Arm
-Animal Affinity
-Stylist
-Neutral Scent
-Natural Orientation
-Immune Body
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"Disease resistance and poison resistance disappeared, but now I have immune body. I guess that's why I was cured of that damn disease..."
He stared at Adaptive Body, remembering those words before he passed out.
"Adaptive Body helped my recovery by adapting me to the disease, so it had to combine them and make them stronger. My wound also healed faster, so my healing factor might have gotten stronger too" Oliver said.
He looked at his hand, grabbed a knife, and made a cut all the way across his palm.
"What are you doing?"
Oliver quickly put the knife into his inventory and hid his hand.
"I'm just looking at the view, and what are you doing awake, Nami? You should be resting"
"Well, I want to see the view too" Nami said, going outside with a blanket on.
"You better go get some rest. You're barely recovering, you wouldn't want to relapse"
"And you? You weren't well either and you're out here, so you can't complain at me"
"What are you talking about? It was just a small bump, my arm is fine now"
Oliver showed her his arm, which was already healed without any trace of something wrong.
"Just like in Arlong Park" Nami whispered.
"What did you say?" Oliver asked her.
"Nothing... I better go inside, it's still cold" Nami said.
"Get some rest"
Nami entered the kitchen, leaving Oliver alone once again.
'Arlong Park. How is this the same?' Oliver thought, looking through the window at how everyone was resting well.
He prepared himself and summoned the gacha machine, which he punched hard, feeling pain all over his arm.
"The way Garp got strong was by punching those battleships, and the machine works the same way"
He punched it again and kept punching it.
'I have to keep going, no matter if my hand breaks, it will heal'
He kicked it, feeling something break.
'It doesn't matter if my legs break, they will heal'
He began landing multiple kicks and punches on the machine, feeling immense pain throughout his body.
'It doesn't matter if my body becomes almost useless because it will heal and adapt, making it stronger. I have to get stronger... Much stronger'
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