Amber lead disease?!
"No, impossible..."
Rosinante saw the white spots under the old man's hood and was immediately full of doubts.
The cause of platinum lead disease is that it is a very slow poisoning symptom that eventually breaks out after generations of continuous contact with platinum lead ore.
According to Law's description, this platinum lead mineral only exists underground in the White Town of Flevance in the North Sea.
Now, the platinum lead reserves inside Flevance have been completely exhausted, and it has been completely destroyed by the World Government, leaving only Law as a survivor.
Even if someone could, like Law, crawl into a pile of dead people to seek a glimmer of life, there couldn't be as many as dozens of people in front of him!
Such a large group of people couldn't have escaped the World Government's attention.
Moreover, judging from their appearance, these people are dressed in standard Aden Kingdom attire, all in peasant clothing, which is very different from the residents of Flevance described by Law.
But the truth is just like this.
The face under the old man's hood does indeed have white spots that are exactly the same as the symptoms of platinum lead disease!
Kureha narrowed her eyes, and her fingers behind her back gently moved, signaling everyone to be on alert if the situation was not right.
Rosinante stepped forward and asked tentatively, "Old man, how many platinum lead patients are there here?"
The old man shook his head helplessly and said bitterly, "There are them everywhere in the Aden Kingdom. I heard that the royal family has run away, and no one in the country cares about us at all!"
"This damned infectious disease!"
He took out a newspaper from his arms with his wrinkled hands. It was the front-page headline from almost a month ago.
"Everyone was very desperate at first, but I heard that someone was coming to the Aden Kingdom to save people, so we managed to hold on!"
These words fell into the ears of everyone present and gathered into a huge amount of information.
"This, this is impossible!"
Rosinante muttered.
Amber lead disease is not contagious at all. This is a confirmed fact!
Moreover, apart from the White Town of Flevance, it is impossible for anyone else to have long-term contact with platinum lead ore, leading to infection with platinum lead disease.
If that's the case, why is this old man saying that platinum lead disease has broken out in the Aden Kingdom?
Rosinante asked further, "Old man, does the Aden Kingdom also produce platinum lead ore?"
"What platinum lead ore?"
The old man shook his head and frowned, "What are you talking about? Why do you seem to not believe that we are sick?"
After saying that, the old man waved his hand, and the other dozens of people took off their hoods, and a few even pulled up their sleeves.
Their skin and hair had more or less those terrible white spots.
"We are still considered to have mild symptoms. Those with slightly more severe symptoms are unable to move and can only stay at home to recuperate."
The old man said with a bitter face, "The food reserves in everyone's homes are almost exhausted. If we drag on any longer, we will either die of illness or starve to death!"
He wanted to grab Kureha's hand, but suddenly realized that he had an infectious disease, so he could only kneel on the ground and beg the people of the Four Seas Alliance in front of him:
"Do you have a doctor? Please save this country, my daughter is about to die of illness!"
Dalton wanted to step forward to help the old man up, but was stopped by Kureha.
"Wait, Dalton."
Kureha put on the mask and gloves she carried with her, her expression serious, "Something's not right."
Then, she first arranged for the medical team to reassure the villagers on the premise of being fully armed.
…
On the other side.
The Quiet-Quiet Fruit ability is activated.
A soundproof wall opened, isolating the group of Aden Kingdom people.
With this soundproof wall, even if they discussed it face-to-face, the group of Aden Kingdom people would not be able to hear it.
"Why is this happening?"
Rosinante looked at everyone in confusion, "Law should be the last living platinum lead patient in the world. Why has platinum lead disease also broken out in the Aden Kingdom?"
Dalton had a preliminary understanding of what platinum lead disease was on the way, so he speculated, "Could it be that there is also platinum lead ore in the Aden Kingdom?"
"Impossible, Flevance is the only place in the North Sea that produces platinum lead ore."
Rosinante shook his head and said, "Moreover, if platinum lead ore is not mined for a long time, platinum lead disease will not break out."
Wiper from Skypiea thought for a while, "Could it be that platinum lead disease is really contagious..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wiper was glared back by Kureha.
"Don't make wild guesses about unknown things, otherwise you will only get the answer that 'you think is correct', young winged brat!"
The doctor took out a bottle of wine from his waist, took a few sips of strong wine, sorted out his thoughts, and turned to Rowan and said:
"Give me some time, I will find out."
"I believe you, doctor."
Rowan nodded.
Hiluluk next to him suddenly said after hearing this, "Speaking of which, should I go to the Aden Kingdom to investigate? You may not be able to find out anything by just staying at the pier!"
Kureha stopped him, "No, it's too dangerous."
Hiluluk waved his hands repeatedly, "It's okay, it's okay, platinum lead disease is not contagious, and besides, I'm used to running away. Wapol spent several years trying to catch me, but I'll run away if there's any real danger!"
"And..."
Hiluluk looked at Rowan, "We really need someone to investigate deeply, don't we?"
Rowan thought for a while, but still shook his head and said, "I will send someone to investigate."
"Ah ha ha ha ha, okay, okay!"
Hiluluk could only nod repeatedly.
However, Rowan then rubbed his forehead, his tone rather helpless, "I guess I can't stop you."
Hiluluk smiled even more happily, "You guessed it right!"
He was just such a person, unrestrained, yearning for freedom, and no one could stop his footsteps - even if that person was out of kindness.
Hiluluk only wanted to live his life happily and without regrets.
Rowan could only give a few instructions, "Let two Alabasta soldiers accompany you - this is the bottom line, and then return immediately if you find anything abnormal."
After all, they still had to stay in the Aden Kingdom for a long time.
Rosinante needed to seize the Op-Op Fruit, and Rowan needed time to think about how the Four Seas Alliance could gain a foothold in the North Sea.
At the very least, they had to figure out the group of "platinum lead patients" that had suddenly appeared.
It was not only for the sake of the awareness of Kureha and other doctors, but if Rowan and others turned a blind eye, it was very likely that the Four Seas Alliance would be put in a passive position!
…
So, the current action plan was finalized.
Hiluluk led the team to conduct an in-depth investigation of the Aden Kingdom.
Kureha and the main force of the medical team were responsible for studying the platinum lead disease on these Aden Kingdom nationals.
Hawka and other Fish-Man warriors were responsible for guarding the nearby sea area and investigating the surrounding situation at the same time.
The rest of the people stayed on the ship, while trying to replenish supplies and staying alert to the surroundings at all times.
…
In this way, a day passed.
That night, at night.
Kureha rushed into Rowan's captain's room and slapped something on his desk with a thud.
"Quickly call that quack doctor back!"
Rowan looked down and found that on the table was a small crystal fragment, with a glassy silver-white luster.
Kureha gritted her teeth, her face extremely ugly.
"This is not a disease at all!"
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