[One Piece] Mindless and unhappy

"Margao, take a look at this potion here!"

Mia was holding a test tube and shouting loudly on the Moby Dick. She always looked gentle and calm, but she rarely looked so excited.

Margao took the test tube and walked to the medical room to check the ingredients. At first, he looked casual, but as the analysis results of the ingredients of the medicine kept coming out, his brows could not help but tighten.

"The level of activity of this kind of cells is unheard of before. Is it a drug that was created unintentionally?"

"It's the test product given to me by Xiao Ai. She has learned very quickly in the past few months and often tries to prepare medicines by herself. But I don't know where the prescription comes from. This kind of active strength is not good for dad's body..." Mia Her hands were still shaking a little, and she shook her head, "The side effects are unknown, but the high activity of cells is really helpful in inhibiting aging..."

She is very aware of how limited the existing drugs can be in delaying aging. The cells in Whitebeard's body that are constantly failing cannot be replenished in time. It is like a sieve that is always leaking. No matter how fast you pour water, as long as it is slower than the leakage speed, There will only be less and less water.

But she knew more clearly that Haiyuan Ai knew nothing about medicinal materials when she came here. Although she was surprised by Haiyuan Ai's research on medical theories, she had been working hard to teach some basic knowledge in recent months, and she had compiled several books on hand. Hui Yuan Ai also read the encyclopedia of medicinal materials several times, but this kind of research speed is difficult to describe as genius. There is something wrong with a little girl who just picked up a new and unknown medicine. , not to mention that the medicine can be regarded as the right medicine, and it is so targeted at Whitebeard that it is difficult not to suspect that it is a huge conspiracy.

Margao didn't answer. He thought of Hui Yuan Ai asking him a few days ago about his feelings when using his flames, and asking him if he could let her do a basic check when using Qingyan. At first, he thought he just wanted to understand. Let’s take a look at the therapeutic effect of Qingyan, but looking at this potion, she might have been trying to make medicine at that time.

"Don't worry, I will go and talk to Xiao Ai."

Margao could see the fear in Mia's heart. It was not difficult for him to guess what Mia was thinking. This was the Whitebeard Pirates. They had seen too much malice, but it was difficult to connect malice with Haibara Ai. Together.

He could only praise a character like Haibara Ai for being smart. From the very beginning, she made all the points that people could easily suspect obvious: her sudden appearance, sudden stay on the ship, ignorance of common sense, special... She had no intention of hiding the development of the potion, but no one asked her, nor did she take the initiative to mention it. Because of this calmness, no one wanted to take the initiative to doubt her.

Ever since Haibara Ai started working at Mia's side, she has not spent as much time running on Moby Dick as before. She has spent more time with Whitebeard during his routine inspection every afternoon. If Margao guessed correctly, , this potion should have been deliberately left on the Moby Dick by Haihara Ai after checking it the day before. Mia should have seen it yesterday, but she has never been sure of the situation. She was worried about something going wrong before calling him today. Confirm again.

It was not yet time for Haibara Ai to come to the Moby Dick today. Margao did not take the boat back and forth like she usually did, but jumped up and spread her wings.

Little Oz didn't like to run around, so the Little Jayles stayed close to the main ship. Mal stood on his toes a little taller, retracted his wings after standing firm on the fence of the Little Jayles, and even talked to him. Little Oz said hello in a daze.

"Where's Xiao Ai, are you still reading in the room?"

Little Oz nodded, didn't ask what happened, and continued to stare at the sea in a daze.

Margao walked to the door of Haiyuan Ai's room, knocked on the door, and heard Haiyuan Ai say "please come in" in the room.

Haihara Ai was not surprised at all that Margao would come. Instead, she was curious about why she only came today. She originally thought that someone would come over last night to ask about her situation.

She did deliberately put the potion on the Moby Dick. As a researcher specializing in medicine, the world she used to live in was much more advanced in terms of technological development than some of the potions she has seen now. Many medicinal materials are not clear enough, and only part of them are understood, but it is not difficult to combine a medicine that enhances cell activity. She doesn't know whether she will stay in the current world stably or go back, but no matter what the result is, her first goal now is to use new medicinal materials to recreate aptx4869, and at the same time continue to research the antidote.

A child's body has an innate advantage in gaining trust, but after all, she is not a real eight-year-old child, and she wants to restore her original body.

Moreover, she has been recording her own data since she became small. Although she grew very slowly in that world, she is still growing slowly. It can be regarded as a different kind of starting over. But since she arrived in this world at sea, she had done three cell analyses, and the three identical data were the main reason for her uneasiness. The body of a normal eight-year-old child is in a period of rapid growth. While maintaining cell activity, there will also be obvious reproduction and division to support the growing body. Although all her cells still have normal vitality, the analysis report shows that The division has stopped.

In other words, her body's time stopped at the age of eight.

When Haibara Ai saw the results, she began to plan to develop active drugs to trade with the Whitebeard Pirates. She needed a lot of experimental equipment and more new medicinal materials, which was something she could not do at all. And luckily, this pirate group can do it.

She walked to the table, got a glass of cold water, put it on the other side of the table, and motioned to Margao to chat slowly.

"Did you know that I would come to find you?" Margao held the rim of the cup with his index finger and thumb, picked it up and shook it around.

"I knew when I saw you coming that our deal would be successful."

Margao put down the cup at this moment and poked Hui Yuan Ai's forehead with his finger. The force was not strong, but the sudden move made her a little unresponsive.

"We have already said that we are a family. How can we call this a transaction? Your talent in this area is your advantage. As long as you tell us, everyone will help you. You don't need to regard yourself as a bargaining chip."

Margao could tell at a glance what Haiyuan Ai was paying attention to. He wanted to exchange for an excellent doctor who could treat the disease. She must have wanted something. She was a ruthless little girl, but it was also because of this that he was more curious about Haiyuan. Sad about what happened in the past.

Haiyuan Ai bit her lip. She knew that devil fruits have some special effects, but she was not sure whether her kind would attract people's attention. However, during the recent period, she could clearly feel that although Margao looked more casual, He looks like that, but he is actually a reliable captain.

"...I became what I am now for some reasons, but in fact I have studied medical skills with a lonely doctor for more than ten years. It's just that the medicinal materials there are different from those here. Now it's difficult to produce the same results. of medication, I want to recover.”

"Hmm..." Margao held his chin and thought for a moment, "Did the effect of a fruit like the retrograde fruit make you go back in time? But it could also be other unrecorded fruits..."

Haibara Ai didn't expect that there really is a time-regression fruit in this world, so the topic changed, "Is there a book like a devil fruit illustrated book? I want to study it."

Margao made an OK gesture, "So, Xiao Ai, what do you want us to do for you? I haven't learned anything about this, but I've never heard of a potion that has the same power as the fruit."

"I need a separate research room, which may be more comprehensive in terms of equipment than the medical room, as well as more types of medicines and even devil fruits."

"Yes," Margao agreed quickly, "not as a transaction, but as a family member. I also want to ask you to take care of dad. If possible, it is best to maintain his health... Everyone is very reluctant to let him go. Only then did he focus on the medicine that prompted him to come here in the first place, "Does the medicine you left have any side effects?"

Hui Yuan Ai smiled. She was indeed very talented in this area. She could develop some more effective medicines even from types of medicinal materials that she had no experience with at all.

"It's not a big problem, but the help in terms of sustained activity is actually very limited. It can only make the body's normal state feel better. If we need to continue to research new drugs, we need more research data to support it."

"I remember that Teach has a devil fruit illustrated book. I will help you ask and arrange a research room for you. The last personal question," Margao nodded to show his knowledge, picked up the cup and drank it clean, "How old are you now? ?”

At this time, Hui Yuan Ai couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I saw that you didn't react just now, so I thought you didn't care about this problem."

Mal shrugged his shoulders, "Everyone is idle. Now that I know this secret, when the secret is revealed in the future, I can calmly watch their stupidity."

"Then you guess, age is a woman's secret."

Margao did not continue to ask, and once again rubbed Haihara Ai's head, messing up her neat hair, and left the cabin.

He returned to the main ship and walked to Whitebeard, telling him about Hui Yuan Ai. Whitebeard held the latest newspaper in his hand, flipped through it, pointed at the latest reward order and asked Margao what he thought of it.

"Is this the Fire Fist Ace who has been in the limelight recently? The bounty now exceeds 100 million. Is he this year's supernova?"

"The new arrogant kid on the Grand Line is really good." Whitebeard smiled and nodded, "Xiao Ai's eyes have a story, but she is just a kid. But since she has this strength, let her use it. Dare she Being in the limelight is also a good thing for me!”

Haihara Ai is a smart child. She clearly knows how much change and turmoil her ability can bring, so she chose Whitebeard, and Whitebeard also planned to give her enough room to develop.

"By the way." Whitebeard thought about the little girl with thin arms and legs, "How is Xiao Ai's physical training going?"

When it comes to physical fitness, Margao couldn't help but laugh, "In Mia's words, 'As fast as you learn medicine, you will learn domineering slowly.' It was quite difficult to learn. I even tried hers some time ago. The level is so low that even the ability to see, smell, and see is still half-assed."

"Guhahahaha, you are still a brat after all." Whitebeard also laughed.