Chapter 1778

Outside the cabin, Marco's expression eased a lot. Hearing the thunderous snoring from inside the cabin, his mood was even better.

"Don't be happy too early. That was just a painkiller with very low side effects. It has some effect on recovering injuries, but it's a drop in the bucket for Whitebeard's injuries. I need a complete set of surgical instruments, the most advanced kind, and secondly, some materials."

Su Xiao handed a list to Marco. After Marco saw this long list, he only felt his head buzzing.

"To treat my Pops, do you need to use metal?"

Marco pointed to the substitute for Fire Gold on the list (Fire Gold: one of the main materials for Apollo).

"Metal therapy."

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Marco was speechless for a long time and could only walk away in silence. As for the reward, Su Xiao had already negotiated with Marco. The Whitebeard Pirates couldn't pay the reward yet; all their treasures were on the Moby Dick.

Once the Moby Dick arrived in the Grand Line, Su Xiao could choose ten items from the treasury, such as Devil Fruits, famous swords, and other treasures. If he wasn't satisfied with the items in the treasury, he could also specify three items, and the Whitebeard Pirates would try their best to find them, provided they could win the Summit War.

There was no need to talk to Whitebeard about this aspect. Whitebeard didn't care about wealth; he cared about family, so the financial aspect was all managed by Marco.

Choosing ten items from the Whitebeard Pirates' treasury was almost equivalent to the reward for experiencing a world.

The ship sailed slowly on the sea. Su Xiao lay on the ship's railing, crossing his legs, looking like he could fall into the sea at any moment.

Compared to Su Xiao, who was blowing the sea breeze alone, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, acting as a hostage, had already hit it off with those pirates. Looking at that appearance, it was just short of swearing brotherhood with Diamond Jozu. Amu was following Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, sponging off food and drink.

Seeing that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had already hit it off with the pirates by relying on its Charisma attribute, Su Xiao began to close his eyes for a nap. It was he who let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang do this; this was an insurance policy. Once the surgery failed, he would have to take Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu and jump into the sea to escape.

Marco and Vista had already left. They had to collect advanced medical instruments in just ten hours. Some were sent from their territory in the New World, and some could only be snatched from the Navy's experimental bases.

When the sky turned completely dark and the stars filled the sky, Marco returned with people. They all had a bloody smell, and Marco himself had his eyelids drooping, looking very exhausted.

"My Pops is still sleeping, so..."

"Fifteen hours at most."

"Good."

Marco came outside the cabin where Whitebeard was. He leaned against the door and, hearing the snoring inside, he couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep as well.

Thump, thump, thump...

The sound of wooden boards being knocked reached Marco's ears. He suddenly opened his eyes. The blinding sunlight made him subconsciously close his eyes. He only felt that an instant had passed, but the sun hanging high in the sky told him it was already morning.

"Looks like you slept better than Whitebeard."

"I accidentally fell asleep."

Marco smiled.

"Who is Brianna?"

"..."

Marco's expression suddenly went blank.

"How did you know..."

"Half the ship should know. You were muttering all night last night. It was very noisy."

"..."

Marco turned his head somewhat stiffly to look at Jozu. This stern, unsmiling burly man was looking at Marco with deep meaning.

"Whitebeard's state has recovered quite well. We can start. Move those medical instruments in."

Just as Su Xiao pushed open the cabin door, he saw Whitebeard holding a super-sized bowl, tilting his head and drinking something.

"This is no different from not eating."

Whitebeard put down the large bowl. As a pirate who ate meat, it was very rare to only drink a large bowl of porridge in the morning.

Whitebeard sat on the hardwood bed. He gave off an even stronger sense of oppression, and his eyes were more spirited.

"Kid, what medicine did you use yesterday? That kind of medicine is enough."

Clearly, Whitebeard didn't want surgery, but wanted to use the painkillers Su Xiao provided before the battle, which would be safer.

"If you want to fight in a state of semi-anesthesia of the central nervous system, I have no opinion."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Whitebeard looked at the blonde little nurse on the side. The nurse shook her head, signaling it was absolutely impossible.

"Considering your situation, I won't fully anesthetize you during the surgery. You can sit up from the operating table at any time, provided you want to die."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. Whitebeard's expression gradually became serious. For some reason, he felt that Su Xiao now was very difficult to provoke, even trickier than those powerful enemies of the past.

One by one, medical instruments were carried into the room by the pirates, and the hardwood bed was also replaced with an operating table.

Two hours later, Whitebeard lay on the operating table. He felt he could still move. Right now, it felt like many hands were pressing him down. He could break free, but he wouldn't do so until the critical moment.

The reason Su Xiao didn't fully anesthetize Whitebeard was because of Sha. According to Sha's own description, when she accepted Su Xiao's surgery, the feeling of being toyed with by Su Xiao was terrible—weak, desperate, and helpless.

So Su Xiao simply didn't fully anesthetize Whitebeard. In this way, as long as Whitebeard could withstand the intense pain, he wouldn't have the same feeling as Sha.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao picked up the small plasma saw beside him and pressed the switch.

Hum~

Hearing this sound, Whitebeard's eye corner on the operating table twitched significantly, but he still remained calm.

Whitebeard's surgery couldn't be completed in one go; it would take at least three. The first would solve his liver, spine, and those old injuries. The second would be the heart problem. The third would be surgery on all organs except the heart and liver.

Whitebeard's problems weren't just old injuries + geriatric diseases + unrestrained drinking. The Gura Gura no Mi was very strong, but it would make the user's body bear counter-shock force, which was also one of the main reasons Whitebeard's physical condition was so bad.

Blood splashed onto the rubber gloves Su Xiao was wearing. Marco and the others outside the cabin were ready to rush into the cabin at any time. The sounds inside were truly terrifying. Where was this surgery? It was clearly the sound of repairing some kind of machine.

Four hours later, Su Xiao sutured the wound on Whitebeard's spine and injected Ancient Secret Medicine in the surrounding area to accelerate the recovery of Whitebeard's surgical trauma. If nothing went wrong, the next surgery could be performed in two hours.

Whitebeard on the operating table didn't have much change in expression. Facts proved that as long as he wasn't fully anesthetized, he wouldn't experience that terrible feeling Sha had. Therefore, Whitebeard only felt intense pain, as well as Su Xiao's surgical method, which could be called rough. This was the first time in Whitebeard's life he had seen his own liver with his own eyes, and it might also be the last.

Su Xiao rested for two hours and then came to the operating table again. Whitebeard's injuries already had signs of healing. After all, this was a powerful plot character; the recovery items Su Xiao manufactured had a greatly reduced effect on them.

The second surgery began. This time it was to solve the heart problem. Seeing Su Xiao come to the operating table again, Whitebeard's eye corner twitched again.