In the sea?! Rowen swallowed his saliva. As a Devil Fruit user, being pulled out from the sea, it was no wonder that everyone thought he was dead!
Moreover, at that time, his healing ability had vanished!
“And then?”
Upon learning that he had actually died once, Rowen shuddered, feeling a chill down his spine. His mouth twitched as he asked, “What happened afterward? I hope you didn’t have a hobby of treating dead people.”
“Of course not,” Zephyr replied. “It was Tsuru…”
Zephyr continued, “Before your burial, everyone felt that you needed to be prepared… um… properly.”
Pfft!!
“Cough, cough, cough… I’m fine, please continue,” Rowen said, trying to suppress his laughter.
“Tsuru’s Woshu Woshu no Mi (Wash-Wash Fruit) ability is quite useful in these areas, washing away dirt is the most basic power of her Devil Fruit. Originally, she wanted to tidy you up… um… your appearance. However, she discovered a large amount of Seastone powder inside your body.”
Zephyr’s face twitched, but he didn’t pay much attention to the peculiar wording.
“At first, she planned to perform an operation to remove the Seastone powder from your body, so that you wouldn’t suffer even after being buried. But after the operation, we discovered… that you no longer had any vital signs, yet you were still a Thunder-Lightning Human!”
The Seastone powder embedded in weak mucous membranes, such as the lungs, trachea, and facial orifices, was extracted, and the suppressing effect of Seastone on Devil Fruit users naturally disappeared. When the doctor took a steel needle to sew up the wounds on Rowen’s “corpse”…
He received a shocking electric shock!
Tsuru, surprised by what happened, immediately contacted Sengoku and other high-ranking officials. They rushed over and reexamined Rowen. To their amazement, although he still had no heartbeat or breath, Rowen’s brainwaves were present!
However, at that time, his healing ability still hadn’t taken effect, and his body was in a terrible state. Following the principle of “trying everything possible,” Sengoku arranged for doctors to treat Rowen.
The outcome was joyful. One day later, Rowen regained his heartbeat and breath. Three days later, his self-healing ability was reactivated, and his injuries rapidly healed. And today…
Rowen was completely awake!
After recounting the events, Zephyr turned around and scrutinized Rowen, his eyes filled with curiosity. Unable to contain himself, he asked, “What exactly are you? How can you come back to life after death?!”
Rowen: “…”
‘I am not a thing!’
‘Wait a minute!’
‘I am a human, not a thing!’
‘That doesn’t sound right either!’
Rowen’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. After a moment of contemplation, he decided to skip this topic on his own.
“Well, at least now I’m certain that I won’t drown. As long as the cells in my body haven’t completely died, there’s still a chance for recovery… Maybe there’s a possibility of me being killed if around 800 trillion cells in my body are carbonized.”
“Perhaps…”
Having his most valued disciple possess the ability to heal himself, Zephyr was delighted.
Pausing for a moment, Zephyr extended his hand, his tiger-like eyes filled with tears of joy as he spoke. “Welcome back, Rowen!”
…
Marineford, at the end of the residential town, there was a cemetery.
Rowen took off his patient gown and dressed in a suit, wearing the Justice cloak draped over his shoulders. He stood in front of a square grave.
The location of this grave was nestled beside a mountain and faced the boundless sea. Looking up, one could see the vast expanse of the ocean, gentle sea breezes, the sound of waves, and sunlight piercing through the canopy, casting a dappled pattern. The air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and the chirping of birds in the small grove. It was undoubtedly an auspicious location.
Only the soldiers who made outstanding contributions to the Marines could be buried in this cemetery, under the most honorable Marine funeral.
“What do you think when you see your own grave?” Dante, now a Colonel, but still Rowen’s Vice-Captain, stood behind Rowen with a teasing smile on his face.
“Now you’re the famous Undying Vice Admiral of the entire sea! The defense work at G-10 Branch has become much easier recently. No one wants to mess with an immortal monster.”
After confirming Rowen’s death, countless forces had their eyes on the grand preparations for his funeral. They dispatched personnel one after another to search for the Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder Thunder Fruit) that would appear in the sea after Rowen’s death.
That was the “Strongest Logia Devil Fruit”!
Despite the unclear signs of Rowen’s death, the Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder Thunder Fruit) still attracted the attention of millions of people as a formidable power!
And then… just when Sengoku had to consider sending people out to search for the Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder Thunder Fruit), Tsuru informed him that Rowen was alive.
Sengoku couldn’t contain his frustration at that moment!
It was like no one could describe the feelings of those eager leaders of various factions…
They wished they could roast Sengoku and swallow him whole. Wasn’t this just Marine playing tricks on them?!
“How did you escape the explosion when you were restrained by Seastone?”
Boom!
Dante instantly realized that he had asked a foolish question as a bolt of lightning flashed in front of him. But despite that, he couldn’t help but be curious.
The power of that unknown bomb was quite exaggerated, turning Dressrosa into ruins! In the face of such destructive power, even if Rowen activated Tekkai and hardened his Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), he wouldn’t have been able to withstand it!
Especially since he had no strength at all back then.
In the end, when they fished him out, most of his bones were broken, and his blood nearly dried up, but he didn’t turn into ashes immediately, giving them a chance to rescue him.
Regarding this question, Rowen lightly sighed.
“Did you forget? That place was an underground port…”
Dante: “…”
Instant respect, anyone?!
As a Devil Fruit ability user, have you actually thought of jumping into the sea to escape?! But considering the circumstances at that time, jumping into the sea might have been the only way out.
Unable to use his Devil Fruit power and weakened to the point that even a weak child could defeat him, there was no possibility of “Escaping.”
“Let’s go, the Fleet Admiral summoned us for a meeting.” After a pause, Rowen suddenly spoke while Dante remembered Rowen’s Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki) range and nodded, following Rowen as they left.
A few minutes later, a Marine Lieutenant Commander responsible for relaying orders rushed to the cemetery, only to find it empty. The realization hit him, and his face instantly turned pale.
(End of this chapter)
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