One Piece : Admiral Falcon is Pissed off again today!

"Ah, I'm so sorry, Michael."

Cobra took Vivi back from Michael's arms.

The little girl was now clutching a feather nearly as long as her own body, shimmering with flecks of Holy Light.

Under the soothing effect of the Holy Light, the previously excited Vivi gradually fell asleep.

Michael gave Vivi a resentful look...

This kid's grip is surprisingly strong!

But no matter how much he grumbled internally, Michael couldn't actually hold a grudge against a baby who couldn't even speak yet.

"Alright, Cobra, what's so urgent that you had to call me here?" Michael shook his head and said seriously.

"Surely it wasn't just so your daughter could pluck my feathers, right?"

"Ahem, I swear this was truly an accident." Cobra coughed twice to mask his embarrassment before placing Vivi on the bed.

"This time, I mainly wanted to ask for your help..."

With that, he nodded at Igaram.

Taking Cobra's cue, Igaram turned and pulled aside the heavy side curtains.

On the wide, plush bed sat a gray-haired woman leaning against the headboard.

As the curtains were drawn, she shook her head at the group and said.

"Don't... come too close. We still don't know if it's contagious."

"Titi, don't worry. I've brought Vice Admiral Michael here! His Holy Light will surely cure you!" Cobra reassured her.

Michael looked at the woman on the bed with surprise.

Based on Cobra's address, this must be the queen of Alabasta, Nefertari Titi.

In other words, Vivi's mother.

Vivi clearly inherited her mother's looks, which meant...

Crocodile's current appearance bore an uncanny resemblance to the queen.

If they were placed side by side, one could easily mistake them for sisters.

This was... somewhat of a coincidence.

Michael glanced sideways at Cobra before asking.

"What exactly happened?"

"Ah, this was about a month ago. Right after Titi gave birth, while washing up, she noticed patches of her skin turning ash-gray with accompanying pain... At first, we didn't pay much attention, but when the gray areas began spreading, I realized Titi might have contracted a disease previously unseen in Alabasta."

Michael's brow furrowed immediately upon hearing this.

Ash-gray skin? With pain?

Without hesitation, Michael stepped through the curtains to approach Queen Titi.

Though weak, Titi raised her hand anxiously and said, "Vice Admiral Michael, we still don't know if this illness is contagious."

"Your Highness, I've already determined what it is. I just need confirmation. If it matches my diagnosis, then this disease isn't contagious."

"Really?"

"I'm a Marine Vice Admiral and, well, somewhat of a friend to Cobra. I wouldn't lie to you."

"Hey! What do you mean 'somewhat'?" Cobra, hearing Michael's assurance about non-contagious, indignantly stepped through the curtains.

"Ah! My deepest apologies for the hardship of being my friend!"

"Go sit down, you work-dodging king," Michael rolled his eyes before nodding to Titi.

"Let me examine the affected area to confirm it."

Titi eventually nodded and lifted her hair, revealing the nape of her neck.

On that slender neck was an irregular patch of ash-gray skin.

Michael nodded.

Just as expected... it was Amber lead disease.

"Exactly as I suspected—Amber lead disease."

"Amber lead disease? What's that?"

"It's a heavy metal poisoning illness originating from Flevance in the North Blue. Sufferers not only develop whitened skin from toxin accumulation, but these toxins also get inherited by offspring, drastically reducing their lifespan..."

With each word Michael spoke, Titi and Cobra grew paler.

"This disease... is hereditary!?"

"Then Vivi..."

Without waiting for Cobra's order, Igaram rushed out and brought the sleeping Vivi over.

"I remember... there was a small grayish-white mark on Princess Vivi's neck too..." Igaram said nervously, but upon exposing the infant's delicate neck, found nothing.

"Huh? It's gone?"

"Are you certain Vivi previously showed grayish-white skin?"

"Absolutely certain! From the day of her birth, all physical characteristics of royal heirs are recorded in palace archives and regularly updated."

Seeing Igaram's certainty, Michael's gaze gradually shifted to the feather clutched in Vivi's tiny hand...

And suddenly laughed.

'Human infants' survival instincts are truly remarkable—no wonder she'd strained so hard to pluck one of my feathers.'

So she had sensed something was wrong with her body.

"Alright, no need to dwell on it," Michael said with a smile. "Ever since she plucked my feather, the trace of amber lead toxin hidden within her was purified by the residual Holy Light on the feather."

"Purified?" Cobra's eyes immediately shifted to Michael's Wings.

"Damn it! Don't even think about touching my feathers again! I'll just purify Her Highness directly with Holy Light."

With that, two Holy Light purifications were cast upon Queen Titi, and the ashen-gray hue of her skin gradually faded away.

This was never some incurable disease—just heavy metal poisoning.

Yet in the One piece World, a place both advanced and backward in peculiar ways, it had ironically become an untreatable terminal illness.

"But... what I'm more curious about is how Queen Titi contracted Amber lead disease in the first place?" Michael frowned.

"Could there be amber lead products around her?"

"Amber lead products... could it be that?" Cobra hurriedly fetched a pure white cup.

"Titi loves white the most. Ever since we bought this cup a year ago, she's used it daily for drinking water."

Michael took one look and confirmed it—indeed, an amber lead product.

"You people have no sense of safety at all! Drinking from an amber lead cup—no wonder she developed the same symptoms in one year that others get after decades of exposure!"

In the original story, the queen had died young, but Michael never imagined that in this world, she nearly perished from amber lead poisoning.

Naturally, after Michael cured the queen, Cobra showered him with endless gratitude before slinging an arm around his shoulders like an old buddy and leading him out.

Just as Michael was about to advise him to collect and destroy all amber lead products in Alabasta, Cobra spoke up.

"So, about that..."

"How has she been lately?"

Michael turned his head and asked cautiously, "She? You have a side chick? Should I go tell the queen right now?"

"Stop joking. You know what i mean, Crocodile."

"Brother... could never fail to recognize his own sister."

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