A Cook, A Doctor, A Ghost and A Ronin.

The Cursed Mark

"I'm deeply sorry. I'd crawl into a hole and disappear if there was one." Mitsuri was on her knees  Her face is blushing with embarrassment. Doflamingo finds her way of explanation to be entertaining. He was having a fun time around.

"Don't be sorry. It's okay!" Brook tries to persuade her that it's okay.

"That's a one way to explain things." Doflamingo smiled, amused by Kanroji. Others still not able to comprehend what did they just hear. Zoro on the other hand could see a resemblance of Luffy in her. A glutton, kind and deeply treasure her friends.

"To be honest, I wasn't aware of receiving any marks or whatsoever. When I think back to fight, what comes to mind are a few unusual things." Muichiro remembered that there are several unusual things that he felt back then.

"I guess doing those things might cause the mark to appear on anyone. I'll tell you what they are." All of the attention is now on Muichiro. 

"Great. Spill the beans right away." Sanji inquired.

"In the recent fight, I was poisoned so I couldn't move. I used breathing to slow my blood circulation and the spread of the poison. During the moment that I almost drown, my lost memories returned." Muichiro began to tell them what he had gone through.

"I was so angry I couldn't even control my emotions. I think my heart rate was more than two hundred beats per minute. Not to mention my body felt hot. Like it was burning." Muichiro continued.

"So you got a boner?" Doflamingo interrupts. Mitsuri is trying so hard to not laugh right now. Sanji and Zoro giggled.

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"What? No! What I mean is that my body temperature. It was over thirty-nine degree Celsius." Muichiro corrects him. 

"That's crazy. You could move in such a state? That could have been very deadly for you!" Shinobu asked. It's amazing that someone could still move in such condition. While the Voyagers feel that it was a little bit anti-climatic.

"She's right. For a kid, you're not bad at all" Law agreed.

"In that kind of condition you would have already passed out! It's amazing how you could still stand in such situation!" Rengoku praises Muichiro for his grit.

"You're right. It was like being put through a sieve. Survival....is what separates those who manifested the mark from those who can't." Hearing that, most of the Hashiras turned grim.

"In other words, just break your limits, right? I guess that a near death experience helps. After all, one could only break through the limits against pressure." Law concluded what Muichiro meant by the survival.

"A heart rate over two hundred beats per minute. What makes you think your temperature was thirty-nine degrees?" Amane wonders what makes Muichiro so sure about that.

"Well once when I was sick at Kocho's mansion, I had a fever and the thermometer said my temperature was thirty-nine degrees. I felt the same way when the mark appeared." The Mist Hashira tell Amane the reason why.

"Tsk, can it really be that simple?" Sanemi didn't believe those two requirements was all it takes for them to achieve the mark. 

"I envy your simple mind for thinking that is simple" Giyuu said it with indifferent tone towards Sanemi.

"What?!" Sanemi wants to hear that again.

"Nothing." Brook slightly chuckled. Yohohohoho! Who would have thought that Giyuu-san does have a sense of humor!

"It is urgent that all Hashira manifest those marks." Shinobu gets the grasp of situation. They might stand a chance against the Upper Moon and Muzan with the help of the mark.