[🌸] 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 a young child named [Name] Kamado is taken from their family and forced to become something monstrous by the hands of the World Government. They think that their life is ruined after this ordeal, but what would change if a small...
"Bring more cold towels! Open up the windows!" Chopper ordered. Nami and Sanji brought cold towels over while Luffy opened the windows. "He has a sickness that divers sometimes get. But it doesn't usually become a longstanding condition. Due to a lack of decompression when surfacing from the seabed, the nitrogen dissolved in the blood gets released quickly and forms gas bubbles at that time. Since the gas bubbles expand inside and outside of blood vessels, they cause problems to blood flow, muscles and joints."
You had no idea what that meant, but you assumed it was bad considering this guy's current state. The guy before you -- his name was Cricket, the exact same person you all came to look for. It took a bit of theorizing, but his identity being Cricket made the most sense.
"So it's some bizarre phenomenon, huh?"
"He probably kept diving every day without giving time for those bubbles to disappear from the body." The reindeer doctor continued and replaced an old towel on Cricket's forehead with a fresh and cold one. "I don't know why, but he's taking a risk. In some cases, caisson disease can... cause death."
Sympathy for the blond-headed man coursed through your veins. A certain question lingered in your head -- like it did for the other Straw Hats surrounding you. Why would he dive nonstop, and risk his own wellbeing? It confused you.
In the midst of your thought process, your ears picked up the sound of footsteps inching closer to the entrance of Cricket's house. You reacted immediately, and glanced at the door, to see the two faces of the same monkey people from earlier...
"OLD-TIMER! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" Masira and Shojo both shouted in unison, peeking their heads into the house through the front door.
Usopp and Chopper began to scream and run around like chickens with their heads cut off.
"THEY'VE COME TO KILL US!!"
"What're you guys doing here?!" Shojo asked.
"What did you do to the old-timer?!" Masira followed up Shojo's question with another.
"Huh?" Luffy frowned at the sight of the two brothers and crossed his arms. "We're looking after this guy right now, so go somewhere else."
"IDIOT! THEY AREN'T REALLY GONNA HEAR US OUT!! THEY'RE SAVAGES, YOU KNOW!"
