Although his consciousness was blurry just now, Shiki still heard Law's voice.
The kid said he could help him remove the ship's wheel from his head!
This was, of course, something Shiki had been dreaming of.
The half ship's wheel embedded in his head had no sense of style at all; if anything, it was hideously ugly.
Moreover, the key issue was that it completely restricted his Haki.
With his brain severely damaged, the Haki that he once used freely now required immense pressure to activate, and there was even a risk of dying immediately from overexertion.
Shiki had long wanted to remove it.
But he just couldn't.
The wheel was embedded too deep, and trying to remove it would cause massive damage to his brain.
Not to mention, after all these years, the wheel had fully fused with his brain, making it almost immovable.
However, after this little brat cut open his head and examined their injuries, he said he could take the wheel out!
"This brat must be an Op-Op Fruit user, right!"
Shiki, being well-traveled, immediately recognized Law's ability. "If that's the case, then it indeed should be possible to remove the wheel from my head!"
"That's indeed the case."
Ian nodded gently.
In the original story, Law even used his Op-Op Fruit ability to remove a White Lead toxin deeply embedded in his body, so a mere ship's wheel was nothing.
"But, Shiki, what will you offer in exchange?"
Ian said coldly.
Performing this kind of surgery was easy for Law, but for Shiki, it was of great significance. Wanting to do it for free? That was impossible.
Shiki was calm and unhurried. "So, what do you want, kid?"
As long as he can give it, nothing else matters.
As long as he can return to his peak condition, everything will be worth it.
Ian glanced at Shiki for a moment.
It seemed that there was really nothing to gain from this legendary figure.
The Float-Float Fruit's ability could indeed help the pirate crew create floating fortresses.
But wouldn't that be completely under this guy's control?
Ian wasn't about to make a losing deal like that.
Unless... he could get his hands on the Float-Float Fruit.
But the resurrection of a Devil Fruit was uncontrollable.
Could he really just hope to take down Shiki in the midst of a bunch of fruits and gamble on the odds?
The chances were too low.
Unless he had the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, which should be the key to Blackbeard being able to steal Devil Fruit abilities.
However...
Letting this guy recover might not be a bad thing.
Shiki's greatest wish in life was to surpass Roger.
But Roger was already dead, so he wanted to destroy the East Blue.
Ian didn't really care about the East Blue.
There was only one thing that mattered to him: the World Government cared about the East Blue.
When Shiki began to act, the World Government would probably have no time to deal with their Beast Pirates.
Moreover, now that Shiki knew the true destructive power of his ability, Ian didn't believe he wouldn't want to take revenge on the World Government and the navy.
Considering these two points, Ian thought he should help Shiki.
"Then help me move Rusukaina Island and the island you mentioned to Wano Country,"
Ian made a simple request, "By the way—"
He turned to look at Hancock, "Hancock, should the Kuja Pirates be moved as well?"
"Of course!"
Hancock instantly said with joy, "Ian, if you say it's possible, then it's possible!"
Ian slightly curled the corner of his mouth and asked her if it was really unnecessary.
A phone call was made to Empress Tritoma.
"Ian, how is it? Have you found Shiki?"
A concerned voice came from the other side.
Ian replied, "It's been resolved, just a small misunderstanding. Shiki and I have made peace."
"Made peace?"
Empress Tritoma was momentarily stunned.
"Tritoma, the reason I'm calling is just to ask," Ian briefly explained the situation, "What do you think? Should we move the Amazon Lily closer to Wano? That way, we can completely escape the troubles of the Calm Belt."
"Plus, it's much safer being closer to Wano."
"Oh? Is that really possible?"
Tritoma's reaction was similar to Hancock's, "That would be wonderful!"
Ian thought so too.
After the technology for embedding Sea Kings' stones became widespread, the Calm Belt had become nothing more than a hindrance to the development of Amazon Lily. Its previous protective function had completely disappeared.
Moving to a new place was definitely better.
"Then it's settled."
Ian nodded and ended the call with Empress Tritoma.
"Heh heh heh! So, the relationship with Amazon Lily is this close, huh?"
Shiki laughed strangely.
"So, Shiki, these are my conditions. Help me move Rusukaina Island, the island you mentioned, and Amazon Lily all closer to Wano, and find a place to settle them there."
Ian said.
"Simple enough."
Shiki grinned.
He even suspected that Ian had intentionally sent him this benefit. Was such a simple task really considered a condition?
It was just a trip to the New World, something that posed no challenge to him at all.
"That's good."
Ian nodded lightly and looked at Law. "Law, get ready for the surgery."
"Of course, no problem."
Law said casually, "You've already said it."
He didn't mind at all. Whatever Ian said, it was as good as done.
And so, the surgery began.
There was a special operating room on the Golden Dragon ship, and Law immediately got to work.
Although the kid was only thirteen this year, his medical skills weren't bad.
The key point of the surgery wasn't even the technique, but rather the ability of the Op-Op Fruit.
It didn't take long before Law was pushing the old man, Shiki, out of the operating room.
When they met again, the rooster comb on Shiki's head had completely disappeared.
However, his head had become slightly shriveled, probably because the contents of his brain had been removed.
"I dug out the entire ship's rudder piece by piece," Law explained. "Then, I used my ability to squeeze the wound shut. The wound should heal in a few days."
"Well done."
Ian nodded in satisfaction.
As expected from the power of the Op-Op Fruit, it was truly impressive.
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