Chapter 42: The Ownership of the Thread-Thread Fruit

"Patient with extensive skin burns..."

"Multiple muscle tears, tibia and fibula fractures..."

"Hit by four bullets, luckily the lead bullets were stopped by muscles..."

"The most dangerous injury is here... the knife that stabbed into his chest pierced through... causing damage to internal organs."

"Once removed, it will inevitably lead to massive internal bleeding. I'm sorry, with the level of our hospital, we cannot simultaneously sew up internal organs during surgery..."

Half-conscious, the serious voice rang in his ears, mixed with angry shouts like, "Do you want to die?" and "If I can't cure him, I'll kill your whole family!" These made the semi-conscious Rosinante couldn't help but quip:

Doctors aren't gods, can they really cure everything?

"As long as we remove the knife and suture the wound at the same time, we can save my brother, right?"

Immediately, another familiar voice spoke up, its youthfulness laced with authority. After a few seconds of hesitation, the serious voice from before responded:

"...I will do my best."

"Alright, prepare to begin treatment!"

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Opening his eyes,

An unfamiliar ceiling.

Lying on a hospital bed, Rosinante tried to move, only to realize he was tightly bound with bandages, plaster, and splints.

"Awake,"

The movement on the hospital bed alerted Doflamingo, who was sitting in a chair, arms crossed and dozing off. A glint of excitement flashed beneath his sunglasses.

"Doflamingo... where am I?"

"You suffered a billion injuries in the previous battle. Don't move for now, wait for the doctor to arrive."

After speaking, Doflamingo pulled a rope by the bedside, and soon a stern-looking doctor in a white coat along with two bustling nurses hurried over.

"Unbelievable, all aspects are performing normally."

After the examination, the doctor in the white coat swiftly jotted down Rosinante's condition in the medical records.

Although in this world, humans often possessed superhuman physical resilience, seeing this boy on the hospital bed who had been stabbed almost all the way through, surviving was nothing short of a miracle.

"The abilities of a Devil Fruit, truly amazing."

Just as the doctor turned to instruct the nurses to change Rosinante's dressing and administer an IV drip on time, the door to the ward was forcefully pushed open once again. Several figures of different heights and builds appeared in the doorway.

"Hehehe, Rosinante!"

"I heard you're alright now, congratulations, but what a shame, what a shame!!"

"Torrebor, you're getting too close—"

Faced with the large face thrust into his view, and the flinging snot that came with it, Rosinante, lying helplessly on the bed, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Woo-hahaha, I knew Rosinante would be fine."

Due to his excessive height, Diamante couldn't enter the ward and could only lean against the doorway, pushing up his brown glasses.

"Rosinante is Doflamingo's brother, how could he possibly fall in a place like this?"

"It's good that you're okay,"

Vergo, with a surgical knife stuck to his cheek, also nodded, while Pica, who couldn't enter the room due to his size, stood quietly outside the door.

"Sorry for making you worry,"

Though everyone's clothes were wrapped in bandages, it looks like they won.

"How are things going now? And what about Thompson—"

Seeing that the people in the room were about to start discussing "serious matters," the stern doctor in the white coat immediately left the room with the two nurses. He was just an ordinary person with a family and home, and he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of these "strong individuals." He didn't even want to hear a word about it! Otherwise, he might end up being silenced at some point, which would be too unfair.

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"Rosinante, you've been lying here for three days."

"Thompson is already dead, too bad you didn't get to see that guy's pitiful state."

The most talkative Torrebor pulled over a chair and began to recount the battle from three days ago to the unconscious Rosinante:

"That guy lost his mind too and jumped into the sea to put out the fire."

"Woo-haha, a Natural-Type ability user drowned, I've never even heard of that happening."

"That bastard, by the time we fished his body out, he was already thoroughly dead. Otherwise, we would have made him taste our methods!"

Diamante, leaning against the doorway, gritted his teeth and added.

"'Machine Gunner' Vincento was taken down by that Navy Colonel, on charges of murder."

Vergo, who spoke meticulously, took over the topic. As he talked, the surgical knife stuck to his cheek moved along with his words, making Rosinante lying down wish he could get up and remove it from him.

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Actually, Vergo, aren't you also an ability user?

Sticking a fruit ability to your cheek and all...

"Most of the casualties on the Money Ship were caused by that guy Vincento."

The high-pitched and irritable Pica added,

"Although 'Floral Necktie' Paul didn't know where to hide, the Jedite Family is finished."

"Woo-hehehe, that's right!"

"Now we are the most powerful family in Spades Maruruz! Everything that guy Thompson left behind is ours, and everyone has to follow our lead."

Torrebor had a reason to be excited. In his "plan," it would take at least a decade to become the controller of this town. But now, they achieved their goal in less than a week. How could he not be thrilled?

"But to save Rosinante, Doflamingo—"

"Don't say it!"

Doflamingo, sitting by the bedside, interrupted Diamante's words from the doorway, causing Rosinante, who was lying in bed, to furrow his brow.

"Diamante, what were you about to say just now?"

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"Cough, well, the situation is like this,"

Torrebor next to him calmed down and began to explain.

"Rosinante, your injuries were the most severe. Your internal organs were pierced and your life was in danger. In order to help you close the wound, Doflamingo ate the Thread-Thread Fruit."

?!

So that's how it is,

When Rosinante was unconscious earlier, he vaguely heard a similar conversation. He didn't expect Doflamingo to have eaten the Thread-Thread Fruit and used it on him right away.

"Is that so? What a waste..."

Rosinante wasn't surprised that Doflamingo would save him in this way. After all, back when the two of them were in the ship's cabin, when they were so hungry they could swallow even "shit-like" Devil Fruits whole, Doflamingo still shared his food with Rosinante. That was a bond for life.

"Only being able to drink with you doesn't make one a brother; a true partner is someone who can face danger together."

Unfortunately for Rosinante, he remembered that the Donquixote Family would acquire a 'Golden Fruit' in over a decade.

This is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to control gold. It not only boasts formidable combat power, but after awakening, it can even assimilate everything around it into gold!

Given Doflamingo's expertise in developing Devil Fruits, awakening the ability shouldn't be a problem.

With a sweep of his hand in battle, a world of gold and riches will arise!

Truly meaning 'smashing someone to death with money'.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the hardness of gold in this world is far superior to steel and is second only to diamond. So, this is definitely a powerful Fruit.

Originally, Rosinante was planning to wait for Doflamingo to consume the Golden Fruit, but unexpectedly he ended up eating the Thread-Thread Fruit.

"Hmph, I'm always the one leading the charge, and as your 'brother,' I can only be 'dominant' from the rear?"

While Rosinante was feeling regretful, Doflamingo had a more carefree perspective.

"Now I also possess a Devil Fruit ability. Even with the Thread-Thread Fruit, I can use it to its fullest potential, unmatched by anyone!"

This statement was true; when it came to Devil Fruit development, Doflamingo was certainly not inferior to anyone.

The disadvantage he would have in the future was in terms of dominance. Though all three types of Haki were excellent, none of them reached the pinnacle, which resulted in his embarrassing defeat.

"Well, the enhancement of combat power from the Thread-Thread Fruit is much stronger than my 'Silent Fruit.'"

Given the circumstances, Rosinante quickly cheered up and began recalling characters from various manga in his previous life who used 'threads.'

He remembered a protagonist from a supernatural manga who, with just spider threads, managed to defeat various superhuman abilities, control perception and aura, paralyze with venom, and conduct long-range sniping... a whole array of superpower assassinations ended in defeat.

Eavesdropping threads, snaring threads, ballooning threads... the female assassin in the manga also demonstrated incredible techniques with threads, many of which could be learned and employed.

And moreover, Doflamingo was naturally endowed with Conqueror's Haki. Once he learned 'Haki Coating,' even with the Thread-Thread Fruit, he would still be counted among the top-tier powerhouses!

Devil Fruits, Haki in three colors...

Regardless of the ability, as long as it's honed to perfection, it can grant the strength to dominate the seas!

And to become a top-tier powerhouse, there can't be any weaknesses. Right now, he couldn't access training methods for Haki, so he would focus on developing the Devil Fruit first.

"Doflamingo,"

"Regarding the development of your Thread-Thread Fruit, I have a few ideas..."

When it came to creative ideas, Rosinante was confident he could match anyone.

Besides, he already knew how Doflamingo would "develop" the Thread-Thread Fruit in the future. Combining that with his own insights, he believed he could significantly enhance Doflamingo's strength in no time!

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