"... The pulse is now normal..."
Whose voice is that? A woman? Pulse... Ugh, my head hurts, my fingers hurt all over...
"Blood pressure is in a normal state."
Blood pressure? What kind of term is that... Ah... me...
"The oxygen in the bloodstream is at a normal level."
Oxygen? Blood flow?? What the... Ugh, the more I think about it, the more my head hurts...
"Other gauge are fixed... Hmm, the rest is just waiting for him to recover."
Other gauge? Recovery? What is it??
There are MANY things I don't understand . . . No, wait . . . I . . .
The voice of a stranger, the body in pain all over to the point where I couldn't tell which part hurt more, the overwhelming dizziness in my head that made me feel confused, before the memories slowly became clearer, making me realize that...
I... Trafalgar D. Water Law... just finished performing surgery on myself... removing the Amber Lead Syndrome that had been eating away at almost every part of my body by using the power of the Ope Ope fruit.
Then I ran out of strength, drained from using my concentration to control the demon fruit.
The body that had expelled the deadly disease felt like it was lacking nourishing energy, causing my consciousness to fade away. Before I knew it, I found myself in an unknown place. My eyes were too heavy to open at that moment. My body felt as if it were crushed by a heavy stone, unable to move even a finger. Fortunately, my ears could still hear something. My nose began to detect a strange smell, reminiscent of the medicine in my parents' study, but more complex and unfamiliar.
But I can somewhat infer that right now I am in a nurse's room somewhere... But the last thing I remember is that I performed surgery on myself with Bepo, Penguin, and Sachi guarding me on the submarine Polar Tank.
And on the submarine, there is no infirmary with such a variety of medicinal smells.
"Or did the navy capture me? But the navy wouldn't capture a pirate and put them in a nice infirmary room," I thought anxiously, fearing something worse than being captured by the navy. . .
being taken by the Celestial Dragon, the World NOBLE!
They wanted the Devil Fruit power I possess, the Ope Ope no Mi, which has the ultimate power of immortality surgery, granting one person an eternal life without aging or dying, in exchange for the user's entire life force...
'I have to hurry... I have to hurry and open my eyes, then check my surroundings. Check if my wrists and ankles are bound by the KairoSeki [Sea Stone] key, and then find a way to meet the Bepo'
I planned in my mind before trying to open my eyes, but I still couldn't. I tried to move my fingers or control the ROOM, but I couldn't.
So, I've concluded that my body and mind are not yet ready to move or engage in any activity. I need to rest and allow my body to heal itself first because lead and amber have damaged my body down to the tissue level. Even after surgery, the damage remains. I have to wait for natural recovery, which will take at least a month before I can be strong enough to walk again.
As for the uncontrollable demon fruit power, it can be easily inferred that it was used for self-healing, which consumed a lot of energy. Given the current state of bodily injury, the recovery of physical and mental energy is even more difficult, so the Op-Op Fruit power cannot be used at this moment.
"I need to quickly fall into a deep sleep and then wake up..." I thought to myself before controlling my breathing, inhaling slowly, taking deep breaths into my lungs, and exhaling slowly. This meditation technique was taught to me by the despised family of Doflamingo.
Although I didn't like it, I had to thank this technique because it made me fall into a deep sleep almost immediately. Perhaps it was because my body and mind were already exhausted, which made me fall asleep even faster.
I don't know how many hours or days later, I regained consciousness. The first thing I felt was pain all over my ten fingers, from the tips of my nails, wrist bones, finger joints, to the entire palms. It felt like being crushed by stones, grinding both hands' bones to a pulp, but not completely mushy; some muscle and skin were still left intact.
"The Navy or the Celestial Dragons, is the World Government trying to destroy my hand? But why not just cut it off instead of crushing it like this?" I thought to myself in confusion before slowly opening my eyes, only to find the surroundings in the room...
Strange! Very strange!!
I've never seen a room like this in my life. It looks somewhat like the treatment room in the hospital where my parents were, which I saw when I was a child, but with different details. To be clear, it looks like a patient room that is... 10 years more advanced than the hospitals in the Felvance Kingdom!
The walls, ceiling, and walls look strange. The view from the window at the end of the bed shows... buildings? Towers? Higher than anything I've ever seen, lined up into a grand city that looks so luxurious that I'm really worried... Am I now in Mary Geoise place?
But that wasn't as frightening as the strange device on my upper arm, connecting a metal stick that was inserted into my hand at a crucial joint of the hand bones, and the black stitches all over the back of my hand. Just by looking at it, I could tell that this was an innovative treatment I had never encountered before in any medical textbooks I had read.
It just looks like a device that binds me, preventing me from using these hands at all.
Next to my bed, there is a counter for placing drinking glasses on one side, and on the other side, there is a strange cabinet displaying some incomprehensible graphs, along with unfamiliar characters on a high-tech glass screen. At least it reassures me that this place is definitely not Mary Joa, but rather some kingdom, probably in a new world, with highly advanced medical technology.
"ROOM"
I spoke softly after surveying the room with my normal eyesight, but the special powers from the Devil Fruit still wouldn't activate. It seemed like they were still recovering. I couldn't even try to use them a little, so I could only sigh. Then, I tried to move my body and found that it felt strange, stiff, and completely unfamiliar.
"It seems like the length of the arms, legs, and torso is longer than before. Strange ?"
While I was wondering about the changes happening to my body, the door to the room opened. I tried to turn my neck, which was aching, to look, and I saw a woman with brown hair in a dark blue outfit. At first glance, I could tell she was a doctor like me. The aura of a healer was clearly emanating from her.
"Stephen, you're awake. Do you know how long you've been asleep?" she greeted with a relieved voice, but there was an undercurrent of worry in her expression and the way her eyes looked at me.
"Stephen?" I repeated her words in surprise. Who is Stephen??
But before I could change my name and introduce myself, my head suddenly throbbed so intensely that I couldn't hold it back. I screamed to release the pain, which was as severe as when the amber lead was removed from my head, where some brain cells had already been consumed by the amber lead.
Aaarghhhhhhh !
"Stephen! @#$%^&*" I only heard someone calling a name I didn't recognize before my ears started ringing, and I couldn't hear anything else. My vision blurred even though I squeezed my eyes shut to suppress the pain. I couldn't smell the strange medication in this room anymore. My body trembled all over from this almost-explosive headache, and the pain spread throughout my body. Most importantly, my palms would throb, intensifying the torment.
In my mind, memories of "Stephen Strange" appear like a video version of a film reel. It is a record of his life from birth. He is a genius with a special ability for photographic memory, able to store more information in his head than an average person, and has been able to think, analyze, and solve problems excellently since elementary school.