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But he simply couldn't get himself to care.

'Cancer?' Veno repeated, attempting to make reason out of the words. 'Veno, while I cannot confirm it as of yet, I believe you possess Lung cancer.' Yosef said with a grim tone. Combined with his coughing, and the blood being released from said coughing, he could only come to one conclusion. 'I can't have you interrupting my diagnosis with tobacco.' He placed his palms around Veno's lungs, pressing downwards. Promptly removing the tobacco from his mouth, he sighed. 'Fuckin' 'ell, alright fine, just make this quick.' He relished the sweet flavor of tobacco as it traversed his senses. Admitting defeat, the Public Enemy sat with his arse to the sand, rummaging a thick cigar to his mouth and lightning it with the flicker of his thumb and index finger, which provided him with ample enough a flame to spew smoke from. Shaking it off, he went to walk off, yet something within his chest gave way and he found himself falling onto his knees. I got work ta do,' Veno coughed, spitting more blood into the sand. Lie down immediately, I need to diagnose you and prevent these symptoms from getting worse!' 'Veno!' Yosef shouted, irrespective of the supposed hierarchy he was meant to follow. Taking a brief look before approaching him further, he noted that blood was spilled on the sand. Much to his surprise, Veno was the source of the noise. However, he had heard a severe coughing noise from closer to the ship, leading him to quickly approach the source of the sound with herbs in hand. Instead, it fell in large sums into the sand.Īlthough Yosef was not doing any particular work on the ship, he was organizing his recently purchased supplies following his trip to Silk Bay. Unable to withstand them, he turned his head in the opposite direction, so that the blood spewing from his throat would fail to reach the wood.

#Pillar of autumn series#

Taking the planks under his arm, Veno walked them over to a pile he had been working on, when suddenly, he broke into a series of coughs. Still, most would have considered the amount of work he had achieved in the past hour quite worthy of praise, given he was the only one working on the ship. While the other members of the crew were out doing their thing, it was Veno's responsibility as the crew's shipwright to ensure that the Nimbus was in tiptop form, especially after all the damage she had sustained in recent battles. The Nimbus was docked upon the coast of an unnamed island the Veno Pirates had made an abrupt stop to gather resources, namely in the form of food. He began to carve and shape the log into a plank immediately afterward. With his hand shaped into an axe, Veno ran it through a tree, severing it cleanly from the beach. 'We'll take this one back with us.' Coating the bulk of his right arm with haki, Bernard offered more force into his swing, enabling him to sever the oak from the ground. When he applied the same to the smaller oak, it managed but a simple cut. It may look smaller than the others, and perhaps to you much less worthy of constructing a hull with but in actuality, it's far more durable than the others.'īernard proceeded to chopping his arm through the other trees, causing them to fall over.

'You won't be able to tell just yet for yourself, but this tree has a certain energy emanating from within. With a little training, you'll be able to pick the good ones from the bad.' 'This is it,' Bernard explained, touching his hand to the bark, 'all living things, even trees such as this one possess haki. Much to his surprise, Bernard had led him to an oak one which was noticeably smaller than the others around. Though confused beyond belief, Veno opted to follow the wolf nonetheless. His eyes turned red, and after a brief twitch of his lids, he turned his head in the direction of the forest. Taking in a deep breath, the large grizzly wolf mink stood motionless, focusing his energies toward enhancing his perception. It's what makes the job for carpenters like us much easier,' barked Bernard, 'pay close attention now as you should know by now, I dislike having to repeat myself.' 'Haki?' a young Veno pondered, sitting about a lone tree stump situated about a forest.