Chapter 49 - discussion (2/2)

When Ian nodded to signify that it was true and he was indeed wondering about that, the old man continued on with the explanation soon after.

"At the time even I and Roger thought things were already done and over after that battle. But the voice had said to roger, that there will come a time when they will be back, when those diávoloi bastards will be back. All three of them. It said that they could not die so long as the one behind them lives." He said and paused a bit thinking carefully about his next words.

"Imagine the surprise we had. Roger and I. We killed them with our own hands you know, we saw them leaving this world with our own eyes, but both of us knew that the owner of the voice had no reason to lie to us. The other shock we had was that we also almost died by them at that time but in the end they were merely servants of their master. However even to this day, there is still no news of who this master is or where it might be." Whitebeard chuckled bitterly to himself as ended his narrative.

"Roger that fool, even after witnessing their powers, he still went on about how he'll kill this master… but he never managed to find it much less kill it" He said before coughing a bit roughly, due to his sickness and how he overtaxed himself from talking too much. Ian knew that the old man before him was extremely sick. Even if in the anime he appeared quite strong, it was only because he made extra effort and burned the two years left in his life to gain that momentary strength he had in the war.

His two sons panicked for a second before Marco came to support him.

"Pops!! Jozu hurry and call the nurses" He yelled to Jozu urging him to be quick, but Whitebeard raised his hands in a stopping motion.

"I'm fine, let's finish our talk." He said as he addressed Ian after.

"Then, you do not know who the owner of the voice is?" Ian asked after a bit of silence.

Internally he was also thinking about the current events. He saw how the old man was. And if what he said was true, then Ian would be needing him to help against those bastards. But if he left things like they are now the old man would die in the upcoming war for the rescuing of Ace. But changing the events would mess things up a great deal than they already are.

"No I don't. And even Roger didn't" He replied. "But I had a guess that the owner of the voice would at least be as strong as the hidden master of the three devils." He added after a bit of hesitating. He had hesitated because it was only a guess.

"Mn. Most likely your guess is correct." Ian gave a nod. As he thought it was quite probable.

"Alright I have decided." Ian said right after leaving them perplexed.

"I'll help you." He added once again, but that only added to their confusion.

"Considering Ace's real identity and capture, I think the marines are planning something big. I'm sure you yourselves would have thought of the possibility. And since I would need your help in dealing with the diávoloi or whatever in the near coming future, I will help you." He said clearing things up.

"Gurahahahaha" Whitebeard laughed hard. He couldn't believe what this brat was saying not to mention, how he had known about Ace. But he let that one go.

"Even at my peak I barely managed to win and beat one of those bastards. And now that I'm like this? You want my help? So you also know how to joke haha" He spoke finally after taking a breath from his boisterous laughing.

"It's not a joke and as I said, I can help you do something about that condition of yours." Once again Ian left them confused with his unspecified words.

"Look I'm saying I can do something about your sickness. But I need the two of them out." Ian added as he pointed at Marco and Jozu.

Contrary to what the he had thought though, the two men only looked at him for a confirmation on his words. Eyes filled with a bit of hope. He understood that they knew that their pops was nearing his limit, so they were glad for any help they got.

"Are you serious?" Marco asked.

And when Ian nodded they just left the room silently short after. They didn't need to hear anything else. For the chance that their father will get healed, they are willing to do something this trivial.

"You have good sons" Ian said shortly after they stepped out.

To which the old man laughed proudly.

"Then let's get to it." Ian said as he prepared.

"Even if you fail whatever you are planning I wouldn't blame you. I have searched for a cure for a while with no success. Even though I had already accepted that my era was over I still wanted to grow even older and watch over my sons, but sadly there was no doctor or cure for me." Whitebeard said trying to console Ian In case he failed whatever he was planning. But his eyes though, they still contained a bit of hope.

"Haha don't worry when you get out from here, you would feel like you are back to your old self. And don't give me any of that 'I'm prepared to die' bullshit. You should think about your sons, nothing else." Ian said. He was never a fan of how Whitebeard died in the anime. Even though they said many great things about him, they still showed so little.

[Heal].

He started channeling his energy towards the old man right as finished talking as he grabbed his arm.

It was hinted at that whitebeard's sickness was cancer. As such Ian had some work to do. First he needs to confirm it. Before then deciding what to do.

When his energy entered inside his body he was able to confirm this. Meanwhile whitebeard to the side felt the energy full of vitality inside him, it left him in a relaxed state. Even the effects of the alcohol he drunk were quickly purged from his system.

Now, all he had to do, was to see whether his energy was capable of destroying the cancer cells.

That was the first step. The second step would be getting rid of all the cancer cells if he can. The third step would be fixing him internally, by healing all the organs failing.

And finally would be to invigorate his body so that it would return to being filled with vitality. And voila, whitebeard would be as good as new. And the world government bastards would get the 'whitebeard' of his full glory instead of the weak one reaching his end.

Now even if Ian knew he was messing things up, his feelings of excitement for it were much stronger than his anxiousness to see how the future would unfold from now on.