Pirate: Eternal

Chapter 119 Infectious Diseases

"As the cost of modification, I take away some parts. Isn't it excessive?"

When he was caught stealing, the man did not panic at all and even started bargaining with the victim.

"It's not too much, as it should be!"

Vlad waved his hand and slowly walked towards the man with afro hair.

"You have trampled on my boat, so I will take one of your kidneys as mental compensation. Isn't that too much?"

"..."

The man's eyes twitched twice, he had met his opponent!

"Hey! You can't be serious!"

The man saw Vlad take out the dagger from his waist, and then pretended to take out a lighter and burn it on the blade.

This is disinfecting!

"You can't be too aggressive!"

As Vlad slowly approached.

"If you have something to say, don't move your feet."

As the blade slowly approached the afro-headed man's abdomen.

"I was wrong, sorry!"

In just a short period of time, the expression on the man's face changed one after another, from toughness to submission.

Vlad stopped and seemed a little surprised to meet someone whose bones were not so hard.

In the few days since I came to this era, almost all the people I met were stubborn and stubborn. They didn't know what it meant to be afraid if they didn't bear the pain on their bodies.

This is the first person to be so sensible!

"Is that car yours?"

Pointing to the tracked vehicle parked on the side of the road, Vlad asked the man.

"It's mine, what's wrong?" The man was a little confused.

"It's not too much to compensate me for mental losses, right?"

"Can I refuse?" The corner of the man's mouth twitched.

"Ok?"

Vlad's hand holding the dagger began to move forward slowly again.

"Not too much! Not too much! It should be!"

The man had a wry smile on his face, and the thick frame slid down the bridge of his nose. He had to take a half step back to put down the spherical object, and stretched out his hand to support the frame.

"But can you let me transport this thing back first? The people in the village need this thing very much."

After listening to his words, Vlad and his group focused on this spherical object. Apart from the fact that it was sealed, they couldn't guess its purpose at all.

Seeing their confusion, the man explained: "An infectious disease with a very high fatality rate is occurring in the village. I need to use this purification chamber to treat them."

infectious disease!

Vlad, who was closest to the man, quickly put away his knife and retreated, stamping his feet on the spot, as if he wanted to get rid of the possible germs on his body.

In this world, except for a few extremely rare islands, other places cannot even cure colds and fevers. If you are infected with the virus, you can almost immediately declare death.

The man felt a little funny, waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not infected."

"Really?" Vlad glanced at him doubtfully, "Are you a doctor?"

"Uh..." the man pondered for a moment, "I'm not a doctor, I just do some research on bloodline genes and cells."

"Oh?"

Vlad's eyes lit up, but he couldn't tell that this guy was still a rare talent.

In this generally low-educated world, people who can read and write are even rarer than beautiful women, let alone master navigation skills, medical skills or other more profound knowledge.

In the pirate group, even the powerless navigator and ship's doctor will not have much less say on the ship than the captain, and may even have a higher status than the captain under special circumstances.

Despite the fact that Vlad and his gang seemed to have been put together at random, except for Paine, who was a penguin, the rest of them, including Cervantes, a Draco, could read, write, navigate, and perform simple self-rescue medicine.

And Paine is also good at musical instruments because of the Devil Fruit of the Phantom Beast, Mud God, so he was born as a musician, with high attainments and BUFF bonuses.

According to the configuration requirements of the Straw Hats, although Vlad and his gang are not good at building ships, they can still get by with repairing ships. Ozma is the swordsman, Vlad is the cook, and everyone except Paine can be the navigator. , all that is needed is the ship’s doctor and a historian who understands ancient texts.

It doesn't matter whether there is a historian, but a ship's doctor is indispensable. Now he happened to meet one, which made Vlad think about it.

Although this guy said he was not a doctor, he dared to talk about treating fatal infectious diseases, but ordinary doctors did not have the courage and ability to do so.

"What infectious disease are you talking about?"

Vlad asked, trying to judge whether this guy was strong or not by the severity of the infectious disease.

The man held up the frame of his glasses and said calmly: "It's a respiratory infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, tuberculosis."

tuberculosis? !

Vlad's eyes widened with horror on his face, and he backed away from the man while waving for Ozma to take out the shrunken gas mask and chemical protective suit.

Tuberculosis is mainly spread through the respiratory tract. When patients cough, sneeze, speak loudly or spit, droplets containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis are excreted from the body, forming microscopic droplets floating in the air, which can cause infection when inhaled by others.People who have close, long-term contact with tuberculosis patients are at a very high risk of becoming infected.A person with tuberculosis may infect 10-15 (or more) new patients each year.

Although an infected person may not develop the disease for several years or even a lifetime, this is closely related to the body's immune status. Once the physical condition or resistance declines, the possibility of the disease is very high.

Without treatment, once the disease occurs, it is basically equal to death!

It's no wonder that Vlad behaved so timidly. There is currently no treatment for tuberculosis in the pirate world, and the environment and climate here are natural breeding grounds, so it is not impossible for the germs to mutate.

After Vlad and his group were fully armed, they and the man with the afro got on the tracked vehicle powered by wood and headed towards the village where the infectious disease occurred.

Under normal circumstances, Vlad would never be a curious cat knowing that there was danger ahead, but this time he wanted to see if this explosive head could cure tuberculosis.

If it can really be cured, Vlad will definitely kill this person!

The tracked vehicle is about the same size as a heavy-duty truck from Vlad's hometown Blue Star. The tracks made of unknown materials are extremely strong and can run on uneven ground even on rugged mountain roads, traveling at an unusually fast speed.

Vlad, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was happy that he and the car were his, and he started talking to the man.

"Tuberculosis only occurs when immunity is weakened. How come the whole village is affected at the same time? Is it a mutation?"

"No mutation."

The man controlled the steering wheel and shook his head slightly.

“It was because the three kingdoms of Norton, Loland, and Fes went to war on this land, a lot of food in the villages was forcibly requisitioned, and the villagers were not fed enough for a long time and their physical condition deteriorated, which led to the disease. "