Chapter 144

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Volume: 16 Pg.: 149

One spread Color panel: Vivi and Nami wearing Arabasta's clothes.

Quick Summary
Dr. Hiluluk's sacrifice.

Long Summary
After eating the Amiudake sup, Hiluluk feels much stronger. But while he was eating the medecine, a reaction happen in his lab. That was the reaction he was researching since so long. In joy after this miracle, he departs suddenly telling Chopper to rest. He directs toward Dr. Kureha house and begs her to complete two things pretending he has not enough time to fulfill them: to continue his research on the Sakura powder and to teach Chopper medical knowledge so that he can become a good doctor. Pissed by this favors she has to make for free, she kicks Hiluluk out.

In town, people are desperate. The Isshi-20 are sick and there is no more doctor left to help them. That is one of the reason for Hiluluk's hurry. Determined to cure the sick doctors, he rushes toward the castle despite the fact he is researche by Wapol's soldiers. Meanwhile, Kureha is worried, she does not understand why Hiluluk is in such hurry while he has still 2 weeks to live for. When she rushed into his house, she encouters Chopper who reveals her that the doctor is much better thanks to his mushroom sup. The old woman is in shock, the mushroom is a deadly one and Hiluluk has only one hour left before he dies. Chopper does not understand, he shows the pirate sign who Hiluluk told him was a symbol of magic cure next to the mushroom picture he found in a book. Understanding the good intention of the reindeer, she tells him that he can do nothing without learning medical knowledge first and that Hiluluk has probably reached the castle so that he dies there.

Plot Points

 * Hiluluke comits suicide.

Returning Characters

 * Chopper's flashback
 * Dr. Hiluluk
 * Dr. Kureha
 * Chopper
 * Dalton
 * Wapol

Anime episode
Episode 86