# Chapter 116: Latest Hints About the Star Gates!
First Half of the Grand Line, Drum Kingdom.
[Knock knock knock]
Hearing the somewhat heavy knocking, Dr. Kureha shifted her gaze from the treatment report on the Amber Lead Disease patients on her desk.
"Come in."
"Dr. Kureha."
The person who entered was none other than Zephyr, the Former Marine Admiral, who had only arrived a few days ago but had already begun receiving medical treatment. Dr. Kureha glanced at the clock on the wall and looked at him in confusion.
"It doesn't seem to be time for your routine check-up yet? Or has your asthma flared up again?"
"No, ever since I took the medicine you gave me, my breathing hasn't been uncomfortable these past few days." Zephyr sat down on the chair opposite the desk and shook his head with a smile.
"The reason I came over is to tell you that when King Arnold goes to Mary Geoise in a few days, I want to personally be responsible for escorting him. The round trip will take about half a month, so I came to inform you."
Zephyr's tone was filled with respect for Dr. Kureha. One reason was her superb medical skill.
The doctors at Marine Headquarters had previously said his asthma was incurable, but upon arriving here, she said it could be cured completely, though it would require a three-month treatment process. The effect over the past few days had indeed been good.
Only the requirement not to drink Alcohol or smoke was too difficult to endure.
The second reason was her impressive age of one hundred and fifteen years. She was an absolute elder, which was why he didn't even refer to himself using the term "old man."
Dr. Kureha asked, puzzled, "Why do you need to personally escort him? Medical Doctor, I remember for the previous Reverie, Marine Headquarters would send a Warship and an Officer. To be honest, I'm not very keen on you interrupting your treatment for half a month. This will prolong your subsequent treatment time."
"To thank you for curing my illness, I was thinking of doing something to repay you a little. It just so happens that King Arnold is going to attend the Reverie, so I can do something for the Drum Kingdom," Zephyr said with a smile.
However, Dr. Kureha didn't appreciate it after hearing him, and said bluntly, "What does thanking the Medical Doctor have to do with that little fellow Arnold? I'm not familiar with him!"
"Besides, you've already paid the full medical fee and don't owe me anything. I don't need any extra repayment from you. But you are my Patient now, so you must obey my arrangements!"
"Therefore, I forbid it. Your primary task as a Patient is to listen to the Doctor and get your illness cured!"
She completely disregarded Zephyr's identity and simply treated him as an ordinary Patient from a Doctor's stance, which made the well-meaning Zephyr feel awkward.
"Alright, since you're already here, let's start today's check-up early. It'll be good for you to get back and train your students as soon as possible," Dr. Kureha stood up.
"Hahaha, there's no rush for that. Those lads are doing winter swimming around the Island. They won't be finished for several hours!" Zephyr laughed heartily, not angry in the slightest.
"Medical Doctor told you before, using only medicine can only alleviate your asthma. The medicine you're taking now targets the chronic inflammation of the airway and also serves a nourishing purpose. Later, you'll still need to undergo surgery to cure it completely."
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm relying on you for my illness. I'll listen to everything you say!"
Fish-Man Island, inside Ryugu Palace.
"Your Majesty, when shall we depart for Mary Geoise?"
Queen Otohime, with her beautiful golden hair, was feeling both nervous and anticipatory at this moment. After all, she was going to give a Speech in front of fifty Kings, and it might even concern whether this Agenda Item could pass.
The enormous King Neptune, with a face full of orange-red hair, lowered his head and explained in a gentle tone, "We are the closest to the ground, so there's no need to go in advance. We just need to go on the day the Reverie is convened. How are your preparations for the Speech?"
It was a bit strange to say, but he, as Queen Otohime's husband and even the King of Fish-Man Island, was refused by her when he asked to hear the Speech content in advance.
Queen Otohime's reason was that she wanted to pour all her passion into this one Speech to maximize its effect, so she couldn't 'rehearse' in advance.
"No problem, I will definitely go all out for the future of the Fish-men!" Queen Otohime puffed out her chest and looked at King Neptune with a determined gaze.
"Good, then I'll leave it to you."
"Yes!"
Meanwhile, the Kings of Goa Kingdom in the East Blue, Ilusia Kingdom in the West Blue, Flower Country, Yanade Kingdom in the South Blue, Germa Kingdom in the North Blue, and many other Kings who held seats in the Reverie.
After the Warships sent by Marine Headquarters arrived, they brought a small number of Guards and rode on their own Royal Ships, successively gathering towards the direction of the Red Line.
The Kings from the First Half and Second Half of the Grand Line were slightly more relaxed and didn't need to set off so many days in advance, but they could already feel that this year's Reverie was unusual.
The World Government's activities this year had been truly too eye-catching.
It had long since aroused worry, vigilance, and anticipation in many people. At this moment, all the undercurrents or overt waves were surging towards Mary Geoise, located at the Summit of the Red Line, a place called the Holy Land by the world!
Inside Pangaea Castle, the instigator of all this turmoil, was rarely seen enjoying a game on the Court. Instead, he sat alone in the Treehouse between the Moon, staring with a serious expression at the empty air where there was nothing.
From an outsider's perspective, it was like this.
But from Im's perspective, before his eyes were lines of explanatory text spread across a semi-transparent background image full of Starlight. This was the latest prompt he had just discovered upon waking up this morning.
Compared to the previous introduction, this explanation looked more like a complete version.
However, judging from the displayed date, it appeared on the second day after he activated the first Star Gate. It was just that this Star Chart had no notification sound, causing him to see it a few days late.
This also reminded Im that it was best to look at the Star Chart every day in the future, otherwise, with no sound at all, it was really easy to overlook some information.
"Besides being able to obtain permission to open a Small Star Gate connecting to a random Planet every year, every third year, in addition to the regularly obtained Small Star Gate, one of the three Small Star Gates can be upgraded to a Medium Star Gate."
"In the tenth year, in addition to the regularly obtained Small Star Gate, one of the three Medium Star Gates can also be upgraded to a Large Star Gate."
"A Medium Star Gate is 300 meters high and 200 meters wide. A Large Star Gate is 30,000 meters high and 20,000 meters wide."
Seeing this, Im felt he had figured it out. Wasn't this just nakedly tempting him to initiate large-scale interstellar invasion?
He had felt before that the Small Star Gate, which was 3 meters high and 2 meters wide, was too small. It would take a very long time for a large troop to pass through, and large vehicles, Warships, and so on simply couldn't enter.
But this Medium Star Gate was completely different. Even the Giant Race and small-sized Sea Kings could easily enter.
In addition to this, it also explained in detail his specific control over the Star Gates.
He could freely adjust the Star Gate switch, freely adjust the Star Gate position, and freely observe around the Star Gate. The observation range depended on the Star Gate level.
Small Star Gate: 100 meters radius. Medium Star Gate: 1000 meters radius. Large Star Gate: 10,000 meters radius.
When operating, he just needed to use his Will to command.
However, when adjusting the Star Gate, he could only adjust from one side.
For example, if he was located on Planet Sea (Pirate Planet), and then opened the Star Gate on the Court below, while in the world on the other side, the Star Gate appeared on the sea.
Then, if he wanted to move the Star Gate to Marine Headquarters, he just needed to have its concept, position, and specific visual in his mind, and he could directly project that Star Gate there.
But the position in the world on the other side of the Star Gate would still be on the sea. If he wanted to move it to a place outside the observation range, then he would need to personally pass through the Star Gate to reach the other world, and then in that world adjust the Star Gate's position in that world.
"And this Core Star Gate!"
Im was most interested in this. Although the Core Star Gate could only appear near his location, it allowed him to freely enter and exit other opened Star Gates. This was unlike others who, when many Star Gates were open, would have to find the corresponding gate to travel to a specific world.
"This is convenient. Otherwise, if there are more people in the future, won't they have to queue up?" As soon as these words were spoken, he immediately amused himself.
(End of this chapter)