Marco's regeneration flames, although their healing effect on others is limited, still accelerated Jotaro's wound recovery.
Added to that was Jotaro's terrifying constitution, he quickly regained consciousness.
Of course, in this process, both Shinobu and the Whitebeard Pirates' top medical team played an equally great role.
"Jotaro-san, you can't move recklessly yet." Shinobu spoke softly, her light purple eyes filled with heartache.
The resonance caused by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was simply too overbearing. Many groups of Jotaro's body cells, from inside to outside, had been completely destroyed.
This kind of injury would take a long time to heal. He had to recuperate patiently.
Although Star Platinum could, at incredible speed and with precise power, change the vibration frequency of his cells to lessen the damage from resonance, things had been too urgent at the time, he had no chance to consider that.
Jotaro looked around and realized this was Whitebeard's ship, and right now Shinobu was sitting at his bedside.
All signs showed that during his period of unconsciousness, the Whitebeard Pirates hadn't made things difficult for Shinobu or the others.
That made him look at the Whitebeard Pirates with newfound respect.
"Where's Nezuko? How is she now?"
Jotaro didn't know how long he had been unconscious.
Had such a long delay worsened Nezuko's condition?
Shinobu smiled and said, "Nezuko is already out of danger. This is all thanks to the Whitebeard Pirates' help."
The Whitebeard Pirates not only had a medical team and advanced equipment, but also information on this type of toxin.
Working together with them, Shinobu quickly figured out the source of Nezuko's illness and, in the shortest time, produced an antidote.
Even though Nezuko had turned back into a human long ago, her cells were still different from ordinary people's.
Not only did they retain traces of demon genes, but there was also a special substance filling her cytoplasm.
That substance most likely came from the Kamado family having once mistakenly eaten the blue spider lily. Shinobu had discovered this possibility long ago.
What she didn't expect was that this substance would merge with the toxins Nezuko encountered this time, preventing them from being metabolized out of her body.
The toxins accumulated in large amounts inside her, and in the end that was what caused Nezuko to fall sick.
Jotaro nodded. Since the root of Nezuko's illness had been identified, then with Shinobu and the others' medical skills, her recovery was only a matter of time.
Of course, just as Shinobu said, this was thanks to the Whitebeard Pirates' help. He now owed them a favor.
Pirates' ways of doing things were strange, and acts like burning, killing, looting, and abuse were things Jotaro could never tolerate.
But the Whitebeard Pirates were completely different from the Arlong Pirates he'd encountered before, they weren't purely evil.
'Looks like I'll have to reevaluate the pirate group as a whole. I can't treat them with my past prejudices.'
Jotaro thought to himself.
Since entering the Grand Line, he had come to a deeper realization, the pirates here were completely different from the pirates of his own world.
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Whitebeard was more heavily injured than Jotaro, something even he hadn't expected.
He originally thought Jotaro could never withstand three of his attacks. Yet Jotaro not only did it, but even inflicted heavy injuries on him.
"How did that brat manage it!"
When Whitebeard regained consciousness, this was the first question in his mind.
He clearly had already used Haki to defend himself, and it was the highest level of Conqueror's Haki coating.
Yet Jotaro's Haki still ignored that, entering his body and wreaking havoc.
By the time he reacted, he had no chance to stop those fiercely invasive Haki currents within his body.
Whitebeard's sharp eyes glimmered with light.
His thoughts returned to their final clash.
That ghostly purple Haki on Star Platinum's fists.
'That brat definitely didn't know Conqueror's Coating before. Otherwise, from the very start he wouldn't have taken that kind of injury under my coating.'
Whitebeard concluded firmly.
Jotaro's use of Haki had already reached a top-tier level, far above those so-called Supernovas in realm.
But compared to an overlord of the previous era like Whitebeard, his Haki was still far inferior.
The biggest reason was his use of Conqueror's Haki was far too raw.
What he was most skilled at was still Armament Haki.
After all, Armament Haki suited Star Platinum's attack style best.
Secondly, thanks to Star Platinum's terrifying perception ability, it could intercept attacks entering its range at the fastest speed.
Jotaro didn't use Observation Haki too frequently.
And Conqueror's Haki, most of the time, he only used for its intimidation effect.
So although he had all three types of Haki, their development was unbalanced.
Compared to Whitebeard, the all-rounder king of Haki, before the fight began Jotaro's chances of victory were still slim.
That was exactly why Whitebeard had confidently made the three-move promise.
But what he hadn't expected was that Jotaro would transform so rapidly in battle.
Many geniuses, including Whitebeard himself, could summarize experience and reach insights after fighting others.
Even if they lost one battle, afterward they could quickly improve their strength, then defeat that strong enemy in the next fight.
But Jotaro was completely different. He could undergo rapid growth within the first battle itself, without waiting for the next time.
'Just by seeing me use Conqueror's Coating twice, he managed to learn it?'
Whitebeard sighed inwardly, his eyes mixed with some melancholy, carrying a sense of a hero fading with age.
He knew very well, Jotaro's kind of genius meant the era of their older generation would never return.
Hearing heavy footsteps approaching, Whitebeard turned his head, and beneath his crescent-shaped mustache revealed his iconic smile.
"Brat."
"Even if you'd mastered Conqueror's Coating, at the time you still shouldn't have been able to break through my Haki defense. How exactly did you manage to send Haki into my body?
What you used was indeed coating, but it wasn't just coating, it was something more."
Jotaro stopped by his side.
Through one battle, the two who had only just met already felt as though they regretted not meeting earlier.
Whitebeard could feel his character and breadth of heart, and Jotaro could naturally feel Whitebeard's spirit and charisma.
"Yare yare daze…"
Jotaro gave a faint smile. He didn't intend to hide it, and lifted his hand, golden ripples shimmered there.
"Hamon. I used this to send Haki into your body."
Back in the Tokyo Ghoul world, Jotaro had already experimented with fusing Haki and Hamon.
But back then it hadn't succeeded. The two forces only attached together shallowly, with Hamon merely acting as a medium to transfer Haki into his Stand.
But in this battle, it was completely different.
Under extreme pressure, Jotaro completed the full fusion of Haki and Hamon.
The Hamon-fused type of Haki not only carried Haki's destructive power but also the special properties of Hamon.
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