## One Piece Chapter 139, pages 11-12: Tony Tony Chopper Enters - Chapter: 139 - Pages: 11-12 - Characters: Dr. Kureha, Nami ### Summary Page 11: Dr. Kureha enters the room. She is a tall, slender, elderly woman with long blonde hair, wearing sunglasses, a crop top, and low-slung pants. She is drinking from a bottle labeled "UME". She laughs, "HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE! LOOKS LIKE YOUR FEVER'S GONE DOWN QUITE A BIT, MISSY. YOU HAPPY, PAPPY?" Nami looks at her and asks, "AND YOU ARE...?" Kureha smiles widely and says, "I'M DR. KUREHA, BUT YOU CAN JUST CALL ME 'DOCTRESS.'" Nami asks, "DOCTOR? THEN THIS IS..." Kureha interrupts, striking a pose, "YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET OF MY YOUTH?" Nami flatly replies, "NO, I NEVER ASKED." Nami realizes, "THIS IS THE CASTLE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN." Page 12: Nami asks Kureha, "THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TWO PEOPLE WITH ME! DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!?" Kureha takes another gulp from her bottle and replies, "YEAH, THEY'RE SLEEPING SOUNDLY IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR. REAL TOUGH BOYS, THOSE TWO." Kureha then pulls down the collar of Nami's shirt, revealing a swollen bite mark on her stomach. "HERE, LOOK. THIS HERE'S THE CAUSE OF YOUR FEVER." Nami looks down in shock, "WHAT!?" Kureha explains, "YOU WERE BITTEN BY A KESTIA, A POISONOUS TICK THAT LIVES IN THE TROPICS. THE BACTERIA LIVING IN THAT TICK CHANGES HOSTS WHEN THE TICK SUCKS ON THE BLOOD OF ANOTHER ANIMAL. ONCE INSIDE, THE BACTERIA CAUSES GREAT PAINS FOR ITS NEW HOST FOR 5 DAYS. FEVERS OF 40 DEGREES OR MORE AND INFLAMMATION OF VARIOUS BODY PARTS OCCURS, INCLUDING THE MYOCARDIUM, ARTERY, AND EVEN THE BRAIN! JUDGING BY THE BITE MARK, IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY WAS YOUR THIRD DAY SINCE INFECTION. IT MUST'VE BEEN QUITE PAINFUL BUT THE PAIN WOULD'VE NATURALLY SUBSIDED AFTER 5 DAYS OF INFECTION EVEN IF WE LEFT YOUR BODY AS IT WAS... HEE HEE HEE..."