Day 2: Ope Ope no Mi :)
The Learning Process
Law had known, ever since the moment he had been able to react enough to leave Minion Island, that he would not be able to study medicine the traditional way. He had always wanted to be a doctor, now more than ever. His father had been the one who had started to teach him medicine, and Cora-san had counted on Law's knowledge and skill to be able to heal himself using the powers of the Ope Ope no Mi.
Now, medicine was one of the few links he had left to all the important people in his life.
However, Law was no idiot. He may no longer be a ticking bomb approaching his unavoidable and imminent demise, and he may no longer bear the marks from the Amber Lead Syndrome that had prevented him from being able to approach other people without having them trying to kill him, but that didn't mean Law could just do it now. Doflamingo would be looking for him, Law had understood he wanted the power of the Ope Ope no Mi too much to give it up, and that meant Law had to be very careful.
He had spent enough time with the Donquixote Family to know they had eyes and ears everywhere, especially around the North Blue, which meant Law couldn't just settle down to study anywhere. Even if he used a fake name to enter a medical school or apprentice with a doctor, it would be just a matter of time before they found it. Law had no doubt places where he could study medicine would be some of the locations they kept a closer eye on, because they had known that Law had wanted to be a doctor. Doflamingo had even provided him with books and materials to study for the two years and a half he had spent with the family.
If they found him, Cora-san's sacrifice would have been for nothing, and Law would never allow that to happen.
That meant he had to improvise if he wanted to become a doctor.
Stealing books, or anything else he needed, was ridiculously easy. "Shambles" was the name he had given to the technique that allowed him to switch things from one place to another, he simply needed to have something to exchange them with. Pebbles worked wonderfully for that purpose.
The practical part of his studies was a little trickier.
He had learned early on that, as soon as he had a cutting object, he could cut things and people up without destroying or killing them in the process, and put them back together once he was done, but Law couldn't simply go around cutting random people up to examine their bodies, as that would be like sending a blaring signal that said "Law is here". It had taken a while, but Law had found a temporary solution for this problem. For now, he searched the seedier areas of whatever city he was staying in at the moment, and worked on unconscious –be it from alcohol, drugs or simple sleep—people. Even on corpses he found around. At some point he would have to spread his search to find more varied subjects to study, but for now these worked just fine.
His parents would be horrified by his actions, Lamy would most likely be afraid by what he was doing and ask him to stop, and Cora-san… Law wasn't sure if he would be disappointed or understand that Law was doing the best he could given the circumstances. But Law was learning, and he would become a great doctor. He even had the best power to accomplish it.