"Hey, you bastards, be careful! That equipment is expensive!"
At the port of Drum Kingdom.
Caesar Clown was overseeing his men as they moved the advanced medical equipment.
It had to be said that Drum Kingdom, hailed as the Medical Kingdom, still had some substantial foundations.
Even though Wapol had squandered the kingdom for years, what remained was still enough to make people envious.
One precious piece of equipment after another was carried aboard the transport ships.
Yet the people of Drum Kingdom had no objections at this moment.
Because as those precious devices were taken away, shiploads of food purchased in exchange for them arrived.
Drum Kingdom had suffered an unprecedented food crisis this year, followed by Wapol's forced taxation. Right now, staying alive was what mattered most.
As for why a kingdom that had enjoyed abundant harvests in previous years had suddenly encountered such a problem, that had to do with how Roy had learned from Crocodile.
To gain better control over the entire Drum Kingdom.
At the very beginning of the plan, Roy had used the same method Crocodile had used in Alabasta.
Only, what Roy controlled was not rainwater, but a batch of crop-reducing agents manufactured by Caesar Clown.
The early stages of the plan weakened the entire kingdom while also erasing the last shred of the people's trust in their king.
Reduced food production, coupled with the complete disappearance of the army Wapol had sent out earlier.
That series of factors made the kingdom, which had only just undergone a coup, even more troubled.
So at a time like this, trading equipment that could not be eaten for supplies.
Was undoubtedly something the people of Drum Kingdom were willing to accept.
It pained them to watch those precious devices being carried away one by one.