"Mr. Dalton, your injuries..."
On a cableway connecting to the mountaintop, a gondola carried Vivi, Zoro, Usopp, several armed militiamen, and:
A burly middle-aged man.
Dalton, captain of the Drum Kingdom's guards, could be called the only "official" in the country who truly cared about its people. Yet for that very reason, he had been the first person Wapol targeted after "returning" to the kingdom, made an example to cow the rest.
"It's nothing. I have to defeat Wapol!"
The wounded middle-aged man gritted his teeth. Though he could be considered the country's "second-strongest fighter," he was still no match for Wapol and his two former colleagues. But:
"Even if I'm no match for them, I still have to go up there!"
"If I don't fight, who will change this country?"
Royalty... politics...
"What's wrong with wanting to govern a country with 'heart'?"
Rumble!
"Hahahaha! You little brat, you were far too careless."
Wapol stood with his hands on his hips and laughed after blasting through the building before him with a point-blank "mouth cannon" attack. He had finally vented some of the frustration from Roman's relentless beating, but:
Smack.
"You're the careless one."
Luffy instantly darted behind Wapol and grabbed him. After twisting his body around several times:
"Gum-Gum Sky Cannon!"
Boom!
Wapol, hurled upward by Luffy, instantly smashed through the roof and got stuck in the ceiling, directly facing:
A tattered cherry blossom skull flag.
It was the skull flag he had previously blasted with cannon fire, which Luffy had grabbed and planted back onto the rooftop.
Smack.
Luffy also flipped up from below and landed on the roof, slamming his fists together.
"You ungrateful bastard, keep your hands off other people's skull flags!"
Though this sea was full of trash who flew skull flags while burning,