The Drum Kingdom Spoils

On the west coast of Jaya Island in the Grand Line, there is an island that is home to outlaws from all over the Grand Line. Even the government has difficulty governing it, and it is a town entirely organized by criminals.

This town is called Magu Town, and it's entirely made up of criminals and pirates.

Three years ago, Teach passed through this town, which appeared in the original story, on his way to the East Sea, and recruited Kos, the gunman who is now on the ship, here.

Magu Town is very prosperous because a group of extravagant pirates live on this island, constantly injecting new vitality into the town.

Today, the Night Pirates have arrived, their iconic, universally recognized flag flanked by the Lucky Goddess, and slightly modified Kraken Kingdom warships on either side, all approaching the port of Magu Town.

Even from afar, people had already noticed that the news of the Night Pirates' arrival in Magu Town spread throughout the entire town in an instant.

This legendary pirate crew had actually arrived in Magu Town, and many pirates came to the port to watch, wanting to see the members of the Night Pirates for themselves.

It's important to know that the captain of the Night Pirates, "Dark Emperor" Teach, is likely the only Great Pirate with a bounty exceeding one billion that they can contact.

After the battle on Exo Island, the overall bounty of the Night Pirates increased significantly, with major officers experiencing substantial increases in their bounties.

The amount of the bounty is one aspect, but the main factor is the degree of threat posed to the World Government. If there is not much of a threat, even if a force is powerful, there will not be much of a bounty.

The actions of the Night Pirates along their journey have caused immense bloodshed and losses to the Navy, revealed secrets, and created chaos in the world. Coupled with their formidable power, they undoubtedly pose a significant threat to the World Government.

After the battle on Exo Island, "Dark Emperor" Teach's bounty jumped to 1.2892 billion Beli, an amount that many people still consider somewhat low.

As for Rediat, the second-in-command of the Night Pirates, his bounty, while not yet exceeding one billion Beli, has reached nine hundred and ninety million Beli, and could break through one billion Beli at any time.

Below that, there are several other executives with bounties exceeding 500 million Beli, which will not be listed here.

Such a huge amount was beyond their imagination. Although the pirates were arrogant and conceited, not a single one of them had their eyes on Teach's head.

The greatest advantage of the dissemination of images is that it makes the whole world clearer, allowing us to better understand ourselves, and to stop being arrogant and mindless.

They truly realized that there were such strong people in this world, and that the limits of human potential could be reached to a degree they could hardly imagine.

Why would they provoke the Night Pirates without reason? You must know that the Night Pirates are incredibly powerful; any one of their officers could easily wipe out Magu Town. All of them combined wouldn't be a match for just one of their members.

Faced with such a powerful opponent, numbers are utterly meaningless.

Moreover, the Night Pirates are mostly admirers. People tend to compare themselves to others. When someone is slightly stronger than you, you might feel envious. When someone is much stronger than you, you might feel jealous. But when the gap between you and someone is so vast that you can never catch up, it turns into reverence.

Every major battle the Night Pirates have fought along their journey has demonstrated their formidable strength and dealt a heavy blow to the Navy's reputation.

Among all pirates in the new era, the Night Pirates undoubtedly have the highest reputation.

"Haha, what a free-spirited island." At a glance, it's mostly pirates; you can tell from their aura. There are very few ordinary people. Such a prosperous town must have enormous profits behind it, and there must be some connections behind it.

It took nearly a month to travel from Hunting Island to Magu Town. During this time, the Night Pirates also visited Drum Kingdom and lingered in the front part of "Paradise" until now, when they finally arrived at Gaya Island.

Along the Grand Line, due to the various marine environments, different countries have different seasons, with most countries experiencing only one season throughout the year.

The Drum Kingdom is located on a winter island, which is simply an island where it is winter all year round, and most of the people living here wear heavy winter clothes.

On this island, the mountain peaks are shaped like drums, hence the island's name, Drum Kingdom. It is very famous, and this fame is due to the country's many highly skilled doctors.

The Drum Kingdom is a major medical power, renowned worldwide for its advanced medical technology, equipment, and cutting-edge science.

Although it is a winter island, it is rich in precious and rare medicinal herbs, which is an important factor in the Drum Kingdom becoming a major medical power. In addition, there is the medical technology accumulated over hundreds of years. Many difficult and complicated diseases have been solved on this island, and countless world-renowned top doctors have been born here.

This is Holy Land for doctors, with a powerful foundation that makes it a major power in the world.

However, in the future, a useless king will appear on this island, implementing a series of foolish policies. While he may not have completely ruined the kingdom's foundation, he will cause the entire Drum Kingdom to lose something important.

Because his tyranny provoked popular resistance, in order to deal with the people who resisted him and maintain his autocratic rule, he monopolized the precious doctors, gathered all the kingdom's best doctors around him, and selected the twenty most skilled doctors to serve him.

The remaining doctors, good or bad, were all banished from the Drum Kingdom and could never return. This meant that if anyone fell ill, they would have no choice but to beg him for help, which ultimately led to his family's ruin.

It is important to understand that the most precious things in the Drum Kingdom are these doctors, as well as medical knowledge and technology. This is the foundation of the Drum Kingdom, and doctors are the most important. Without doctors, knowledge cannot be put to use, and precious medical equipment is just an empty shell.

Teach took a liking to the Drum Kingdom's medical equipment, technology, and some valuable data.

These things, some of the precious equipment, are unique to the Drum Kingdom and are not sold to outsiders. Even the World Government might not be able to obtain them.

However, with such a foolish king in the future, these things will surely be leaked and fall into the hands of other forces.

The arrival of the Night Pirates was a secret. Although the royal family of the Drum Kingdom had several guards, including Devil Fruit User, they were completely ineffective against the Night Pirates.

Lafitte entered silently, hypnotizing everyone, including the king of the Drum Kingdom, without anyone noticing, and easily obtained everything Teach wanted.

The hypnotized king of the Drum Kingdom has no secrets and is being manipulated by Lafitte.

Through the orders of the King of the Drum Kingdom, the Night Pirates obtained a wealth of information, some precious and sophisticated instruments, and a large quantity of valuable medicinal herbs.

The lost instruments and medicines mysteriously disappeared. Some people didn't know where these things went, only that they had been taken by the king. Because he was the king, they wouldn't say anything.

The king of the Drum Kingdom was naturally aware of this matter. He would not speak of it, would not ask about it, and would not even think about it. Subconsciously, he knew that he had made an important deal.

And so, Teach left, taking with him the Munch-Munch Fruit and the Fungi-Fungi Fruit, two powerful and terrifying abilities that remained hidden in the treasure trove of the Drum Kingdom, a "medical superpower."

They haven't been eaten yet, and in the future they will become the abilities of the two sons of the current Drum Kingdom. However, they are both foolish. One will lead the "medical superpower" Drum Kingdom to decline, and the other is extremely ambitious and has been exiled to the Land of Fire. What a pity for this wise king.

Needless to say, the Munch-Munch Fruit possesses powerful abilities, somewhat similar to the Combine-Combine Fruit, allowing the user to transform what they eat into part of their own body.

According to the ability user, after eating, they can decide whether to immediately show changes in their body, or wait until the food is digested before showing changes, or they can digest the swallowed substance directly without showing any changes in their body.

It can also combine several things or people it has eaten, and then spit them out, which will transform into different things. The people that have been swallowed and combined will merge together.

The resulting special alloy is extremely valuable, and it is what Teach values. Using it in Otto's biomechanics can significantly increase the potential of the biomechanics that Otto can create.

They can also fuse with the Devil Fruit User they've eaten, thus gaining access to their Devil Fruit abilities.

The Munch-Munch Fruit can also modify the body, allowing even ordinary people to become powerful.

Overall, this is a top-tier Paramecia Devil Fruit with an extremely high potential.

As a user of superpowers, there must be a limit to the objects they can consume; they cannot consume indefinitely.

Furthermore, he can fuse with other Devil Fruit users, and can only use one Devil Fruit at a time. If someone lacks talent or is weak, Teach is happy to eat the Munch-Munch Fruit to quickly become stronger, and then devour other Munch-Munch Fruit users to accumulate power.

But now that Teach has reached this level, too many abilities are useless to Teach; they're more like a double-edged sword—tasteless to use, but a pity to discard.

More importantly, the "eating" aspect of the Munch-Munch Fruit is still too disgusting, requiring direct mouth consumption. This could potentially influence the user, causing them to develop a liking for eating random things and turning them into part of their body.

As for the island's doctors, Teach values them highly. The Drum Kingdom not only produces famous doctors, but also biological scientists. It can be said that every top doctor is a top biologist.

However, some focus on medical skills, while others focus on biology, pharmacy, or even human cells.

Teach has already set his sights on these people, and when the time is right, Teach will take them away.

The king of the Drum Kingdom won't last long and will die sooner. Lafitte's hypnosis has become even more terrifying after he ate the Devil Fruit. He said it was combined with invisible ultrasound waves, which affected his mind.

The suggestion in his mind would lead Wapol to inherit the throne sooner, and his absurd policies would soon be implemented. To prevent Wapol from dying in an accident, Teach also fed him a Zoan Deer-Deer Fruit in Roe Deer form. Although this Devil Fruit was very bad, Teach still felt a little heartache.

However, it's also quite fitting; a foolish Devil Fruit paired with a foolish person. After all, this Devil Fruit is Zoan, yet no one chose it when it was placed in the Night Pirates' cabin.

They were all somewhat disgusted, after all, it was rumored that eating Devil Fruit might have some influence on the personality of the user. Teach knew that it wouldn't have much of an effect, at most it would have a slight guiding effect.

Even so, no crew member wanted to eat this Devil Fruit. Even the weak Rabbit Fruit was stronger, as it did enhance the explosive power of the user's leg muscles.

Teach originally planned to sell the Devil Fruit, or give it to Kaido if the opportunity arose, or make a trade.

Kaido is indiscriminate in his desires; he'll take any Zoan Devil Fruit, or simply treat it as an unknown Zoan Devil Fruit.

At that time, Teach would quickly take over most of the doctors and biologists in the Drum Kingdom, so quickly that even the World Government wouldn't be able to react.

At that time, Teach will smoothly inherit all the assets of the medical superpower, and Teach doesn't care at all what the Drum Kingdom will become.

Teach wasn't interested in solving their problems; he simply wanted them to experience what they were destined to experience earlier. This way, the suffering would come sooner, but they would also have more time to embrace a better future.

Teach couldn't remember clearly either, only that the doctor in the future, known as a "quack," was also the Straw Hat Pirates's doctor and father, who created a mysterious powder that could make pink snowflakes fall from the sky like cherry blossoms blooming.

It was indeed a magical thing. Although its medical skills were mediocre, and it was recognized as the worst in the entire Drum Kingdom, it had a great heart to save the world and the country.

As for the Human-Human Fruit, Teach has already discovered this Devil Fruit, but he hasn't taken it. This Devil Fruit is now worth as much as one billion Beli.

He wanted to see how things would change in the future. The world had already been greatly affected; unintentionally, the flapping of wings had transformed into a hurricane.

However, the course of the world is roughly the same; this is not a correction of the world, but an inevitability of the times.

This world still holds many unsolved mysteries. The inheritance of will truly exists, and all of this is related to "D".

Teach didn't know if Kaido knew; they might know, they might not.

The battle at God Island more than a decade ago may have exposed some secrets, but the clearest information is in the hands of Kozuki Oden. Kozuki Oden's nautical log may very well contain all the secrets.

Alternatively, you can go directly to the Laugh Tale to obtain the Eternal Pose, which Roger threw away and points to the Laugh Tale; it's located in a corner of this world.

Teach plans to wait for an opportunity to acquire it, believing that with Baccarat's ability, this won't be a problem.