Under the precise guidance of Shiraishi Spiritual Sense, the Straw Hat Pirates arrived at the island where Drum Kingdom was located, where they received a warm welcome befitting the locals' expectations of pirates.
People gathered on the shore, driving away the pirates with extremely hostile eyes.
Someone even fired a shot, the bullet grazing Vivi's arm, which enraged Luffy and his crew.
"It's nothing, just a scratch." Vivi restrained Luffy forward, and said, " Luffy, you're such a bad captain. If you act recklessly now, Nami won't get treatment."
She was taught by her father to be a model of a benevolent ruler, believing that the people should not be suppressed by violence, but rather dealt with through the heart.
Our companion is seriously ill and urgently needs medical treatment. Please help us.
Vivi knelt down and kowtowed to them.
Luffy was stunned for a moment, then knelt down as well, "Please, I'm counting on you."
"Don't joke around!" someone in the crowd roared.
"Etc."
Some people tried to stop the crowd from shouting, and a burly man stepped forward, his expression serious, and said, "Come with me."
Seeing the scene before him, Shiraishi decided not to disembark, lest it cause problems during Luffy's waving to the new crew members.
When Nami opened her eyes, she looked somewhat bewildered.
This is a single room. She is currently lying on the bed, next to a bookshelf filled with books. There is a fireplace on the wall, but it is not lit. On the table next to her are a pile of medical equipment, bandages, and gauze. "Who is it?"
Hearing the noise, she got up and glanced in that direction. It was a reindeer that could stand on two legs, right?
The other person was wearing a pink hat and brown shorts.
"It should be the other way around," she kindly reminded the reindeer, who was trying to hide its head behind the wall.
The person quickly hid their body inside, then quietly peeked out with their head.
"Hiding like this won't help, who are you?"
Nami made a comment.
"Enough with the nonsense, I'm human," Chopper retorted matter-of-factly.
Nami asked in surprise, "You can talk?"
"Ughhhh!" Chopper ran away in fright.
Soon, an elderly woman dressed in fashionable clothes and carrying a bottle of liquor came over and explained the current situation to her in a tone that was even more youthful than that of a young person.
Nami wanted to fight for her right to be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible, but after being threatened by the other party, she had no choice but to lie down and rest again.
"Meat, stop! Meat~~"
"Wait a minute, Luffy! Let me handle this."
Amidst a series of piercing cries, Luffy and Sanji's voices were mixed in.
"What a huge piece of venison!"
"Perfect for nourishing Miss Nami's body."
Nami turned her head and saw them playing around, feeling utterly speechless.
The scuffle ended with Chopper transforming into a giant and slamming the two of them into the floor.
Nami wasn't fully recovered and was forced to rest again. Her thought was that when she woke up, she would find out exactly what had happened and where Zoro and the others were.
She drifted back to sleep, only to be woken up again a short while later.
The reindeer named Chopper appeared in the room, seemingly hiding from something, but still took care of Nami out of professional ethics.
This action sparked a new idea in her mind. "Hey, why don't you come with us and become pirates? That way, I won't need to stay here resting; we can set sail immediately."
"Idiot, idiot, I'm not going to go to sea with you guys," Chopper yelled, then heard noises outside the door.
"A venison feast."
Chopper was so frightened that he took off running.
Sanji and Luffy were then chased by Doctor Kureha.
"Hey, you actually flirted with my little reindeer while I was away!"
Kureha stood with one hand on her hip, her tone seemingly questioning.
Nami smiled and said, "Does a woman need a reason to seduce a man?"
"Hehe." Kureha laughed at this answer and said, "No need. If you can lure him away, go ahead and take him. But that guy has an indelible wound in his heart, a deep wound that even doctors can't heal. Can you heal it?"
Upon hearing this, Nami smiled confidently and said, "If that's the case, then there's no problem. Our captain might not be good at other things, but he's definitely an expert in this area."
"Really? That makes me really excited."
Kureha smiled. She didn't want to keep Chopper by her side forever. As for that incurable wound, if someone could heal it, then she would gladly take him away.
She's not the kind of mother who can't let go of her child.
As the two were talking, Chopper rushed back with a serious expression, " Doctorine, Wapol is back."
"Hahaha, this place is still the same as before!"
Wapol, hands on his hips, declared smugly, " Drum Kingdom, your king has returned!"
"Rubber!"
Luffy outside, his Riot Games flew towards Wapol's bizarre face, "Bullet!"
Peng!!!
One second Wapol was returning in triumph, the next he was sent flying backwards through the air.
If his two men hadn't pulled him back in time, he probably would have fallen straight off the top of that 5,000-meter-high mountain.
"How dare you attack the king!"
"This person is from a member state of the World Government."
"Shut up! How dare you try to take my boat? Get lost!"
Luffy huffed and made a face, "I don't want to see you guys! If you don't leave, I'll beat you all to a pulp!"
"Kid, I was careless last time, but you won't get away with this!"
Scrambling to his feet, Wapol, as tough as an iron barrel, fiercely wiped the blood from his nose. "I'm going to wipe out all of you damned bastards!"
" Munch-Munch Meal: Battle Wapol!"
As he activated his abilities, his body transformed into a sturdy house, his hands into cannons, and everything he had eaten became weapons on his body.
" Munch-Munch Factory!"
As he spoke, he swallowed his court jester archer named Jayce and his afro-haired boxer named Kuromarimo in one gulp, then chewed them up and spat them out to Luffy and the others' astonishment, transforming them into a two-headed, four-armed creature.
"I am the strongest warrior in the Drum Kingdom!"
"I am Jayce-Kuromarimo!"
"Kill them!" Wapol's face showed a confident smile. He had been able to run rampant in this country for so many years, not because of any special royal bloodline, but because of his strength.
The best foundation for a ruler is a power stronger than anyone else in the country.
"As for that glaring pirate flag, let me handle it. Honestly, how could the king's castle possibly fly the flag of a stupid doctor!"
Wapol grew increasingly angry and fired a cannonball directly at the top of the castle.
With a deafening roar, the castle didn't collapse. When the smoke cleared, a man was revealed, clutching a pirate flag. His straw hat wasn't stained black by the gunpowder. "Don't look at the pirate flag! It's not something a cowardly, selfish liar like you can just snap!"
Luffy's eyes were filled with anger. To him, the pirate flag was a source of pride, and no matter whose flag it was, it was not a flag that outsiders could easily insult.
Wapol's words had touched a nerve, making him decide to teach that guy a lesson. "Hey, reindeer, I want to beat them to a pulp, what about you?"
"Yeah!" Chopper responded loudly, a surge of intense anger rising within him. He couldn't tolerate the insult to the pirate flag, which he saw as a continuation of his father's spirit, and he resolved to fight bravely.
He took out his Rumble Ball and tossed it into his mouth.
"Useless." The fused being sneered. How could a pathetic monster that nobody paid any attention to possibly be a match for them?
They are the strongest warriors in the Drum Kingdom!
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However, Chopper, having consumed the Rumble Ball, possessed fighting power far exceeding that of a fused human. While not entirely smooth sailing, his victory was a natural progression, as he almost completely dominated his opponents, forcing them to curse him as a monster.
"Hey, hey, hey, how dare you call others monsters?"
Sanji, forced to AFK by the 139-year-old Dr. Kureha sitting beneath him, can only try to stay relevant by making sarcastic remarks.
Meanwhile, Luffy, who should have been battling Wapol, was already envious of Chopper's seven transformations, his eyes practically sparkling with envy.
"That was so cool! Seven transformations!"
"I must bring this reindeer onto the boat!"
He has changed his original plan to win over Granny Kureha to this super handsome reindeer.
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" Arm Point: Hoof!"
" Amazing: Eight-Sided Avalanche!"
While maintaining his human form Chopper's arm muscles bulged high like iron pillars, and his hands transformed into iron hooves capable of easily crushing giant rocks.
The Fusionians were unwilling to be defeated so easily, and their loyalty to Wapol was absolutely unquestionable.
He pulled out two giant axes, and the axes and hammers rained down on Chopper from all directions.
Chopper, however, showed no mercy, swinging his hooves like lightning and unleashing a barrage of attacks on his opponent's weapon. Completely unlike his usual timid nature, he met attack with attack, showing no sign of backing down.
"Hahahaha, die, die, die!" The fusion man refused to believe that his weapon could lose to hooves.
"Clang clang clang clang clang."
The dense, clanging sounds, like the clanging of metal, resounded throughout the battlefield, interspersed with the ever-reddening fur of Chopper.
But later, the sound gradually turned into a clattering sound, as the metal was the first to succumb to the fierce onslaught.
"What?!" The fused human's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, then a sound came from the card, and his hand felt lighter.
The weapon suddenly shattered into pieces, causing him to stumble and hurriedly raise his arm to shield himself. "Where... where is he?"
Suddenly, nothing was in front of him; the reindeer that had been fiercely attacking him just moments before had vanished.
"What are you looking at?"
A calm voice came from below, causing the two heads of the fused creature to lower simultaneously, and then cherry blossoms came into view.
The hooves, as large as cherry blossoms, magnified simultaneously in all four orifices, and before the fused man could react, they were already imprinted on the jaws of both his heads. The violent shock penetrated both brains at the same time, instantly depriving the fused man of all thinking ability.
" Hoof Carving: Cherry Blossom!"
With a crisp, resounding crack, the tall, fused figure slowly fell backward.
at the same time.
"Mr. Dalton, your injury..."
On a cable car connecting to the mountaintop, Vivi, Zoro, Usopp, several militiamen carrying weapons, and a burly middle-aged man were on board.
Dalton, the chief guard of the Drum Kingdom, was arguably the only official in the country who cared about his people. However, for this very reason, he was the first person Wapol used as a scapegoat upon his return home.
"It's alright, I will definitely defeat Wapol!"
The middle-aged man, covered in wounds, gritted his teeth. Although he was considered the second strongest fighter in the country, he was still no match for Wapol and his two former colleagues.
"Even if I'm no match for them, I'll still go up!"
"If I don't fight, who will change this country?"
He gritted his teeth, recalling his past blind loyalty that had led to the death of a good doctor, and remembering the dying words of the previous king who had spoiled Wapol too much and hoped that he would keep a close eye on him.
As a result, he failed to do so properly, which led to Wapol becoming this way, failing to live up to the king's expectations.
This life is nothing to worry about; even if it costs him his life, he will stop Wapol's atrocities.
"What's wrong with wanting to govern a country with your heart?"
His words resonated with Vivi; royalty was granted power to protect the people, not to exploit them.
That was the education passed down through generations of the Alabasta royal family.
If the people truly wanted to overthrow the monarchy, Vivi wouldn't have bothered to make any effort. However, it was all Crocodile's conspiracy.
So she must continue fighting.
Boom!
"Hahaha, you brat, you were too careless."
Wapol, who had blasted through the building in front of him with a single, point-blank verbal attack, laughed heartily, hands on his hips.
"You're the one who was careless."
Luffy instantly dodged behind Wapol, grabbed him, and twisted his body several times before shouting, " Gum-Gum Rocket!"
Peng!
Wapol Luffy, crashed through the roof and became stuck in the ceiling, facing a tattered cherry blossom skull flag.
That was the skull and crossbones flag he had previously bombarded with cannons, which Luffy grabbed and stuck back on the roof.
Snap,
Luffy also flipped over from below and flew onto the roof, slamming his fists together.
"You ungrateful wretch, stay away from their skull and crossbones flag!"
Although this ocean is full of trash that flies the skull and crossbones flag and commits murder, killing, and looting, there are also fools who use this flag to carry their dreams.
"Rubber-rubber-rubber."
With his hands extended backward, further and further, Luffy was able to fully charge up his power this time, thanks to Wapol being stuck.
"Wait... wait a minute, I'm going to make you a nobleman, don't do this."
"Look, there's someone on the roof!"
These are Zoro, Vivi, Usopp, and the big guy named Dalton, who just arrived by cable car.
"Master... the Drum Kingdom..."
This is Chopper looking up.
"Stop!... I'll make you the vice-king!!"
Faced with Wapol's panicked attempt to bribe him, the answer was, "Rocket launcher!"
collapse!!
Wapol was instantly turned into a shooting star in the sky by Luffy's fully charged rocket.
I believe he will never have the chance to come back and wreak havoc on the Drum... no, the soon-to-be-renamed Cherry Blossom Kingdom.
The dust has settled, and everyone is happy.
"Bring all the patients in."
Dr. Kureha waved to the crowd.