I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Vivi said she spoke too fast earlier.

Can you two be serious for once?!

Chapter 120 The Witch and the Reindeer

A snow-covered village [The Great Horn].

After much trouble, Bai Yun and his group finally entered the Great Horn Village in the Drum Kingdom. Unfortunately, this country had only one doctor (known to the world).

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“My name is Dalton, and I am in charge of protecting this island. Please forgive our impolite welcoming ceremony just now.”

Dalton took Bai Yun and the others home.

The moment the heater was lit, Bai Yun felt like he had come back to life.

"Can I ask you something? I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."

Dalton said to Vivi, "I feel like I've seen Vivi's face before."

"ah!?"

Weiwei panicked and couldn't answer, so Bai Yun stepped in to smooth things over.

"It's probably just my imagination. After all, Vivi has a very ordinary face."

"Shall we talk about the [witch] first? The witch is a doctor? And the castle on the highest peak is her residence?"

"......"

Dalton was speechless for a moment. "How come you seem to know more than I do?"

"My guess."

"Witches, well, they always stay away from people, and don't they all like to live in castles?"

Bai Yun explained, "It's reasonable, isn't it? It's just a reasonable guess."

"Yes, you can see the tallest mountain peak through the window."

Dalton chose to believe for the time being.

"mountain peak?"

Sanji turned his head and saw a snowman staring at him with a gloomy expression, which startled him.

If you look closely, it's Luffy and Usopp building a snowman.

"It's the Yeti [Cirola]!"

"It's the [Super Snowman]!"

"You two, stop playing in the snow there!!!"

Sanji was so angry that he shouted.

"Just like this one..."

"White Luck".

"What Bai Yun said is true. The castle on the mountaintop is inhabited by the [Witch] Dr. Kureha, who is now the only doctor on this island."

Dalton explained, adding that he couldn't notify her; the witch's method of consultation was to come down regularly, and her reward was to take everything the patient wanted from their home.

Despite this, her medical skills were indeed superb, and at the age of 140, she was still full of energy.

"What a wicked old woman."

"Yes, they were just like robbers."

Luffy and Usopp voiced their accusations.

"But she's so old, how can she go down the mountain?"

Vivi asked the crucial question.

"There is a rumor that she would descend the mountain on a reindeer-drawn sleigh under the full moon. Many people witnessed her landing, which is why she was called the 'Witch'."

Dalton explained.

"What should we do? Nami's condition will become dangerous if we wait any longer!"

"Sanji asked anxiously."

"It's very simple."

Luffy and Bai Yun said at the same time, then turned to look at each other and smiled as they spoke simultaneously.

"climb mountains."

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"Then it's up to you."

In the end, Luffy and Sanji decided to climb the mountain to find Dr. Kureha to help Nami cure her illness.

After Dalton warned them to be careful of a creature called "Laban," the two set off.

"Whoo~"

Bai Yun exhaled a breath of white air, looked at Luffy, Sanji, and Nami's backs, and remained silent until the three figures disappeared from sight. Then he relaxed his tense body and collapsed instantly.

"Hey! Hey! Bai Yun, what's wrong with you?!"

Usopp grabbed Bai Yun, but just then he noticed a wound on the back of Bai Yun's neck that looked exactly like Nami's abdomen!

.........

"Cough cough, I'm fine. I'm almost used to having fevers."

Back in the house, the person lying on the boat turned into Bai Yun.

"How could you be so stupid, Bai Yun!" Weiwei said angrily.

“Compared to me, Miss Nami’s condition is more critical. I can still suppress the virus from flaring up, but she has been flaring up for several days.”

"It's right to let her get treatment first. The dangers on the way are unknown, and Luffy and Sanji can't take care of both of them."

"And the strength of the two of you..."

Bai Yun stopped halfway through his sentence.

Usopp and Vivi bowed dejectedly, "We're sorry to have disappointed you."

"Never mind that, I have a question for you, Mr. Dalton."

"You're so afraid of pirates because your country was destroyed by them, aren't you?"

Bai Yun changed the subject. Although he was feeling dizzy and lightheaded, he still wanted to know the news about the Blackbeard Pirates.

"Yes, just a month ago, a pirate crew of only five people landed on Drum Island and destroyed the country."

Dalton sat in his chair, hands on his knees, gazing at the burning fireplace as he replied.

"Did they steal anything?" Bai Yun immediately pressed.

"What can pirates steal? They've taken all the treasure from the kingdom's treasury."

"Is there anything else besides that?"

Dalton didn't understand why Bai Yun asked that question. Besides the treasure, was there anything else to steal?

"No."

Upon receiving the reply, Bai Yun thought to himself, "It seems that Blackbeard's arrival on Drum Island was just a coincidence; he just happened to steal some treasure along the way."

"So that's why you're so resistant to pirates."

Usopp said.

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"Ah."

"However, some people think it's good that the kingdom was destroyed."

"The various policies implemented by this country in the past have been nothing short of tragedies for the people."

"Previously, this country was called the Drum Kingdom, and the king was called Walpo. He was an absolutely terrible king."

"Walpo... I feel like I've heard of him before..."

Usopp and Vivi spoke at the same time.

"The one we encountered at sea, the captain of a pirate crew, who was sent flying by me before he could even get off the ship."

Bai Yun explained with a smile.

"Oh, no wonder he seemed so familiar. When he flew away, his men kept calling his name. I never imagined he was a king before."

Usopp sighed.

"You know Walpo?"

Dalton asked, "That's quite a coincidence."

"I encountered him at sea, but before I could even speak, Bai Yun sent me flying."

"Walpo, that name... I remember seeing him once when my father took me to a conference when I was a child."

Usopp and Vivi each replied.

Dalton was clearly more concerned with, "Your father, the meeting, who exactly are you...?"

"Ah, anyway, we ran into that Walpo on our way here yesterday."

"Well, that's not important. The main thing is that his becoming a pirate was just a temporary measure. He's always wanted to return to the island and rebuild his kingdom. That's what I'm worried about."

"This island now belongs to the people who stayed behind. In order to prevent Walpo from landing on the island again, we have been on guard day and night at the landing point."

Dalton said.

After he finished speaking, he saw that Bai Yun was fast asleep.

As Vivi listened to Dalton's words, she thought of her own father, who was also a king.

It's normal for a king like Walpo to be resisted by the people, but why is it that his father, a king who cares about the people, also faces rebellion from them?