Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Just now, he felt immense pressure emanating from Luffy and activated his ability without hesitation:

"Zoan Type, Ox-Ox Fruit, Bison Form!"

"Lord Dalton!" The people seemed relieved to see Dalton. This was the pillar of their Drum Island, and they had decided to elect Dalton as the island's king.

"Don't act impulsively."

Dalton stepped forward, and as he got closer to Luffy, he still felt immense pressure.

That straw hat kid is really strong!

Dalton made a decision instantly.

This island had previously been plundered by pirates, even to the point of near destruction, by a group known as the Blackbeard Pirates.

Dalton was powerless to resist the Blackbeard pirate.

That's the same feeling he got from the straw-hatted boy in front of him.

But to his surprise, Luffy did not immediately retaliate after they fired first.

He simply looked at Dalton earnestly and repeatedly said, "My partner is sick and needs a doctor!"

Dalton looked at the undisguised anxiety in Luffy's eyes, and then at the orange-haired girl on his back with a flushed face and weak breath. His tense expression eased slightly.

He deactivated his transformation and said in a deep voice, "Come with me."

The other people didn't dare to say a word.

Catching a bullet with bare hands—even Dalton couldn't do that.

They could only pray that the pirates weren't inherently bad; that's the tragedy of the weak.

.....

In Dalton's simple but warm home, he served hot tea to Luffy and the others, looking at Nami, who was still unconscious, whom Luffy had carefully placed on the bed.

On the way, Dalton explained the current state of the country and King Walpo.

"That guy who can eat anything?" Usopp had a strong impression of that guy.

"You encountered it?"

Dalton stood up abruptly, his face turning somewhat grim: "I've been hearing that he's been active in the vicinity of the seas, seemingly ready to return and plunder this country at any moment."

All eyes turned to Luffy.

"Well... I was in a bad mood at the time, so I just fed them to the fish." Luffy chuckled.

If a person with superpowers falls into the sea and survives, then they are incredibly lucky.

Dalton couldn't help but glance at Luffy a few more times; he made it sound so simple.

"In short, our country now has only one doctor left."

Dalton's expression was complicated when he mentioned the only surviving doctor: "She lives on the highest snow mountain over there, Dr. Kureha, that's her name, but the people here call her the witch."

"Witch?" Luffy thought the name was pretty cool.

"She should be in that castle now. However, she has a strange habit: the payment she demands for treatment is often what the patient or seeker values ​​most. Besides, the road up the mountain is completely blocked by heavy snow and is extremely dangerous..."

Before he could finish speaking, Luffy had already wrapped Nami back in the blanket, carried her securely on his back, and tied her up tightly.

Time is tight.

There is no road in this world that cannot be traveled.

"Sanji, Usopp... I'm leaving this to you. Go and buy some necessary supplies. If there are any enemies, wait for me to come back."

Zoro stayed behind on the Going Merry.

Vivi and Robin's physical condition is not suitable for long-distance travel.

"Nami, please take care of me." Vivi looked at him with concern.

“Be careful,” Robin said.

Luffy nodded.

He vaguely sensed a lingering aura, indicating a very powerful enemy.

However, there is no time to deal with it right now.

Chapter 97 Chopper: Your idea is a bit presumptuous.

"Come in."

It was snowing, and Dalton invited them inside.

But Weiwei and the others refused, saying, "It's fine here." They looked at the distant, towering mountains.

This group of people does seem quite different from ordinary pirates.

“I’m sorry.” Dalton sat down and apologized for his earlier shooting. “There’s a reason they reacted so strongly to the pirates.”

“A few months ago, a group of pirates calling themselves the Blackbeard Pirates attacked this country. King Wapol fled with the doctors, and the country was almost destroyed by the pirates.” Dalton watched Luffy’s figure disappear into the snowstorm and told Vivi and Robin, who were left behind, about the tragedy that had befallen the country a few months ago.

"The Blackbeard Pirates?"

Upon hearing the name, Robin's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly, and a hint of seriousness flashed across his face.

As an intelligence agent, she knew some information about this newly risen but exceptionally dangerous pirate crew.

Are they still nearby?

......

The man Robin spoke of committed a crime that is extremely common in the pirate world—betrayal.

But it is also extremely extraordinary.

Because the target of their betrayal was one of the Four Emperors, the emperors of this sea.

Just outside Drum Island, on the frigid sea shrouded in ice floes and chill, a strange raft, more like a patchwork of small boats than a pirate ship, floats silently.

Nearby, you can see the carcass of a giant, dead sea king.

At the bow of the ship, a man sat cross-legged, tearing at a huge beast's leg without any restraint. He looked unusually obese and burly, with dark skin and missing several teeth; one could tell he was worried that a single bite would break his remaining teeth.

When it comes to forbearance on the high seas, Marshall D. Teach dares to say he's second to none.

Moreover, for the sake of his own ambition, he could betray even his own father, who had been so kind to him.

"Hahaha, Van Augur, what have you discovered?"

Blackbeard wiped his greasy mouth, turned to look at a tall, thin man at the stern wearing a peculiar hat and holding a long-barreled sniper rifle. "Why did your gun just now unconsciously aim over there? Did you spot some good prey?"

He stayed near Drum Island not only to replenish supplies, but also for another important purpose: to hunt down Wapol, the former king of the Drum Kingdom and the user of the Gluttony Fruit.

Blackbeard was quite interested in the ability to devour and merge, and this Devil Fruit ability made him feel that his own idea was more likely.

He really wanted to study it.

Perhaps it can be combined with his future crazy experiment.

But Waldo's abilities are really useful; he even has a submarine.

If there isn't a good way to deal with this kind of technological product, even a general wouldn't be able to stop it.

Sniper Van Oka slowly lowered his gun, adjusted his small round sunglasses, and replied, "No, Captain. It wasn't that I spotted a target. It's just that for a moment, my fate seemed to be shifted."

"A very brief but extremely violent aura came from that direction, but it disappeared quickly."

It was just his instinct as a sniper.

"Is that the direction of Drum Island?"

Beside Blackbeard, a sickly-looking man wearing a top hat, the ship's doctor Doc Q, coughed weakly as he spoke, "Cough...cough cough...besides Wapol, who we scared out of his wits, what other decent people could there be on that island?"

I vaguely remember that Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.

"Bah."

Blackbeard spat disdainfully, his face full of contempt. "That bull-man who ate the Ox-Ox Fruit? Hahaha, those ordinary Zoan-types are just too pathetic to look at."

Zoan-type Devil Fruit?

Even dogs wouldn't eat it.

He patted his round belly, a glint of greed and ambition flashing in his eyes.

His goal is the most powerful Devil Fruit in the world.

Paramecia type, Tremor-Tremor Fruit!

In comparison, let alone ordinary Zoan-type, even Mythical Zoan-type wouldn't catch his eye.

"But what could possibly elicit a reaction from Van Augur is that there's some interesting fellow arriving on the island? What a pity..."

Blackbeard stroked his chin. Van Augur's intuition was always accurate, but now was not the time to cause any trouble.

"Hahaha. Let's go, let's go. There's no need to waste time on a Gluttony Fruit. After all, we have a super troublesome guy following us around."

Blackbeard doesn't want to run into that guy unless absolutely necessary.

Can we win?

That kind of thing wasn't within his consideration; he was thinking about the subsequent impact.

......

On the other side, in the direction Van Augur pointed, Luffy carried Nami across the snowy road and soon encountered the enemy that Dalton had warned him about.

The Labang herd of giant, agile, and ferocious rabbits.

Under normal circumstances, Luffy might be eager to fight, but now even the slightest aftermath of a battle could worsen Nami's condition.

"I don't have time to fight with you guys."

As it turns out, some guys can understand what you're saying, but only a fist can stop them.

Seeing Laban closing in, Luffy's expression hardened, and an aura mixed with terrifying killing intent swept over him!