Hiluluk, living in the Drum Kingdom and known as a quack doctor, couldn't help but marvel to himself:
Life is truly amazing!
He was once a pirate wandering the seas, but after contracting a terminal illness, he ended up in the Drum Kingdom.
Hiluluk, who was planning to die, unexpectedly witnessed miraculous cherry blossoms that cured his illness.
Since then, Hiluluk, who originally knew nothing about medicine, became a doctor and embarked on the path of developing a cure-all.
Even though he faced misunderstanding from the villagers of the Drum Kingdom and was hunted by King Wapol, he never gave up.
He wanted to recreate that day's "miracle"!
Early this morning, Hiluluk left his home, intending to go up the mountain to find a rare herb.
Unexpectedly, he didn't find the herb, but he did find his old enemy—
Dr. Kureha
She is a doctor known as a "witch" by the people, with very skilled medical expertise, but her fees are quite expensive.
Both of them wanted to go up the mountain, and although they were annoyed, they could only travel together, arguing all the way.
But when they reached the foot of the mountain, they suddenly noticed strange noises in the distance.
The previously peaceful foothills were now restless, and the snowy plains, which should have been rarely visited, now had many people's footprints left on them.
Hiluluk and Kureha both had experience drifting on the seas and immediately sensed something was wrong.
They wanted to leave immediately, but it was too late.
A blizzard unexpectedly enveloped the foothills, and they didn't dare to wander around, so they could only hide in a bush and wait and see what happened.
Then, they saw the scene from the beginning.
Dozens of men in black suddenly appeared, surrounding the foothills.
Two other masked figures wearing white suits stood in the center of the foothills, stopping a man in golden light armor.
Their conversation was short, and then they started fighting.
One of the white suits chose to wait and see, while the other actively went up to fight, engaging the light armor man in a close battle.
Their confrontation was extremely fast and fierce, and even though they were hiding in the bushes, the surging killing intent still chilled them to the bone!
Hiluluk couldn't help but swallow and asked Kureha in a low voice:
"Who... who are they?"
"Don't get so close! And, I don't know..."
Kureha paused, shaking her head as she answered.
But she didn't really not know.
Although Kureha and Hiluluk looked to be about the same age, she was actually over one hundred and twenty years old, about seventy years older than Hiluluk!
Her rich experience had allowed Kureha to learn many secrets of the sea, including the true identities of these men in black and white suits.
They were probably people from the World Government.
But Kureha didn't know who the man in golden light armor was, that he was worth the World Government sending so many experts to capture him!
"Those guys won't let anyone who saw this live."
Kureha quickly pushed down Hiluluk's conspicuous hairstyle, warning in a low voice, "So if you don't want to die, be quiet!"
Hiluluk quickly shut his mouth.
Kureha frowned, knowing too well the World Government's behind-the-scenes methods.
"Hopefully those dangerous guys won't notice this place..."
Unfortunately, CP9 was made up of professionals after all, and its surrounding defenses were far more thorough than Kureha had anticipated.
Before long, a CP9 member discovered the two hiding in the bushes.
Just as his Shigan was about to hit the two doctors' vital spots, a long spear of sand suddenly thrust out from the side, pinning him to the ground.
Silently.
The CP9 member couldn't even make a sound of warning until he died.
The two widened their eyes, looking at the sand soldier holding the spear in front of them.
The feeling of danger emanating from the soldier was no less than that of the man in the black suit!
Hiluluk protected Kureha behind him and bravely asked, "P-please, who are you...?"
The sand soldier scratched his head, transforming the spear in his hand into a sign, and then sand outlined a line of text on the sign:
"Want to sit for a while?"
Hiluluk: "..."
"Huh?"
He nodded unconsciously, and then only felt a slight vibration under his feet.
A small stream of dry sand passed through the soft layer of snow and emerged, then solidified into a table and three chairs.
The sand soldier reached out, making a "please" gesture, and Hiluluk and Kureha hesitated for a moment, but ultimately sat down.
After all, even if they wanted to run, they couldn't escape from the sand soldier.
But honestly, although the set of tables and chairs was made of sand, it was very comfortable to touch and even had a warm feeling, which was rare outdoors on a winter island.
Sitting here, admiring the surrounding snow scenery, if you could ignore the intense battle taking place in the distance, it would really be a beautiful thing.
Hiluluk had a big heart, and after feeling that the sand soldier had no malice, he took out a water bottle from his backpack, along with two portable paper cups, and poured himself and Kureha some of the health tea he had brewed.
"Want some? It helps with beauty and skin care."
Kureha's nose twitched, and she smelled the medicinal ingredients inside, frowning:
"I don't know if it can make you beautiful, but if you drink it, your stomach will definitely be clear."
Hiluluk heard this and was immediately disbelieving, "No way! I'm very confident in this recipe!"
Kureha glanced at Hiluluk, muttering in a low voice, "You quack doctor."
Hiluluk lowered his head, looking very disappointed.
The sand soldier sat quietly to the side, watching the two old enemies with interest.
Kureha looked at the light armor man fighting in the distance, then turned her head and signaled to the sand soldier, "Did that guy make you?"
The sand soldier touched his chin and raised the sign again, the text on it changing.
"'I' am 'him'."
Kureha understood.
The sand soldier in front of her was a "clone" created by the light armor man.
Probably a Devil Fruit ability, is it a Logia?
Kureha gently stroked the delicately carved armrest of the chair, her pupils trembled slightly.
In her experience, she had never heard of anyone being able to train the elemental abilities of a Logia Devil Fruit to such a precise degree.
What's more...
That man was maintaining his battle while also splitting his attention to control the sand soldier and talk to them!
In such a high-intensity confrontation, he still had room to think about other things?!
Kureha paused, curiously asking, "Who exactly are you?"
The sand soldier raised the sign, answering, "Ryan Rowan."
In just an instant, Kureha and Hiluluk widened their eyes, they had both seen that name in the newspaper not long ago.
The emperor of eight hundred years ago, [Golden Dawn] Ryan Rowan.
"The emperor of Alabasta?"
Kureha took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Did you come to the Drum Kingdom to meet the neighboring country's king?"
Hiluluk chimed in at the right time, "Hahaha, let me tell you in advance, the current king of this country is an idiot!"
A laughter that echoed his words appeared on the sand soldier's sign:
"Hahahaha!"
Then, the text began to change, and the content became much more complex.
The sand soldier—that is, Rowan—was explaining the purpose of his trip to the two respectable doctors.
He roughly talked about the identity of the World Government people, but mainly explained the "Four Seas Alliance."
As the text on the sign changed, the expressions of the two doctors gradually became serious.
Regardless of the subsequent concept that only existed in theory, the establishment of a fixed route between Drum Island and Alabasta alone was enough to arouse the interest of Hiluluk and Kureha.
"If a fixed route is really established, then we can freely travel between the two countries in the future?"
Hiluluk said excitedly, "I heard that there are many rare medicinal materials in the desert!"
"You wouldn't know how to use them even if there were!"
Kureha held down the excited Hiluluk, turning her gaze to the sand soldier and asking, "So, shouldn't you be bargaining with Wapol now? Why are you fighting with the World Government people?"
The sand soldier raised one sign with the words: "Participating in a negotiation with a predetermined outcome is too boring, so I entrusted it to others."
"As for why I'm fighting with the World Government people—"
The sand soldier reached out, pointing to the battlefield in the distance.
The white suit was fighting back and forth with Rowan's main body, and his expression was becoming more and more excited.
He felt that he had a chance of winning against this emperor from eight hundred years ago!
The sand soldier raised the sign:
"The time for waiting is the most boring, and using them to pass the time is just right."
"That way, I kill time, and they don't have to bother luring me over, everyone will be happy."
...
A cold smile appeared on the face of the CP0 member.
The advantage is mine, the advantage is mine!
He thought so, and couldn't help but feel a bit strange.
It doesn't match the information provided by the Marines?
Although this guy in front of me is strong, he's just at the level of a regular expert, nowhere near untouchable as assessed by the Marines.
Tch, looks like the Marines made a misjudgment!
The CP0 member further accelerated the speed of his twin blades, forcing Rowan to retreat again and again.
Now I have the advantage, I have a chance to defeat him!
...
The sand soldier guided Hiluluk and Kureha to look at this scene, and raised the sign.
Written on the sign was:
"See, how happy he is fighting!"
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