Rumble, rumble...
A sound like muffled thunder came from above the foothills.
Avalanche, coming!
Hiluluk pulled Kureha and said urgently, "Hey, let's go! It's too dangerous to stay here!"
Unlike Devil Fruit users or World Government experts, they were just doctors, ordinary mortals. Being caught in an avalanche would mean certain death.
But Kureha shook her head, sitting calmly on her sand chair, arms crossed.
"Run? Why run?"
Hiluluk was stunned. "To escape!"
"Can we escape?"
Kureha nodded her chin towards the direction of the sound, "That's no ordinary avalanche!"
Hiluluk looked over and his eyes widened.
"W-w-wait! Are you kidding me?!"
In the distance, a huge white torrent rushed down the hillside.
It was a giant wave made of snow, rocks, and trees, pouring down the slope towards their location!
Last time, Hiluluk had given up the idea of running because there wasn't enough time.
After all, it was Drum Island, with many mountains. Avalanches were not uncommon in the Drum Kingdom.
But Hiluluk had never seen such a fierce and abnormal avalanche. It was as if a giant had taken a big bucket of ice and snow and poured it down on them from the hillside!
"This is definitely not a natural avalanche, it's not even an avalanche."
Hiluluk sat down like Kureha, and said in a deep voice, "Did those World Government guys do it?"
Kureha glanced at Hiluluk, took out a wine bottle and drank a few mouthfuls, "Is there any doubt? You quack..."
"Haha!"
Hiluluk was used to being scolded, so he didn't care about Kureha's name-calling. Instead, he grinned and said, "Just checking!"
Things had developed to this point, and Hiluluk felt much more relaxed.
After all, both he and Kureha knew that whether they could survive this avalanche depended on the sand soldier in front of them - Ryan Rowan.
Having experienced too much in their lives, they could face everything in front of them with equanimity.
"Speaking of which..."
Hiluluk couldn't help but exclaim, "The World Government is really going overboard!"
"That's because the person they're dealing with this time is even more outrageous."
Kureha took a few more sips of wine, feeling much warmer.
With her rich experience, she could see the World Government's plan after a brief observation.
They wanted to use some force to intimidate Ryan Rowan, in order to promote a short-term and fragile "peace" between the two sides.
To do this, they had to show "force" worthy of Ryan Rowan.
This abnormal avalanche came about because of this!
"Anyway, it's great that a devastating battle won't break out on Drum Island. We ordinary people can't handle it."
Although she had a sharp tongue, Kureha still cared about the residents of Drum Island.
"It should be over soon."
She looked up at the sand soldier, Rowan, and asked with a smile:
"After all, this is just a show, right?"
But the answer to Kureha was silence.
The sand soldier didn't raise his sign, but stood there quietly, his sand body emitting a chill.
Kureha felt something was wrong, her smile stiffened, and she asked again:
"It's just a show, right?"
"..."
The sand soldier was silent for a moment, then raised the sign in his hand.
It read:
"As expected of the World Government."
"They always find ways to bring up annoying memories."
With that, the sand soldier stood up, and even the exquisite table and chairs began to slowly dissipate from the bottom up.
Kureha suddenly realized something, pushed the unresponsive Hiluluk to the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Find a low-lying place and hold on to the roots of the trees!"
"Huh?"
Hiluluk looked bewildered, but did as he was told.
Kureha looked up into the distance. The two figures engaged in fierce combat had finally stopped.
Rowan's figure stood quietly in place, facing the CP0, and also facing the surging white snow.
The surrounding sand gradually calmed down, like the calm before the storm.
Kureha frowned, very puzzled.
What did the World Government do to make the emperor, who had always been in a playful mood, show a fundamental emotional fluctuation for the first time?
...
The CP0 who had been fighting Rowan, hearing the roar from behind, gritted his teeth.
He took out the walkie-talkie and scolded his two companions, "Hey, what are you doing? I was about to defeat him!"
The companion said in a deep voice, "Don't be impulsive, follow the plan."
"What a joke! You're clearly afraid that I'll take all the credit!"
The CP0 hung up the walkie-talkie, turned his head and estimated the distance between the avalanche and the battlefield at the foot of the mountain.
Forty seconds... no, at most thirty seconds, and the white giant wave would flood here.
There was still a chance!
The CP0's eyes were bloodshot, and he mustered all his strength, once again locking the target on Rowan.
Twenty-eight seconds!
Take the head of the emperor from eight hundred years ago in eighteen seconds, and his position in the CP0 organization will be unshakable!
But then, the CP0 noticed something strange.
The next second, the twenty-seventh second, Rowan suddenly looked up and said something inexplicable.
"It's really hot..."
"What?"
The CP0 was stunned, letting another second pass.
Rowan smiled, looked up and asked, "Don't you think avalanches are like lava?"
The CP0 was even more confused.
Rowan continued, "Apart from the difference in temperature, they flow just as rapidly, and they are unavoidable for ordinary people."
The avalanche in front of him reminded Rowan of his last battle.
Although judging from the scale of the war, the avalanche in front of him was undoubtedly just child's play, it did remind Rowan of the past.
"How should I put it..."
Rowan pondered.
"I have never regretted what happened 'before', but I am still a little annoyed about what happened 'after'."
Those things that happened after Rowan died.
- Things about Nefertari and his companions.
"Speaking of which, are you starting to get serious?"
Rowan looked at the CP0 in front of him, saw through the other party's killing intent, and said slowly, "If you take the initiative to break the rules, you must be prepared."
The ground began to tremble as the avalanche arrived.
Only twenty seconds left!
Then, Rowan turned his head and looked at another CP0 behind him, the one with the black mask, who was obviously the leader of the team.
"Next time you want to talk to me about the rules, remember to send someone who can keep their cool."
With that, Rowan turned his head, holding the gun, pulled the spear back, and pointed the tip of the spear behind his back.
A bad feeling suddenly arose in the heart of the black mask.
But the CP0 who was caught up in the moment didn't notice it at all, and he stepped forward, adjusting his state, and walked towards Rowan.
He would decide the outcome with the next blow!
"If it's 'intimidation', you should make the other party feel fear, right?"
Rowan's calm voice continued.
"Nefertari said that this move is too terrifying, both enemies and allies will think so, so let me try not to use it."
"But if the World Government wants to see it, you can help them see it."
Rowan pulled the spear to the extreme, but his body stood straight, the spear shaft parallel to the ground, and the tip of the spear pointing behind him.
That was not a throwing posture.
The black mask was sure, and therefore even more confused.
What was he going to do?
Suddenly, the eyes behind the black mask seemed to see something.
Very close to him.
What was that?
A line.
A very thin, very long, very long, composed of sand -
Line.
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