Chapter 97: No matter what kind of king you are, just go flying for me!
On the summit of Drum Mountain, where the cold wind bit, smoke filled the air.
Facing Wapol's greedy and fierce gaze, Chopper did not back down.
"Tatsuya, this is my secret weapon—the Rumble Ball."
"Oh?" Tatsuya raised an eyebrow. "It looks like some kind of specially made medicine."
Seeing this group of "pirates" actually ignoring him and chatting, Wapol flew into a rage.
"You bastards! How dare you ignore this King!"
Wapol opened his large mouth and let out a hysterical roar:
"Chess! Kuromarimo! And the Isshi-20! Go! Chop these arrogant fools into mincemeat! Overwhelm them with numbers!!"
"Yes! Lord Wapol!!"
Following the command, the group of "Isshi-20" in white coats, who should have been saving lives...
Now had ferocious expressions, holding sharp scalpels and spears, charging toward the castle gate like a pack of hungry wolves.
"Kill them!! For Lord Wapol!!"
Watching the massive crowd charging forward, Luffy clenched his fists, about to act.
"Wait, Luffy."
Tatsuya reached out to stop Luffy. Standing before the castle gate where the skull flag flew, he looked at the twenty so-called "elite doctors," a trace of undisguised disgust flashing in his eyes.
"Doctors?"
Tatsuya shook his head helplessly, his handsome face filled with indifference.
"Soldiers who only know how to take orders and kill with scalpels... are not worthy of being called doctors."
Before his voice could fade...
Buzz—
Tatsuya slowly raised his head, his eyes snapping open beneath his hood.
The scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated in the wind and snow.
An eerie and powerful spiritual fluctuation instantly enveloped the twenty-odd people charging at the front.
No hand seals were made, nor was any large-scale Ninjutsu used.
In the eyes of those doctor guards, Tatsuya, who was originally standing there, suddenly turned into a demon covered in black flames, those red eyes seemingly wanting to suck their souls into hell.
"Ugh... ah..."
In a single instant.
The charging squad came to a dead halt.
The twenty fully armed elite doctors, like machines whose power had been cut, had their eyes roll back in unison, showing only the whites.
Thud, thud, thud...
Like a row of toppled dominoes, the twenty men collapsed neatly into the snow, foaming at the mouth and twitching, losing consciousness instantly.
The entire field went dead silent.
Wapol's jaw nearly hit the ground: "Wh... what happened?! Is it witchcraft?!"
Tatsuya retracted his gaze, the red light in his eyes fading away.
He leaned lazily against the castle wall, jerking his chin toward Luffy and Chopper.
"Alright, the annoying trash has been cleared out."
"The remaining main course... I'll leave to you guys."
Seeing his subordinates instantly defeated, Wapol's eyes gleamed with even more ferocity amidst his terror.
"Damn it! In that case... Munch-Munch Factory!!"
Wapol opened his massive mouth that could devour anything and actually swallowed Chess and Kuromarimo beside him in one gulp!
Gulp... "Fusion!!"
Accompanied by a sickening sound of chewing and transformation, Wapol opened his mouth again.
A bizarre fused being with two heads, four arms, holding a bow and arrows and boxing gloves, jumped out.
Chessmarimo.
"Hee hee hee! Die! You lowly pirates! And that red-nosed monster!"
As soon as Chessmarimo appeared, he directed a vicious sneer at Chopper, his four arms waving simultaneously as arrows and punches flew.
"Monster..."
Hearing that word, Chopper's body instinctively trembled.
But in the next second, the gentle smiling face of Dr. Hiriluk appeared in his mind, along with Tatsuya's words: "'Monster' is a title for the strong."
Chopper looked up, his large, moist eyes now burning with an unprecedented flame of determination.
"That's right! I'm a reindeer! And a monster!"
"But to protect the things I care about... I won't hesitate even if I have to become a real monster!!"
"The Rumble Ball's effect only lasts three minutes!"
Chopper let out a roar, his body instantly undergoing a change.
"I'm going to... finish you within that time!!"
"Walk Point!!"
Chopper instantly transformed into his slender deer form, his speed exploding as he turned into an afterimage moving at high speed across the snow, easily dodging all the poison arrows Chess shot.
"Heavy Point!!"
Facing the heavy punch from Kuromarimo, Chopper instantly turned into his muscled human form, taking the hit head-on without budging an inch.
"Jumping Point!!"
He transformed again, using incredible jumping power to leap into the air, maneuvering flexibly in mid-air so the enemy couldn't lock onto him at all.
Seven-Level Transformation!
This dizzying array of changes caused Chessmarimo to completely lose his footing.
Watching from the sidelines, Tatsuya activated his Sharingan again, staring with interest at each of Chopper's transformations.
"Oh? It's not just a simple Devil Fruit ability..."
Tatsuya looked at the fluctuating life energy within Chopper.
"By using medicine to forcibly change his body wavelengths, he's developed more forms based on the original three transformations?...This pill has great research value."
At that moment.
A scent of alcohol wafted over.
Dr. Kureha had arrived at the doorway at some point.
Holding plum wine in her hand, she watched Chopper showing off his great power in the snow, a proud curve forming on her lips.
"Hmph."
Kureha glanced at Tatsuya and said smugly:
"How is he? My idiot son... pretty good, isn't he?"
Tatsuya turned his head to look at this "witch" who was over a hundred years old but still robust, nodding with a smile.
"He is indeed very impressive."
"However..." Tatsuya changed the subject playfully, "Given your age, calling him a grandson might be more appropriate, wouldn't it?"
BAM!!
Dr. Kureha's face instantly went dark, and she unceremoniously slammed a fist hard onto Tatsuya's head.
"Do you want to die? You impolite brat! Do you want to know the secret to my eternal youth?!"
Tatsuya rubbed his head, smiling bitterly.
This old lady really has a strong grip.
On the battlefield, the outcome was decided.
"Brain Point—Scope!!"
Chopper transformed into his small, two-head-tall form, bringing his hooves together before his eyes as if activating a scanner.
In his field of vision, the enemy's weakness was clearly visible.
"I see it! The jaw!!"
Chopper's gaze sharpened.
"Arm Point!!!"
His arms instantly swelled with knotted muscles, his originally cute hooves now turning into iron hammers capable of crushing rock.
Chopper leaped high, concentrating all his strength into his hooves, and slammed them down hard against Chessmarimo's jaw!
"Kokutei: Roseo!!!!"
BOOM!!
The hoof prints bloomed like cherry blossoms.
The massive fused being didn't even let out a scream before being sent flying by the strike, crashing heavily into the snow and losing consciousness completely with his eyes rolled back.
"Chess!! Kuromarimo!!"
Seeing his last subordinates defeated, Wapol was scared out of his wits.
"Damn it... damn it!! In that case, I'll destroy you along with this cursed flag!!"
Driven to a corner, Wapol played his final trump card.
He devoured the cannons and steel on the castle, his body instantly swelling and deforming into a "Wapol House" form that resembled a mobile fortress!
"I am the King!! This country is mine! I'll destroy whatever I want to destroy!!"
A massive cannon barrel extended from the top of Wapol's head, aiming at the skull flag atop the castle and at Luffy.
"Die!!"
"Not a chance!!"
Luffy shouted, using his Gum-Gum ability to bounce back and forth on the castle's outer walls like a nimble monkey, toying with the lumbering Wapol.
Exasperated, Wapol opened his massive castle-gate mouth, trying to swallow Luffy in one gulp.
"Gomu Gomu no—Shield!!"
Luffy didn't retreat; instead, he extended his arms and legs, firmly propping open Wapol's upper and lower jaws, stretching his large mouth to the limit.
"Mmph, mmph!!" Wapol struggled in pain.
Inside Wapol's mouth, Luffy looked at this tyrant who only knew how to plunder and destroy, his gaze becoming incredibly cold.
"You don't understand what a country is at all! And you don't understand what a doctor is!"
"Someone who doesn't want to save people has no right to be a doctor!!"
Luffy released his limbs, using the reaction force to stretch his body backward to the extreme, building up the Gum-Gum elasticity to its limit.
"And even less right... to be a King!!!!"
"Gomu Gomu no—"
Luffy's palms slammed forward with all his anger and conviction.
"...Bazooka!!!!"
BOOM————!!!
His palms slammed heavily into Wapol's steel-like chest.
The massive impact caused Wapol's iron-plated body to cave in deeply.
"AAAAAAAAAH!!!"
Wapol let out a shrill scream.
His massive body was like a cannonball shot from its barrel, instantly breaking the sound barrier and turning into a bright shooting star that pierced through the perpetual clouds of Drum Mountain.
Accompanied by that fading, unwilling roar:
"Long live the Nameless Kingdom————!!!"
Ding!
The shooting star disappeared beyond the distant horizon.
As Wapol was sent flying, the thick dark clouds that had always loomed over Drum Island seemed to be partially blown away by that punch, revealing the long-lost azure sky.
At the foot of the mountain.
Captain Dalton and countless villagers looked up at the summit. Watching the direction where the tyrant had disappeared, they were all moved to tears, embracing each other and weeping.
The nightmare... was finally over.
...
In front of the castle.
Tatsuya watched the shooting star in the sky as a pleasant system prompt sounded in his mind:
[Ding!]
[Defeated the main force of the Wapol Pirates, assisted Luffy in blowing away Wapol, slightly altered the plot.]
[Obtained Ninja Points: 1500.]
"Another huge sum."
Tatsuya was in a great mood.
He slowly walked over to Chopper, who was slumped on the snow, panting heavily after just releasing his transformation.
At this moment, although Chopper was too tired to move, his large eyes shone with the light of excitement.
He had done it; he had protected the doctor's flag.
Tatsuya knelt down and reached out to pat Chopper's pink hat, a gentle smile appearing on his face.
"You did well, raccoon dog doctor."
Chopper was just about to retort "I'm a reindeer," but then he heard Tatsuya's next words.
Tatsuya looked at him with a smile and said softly:
"Welcome to... the world of monsters."
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