How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 179 Self-destruction

Chapter 179 Self-destruction
Underground of Winter Island.

Along the muddy and filthy underground river, several figures were rubbing their way forward.

Under the double attack of dampness and coldness, even Mushulu, who was standing at the front of the team, couldn't help sneezing for a moment, and the snot that flowed out was frozen into ice cubes.

The pirates were trembling all over and speaking incoherently due to the cold.

"Captain, I...we have been walking for a long time. Are you sure we are on the right track?!"

Muxulu blushed and argued:
"Trust me, I won't be wrong this time!"

"As long as I get there, all the poisonous spores that have been cultivated in my body for many years will explode at once, and everything in this country will cease to exist!"

Muxulu picked up the map at hand, looked at it again and again, and finally confirmed that he was not in the wrong place, and said:

"There are still a few hundred meters left, and we'll be there!"

The pirates didn't know how many times they had heard this, but under the pressure of Mushulu's power, they could only follow him to the end.

But this time, it seemed as if the heavens had mercy on them, and a beam of light soon appeared in the distance.

"It's the exit!"

Muxuru cried out in surprise, and trying not to let go of the increasingly pungent smell around him, he quickly walked forward and climbed up along the pipe that appeared in front of him.

Everyone hurried to catch up, but they didn't expect that the difficulties before them were just the beginning.

Even with Mushulu's physique, it took him nearly two hours to climb to the top of the Magnetic Drum City along the pipeline, and most of his subordinates who followed him fell down halfway due to exhaustion and their lives were unknown.

"call!"

In the city of magnetic drum.

A sewage pipe was broken from the inside, and Mushulu crawled out trembling all over.

He glanced around, then ran towards the top of the royal city according to the route he remembered, with an increasingly smug smile on his face:

"Doesn't that old guy like this place very much? He even expelled me from the country to that barren Fire Nation just for those bastards!"

"I'm going to destroy everything he holds dear!"

"Knight Gawain and his men would never have thought that I would enter Winter Island through the underground pipeline and take the opportunity to sneak into the Magnetic Drum City."

soon.

He came to the top floor of the Magnetic Drum City, and his heartbeat started to speed up...

Squeak!

The door opens.

But in the next moment, Mushulu's face turned pale.

This was because the giant cannon placed in the Magnetic Drum City, which he regarded as hope, had now been chopped into several pieces and placed on the top floor of the Magnetic Drum City.

What made him feel even more horrified was a thin figure standing on the city wall, looking down at him.

"Yo~"

"Little mouse?!"

A sinister grin appeared on Clo's lips. He raised his hand and pushed his glasses up with his palm.

The sharp blade at his fingertips flashed with a cold light, making his murderous intent even more apparent.

"Are you surprised? Are you surprised?!"

Mushulu showed a look of fear, but quietly condensed a ball of spores in his hand and threw it directly at Clo, which exploded in mid-air before it hit him.

boom!
Countless spores spread out instantly, but they were not the familiar purple, but black.

"This is part of the spores cultivated in my body. Its toxicity is more than a hundred times that of ordinary spores!"

"You just carry regrets like this--!"

laugh!
Five hideous scratches extended from Mushulu's lower abdomen to his chest, almost ripping him open on the spot, causing him to swallow back his next words.

Muxuru opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood, only then did he realize that his opponent had appeared in front of him without him noticing.

He didn't even have the chance to beg for mercy before his body was pierced by Clo's claw knife.

"I really... miss you so much!"

Clo gritted his teeth, feeling extremely relieved.

During this period, Mushulu hid very well, and both Gawain and he subconsciously ignored the underground sewer route.

After all, with the climate of Winter Island, eight out of ten people who dare to invade from there will freeze to death.

"Oops!"

"The Captain's body has been pierced!"

Several panicked voices broke the silence at the scene.

Chloe looked up.

Then, in the distance, several pirates who had just climbed out of the pipe were seen diving back in at a faster speed, as if they were avoiding some ferocious beast.

Some people even threw away their weapons just to run faster.

"Um?!"

Kro realized something was wrong and frowned slightly.

He subconsciously tried to pull out the knife in his hand, but found that his arm was already tightly grasped by Mushulu, whose face was extremely pale, but the smile on his face became more ferocious.

"The fact that you can come here means that Lord Jhin has either not arrived yet, or he has already fought with Knight Gawain, or even lost the battle!"

Clo's eyes were grim. He raised his hand and swung his knife to cut off Muxuru's arm, then threw it aside in disgust. He also took the opportunity to escape, and his eyes fell on Muxuru as if he was looking at a dead person:
"Fuzif died in battle, Yanzaijin was defeated, there is no hope for you."

"is it?"

Muxulu smiled bitterly and coughed out a large mouthful of blood:

"But no matter what the result is, it makes no difference to me now."

"do you know?"

"There are two ways to make the spores in my body explode completely."

"One is that I release myself, and the other is that I die!"

"Otherwise, do you think that old guy would just exile me?!"

As he spoke, he looked down at his wounds, the life in his eyes gradually faded, and all that remained was unspeakable hatred and resentment.

"I don't know!"

"Why are the lives of those bastards more important to him than mine!"

"In that case, I will destroy it all!"

The sound fell to the ground.

Mshulu took his last breath.

His body also began to expand rapidly in the next moment. In just a few seconds, it formed a huge sphere over fifty meters in size, almost completely occupying the top floor of the castle.

His body continued to expand like a balloon.

Cloe retreated again and again, but when his eyes fell on the sphere, he still felt a little uneasy.

"Damn it!"

His mind suddenly recalled the information he accidentally saw when he was looking through the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.

The effects of certain fruit abilities are permanent.

Just like a person who is petrified by the Sweet-Sweet Fruit, his ability will not disappear even if the user dies, the same goes for Mushulu's ability.

Those spores that were created because of him are real existences in themselves and will not disappear because of the disappearance of the person with the ability.

"This is the highest point in the Drum Kingdom. If we let that guy self-destruct here, everything will be destroyed!"

"Ajin, Zoro and the others..."

"Can……"

Clo looked at the huge sphere that was expanding more and more in front of him, and a feeling of powerlessness gradually emerged in his eyes.

What he regretted most at this moment was that he had killed the person before he had figured out the intelligence.

But not to mention that there are countless Devil Fruits, and many of their abilities are not recorded in the illustrated manual, such as Gawain's Red Dragon Fruit. Some of them are not even fully recorded.

What's more, some ability devices will show different characteristics depending on the person who uses them!
"We're in big trouble!"

Without any hesitation, Clo took out the Den Den Mushi from his arms and immediately informed Gawain of the news here.

"captain!"

"Mushulu is willing to self-destruct in order to spread the spores in his body to the entire Winter Island. We..."

“I…saw it!”

far away.

Gao Feng was howling in the air. Even though he was still dozens of kilometers away, he could see that the evil body in the Magnetic Drum City was getting bigger and bigger, and it was even close to a huge sphere of 100 meters.

"If we let that thing spread here, no one in this country will survive!"

"Let's... retreat!"

Kro's voice trembled, and the huge sphere behind him exploded in the next moment...

boom--!
The dark spores gushed out, and in an instant they became like a black cloud, filling the mountain where the Gecigu City was located, and then, with the help of the sea breeze, spread to the entire island.

It is a pity.

This time the weather was not on the side of the Drum Kingdom.

……

at the same time.

Everyone who was fleeing in the entire kingdom noticed this scene.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, except for a few children who had not experienced the nightmare of twenty years ago. They pointed at the black smoke in the mountain and asked curiously.

"What is that...something is spreading in the city!"

An old man turned his head in response, but his face turned extremely pale the next moment. He opened his lips and tried several times before finally squeezing out a sound from his throat:
"M...Mhulu's poisonous spores!"

"Is the nightmare of this kingdom happening again?"

"It's spreading so fast, it's already swallowed up several villages. Is even the sky on his side this time?!"

One guard was so desperate that he couldn't even hold the spear in his hand. His legs went limp and he fell to the ground.

Just because of the scene before him, it awakened him from his past nightmare.

Dalton also noticed this scene, but he felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart:

"Dr. Chopper cured the disease, the Gawain Pirates helped us fight off the powerful pirates, and I even did everything I could to save this kingdom, but still..."

"Doesn't it make any sense?"

"If the people of this kingdom are born to be destroyed, then what is the meaning of our existence?!"

"Bring a grand fireworks display to this world?!"

"Do not make jokes!"

Dalton let out a growl.

When he turned around, he noticed that countless confused people were looking at him.

"Lord Dalton, what should we do next?!"

"Should we evacuate Winter Island directly or stay here?"

"I can die, but please save my child~"

……

The sounds of people begging and crying reached Dalton's ears, and he realized that he had become everyone's hope since some time ago.

If even I fall at this moment, who will lead them to rebirth? !
He raised his hand and grasped the strange violin knife behind him, his eyes once again ignited with a burning fire, and said:
"let's go!"

"The Drum Kingdom has a huge territory. Even if we lose this place, we can still be reborn!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they drew responses from the people around.

There was still a hint of unwillingness in Dalton's eyes.

There were some things he didn't say.

If we lose this place, the amount of gold that must be handed over to the World Government this year will overwhelm everyone.

But compared to death, that seems nothing.

"go!"

……

The other end.

In the small town of Kesida.

Kureha stood on the deck of the refugee ship, looking back at the center of Winter Island, at the gradually spreading black spores, and was stunned for a moment.

"Still can't stop it?!"

"Dr. Kureha, what is that thing? Why does it make people so uneasy?!"

Chopper frowned.

Even if it was out of instinct, he was aware that the black smoke spreading in the distance was carrying waves of disturbing malice.

It seemed as if it wanted to devour all the life it touched.

There was a rare hint of fear in Kureha's eyes:
"That is the most violent and dangerous spore in Mushulu's body."

"I'm afraid the Drum Kingdom is really going to be destroyed now."

"We have to go."

Chopper was stunned and said hurriedly:
"What about the patients on Winter Island?"

"The residents of those inland towns don't have enough time to escape!"

"I……"

talking.

Chopper lowered his head and looked at his two little hooves, his eyes filled with deep reluctance:
"I've done so much, but in the end, nothing can be saved?!"

"Dr. Hiluluk's idea of saving the kingdom, it turns out that it was... just a delusion from the beginning to the end?!"

"Ugh——!"

Chopper opened his mouth and burst into tears.

Just because of the scene before him, he felt for the first time the most desperate thing as a doctor.

That is time.

Many diseases are actually curable, but patients often do not have enough time.

Either the body collapses before the disease is fully healed, or the patient does not receive prompt treatment and dies with regret.

And isn't it the same with everything that is happening in the Drum Kingdom now?
"I……"

Kureha looked at Chopper who was crying loudly, reached out and touched his head, but her eyes were full of unwillingness.

What doctor doesn’t have the dream of curing diseases and saving lives? !

"Damn it!"

……

The other end.

Amidst the spores, Cloe pulled back quickly, his speed much faster than the spread of the spores.

He raised his head.

Then I saw a giant red dragon diving into the sky full of black spores.

Clo realized Gawain's plan and quickly picked up the microphone and said:
"Gawain, don't be stupid at this time. Even you can't do anything about this kind of thing!"

"How can you be the Pirate King if you're dead?!"

The only thing that answered him was Gawain's indifferent voice:
"I have an idea that might work."

"What if it doesn't work?!"

"Then let's destroy this island. Those infected with the spores will die anyway, so we might as well give them a quick death."

Kro was stunned, and his pupils shrank suddenly:

"You're going to use that trick here?"

"Yes."

"Crazy, completely crazy!"

Say it.

Clo hung up the phone immediately, and his pace suddenly quickened, leaving a dragon-like trail of dust behind him.

This was because he knew that if he was a step slower, he would be affected by Gawain's next attack.

At the same time, he used the Den Den Mushi in his hand to transmit the message to Akin, Nami and others who stayed on the Raven.