Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

After Belo Betty and the dragon reached an agreement, Belo Betty successfully joined the revolutionary army as the Queen of the Kingdom of Eryoko and assumed the position of army commander.

After Dragon left, Belo Betty passed on the information to Raleigh on the Grand Line without reservation.

After silently reading the intelligence report, Raleigh crushed it into dust.

"Brother Raleigh, where are we going?"

Enel swaggered into the office, pushing open the door.

He is now a vice admiral in the Navy. Before, because Raleigh had not been promoted to admiral, he reduced his chances of making meritorious contributions in order to follow Raleigh.

As soon as Raleigh was promoted to general, he immediately went out to accumulate military merits and quickly rose to the rank of lieutenant general.

Raleigh glanced at the nautical chart hanging on the wall and said;

"Let's go to the Land of Fire and retrieve a Devil Fruit first."

Over the years, the secret exchanges between Raleigh and Vegapunk have increased significantly. With Vegapunk's optimization, the ideas Raleigh provides can now be used to extract Devil Fruits from human bodies with 100% accuracy.

This is why Raleigh has never openly sought out Devil Fruits all these years.

"The Land of Fire? What kind of place is that?"

Enel was unfamiliar with this country. Raleigh activated the small Taishi map and said:

"The King of the Land of Fire is Chiravia, but our destination is not him. Our target is an exiled figure named Mushuru, a user of the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit."

He was once the eldest prince of Drum Kingdom, but due to his despicable nature, he took advantage of the former king's world conference to test his abilities in Drum Kingdom.

If it weren't for the fact that it was winter in Drum Kingdom at the time, and the sudden blizzard drastically reduced the effectiveness of the spore bombs, Drum Kingdom might have already perished. Even so, Drum Kingdom still lost one-tenth of its population.

This is why the angry former king of Drum Kingdom exiled him.

Upon hearing Raleigh's words, Enel's lips twitched slightly.

He just couldn't understand why such people existed in the world.

Although he had never been to Drum Kingdom and did not know who the former king and the eldest prince of Drum Kingdom were, he could tell from this incident how wicked the eldest prince's character was.

No one in the world would use their Devil Fruit powers against their own people to test their lethality.

Even Enel had never imagined such a thing.

In the original work, Enel considers himself a god and frequently unleashes divine punishment, but he's not the type to cause trouble for no reason. Raleigh calmly stated:

On this vast ocean, it's normal for all kinds of people to appear; after all, this is a morally corrupt and distorted world.

"If this had happened in front of us, he would probably have been executed, but he was merely exiled by the former king of Drum Kingdom."

"But this saved us a lot of trouble, making it easy for us to find him."

After a while, Raleigh said again:

The former king of Drum Kingdom did something wicked and fathered two oddballs, neither of whom are good people. The current king of Drum Kingdom, Wapol, also possesses a very useful Devil Fruit, which I have already sent Barrett to retrieve.

"Let's recycle this."

Barrett is neither a member of the Navy nor a pirate.

After he left Roger's crew, he was defeated and subdued by Raleigh. The World Government originally wanted to give Bullet a spot as a Shichibukai, but the World Government did not agree.

They even planned to capture Barrett, but only stopped after Barrett killed a group of CP organization members.

Barrett has now become Raleigh's henchman, and he's often given tasks that the Navy can't easily handle.

Although both the World Government and the Navy leadership knew that Barrett was Raleigh's man, they were still willing to give Raleigh face and pretend not to know as long as their fundamental interests were not threatened.

However, Raleigh does not intend to take action in the Land of Fire.

Regardless, Mshuru still holds the title of the eldest prince of Drum Kingdom, so if the Navy were to kill him, it would cause trouble.

However, Barrett has already set off for Drum Kingdom. If the current king of Drum Kingdom dies, then Mushuru will most likely choose to return to inherit the throne. So, Rory just needs to wait on the road back to Drum Kingdom.

It's normal for a few people to disappear on the vast ocean.

Since no one could find any evidence, all that was needed was to sink the ship into the deep sea, and the spore bombs of the Fungus Fruit could be produced without anyone noticing. They could only be produced once every ten years, so Raleigh would definitely use them as assassins.

Before the spore bombs were used, no one would know that the Fungus Fruit was in Raleigh's hands.

If Raleigh has already used the Spore Bomb, then it doesn't matter if people find out about the Fungus Fruit.

In order to truly change the world, one must continuously accumulate resources and strength.

The New World, Wano Country, Onigashima.

boom!!!

After a loud bang, Kaido's massive dragon body emerged from the dust.

The enormous dragon eyes blinked somewhat sluggishly, and then Kaido transformed into human form and lay on the ground.

King, the leader of the Three Disasters, appeared beside Kaido at some point and asked cautiously;

"Is that kid really that strong, Kaido-nii?"

King knew the reason, of course. Kaido had been in a bad mood ever since he returned from his battle with Shanks on Kuku Island.

In the past few days, I have carried out this self-destructive attack many times.

Upon hearing King's voice, Kaido, shaking his slightly dizzy head, climbed out of the crater and reached out to King, asking for something:

"Jin, give me the wine."

Jin looked somewhat reluctant, and then said:

"Brother Kaido, you've already drunk far too much."

Kaido's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, but he didn't lash out at his loyal subordinate. He simply emphasized repeatedly:

"Jin, give me the wine!"

In the end, King couldn't change Kaido's mind and could only throw a jar of fine wine at him.

Kaido slapped the lid off the mud, sat cross-legged on the ground, and gulped down the wine, not caring that it spilled onto his chest.

After he finished the entire jar of wine, he exhaled a breath of alcohol and said:

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"I never expected that a former apprentice on Roger's pirate crew would become so strong."

"It's only been a few years, and it's already grown to this level."

Although I could withstand his attacks and kill him, he never gave me that opportunity.

Moreover, this brat is extremely cunning. He's not a fool like Oden; he embodies all the traits of a pirate: bold and generous, treacherous and cunning, just like Roger—a formidable opponent.

Why is Kaido so concerned about an enemy? In his view, Shanks, though young, is already a top-tier fighter in the New World.

With his talent and the special ability to conceal his Observation Haki, Kaido is certain that Shanks will have a place in the New World in the future.

"It's infuriating that a brat has caught up with us old folks so quickly."

"Jhin, if you ever encounter this redhead, never try to fight him alone. I can't lose you as a brother."

Although Kaido reeked of alcohol, he was still concerned about King's safety.

A deep sense of gratitude appeared on Jin's face. "Brother Kaido, I..." Kaido then revealed a twisted smile. "But what does this have to do with us? Our Beasts Pirates' position is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even Charlotte Linlin has tried to take us down many times without success. A single Red-Haired Pirates crew is not enough to make us hold our hands back."

"Let them make a ruckus in the new world; the more chaotic it gets, the faster our weapons will sell."

"Let Charlotte Linlin handle the headaches; after all, she's the biggest in the New World."

In the Drum Kingdom of the Grand Line, a mysterious man with an extremely muscular build suddenly appeared in the royal palace late at night.

His face had a metallic, demonic expression, like that of a demon.

He silently seeped through the walls, avoiding all guards and the sleeping king of Drum Kingdom, Wahlbo, in the process.

After carefully observing the fat-faced, big-eared Walpo and confirming that he was the target, he took out a glass bottle from his person.

He carefully opened the glass bottle and dripped a drop of the mysterious potion into Wapol's mouth.

Wapol seemed to sense something in his sleep and started smacking his lips, but because the potion Barrett used was colorless and odorless, and the amount was small, it didn't wake Wapol up.

However, Wapol's body soon underwent changes.

Wapol, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly had difficulty breathing as if he were drowning, and seemed to be dying from lack of oxygen.

The perilous situation forced him to strain to open his eyes.

Everything was pitch black, but through the haze he saw a tall figure standing in front of his bed.

Valpo was terrified. He tried to call out to the guards, but no sound came out of his throat.

He tried to wake the woman sleeping next to him, but he couldn't even move a little finger.

Barrett remained silent. The new poison developed by Dr. Vegapunk already contained anesthetic components.

A single drop of this anesthetic could knock out an elephant. In fact, if Wapol hadn't frequently eaten the wrong things, causing his abnormal constitution, he probably wouldn't have woken up from his sleep at all.

But it won't affect anything now; it'll just make him witness his own death.

Barrett pulled out the Devil Fruit Collector given to him by Vegapunk from his waist.

Combining Raleigh's ideas with numerous experiments, Vegapunk combined fruit and syringes.

All you need to do is insert the Devil Fruit Collector into the target's body before they die, and the Devil Fruit inside their body will be captured after they die.

Without a word, Barrett raised his hand and plunged the Devil Fruit Collector into Wapol's body, then watched quietly from the side.

Wapol tried to struggle and scream, but to no avail.

He could only feel his life force draining away bit by bit.

Until his last breath, Wahlbo's biggest regret was that he hadn't taken the twin sisters he had his eye on the day before into his bed.

Just as Wapol breathed his last, Barrett sensed a peculiar energy emanating from Wapol's body. As it was about to slip away, the Devil Fruit Collector in his hand suddenly generated a powerful attraction.

Using Wapol's blood as a medium, they began frantically drawing this power into the collector.

A few minutes later, Barrett nodded as he looked at the fruit inside the collector, which had now turned into a Devil Fruit.

After confirming that the Devil Fruit collection was complete, Barrett gently pulled out the needle.

The top-grade healing fluid on the needle tip was left at the needle hole on Vald's body, and the already inconspicuous needle hole quickly healed under the effect of the healing fluid.

Even the most skilled CPO members couldn't find any trace of it.

Barrett looked at the Devil Fruit in his hand and smiled with satisfaction. Then, his body merged into the castle, and he left the palace silently.

The next morning, the woman woke up to the sound of no snoring.

Subsequently

A scream shattered the tranquility of Drum Kingdom.

News of what happened in Drum Kingdom quickly spread throughout the country, and various ministers and nobles examined Walpo's body.

However, because Wapol had once ordered the killing of the doctor in Drum Kingdom, the doctor around him did not have enough ability to determine the cause of Wapol's death and could only conclude that he had reached the end of his life.

Seeing that the situation was beyond repair, the ministers and nobles could only send a message to King Chiravie of the Fire Kingdom, requesting that he send back Mushuru to inherit the throne.

Upon seeing this message, the King of Chilavia of the Fire Kingdom wore a helpless expression on his aged face!

My old friend, I was ultimately unable to fulfill your request.

In fact, after so many years in the Land of Fire, Mushuru has not changed at all; his personality remains as wicked as when he first arrived.

And things got even worse in the years that he heard that Walpo had inherited the kingdom of Drum Kingdom.

If such a Mushuru were returned to Drum Kingdom, Drum Kingdom would undoubtedly welcome another tyrant!

However, King Wen of Chilavia currently has no reason to obstruct it.

After all, now that Wapol is dead, the only legitimate heir to the Drum Kingdom is Mushuru.

In this situation, the King of Zilavia did not stop him at all, and summoned his guards to search for Mshuru.

Upon learning the news, Mshuru rushed to the palace without stopping.

After receiving the letter from the minister of the Drum Kingdom, he laughed loudly and presumptuously in the palace:

Hahahaha.

"I knew it, I knew that idiot wouldn't be king, and even if he were, he'd die young."

"Great! Now the king of Drum Kingdom is mine."

In high spirits, Mshuru didn't care about Chilavia's attitude. After all, he was about to inherit the throne, and he decided to be merciful and let Chilavia off the hook for his previous discipline.

"Quickly, prepare the ship! I need to return to my kingdom immediately."

"Drum Kingdom, here I come!!!"

With a piercing laugh, Mushuru left the palace and quickly boarded a large ship to head for the Drum Kingdom.