One Piece Gunslinger

This is thanks to Wapol's Gluttony Fruit ability. By absorbing various metals, his body is now essentially surrounded by an iron barrel, covered in a layer of armor, making him a veritable humanoid mecha. It's simply impossible for the Navy's conventional weapons to penetrate it.

Let alone the guns on the side, even if it took a hit from Luffy's slow-charged Gum-Gum Rocket and flew to some country, it would still be alive and kicking. Its defensive power is simply abnormal. Li Ang even thinks it is comparable to the Slash-Slash Fruit, both being made of iron.

Do you think someone could just swallow it all? This is clearly the Factory-Factory Fruit. It can even modify its own body. If it swallowed a bunch of diamonds instead of steel, wouldn't it be able to modify itself to be comparable to Jozu, one of Whitebeard's subordinates? It could even pretend to be a Diamond-Diamond Fruit user.

Does being mentally disabled mean you get preferential treatment? Does it mean you're incredibly lucky? There's a saying that it's normal for a person to have a defect, like God taking a bite out of an apple; the bigger the defect, the more God favors you.

Oh my god, thinking about it carefully, it seems to make sense. The Celestial Dragons are a bunch of idiots, but they live like gods. Luffy is also an idiot, but he can find a group of excellent companions to adventure with.

The Donquixote Family, one of the few Celestial Dragons with normal intelligence among them, met a terrible end. Their father and brothers died at Doflamingo's hands, and Doflamingo himself was disgraced and imprisoned.

This world is toxic! The God here is really unreliable.

Since God is unreliable, we have to rely on ourselves!

Seeing that Wapol was almost unharmed, Leon threw away the rather weak toy gun and, in full view of everyone, conjured a butterfly out of thin air. He was completely unreserved, using his strongest weapon to avoid any unforeseen complications.

"Try blocking this again if you dare," Li Ang said, aiming the red laser, a symbol of death, at Walborough before pulling the trigger hard.

Chapter 202 Only idiots can control idiots

"Boom." With a huge roar, Li Ang felt his hands holding the butterfly go numb.

Although Li Ang has enhanced his body to level 9 over the past few years, Butterfly has also been enhanced, and its firepower is no longer the original 14.0. It has been upgraded twice, becoming 17.0.

This also increased the recoil, so even if Li Ang could continue upgrading, he dared not upgrade the firepower, fearing that he would not be able to control it at all, literally. After the battle, he would have to use an emergency spray to save his twisted and fractured fingers.

As for Wapol, who was chosen as the target, a large hole appeared in his chest, piercing through his entire body and killing him instantly. He was completely ripped open from front to back.

Even if Wapol were made of iron, he absolutely couldn't stop the bullets fired by the butterfly. He'd have to eat several hundred pounds of diamonds first if he wanted to. Without Haki, probably only diamonds could stop the butterfly's bullets.

If this were an ordinary person, they would probably have kicked the bucket and died on the spot.

However, Wapol didn't die after having a large hole in his chest. Not only did he not die, but he was also full of energy, and there was no sign of a large hole in his chest.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! I'm going to eat you up today!" Wapol could even let out a loud cry of pain, rolling on the ground with agility.

Then, as it rolled, it swallowed its own throne, and after a while, it "grew" back up from its chest. The tiles looked exactly like the patterns and materials on the throne itself.

"Wow, this kid's amazing. He's still alive?" Li Ang looked at Walpo with a pained expression. This guy's vitals weren't even in his heart; he could survive without his heart.

Moreover, Li Ang also remembered that Walbourne had been injured before, but the doctor didn't use any medical instruments. Instead, he used tools like iron plates, hammers, and nails to quickly repair the wound. It was not treatment, but mechanical repair.

Since there's no doctor present right now, Wapol can only use his own abilities to provide temporary first aid.

Perhaps Wapol's mentally challenged appearance and various actions in the original work led Leon to misjudge Wapol's strength, or rather, underestimate his resilience. However, since Wapol was able to escape from Blackbeard, he must have some unique abilities.

This wasn't just due to the armor surrounding his body, but rather his entire body, which had been completely altered beyond recognition. Wapol was no longer human; he was a Terminator, entirely mechanical except for a few human features.

The Devouring Fruit is terrifying! This ability to modify the body and change its structure is like a complete transformation, from acquired to innate. Li Ang almost wanted to say, "The power of a Dou Zong expert is truly terrifying."

This seemingly simplest and most straightforward part of the operation was taken seriously by Li Ang. Defeating the mentally challenged man and knocking him away was easy. But killing him would require more effort.

That's right. Even though Wapol showed great resilience, Leon just thought it would take a little more effort.

There is no invincible being in this world. Even if Wapol tells Leon that he is the Terminator, Leon still has a way to deal with him, whether it is the T800 or the liquid T1000.

Not to mention that Wapol is only holding on by the power of his Devil Fruit right now, and in the hands of this idiot, he can't fully utilize the fruit's power at all.

As we all know, Devil Fruit users are most afraid of Seastone, and Leon has bullets made of Seastone.

So, Li Ang said to Dalton, "Hold these soldiers off for a bit." Then he quickly put away the butterfly and took out his shotgun, which had won many battles, and loaded it with sea stone bullets.

Upon hearing this, Dalton knew that his previous plan had failed, and Wapol had not been easily dealt with. He could only transform into a half-man, half-bull form and use his double-bladed giant axe to block the people behind him.

Taking advantage of the time Dalton had to stall, Li Ang changed the bullets in his shotgun to sea stone bullets.

In fact, Li Ang's sniper rifle was originally loaded with Seastone bullets. After all, he would never normally use such an expensive item, and those who could use Seastone were almost always highly skilled.

The sniper rifle is the weapon with the longest range and the fastest bullet speed in Li Ang's possession. Even with the fastest reaction and movement, it is difficult to dodge a sniper shot that can reach a kilometer in a second.

Therefore, Li Ang's other weapons were not equipped with Seastone bullets. If they were to be used, they would have to be reloaded on the spot by changing the bullets.

So why not just use a sniper rifle to shoot Wahlbo? Or change the bullets for the Butterfly and still use the Butterfly in the design? Instead, why go through all this trouble of switching weapons and reloading bullets?

In fact, Li Ang's small action was a well-thought-out decision. Li Ang fired two shots at Wapol in total. Although these two shots did not cause Wapol any significant damage, they conveyed two pieces of information to Li Ang.

With ordinary guns, low-powered bullets were useless; they bounced off his metal frame. The second bullet told him that even high-powered bullets were useless, passing right through him, and Wapol didn't have any vital points that could kill him with a single shot.

Therefore, sniper rifles are extremely effective against someone like Ace who still possesses abilities. One shot, and the Seastone bullet cannot be elementalized while passing through his body; it can only shatter his heart, pierce his head, and kill him instantly.

Therefore, after combining the two points, Li Ang quickly understood that in order to deal with Wapol, the bullets had to be driven into his body and embedded there to disable his abilities.

After careful consideration, only a shotgun, which is more powerful than a pistol but less powerful than a butterfly or sniper rifle, and produces many fine shrapnel pellets, is the most suitable weapon for this situation.

But Wapol wasn't made of wood. Being shot twice by Leon in quick succession would make even a clay figure angry, let alone Wapol. He was now furious. In the short time it took Leon to reload, he devoured his own body, readjusting his body structure and proportions, transforming from someone wider than tall into a tall and slender figure.

"Haha, Swallow Factory, Slim Wapol!" After transforming, Wapol even shouted out the name of his move. It seems that shouting out the name of the move is a characteristic of this world, and even idiots can't escape it.

So why call it the Gluttony Fruit? It's more accurate to call it the Factory Fruit.

However, Wapol probably didn't know that just as he finished transforming, posing, and shouting out the name of his move, he also missed the last chance to interrupt Leon's reloading. With a "click" sound as Leon pulled the trigger, it meant that Leon had successfully loaded the Seastone bullet.

"The ultimate shotgun, the Spellbreaker!" Li Ang wasn't going to be outdone; he'd be missing out if he didn't shout it out. The Spellbreaker was actually something Li Ang came up with on the spur of the moment; its so-called spellbreaker power came from the seastone bullets inside.

Wapol then realized that posing wasn't the point, so he leaped forward and delivered a flying kick to Li Ang.

Before Leon could even raise his gun, he knew that with Wapol's sudden increase in speed, even without using his Observation Haki, there was no time to react. He could only dodge to the side first.

"This speed is off the charts! Even an idiot can develop this fruit to such a level, or do you have to be an idiot to develop a Devil Fruit well? Just like Luffy." Indeed, being an idiot has its advantages. They are simple-minded and don't have time to think too much, which sometimes has a surprising effect on developing fruits and training.

"But the improvement is too obvious. If losing weight can increase combat power so much, why did you stay in that short and fat shape before? How much did you like that short and fat look?" Li Ang couldn't help but complain to himself after dodging again.

Honestly, it seems like whenever a fat person loses weight, their fighting power increases dramatically. For example, Majin Buu, Choji Akimichi, and Wapol. Is this some kind of anime theorem?

Whether this is a theorem or not, Wapol is now jumping around and relentlessly attacking Leon, never letting up, managing to create the visual effect of a Pegasus Meteor Fist at high speed. However, Leon still managed to evade these attacks thanks to his superior physical abilities and Observation Haki.

"This won't do. There's no chance to even raise his gun and fire. Doesn't this guy get tired? Two minutes have passed and he's still maintaining this level of attack intensity. If this keeps up, Dalton's side will be the first to give out." Leon thought to himself while dodging Wapol's attacks. "In that case, I'll have to use the classic method for dealing with idiot gluttons to deal with Wapol."

"Look, there's a big cake behind you!" Li Ang said with a convincing expression, feigning shock.

"What? Where's the big cake?" Although Wapol eats everything, regardless of whether it's organic or inorganic, and is a true glutton, he still has no resistance to something like a big cake. As soon as he heard there was a cake, he quickly turned his head to look.

This classic method still works. Just as Wapol stopped his attack and turned to see where the cake was, Leon had already performed his usual steady movements, raised his gun, aimed, and fired, spraying the shotgun shells from his chamber hard at Wapol.

As the saying goes, "Speak human language to human beings, and ghost language to ghosts." Use different methods to deal with different opponents. Don't underestimate this method just because it's a bit silly; it works well against idiots, while other sophisticated schemes are completely ineffective against fools.

Wahlbo lost because Leon could lower his IQ to the level of an idiot and still defeat an idiot using idiotic methods.

Chapter 203 Spring

Wapol's powers could no longer save him after a large number of tiny sea stone projectiles pierced his body.

Wapol's current body structure is not that of a normal living being. He is only alive because of his Devil Fruit ability. Now that his ability is sealed by Seastone, he can only watch helplessly as his life slips away.

“Despicable… there was no… cake at all.” Wapol looked at Leon with a rather venomous gaze, and then gradually lost his breath.

Sigh, this is the last words of a foodie, which shows how much resentment Wapol felt after being deceived in this matter. If ghosts really exist in this world, then Wapol would never let Li Ang go even as a ghost.

However, it's hard to say for sure. Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit, Brook's Revive-Revive Fruit, Perona's Ghost-Ghost Fruit, and Kevin, the assassin from the Kingdom of Yutaka, all possess Devil Fruits related to ghosts and souls, even though they haven't appeared directly in the world.

Who knows? Maybe there really are ghosts and spirits in this world, but people just can't see or perceive them.

Well, regardless of whether Wapol will turn into a vengeful ghost to harass Leon, the last royal member of Drum Kingdom has now been eliminated, and Leon has happily put the Swallow-Spit Fruit into his arms. Now he can finally move on to the next step: letting Dalton ascend the throne.

Leon decapitated Wapol with a single stroke and held his head high, shouting, "Wapol is dead! Do you still want to risk your lives for him? Surrender now!"

In fact, many had already lost their will to fight after seeing Leon personally kill Walbourne. Leon's actions also indirectly gave everyone a way out, and many soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered on the spot.

At this moment, Li Ang finally breathed a sigh of relief. What he had initially thought would be the simplest part had turned into a series of unexpected twists and turns, almost causing a complete disaster. Fortunately, only Wapol was capable of fighting, and his two bumbling henchmen were taken down immediately. Otherwise, if it had been two more skilled subordinates, like Arlong or Crow, Li Ang might have been completely outmatched.

This once again proves the saying, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated." Li Ang's only mistake was misjudging Wapol's strength based on his intellectual disability and poor performance in the manga. This also served as a reminder to Li Ang that sometimes appearances do not represent combat power.

Like Enel on Skypiea, who was incredibly strong, but still got beaten up by Luffy. This was because his elemental advantage was countered, like ground being effective against electric. My attacks were extremely effective against you, but your attacks barely scratched me. It's like being cheated by this kind of unfair setting.

“Very well, since the former King Walpo was cruel and tyrannical, and committed all sorts of evil deeds, but he has now been executed, as the saying goes, a country cannot be without a ruler. Why not let the former chief of guards, Dalton, become the king? What do you think? Isn’t that appropriate?” After seeing everyone surrender, Li Ang was ready to put Dalton on the throne on the spot, without any hesitation.

Although the soldiers and some minor officers below had never heard of this proverb, and Li Ang's words had a subtle sense of being officially appointed, given the current situation, no one dared to voice any objection, and they all agreed to the proposal.

Speaking of which, making Dalton king doesn't seem like a bad idea. Thinking about it carefully, Dalton, who has a high reputation among the people and is also a highly respected captain of the guard among the soldiers, seems quite suitable.

The fact that Dalton was able to hold off dozens of people for several minutes without a single casualty wasn't due to his skill at all; it was simply because most of the other players were slacking off.

Even though they didn't say it out loud, and they hadn't suffered any grievances or oppression under Valpo, they had long been disgusted by this mentally challenged king who had made such a mess of the country, and unconsciously began to create opportunities for Leon.

And so Dalton ended up on the throne in a rather haphazard way. Oh no, the throne has already been eaten by Wapol. It seems we'll have to make a new chair for him.

However, now that he has become king, he must fulfill the duties of a king from this moment on.

Dalton immediately got into character and began issuing orders: "From now on, dismiss Doctors 20. Send them all back and treat all citizens equally again, restoring everyone's right to enjoy their due. Then, the doctors who were driven away a few years ago should also announce that tomorrow they will call the reporters and have them state in the newspapers that we are now willing to welcome them back and apologize for the injustices they suffered before."

In addition, Dalton issued several more orders. It's clear that Dalton had been holding back for a long time; he'd probably wanted to do this for a long time. Although Dalton had no ambition for the throne before, he had fantasized about the day these laws would be implemented, and must have secretly drafted countless proposals to achieve his current smooth and efficient operation.

With each word Dalton spoke, the expressions on the faces of those below grew increasingly interesting. By the time Dalton finished speaking, they were completely convinced. Compared to Walpole, it was clear that following Dalton offered a brighter future; some of these things were immediate, some were long-term, and some couldn't be implemented yet.

But everyone could see that if this beautiful blueprint could be realized, Drum Country would surely become a medically advanced nation again, not only returning to its former glory but perhaps even surpassing it. Moreover, Dalton, not of royal lineage, was not interested in such a luxurious lifestyle and had even relinquished considerable benefits, proposing numerous solutions that would benefit the country and its people.

After hastily establishing a direction, the day gradually came to an end. Dalton didn't reveal all his secrets; this little bit of information was enough to keep him busy for a while. So he dismissed everyone, telling those who had something to do to go do it, and those who didn't to rest.

"Seeing you handle things so easily puts my mind at ease," Li Ang said, standing by the side the whole time, watching Dalton issue orders without uttering a single mistake. He spoke only after everyone had left.

“Well, actually I’ve thought about these things a long time ago, and I’ve mentioned them to Walpole many times before, but it never worked out,” Dalton sighed. “And now I’m actually in this position making decisions myself. Life is truly unpredictable.”

Li Ang laughed and said, "Don't worry, you are far more qualified than many kings in this world. However, you still have a lot to learn and a long way to go. There is no best, only better."

The two then exchanged experiences on governance. Although Li Ang did not want to directly interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, especially a thriving one, it did not prevent him from sharing some of the situations he had encountered and how he had handled them, and imparting some lessons learned.

The two chatted and laughed as they walked out of the castle. As agreed, that evening was the time for Gureva to come to the castle on the mountain and use the Hiruluk cherry blossom recipe.

Kureha didn't keep them waiting long before arriving with Chopper as promised, Chopper carrying a bag. Needless to say, this was it.

"You really succeeded. I knew it was all over when I saw the doctor treating other patients down below." Gureva smiled happily when she saw the two of them standing outside the castle to greet her.

“Yes, winter has come, but can spring be far behind?” Li Ang nodded and said, “Now that winter is over, it’s time for us to welcome spring.”

“Well said! Winter has come, but can spring be far behind?” Gureva laughed. “Let’s bring the first spring to this country now.”

Spring, summer, autumn, and winter—the cycle of the four seasons is the natural order, but this country only experiences winter; for this country, it is impossible to see the existence of spring.

But this status quo is about to be broken today. With a few cannon shots, Hiruluk, who had devoted his life to this country, finally brought the breath of spring, even though the cold wind was biting outside and snowflakes were falling from the sky.

At this moment, everyone on Drum Island came out of their houses and looked at the huge cherry blossom trees in full bloom in the sky, so big that they blotted out the moon. They seemed to smell the scent of spring. The air was filled with the fragrance of cherry blossoms, the warm spring breeze brushed their cheeks, and the drizzling rain hit their bodies. Winter had passed.

Chopper was now standing under the canopy of a cherry blossom tree. In this moment, he finally shed the tough exterior he had worn for years, sat on the ground, and tears streamed down his face.