One Piece: King of the World from White Town

Beautiful girls dancing enthusiastically can be seen everywhere on the streets, as well as those strange and magical toys that can walk and talk.

This peace was broken just as night fell.

In the palace, King Riku, who had been busy all day, returned to his room to rest.

But suddenly, the window was opened.

An unexpected guest sat on the windowsill uninvited.

The pink feather coat and the evil laughter made King Riku extremely alert.

"Who are you? Get out of here right now, or else when the soldiers come, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"As expected of King Riku, he remains calm even at this moment."

Doflamingo changed into a more comfortable position and continued, "In that case, please allow me to introduce myself."

"My name is Don Quixote Doflamingo, and I am a vicious and lawless pirate."

King Riku's pupils shrank slightly, and he obviously recognized the other party.

"Donquixote Doflamingo, as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, what exactly do you want to do by visiting me in this late night?"

"Hush! Don't be impatient, the real show has just begun. Listen, it seems that someone has broken into the palace."

Doflamingo's smile became more evil.

Just a few minutes ago, Monner successfully opened the door of the palace with the help of external forces and let in the members of Don Quixote's family.

Then they fought with the kingdom's army that had arrived.

Finding the right moment, Monet successfully escaped and returned to Princess Violet.

"Monet, what happened outside? Why are there shouts and cries of killing everywhere? Who are those people? How could the palace gate be breached so easily?"

Facing the princess who was full of questions, Monet's answer was: "Those outside are from the Don Quixote family, a group of very scary pirates."

"Their aim is to take over the country."

"What?! Occupy the country? Wait, how do you know so much?"

"Didn't Your Highness just ask me how the palace gate was breached? Of course, I opened the palace gate with my own hands."

"Monet, you!"

Under Violet's incredulous gaze, Monet showed a malicious smile on his face.

Then heavy snow began to fall in the room...

Chapter 100: A ransom of billion berries!

Abel held the Baby-5... which turned into a silver pistol, and from time to time he killed soldiers who were a little higher in rank than ordinary minions.

In fact, with the strength of the Don Quixote family, it would be easy to overthrow the country by force.

But this kind of thing is absolutely prohibited by the World Government and the Navy!

Once news spreads that the Seven Warlords of the Sea have stolen the country, the Seven Warlords system that the World Government has spent so much time and energy to create will immediately become a laughing stock and be despised.

Although the situation is not much better now, it at least still meets the bottom line of some people.

Furthermore, what Doflamingo wanted was for King Riku to voluntarily hand over the country to him, a perfect transition.

This requires a big drama.

All they have to do is build the stage.

So these soldiers can be killed, but not all of them, and they must be killed in such a way that King Riku will feel pained.

So, was King Riku feeling distressed at this time?

This question almost doesn't need to be asked.

King Riku is now furious. Under Doflamingo's psychological attack, he can only watch his kingdom's army being unilaterally slaughtered by the Don Quixote family.

But he was no match for the opponent and couldn't run away even if he wanted to.

All the soldiers who came to him to report the situation were brutally killed by the other side.

"Look, it's easy for my people to break into the palace here."

"Doflamingo, what do you want?"

King Riku asked angrily.

When Doflamingo heard this, the corners of his mouth immediately curled up slightly, "100 billion!"

"Before dawn, I want you to hand over a 'ransom' of 100 billion berries. Otherwise, I will lead my men to attack this country and turn it into a pirates' paradise. Yiyiyiyiyiyi!"

ransom?

Of course, it’s the ransom of holding the entire country hostage!

A mere 100 billion berries is not actually Doflamingo's real purpose.

If he revealed his true purpose from the beginning, King Riku would never follow the script he had designed in advance.

But as long as he takes advantage of King Riku's 'weakness', the opponent will become a puppet in his hands.

"100 billion berries? Impossible! Even if we empty the entire national treasury, we can't come up with that much money."

King Riku said firmly.

Doflamingo certainly knew that the other party could not take it out, because he deliberately chose this special time point after paying the Heavenly Gold!

"It's still six hours until dawn. In six hours, countless pirates will arrive here."

"Can you imagine the scene at that time? The country will be completely looted, men will be slaughtered, women will be wantonly abused, and even children will not be spared..."

"Doflamingo! You are not even human!"

King Riku's eyes were filled with anger that seemed to spit out flames.

"There are less than six hours left. If I were you, I would find a way to collect the 6 billion berries right now. At least by dawn, you can still protect your country and your people."

"Oh, by the way. Remember to keep it a secret. After all, the privileges of the Seven Warlords of the Sea are quite useful. You should know what I mean."

King Riku suddenly calmed down, and then said word by word: "Doflamingo, you will go to hell after you die!"

"Now, tell your men to stop immediately. I will bring back 100 billion berries before dawn."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the palace.

This time, Doflamingo did not stop him, but laughed out loud without any concealment.

After receiving the instructions, Abel and others immediately stopped the attack and turned around to evacuate without any reluctance.

King Riku quickly reorganized his army and came outside the palace.

"Immediately dismantle the bullfighting arena's loudspeaker system and send it to the square."

This was the first order issued by King Riku.

"Listen carefully, everyone else. As the king, I ask you to do something..."

When King Riku finished giving this second 'order', everyone could not help but look confused.

Although the soldiers were confused, they had no choice but to do as they were told.

Because King Riku has never let them down since he took office.

So they immediately dispersed in groups of three or four and went to various places.

After a while, King Riku came to the square alone and began the speech he would regret most in his life.

"...I hope everyone can lend me money, please!"

King Riku knelt on the ground, put his head on the ground, and pleaded with every citizen with the most sincere attitude.

Since he couldn't tell the real reason, he could only rely on his identity and credibility to force a gamble.

As long as they can overcome the current difficulties, he will find a way to return the 100 billion berries to every citizen as quickly as possible.

Under his extremely urgent and sincere plea, the citizens who were ignorant of the truth woke up from their sleep, although some people chose to remain silent and not take it seriously.

But most of them chose to trust King Riku and donated generously.

Seeing that so many people were willing to believe him and take out their savings just for his words, they helped him through the difficult times.

To be honest, King Riku was so moved that he choked up.

He could only thank them over and over again, and at the same time swore in his heart that he would protect Dressrosa and prevent it from being invaded by pirates.

But what he didn't know was that by doing so he fell right into the enemy's trap!

The better he does relying on his fame, the harder he will fall.

"Please help the king."

"No need to say anything, please take this money and pass it on to King Riku for us. Although I don't know what happened, I think there must be no other way, so King Riku earnestly asked for your help."

"Thank you for your understanding. Please sign this IOU. Once we are through this difficult time, King Riku will pay you back every penny."

Conversations like this were suddenly happening in front of every household on the streets.

Anyone who is willing to lend money does not need to go anywhere. Soon the kingdom’s soldiers will collect the money and then transport it to the palace.

Then, IOUs with numbers written on them and the king's seal were distributed to each lender.

This is equivalent to using the king's credibility as a guarantee.

This strong guarantee also made many people who were still wavering finally make up their minds.

This resulted in more and more money being concentrated in the palace.

If this momentum continues, it will be entirely possible to raise 100 billion Berries through crowdfunding before dawn!

But will Doflamingo just watch this miracle happen?

"Ah! Murder! These soldiers have started killing people and robbing them for money!"

Suddenly, a scream marked the beginning of this tragedy.

Chapter 541: Killing people and destroying their hearts!

"No, it wasn't me..."

puff!

A soldier panicked and stabbed the sword in a civilian's heart, then pulled it out and the splattering blood dyed his cheeks red.

And this is just the beginning.

With a look of horror on his face, he once again raised the weapon in his hand and slashed at the frightened woman next to him.

"Benson, what are you doing? Are you crazy?!"

His companions looked at their former kind-hearted friend in disbelief and immediately rushed up to stop him.

The result was that the sharp blade pierced his body directly.

"Benson...you..."

"It wasn't me, it really wasn't me, I couldn't control myself..."

Benson broke down in tears.

However, Benson is not the only soldier who is "involuntarily" like this.

Many soldiers suddenly wielded their knives at the people they were protecting!

When more and more innocent people were killed, the original trust was shattered in an instant!

Panic immediately began to spread everywhere.

People were forced to take up whatever weapons they could find to fight against the soldiers who were burning, killing and looting.

As for words like "I can't control myself", people who are angry and panicked simply can't believe it.

All they could understand was that King Riku was forcing them to do these things.