【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Dalton, are you looking for a doctor?" The fat lady who looked like a bear came over and said, "She happened to be in the village next door today."

"What!!" Usopp and the others shouted in shock. Luffy and the others had already climbed the mountain to find a doctor.

"We must stop them at once!" said Dalton eagerly, rising quickly to prepare his sled.

"It's useless!" Nami stopped Dalton and explained, "At their speed, they may have reached the bottom of the mountain by now."

"We have to get the doctor back to her castle as soon as possible," Usopp said quickly.

"This is the only thing we can do. There is no other way!" Weiwei agreed.

"I understand." Dalton said, "Come with me, I'll take you to the next village."

……

The continuous falling snow and biting cold did not bother Qi and Sanji, but Luffy's painful breathing made them feel strong self-blame. They could only speed up, hoping to reach the castle faster.

"What are those up there?" Sanji looked at a group of giant rabbits that appeared out of nowhere on the top of the mountain and blocked their way. "What do they want to do?"

"They're jumping over here." Qi said, and then carried Luffy on his back to avoid the rabbits jumping towards them.

"Is this the rabbit Labang that Mr. Dalton mentioned?" Sanji asked as he kicked away the rabbit that was rushing towards them.

"That should be it. We need to get rid of these rabbits." Qi said gritting his teeth. These damn rabbits delayed their speed of climbing the mountain.

"Qi, don't attack. I'll deal with them." Sanji stood in front of Qi and said, "If you attack them, the impact of your attack will definitely be transferred to Luffy. I don't know what the consequences will be."

He didn't finish the rest of his words. He didn't dare to think that Luffy might die. He would not let him die, so he was not going to give Qi any chance to take action.

"I know." Qi held Luffy tightly with both hands to prevent him from feeling the vibration. He hoped that Luffy could also sleep quietly like this when they were climbing the mountain, and not be affected by their movements. "We don't fight them, we shake them off."

"You go first, go to the forest, I'll cover you." Sanji said anxiously while kicking away Labang who was approaching.

While dodging Labang's attack, Qi looked around and noticed a small hill on the left. He hurriedly shouted to Sanji behind him, "There's a hill ahead. Let's jump up and maybe we can get rid of them."

"Okay, I'll cover you!" Sanji said as he kicked away Labang who was rushing towards Qi from behind. After Qi went up, he quickly stepped on Labang's body and jumped up the hillside.

"No, those guys are still chasing us!" Sanji shouted while running.

"Keep running! Let's reach the top of the mountain ahead." Qi said as he held Luffy tightly and ran towards the top of the mountain ahead.

When they ran down the mountain, they noticed that Labang, who had been chasing them, did not follow them, but instead stopped at the top of the mountain behind them.

"What are they doing?" Sanji turned around and looked at Labang who was standing on the top of the mountain and jumping constantly.

"No! They're trying to create an avalanche!" Qi looked at the snow that was shaking after Labang jumped, and shouted anxiously, "Sanji, run!"

"Where are we going to escape!" Sanji shouted in shock. Their way up was blocked by the Labangs. They couldn't go back, and the Labangs were actually rushing towards them following the avalanche they created.

"Let's try to get higher!" Qi looked around as he ran, and noticed that there was a small hill on their right. Before the avalanche and broken branches hit them, Qi shouted hurriedly, "There is a cliff on the right, let's run over there!"

They jumped onto the cliff before the avalanche got closer to them, but looking at the approaching avalanche, they realized that the cliff they were on was still too low, but they had no time to run to a higher place. At the last moment, Qi pulled Sanji and jumped onto a broken tree that was rushing towards them.

"We won't be buried in the snow now." Qi used his feet to steady the broken tree, controlling the direction of the tree like skiing, and supported Luffy behind him with both hands, "But we are rushing down the mountain with the avalanche."

"What a joke! We finally climbed to the foot of that iron barrel mountain, and we will find a doctor soon!!" Sanji shouted angrily, "Damn rabbits, I swear, the next time I see them, I will throw them into the pot and cook them one by one!!"

The moment Sanji finished shouting, the Labans appeared on both sides of them, stepping on the trees and paddling in the snow like them.

"What a bunch of persistent fellows!" Qi looked angrily at Labang who jumped up and pounced on them. He bent his knees, tried his best to control the tree under his feet, and changed direction to avoid Labang who pounced on them.

"What the hell do these guys want to do!" Sanji shouted angrily while constantly lowering his head to avoid Labang who was attacking them.

"Oops, ahead!!" Sanji opened his eyes wide and looked at the protruding rock in front of him in shock. "It's going to hit it!!"

There must be a way. Qi tried hard to control the log under his feet, trying to avoid the rocks that were about to hit him, but looking at the rocks and trees getting closer and closer, he knew he couldn't avoid it. Suddenly he noticed that Sanji seemed to have said something, and Qi instantly realized what Sanji wanted to do.

The moment Sanji threw him up, he barely twisted his body and grabbed Sanji's sleeve with his backhand. At the moment he was about to fall off the rock, he grabbed a tree root on the rock with his left hand.

"Idiot, don't act on your own next time!!" Qi held the tree roots above the rock with his left hand, and grabbed Sanji's sleeve with his other hand. They hung under the rock waiting for the avalanche to pass. "Hey, Sanji, are you still conscious?"

"...Um...yeah." Sanji murmured, then shook his head. He felt his eyes blurry and his vision was covered in blood. Sanji tried to focus on Qi's voice, trying to understand what he said.

Qi lowered his head slightly and noticed the bloodstain on Sanji's head, realizing that when they were hit just now, Sanji was in front of them to block all the impact.

"Damn it." Qi cursed, and he felt panic in his heart because he felt Luffy's breath behind him becoming unstable.

After the avalanche stopped, he used his feet to stare at the rocks and pulled Sanji's sleeve, climbing up little by little. After climbing up, Qi roughly checked Sanji's condition and found that he had fallen asleep due to excessive blood loss. Qi used transfer to transfer some of the damage from the wound so that it would no longer bleed more.