【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"He was abandoned by his parents at birth because of his blue nose. He had been following the tribe alone since he was a cub until he accidentally ate a devil fruit and was driven away by the tribe as a monster. By then, he was no longer an ordinary reindeer."

"But he still longed for a companion, so he turned into a human and went to the village. However, he was not a complete human, but a human with animal fur. This caused the villagers to think he was a monster and drove him out. From then on, he had to live alone."

"Can you...heal his broken heart?" Kuleha asked the young man lying on the bed.

Luffy did not respond to Kuleha's words, but said seriously, "He is my partner."

Kuleha looked at Luffy seriously, then a happy smile appeared on her face. "If you want to take him away, then take him away."

"Come on, it's time to eat." Sanji came in with some food, and then handed Luffy the food suitable for patients.

After Luffy got the food, he immediately forgot everything that had just happened and started to eat it.

Just then Chopper rushed in from the door and shouted anxiously, "Doctor Gureva, Valpo is back."

"Who is Walpo?" Luffy asked excitedly, he felt that he was going to have an interesting battle.

"He was the previous ruler of this country." Kuleha answered as he stood up. "Let's go, Chopper."

Kuleha stopped at the door and turned to look at Luffy who was about to get out of bed. "Kid, you're not fully recovered yet, so you must not get out of bed, do you understand?" Her last words were to Qi and Sanji.

"I...I understand." Sanji and Qi looked at the old woman's fierce eyes and nodded immediately.

"I'm fine now!" Luffy complained.

"Hey, stay here, Luffy." Qi comforted him and checked the temperature of his forehead. It was still a little hot. "We will go outside to help them."

"That's right, you should have a good rest." Sanji said and walked outside with Qi.

Luffy pouted and looked at the backs of Qi and the others as they left, feeling a little angry. He was already well, so he could go out.

After Qi and Sanji left completely, Luffy showed a smirk on his face.

……

On the other side, in Dajiao Village

"Great, we found Mr. Dalton!"

"What should I do? Mr. Dalton has no heartbeat!!"

The villagers shouted anxiously as they looked at the frozen Dalton.

At this time, 20 people dressed in doctor's uniforms walked up to Dalton with their hands raised and said, "Dalton is still alive, but he is now frozen. Can we give him to us for treatment?"

"Doctor 20!!" The villagers looked at the doctors in shock, and then shouted angrily, "We don't trust you. You succumb to the evil power of Valpo. How can we hand over Dalton to doctors like you!"

"If you want to save him, just do as we say!" said one of the doctor leaders. "We are doctors. Although we were coerced, we have never stopped our medical research for the sake of this country. Once a crappy doctor told us not to give up. We can't bear to see such a fool die in front of us again!"

"I wonder how Luffy and the others are doing. Let's go up and check on them." Vivi looked at the doctors who were treating Dalton in the room, and couldn't help but think of Ki and Sanji who climbed up the mountain to find the doctors to treat Luffy.

"Don't worry, Vivi. With Chi and Sanji here, nothing will happen." Usopp said firmly, "I trust them."

"You are afraid of climbing mountains." Nami directly exposed Usopp's disguise.

"What...what? I do believe them." Usopp immediately retorted, and added with trembling legs, "Besides...maybe there will be wild men and wild beasts in the mountains."

At this moment, Dalton, who was being treated, suddenly pushed open the door of the room and walked out with a cane, followed by a large group of villagers who tried to stop him.

"Mr. Dalton, stop messing around!"

"Get out of the way. I'm going up to the castle now. I can't let Valpo take control of this country again!" Dalton said angrily. "I want to end this with them!"

"Come on up, I'll carry you! To the castle!" Usopp, who was afraid to climb the mountain just now, suddenly stood up and said, "I'll take you up!"

"Wait... wait a minute." At this moment, a villager stood up and said, "I know there is a secret ropeway leading to the castle. It is connected to the castle from a big tree outside Kesda."

"That seems to be the town where Dr. Kuleha last appeared." Vivi said.

"Let's go." Zoro said as he carried the injured Dalton.

……

"Look, it's still the same as before! My castle." Three strange men stood outside the castle and shouted.

"Lord Walpo, there is a strange flag flying above the castle." One of Walpo's men reminded maliciously.

"What is that skull and crossbones flag? Where is my national flag?" Walpo shouted angrily.

"Hehehe, that stuff has been burned long ago." Kuleha said with a smile, her hands on her hips.

"It's you! Dr. Kuleha, the one who escaped the 'Doctor Elimination' operation." Valpo shouted angrily.

"Get out of this country! The Iron Bucket Kingdom has been destroyed. This is now the tomb of Shilluluk. It's not a place for bastards like you!" Kuleha shouted.

"Grave? The grave of that stupid doctor? How funny!" Walpo laughed wildly.

As soon as Qi and Sanji walked out of the city gate, they saw three strange people standing at the door and laughing crazily. Qi was a little angry and took out his weapon and hit the people who were laughing angrily. "Hey, you disturbed our captain's rest. Because of you, we have to deal with a sick but excited captain."

Chopper and Kureha looked at Qi's attack in shock. This man knocked Valpo away with one blow. Even Chopper, who was strengthened by the Rumble Ball, couldn't do it.

"Lord Valpo!" Valpo's two men hurriedly caught Valpo who was about to fall off the cliff, and then shouted in shock, "How dare you treat the king like this!"

"King? What's that?" Qi said nonchalantly, "If you disturb Luffy's rest, I will throw you off the cliff."

"I won't let you into the castle, Walpo!!" Chopper stood at the door and said firmly.

"Ah! You bastards, I'm going to kill you!" After being pulled up, Valpo looked at the people standing at the city gate and shouted angrily, "Dalton is dead too. Only the traitorous crazy woman and a reindeer are left here. As long as I eliminate you, there will be no one in this country who dares to resist me."

"Kill them all!" Valpo ordered angrily.