I Want To Be Like Him

"Does this count as a bug in my Devil Fruit ability?"

Gawain sighed, then looked down.

What he is more worried about now is that Drum Island might be accidentally blown up.

"What is that?!"

"Something's wrong!"

"I have a bad feeling!"

Dalton was riding a hippopotamus and leading countless civilians to migrate rapidly to the edge of Drum Island in order to reach a safe place before the spores spread.

However, their actions were interrupted by a cry of surprise.

Dalton looked back, and his pupils suddenly shrank: "That figure… I can't be wrong!"

"Mr. Gawain? What does he want to do?!"

"Things have come to this point. The outbreak of the highly toxic spores from Musshuru would destroy the entire Drum Kingdom and even several surrounding islands. It is already irreversible."

"It has come to this, and you still haven't given up?!"

Between his words, Dalton's eyes showed a real admiration, and he even had an absurd idea at this moment: "If this man were to inherit the throne of the Drum Kingdom, he would definitely be a benevolent and powerful monarch."

"What a pity… he's a pirate!"

He sighed, but his eyes gradually became firm: "For a group of strangers, you can do this much…"

"Even if the Drum Kingdom's fate to be destroyed is inevitable, such a man should not be forgotten!"

While admiring him, Dalton couldn't help but wonder what Gawain wanted to do.

The next moment, he saw the answer.

The red dragon in the sky in the distance hovered for a few seconds, then raised its head high, and the blue fluorescence flowing between the dragon's teeth was as real as substance.

It was as if what was in the red dragon's mouth was no longer lips and teeth but… Sun!

Then Dalton really saw the sun, a thumb-sized drop of water shining with extremely bright light, slowly falling from the sky…

"Emperor Requiem!"

A low humming sound reached everyone's ears at this moment, allowing them to witness the miraculous scene before their eyes.

Boom!

The glowing water droplet exploded in the air thousands of meters above the earth, and the blue flames instantly ignited the entire sky and even spread to the entire Drum Island with the remaining force.

Even though the explosion point was thousands of meters away from the ground, the powerful shock wave still flattened the mountain where the Drum Castle was located and even all the trees within dozens of kilometers away from the center of the explosion.

Dalton's pupils suddenly shrank when he saw this, and he shouted hurriedly: "Get down!"

"Take cover!"

However, he froze in the middle of his speech because he couldn't make a sound no matter what he did.

No!

It's not that he can't make a sound!

Dalton raised his hand and touched his ear, only to feel a damp warmth, and his nose could smell a warmth like rust.

It turned out that his eardrums had ruptured at the beginning of the explosion because they could not withstand such violent sound waves.

The situation was even worse for the civilians around him. Some even suffered temporary blindness because they could not withstand the strong light.

However, out of the biological instinct for survival, they also subconsciously hide behind the huge hippopotamus in order to survive the impact.

The next moment, everyone present was buried by the surging snow waves…

On the other side, Lucci and the others stood on the deck, looking at the light blue flames that exploded in mid-air and almost covered the entire sky of Drum Island. They were so shocked that they were speechless for a moment.

"Hey…"

The corners of Zoro's mouth twitched, and his pupils kept shrinking.

"No matter how powerful he is, there must be a limit!"

"With this kind of power, if the explosion point was not above Drum Island but close to the ground, it might be able to directly wipe out a city."

"This is the captain's hidden… skill?!"

Even Van Augur, who was always calm and composed, with a look of boredom on his face, now had widened eyes and stared blankly into the distance.

This place is close to the sea and hundreds of kilometers away from the center of the explosion.

Therefore, they don't have to worry about being affected by the explosion.

However, the farther away, the more clearly one can see how exaggerated the scope of this explosion is.

"The explosion range is estimated to be ten kilometers, and the shock wave should reach more than fifty kilometers. The explosion range of that blue flame…"

There was only indescribable horror in Lucci's eyes, but he still subconsciously predicted how much damage Gawain's attack would cause: "It covers almost the entire island."

"This should be a special adjustment made by him, detonating it in the sky and even sacrificing some of its power in order to make the blue flame explode over a large enough range."

"Even if it's a so-called ancient Weapon, it should… It should only be this good, right?!"

Until now, Lucci had just realized that White Knight Gawain was hiding deeper than anyone expected.

The combat power that is enough to defeat King, the deputy captain of the Beast Pirates, undoubtedly shows that he's one of the top people in the world.

Considering Gawain's capability to fight for a long time, an Admiral may be able to defeat him, but it is completely impossible to capture him.

Plus, this move, which is enough to destroy an island with one strike… 

"His existence has the potential to pose a threat to the World Government!"

Kalifa's voice was shaking as she spoke.

She instinctively raised her hand to push up her glasses, and after several attempts, she finally touched the frame.

Her complexion could only be described as pale.

"Such a guy…"

"I'm afraid even if the entire CP organization is mobilized, it will not pose a threat to him."

Lucci acquiesced.

He looked up at the sky in the distance, and for the first time, he felt awe for someone.

"Huh?!"

Kalifa suddenly let out a cry of surprise and subconsciously raised her hand. 

A pink snowflake, like cherry blossoms, fell into her palm.

"These… are the ashes of the poisonous spores?"

"Pink?!"

Kalifa subconsciously looked up and saw that all the clouds above the Drum Island were blown away, and the sunlight illuminated the entire Drum Island.

But her attention was completely attracted by the pink smoke in the sky.

Now, everyone who came to their senses raised their heads and looked towards the sky.

The crisis of the kingdom's destruction has been eliminated, and the mountain where the Drum Castle is located has been directly wiped out.

Those poisonous spores that were once considered nightmares by everyone had been burned by the blue flames that filled the sky, leaving only pink ashes condensing in the air, forming flocs like petals…

"Pink… snow?!"

At Gyasta, Nami looked at the stunning scenery in front of her, her lips slightly parted, and her originally tense mood couldn't help but relax.

"What a nice view!"

Kureha stretched out her hand, and a petal-like floc slowly fell into her palm. Its shape was like a petal, and it was extremely similar to the cherry blossoms that Hiriluk had described.

She crushed it gently and murmured: "After the poisonous spores burned out, what fell was actually pink ashes?! Is this the scene that Hiriluk once described?!"

Kureha looked up and saw that pink snow had already begun to fall on Drum Island like countless cherry blossoms falling all over the sky.

"That guy should be able to die without regrets now, right?"

"Hey, Chopper… Chopper?"

"Dr. Kureha…"

In the pink snowflakes, Chopper stretched out his hand and tugged at his hat tightly, unable to speak clearly: "Is this what Dr. Hiriluk said… the medicine that can heal the kingdom and its people?!"

"Mr. Gawain, is this the panacea that Dr. Hiriluk has been waiting for?"

As he spoke, Chopper raised his hand and wiped the tears from his face. 

His eyes were red, but his gaze became extremely firm at this moment:

"I've decided!"

"I want to follow Mr. Gawain!"

"I want to be his ship's doctor. I want to be like him, a panacea that can heal the kingdom and its people's hearts!"