Chapter 330: Chapter 31: Crazy Healer and National Foot
"Rubber... Rubber, Balloon."
Luffy inhaled deeply, his entire body expanding into a round shape, like a balloon. He used his body to shield Nami and Chopper underneath him. Due to the limited space, Zoro wasn’t covered, but Zoro didn’t need Luffy’s protection.
Zoro took a few steps to Luffy’s side, grabbing Luffy’s body to prevent him from being thrown away.
They all sensed sharply that something in the room was about to explode, but they didn’t know exactly what it was.
Nami and Chopper looked bewildered, but after being pressed down by Luffy, neither struggled.
Boom!
A deafening roar came from not far away. Nami screamed in pain, covering her ears as they buzzed, her mind dizzy.
The blast of fire and explosion instantly engulfed Luffy and Zoro. The two of them didn’t take a step back; retreating would mean certain death for Nami and Chopper.
Rumble!
Iceberg’s house was blown down by one floor, and with no one protecting him, Iceberg was directly shattered in the explosion.
Leaping on the rooftop, Su Xiao suddenly received a prompt.
[You have killed Iceberg, the mayor of the City of Seven Seas.]
[Iceberg is an important official in the Derivative World with high reputation. You gained 8.1% of the World Source, making a total of 10.3% of the World Source.]
Su Xiao felt a bit surprised. Unexpectedly killing Iceberg by chance granted him so much World Source. It seemed that gaining World Source didn’t always require defeating powerful enemies; certain plot characters with special status could also provide it.
However, such people are generally not easy to kill. Without his CP0 identity, Su Xiao might have been hunted down by the World Government.
Even though killing Iceberg granted a lot of World Source, upon inquiring with Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao learned that Iceberg didn’t drop a treasure chest.
Inside the room, as the firelight faded, Luffy’s red vest was already in tatters, with blood dripping from his forehead and arms. Miraculously, his straw hat remained intact.
Zoro’s condition was even worse, lying in a spread-eagle position nearby. He had helped Luffy withstand most of the explosion’s force, otherwise Luffy would have been in much worse shape.
Nami and Chopper looked up in confusion, seeing Luffy covered in blood.
"Luffy, are you okay?"
Chopper was scared, quickly rushing to Luffy’s side.
"Don’t worry about me, go check on Zoro."
At the moment of the explosion, Luffy clearly saw Zoro standing in front of him.
When Chopper reached Zoro, he was startled. The burns on Zoro’s body weren’t serious, but a table leg was stuck in his abdomen.
"Zoro!"
Chopper was flustered and didn’t have any medicine or even a bandage.
"We must get Zoro back to the ship, but we need to treat his injury urgently first."
Chopper and Nami ran off, starting to search through the debris for any usable first aid supplies, like clean cloths.
Luffy staggered to Zoro’s side, saw the table leg stuck in Zoro’s abdomen, and casually pulled it out.
With a squelch, blood spurted high into the air, making Zoro roll his eyes in pain.
"You idiot."
Zoro was speechless. Luffy also realized his mistake and casually put the table leg back in to help stop the bleeding.
With a squelch, the table leg was accurately inserted back into the wound, causing Zoro’s eyes to roll back and faint.
Chopper quickly returned, having found some bandages in another room.
"Why did Zoro faint? He was just conscious a moment ago."
Chopper was puzzled. How could Zoro faint so quickly with his constitution?
"Ah, that? Just now I did this."
As he spoke, Luffy held onto the table leg.
"Stop!"
Chopper jumped forward and bit Luffy’s hand.
"You can’t pull it out; he’ll lose a lot of blood."
"Right, when I pulled it out earlier, Zoro lost quite a bit of blood, so I put it back in."
"Put... put it back in?"
Chopper was stunned, but quickly became furious.
"How could you do that to an injured person? Quickly carry Zoro back to the ship."
After Chopper provided emergency treatment for Zoro’s wound, Luffy carried Zoro on his back and, together with Nami and others, quickly ran towards the Golden Merry.
If Zoro had endured the explosion alone, he wouldn’t be in such bad shape. But with Nami and Chopper needing protection, he had taken the brunt of the Alchemy Bomb’s impact, and surviving this was already a testament to his extraordinary constitution.
Quickly, Luffy and the others ran off into the distance.
A cowboy-attired man watched Luffy’s retreating figure, his face somewhat pale, as if his bodily functions were impaired.
"Seems like you’ve sped up the plot. Let’s meet at Enies Lobby."
This person is the Cowboy Hat Man who previously fought with Su Xiao. Cowboy Hat Man is a ruthless guy; after getting injured, he directly found a doctor to sew up his bladder. Although urinating was excruciatingly painful, his combat strength remained undiminished.
Cowboy Hat Man held a dozen Scarlet Cards in his hand. Those Contractors who wanted to join the fun had already turned into a pile of Scarlet Cards.
"The Crazy Healer of the God Emperor Adventure Group is in Pirate World, and those three clowns from the National Foot are here too. Things are getting more interesting."
Cowboy Hat Man laughed. Enies Lobby would soon become a chaotic battleground.
"Who are you calling clowns?"
"Brothers, let’s take him down."
"Forget it, the guys from the Travel Group all have mental issues."
Three burly men dressed in the same style of armor walked out from the side and struck a pose. Holding hands, one stood upright in the middle, while the other two each held onto one of his hands, leaning their bodies to the side.
"Three clowns."
Cowboy Hat Man shook his head. Though these guys looked silly, their survival ability was freakishly strong.
"We are the perfect combination."
"Showing the elegance of men."
"The National Foot is here!"
Cowboy Hat Man’s eyelid twitched, suddenly feeling a bit embarrassed at the thought of fighting these clowns.
"A bunch of idiots."
A loud voice echoed as a man dressed in a black priest’s robe and carrying a Steel Scythe on his back emerged from the night.
"Crazy Healer, I didn’t expect you to be in the City of Seven Seas. I always thought you’d head straight to Enies Lobby."
Cowboy Hat Man spoke.
"Coming to an open world like Pirate World, it’s naturally more exciting to kill some people, but there’s something I’m curious about. Who injured you so badly? I heard your bladder was pierced?"
Crazy Healer spoke with a hint of sarcasm.
"Ha~, it’s much better than being a dumb healer who learned the wrong initial skill."
Upon hearing Cowboy Hat Man’s words, Crazy Healer’s face darkened. He originally planned to develop in the direction of a healer but accidentally learned a battle sequence skill instead. Although his healing power was quite impressive, he never healed his teammates. To Crazy Healer, teammates only needed to know how to shout 666 and cheer on the big boss.
"That was the will of the Saint God."
Crazy Healer took out a Black Cross, placed it to his lips, and kissed it gently.
"Saint God? I think it’s more like a False God."
"What did you say?"
"I said your God Emperor is just a Cult Organization. No, I shouldn’t insult cults; you’re a pyramid scheme organization."
Crazy Healer removed the scythe from his back as black smoke surrounded him, and his pupils glowed red.
"I’ve wanted to kill you for a long time. Today’s the day to settle the matter from last time when you interrupted my baptism of new believers."
Crazy Healer gripped his Steel Scythe, holy golden light faintly flickering within the black smoke around him.
Cowboy Hat Man sneered.
"Though I’m no saint, I won’t stand by and watch hundreds of children sacrificed alive. All innocent children are blameless. Justice won’t serve itself, but I can kill those who offend me."
Cowboy Hat Man began to flex his fingers, and Crazy Healer immediately became cautious. This wasn’t their first confrontation.
"You don’t understand. I’m baptizing the Purgatory aura from them all... Forget it; there’s no point explaining to someone like you. I don’t explain my actions."
"You’re trying to fool ghosts with your False God Stick."
"Believe it or not, I feel like killing you now. Although the gods say not to kill, killing an evil man should be fine."
Cowboy Hat Man and Crazy Healer faced off, and only the God Emperor Adventure Group dared to challenge the Travel Group, a place where devout believers and fanatics gathered, where kindness and madness coexisted.
The three from National Foot sat on a pile of rubble, somehow holding popcorn and cola, as if they were watching a sports game.
"Big brother, who do you think will win?"
"Who cares who wins? After those two finish, we’ll finish off the winner."
"Isn’t that inappropriate?"
"There’s nothing wrong with it. They’re both no good. All heterosexuals are heretics and cults; they’re the mortal enemies of our Big FFF Group."
"Big brother, I think we’re not the FFF Group; we’re the National Foot."
"We just joined. Any objections?"
"Big brother, we’re not into that."
While the three debated intensely, they suddenly noticed two pairs of cold eyes watching them.
"Big brother, maybe we should run."
"Good suggestion. Whoever runs the slowest will perform the Iron Hammer Smash Shells."
The three from National Foot took off at lightning speed, running as fast as wild dogs breaking free of their chains.