From Pirates to Sweeping the Worlds

Spot made some simple arrangements for the forces stationed in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom.

The next day.

Spot led the Umbrella fleet away.

Inside the palace of the Drum Kingdom.

The old king lay dying on his bed, and the country's top doctors gathered around his bed, anxiously trying to help him.

More than an hour later.

The old king was pulled back from the brink of death again.

Upon hearing the news, Wapol was greatly disappointed.

The soldiers beside him dared not speak out.

Many people are very confused about the future of the Drum Kingdom.

But this is none of Sports's business. All he has to do now is wait quietly for the old king to die.

Finally, ten days later, news came from the Drum Kingdom: the old king had passed away suddenly.

The death of the old king was a major blow to the entire Drum Kingdom.

Except for Wapol and his lackeys who were happy, everyone else was in grief.

The old king was a qualified king and was very tolerant towards his people.

Especially after cooperating with the Umbrella Group, the people of the Drum Kingdom have become even happier.

In addition to grief, the people of the Drum Kingdom are more worried about the future.

They all knew what kind of person the king of the Drum Kingdom who was about to ascend the throne was, and they couldn't help but worry.

While the old king was dead and the palace was in chaos, several dark shadows quietly sneaked into the palace treasury from underground.

After getting the Swallowing Fruit, they ignored the gold, silver, treasures and various rare medicinal herbs around them and left without looking back.

The day after the old king died, Wapol hastily held the funeral of the previous king and could not wait to ascend the throne.

On the first day of his accession to the throne, Wapol, despite everyone's opposition, announced that the tax on the Drum Kingdom would be doubled.

For a time, the whole country of Cigu was in mourning and the people were full of resentment.

Then he began to organize his people to build a larger and more luxurious palace for him.

During this period, a small incident occurred.

That is, after Wapol ascended the throne, he couldn't wait to go to the palace treasury, intending to eat the Swallow Fruit he had longed for.

When the old king was in power, he always suppressed Wapol and did not want him to have strong power.

The old king knew his son's character very well. Once Wapol had great power, he would act even more recklessly.

So no matter how Wapol begged, the old king did not give him the devil fruit, for fear that he would become the next Mushulu.

Wapol searched the palace treasury carefully but did not find the Swallow-Swallow Fruit.

He immediately killed several palace guards in anger to vent his anger.

This behavior caused panic among the palace guards.

Thanks to Wapol's outrageous actions, the people's hearts that the old king had spent his entire life gathering were quickly dispersed.

Dalton continued to persuade Wapol with all his heart.

But Wapol remained unmoved and even regarded Dalton as a thorn in his side.

As time went on, Valpo went further and further.

He often brought his lackeys to bully people in the market and waste people's energy.

Many people in the Drum Kingdom have thought about leaving.

However, since they didn't know where to go after leaving the Drum Kingdom or where they could be accepted, they didn't leave immediately.

This is where the Umbrella Group's lobbyists come in handy.

They began to contact some top doctors privately and offered generous conditions to recruit them.

In addition, the Umbrella Group also promised that if the Drum Kingdom becomes stable one day, they can come back.

Many people who received the recruitment were attracted.

It is not an easy thing to leave the hometown where you have lived for a long time.

Spot was not in a hurry either, he believed that Wapol would give him an assist soon.

As expected, under the instigation of his lackeys, Wapol raised the tax rate again in order to repair his luxurious palace as quickly as possible.

The Umbrella Group took this opportunity to issue a statement.

The statement said that the factories under the umbrella group had to withdraw from the Drum Kingdom due to tax rates and other reasons. However, the umbrella group will still provide the Drum Kingdom with the necessary items and purchase the medicines and medical equipment produced by the Drum Kingdom.

For a moment, the Magnetic Drum Kingdom was in an uproar.

Not only did the Umbrella Group completely remove itself from the Drum Kingdom, but it also attracted a wave of hatred to Wapol.

After losing the Drum Kingdom's factory, Umbrella Group's pharmaceutical and medical equipment business is still in full swing.

During the period of cooperation with the Drum Kingdom, the Umbrella Group used various means to learn most of the Drum Kingdom's technologies.

So it doesn’t matter whether the Drum Kingdom or the Umbrella Group exists now.

This is not the case with the Drum Kingdom.

After losing the factory invested by the Umbrella Group, the unemployment rate in the Drum Kingdom soared.

The originally stable and peaceful society quickly became turbulent, and the streets were filled with dissatisfaction with Wapol.

Due to the gap in strength between the two sides, the people could only endure it silently.

Among the high-ranking officials of the Drum Kingdom, only the foolish Dalton is still constantly advising Wapol, while the rest have chosen to remain silent under Wapol's suppression.

Seeing such a country and such a king, many people felt despair.

Some time ago, those talents who received olive branches from the Umbrella Group gave up their hopes and agreed.

With these people joining, it won't take long for the Umbrella Group to monopolize the medical market in Paradise.

While the people of the Drum Kingdom were suffering, the people of the Netherlands Kingdom were living happily.

The two sides formed a very sharp contrast.

However, the situation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is not known to the outside world.

Although the World Government has almost understood everything, it will never reveal it.

Because revealing it would just cause trouble for the World Government itself.

People do not suffer from scarcity but from inequality!

If people knew how the people of the Netherlands lived, much of the world would be in turmoil.

Kingdom of the Netherlands, Royal Palace.

Xia Jieren put the model of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit into his collection room.

As for the real Swallow-Swallow Fruit, it has been given to a bug-man named Tachi who majors in materials science in the Truth Research Institute.

Tachi is a young male bug-man of medium build, with messy black hair and piercing black eyes.

His skin appears pale due to long-term work in the laboratory, but his hands are unusually thick, covered with calluses and scars that show his in-depth research on materials and countless experimental attempts.

In Xia Jieren's plan, Tachi used the ability of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit to combine the advantages of various materials to quickly develop more suitable target materials.

Kerrigan is responsible for analyzing this material and achieving large-scale production.

It can be said that Xia Jieren’s idea is very good, and the speed of material development will be incomparable.

The powerful ability of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit is deeply engraved in Xia Jieren's heart.