QUACK DOCTOR

Zoro is in the midst of a battle against Wapol's soldiers in the snowy village. He easily defeats them. In the first panel, Zoro's boot steps down heavily on the face of a fallen soldier. Zoro looks back over his shoulder with a confident smirk and says, "HEH... OVER ALREADY?" In the large bottom panel, Zoro tosses one of his swords into the air with a "toss" sound effect. He stands victorious amidst a large pile of defeated, unconscious soldiers scattered across the snow. He remarks, "HMPH. CAN'T EVEN GIVE ME A DECENT WORKOUT..."

Vivi looks on nervously, sweating as she says, "YES, EXCELLENT JOB FOLLOWING MY ORDERS, ZORO!" Beside her, Usopp looks completely shocked, muttering, "INCREDIBLE..." The villagers stand in stunned silence, indicated by a large "し〜〜ん!!" sound effect. Suddenly, the villagers erupt into loud cheers, "わあああっ!!" They shout, "C-COME ON THEN! WE HAVE TO SAVE DALTON!" and "HURRY UP AND DIG HIM OUT!" They scramble into action, yelling, "EVERYONE GRAB A SHOVEL AND DIG!" Zoro looks confused by the sudden activity, asking, "SO... WHAT'S ALL THIS FUSS ABOUT?" A villager runs past him, saying, "THANKS, STRANGER!" Another adds, "WE'LL EXPLAIN LATER! IN THE MEANWHILE, WE'VE GOTTA HELP WITH THE DIGGING!" The villagers frantically dig through the deep snow with shovels and their bare hands. They cry out, "DALTON! PLEASE BE ALIVE!" "NGHHHH!" and "QUICKLY, QUICKLY!"

Chopper, now in his four-legged reindeer form, sprints frantically through the snowy village. The villagers watch him in amazement. "AHHH! HE TRANSFORMED INTO AN ACTUAL REINDEER! AAAWESOME!" one shouts. Another notes, "HE'S RUNNING EVEN FASTER!" As he runs, Chopper thinks to himself, "I'VE GOT TO WARN THE DOCTRESS RIGHT AWAY!" Chopper bursts through a set of large wooden doors into a room inside the castle with a loud "SCREECH!" He yells, "IT'S AN EMERGENCY!" Inside the room, Dr. Kureha is sitting casually in a chair, drinking from a bottle. Chopper, panting heavily, delivers the urgent news: "WAPOL IS BACK!" Dr. Kureha simply smirks and replies calmly, "IS THAT SO..."

Back in the village, the frantic digging continues. A villager shouts, "I'VE FOUND HIM!" Others react with relief, "THEY FOUND HIM?" and "THANK GOD..." Vivi smiles, while Usopp, looking confused, asks, "WHO'S DALTON?" The scene then shifts to a grand view of the Drum Castle, situated high atop the drum-shaped mountains, covered in snow. A voice from off-screen declares, "LOOK! THE CASTLE'S EXACTLY AS I LEFT IT! NOW LET US COMMENCE THE REVIVAL OF DRUM KINGDOM!"

Wapol looks up towards the top of the castle and says, "HM?" One of his soldiers points and says, "YOUR MAJESTY, THERE APPEARS TO BE A STRANGE FLAG ON TOP OF THE TOWER...!" A large black pirate flag is shown flapping in the wind. The flag features a skull and crossbones, but the skull has cherry blossom petals around it. Wapol angrily demands, "WHAT'S THAT WEIRD FLAG WITH A SKULL DOING ON THERE? WHAT HAPPENED TO DRUM KINGDOM'S PROUD FLAG!?" Down below, Dr. Kureha stands in the snow, looking up at Wapol's group. She laughs, "HEEEEE HEE HEE HEE! I BURNED THAT USELESS THING." Wapol glares down at her and says, "AHH! SO YOU'RE HERE, DR. KUREHA, THE ONLY REMAINING SURVIVOR OF MY 'DOCTOR-HUNTS!' STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED HOW TO DIE, I SEE!"

Dr. Kureha stands confidently with Chopper, who is now in his muscular Heavy Point form, beside her. She declares, "I'VE ALREADY DECIDED... TO MAKE THIS CASTLE HILULUK'S GRAVE.. IT AIN'T A PLACE FOR ROTTEN LITTLE BRATS LIKE YOURSELVES TO LOITER AROUND. NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS COUNTRY! DRUM KINGDOM'S JUST A THING OF THE PAST...!" Wapol's soldiers look shocked, muttering, "IT CAN'T BE..." and "WE WERE TOO LATE..." Meanwhile, a scene cuts briefly to a doctor checking on Dalton in the village, stating, "DALTON'S HEARTBEAT... IS ALREADY GONE!" Wapol bursts into cruel laughter. "A GRAVE!? MY MAGNIFICENT CASTLE IS TO BE A GRAVE FOR THAT QUACK DOCTOR!? MAHAHAHAHA! DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH!" Chopper glares at Wapol with intense anger.

Suddenly, Luffy comes sprinting towards Wapol's group, carrying Sanji and Nami on his back. Wapol's men panic at his arrival. "AHH! IT'S HIM!" "Y-YOUR MAJESTY! IT'S THAT STRAW-HAT BOY!" Wapol notices him and says, "HM? IT'S PAYBACK TIME FOR WHAT YOU DID EARLIER!" Luffy doesn't hesitate. He stretches his arm far back, yelling, "GOMU GOMU..." Dr. Kureha, Chopper, and Wapol all react with surprise. Luffy unleashes a powerful punch that lands squarely on Wapol's metal jaw with a loud "BU-", sending him reeling. A narration box appears at the bottom of the page, reading: "THE STORY TO BE TOLD NOW,"

A wide shot shows the snowy peaks of the Drum Rockies. A narration box continues: "ARE THE EVENTS WHICH TRANSPIRED IN DRUM KINGDOM, 6 YEARS AGO..." In a flashback, a silhouette of a man is seen running through the deep snow, panting and coughing heavily. A dog howls at him. In the village, an angry resident complains to the national guard. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! NOT ONLY DOES HE ROB ME, BUT HE BURNS MY HOUSE DOWN! DO SOMETHING ABOUT HIM! YOU ARE THE NATIONAL GUARD, AREN'T YOU!?" One guard replies, "I JUST KNOW THAT HILULUK WAS BEHIND THIS!" Another guard asks, "DID YOU FIND HIM!?" The first guard responds, "NO, SIR! WE CAN'T FIND HIM ANYWHERE!"

Dr. Hiluluk is shown counting a stack of money. "45... 3, 4, 5... 50 THOUSAND BELI, HUH... HMPH! BEING STINGY OVER A MEASLY 50,000!? CHEAP SON OF A..." He crumples the money and walks away, coughing. "AND SO WHAT IF I ACCIDENTALLY BURNED DOWN YOUR HOUSE? STOP YOUR DAMN COMPLAINING!" He trudges through the snowy streets of the town, muttering, "DAMN IT..." A caption box introduces him: "QUACK DOCTOR DR. HILULUK". He is a tall man with a distinctive cross-shaped beard, wearing a top hat and a long black coat, carrying a medical bag adorned with a skull and crossbones.

Inside a house, a sick man lies in bed, sweating and panting. "PANT... DAMMIT... PANT... JUST THE THOUGHT OF BEING INDEBTED TO THAT DESPICABLE MONSTER IS..." His wife stands nearby, saying, "THAT DOES IT, I'M CALLING THE MD-20! WHO CARES IF YOU HAVE TO GROVEL TO WAPOL!? IT'S BETTER THAN DYING!" Their child cries out, "DADDY!" Suddenly, Dr. Hiluluk bursts down through the chimney in a massive cloud of soot and debris. "THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT!" he announces. The wife screams, "WHAT!?" Hiluluk calmly states, "I'LL EXAMINE HIM. DON'T WORRY, I PLACE MY PATIENT'S HEALTH FIRST AND FOREMOST." The shocked wife yells, "DR. HILULUK!? FROM THE CHIMNEY!?" The sick man panics, waving his hands. "N-NO, IT'S FINE, REALLY! I... I'VE ALREADY DECIDED TO CALL THE MD-20 INSTEAD SO..." Hiluluk prepares a syringe, ignoring the protests. "DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS NOW. I'VE JUST DEVELOPED A BRILLIANT ALL-PURPOSE DRUG SO CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY." The terrified wife runs towards the door, shouting, "H-HONEY, I'LL GO CALL THE GUARDS!"

Hiluluk shoots a tranquilizer dart into the fleeing wife's back. She collapses as the sick man screams, "GYAAAA!" The child cries, "MOOOOOOOMMMM!" The man begs, "I'LL PAY HOWEVER MUCH YOU WANT SO PLEASE JUST LEAVE MY HOME!" Hiluluk scolds him, "DON'T BE STUPID, WOMAN! JUST A TRANQUILIZER. SHE WON'T DIE." Hiluluk turns back to the man. "WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR, A CROOK!? I DON'T TAKE ANY MONEY FROM MY PATIENTS. ALL I WANT TO DO IS HELP YOU!" The man pleads, "THEN JUST LEAVE! THAT'S THE BEST WAY YOU CAN HELP ME! I'VE GOT A WIFE AND KID! I CAN'T DIE NOW!" Hiluluk suddenly notices something wrong with the man's face. "HM? THAT'S ODD..." The man's face has swollen and transformed to look like a frog. Hiluluk looks at his syringe in confusion. "WAS I SUPPOSED TO ADMINISTER THAT INTRAVENOUSLY? OR DID I MAYBE GET THE INGREDIENTS MIXED UP...? BUT I'M SURE THAT FROG EXTRACT SHOULD'VE DONE THE TRICK...!" The man and child wail in despair, "WAAAAAHHH! MOMMY! DADDY!" Hiluluk sweats, "S-SORRY KIDDO... I REALLY DIDN'T INTEND FOR THAT TO HAPPEN..." Hearing guards approaching outside ("I THINK I HEARD THE GUNSHOT COMING FROM HERE!"), Hiluluk realizes, "CRAP, IT'S THE GUARDS!" He flees the scene, thinking, "DAMN IT, LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER FAILURE."

Hiluluk walks across a snowy bridge at night. Dr. Kureha is sitting on the bridge's railing, drinking from a bottle. She laughs, "HEEEEE HEE HEE HEE! WELL, AREN'T YOU A HAPPY PAPPY, YOUNG LAD." She continues, "AIN'T NOTHING SCARIER IN THIS WORLD THAN A DOCTOR WHO HASN'T GOT A CLUE AS TO WHAT HE'S DOING. IF YOU'D NEVER CALLED YOURSELF A DOCTOR, THERE'D BE ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHOSE ILLNESSES WOULD'VE ENDED QUICKLY AS JUST A MINOR COLD." A caption box introduces her: "DR. KUREHA AGE 133". Hiluluk glares at her and retorts, "SHUT UP, YOU OLD HAG... A DOCTOR WICKED ENOUGH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER PATIENTS AND ROB THEM BLIND, IS THE LAST PERSON WHO I WANT TO BE LECTURED BY!" Kureha smiles and says, "DON'T BE HATING MY STYLE NOW, KID. BY THE WAY... DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU AND I ARE NOW THE ONLY DOCTORS IN THIS COUNTRY ASIDE FROM THE MD-20?"

Kureha continues her conversation with Hiluluk on the bridge. "OF COURSE, EVEN IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT, YOU'D STILL BE AN OUTCAST IN THIS LAND..." Hiluluk scoffs, "HMPH, AS IF THE DOCTOR-HUNTS COULD EVER CATCH ME. JUST YOU WATCH..." He declares passionately, "I'LL CURE THIS COUNTRY ONE DAY WITH MY MEDICAL SKILL!" Kureha smirks, "CURE? DON'T YOU MEAN DESTROY...?" Suddenly, a guard spots them from below. "THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE BRIDGE, SIR!" Hiluluk immediately jumps off the bridge to escape. "SEE YOU SOME OTHER TIME, QUACK!" Kureha calls after him, "NOT IF I CAN HELP IT, HIGHWAYWOMAN!" As he falls, Hiluluk drops a bomb towards the guards. The guards panic, "AGHH! IT'S A BOMB!" "TAKE COVER!"

A wide shot shows the Drum Rockies under the night sky, with a large explosion going off near the base of the mountains where Hiluluk dropped the bomb. Later, Hiluluk is walking through a snowy forest. He stops and notices something on the ground. "HM? WHO'RE YOU...?" He looks closer and is shocked by what he sees. "SEVERE BLOOD LOSS FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS... HE'LL DIE IF I DON'T STOP THE BLEEDING SOON...!" He approaches a small, dark figure lying in the snow. The creature glares at him. Hiluluk raises his hands placatingly. "NO NEED FOR THE ANGRY GLARE, IT'LL BE ALRIGHT. I'M HERE TO HELP YOU!"

In the distance, armed guards are searching the forest. "IT'S THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN! SHOOT IT!" "WE HAVE TO KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS US!" "DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE! CHASE AFTER HIM!" Hearing this, Hiluluk looks at the creature and realizes, "WHAT ARE YOU, BY THE WAY...? YOU DON'T LOOK HUMAN TO ME... AH, MAYBE YOU'RE THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN THE WHOLE TOWN'S BEEN MAKING A FUSS ABOUT..." Hiluluk opens his medical bag, revealing various tools and medicines. "AH, YOU'RE IN LUCK! I JUST HAPPENED TO MAKE AN OINTMENT THAT CAN EVEN HEAL BROKEN BONES 3 DAYS AGO." Suddenly, the creature, which is Chopper in his Heavy Point form, lashes out and punches Hiluluk violently in the face. Hiluluk screams, "ARGHHHHHH!" as he is sent flying. Chopper stands up, roaring aggressively, "HOOOGHHHHH!" "ROWWWWR!"

Chopper, in his large Heavy Point form, stands panting heavily in the snow, blood dripping from his face. Hiluluk lies motionless on the ground nearby. A guard spots them through the trees and yells, "KILL IT!" Chopper glares in the direction of the voice. The guard readies his rifle, shouting, "HAHA! I GOT'IM! NOT YET! WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE HE'S DEAD!" Suddenly, Hiluluk sits up, clutching his face. "THAT SON OF A..." He quickly stands up and begins stripping off his clothes, throwing his coat and hat aside. "JUST WHO THE HELL DOES HE THINK I AM...!?" He turns towards the approaching guards and yells, "HEY YOU! WAIT!"

Hiluluk stands completely naked in the freezing snow, his arms spread wide open, facing Chopper. He yells at the top of his lungs, "I WOULD NEVER, EVER, SHOOT YOU!" Chopper stares at him in stunned silence. Hiluluk continues to shout with intense passion, "MY NAME IS HILULUK! AND I'M A GODDAMN DOCTOR!" Chopper looks at the naked, shivering man with a mixture of shock and confusion.

The scene shifts to the inside of Hiluluk's cozy treehouse home. Chopper, back in his small Brain Point form and heavily bandaged, is lying in a bed. Hiluluk's voice says, "RISE..." Chopper wakes up and sits up in bed. He looks over and sees Hiluluk sleeping soundly in a chair by the fireplace. Chopper takes a bite of a piece of bread that was left for him. As he chews, tears begin to well up in his eyes. The final panel shows a close-up of Chopper's face, tears streaming down his cheeks as he eats the bread, overwhelmed by the kindness he has been shown.

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