In the deepest part of the royal palace is the king's palace.

Because of the king's sudden serious illness, there are many more people here than usual, and the royal personal doctor is always waiting outside in case of sudden accidents.

Becomes Dracula. Adrian, who looked like Hanton, arrived with a bloody breath, and he told everyone else to wait outside, and he was the only one who walked into the room.

After driving out the nurses and maids who were in charge of serving Dracula XII, he came to the bed and sat down.

Dracula XII's body has been emaciated to the point of skin and bones, and he is now just a barely breathing old man, with a full head of gray hair that is unusually eye-catching.

Adrian just looked at him like this, and I don't know how long later, the old man lying in the hospital bed suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyeballs seemed to be filled with crystal balls of mud and sand.

Dracula XII sighed and said, "After all, you were done, Hanton is dead, right?" ”

Although it was a question, but with an affirmative tone, the old man seemed to know much more than his son.

"You shouldn't be attached to this position all the time, those sons of yours have been waiting so long that they don't have much patience at all, and if you have a little problem, they can't wait."

Adrian seemed to be talking about something unrelated, "You should be glad to have me, if it weren't for me, the three brothers would definitely earn your life, and in the end, it would only be a waste of the country's national strength and let the country decline." I, on the other hand, will lead the country in a stronger direction. ”

In fact, he is standing here, and the answer is already very clear.

"Look at those people outside, they are all Hanton's henchmen, although they are still taking care of you with their hearts, in fact, they have long wanted to welcome Hanton to this position, this is also an opportunity for them, you can't give them this opportunity, only Hanton can do it."

"So he failed to plot with the tiger, became the king and lost the king, everything you say is right." Dracula XII, even in his last years, has a different majesty, "I just want to know, who are you?" How did you do all this? ”

"Does it matter?" Adrian asked rhetorically.

"Hehehe, I don't care if it's important or not, I just don't want to be a fool. You're here alone, standing in front of me, obviously your successes need to be shared, you need to show your superiority in front of me, a loser, everyone has that desire to talk. After saying so much, Dracula XII's breathing was much shorter, and he was gasping for breath as if he could die at any moment.

Adrian suddenly burst out laughing, laughing heartily: "Hahaha, hahahahaha, you are right, worthy of His Majesty the King who has been in control of this country for decades, what is more fun than taking everything from a person in front of him but he is helpless, not to mention this is a country." ”

Dracula XII seemed to be relieved a little, and he said, "What a bad thing, you are a pirate!" Being able to do all of this is thanks to magical Devil Fruit abilities. ”

"Sure enough, your sons are far behind yours, but luckily I used a poison that I had worked so hard to obtain."

Adrian is not in a hurry to ascend to the throne at this moment, the position in front of him is that position, he only needs to take a step, but after all his plans are successful, this kind of superiority that crushes everything with an IQ is not unhappy, "I am Adrian, the captain of the Faceless Pirates. ”

"Adrian the Faceling, the super rookie pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, is a vicious pirate who has plunged several countries into war and shattered." Dracula XII's pupils constricted.

Adrian was clearly proud of his fame, and the Navy's bounty was a talisman for some pirates, and a military medal for others.

Adrian was obviously the latter, and he smiled indifferently: "That's right, it's me." I've always felt that most of the pirate raids in this world are a very boring thing, how much can be gained by robbing some civilians, and how much can it be to seize a country to make people richer.

Do you know what my fruit abilities are? I call it the fruit of substitution, the substitution of the whole person, or the idea of a person, or even the life of a person, don't you think it's very interesting? Hehehehehe. ”

Dracula XII was silent for a while and asked, "Then why don't you just replace me?" This will make it easier for you to control the country. ”

"Of course there are limits." Adrian said, "But you don't need to know the specifics. ”

"No wonder, when we first met, you used your ability on me, right?"

"Yes, I found your strength to be average, but your will is simply unshakable, so I just replaced the idea that you had a good impression of me. Actually, I chose Hanton from the beginning, and I didn't think of you as the first choice. ”

"Why am I not the first choice?"

"You're too old, even if you don't show up with me, how many years, five or ten years can you reign? And compared to you and the eldest prince and the little prince, Hanton's desire is just an ordinary person, as long as he exerts a little influence, he will act on his own. The main thing is that he is very similar to me, not only in terms of physical shape, but also in our hearts, we are all the same greed. ”

Dracula XII sighed: "Yes, I am too old, and I covet this position too much, which makes my sons resentful of me, and they don't say anything on the surface, but in their hearts they want me to die immediately." The power is charming, and how many people can see through it. ”

"So you should actually thank me for being there, you know, if they start fighting, the country will immediately fall into civil strife and decline."

Adrian said very sincerely, obviously he thought so in his heart, "I started the layout when I met Robridge Brad on the sea, and when I came to the country of Fei, I became Brad, deliberately contacted Hanton to show his strength, and soon became the deputy commander of the Lion Army."

If you get seriously ill again, sure enough, the three qualified princes are ready to move, and then I went to those two princes to replace their idea of competing for the throne.

Then lead the pirates and the navy into the game, let Brad die, and lead the lion army to defeat the pirates as Hanton, and win everyone's support, and the navy is the best witness.

In the end, it is the drama of your father's love and filial piety that you passed on to me, do you think this drama is like a great epic, hahahaha. ”

"I really can't imagine that there are such brazen people in this world who steal other people's countries and make others thank them." A third person's voice suddenly rang out from the side.

Adrian's face changed, he turned around suddenly, and saw three figures appear under a mirror on the originally empty wall, one of them Adrian was very familiar, or three people were fine.

The two were Allen, whom he had met and even fought against, and his younger brother, and the other one he knew, who was a very famous guy in the navy, Rear Admiral Polusalino, who had a strong natural ability.

Alan looked at him very seriously and sincerely, "But I have to say, Brad, no, Adrian the Faceling, you really gave us a wonderful show." ”