Today, the residents of the town of Mordreal feel the heat of the weather.

The moisture in the air seemed to have completely evaporated, the air smelled of burning, and the half-dead wind was wrapped in heat.

Just by moving the mouth, people can feel their parched lips crack and bloom. The animals barked and scurried all over the ground in panic, as if the end of the world was coming.

"It's weird, it's already autumn, why is it so hot all of a sudden......"

Walking down the street, Mrs. Jasmine, the proprietress of the 'Mrs. Curry' restaurant, walked outside, sweating profusely with an empty cup in her hand: "It was like it was on fire." Halfway through the water, it's all gone...... It's weird! ”

The owner of the shop next to him also shook his head and walked out into the street, looked at the reddened sky, and said strangely: "What's the situation, why did the sky turn red?" ”

More and more people poured into the streets, and Dr. Satsuma and Sergeant Doberman, who had rushed to hear the news, looked at each other and were surprised: "This is unusual......

And in the clearing on the outskirts of Mordreld, Kira, who had come running with Kidd, looked at the tragic situation in horror on the clearing.

The floor of the clearing has become dry and cracked, and the surrounding trees and flowers have long since been scorched and dead. The visible heat enveloped the clearing, and their 'Raton cousins' stood in the middle of the clearing, their heads bowed and motionless.

"Kidd, what the hell is going on!?" Kira's scalp tingled with fright, and she quickly turned her head to ask Kidd.

"I—I don't know......" Kidd cried, "I was practicing fighting with my cousin, and suddenly my cousin stopped moving." I hit my cousin in the chest with a momentary moment, and he looked at me as if he was going to kill someone, and the whites of his eyes turned black. Then his eyes returned to their original form and told me to run away, and as soon as I ran out of the clearing, I found that the clearing, had become like this...... Cousin, cousin, he won't be beaten to death by me, will he? ”

"You fart! My cousin is so strong, how can you hurt him with your fists and legs? Kira scratched her blonde hair: "What the hell...... I knew that my cousin must be a Devil Fruit powerhouse. I just don't know what his ability is, and what he wants to do with his ability now............ Wait, you said your cousin told you to run away? Can he speak? ”

"That's right...... How did I not think of this? Kidd suddenly realized: "My cousin did speak to me and let me run away quickly." ”

"Anyway, my cousin's situation is very dangerous now......" Kira anxiously looked at 'Cousin Ratton' who was standing motionless in the middle of the clearing, gritted her teeth and said, "Kidd, you look outside, I'll go in and wake up my cousin." ”

"You're crazy! In the current situation of the open space, you will be steamed alive in less than half a minute after you enter! Kidd was so frightened that he quickly grabbed Kira's collar: "I'm running faster than you, I'll go in!" ”

"Idiot! What else do you say about running fast with your little short legs, I'm ......" Kira couldn't say any more in the middle of his sentence, his face pale as he looked into the clearing, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

Kidd was frightened by his appearance, and slowly turned his head to look in the direction of the clearing, and then he saw a pair of terrifying eyes with a black background of gold rings.

Cousin Raton didn't know when he had woken up, and was staring at the two of them. His gaze reminded the two of them of hungry ferocious beasts.

Raton walked towards the two of them step by step, and with each step, the air around him became hotter and drier.

His bare upper body gradually emerged with a crimson flaky skin, the metal mask on his mouth directly disintegrated and melted, revealing a mouth full of sharp interlaced teeth, a thick tail swept behind him, from the back of his head to his back began to extend sharp bone spurs, and there was no emotion or humanity in his golden ring-shaped eyes.

How could the two teenagers withstand such a surging murderous aura, Kira was about to lose her will, Kidd half-knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Cousin!! Cousin, wake up——!! ”

'Ratton', who was about to walk in front of the two of them, suddenly froze, and then hugged his head and let out a painful roar like a wounded beast. His golden ring eyes flickered and dimmed, and the bone spurs behind him flickered with a rapid dark red light.

He's struggling, he's trying to break free from the beast's instincts.

"Cousin! Cousin, you have to come on!! Kidd and Kira shouted desperately, cheering on Raton. The two of them could also see that Raton was struggling at the moment, but they couldn't do anything but shout and cheer.

After a long time, all the abnormalities in Ratton's body disappeared, and he collapsed to the ground back to his human form, gasping for air.

Closely, almost he was about to be manipulated by the powerful instincts of the Devil Fruit. In that state, he was cold-blooded and violent, inhumane, and only knew how to destroy and kill, while his own consciousness was clear and powerless, and he could only watch his other self slaughter and destroy one island after another. After satisfying the desire to kill, he was able to regain some sanity for a short time, but soon the same process would be repeated.

In that Battle of Green Pepper Island, another [self] was severely injured by the Serpent King and fled to this York Island with all his might, and his true self was able to get a period of 'freedom'. But as the body recovered, the beast's instincts began to stir again.

Just now, [I] almost killed these two children who had saved their lives.

[I]...... How long will it last?

"Cousin...... Cousin, are you okay? ”

Kidd and Kira trembled and touched over and tried to lift Raton up.

"Whew...... I'm running out of time......" Raton shook his head, his voice hoarse and low, "I'll teach you how to exercise the 'Immortal Armor' as soon as possible, and then I'll leave this island." ”

"Cousin......" The two teenagers looked at Ratton with tears in their eyes, and they were very reluctant, as orphans, they had long regarded Ratton, who was also a teacher and friend, as a real family.

Raton looked at Kira and Kidd, and was even more determined to leave as soon as possible, he didn't want to hurt the two children who he thought were his younger brothers.

"Since we don't need to write on cardboard, we can speed up the tutorial." Raton stood up: "First of all, let's get out of here and go home." ”

The two teenagers nodded and walked with him in the direction of the abandoned warehouse.

Not far off the coast of York Island, the all-blue Beagle is rapidly approaching this direction.

Victor stood in the bow of the ship, manoeuvring the sails and cables of the Beagle with ease, while Robin stood beside him to show him the way. Robin himself knows some seamanship, and he can still do it when the sea is calm.

"Victor, you can already see the island of York, heading for the docks facing the town of Mordreel." Robin put down his binoculars and turned to Victor.

Victor nodded, looking at the sea level in the distance, a smile of interest on the corner of his mouth:

"Let me see, [Apocalypse] has guided me here, what kind of 'people' will be waiting for me here?"

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