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Ron raised his eyebrows—what a coincidence.
He was about to explain his purpose when Zephyr continued aggressively, "This time, I must drag that kid Doflamingo out! The people of Dressrosa are still waiting for righteous judgment!"
Saying this, he slammed a heavy fist onto the ship's railing, causing the entire ship to shake.
"Um..." Ron quickly interrupted during the old man's pause for breath. "I happen to be going to Dressrosa to handle some things..."
"Oh?" A glint flashed in Zephyr's single eye. "You aren't plotting something again, are you? After your 'help' last time, that Sengoku lost quite a bit of his beard from anger! Hahaha!"
Ron showed a harmless smile. "How could I? I'm just giving you a heads-up—if you can't find him in Dressrosa, you might want to check out the neighboring Punk Hazard." He winked meaningfully. "I hear it's been quite lively there recently."
Zephyr rubbed the stubble on his chin and thought for a moment, then suddenly showed a look of understanding. "So that's it! I knew there was something about those bastards' transaction records always mentioning S something..." He turned and roared at his subordinates. "Adjust course! Head to Punk Hazard first!"
On the other end of the video, there was sudden chaos, and Ain's sigh as she held her forehead was clearly audible.
"Teacher, we've already arrived at Dressrosa..."
"Yeah, changing course will take a long time, and we seem to be running low on supplies..."
Zephyr quickly waved his hand at Ron. "That's enough! Once I catch that flamingo, I'll buy you a drink... Hey! Binz! Go to Dressrosa and investigate first!"
The call ended suddenly amidst the chaos.
Ron smiled as he put away his phone and looked up at the shimmering waves on the sea surface.
Speaking of which, the current chaotic situation on Punk Hazard is indeed related to him. If it wasn't for trying to trap and kill a few World Nobles back then, Caesar Clown wouldn't have defected two years early.
A mischievous smile curled at Ron's lips. "But trading a few World Nobles for the disbandment of the research group, that's quite a worthwhile deal..."
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Meanwhile, a video on TikTok attracted a lot of attention.
The screen suddenly lit up, and the camera shook violently, as if the person holding it was running.
After the image stabilized, a young face covered in dirt appeared. His chapped lips trembled slightly, and his left eye was bruised, but his eyes shone with the light of survival.
"Hey everyone, this might be my last video!" His hoarse voice carried the excitement of having survived a disaster.
The camera panned over his tattered shirt, which was originally an expensive silk shirt, but now hung on him in strips.
In the background,
The canopy of the tropical jungle swayed violently in the strong wind, and eerie beast roars came from a distance.
He lowered his voice. "Three days ago, the 'Golden Mermaid' encountered a storm in this sea area that happens once in a hundred years..."
The scene suddenly cut to a shaky flashback segment: Lightning danced like silver snakes in the dark night sky, and thirty-meter-high waves tossed the luxury merchant ship around like a toy.
The camera returned to the present, and his trembling finger pointed to the beach. "Out of 128 people on the ship, only I drifted here holding a barrel of rum..."
Scattered on the beach were the wreckage of the merchant ship and several bleached animal skeletons, one of which was clearly the skull of some kind of giant cat, as big as a millstone.
"But this cursed place is more terrifying than hell!"
He suddenly shrank behind a rock, and the camera focused on the edge of the jungle. A wild boar, five meters tall, was gnawing on the carcass of some animal, with flesh and blood still hanging from its tusks.
"See? And this is just a 'little cutie'!"
The scene switched to his recording from three days ago:
He held up a delicate flintlock pistol, which he bought from the TikTok shopping cart with the last three thousand Berry in his account.
"At the time, I thought I would be safe with a gun..." The moment the bullet hit the wild boar, sparks flew, but it only left a white mark on its thick hide.
The scene of the enraged wild boar charging and breaking three coconut trees made the camera spin wildly.
"Just when I was despairing..." He mysteriously pulled open the small animal skin pouch at his waist and took out two pearlescent shells. "I stumbled upon the Straw Hat Crew's live sales stream!"
The scene cut to Usopp dramatically demonstrating in the live stream: 'Only five hundred Berry! A life-saving artifact from a Sky Island warrior!'
The following scene was like an action blockbuster: He pressed the Impact Dial against the trunk of a hundred-year-old giant tree, and the enraged wild boar charged at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour.
In the instant before impact, blue wavy patterns lit up on the surface of the shell, emitting a "buzzing" charging sound.
"See? It can absorb all the impact force!"
The most shocking shot came: He did a side roll and aimed the fully charged shell at the wild boar.
"Take this!" The moment he pressed the central button, the air was compressed into a visible conical shockwave. The wild boar was sent flying backward as if punched by a giant, crashing through seven large trees before stopping, raising dust ten meters high.
The video switched to seven days later,
A delicate treehouse had appeared on the original beach.
The camera panned across the inside—twelve Impact Dials hung neatly on the wall, each fully charged by him, waiting to be used,
Suddenly, a roar came from off-screen. He was seen holding a shell in each hand, perfectly deflecting the attack of a saber-toothed tiger. The beast bounced back and forth through the jungle like a ping pong ball.
"Look at this!" He showed off a complete saber-toothed tiger hide. "Someone on TikTok offered fifty thousand Berry for it! But I plan to..."
Before he finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook, and the roar of falling trees came from a distance.
His face changed suddenly. He leaned close to the camera mysteriously. "There's a big guy deep in the jungle... I suspect it's the island's overlord! I'm saving up to buy a Jet Dial, and a more powerful Reject Dial..."
The video finally froze on the beach at dusk. He was roasting beast meat with a shell's shockwave. From a distance came a roar more stunning than thunder, causing ripples on the sea surface.
"Thanks to the TikTok producers, thanks to the Straw Hat Crew, thanks to the shopping cart, if it weren't for you, I might have died long ago."
The video ended with a purchase link for the Impact Dial.
The comments section was filled with overwhelmingly positive reviews,
"It's very practical, just requires some courage."
"I never imagined a shell could have such a magical effect!"
"The Straw Hat Crew's shopping cart still has many shells, but everyone should be cautious about buying the Reject Dial. I was fortunate enough to try it and am currently getting my bones set at the village clinic."
"...."
This video spread like wildfire among the common people in the world of pirates.
Countless fishermen, farmers, and small vendors struggling on the poverty line widened their eyes in front of their phone screens—the survivor's experience in the video was practically a copy of their daily lives.
(T/N: Usopp learned the art of clickbait)