Just as Shang Qi went to look for Chopper, Kuma set off to find Dr. Kureha, and Orochimaru led the children in actual combat training halfway up the mountain, the tranquil atmosphere was abruptly shattered by a flurry of heavy, chaotic footsteps.
Wapol, leading Chief of Staff Chess, Captain of the Guard Dalton, and a troop of soldiers, marched menacingly toward the scene.
Chess was tall and slender, his face as rigid as a wooden carving. His gaze radiated a deep, profound contempt for ordinary people, as if he existed in an entirely different, vastly superior realm. He firmly believed that the most ideal way to govern a nation was through a system of mechanical, rigid laws. In his mind, the common folk were utterly ignorant, their lives as cheap and worthless as those of ants, whereas the life of a king was incomparably precious, akin to a supreme treasure. Standing faithfully by Wapol’s side like a loyal hound, he remained utterly devoted, convinced that Wapol’s tyrannical, oppressive governance was an effective means of protecting the people—even though this so-called "protection" had long plunged them into misery and suffering. To him, if any of those "ignorant wretches" dared to resist and harm a government official, it was an unforgivable, heinous crime of the highest order.
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