Inside the hall, Wolf had already finished explaining the construction plan, and Kobra himself had no further comments.
The guards were about to pull the child out, but Cobra waved them off.
"The village is so dry! Why aren't you coming to rescue us?!"
"Because the weather is the will of God, even though I am the king, I am powerless against the great power of nature."
"But my father told me that the king is omnipotent!"
All I can do is try my best.
Alabasta's biggest problem remains drought. Although Alabasta has the "dancing powder" technology that supposedly brings rain, the essence of the dancing powder is to benefit oneself at the expense of others.
It can concentrate surrounding clouds into one place, and through dancing powder, it can cause rainfall in one area, but the surrounding areas will experience even stronger drought.
"Your Majesty Cobra, the child's father is outside."
As the child questioned Cobra, a guard brought another message, and when his father entered the hall, he forced the child to kneel down.
"I am so sorry, Your Majesty! Please forgive my wicked son. I will take full responsibility for his crimes!"
"It's alright. This drought is unavoidable. The affected residents can stay here for now. We'll figure out a solution to the drought problem later."
Kobra paid no attention to such matters, his attitude toward the people was in stark contrast to that of Vapol, and he said he would provide disaster relief and rebuild homes.
The child's father, a man named Duoduo, kept kowtowing to express his gratitude, but the child, Kosa, could not accept this response.
"What?! You have no idea what the villagers are thinking!"
After saying that, he ran out of the hall crying.
Cobra didn't pay attention to the child who ran away. Nowadays, Alabasta is quite safe, and children are not in any danger here.
On the contrary, Icarum was having a bit of a headache.
"Your Majesty, we do not have the budget to resettle these villagers. Building the railway is a huge expense, and..."
"Let's cut back on the living expenses of the royal palace, and save even more money."
"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! Princess Vivi is in a fight!!"
Although Cobra didn't care about Kosha, Vivi disliked the crying boy, and the two had a conflict after he ran away.
"Which bastard dares to treat a princess like that! I'll kill him!!!"
Ikaram was even angrier than Kobra, to the point that the king Kobra had to persuade his subject to calm down.
"I'm sorry! Now that things have come to this, I can only atone with my death!"
The matter of Icarum was not over yet, and Dodo started apologizing again, which made Cobra very annoyed.
"Enough! It's just kids fighting! Don't make such a big deal out of it!"
"Um... I haven't finished speaking yet. That boy... was beaten up again by Miss Bonnie, and he might be even more seriously injured."
"What did you say?!"
This time, it was Xiong who overreacted. He completely ignored the fact that Bonnie was the one hitting someone. His massive figure instantly disappeared from the hall and arrived at Bonnie's side using his Observation Haki.
Looking at the shattered stool on the floor, Cobra's expression became even more helpless.
Is this going to escalate into an international dispute?
"No, Daddy, Bonnie is amazing. She threw that crybaby flying in one go."
Leriana is an exception; not all children can deliver a deliberate punch at the age of four or five.
Their fights are mostly chaotic brawls, where physical ability almost determines everything.
At least when the bear arrived at Bonnie's side, he saw that Bonnie was unharmed, while Koza, whom she had thrown out, was already unconscious.
"Bonnie, didn't I tell you not to fight?"
"He started the fight with Weiwei, and I had to protect my friend."
Bonnie stood by the wall with her hands behind her back, explaining why she had taken action.
"You really are like your mother. Protecting your friends is the right thing to do, but you need to understand the reasons and be careful with the force you use."
Bears are simply not aggressive; in most cases, they will not resort to violence.
But the bear is not incapable of fighting, especially after realizing that fighting is essential for the long-term stability of its family, it becomes more decisive in its actions.
This incident didn't escalate into the international dispute that Cobra had feared; instead, it allowed Vivi to make a friend.
After that fight, Vivi and Kosa were both unconvinced, so they had another duel.
However, the result remained unchanged: Vivi lost to Koza, and Koza still couldn't beat Bonnie.
Even if he recovers, he will still be thrown out by Bonnie.
Due to engineering issues, they had to stay here for a while, and Bonnie successfully became the leader of the local children.
After several consecutive failures, Kosa finally gave up and made Bonnie the leader of the Sands Gang, a local children's organization.
Vivi and Bonnie originally lived in the Alabasta royal palace, but because of this, they often left the palace to play outside.
Bear had no objection to this; he had always supported Bonnie making friends.
Cobra shared the same idea, and even felt that this was a necessary process for Vivi to take on the important responsibilities of Alabasta in the future.
However, this back and forth attracted the attention of some bandits.
To them, a princess leaving the palace without guards was like a walking treasure trove.
A group of bandits surrounded them, intending to kidnap Vivi and demand a ransom, but they were met with fierce resistance from the children of the Sand Sand Gang.
Bonnie was very strong, even comparable to an adult, but she had no fighting skills and just threw stones with brute force.
Then she suddenly remembered that Wolf had given her a signal flare, saying that she could use it to notify others if there was danger.
However, after Bonnie detonated the flare, no signal was emitted; the thing merely emitted some colored smoke and then went silent.
"Grandpa Wolf's inventions were indeed unreliable."
Bonnie had run out of stones and, unable to find anything else to throw, casually tossed the flare away.
When the signal flare landed, it sprayed out a bunch of sparking things, which disrupted the bandits' progress.
Throughout this process, Xiong kept an eye on things from behind; he was worried about letting a group of children go out to play alone.
He didn't act immediately; he just wanted to see how Bonnie and the others would react to danger.
The crisis ended when the bear fired an air cannon. According to the bear's analysis, the most unstable factor in the whole incident was Wolf.
Therefore, once the bear brought the children back to safety, it immediately found Wolf and explained what had happened.
The main point is to emphasize that Wolf's signal flare invention was unreliable.
"Uncle Wolf, could you please not give your inventions to Bonnie in the future?"
"Isn't this quite useful?"
Please.
The bear crouched on the ground, its hands on Wolf's shoulders, a kind smile on its face, but Wolf sensed a dangerous aura in that smile.
"Okay, I won't give Bonnie the thing I just invented."
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