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"Oh!"
On the gigantic warship.
Brook, half-dead and with several bones broken, was handcuffed with Sea Prism Stone by a Germa soldier. Ichiji immediately ordered him to be taken down and imprisoned.
"His bones are broken, and he still won't die. What a strange fellow."
Bepo couldn't help but gasp, staring as Brook was taken away. He said in astonishment, "Then isn't he immortal?"
"He's not immortal; it's just that the extent of his body's damage hasn't reached its limit. If all his bones were shattered, he probably wouldn't survive. After all, Devil Fruit abilities surely have their flaws..."
Ichiji casually replied, then got up and walked towards the castle, simultaneously calling to his subordinates, "First, head back to Germa's '440' headquarters..."
"Once those plans are arranged, I'll need a good period of calm to settle down!"
When he returned to the Aerial Kingdom, he only needed to properly assign tasks, and then be responsible for remote control. He wouldn't need to personally intervene for a while.
Having successively obtained two powerful Devil Fruit abilities, fully developing them was not something that could be done in a day or two.
...
And as Ichiji and the others began their return to the Aerial Kingdom.
Far away in the New World, Dressrosa.
On the vast King's Plateau, cadres of the Donquixote Family had gathered.
"Ah, ah... Doffy, Doffy, can the people we sent out be recalled now?"
Holding a walking stick, a soaking wet and sticky Trebol was extremely close to Doflamingo, almost pressing against his ear.
"Trebol, you're too close!"
The stickiness and snot were simply challenging human endurance. Doflamingo's forehead pulsed with veins. He endured the discomfort in his stomach, listening with annoyance.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the family's highest-ranking cadre, and also equivalent to his "family," he would have truly wanted to deliver a critical, sweeping blow.
"Hehehehe~~~"
"Our people have been searching for several days now, but we still haven't found that island. Even the magnetic field has directly changed..."
Diamante frowned, saying with a hint of disbelief, "But to destroy an entire island directly, even if they didn't want the World Government to discover it, isn't that a bit too exaggerated?"
Ever since his last encounter, when Doflamingo grew suspicious of Germa's actions, he immediately launched a full-scale investigation.
He even specifically dispatched his subordinates to the island where he had traded with Germa before. The result was that the island seemed to have simply vanished, completely untraceable.
Even the usual magnetic fields had changed, with the compass needle pointing to another island. This undoubtedly caused some alarm.
"It truly is somewhat unbelievable. It doesn't seem like they merely wanted to destroy some evidence of the transaction and evade World Government investigation..." Pica, dressed in his bizarre baby outfit and with a somewhat bloated body, said in a deep voice.
"Pipipipipipi~~~ Indeed, there's no need to continue searching..." Doflamingo rose from his large chair, his sharp gaze piercing through his purple sunglasses, looking directly at the cerulean sky of Dressrosa. He laughed unrestrainedly: "I think I've largely understood why that Vinsmoke Judge fellow wasn't afraid of being discovered by the World Government at all! Pipipipi~~~"
"In this world, only that guy can make an island disappear without a trace, and take away such an enormous amount of cargo. There will absolutely be no second person... Only one of the great legends from the previous era, Shiki the Golden Lion, who once contended with Whitebeard, the Pirate King Roger, and others, and who flew his armada, could easily accomplish this level of feat with his Float-Float Fruit ability!"
"What!?"
"Gulp! Golden Lion Shiki!?"
"No way? Did he hook up with that legendary great pirate...?"
Trebol, Diamante, and the other cadres were all somewhat incredulous, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.
A man's name, a tree's shadow!
Golden Lion Shiki was once a figure who rivaled the strongest man in the world and the current "Four Emperors" like Whitebeard Edward Newgate. His prestige, due to the immense military power of his Flying Pirates, even surpassed Whitebeard, Pirate King Roger, and the World Government to some extent, who directly viewed him as their greatest threat!
Trebol and Diamante, who had heard about Golden Lion Shiki's abilities from years of wandering the seas, couldn't help but break out in cold sweat...
...
If the Donquixote Family couldn't resist and directly reported this to the World Government, it was quite possible that one day, one or even several islands would directly fall from the sky above Dressrosa.
"Is this a blatant warning to me from the side? What a deeply scheming fellow..." Doflamingo finally understood why the other party had been so confident from beginning to end. If he truly had a legendary figure like Golden Lion Shiki backing him, everything made complete sense.
The ability of the Float-Float Fruit had an unparalleled advantage in this regard. Golden Lion Shiki's Flying Pirate Armada, coming and going without a trace, was simply more intimidating than even the current Four Emperors. After all, no one could say whether the unpredictable, ambitious Shiki, whose moods fluctuated erratically, would one day, due to being in a bad mood, directly drop several islands from above Mary Geoise.
If not for that sudden storm during the "Edd War" over twenty years ago, it's hard to say whether the current "Four Emperors" system would even exist.
And last time, the two rather strong fellows who impersonated CP0 members on Omiel Island and captured Whitebeard's son, Marshall D. Teach, were probably subordinates of Golden Lion Shiki.
"Hehehehehe~~~ Ever since he broke out of Impel Down's deepest level and advanced to Marineford, Golden Lion Shiki completely vanished without a trace, and even the World Government couldn't find any news of him. How did that Vinsmoke Judge fellow get in touch with him? Could it be that old man chose him as his successor? Hehehe~~~"
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