Wano Country, Udon Mine
Udon Prison, a mine used by Wano Country to imprison Kurozumi Orochi's rebels, and also the place where Governor Kaido tames strong pirates. Those who enter here, unless they choose to submit to Kaido, must work in the mine until they die!
On both sides of a cart, five people were painstakingly carrying a large boulder of white rock. Because the stones were too heavy and the road was steep, the five people were struggling. With all their might, they could only make the cart move forward slowly.
In front of the cart, a skinny man pulled the cart, his eyes numb and he walked with great difficulty.
Plop!
The excessive physical exhaustion, coupled with hunger, made the man lose his balance and fall to the ground, bringing the cart to a stop.
A supervisor from the Beasts Pirates stood beside him. He saw the man fall, immediately stepped forward, and raised his long whip. With a "Snap! Pop!" two times, he whipped the man hard until he bled.
"Work quickly! Don't be lazy! If you can't do your job, just die!"
As he spoke, the supervisor spat on the man's face. Even after being whipped and humiliated, the man did not dare to resist, but struggled to get up from the ground and continued to pull the cart with great difficulty.
In this mine, there was an iron rule: prisoners were not allowed to fight or oppose the guards!
The first offense, both hands would be cut off. The second offense, both legs would be cut off. The third offense, death on the spot!
In addition, the prisoners in this prison had to do extremely heavy physical labor every day. If they didn't work, they wouldn't get food. But even if they worked, they only got a very small amount of food! It took hard work to dig and carry five large stones, then load them onto a ship, just to get a few glutinous rice dumplings. Many people were busy all day just to get five or six glutinous rice dumplings, which was not enough to eat. While some old and weak people could only get one even if they worked all day!
In other words, if a prisoner here refused to submit to Kaido, he could only suffer high-intensity forced labor and starvation, and his body would gradually weaken. Over the years, tens of thousands of prisoners had been tortured to death in this way!
Doflamingo, with a bloody bandage on his head and sunglasses on his face, was in the front, pushing the cart with Vergo, Pica, Lao G, and Diamante.
On the side of another cart behind, there were Senior Pink, Machvise, Gladius, and Lao G, who were pushing together. The nine people had injuries on their bodies, so their mobility was limited. Especially Doflamingo, who took a blow from Kaido and almost died on the spot, even losing consciousness! It had been two days, and there was still a stabbing pain in his head.
When he was imprisoned, Doflamingo was put into Sea Stone handcuffs. The handcuffs not only restricted his ability, making it impossible for him to recover quickly by implanting "threads" in his body, but also greatly weakened his physical strength and condition!
Doflamingo's mind kept replaying the scene where Kaido killed him instantly with a single club blow. His attack didn't harm the opponent at all, and the opponent only made one move, and he was already powerless! The difference in strength was so great that both sides seemed to be in two different worlds!
Perhaps, it was precisely because of this overwhelming difference in strength that Trebol and Jola immediately chose to surrender. Along with the newly recruited family executives Monet and Sugar, they also surrendered. While Baby 5 and Dellinger, two children who had no opinion, were persuaded by Trebol and Jola to make the same choice.
In the face of "absolute power," the people who usually called themselves family members had betrayed Doflamingo! Actually, if you thought about it carefully, it was reasonable for Trebol to choose to surrender. When he was a child, he chose Doflamingo because he liked his dominant character and felt that he could gain power and status by using him. As for Jola, who was recruited four years ago and had been with Trebol for eighteen years, her betrayal was not strange.
Behind Doflamingo, a slightly shrill voice sounded. "Enough! I have fully accepted the reality!" With his bandaged right hand, Pica let go of his left hand that had been pushing the cart and walked toward the prison supervisor.
"I'm willing to submit to Governor Kaido. I don't want to stay in this horrible place anymore!"
"Pica! Are you going to betray Doffy?" Vergo stared at Pica. Because he had sunglasses and an expressionless face, it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"Hmph! I've been with him for many years, and because of him, I've been born and died many times, what has he given me? Ever since I was a kid, I wanted a Devil Fruit! However, every time he gets a Devil Fruit, he always gives it to someone else! It seems, he has a problem with me, never treating me like a family member. Now, he has become a prisoner, everything about him is in vain, it's time for me to get out of the Donquixote Family!"
"Doffy has his own considerations, it's not what you think..." Vergo tried to defend.
Doflamingo glanced at the resentful Pica, without explaining anything. Originally, after their family started trading Devil Fruits, they obtained the Giru Giru no Mi. Of the four main Donquixote Family executives, Trebol, who had helped him the most, had already eaten the Beta Beta no Mi, and Diamante had already eaten the Hira Hira no Mi. Given that the Giru Giru no Mi could only change the body into a propeller and had the characteristic of flying, but did not increase physical strength, he did not choose to give it to these two main executives, Vergo and Pica, but instead gave it to Machvise.
Later, when trading with CP0 to get the Yuki Yuki no Mi and Ishi Ishi no Mi, he considered giving the Ishi Ishi no Mi to Pica. However, he never expected that both fruits were stolen! In his despair, the plan to give Pica a fruit could only be temporarily shelved.
Later, the Donquixote Family obtained the Buah Buah no Mi, but Doflamingo still felt that the fruit was not suitable for a strong player like Pica, so he did not give it to him, but instead gave it to Sugar. Some time ago, the Donquixote Family obtained the Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth, a Zoan fruit that was very suitable for a strong physique. Doflamingo saw that Pica was very excited and expressed his desire for the fruit.
However, Doflamingo, considering that Vergo was proficient in Rokushiki and his Haki was far superior to Pica's, decided to hand over the Mammoth fruit to Vergo. This was because Vergo had been undercover in the Marines for many years for their family, and he even almost lost his life, being arrested and sent to Impel Down. Therefore, in order to appease Vergo and maximize the family's overall strength, he made that decision.
Because of this, a rift was created between Doflamingo and Pica. Unexpectedly, it directly led to today's situation!
"Forget it! Vergo... let Pica go if he wants to!" After saying that, Doflamingo continued to pull the cart hard.
As a child, he was once a superior Celestial Dragon, possessing the highest power and status, as well as countless wealth. However, because of his idiotic father, Donquixote Homing, he lost everything and fell into a tragic situation. He was intimidated, beaten every day, and had to scramble for food with wild dogs in a garbage dump.
But, after more than ten years of hard work, he regained his power and wealth, and his authority! Even now, defeated by Kaido and imprisoned, Doflamingo had not given up on his ambition and was always thinking of rising again.
As long as he was still alive, he still had hope of reaching the peak again! He would overturn the entire world and pull the Celestial Dragons down from the heavens! Only he, Doflamingo, was worthy of standing in the heavens and looking down on the entire world!
Diamante first turned around and watched Pica leave with the mine supervisor. Soon after, he turned his head back and looked at Doflamingo, who was at the front of the cart. A flash of hesitation and wavering appeared in his eyes. Kaido's devastating strength and the scene where Doffy was instantly killed with one club kept replaying in his head for two days.
A good minister chooses his master, and a good bird chooses a tree to perch on! Although Diamante did not know this saying, he chose to submit to Doflamingo when he was still a delinquent because he liked Doflamingo's potential. Now, Doflamingo had nothing left and had become a prisoner. Kaido had made his offer: if he was willing to submit, he could regain his freedom.
He never intended to be a king from the beginning, he just wanted to gain power, money, and status! For two days of asking people around him, Diamante also learned that this was the isolated Wano Country, and they had no hope of escaping at all.
Therefore, Diamante couldn't help but think of getting out of the Donquixote Family and joining the Beasts Pirates.
Join if you can't beat them!
In the world of pirates, this had long been a common thing!
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