New World, Kigan Island.
This island was one of the Beast Pirates' territories. Here, slaves mined iron ore and smelted steel for the weapon factories in Wano. In the mine area, slaves with vacant eyes and shackles on their hands lined up, walking one by one toward a small green-haired girl.
The slaves were pirates who failed to challenge the Beast Pirates, or small-time pirates who didn't have protection from a major power. Because they were too weak, Kaido was not interested in recruiting them. In the end, they were thrown into the mines to work until they died. This was the cruelty of the New World. If a crew wasn't strong enough or didn't take shelter under another power, their fate was just to be annihilated. Former Warlords Gecko Moriah and Sir Crocodile were examples. Unable to survive in the New World, they had to return to Paradise to lick their wounds.
The slaves lined up, one by one being turned into metal soldier toys by the touch of the little girl's hand. All of their memories would be erased, and no one would remember them again. Of course, the miners didn't want to.
However, what terrified them was Queen the Plague, one of the Beast Pirates' Three Disasters, who was sitting in a large chair, watching with a cigar in his mouth. Anyone who dared to resist would be killed without mercy. Beside the line of slaves, three blood-stained corpses served as a warning to the others.
After the green-haired little girl turned a miner into a toy, her knees buckled and she fell, panting.
"Sister, are you okay?" A beautiful woman with light green hair, named Monet, immediately came over and helped the girl.
"Don't worry, sister, I'm fine," replied the girl, whose name was Sugar. They were siblings.
After they joined the Donquixote Family, Doflamingo was defeated by Kaido and imprisoned in Udon Mine. Under duress, these two sisters followed Trebol and joined Kaido. Because the Beast Pirates believed in the principle of strength, women who couldn't fight were made into toys in the arcade. Monet and Sugar, who were initially considered weak, were thrown in there. However, when some men tried to harass them, Sugar turned all those men into toys. After that, the female cadres who managed the arcade didn't dare to bother them. She only asked them to sing and dance, and asked Sugar to turn some of the Wano people into toys to help with the work.
Their lives were quite comfortable. However, a while ago, Doflamingo escaped from Udon Mine, and Sugar had to use her power again to make toys every day!
"Hey! You useless thing… go, rest! There are still a thousand more people waiting to be turned into toys on this island!"
Queen sneered. He took off his cigar and cursed. His tone was full of contempt. He didn't like Sugar because the girl's ability didn't work on him. Queen could immunize the effects of the Hobi Hobi Fruit with his very strong Busoshoku Haki. In addition, he hated Doflamingo! Recently, Doflamingo successfully took over all the work in the weapon factory, which was originally under Queen's control. So, he hated Doflamingo, and also hated Sugar, who was from Doflamingo's crew.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
On the beach of Kigan Island, a battleship swung its cannons and fired artillery shots at the island. The cannonballs fell and exploded, destroying the mine buildings. The sudden change made the slaves terrified and they scattered, while the members of the Beast Pirates grabbed their weapons, and used telescopes to look toward the sea.
"Damn it! Who's that bastard!? How dare he make trouble in the Beast Pirates' territory!?" Queen threw away his cigar. The expression on his face immediately turned gloomy. He thought it was a Supernova pirate who was trying to provoke Kaido. Things like this happened often, but those pirates were always defeated.
A lookout shouted, "Lord Queen, it's the Marines! A battleship has appeared in the ocean! Look at the emblem, it's a G-5 Unit battleship!"
"What!?… The Marines!?" Queen was surprised. He was ready to fight the Whitebeard Pirates or Big Mom, but never expected his enemy to be the Marines. The Marines and the World Government always avoided direct confrontation with the Yonko.
"Wait! G-5 Unit… isn't that the Marine unit famous for being unruly and undisciplined? Are they crazy to be looking for trouble?" Queen sneered.
"Kids, follow me! Today, I'll make sure they can't get back! Hurry, contact the ships docked in the port and ask them to provide fire support!"
He began to swell, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into an orange brachiosaurus. He was the user of an Ancient-type Zoan Devil Fruit. He also had mechanical modifications on his tail, hair, and left arm, including lasers, flamethrowers, machine guns, and high-voltage generators. Queen was a semi-mechanical man! He strengthened his body's defense and increased his attack power.
In his brachiosaurus form, he arrived at the edge of Kigan Island and saw the battleship that had appeared in front of him.
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