Chapter 1202: Doflamingo, I Suspect You Want Me Dead

Some pirate crews have distinct styles, members of the BIG MOM Pirates mostly have a preference for food, especially sweets, with Charlotte Linlin’s offspring particularly emphasizing afternoon tea enthusiasts.

The Hundred Beasts are generally close-combat Zoan brutes, featuring a zoo-like ecosystem.

The painted sons of the Whitebeard Pirates, the motley old, weak, and sick combination of the Red Hair crew, and Buggy’s crew’s specialty… is the bizarre deification thinking and self-reinforcing ability.

No matter what Buggy does, they can automatically make it seem reasonable, except that Buggy himself never thinks that much, everything else is fine.

Back when Buggy didn’t even see the Quake-Quake Fruit, his subordinates had already made the decision and showed him a picture of the fruit and the belly obtained from selling it, yet this still moved his crew.

For instance, now, Buggy’s crew has once again entered a teary-eyed mode.

“Captain Buggy, you never exposed the matter for our dignity.”

“Yes, despite the huge loss to Buggy Express, not only did you not punish us, you encouraged us, your magnanimity is truly commendable.”

Amidst waves of exaggerated praises, Buggy gradually got lost in self-deception, while in the background, the original Buggy’s Pirates and Mr. 3 continued to mercilessly criticize Buggy.

“Wasn’t that being played once?”

“Yeah, Doflamingo’s crew directly increased the bid to two hundred million Belly, they must have recognized this fruit earlier, if they knew it’s the Quake-Quake Fruit, the starting price should be at least over a billion.”

Mohji and Cabaji, as veterans of Buggy’s Pirates, also reaped the benefits of the version update, they were just cannon fodder roles in the New World but managed to mix into big-shot positions, visibly gaining weight.

“Hehehe… these guys must’ve been locked up in Impel Down for too long, their brains are fried, otherwise they wouldn’t be such fools, I have a feeling Buggy is about to make another impulsive decision.”

Having sipped his coffee, Mr. 3 seemed to have anticipated everything, he must have grown used to it.

And reality unfolded just as he had predicted.

It was merely a misunderstanding that led to selling the fruit cheaply, and it morphed into the great Captain Buggy having seen through everything and refraining from pursuing Joker’s liability, merely to showcase Buggy’s power.

The courageous Buggy wants to retrieve the fruit gracefully in the arena, making Doflamingo lose the money spent on the purchase for nothing.

Rumors developed uncontrollably right before Buggy, they spread throughout Buggy Express before Buggy could stop them.

“Yes… yes! Prepare for departure! Let’s show that Doflamingo guy our might, the Quake-Quake Fruit is ours!”

Left with no retreat, Buggy entered a wreckless mode, immediately announcing plans to personally lead the team to participate in the competition.

“I say Buggy, are you really going to compete?”

“They say that deaths are common in the Bullfighting Arena in Dressrosa.”

After Buggy finished his exaggerated proclamation, he was immediately confronted by trusted allies.

“No worries, this competition will certainly attract countless monsters, these monsters will slaughter each other, hence, we just need to quietly reap the spoils, now let’s draft a plan. I decided to name it, the super invincible great Buggy’s secret operation!”

Kale Bali Island started drafting a mysterious operation plan, and meanwhile, at Mary Geoise, the five elders who held the title of Martial God but only hosted meetings regardless of what happened also began their discussions again over this matter.

“Even Doflamingo stirred up quite a situation, what’s this guy plotting?”

Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro still held onto his sword, although he’s the Wealth Martial God, he was the only Five Elder who always kept his weapon by his side.

“He understands the rules, this isn’t his first time doing such a thing, just the reward this time got too big, the monsters of The Sea seem to be rallying for it.”

Compared to completely unregulated pirates, Doflamingo does abide by certain rules, hence Saturn could accept his actions, at least the consequences Doflamingo caused were within an acceptable range compared to his actions.

But regardless, the Seven Warlords of the Sea aren’t a completely orderly organization.

“Rules? He certainly understands them, leveraging the Heavenly Celestial Dragon lineage and a secret to obtain Seven Warlords of the Sea status, but if the Quake-Quake Fruit falls into any pirate’s hands and creates another Whitebeard… No, Whitebeard-like monsters are tough to replicate, but even with half Whitebeard’s power, obtaining such ability would result in unimaginable impact. This year’s harvest wasn’t great, Mary Geoise’s food reserves already fall short of previous years. With the World Meeting date approaching, any major incident at such a time wouldn’t be good news.”

The blond Five Elder, Shepherd Ju Peter, the World’s Government’s Agricultural Martial God, also expressed his view.

“Though he holds Heavenly Celestial Dragon blood, it’s bad for him to die out there, but if he does, wouldn’t that also solve some trouble? This indeed seems like a legitimate way for him to vanish.”

The bald Five Elder with a handlebar mustache wishes for Doflamingo’s disappearance, that way they would rid themselves of an uncontrollable time bomb.

The laws of the World Government seem like a joke, but that doesn’t prevent them from having a legal Martial God. Topman Warcury is the Five Elder Stars who handles legal affairs.

“There’s no need, he’s considered a point of balance, but the Quake-Quake Fruit… it does have a significant impact on the environment, we should send some people. Those monsters won’t accept the results even if they lose, maybe we can take advantage of the chaos to bring the fruit back. Aren’t Vegapunk’s two clones perfecting something? Let CP0 take it and try.”

With long hair and a long beard, the Five Elder Stars, Environmental Marcus Mars, gave the final suggestion, and a team from CP0 was dispatched to execute this extremely dangerous mission.

“Speaking of which, what about the Navy?”

“The Navy? They won’t stand idly by, order them to assist CP0, but Sakazuki may not execute this order perfectly. Was it a mistake to let him take the stage?”

“It shouldn’t be, his attitude towards justice is still firm, just too much self-awareness, I think that Ryokugyu is not bad….”

The impact of the Quake-Quake Fruit is indeed significant, but it doesn’t warrant their mobilization, and ultimately it’s CP0 who endures the hardship.

And the Navy’s actions were pretty much as the Five Elder Stars guessed, another desk was lost in Akainu’s office, and the Navy’s logistics have already started considering replacing the wood with high-temperature resistant rock to make a new office desk.

Simply knocking on the desk is fine, but whenever Akainu gets angry, his arm tends to turn into magma, leading to a very high rate of desk damage.

“That bastard Whitebeard, even dead he leaves no peace. The Seven Warlords of the Sea as well, all these pirates deserve to die…”

With the World Conference approaching, he’s bound by the identity of Marshal and can’t move freely, he can only arrange new tasks based on the task cycles of other Navy generals.

But not all major forces are interested in this matter, for instance, at the Red Hair Pirates’ base, Shanks merely gave a faint smile upon hearing the news and then continued the banquet.

“Boss, that’s Whitebeard’s ability, are we just going to watch it be taken by others?”

“It doesn’t matter, just a fruit, come on, let’s drink, drink, the Quake-Quake Fruit, whatever, isn’t as important as drinking? Even without the Quake-Quake Fruit, Newgate would still be an unbelievably powerful monster. The fruit is important, but not the only thing.”

“By the way Shanks, Uta is going to hold a new concert, this time the location is on a grey island, not far from here, should we go watch it live?”

“Good idea, but let’s take a small boat, it’s not a good thing for a Sea Emperor to brazenly attend a concert.”

For Shanks, the Quake-Quake Fruit is not a big deal at all, it’s far incomparable to his daughter.

…

The news continues to ferment, and as the host and a broker in the Underworld, Doflamingo naturally also received some news bit by bit.

Doflamingo is no philanthropist, the prize is just a stunt, in essence, it is only to attract people to come here.

After all, beneath Dressrosa there is also a dark Underworld.

On the surface, Dressrosa is a warm-hearted nation with no illegal areas, but in unknown places, there is Doflamingo’s underground kingdom.

Engaging in illegal transactions and factories are all here, with a massive amount of toy laborers inside.

All of these rely on Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit for labor force.

By consuming the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, Sugar can turn every creature she touches into toys. The moment they are turned into toys, the whole world loses the memory of that person, only existing records such as photos, text, etc., do not disappear.

Sugar can command these toys, sign contracts with them, and direct them to perform mechanical labor, and Doflamingo’s arena is also an opportunity to replenish toys.

He would deceive these people by pretending to heal their wounds, and then have Sugar turn them into toys.

As the host, the Bullfighting Arena is filled with quite a bit of corruption, and Diamante has been serving as the Defender, but now, Diamante is somewhat nervous, and the sweat on his forehead hasn’t stopped.

“Phoenix Marco… Fire Fist Ace… Diamond Jozu Three Generals’ Leader Katakuri… Owen and Daifuku… Star Clown Buggy… oh, that one doesn’t matter, but these monsters… Dof, are you overestimating me?”

Looking at Doflamingo in the center of the hall, Diamante even feels as if the other party wants to get rid of him. Although he considers himself quite strong, any of these monsters, except for Buggy, could give him a run for his money.

With so many of them appearing at the same time, Diamante particularly wants to know how he can protect this arena.