Chapter 1213: Blank Memories, the So-Called Weakest Division

The outfit is quite breezy, with most of the body exposed except for the chest plate and codpiece. Rather than for defense, her armor is more to cover her final modesty, which Redfield sees as meaningless.

And she is Rebecca, the granddaughter of King Riku, the former king of Dressrosa, and one of the direct victims of Doflamingo’s actions.

Her mother, Scarlett, died at the hands of Diamante, and her father, Kyros, was turned into a toy soldier and forgotten by the world. To give Rebecca the ability to protect herself, Kyros could only have her learn to fight.

But it’s clear that Rebecca isn’t naturally inclined to fight and has no strength advantage. She can only compensate for her weaknesses with technique.

After Doflamingo took power, Violet, due to her abilities, served as a cadre in the Donquixote family. Apart from that, what the other royals and their followers could do was just survive, fighting in the bullfighting arena as sword fighters for others’ entertainment.

Let the people of Wano Kuni see, and the Kozuki family and their household attendants will realize that the Hundred Beasts’ methods are already quite mild. After all, there is no deep-rooted conflict between the Hundred Beasts and the Kozuki family, and Kaidou doesn’t care about such matters.

But Dressrosa is different. Many years ago, before the World Government was formed, Dressrosa’s royalty was the Donquixote clan until they departed as Heavenly Celestial Dragons to Mary Geoise, and the Riku family became the ruling royalty of Dressrosa.

From Mingo’s perspective, he was simply reclaiming what was his, coupled with his personality, which led to the current situation.

Doflamingo didn’t target the royalty for persecution like Kurozumi Orochi, nor did he use any mild methods. If it wasn’t for Violet’s abilities, Doflamingo wouldn’t have kept the royalty around.

The arena under Doflamingo’s rule truly resulted in fatalities, and Rebecca, who already had no strength advantage, had a nature that didn’t want to harm others.

In such circumstances, she ultimately chose to fight near the arena’s edge, making her way of fighting to let opponents fall out of the arena and lose their fighting qualifications.

Even wearing sturdy armor, she would still suffer heavy injuries if hit, so she decided to forgo any extraneous armor to lighten her body’s burden, maximizing her flexibility.

“Padoom, do you think I’ve been too isolated in the past? I suddenly realize there are quite a few interesting people in this world. Besides the emotions that make me sick, you occasionally see a few fools, even more remarkably in the past few days.”

“I don’t know, Leader Red. We’ve only known each other for a little over a year, but after the incident in Sleeping Town, Leader, you’ve changed a lot.”

“Only a year and some, huh? That’s quite a long time. So, young lady, do you want to gain the power of the Quake-Quake Fruit?”

Redfield’s Observation Haki is extremely wilful; whenever he wants, he can understand most people’s pasts and thoughts in a very short time.

Because there are hardly any secrets before him, he has developed an aloof personality and finds it difficult to find companions that meet his expectations.

During the time Rebecca was shocked by Spartan’s mysterious fall, Redfield had already skimmed through Rebecca’s memories and inner thoughts, understanding her reason for participating in the bullfighting arena.

To gain the power of the Quake-Quake Fruit and defeat Doflamingo.

Rebecca nodded silently at this question and then said, “Aren’t you the same, old man? At such an age, you still desire that fruit. Speaking of which, Whitebeard was also an old man, no wonder this fruit is so attractive to the elderly.”

“Yes, Newgate, at such an age, could achieve such feats. Hopefully, there are people here worth my effort.”

Redfield stretched his arms a bit, now acknowledging his aging body. If Whitebeard of the same era could shine in his twilight years, he had no reason not to try.

“You’re called… Rebecca, right? I have a question, who is that stone statue over there?”

“That stone statue? It’s the legendary man of the bullfighting arena, Kyros, undefeated in over three thousand matches and was only injured once. It is said that he was actively fighting in this arena until 20 years ago. But then he suddenly disappeared, and everyone has no impression of him. No one knows him, as if he’s a made-up legend.”

“I see, indeed there is something wrong with this country.”

For Redfield, others’ pasts are like slideshows in his mind, but in Dressrosa, he has encountered slideshow loading failures more than once.

The people here seem to have had some memories blocked, memories even he cannot see, especially the sword fighters inside the arena.

If it’s related to this statue, then the memories are simply inaccessible, this strange phenomenon has sparked some extra interest in Redfield.

At this moment, the manager of the preparation area came over, looking at the unconscious Spartan. He glanced around and then asked, “What’s going on here?”

“I don’t know, he suddenly passed out. Maybe he’s just too weak.”

“Old man, stop joking. How could Spartan suddenly faint by himself? Did anyone see who the fighter involved was?”