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"You acted on your own without my advice?"
Seeing that Vivian had knocked Pike to the ground in an instant, Taotu changed her previous gentle tone and spoke to Vivian with great dissatisfaction.
It can be seen that she was really angry this time. The murderous intent revealed between her furrowed brows was so strong that even the soldiers standing beside her could not help but shiver.
"Feel sorry.."
Seeing this, Vivian had to apologize again sincerely: "I didn't mean it. But if we don't catch this guy first, once he goes back to report the news, Doflamingo might find a lot of reinforcements..."
At least, just considering the identity of the artificial devil fruit supplier, Kaido will definitely send his men to help.
"But now you've injured this guy in public, aren't you exposed too?" Taotu retorted.
"That's different. This guy is a pirate, and it's normal for him to clash with the navy. Besides... we can use this incident to disperse the Don Quixote family's forces."
"Disperse the troops? How do you disperse them?" Taotu raised his eyebrows.
"It's very simple. Leave a few marines here and bring two bazookas up, saying that Senior Pico insulted the marines. Make the incident as big as possible, the bigger the better, so that Doflamingo will have to send people to suppress the riot..."
"And we take advantage of this opportunity to rush into the underground world, destroy its strongholds and collect evidence at the same time?" Gordon learned to answer quickly on the side.
"That's right!" Vivian nodded, "But are you sure you want to go with us? You know, the battlefield is very dangerous..."
"You don't have to worry about me, Lord Vivian. As war correspondents, we have all undergone the most rigorous training before joining the agency." Gordon patted his chest and said confidently.
Don't underestimate the newspaper reporters in the pirate world. These guys can take clear frontal photos of pirates at any time and any place.
Among them are many powerful figures such as the Four Emperors and the Seven Warlords of the Sea. However, until now, there has been no news of casualties caused by reporters while secretly photographing pirates on the battlefield. This shows the extraordinary nature of this group.
Soon, more than ten minutes later.
"Call your captain out!"
"How dare you insult our Thunder Sword Master Vivian? Are you trying to openly provoke the navy?"
"Quick, call the headquarters and send troops to support us!"
"It's said that Dressrosa wants to withdraw from the government's membership!"
A group of naval soldiers, carrying flintlock rifles and cannons on their shoulders, stood on the street and shouted angrily.
The residents and toys living in Dressrosa all stopped to watch after seeing Pieck lying on the ground with knife marks all over his body, revealing expressions of shock.
"Isn't that Master Senior?"
"Master Senor is fighting against the navy?"
"What should we do now? The King was just removed from his position as a Shichibukai some time ago. If he withdraws from the government alliance now, will our island no longer be protected by the navy?"
"By then, there will be no more title of Shichibukai, and no more protection from the name of a member country..."
Wouldn't they then be at the mercy of any pirates passing through here
My heart suddenly started to panic.
And at the same time.
"What's going on?!"
Upon receiving the news, Torrepol and Jorah rushed here with a number of guards.
"Are you members of the Don Quixote family? This guy just insulted our captain and was punished by him. How are you going to solve this problem now?"
"Captain? Who is your captain?" asked Torrepol.
"Thunder Swordsman, Vivian! Ranked first in the Navy's supernova rankings! The new generation of Navy combat power with the greatest hope of becoming the youngest admiral in history! The ceiling of the Navy's appearance..."
The series of titles made Torrepol and Jorah completely confused.
"Thunder Sword Master Vivian?"
From behind, a man in a pink feather coat walked over. It was undoubtedly Don Quixote Doflamingo.
"That guy came to my territory again? Didn't I just send someone to pay him 10% of the profit last month?"
Muttering in dissatisfaction, Doflamingo bared his teeth and looked at the soldiers carrying cannons on their shoulders and asked, "Where's Vivian? Where is that kid now?"
"The Captain was ambushed by this guy and was slightly injured. He has now returned to the warship to be bandaged. I advise you to apologize to our master as soon as possible, otherwise, don't blame us for officially declaring war on your country!"
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, the navy is actually going to take the initiative to declare war on the kingdom? Just because I was born a pirate? You know, I am now a member of your government’s allied countries.”
Doflamingo couldn't help but burst into laughter.
He glanced at the navy soldiers whose foreheads were covered with cold sweat, thought for a moment, and then continued, "Take me to your warship and let me meet that guy."
"Can."
Without any hesitation, the leader swallowed and nodded.
As soon as he finished speaking, he asked someone to find a stretcher to lift Pieck from the ground. Doflamingo then followed several navy officers and slowly walked towards the Dressrosa Kingdom Pier.
...
The other side.
Dressrosa Kingdom, underground world.
Unlike the embarrassment when he first entered this place two years ago, Vivian simply swung his sword, and the lightning in the sky electrified all the guards at the door, who collapsed to the ground with their eyes rolled back.
Taotu, who followed behind Vivian and finally witnessed this dark scene with her own eyes, frowned instantly and said with anger on her face: "Are you saying that all the toys here were transformed by the Don Quixote family using the Childlike Fruit?"
"That's right."
Vivian nodded. "After they were turned into toys, they were tied to their families. After obtaining Doflamingo's consent, they could accompany their parents, wives and children in the town as 'servants' during the day. But once it was night, they had to work hard here until the next day."
"In addition to this, there are also many slaves they captured, all of which are clearly marked with prices and kept in various warehouses, so that they can be sent to various auction houses for auction regularly..."
Vivian said this, pointing to the rows of warehouses marked with numbers in front of him.
Just when Taotu's nails were digging into the flesh and she was about to give orders to catch all the pirates in the underground world, a familiar figure with a large number of toy troops quickly rushed towards Vivian's location not far away.