"Is that so?"
Luffy indifferently glanced at Doflamingo. "You, this guy, are clearly full of bad intentions at first glance~~~"
"Fufufufu! Luffy-dono, you are a true judge of character~~~"
Doflamingo chuckled, then gestured towards the palace: "The banquet is ready, Luffy-dono, please..."
"Let's go!"
It was quite dull chatting outside, so Luffy strolled towards the Imperial Palace.
Arriving at the Imperial Palace banquet hall~~~
The executives of the Donquixote Family were all surprisingly here...
Clearly, Doflamingo had made thorough preparations!!!
Once there was any disturbance, it would be time for the Donquixote Family to fight with their lives.
"Luffy-dono, please take your seat!"
Doflamingo directly invited Luffy to a seat that only royalty should sit in.
Luffy, of course, was not polite and sat directly.
"Fufufufu, everyone, please be seated. The banquet will begin shortly~~~"
Doflamingo gestured to his subordinates, then clapped his hands!!!
Soon, plate after plate of delicious food was brought up.
Luffy was also not polite and ate heartily!!!
Watching Luffy eat so heartily, Doflamingo didn't dare to disturb him, continuously ordering his subordinates to bring more meat...
It wasn't until Luffy was full that he stopped.
"Uncle!!!"
Just then, a little loli wearing a golden crown walked over from a side hall, trotting towards Doflamingo.
"It's Sugar..."
Upon seeing Sugar, Doflamingo, like a loving uncle, hugged Sugar.
The crowd: "Huh? Isn't this... a child-fruit ability user?"
Just now, everyone had witnessed Sugar's fruit ability in the white-frame video, so now everyone knew she was a Devil Fruit user...!!!
Gecko Moria: "Looks like Doflamingo, this guy, still can't stay put!!! Hehehehehe!!!"
Donquixote Doflamingo: "I told you! How could I be someone who gives up so easily? That guy Red-Haired Shanks' strength is indeed very strong, but no matter how strong he is, he's still useless in front of the Child-Child Fruit! 13!"
Crocodile: "You should be dead over there..."
Donquixote Doflamingo: "Is that so? Then we'll just wait and see~~~"
Doflamingo was still very confident in the power of the Child-Child Fruit!!!
"So cute!!!" Jinbe immediately exclaimed upon seeing Sugar.
Sanji's eyes also lit up: "What a beautiful little sister!!!"
"Luffy-dono, please forgive my rudeness~~~ This is my foster daughter Sugar. It must be that her subordinates didn't look after her well, and she actually ran here to play..."
Doflamingo picked up Sugar and expressed his apologies to Luffy.
"Big Brother!!! I want Big Brother...!!!"
At this moment, Sugar extended both hands towards Luffy, making a motion to hug Luffy~~~
"Don't cause trouble, little Sugar! He's our honored guest, you can't just casually hug him." Doflamingo put on a pose as if to punish Sugar~~~
Luffy, however, chuckled: "You let her come over~~~"
"This..." Doflamingo's face showed some hesitation~~~
Luffy smiled slightly: "It's okay, I actually really like children~~~"
"Alright then~~~"
Doflamingo put down Sugar, and Sugar immediately spread her short arms and ran towards Luffy!
Towards such a small child, the few people in the Straw Hat Pirates all released their Haki, but found no problems.
It seemed like just an ordinary child...
However, under Luffy's ability to hear the voice of all things, Luffy heard a sinister laugh and mocking voice from Sugar's two hands...
Clearly, these two hands were the problem!!!
"Boom!!---"
Sugar used a single target attack of her Haki from about two meters away from Luffy...
She cleanly rolled her eyes and directly fainted...
"Damn it!!!—"
Seeing this scene, Doflamingo's expression instantly changed drastically!
Once Sugar fainted, all the people who were turned into toys by Sugar would revert, and everyone else's memories of these "toys" would also return.
This way, his arrogant actions in Dressrosa would be known by the common people!
Flap!
The surrounding executives of the Donquixote Family all immediately drew their weapons, adopting a ready-to-attack stance~~~
"Are you all tired of living...??"
Bartolomeo gave a cold snort, slamming his hand on the ground!!!
In an instant, all the surrounding bricks flew up and instantly shattered into dust!
The next moment, dozens of flying blades formed directly from the dust, coldly pointing at those executives.
"Luffy-dono! What are you doing??? She's still a child...!!!"
Doflamingo still held a glimmer of hope at this moment. He took a big step forward, as if angry that he hadn't fulfilled his duty as an uncle, and rushed over wanting to protect Sugar!
However, the next moment, Luffy's Conqueror's Haki instantly unleashed across the entire area!
Aside from Doflamingo, everyone from the Donquixote Family was instantly knocked unconscious and fell to the ground~~~
Although Doflamingo was not intimidated by the Conqueror's Haki... he was stunned at this moment...
He stopped in his tracks, looked at Luffy, and continued to act: "Luffy-dono... why are you doing this??? Did I not fulfill my host's duties? If you have any complaints about me, just say so!"
Luffy stretched out his large hand, directly extending it, and grabbed Doflamingo's head, pulling him directly forward, slamming his head onto the floor~~~
"Do you really think I'm an idiot?"
Luffy released his hand and stomped on the back of Doflamingo's head, causing Doflamingo's face to be pressed into the floor~~~
Gecko Moria: "Hehehehe...!!! What's going on, villain? Why are you pressing your face to the ground like that? It's not good for breathing~~~"
Stussy: "Lala hahaha!!! You're really sharp-tongued, you guy~~~"
Charlotte Perospero: "I know this move. This ugly villain is seeking death~~~"
Crocodile: "I just said it. Villain, this is him seeking death! He doesn't even look at how strong Red-Haired Shanks' power is now. To actually dare to scheme against him, he's truly seeking death if he doesn't die~~~"
Donquixote Doflamingo: "Ridiculous!!! How did he know about Sugar's Devil Fruit information? Who leaked Sugar's Devil Fruit ability...???"
Gol D. Roger: "It's not necessarily that Red-Haired Shanks knew about Sugar's Devil Fruit ability. It's because he awakened the 'Voice of All Things.' That little subordinate of yours wanted to do bad things to him, and he could hear it!!"
Donquixote Doflamingo: "Nami??? Is this Voice of All Things that abnormal??? Then aren't all those sinister conspiracies floating in front of Red-Haired Shanks????"
Silvers Rayleigh: "You're right! To defeat him, you must openly and honestly defeat him! Just like Straw Hat Luffy, no matter what thoughts you have, you cannot escape his gaze."
Donquixote Doflamingo: "..."
After listening to Roger's and Rayleigh's explanations, Doflamingo finally completely understood~~~
That person, who was in front of Luffy just now... was truly a complete and utter clown!!!
[Ding!]
[Entering the Q&A segment!]
Just then, a question appeared on the large screen.
[Question: What fate will Doflamingo face?]
[A: Kicked in the head by Red-Haired Shanks, his head explodes like a watermelon!]
[B: Handed over to King Riku by Red-Haired Shanks, and publicly executed by King Riku!]
[C: Taken away by the Marine Headquarters, and imprisoned in Impel Down!!!]
[D: Takes the opportunity to escape, taking the Donquixote Family executives with him, and lives a life of exile!!!]
[E: Continues to remain King of Dressrosa!!!]
Just then, a question appeared on the large screen.
Caesar: "Wahahahah!!! I think A is very suitable! I'll choose A!"
Jack: "Exactly, option A is definitely the coolest!! I choose A too!"
Brook: "Not necessarily!! Directly killing Doflamingo now doesn't fit Red-Haired Shanks' character."
Chopper: "Brook is right. If Red-Haired Shanks wanted to directly kill Doflamingo, he would have already acted. Now, it's clear there's something else he wants to say..."
Jinbe: "Then I'll choose one. Choose B!"
Chopper: "Indeed, option B is very similar to what he did before in Alabasta when he pressed Crocodile's head to the ground! I also choose B!"
Jaguar D. Saul: "Choose B!"
Gol D. Roger: "Old man Saul, why are you so active? All the other old men combined haven't answered as many questions..."
Jaguar D. Saul: "What are you doing, Roger???"
Trafalgar D. Water Law: "Choose E!"
Charlotte Katakuri: "I choose A!"
Sabo: "I choose C!"
Riku: "I choose E!"
Perona: "Huh...? What did you two choose? Aren't you clearly giving up your lives?? So scary~~~"
Riku: "I feel E is possible. Just now, Red-Haired Shanks visited those civilians living in Dressrosa. I feel that what those common people said should influence him!"
Jesus Burgess: "The analysis is reasonable. I choose E!"
Donquixote Doflamingo: "Choose D!"
Gecko Moria: "Hehehehe!!! What's going on now? Do you still expect to escape from Red-Haired Shanks' hand?? You're completely wasting your life!!!"
Crocodile: "I feel B is possible, but it's already been chosen, so I guess that's that~~~"
[Answer countdown...]
[...]
As the answer countdown ended, the red-frame video continued to play~~~
Luffy kicked Doflamingo's head.
His head was stomped on the floor, and a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki instantly enveloped Doflamingo like a raging flood...
Under the oppressive force of this unbearable Conqueror's Haki, Doflamingo's initial thoughts of violently resisting were instantly extinguished.
All that remained was terror and submission.
"What is that Sugar's Devil Fruit ability? Tell me!"
Luffy's shoe scraped a few times, then he kicked Doflamingo's head away.
His head spun around a few times, carrying his body with it, before finally stopping!!!
One of Buggy's hands flew out, grabbed Doflamingo's hair, and then lifted him up entirely...
His sunglasses were also crooked to one side.
"You only get one chance to tell the truth!!"
Looking at Doflamingo, who was being lifted up again by Buggy's hand, Luffy looked into Doflamingo's eyes and spoke calmly.
"It's... it's the Hobi Hobi no Mi (Hobby-Hobby Fruit)..."
Feeling his life threatened with death, even Doflamingo, who was usually arrogant and carefree, showed no arrogance at this moment. He quickly and obediently answered Luffy.
Although Doflamingo was not a coward...
But there's a difference between death and death.
If he had fought his archenemy for 400 rounds and then been defeated, Doflamingo would absolutely not have shown any sign of begging for mercy!!!
But facing this situation, if he were to die vaguely at Luffy's hands, Doflamingo would be absolutely unwilling!!
He was a Celestial Dragon who had cast off the so-called "Halo of the Gods," so he harbored immense hatred for Celestial Dragons. His greatest wish in this life was to pull the Celestial Dragons down from their divine pedestal...!!!
Before this wish was fulfilled, Doflamingo did not want to die so ignominiously.
His current fear of Luffy was just like his fear of Kaido...
Because Kaido was a complete and utter madman. If Doflamingo dared to defy Kaido's wishes, then Kaido would truly kill Doflamingo!!!
"Hobi Hobi no Mi, huh...?"
Nami opened the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, looked it up, and then read aloud, "Hobi Hobi no Mi. The user stops growing the moment they eat the fruit."
"Oh? So that means... that child isn't actually a child, but an adult's soul inhabiting a child's body??"
Luffy's gaze swept over Sugar, then he looked at Doflamingo.
Doflamingo dared not hide anything and replied, "Yes. Her true age is 22. Also, she and Monet are biological sisters."
Monet???
Luffy raised an eyebrow, recalling, "That's the woman who activated the self-destruct device at Punk Hazard, right?"
At this moment, Nami continued: "The Hobi Hobi no Mi user's ability is incredibly heaven-defying! As long as they are touched by their hand, they will turn into a toy, and all memories of them in this world will disappear from everyone else's minds!!!"
Hearing this, Usopp's jaw dropped in shock: "All memories of him will disappear from everyone's minds? Isn't that more terrifying than death???"
"Not only that, the ability user also makes a contract with the toys, making these toys unable to act freely according to their own thoughts.
They can only obey the ability user's commands!!! Although these toys possess their own consciousness, emotions, and memories from before their death, they are like being locked in a cage—that small toy body—and can never be known by outsiders!!!"
Nami read to this point, her delicate face unable to help but reveal a look of astonishment!
"Wow! How terrifying!!!" Chopper burrowed onto Usopp's body.
Buggy's face also changed slightly: "This is truly a heaven-defying Devil Fruit!!! If Luffy had been touched by her just now, would we have instantly forgotten about Luffy???"
Doflamingo answered truthfully: "Probably."
Luffy nodded slightly, then looked at Doflamingo: "So you're saying... all those toys we saw earlier on the streets of Dressrosa, those playing cleaning roles, and those who actively helped people carry suitcases and held children, are actually all people from this country...???"
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