Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

A smile murmured: "The darkness underground cannot show itself; it can only hide beneath the surface of prosperity..."

He had traveled on the sea and witnessed much darkness, most of which was hidden within darkness itself.

The unknown underground is a place where filth and evil are hidden.

This man-made underground space must be one of the dark secrets hidden within this country...

"Are you here to watch the arena?"

Just as Yixiao was deep in thought, a voice interrupted his thoughts.

She smiled and turned to look.

Blind, he couldn't see the person's appearance, but he sensed that the voice was deep and weathered, suggesting that the person was quite old.

He smiled and said slowly, "I just came here to take a look, and I'm just puzzled that such a bloody and violent place exists in this country full of flowers and beauty."

This bullring is completely out of place with the atmosphere of the island.

The bloody and violent fighting, ironically, made Yixiao see something suspicious...

The newcomer was curious about the blind man's presence, and upon hearing this, he sighed and said:

"This place wasn't always like this. It used to be a place that gladiators longed for, where they mainly honed their swordsmanship and engaged in combat."

"But things changed at some point..."

Everything changed after the Don Quixote family took over the place.

This man was none other than Riku Dold III, the former king of Dressrosa!

Could you elaborate?

Yixiao is a veteran.

He could glean some clues from changes in the other person's tone of voice.

The person who suddenly struck up a conversation with him probably knows a lot...

King Riku laughed heartily, but there was an ambiguous meaning in his laughter: "Hahaha, let's wait until I have time later. I need to participate in the next competitive fight. I can't afford to not work now..."

Recently, the bullfighting arena has been hosting large-scale competitions almost every day.

King Riku, who was short of money, could only work hard to earn it.

At the same time, we are investigating why the bullfighting arena is hosting combat sports so frequently, which is quite unusual!

He smiled and said, "May I accompany you?"

"You're going to watch a combat sports event? Aren't you..."

"Although I am blind, my hearing is very good. I can hear many things. For example, I can hear something from your words. Your identity is probably not simple, is it?"

"……Who are you?"

King Riku's tone became wary.

He's currently living in hiding, using the alias "Rickie" as a gladiator, investigating and searching for evidence of the Don Quixote family's crimes while earning a living...

My identity must not be revealed!

He smiled and said slowly, "He's just an ordinary blind man who can't stand idly by and watch the darkness unfold..."

Even after joining the Blackwing Demon Adventurer Group, he remained the same knight-errant who once walked in the darkness.

I will do my best to help when I encounter darkness.

He smiled and said, "I have no ill intentions; I just want to learn about this country."

"..."

After a moment of silence, King Riku spoke, "In that case, let's go together..."

As the king of a country, King Riku naturally had good judgment and could see that Issho was a person with a sense of justice.

Moreover, they are very open and honest.

Therefore, King Riku did not refuse Ichisho's suggestion to travel with him...

……

the other side.

In a coffee shop.

"There are indeed quite a few people from the World Government here, which is why we came here to investigate."

Sabo answered Robin's question seriously, and then said, "At the same time, there should be some unknown things hidden in Dressrosa."

"We have received accurate intelligence that the source of weapons fueling wars in various places is coming from Dressrosa..."

That's why they're here.

Rocks was not surprised and asked, "How many people from the World Government are deployed?"

Sabo shook his head: "We haven't found out yet, but the fact that the World Government has taken action suggests that something might have happened here..."

Nami snorted: "Hmph, it seems they really are doing this to deal with us!"

The Revolutionary Army members didn't know why the World Government members were there, but she did.

This must be to deal with them!

"?"

Sabo and Kella both had question marks on their foreheads.

The World Government has arrived here to deal with the Blackwing Daima Pirates?

This reveals quite a lot!

Sabo whispered, "Gentlemen, could it be that your purpose in appearing in Dressrosa is for Doflamingo?"

Nami raised her head: "Of course, otherwise why would we be here?"

Sabo realized with a jolt that this was indeed the case, then his eyes flashed and he said, "If that's the purpose, our Revolutionary Army is willing to lend a helping hand!"

In order to make a deal with Nico Robin, the Revolutionary Army wouldn't mind putting in some effort.

Anyway, they wanted to solve the problems in Dressrosa.

The large quantities of weapons and drugs flowing from here to the sea have disrupted some of the revolutionary army's operations.

This problem will need to be solved sooner or later.

The Blackwing Daima Pirates are targeting the Donquixote Family, and in some ways, their goals align with those of the Revolutionary Army!

"That's fine then."

After thinking for a second, Lockes agreed.

He continued, "You must be good at stealth, right? There's a user of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit in the Donquixote Family. Her ability is quite unique; she can turn people into toys."

"The person who is turned into a toy will have their memories of that person lost by everyone."

"Doflamingo has set up an ambush here, and we don't know the World Government's plans here either, so let's disrupt their rhythm first."

That's one of the advantages of being a time traveler.

There is a lot of information available.

If Sugar can be dealt with, the island will descend into chaos without Rocks and his men even needing to lift a finger.

Let's disrupt Doflamingo and the World Government's plans first.

It's always good to be careful!

"Turning someone into a toy? And making them lose all memory of the person who was turned into a toy?"

Sabo and Kerla were both very surprised.

There are actually Devil Fruit abilities like this?

More importantly... to become a toy?

Doesn't that mean all the toys on this island are living people?

Thinking of this, Sabo and Koala's expressions turned somewhat unpleasant.

They've been on the island for a few days now and have seen several "wrecked" toys...

"Wait! Sabo, what if you lose the memories of the person who became a toy..."

Kerla realized another crucial point and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that there are more than just the two of us on this mission?"

"Are there others who were just turned into toys? Have we forgotten each other?"

Revolutionary army operations rarely involve two people.

This is not a safe approach.

The fact that only the two of them came this time already puzzled Kella.

However, we initially thought it was just the leader training them...

That's probably not the case now!

If the Blackwing Archdemon's words are true, then their companions were likely turned into toys.

Sabo also realized the seriousness of the matter: "Lord Rocks, is this information accurate?"

Locke took a sip of coffee: "Of course, I have no reason to say these things to deceive you."

"Among the Donquixote Family's executives is a little girl named Sugar. Her power is the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, which turns people into toys into obeying her commands."

"However, as long as we can defeat her, the power of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit will be nullified, and all those who were turned into toys will be restored."

To be fair, once Sugar is defeated, Doflamingo's actions on this island will be completely exposed.

Even world governments cannot protect the other side.

Furthermore, the chaos in Dressrosa also helped Loxe to see what kind of plans Dressrosa had made.

Knowing that the World Government was taking action, Rocks needed to be cautious.

Anyone who has read the comics knows that the World Government's resources are incredibly vast.

CP organization, the Knights of God, the Five Elders, Marine Headquarters, Im...