Sailing: I was falsely accused of watching Nami bathe, but I'm blind.

He does not proactively help either side.

He neither helped Fujitora and the Straw Hat Pirates to overthrow Doflamingo, nor did he help Doflamingo cover up his crimes or deal with the Law-Luffy alliance.

What he had to do was... observe the impending storm from the sidelines as a vice admiral! At the same time... secretly accumulate strength and wait for the right opportunity!

He will take action when necessary to uphold the Navy's "bottom line"—for example, to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control and avoid excessive civilian casualties (if possible); for example, at the last moment, whether it's the Law-Luffy alliance or the Doflamingo family, as long as they are pirates, he will... arrest (or... eliminate?) them without hesitation!

This is the stance that Kai has chosen for himself in this massive vortex of Dressrosa! A gray path...neither entirely bright nor entirely dark, filled with egoism and ruthless calculation!

Shortly after Kai and Fujitora's showdown that determined their future relationship, the situation in Dressrosa, as expected, became even more chaotic and... heated!

Kaina's Observation Haki, covering the entire island (at least the important areas), clearly sensed... that a massive riot had finally broken out at the Krida Arena!

The final showdown seems to have begun! Among the contestants, besides Luffy, who goes by the alias "Lucy," is Diamante, one of the Donquixote Family's top executives! And... other equally formidable fighters from around the world!

Chapter 119 The Straw Hat Crew is Stomped and Massacred! For Falsely Accusing Me Back Then!!!

The battle was incredibly intense! Kai could feel the frenzied cheers and shouts from within the arena, as if they were about to lift the roof off! And... the energy fluctuations generated by the collision of various powerful forces!

However, at the most crucial moment of the game!

An unexpected turn of events occurred that surprised even Kai!

The mysterious "Lucy" who had been filling in for Luffy in the competition (Kai had sensed a slight difference in his aura compared to Luffy's, but hadn't investigated further), actually... displayed an extremely powerful fire-related ability! And... it had some kind of... peculiar "interchange" with another powerful aura, equally filled with fire power, but carrying a... completely different aura, brimming with revolutionary will and aristocratic air (?!)!

Then! The true, new "Flame Master" actually... effortlessly defeated Diamanti's underhanded tactics (like unleashing a rain of iron balls), and... shattered the entire arena with a single punch?! Finally... successfully seized... the Flame-Flame Fruit as the prize!!!

And this person… his aura… Kai felt a strange sense of familiarity and… shock!

He remembered! This aura... seemed to share some kind of... extremely similar, blood-related connection with Luffy?! But... it was completely different! More mature! More composed! And also... filled with some kind of... revolutionary flame that wanted to overthrow the old order?!

Sabo?! Luffy's...other sworn brother?! The legendary, long-deceased second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, Chief of Staff Sabo?!

He... didn't die?! And... he even appeared here?! And... he ate Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit?!

Kai's mind was once again thrown into disarray by this series of completely unexpected changes!

The Revolutionary Army! They've gotten involved in the Dressrosa incident too?! And in such a way... by directly seizing the Flame-Flame Fruit?! What are they trying to do?!

And Luffy… after Sabo appeared and obtained the Flame-Flame Fruit, he finally… no longer needed to disguise himself, and his identity was completely exposed! And… like a tiger breaking free of its cage, he charged out from the chaotic ruins of the arena! His target… was the royal palace! His target… was Doflamingo!

The situation in Dressrosa has completely spiraled out of control due to Sabo's unexpected appearance and Luffy's escape!

Kai knew that a final battle, larger in scale and more devastating than any other, that would sweep across the entire kingdom, was about to erupt on the Royal Palace Highlands!

And he... this detached bystander, should also... prepare... to face the final baptism of this storm.

Just as the Krida Arena was thrown into chaos by Sabo's appearance and Luffy's escape, and the entire situation in Dressrosa was on the verge of exploding like a taut bowstring, another... decisive "battle" that could completely change everything was quietly taking place in the dark corners beneath the kingdom.

While Kai focused most of his attention on the main conflict points, such as the Royal Palace Highlands and the Colosseum, his vast "Mind Network" still spared a sliver of attention for that seemingly insignificant but potentially disruptive "SOP Operation" team, composed of Usopp, Robin, and the Tontatta tribe's little people.

He could clearly sense that deep within that underground port, filled with sinful deals and a dark atmosphere, Usopp and his companions were experiencing... a hilarious, comical, yet thrilling and desperate infiltration and raid!

He "heard" Usopp's screams, filled with exaggerated boasting and genuine fear!

He "heard" the shouts of the Dongtata tribe's little people, which were as soft as the buzzing of mosquitoes, yet full of courage and determination!

He "heard" the strange sounds and chaos created by Robin using her Flower Flower Fruit powers!

He also "sensed" the presence of Sugar, the special executive of the Donquixote Family who possessed the terrifying "Hobby-Hobby Fruit" ability, and Trebol, one of the top executives who was also quite powerful and was guarding her side!

The difference in strength between the two sides was simply astronomical! Usopp and his hastily assembled "surprise force" were almost...no chance of winning against Sugar's terrifying ability to instantly turn people into toys and erase their memories, and Trebol's sticky, slippery yet extremely explosive bizarre power!

Kai could even sense that Robin, in order to cover the Tontatta tribe and the little people's approach to Sugar, had already been turned into a toy by Sugar! And those brave little people were almost all wiped out! Only Usopp was left, trapped by Trebol's sticky snot (?), unable to move, about to be completely turned into a forgotten toy by Sugar...!

Operation SOP... seems... destined to end in utter failure?

A fleeting thought even crossed Kai's mind... "Just as I thought."

How could such a far-fetched plan possibly succeed...?

However!!!

At this most desperate, critical moment!!!

An unexpected event occurred that Kai couldn't understand at all, and was even utterly absurd!

Usopp, trapped in Trebol's slime and about to be fed sugar-coated "poison grapes" (used to completely render toys powerless), actually... due to extreme fear and disgust! His face... contorted... horribly grotesque! Absolutely terrifying! An indescribable... grotesque expression!!!

The face that appeared was so sudden! So...unexpected! So much so that...Sugar, the special agent who had always acted like an emotionless machine, whose mental age seemed to be stuck in a child's stage!, upon seeing this face!...was actually...stunned to the point of fainting!!!

Yes! I was terrified!!!

Kai could clearly sense it! Sugar's unique and powerful Devil Fruit aura vanished instantly, as if a switch had been flipped!

Operation SOP... actually... succeeded... in such a... almost comical and absurd way?!

Kai simply...couldn't believe his senses!

And then! An even more shocking! An even more revolutionary change! Like a chain reaction! Erupted instantly throughout the entire Kingdom of Dressrosa!

Om-! ! !

An invisible, immense energy surge, filled with sorrow, anger, and liberation, erupted from every corner of Dressrosa like a volcano dormant for ten years!

Kai's "heart network" was instantly overwhelmed by this massive torrent of energy!

He "saw" it!

He "saw" it with absolute clarity!

On the streets of Dressrosa! By the port! In the factories! Even... in certain corners of the royal palace!

Those toy soldiers, toy animals, and toy laborers who had been living like zombies, silently, began to crack like shattered porcelain! Then... in bursts of dazzling white light! They actually... returned to their original forms!!!

There are burly, scarred pirates!

There are naval soldiers with 89 well-equipped soldiers and 39 confused eyes!

There are adventurers from all over the world, dressed in outlandish costumes!

There are warriors from the former Kingdom of Dressrosa who were once powerful and influential, but now look humiliated!

Even...and those...fierce wild beasts that should have lived in the forest!

They...are all...humans and animals turned into toys by Sugar!!! The sheer number is unimaginable! They're scattered throughout Dressrosa!!!

At the same time! An even more terrifying change occurred!

With the toy curse lifted, those...forcibly erased memories flooded back into the minds of all the citizens of Dressrosa connected to these "toys" like a burst dam!

"Ah—!!! I remember now! My husband! He...he didn't abandon me! He was...turned into that damned toy soldier!!!" A woman who had been smiling and greeting customers suddenly clutched her head and let out a heart-wrenching scream!

"Daddy! Daddy! You've always been by my side! Waaah... I thought you... I thought you didn't want us anymore..." A little girl who was playing with her teddy bear burst into tears as she looked at her father, who had returned to human form but whose face was full of vicissitudes and tears.

"My brothers! My comrades! You...you were all...turned into toys?! For the past ten years...we actually...used you...as...tools?!" A Kingdom soldier who had been praising Doflamingo looked at his former comrades who had regained their human forms, their eyes filled with anger and sorrow, and his face revealed endless regret and...a raging fury!

Anger! Sorrow! Regret! Pain! And... a deep-seated hatred that had been building up for a full decade, a hatred born of the nightmarish rule of the Don Quixote family...

All the emotions! Like a volcano! Erupted completely in every corner of the Kingdom of Dressrosa!!!

The entire nation... its carefully woven veneer of peace and happiness, built over ten years, was utterly and mercilessly torn to shreds by this seemingly absurd blow of Operation SOP!

It revealed the hideous truth hidden beneath... a truth filled with blood, tears, pain, and endless hatred, concealed for a full ten years!

Operation SOP successful! The toy curse lifted! Forgotten memories instantly restored!

These three chain reactions, like three ladles of cold water thrown into a pot of boiling oil, instantly set the entire Kingdom of Dressrosa ablaze!

Anger! Like a wildfire, it burns fiercely in the hearts of every citizen who has regained their memories or learned the truth!

They remembered their missing relatives, friends, and lovers! They remembered the inexplicable sorrow and emptiness they had endured for the past ten years! They remembered the "toys" they had treated as tools, even as trash! They remembered the hypocritical smiles and brutal rule of Doflamingo and his family's executives!

All the anger, sorrow, regret, and hatred that had been building up for ten years erupted completely at this moment!

Down with the Don Quixote family!!!

"Avenge our fallen loved ones!!!"

"Make Doflamingo pay for his crimes in blood!!!"

"Liberate Dressrosa!!!"

A deafening roar echoed from every corner of the city!

The pirates, now back in human form, brandished their newly acquired weapons and roared as they charged toward the Donquixote Family members who had once enslaved them!

The kingdom's soldiers, now back in human form, turned their guns on their former superiors and colleagues (family officers and deceived soldiers), fighting for their forgotten comrades and their trampled honor!

Ordinary citizens also picked up everything around them that could be used as a weapon—hoes, shovels, kitchen knives, stones… like an angry tide, they surged into the streets, impacting the Don Quixote family’s various strongholds in the city!

Even those... Marine soldiers who had been turned into toys, after regaining their senses, immediately... joined the rebellion! (Although their position might be somewhat awkward, their anger towards Doflamingo is genuine!)

In just a few minutes, the entire Kingdom of Dressrosa was transformed from a false "paradise of love and passion" into a...war-torn, chaotic, and vengeful hell on earth!

Nationwide riots! They've completely erupted!

Kai stood on a high ground near the palace (he had already left the palace), and he "perceived" all of this with perfect clarity!

He "heard" the angry shouts that swept across the country like a tsunami!

He "felt" the grief and hatred that had been building up for ten years, like a volcanic eruption!

He "saw" that the seemingly stable ruling order, maintained by lies and violence, collapsed and disintegrated instantly in the face of the truth, just like paper!

His heart was filled with unprecedentedly complex emotions!

On one hand, he felt... this was deserved! Doflamingo had used such despicable means to usurp the country, enslave the people, and distort memories, committing heinous crimes! Now that his lies had been exposed, he was suffering the backlash of the entire nation—it was entirely his own fault! Even... deep down, Kai felt a faint...satisfaction? (Seeing such inhuman evil punished.)