One Piece Gunslinger

The main point is that even if Doflamingo finds out in the end, he can't really say anything to Señor. Accepting each member's habits and personality is what the Donquixote Family was built on, and considering Señor's own character, it doesn't seem wrong. On the contrary, Diamante, who wants to go back on his word and break his promises, is not in the right in this matter.

So even though it was Señor who attacked Diamanti, the other officers pretended not to see it. Anyway, it was their problem, and they wouldn't take the blame.

But that's not the point. Anyway, there's no chance of any retribution later. It's questionable whether these people will even survive the battle with the revolutionary army.

So, did Jack just die like that?

That's right, as everyone guessed, Jack died in the Dressrosa arena.

At least that's what Li Ang planned.

Leon had kept his promise to the toy soldiers to protect Rebecca, and now, the final part of the plan was to escape. If Sabo or Fujitora had arrived while Leon was fighting, things would have been fine. But what if they hadn't? If he didn't plan his escape route soon, he might get captured and beaten up by Diamante's group.

Therefore, Li Ang devised such a plan to escape unscathed, leaving behind his achievements and fame.

Moreover, after today's battle, it will be impossible for him to use Jack's identity again. He has made another big move this time, and he plans to take over Dressrosa. I'm afraid Jack will attract attention wherever he goes.

Since they can't be reused, let's make Jack play his biggest role and use his life to achieve Dressrosa. It's a way of shining brightly at the last moment.

In fact, after falling into the water, Li Ang quickly pulled out the curved knife stuck in his body and then used an emergency spray to treat himself.

The previous stab was meticulously planned by Li Ang, avoiding all vital organs and vital organs; this stab was incredibly cunning. It looked horrific, and the wound was bleeding profusely, but it wasn't actually serious.

In addition, Li Ang also had an emergency spray, a magical device that could instantly heal all external injuries, so after falling into the water, Li Ang quickly became a healthy and happy young man again.

This is a case of being put in a life-or-death situation and then surviving. Who would have thought that he would not die after going into the water, but instead his puncture wound would be healed and he would still be lively and energetic.

Of course, that wasn't the end of it. After falling into the water, he inevitably faced attacks from the fighting fish. Not to mention, when Li Ang landed, his wounds were still bleeding, and the smell of blood was quite a stimulant for the fighting fish.

However, Li Ang had already considered this. Since he had devised this plan, he must have thought about how to escape. Jack could die here, and Li Ang felt he was still young.

He would intentionally or unintentionally kill prisoners in the ring and then throw them into the pool. For example, he might stab them, kill them, then kick the corpse and pull the knife out. This simple action subtly sent the body into the water. Or he might deliver a heavy blow, sending the prisoner flying into the water. Sometimes he would even pretend to be in the way of someone on the ground and then kick them off the ring.

In short, Li Ang used various methods and had already thrown more than thirty corpses into the water. Of the more than two hundred prisoners fighting, Li Ang only sent more than thirty of them into the water. To the average person, it wouldn't be noticeable, and they wouldn't feel anything was amiss.

However, Li Ang's action paved the way for his entry into the water.

According to Li Ang's observation, a total of three betta fish were put into the water. In fact, any more would have made the underwater area too crowded; the pool is only so big, and three fish are enough.

Li Ang's previous actions were essentially feeding the fighting fish meat, letting them devour the prisoners' corpses. There were more than thirty corpses in total, meaning each fighting fish ate an average of about ten.

In other words, Li Ang's actions were intended to fill the bellies of the fighting fish, preventing them from being so hungry that they would be more likely to attack him, thus reducing their aggression. If they were like the hungry fighting fish he encountered on the bridge before, they could have chased him for eight blocks.

And as it turned out, this was indeed effective, because the world of One Piece is diverse, and there's no shortage of small giants who are three or four meters tall. So each corpse weighed between a hundred and seven or eight hundred pounds. On average, each one weighed over four hundred pounds.

In other words, each fighting fish has already consumed more than two tons of prisoners, and they are almost full.

After Li Ang came down, he was immediately attacked by the fighting fish, but these fish had long since lost their motivation. Li Ang had also learned excellent fish-man karate, and after fighting them underwater for a while, he prepared to swim away from the arena through the underwater passage.

The arena's pool must be connected to the outside world, otherwise where would these fighting fish come from?

The final barrier that blocked the passage and kept the fighting fish in the pool couldn't stop Li Ang. He only needed to use his tactical knife to cut a gap that would allow him to pass through.

And so, Li Ang swam out of the passage, but even so, he almost suffocated underwater. Even with his enhanced physical abilities, after battling the fighting fish underwater for a while and swimming for several more minutes, he was starting to feel the strain.

Fortunately, I encountered a fighting fish halfway through the journey. After punching it a few times, I clung to its body and was carried out of the passage.

"Holy crap!" This was the first thing Li Ang said as he swam out of the water, because as soon as he looked up, he saw the abandoned bridge.

So these bastards don't actually keep fighting fish. When they need them, they just bring them from the sea under this bridge, and when they don't need them at the arena, they kick them out.

No wonder Li Ang couldn't see the exit after swimming in the water for several minutes. This passage connects directly to the sea, spanning half of Dressrosa. If he had to swim the whole way, it would probably take him fifteen minutes.

"Alright, I'd better get ashore quickly, or that group of betta fish will come chasing us again. I don't have any emergency cough syrup for them this time."

After catching his breath, Li Ang quickly tore off and threw away all the fake beard, wig, and hat he was wearing as a Jack cosplayer. Then he swam towards the shore.

After getting ashore, I changed my clothes while no one was around.

From that time on, there was no more Captain Jack Sparrow.

Chapter 255 The Clown

After getting ashore, Li Ang quickly pulled out his Den Den Mushi from his pocket, fearing that something might have happened to his "son".

After all, his Den Den Mushi is a Devil Fruit user, and it's been soaking in the water with him for a long time. I don't know if it can survive.

Li Ang laughed as soon as he saw it: "You're such a clever little devil."

It turns out that Den Den Mushi aren't stupid after all, especially Leon's one, which ate a Devil Fruit called Tetsu, significantly developing its intelligence.

The moment it realized it had fallen into the water, it quickly hid inside its shell, which acted like a diving capsule. Once the hatch was closed, seawater couldn't get in. Then it stayed inside the shell motionless to conserve energy.

It can maintain this state for several days without any problem.

"Wake up, son." Li Ang tapped the outer shell twice to wake him up.

"Son, help me contact Fujitora and see if he's arrived yet." Seeing the Den Den Mushi emerge from its shell, Li Ang quickly tried to contact the two of them.

Then the Den Den Mushi started working, but after a while it showed a puzzled expression, as if it was completely unable to contact the outside world.

Upon seeing this, Li Ang immediately understood. Instead of being worried, he was overjoyed. This meant that the giant iron sphere created by Kera was nearby, and Li Ang had entered its sphere of influence, which was why he couldn't contact the outside world.

Having anticipated this, Li Ang quickly took out a small iron ball from his pocket and placed it next to his son. As soon as he put it there, his son started making a gurgling sound, and someone immediately contacted them.

"Hey, I've arrived. Where are you landing?" A familiar voice came from the phone; it was Fujitora. "And I just spoke with Sabo. He's arrived too. He can blockade all the ports in Dressrosa at any time. We've been waiting for you."

"Emma, ​​if you two had come a few minutes earlier, I wouldn't have had to suffer like that. It hurt so much, and I almost drowned."

Li Ang feigned complaint and said in an annoyed tone.

"Hey, what more do you want? I risked my life to fly here from Alabasta. I don't know who suddenly told me I had to fly here within two hours. I was using all my abilities the whole way, and I'm almost exhausted. In the end, I was only a dozen minutes late, which is already pretty good, okay?"

Hearing Fujitora's complaints, Li Ang could only shrug. He understood that this unexpected turn of events had indeed caused Fujitora a lot of trouble. After all, Fujitora had been sent to escort several ships carrying components to the desalination plant all the way to Alabasta, and had even stayed in Alabasta to establish a complete defense system around the desalination plant, building a military base there.

Even Cobra himself left for the World Conference the day after the desalination plant was completed, while Fujitora stayed in the same place, and some desperados on one side carried out sabotage before the army established a military base.

The original plan was for the Revolutionary Army to launch their attack on Dressrosa two days later, so Fujitora would remain in Alabasta until tomorrow. With two leisurely days, he should be able to reach Dressrosa.

As a result, Li Ang shortened the time by forty-six hours with just one sentence, requiring him to arrive within two hours.

Of course, Ollie was too embarrassed to blame him any further. He simply gave Fujitora the action plan for the future, including informing him about the local revolutionary army, and told him not to attack the wrong people.

He then wrote back to Sabo, telling him to make sure all the ports, including the secret underground port, were sealed off.

Fortunately, he encountered a toy soldier; otherwise, Li Ang would not have been able to find the location of the underground port so easily. Now, he could put his newfound knowledge to use and relay the information he obtained from the toy soldier to Sabo.

Similarly, Sabo was also warned to be careful not to attack the wrong person, as there was still a revolutionary force on the mainland.

After explaining all this, Li Ang naturally didn't want to appear in front of everyone and expose the fact that he was a member of the Revolutionary Army. So he could only calmly pretend to be a tourist, blend into the crowd of ordinary people, and quietly do some small things behind the scenes. Most of the work still had to be handled by Fujitora Sabo and the Revolutionary Army soldiers.

Meanwhile, after Jack drowned, Diamanti still tried to struggle, after all, the burden was too heavy for him to bear alone.

But Señor couldn't argue with him. Look at Señor—when he speaks, a multitude of fans cheer him on, screaming and shouting. But when Diamanti speaks, he only receives scorn. How can there be such a huge difference in character?

Just when Diamanti was at his wits' end and at his wit's end, he caught sight of Rebecca, who was still kneeling on the ring, crying uncontrollably, and a bold idea suddenly came to him.

Since things have come to this point and the situation cannot be reversed, I am bound to take the blame.

It's better to just throw caution to the wind and do nothing. Since you're going to take the blame anyway, you might as well take the blame for several at once. After all, having more blame won't weigh you down.

Of course, these are different; the former will be punished by Doflamingo, while the latter will be rewarded by Doflamingo.

Thinking it over, Diamanti snorted coldly, feigning defeat at Señor's wits, and pretended to turn and leave. It was just a feint, meant to lower everyone's guard.

Before he had taken more than a few steps, Diamanti sidestepped and leaped onto the ring, charging towards Rebecca.

Señor was completely taken aback that Diamanti would do such a thing, especially since he was standing between Gaz and Diamanti, in a completely different direction from Rebecca. He was utterly unable to reach her.

Without Señor's obstruction, and with the other three cadres acting as if it were none of their business, Rebecca was no different from a little chick in their presence. So, unsurprisingly, Rebecca was kidnapped by Diamanti.

Señor, chewing on his pacifier, said, "You're giving Doflamingo a bad name."

"What are you doing!" Gaz shouted through the megaphone, "Are you giving up your position as the Arena Master by attacking a victorious gladiator?"

"Heh heh, what are you talking about arena autonomy, what are you talking about Doflamingo. I'm all alone now, and I'm taking her. If you don't want her to die, you'd better make way for me."

Diamanti held Rebecca hostage with one hand and held a sword in the other, putting on a wary expression.

His thinking was simple: it doesn't matter, the only problem is that Doflamingo can't directly attack Rebecca, and he can't find a pretext. He only set up this arena duel because he didn't have a legitimate reason.

Now Diamante could easily provide such a reason. If he acted as if he had betrayed Doflamingo and defected with Rebecca, wouldn't that still be the same as Rebecca being in Doflamingo's hands?

In this way, Rebecca's life can still be used to threaten the toy soldiers, and this time the toy soldiers have no chance of finding a loophole.

The main point is that this way, it won't damage Doflamingo's reputation. The Donquixote Family will still be seen as great people. Doflamingo can then say something like, "I've done everything I could to save Rebecca and I'm going to use all my energy to bring back the traitor." Wouldn't he be able to happily gain another wave of public support like harvesting leeks?

But in reality, Diamanti was enjoying a life of luxury in the palace, while Rebecca remained imprisoned in the dark dungeon. Everything was back to normal. Diamanti wouldn't be blamed; someone else would simply be randomly chosen to replace him in his nominal position, while he would secretly remain the highest-ranking officer of the Square Army.

Although Mahabez is a large, burly man with the imposing physique of a typical hulking figure, he is quite cunning. Having worked for the Don Quixote family for so many years, he is not like Señor, who spends all his time sunbathing; he is a seasoned veteran.

Seeing Diamanti's unusual behavior, he quickly understood what was going on and devised a plan. He then took the initiative to help Diamanti, thinking that if the matter succeeded, he would also get a share of the credit.

"Diamanti, what are you doing! Have you forgotten Doflamingo's benevolence?"

Emma, ​​even Mahabez himself felt a little uncomfortable with what he was saying. It was really strange to hear words like benevolence and morality coming from the mouths of these people.

After Mahabais's strange remarks, Deringer and Rao G realized that this was all part of a performance. They quickly started to coordinate their actions.

"Hehe, Diamanti, the young master's wrath isn't so easy to bear. You'd better just give up resisting and hand over Rebecca. Then we can put in a good word for you in front of the young master," Deringer grinned.

Rao G didn't say much. He was already a hunchbacked old man, and his voice wasn't as strong as those of the younger ones. He simply assumed a fighting stance, ready to charge into battle at any moment. It was clear that he had distanced himself from Diamanti and regarded him as an enemy.

Seeing this, Señor could easily see through their intentions. They had been colleagues for many years, and while their clumsy acting might fool outsiders, it was impossible for them to fool Señor.

But what could Señor do at this point? He could only sigh silently and adopt a fighting stance. However, Señor was genuinely enraged, while the others were merely putting on an act.

After serving in the family for so many years, he finally realized today that no matter what he did, whether good or evil, the Don Quixote family was far too petty and incapable of achieving great things.

Even after becoming a Shichibukai and ruling a country, Doflamingo and his family still couldn't be considered a first-rate power. They'd occupied Dressrosa for years, yet made absolutely no progress.

Just like Doflamingo's nickname in the underworld, he was ultimately a clown.

Chapter 256 The Arrival

"Hehe, that's right, just like that." Diamanti couldn't help but feel a little smug seeing that everyone was cooperating and following along.

"What nonsense! No matter how well you speak, how passionately you act, or even if you sacrifice your life, the ultimate winner will still be me, the Don Quixote family."

Gaz wasn't stupid either. Although he died of illness and belonged to the Don Quixote family, he had been working in the arena for many years and had the most contact with these four champions and the arena master Diamante.

Seeing this, they realized it was all Diamante's scheme. They had no intention of letting Rebecca go, so they pulled this stunt to deceive everyone, just like they had fooled the public years ago by manipulating King Riku to massacre civilians.

Gaz was fully aware of what had happened a few years ago.