The Great Voyage Begins with the Celestial Dragons

What he didn't expect was that Doflamingo would be the one to cause trouble today.

He didn't know much about Doflamingo, but he knew he was no pushover.

“Scarlett, are you trying to use him to teach me a lesson, or are you going to get rid of me…?”

King Riku murmured softly, his gaze passing over the clown-like Doflamingo and fixed on the doorway.

Scarlett stood there in a red dress, so dazzling in her attire, appearance, and demeanor, yet no one noticed her except him.

"King Riku!!!"

Doflamingo's anger intensified as he looked at King Riku's distracted appearance.

He loathed this kind of disregard or even contemptuous look. The other person was clearly just a weakling, so why should they look down on him?

With a gentle flick of his finger, the silk threads formed by the Thread Fruit gushed out, instantly filling the hall with countless threads.

The entire hall is now under his control; he can manipulate everyone like a puppet.

He pulled hard on the thread, and Riku's stiff limbs began to move.

It's clear that King Riku is resisting the control of the String-String Fruit, but with his strength, it's all in vain.

King Riku stood up shakily and slowly walked towards Doflamingo.

"Dressrosa was once the private property of the Donquixote family. I am here simply to return it to its rightful owner," Doflamingo's cold voice rang out.

"Ha, Don Quixote is not in charge, you should say that to that prince."

King Riku looked at Doflamingo with a mocking expression; in his eyes, the other man was no different from a clown.

Yes... the Joker...

He slightly raised his head and looked at Scarlett with a somewhat complicated expression.

He had already roughly guessed Scarlett's intentions from Doflamingo's actions.

Facing Doflamingo, he had no strength left to resist, like a puppet on strings, allowing the other party to manipulate him.

He could foresee that the other party would later use what he cherished most to threaten him, and he would have no choice but to follow the other party's wishes until he ended up with nothing.

Scarlett had told him these things countless times.

Now that he was truly facing it, he began to understand Scarlett's thoughts.

However, perhaps Scarlett is right, but he still has his own principles.

Placing one's own people on the crossroads of war might lead to a bright future, but for people today, it's too cruel.

However, there are some things he can't do just because he wants to.

Just like now, he is like a puppet in Doflamingo's hands, while Doflamingo is the clown in the play directed by Scarlett.

No matter what Scarlett did, there was nothing he could do to stop her.

"Is this the real lesson you wanted to teach me...Scarlett!"

King Riku sighed softly, ignoring Doflamingo's drastically changed expression, and stared intently towards the gate.

Chapter 293 The Best Result

"Scarlett?!"

Upon hearing this name, Doflamingo frowned.

Following King Riku's gaze, they looked towards the gate.

He also knew the name Scarlett; she was the eldest daughter of King Riku and the eldest princess of Dressrosa.

According to his plan, he would gradually replace King Riku as the king of Dressrosa, and if Scarlett was of value, he wouldn't mind having another subordinate.

However, King Riku's current state is very unusual, which has alerted him.

"when..."

Looking at the figure in a red dress at the entrance, resembling a queen, Doflamingo's expression hardened slightly.

The distance between the other party and them was less than 10 meters. His Observation Haki had not been turned off since he entered the palace.

There was only one possibility: Scarlett had evaded his senses.

"When? Maybe it was uncertain from the very beginning!"

Scarlett smiled and looked at Doflamingo, walking towards him step by step.

"Don't move!"

Doflamingo looked at Scarlett warily and issued his warning.

He didn't want the other person to get close before he knew their abilities.

He winked at the few cadres who were approaching, but to his surprise, they ignored him completely.

Realizing something, Doflamingo's expression changed slightly, and the threads in his hand wrapped around the bodies of several officers.

"Whoosh!"

Under the sweeping force of the silk threads, the bodies of several cadres were cut open, and blood gushed out.

Before they died, the group looked at Doflamingo in disbelief.

"This is in the hands of someone you treat like a brother or sister, and it seems you don't care that much about it."

Scarlett watched this scene with great interest, a smile playing on her lips.

"Ha, I know them, they're all fake. Tell me, where are they?"

Doflamingo glared at his opponent through gritted teeth, admitting that he had misjudged him.

No one expected that Scarlett, who was so young, would have such abilities.

"Where are they? They should be waiting for you on your pirate ship right now. I have no interest in them."

Scarlett smiled and snapped her fingers.

The surrounding scenery changed; the severed limbs and the few remaining officers who had been cut up by Doflamingo disappeared, replaced by clumps of snow.

"Monet!?"

Looking at the only woman still standing, and thinking about her Devil Fruit ability, Doflamingo narrowed his eyes.

He never doubted the other party from beginning to end, but he never expected that the other party would betray him.

"You have betrayed the family, Monet!"

“I have never betrayed my family; I have always been a member of the Don Quixote family,” Monet said calmly.

"What are you doing right now?!"

Doflamingo swept his hands, and countless fine threads wrapped around Monet.

Monet clasped his hands together as the wind and snow danced in the air, the fine lines that came his way covered in frost, unable to move forward any further.

"I am doing what I should do as a member of the Don Quixote family."

"Don Quixote?! You're that bastard!!!"

When Monet repeated himself, even the astute Doflamingo realized something and, with a grim expression, revealed his guess.

"That's right, from beginning to end, Monet was never one of yours."

Scarlett watched everything unfold before her like a spectator, a smile still playing on her lips.

"Heh, so it seems you're one of Luther's men now."

Doflamingo narrowed his eyes as he looked at Scarlett, his mind seemingly preoccupied with something.

If he had known this place was occupied by Luther, he would never have come.

Although there were rumors about Luther and Scarlett, those were all from many years ago. Luther hasn't been to Dressrosa recently, which is why he chose this location.

Now that he'd been tricked, he'd calmed down.

At least one family traitor was caught, so it's not too bad.

After comforting himself with this thought, Doflamingo felt much better.

He didn't hesitate any longer. Since it was a trap from the beginning, when was he going to run away?

Whoosh!

But just as he was about to take off, he suddenly looked at his chest in horror.

He didn't know when it started, but his chest was already soaked in blood.

The pain instantly spread throughout my body.

"When?"

"When? Do you think this is the power of my Devil Fruit?"

Scarlett's cheerful voice reached Doflamingo's ears. She flicked the blood off her rapier and whispered:

"My name is Scarlett, the greatest masterpiece personally nurtured by His Highness Luther. Don Quixote greets you, Joker!"

laugh! ! !

The rapier in her hand flashed as she swung it.

After that, Doflamingo's consciousness became blurred, and he knew nothing more.

Scarlett sheathed her sword, no longer paying attention to Doflamingo, and instead walked step by step toward King Riku.

"Is this how you see yourself as the greatest masterpiece nurtured by Luther himself?"

King Riku looked at his own daughter with a complicated expression. Hearing these words with his own ears, he felt that his life was a complete failure.

"It's not just a matter of positioning, it's an undeniable fact. Father."

Scarlett's lithe figure slowly passed by King Riku, and the threads binding King Riku became easy to break free of because Doflamingo was unconscious.

However, at the moment they passed each other, King Riku did nothing but silently watch Scarlett continue forward until she reached the throne in Dressrosa.

“Father, you have your own way of being a king. I will not judge whether it is right or wrong, but simply prove to you that the way of being a king that you follow is so vulnerable in front of me.”

Scarlett slowly sat on the throne, her eyes, slightly complicated, looking at her father.