Saving Private Goldilocks

Aside from a few like Kozuki Oden, the strong in this world are all of Dr. Mundo blood, possessing thick skin and incredible regenerative abilities.

Kuzan and Sakazuki fought for ten days and ten nights in Punk Hazard before a victor emerged; battles between masters are often very long.

Although the Golden Lion is now very old and its strength has declined significantly compared to more than 20 years ago, its tiger spirit remains strong despite its age.

Back in the day, he was a formidable man who could single-handedly fight Garp and Sengoku at Marineford for three days and three nights, far beyond what Doflamingo could handle.

However, the Golden Lion hasn't made a move in twenty years.

He was used to fighting tough guys like Garp, Roger, and Whitebeard, and was unaware of the treacherous nature of the world today.

Five Color Strings.

One of Doflamingo's signature moves is his five thin threads, which are sharp enough to cut through metal.

Seeing five deadly threads hurtling towards the back of the Golden Lion, he only had time to move aside based on his fighting instincts.

The five silk threads, like sharp cutting machines, instantly severed one of the Golden Lion's hands.

The remaining power of these silk threads was still strong, and they also cut down the Maokai behind him, each with a diameter of several meters.

I swear to God.

If Ma Qiao were here, he would definitely declare that losing arms and legs is a traditional skill in the pirate world, and it really has nothing to do with him.

But regardless, that's how it happened.

The careless Golden Lion didn't even feel pain because Doflamingo's threads were too sharp.

By the time he realized what was happening, blood was already gushing from his wrist.

The excruciating pain caused even this ruthless man, who had once severed his own legs, to scream in agony.

After farming for twenty years, my pain tolerance has inevitably decreased.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Doflamingo unleashed a killing move even more powerful than the Five Color Strings: "Overheat!"

This is dozens of thoughts that shot out from the palm of the hand, intertwined to form a thick whip capable of splitting an entire building in two.

Goodbye, old-fashioned relic of the past! Hee hee~

A wild and cruel smile crept across Doflamingo's lips.

But at that moment, a large net suddenly shot out from the bushes and pulled the Golden Lion to the ground.

It's easy to imagine that even with the Golden Lion's powerful physique, taking such a direct hit would be extremely dangerous.

"Damn it, who ruined my plans!"

Doflamingo, whose sneak attack had failed, looked down and saw a group of dwarfs pulling a large net.

These lovers may be small in size, but they are incredibly strong. Even the Golden Lion was unable to break free when it was caught in the net.

"Golden-haired hero, don't struggle! We are here to help you on the orders of our benefactor!"

The little people all offered their explanations to the Golden Lion.

"Tontatta Tribe!"

Doflamingo glared at the villains through gritted teeth. "So it was you slip-ups!"

Nine hundred years ago, the Donquixote Family had already formed a feud with these Tontatta.

Even now, Doflamingo has not completely wiped them out. Apart from the fact that the Tontatta is somewhat useful as slaves, the main reason is that these guys live like field mice in the forests beneath Green Bit.

Exterminating rats is just as difficult as eradicating these Tontatta.

Unexpectedly, these usually annoying little Nezumi ruined his dramatic comeback.

This made Doflamingo grit his teeth in anger.

The Tontatta Tribe is very mysterious. This is the first time the Golden Lion has met them, and he couldn't help but ask, "Who is your benefactor?"

"Our benefactor is Noland's master!" the little people replied excitedly.

The biggest weakness of the Tontatta Tribe is that they are particularly prone to believing other people's lies.

In the original timeline, Usopp claimed to be a descendant of the liar Noland, easily gaining the trust of the Tontatta Tribe.

While Golden Lion was chasing Doflamingo across the map, Ma Qiao also visited the territory of the Tontatta Tribe.

However, he disdained to claim himself a descendant of some liar, and instead told the Tontatta Tribe that Noland was a subordinate of their ancestor.

Four hundred years ago, it was their ancestor who sent Noland to rescue the Tontatta Tribe.

Today, I will send an old golden retriever to rescue the suffering Tontatta Tribe and make Dongtata great again.

These despicable people didn't even bother to verify anything before readily believing Ma Qiao's nonsense.

At this moment, Ma Qiao is enjoying the wine and fruit offered by the little people at the Secret Base of the Tontatta Tribe, and chatting with King Gancho and Princess Mansherry.

Meanwhile, the little people, led by Captain Leo, came to support the old golden-haired man that their benefactor had mentioned.

Leo, the Tontatta warrior who, according to the original plot, would become the captain of the sixth division of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, discovered, just as his benefactor had said, that a blond old man was fighting Doflamingo. So he quickly seized the opportunity to go forward and help.

"Advanced stitching - inner lining suture!"

It's not just Doflamingo, the Devil Fruit User, who can perform heart suturing surgery that even the world's top thoracic surgeons cannot do, despite having no knowledge of medicine or anatomy;

As Devil Fruit User (although Leo himself was unaware of his ability), Leo was also able to stitch Golden Lion's wrist back together with his severed hand without any instruction.

But...

Let's not even talk about the craftsmanship of this careless little man.

When the Golden Lion meets the Fifth Sister again, it will definitely be a very exciting and novel experience.

Because Leo sewed his hand upside down...

In short, after providing emergency treatment to his benefactor's subordinates, Leo jumped up, ready to deliver a "Tontatta Platter" to Doflamingo.

However, at that very moment...

"Get out of here!"

The Golden Lion, having broken free of the net, slapped Leo away, yelling, "Don't interfere in my battle!"

Golden Lion Shiki was not, and is not, a positive character.

But he is indeed an old-school, tough-guy pirate.

"Oh?"

Doflamingo suddenly revealed an amused expression. "You want a fair fight? This doesn't sound like something Shiki, the great pirate who once besieged Roger's ship with 100 pirate ships, would say—"

"You! What do you know!"

Golden Lion blushed slightly. "Besieging Roger can't be considered ganging up on the few... Besieging Roger... that's old-school pirate stuff, how can that be considered ganging up on the few...?"

However, in that moment of distraction, Golden Lion suddenly realized that, following "Oto" and "Kogarashi," a sticky liquid had already covered his lower body.

Looking up, he saw a very slovenly guy with snotty nose standing next to Doflamingo.

In addition, many other members of the Donquixote Family have also arrived.

Doflamingo laughed loudly, "We pirates of the new era aren't so stubborn! We're ready to gang up on you!"

To everyone's surprise, the Golden Lion laughed instead, "Haha, do you think you can harm me with your worthless wretch?"

"I was simply out of practice and that's why you managed to sneak up on me. But from now on, this 69-year-old man will absolutely not be sneaked up on by you youngsters again!"

"Grandpa Golden Retriever~"

"Huh?"

Just as the Golden Lion made his promise, a sweet, soft voice from a little girl entered his ears.

The Golden Lion instinctively lowered its head.

A little green-haired girl dressed as a little red hat was standing on a high stool, waving her cute pink hand at him.

The Golden Lion subconsciously lowered its floating height once again.

Immediately afterwards, the little girl tiptoed and gently placed her hand on the Golden Lion's hand, which had been caught by mistake.

At the Tontatta Tribe's base, Ma Qiao is discussing the recipe for a health-preserving tea with the old King Gancho.

Nami, meanwhile, was chatting with Princess Mansherry and Rebecca about some private topics typical of girls.

Ma Qiao had previously saved Rebecca from the Cyclops and displayed powerful Conqueror's Haki, which reminded Kyros to associate Ma Qiao with a savior.

Ma Qiao, seizing the opportunity, followed Kyros and Rebecca to their secluded Flower Field cottage and stayed there for a few days.

Ma Qiao was already very familiar with Kyros.

As for Nami, upon meeting the sexy and beautiful Rebecca, she has already proactively switched into "big sister" mode.

Overall, the atmosphere was quite subtle.

Just then, Ma Qiao suddenly frowned, unable to recall why he had come to the Tontatta Tribe.

When asked, Nami rolled Nami eyes at Ma Qiao, then glanced at Rebecca, whose cleavage was no less impressive than her own.

That look seemed to say, "I don't even care what you're doing here! You filthy scoundrel!"

Honestly, how could Ma Qiao have come to Dressrosa for such a trivial matter?

But no matter what he thought, all he knew was that he was plotting to legally and legitimately unite Dressrosa and send some of the country's hopeless scum to Gangplank's hands to dig potatoes.

But Ma Qiao couldn't recall the specifics of how to proceed.

It seemed that a very important memory had disappeared from his mind.

Ma Qiao asked Gancho old king, who replied excitedly, "My benefactor, didn't you say you were going to storm the Donquixote Family's palace and kill Doflamingo?"

"Clam?"

Ma Qiao was stunned.

Kill Doflamingo?

Doflamingo was a former Celestial Dragons.

Although he wasn't as Fujitora, how could he possibly intend to kill him with his own hands?

They're not even going to find a scapegoat? Isn't that insane?

Moreover, even disregarding his former status Celestial Dragons, this act of openly killing Shichibukai appointed by the World Government was not intended to declare war on the World Government.

Not to mention any legitimate or legal annexation of the Dressrosa Kingdom.

The final winner is not yet

When would I, Ma, ever do something so thankless and exhausting?

Rebecca chimed in, "The Mr. Soldier also said you are the savior of Dressrosa, and will save the people here!"

As Rebecca described himself as sophisticated and elegant, Ma Qiao grew increasingly uneasy.

These are just words used to fool young girls. If I actually did that, wouldn't I be making Heimerdinger?

Just as Ma Qiao was racking his brains, he suddenly noticed a sentence written on his arm in bold marker, "Call Nicole Robin."

"Call Robin?"

Ma Qiao frowned.

However, the writing on his arm was indeed his own, so Ma Qiao used the excuse of needing to urinate to call Robin.

"Dog repairs gold samar."

"Hey, you said before that if you called, you wanted me to say one thing to you, but that thing was a little strange..."

"You said, 'The boss of the first theatrical film produced by Oda was a scapegoat,' which is a bit ambiguous..."

After praising Robin-chan for her hard work, Ma Qiao hung up the phone.

Really.

It's Hobby-Hobby Fruit made of Sugar.

The Hobby-Hobby Fruit is an extremely abnormal ability. It can turn anyone it touches into a toy of whatever the user desires, and the type and style of the toy are entirely determined by the user's preferences.

Even more devastatingly, everyone except the Donquixote Family members who is connected to the target who has been turned into a toy will lose all memories of their time with him.

Therefore, Ma Qiao has absolutely no recollection of ever encountering the Golden Lion.

Fortunately, Ma Qiao possessed the God's perspective as a time traveler, and had anticipated the possibility that the foolish Golden Lion would make a mistake, and devised a corresponding plan.

Sugar's Devil Fruit power can only erase Ma Qiao's memories of his time with Golden Lion Shiki in the real world, but it cannot erase the memories left by Ma Qiao in his previous life as a veteran One Piece fan who watched "Strong World".

So Ma Qiao immediately realized that the scapegoat he had chosen was none other than Kim.

"As expected, it wasn't a wise move for the leader to charge ahead..."

Ma Qiao sighed.

Playing pirate games with a gentleman like Katakuri is one thing, but when it comes to clashing with old geezers like the Donquixote Family, it's better to stay behind the scenes.

Forget about accidentally becoming a toy of Sugar; even getting your nose smeared by Sugar's homeless bodyguard would be a huge loss.

With that in mind, Ma Qiao gave Gangplank the order, "Prepare to land in Dressrosa. The excuse, no, the reason, is: 'Searching for the missing soldier, blond!'"

At the same time.

Off the coast of Dressrosa.

Beneath the high-flying Whitebeard banner, a bearded man dressed in the same pirate attire as Roger laughed as he tossed an orange into his mouth.

He pulled out his Fire Pistol, pointed it into the air, and pulled the trigger, instantly silencing the noisy pirate ship.

"Brothers, it's time to get to work!"

With a loud shout from Gangplank, the pirates erupted in a deafening cheer.

Three major cadres:

Ghost Gin, True Ghost Pyke, and Miss Fortune Sarah Mo are ready to fight.

The pirate henchmen raised their swords high.

But soon, Gangplank fired another shot into the air, and everyone fell silent again.

"Most of you are my old subordinates whom I brought from the East Blue!"

"But I don't care who you are now, you'd better remember the old rules, otherwise..."

Click!

Gangplank swung his scimitar and cleaved a barrel of explosives in two, detonating it instantly.

But Gangplank was unharmed in the violent explosion.

The squad leader's formidable strength immediately drew cheers from the henchmen. "Don't worry, Captain Gangplank, we know him like the back of our hand!"

"All spoils must be turned over to the public!"

"Murder must be reported to the top three officers first; if more than ten people are involved, it must be reported to the team leader!"

"Don't rob civilians! They don't have much to offer!"

"You have to pay to harass women; you can't harass them without paying!"

"No mistreatment of prisoners is allowed; they are a vital asset for digging potatoes!"

Listening to the chaotic shouts of his subordinates, Gangplank nodded.

Oni-jin, Gin, stood to the side, tears welling in his eyes.

"As expected of Brother Gangplank, we are truly a righteous force in the pirate world! Even the other divisions of Pops can't compare to us!"

Pyke and Miss Fortune curled their lip in disdain.

If it weren't for the master's orders, with that brutal fellow Gangplank passing through, there probably wouldn't be a single survivor in Dressrosa.

But...

The two of them simultaneously clenched their fingers.

You must work hard and win the master's favor so that you will have a chance to be promoted and take charge of things on your own sooner!

They all hail from Bilgewater, and now Gangplank and Twisted Fate are direct subordinates of the "Five Emperors," while Graves has become his master's personal bodyguard.

And yet, I'm still working for Gangplank; my progress is truly slow...