Sabo's Move, the Block D Elimination Round Begins
On the screen, a barrage of surprised comments immediately appeared: {Who would have thought that Straw Hat Luffy actually knows the future New Four Emperors — Blackbeard, and it seems they have a deep-seated grudge! This is getting more and more interesting!}
{Wow! The future New Four Emperors — Blackbeard— once extended an invitation to Ace, and they seem to know each other quite well! I remember Ace was the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates! Could it be that the future New Four Emperors — Blackbeard —also came from the Four Emperors — Whitebeard's ship? Looking at their names, it seems quite possible!}
I'm getting more and more curious about Ace's relationship with the Straw Hat Luffy!
{The future New Four Emperors — Blackbeard's subordinates versus Straw Hat Luffy —this match looks incredibly exciting! I'm really looking forward to what happens next!}
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The Grand Line, White Soil Island.
"Mr. Dragon... I have a favor to ask. I wish to go to Marineford in my own name to save Ace." Sabo, now fully recovered, sat on the bed, looking hopefully at the dragon standing by the window, his gaze fixed intently on the outside, and pleaded.
Not long ago, he awoke from his coma and brought good news to the Revolutionary Army comrades who had been surrounding him and concerned about his health: he had remembered everything from the past.
This news caused an uproar within the Revolutionary Army, like a bombshell dropped on them. Everyone was asking if he would leave the Revolutionary Army because of it.
Sabo reassured them that he wouldn't leave the Revolutionary Army unless they forced him out, but he had one request—which is what he's now mentioning to Dragon.
"Alright! But remember, your actions this time only represent yourself, not the Revolutionary Army." Dragon turned his gaze from the window to Sabo on the bed and said.
"I understand! Mr. Long, thank you." Sabo said with a smile.
"There's nothing to thank me for. On the contrary, I should apologize to you. I should have given you more help, but now is not the time to go to war with the World Government, so you have to do it yourself. Actually, I feel quite sorry for you." Dragon shook his head and said, "Later, when you see Luffy, remember to say hello to him for me!"
"Yes, Mr. Dragon." Sabo nodded and said.
"Um... Mr. Long, I... I want to go too." At this moment, Koala suddenly raised her hand and said.
"Huh?" Sabo exclaimed in surprise, puzzled. "Where... where are you going?!"
"I don't trust you! What? Is it not okay?" Koala glared at him and asked.
"No, but..." Sabo wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Koala, "There's no 'but.' What I say goes. Besides, the decision isn't in your hands, is it, Mr. Dragon?" As she spoke, she looked at Dragon expectantly.
"Sabo, let Koala go with you! The two of you going together will be able to look after each other," Long Yichui said decisively. "I can feel more at ease then."
"Well... alright! I understand, Mr. Dragon." Sabo wanted to say something more, but upon meeting Dragon's slightly worried gaze, he immediately changed the subject and said...
Koala smiled sweetly at Long and said, "Thank you, Mr. Long." Then, she gave Sabo a smug look.
Sabo could only shake his head helplessly, but his heart was warmed. He thought to himself, "Luffy, wait for me. This time, I will definitely rescue Ace with you. I will never let this tragedy repeat itself."
On the other side, in the video footage, Rebecca buys several bento boxes for Luffy, who has been trying them but has no money to buy any, and then takes him to a quiet place—the dormitory, or rather, the prison cell, of the Corrida Colosseum.
During this time, Rebecca kept praising Luffy's strength, but Luffy asked her if she wanted to eat and if she was hungry.
Luffy's kindness seemed to have touched a wound in her heart, and Rebecca fell silent, replying that he wasn't hungry.
Just then, something unexpected happened. A hand suddenly reached out from behind the iron bars where Luffy and his companion were sitting, grabbed Luffy, and then told Rebecca to quickly take action and finish Luffy.
Rebecca reluctantly gripped her knife and launched an attack on Luffy, but her attacks were easily countered by Luffy, who instead pinned her down, leading to the scene shown in the previous shot.
"Kill me or do whatever you want with me!" Rebecca, having completely given up resistance, looked at Luffy and said, "I'm willing to accept the punishment."
"I won't hurt the person who treated me to dinner," Luffy said, finishing the last bite of his bento.
"I almost killed you just now!" Rebecca shouted angrily.
"It doesn't matter, I'm not dead anyway!" Luffy wiped his mouth and said casually, "Besides, you didn't have any killing intent just now."
Upon hearing this, Rebecca was taken aback and fell silent.
Just then, a voice rang out from inside the iron bars, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! To forgive someone so easily only highlights the difference in strength, Rebecca!"
"I was hoping that if we could take down one more strong fighter here, you'd have a better chance! What a pity!"
As his words fell, everything inside the iron bars was finally revealed to Luffy: a group of prisoner swordsmen whose bodies were wrapped in various bandages.
They told Luffy that they were all imprisoned here for disobeying the Donquixote Family. Doflamingo promised them that if each of them could win a thousand battles, they would be free. However, they all knew very well that no matter how strong you were, you would die after a hundred battles. Therefore, some of them seemed to have escaped, but they were mercilessly shot down. They had nowhere left to retreat!
Ten years ago, before Doflamingo became king, the gladiators in the Corrida Colosseum didn't fight to the death like this. Under his rule, the country was a place of extreme light and darkness.
These people's words deeply shocked Luffy.
At this moment, Rebecca, who was lying on the ground, told Luffy that she had to win this match no matter what, even if it meant using any means necessary, because only by obtaining the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit could he have the strength to defeat Doflamingo.
She heard that the One-Legged Soldier had launched a decisive battle against Doflamingo today to liberate them, intending to save the country from Doflamingo. She wanted to help the One-Legged Soldier; she didn't want to be protected by him anymore, but rather wanted to protect him herself.
The New World, Dressrosa, King's Plateau, Inside the Royal Palace.
"Fufu, Senor Pink, go and bring this Rebecca back to me." Doflamingo suddenly turned around and said to Senor Pink.
"Ah!" Senor Pink paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, young master." With that, he turned and left the room.
"Fufu, with her, even if we can't catch that One-Legged Toy Soldier, we can still make him surrender obediently," Doflamingo said grimly.
A sewer
"Rebecca, thank you, but I won't let that happen," Kyros said with a hint of relief.
Meanwhile, in the video footage, Rebecca's words reminded Luffy of a guy he had encountered at the entrance to the arena.
Rebecca told him that it must be the one he had met.
Luffy was immediately puzzled. If she was worried about a toy being in danger, he found it strange that a toy could actually be alive.
Rebecca sat up and told him that in this country, toys, like humans, could be friends, brothers, and lovers with different people. But she didn't understand why they couldn't stay together. After her mother died, she had been taken care of by the one-legged One-Legged Toy Soldier, who was like a second parent to her.
Luffy was surprised; he hadn't expected a toy to be able to do this. Then he picked up the bento that had just fallen to the ground and started eating it.
Just then, Gatz announced from outside that the Block D game was about to begin.
Rebecca immediately stood up, only to see Luffy eating the bento that had fallen to the ground. Confused, she asked, "What are you doing, Lucy?"
"I accidentally knocked over two arena bentos while I was fooling around earlier. Sorry, you emptied your wallet to buy them for me." Luffy said while eating, "But they're still delicious even though they're on the ground!"
At this point, his tone turned serious, and he said earnestly, "You don't look like a prisoner, so you'll have to buy me another arena lunchbox!"
Rebecca paused for a moment, then quickly put on her helmet and said as she walked towards the arena, "See you in the finals, Lucy!"
"Yeah! Good luck!" Luffy smiled and said from behind her.
Immediately afterwards, the camera panned to Rebecca, who was now on the field.
However, the entire audience responded with boos and curses.
However, she didn't care at all; she just clenched her teeth and tried her best not to let the tears in her eyes fall.