Kyros's True Identity Revealed (Part 1)
On the screen, a barrage of confused and teasing comments immediately appeared: {Hey! What... what happened? Why did that One-Legged Toy Soldier turn out like that?!}
{What a huge head! Is the power of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit just to burst people's heads? No... no way??}
{Explode! Explode already! I want to see what a person turned into a toy would look like after their head explodes. Would their brains splatter everywhere?!}
{This Bomb-Bomb Fruit's power is really bizarre! It's mind-boggling! Oh, no, it's supposed to be mind-boggling anyway.}
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The New World, Dressrosa, inside the Corrida Colosseum.
"Soldier... soldier, no, Daddy," Rebecca said with a worried expression.
On the other hand, the video footage appears to be an explanation of why the One-Legged Toy Soldier looks like this.
The scene then shifts back to a short time ago, after he and some of the Tontatta separated from Usopp and the others.
He and the other Tontatta took the elevator to the first floor of the Royal Palace, where they encountered an old man dressed in a blue bodysuit.
His biography immediately appeared. "Rao G., a member of the Donquixote Family."
Rao G engaged them in a fierce battle, but with their strength, they were naturally no match for Rao G. Not only that, the One-Legged Toy Soldier was also severely injured by him.
In the end, it was only through the sacrifice of a small group of Tontatta that Lao G managed to hold him back, allowing the One-Legged Toy Soldier and another small group of Tontatta to escape from Lao G's clutches.
However, they hadn't run far when they ran into Gladius, who easily wiped out the remaining Tontatta with his abilities.
Intending to use the remaining Tontatta as cover to break through Gladius's One-Legged Toy Soldiers, he barely managed to take a few steps.
Gladius caught up with him, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up like a chick, saying, "I am the Boom Man who ate the Bomb-Bomb Fruit. I can detonate my own body and any inorganic matter I touch at will."
As he finished speaking, the One-Legged Toy Soldier's head began to grow larger.
And so, the scene described earlier unfolded.
However, Gladius did not succeed.
Because, at this critical moment, Luffy, steaming hot, suddenly appeared in front of him, kicked him away, and saved the One-Legged Toy Soldier from his grasp.
On the screen, a barrage of puzzled comments immediately appeared: {Wait, even if this One-Legged Toy Soldier is King Riku's son-in-law, these Tontatta wouldn't go to such lengths, would they?}
What magic does this One-Legged Toy Soldier possess that makes the Tontatta go to such lengths for him?!
Why would such a weakling like the One-Legged Toy Soldier be worth these Tontatta risking their lives for?!
Seeing these Tontatta go to such lengths for him, I suddenly became extremely curious about the true identity of this One-Legged Toy Soldier. Who... who exactly is he?
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On the other side, in the video footage, Luffy catches the One-Legged Toy Soldier that falls from the sky like a deflated balloon.
Gladius also got up from the ground and immediately recognized Luffy and his crew.
Luffy wanted to fight him, but Violet stopped him, grabbed his hand, and ran forward because they were running out of time and had to get to the poker hall on the second floor as soon as possible.
Gladius would not let them leave easily, especially Violet. He could not let her go as a traitor. His helmet suddenly swelled up like a balloon.
Upon hearing Gladius call her a traitor, Violet immediately refuted him, stating that she had never considered joining them ten years ago.
Gladius, of course, paid no heed to any of this. His helmet shattered like a bomb, and countless tiny fragments rained down on Luffy and his crew.
Luffy immediately activated his Observation Haki, thus avoiding being hit by the shards.
But Violet wasn't so lucky; she was grazed on the arm by a shard and immediately fell forward.
Fortunately, Luffy reacted quickly and caught her, preventing her from falling to the ground.
Even so, Luffy still expressed his deepest apologies to her, saying that he hadn't expected that having him around would cause her to get hurt.
Violet, however, didn't seem to care, saying, "It's just a scratch from a shard, nothing serious. We should get to the second floor quickly."
Hearing this, Luffy nodded, picked her up and the One-Legged Toy Soldier, and suddenly ran towards a window, shouting, "Anyway, let's go to the second floor first!"
"Wait a minute, this isn't the staircase to the second floor!" Violet exclaimed in alarm.
However, the next second, Luffy smashed through the window, did a Golden Hook, stretched out his leg, hooked it onto the second-floor window, and used his rubber body to launch himself and Violet into the window, scaring Violet half to death.
When they came to their senses, they were already outside the window of the poker hall on the second floor.
Luffy was about to rush in, Violet stopped him, "Wait a minute, don't be impulsive!"
"Hey! Why are you hiding?! Isn't Doflamingo inside?" Luffy, puzzled. "Why don't we just rush in and beat him out of there!"
"Quiet down, don't ruin their battle plan!" Violet made a shushing gesture and said.
"Huh? Operation? What kind of operation?!" Luffy, even more confused.
"The Tontatta's SOP is here! We need to wait until they complete their mission before taking action!" Violet explained. "Let's wait for the right opportunity!"
As she spoke, she slowly stretched her head out, looking into the window at everything inside.
Inside, Doflamingo was interrogating Law, whom he had captured. He was asking Law why Luffy and his crew were involved with the Tontatta, why they had ventured underground, and why they were targeting Sugar...
However, Law did not answer these questions because he had no idea why Luffy and his Luffy would do such a thing.
Naturally, Doflamingo was unhappy to receive this answer from Law. He then turned to the other man he had captured in the room and asked, "Or is it that you were the one who instigated all of this behind the scenes? King Riku, after all, the Tontatta served you before!"
Although the man had white hair and beard, he was muscular and wore a blue cloak.
His biography immediately appeared. "Former King of Dressrosa, of the Riku family— Riku Dold III."