Doflamingo's Past Revealed, Corazon's Death
The Grand Line, somewhere in the sea, the Polar Tang.
"Mr. Corazon, you liar... liar..." Luo's vision was blurred with tears, and he was on the verge of collapse.
The New World, Dressrosa, King's Plateau, Inside the Royal Palace.
"So that's how it is, Corazon. You really put on a good show back then!" Doflamingo said coldly, covering his face.
At this point, Corazon was finally discovered by Doflamingo and his crew in the video footage, and they subjected him to another round of brutal beatings on his already severely injured body.
Then, leaning against the treasure chest where Law was imprisoned, he lit his last cigarette and quietly watched Doflamingo walk towards him.
With Doflamingo walked up to him, looked at him without any emotion, and greeted him.
Unexpectedly, Corazon pulled out a gun from his pocket, pointed it at him, and announced his naval rank and undercover identity. Then, he apologized to Law, who was hiding in the box, for deceiving him.
Doflamingo and the others, however, thought he was talking to them, and immediately gave him a good scolding, telling him that it was too late to say such things now.
Immediately afterward, Doflamingo turned to him and asked, "Answer me two questions: Where is the Op-Op Fruit? Where is Law?"
"I've already made Law eat the Op-Op Fruit, so he's now Devil Fruit User!" Corazon laughed. "Law himself has successfully escaped from the cage! He's currently on Marine Headquarters surveillance ship, under their protection! You can't get close to him."
Upon hearing this, Doflamingo felt as if his lungs were about to explode with rage, glaring angrily at Corazon.
Just then, Buffalo and BABY-5 sent a report from the sky that a boy was indeed under the protection of the Navy.
This immediately deepened Doflamingo's trust, while Corazon felt incredibly excited and happy for Law's luck. Law was indeed a man favored by the god of fate, with good things happening one after another. He really should live.
Of course, Doflamingo and his crew were unaware of all this. He immediately removed the Birdcage and prepared to pursue Law.
But Corazon stopped him and asked what he planned to do by chasing Law.
Doflamingo replied that since Law had eaten the Op-Op Fruit, he would train him properly so that he would be willing to die for him.
Immediately afterward, Doflamingo pulled out a gun from his pocket, pointed it at Corazon, and said dejectedly, "Why did you stop me? Why did I have to kill my real family twice? You can't shoot me because you're too much like Father!"
As they spoke, Doflamingo and Corazon stood facing each other, guns raised.
The next second, the camera shifts, and the video shows the exterior of a magnificent castle complex where spring reigns all year round.
A group of men dressed in white looked in alarm at a man dressed similarly to them standing not far in front of them, along with his wife and two sons.
The reason was that the family of four decided to give up their Celestial Dragons status and live as mortals in the underworld. This unorthodox behavior was something that the Celestial Dragons found incomprehensible and despicable.
The next second, the system text describing this place appeared. "Thirty-three years, Holy Land — Mary Geoise."
At the same time, information about the family that decided to renounce their Celestial Dragons status also appeared. "Former Celestial Dragons - Saint Homing."
"Former Celestial Dragons - Donquixote Natalia Veda."
"Former Celestial Dragons —Donquixote Doflamingo, eight years old."
"Former Celestial Dragons —Don Rosinante, age six."
On the screen, a barrage of surprised comments immediately appeared: {Mary Geoise, I... this is the first time I've ever seen it in person, it's truly luxurious and magnificent!}
{This... this is Mary Geoise, the place where God lives?! It's truly enchanting!}
{I can't believe someone would actually be foolish enough to give up their Celestial Dragons status! Doflamingo's father was such an idiot! What a waste!}
{ God from Beyond the Domain, this sudden turn of events really startled me! But considering this is about to introduce Doflamingo's story, I won't hold it against you! Hurry up and get on with it.}
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The New World, Dressrosa, King's Plateau, Inside the Royal Palace.
"You're really meddling, aren't you, God from Beyond the Domain?" Doflamingo roared, veins bulging.
The Grand Line, Amazon Lily, inside the Royal Palace.
The three Boa Hancock sisters' faces were filled with disgust, a painful memory flashing in their eyes, as they said resentfully, "Damn Celestial Dragons."
On a ship in a certain sea area Grand Line.
"Celestial... Celestial Dragons." Koala murmured, clutching her trembling body, a look of pain on her face.
Seeing this, Sabo immediately stepped forward, pressed her head down, and gently comforted her, "It's alright, it's all over now, Koala."
Upon hearing this, Koala stopped trembling, took a deep breath, and looked weakly at Sabo, saying, "Thank you, Sabo."
"No need to thank me! We're partners!" Sabo laughed.
"Yes! Partner." Koala nodded emphatically, then smiled.
Holy Land, Mary Geoise, Pangaea Castle.
"I never expected to see that stupid face of Saint Homing again after so many years. It's disgusting!" said Shepard X. Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, the Warrior God of Agriculture, with discomfort.
"Who says otherwise!" echoed the Warrior God of Finance, Izambaron V. Saint Nusjuro. "He truly is a disgrace to our clan!"
"However, the thought of the suffering he endured afterwards fills me with a sense of schadenfreude." — Marcus Saint Mars, the Warrior God of the Environment, said with schadenfreude.
"This is the best punishment for him willingly associating with those insects," laughed Topman Saint Warcury, the Warrior God of Justice.
Suddenly, the four of them noticed that Saint Saturn remained silent and asked in surprise, "What's wrong, Saint Saturn?"
"You guys think... if that God from Beyond the Domain can reveal everything about Mary Geoise, then wouldn't He also be able to keep track of everything about Lord Imu?!" The Warrior God of Science and Defense — Lucy Saint Saturn —said thoughtfully.
"Forehead?!"
On the other hand, in the video footage, after leaving the Holy Land, Doflamingo and his family chose a country that was not affiliated with the World Government.
They bought a mansion in the country and began to live like ordinary people.
However, when they revealed their identities, they did not gain the understanding of the common people on the ground, because they had all suffered various kinds of hardships because of the Celestial Dragons.
So the common people began to hunt them down, demanded their trial, and burned down their homes.
This forced Doflamingo and his family to live in a stinking garbage dump.
Doflamingo's family, who had always been well-off, experienced hunger, were beaten, and were injured for the first time.
Therefore, as the head of the family, Saint Homing had no choice but to swallow his pride and call the other Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land, hoping that they could accept his son and wife again.
However, he was rejected by the other Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land.
Suddenly, Doflamingo's family was plunged into dire straits. To make matters worse, Doflamingo's mother could not withstand the harsh environment and died in front of Doflamingo and his family.
After losing his mother, Doflamingo began to hate his father, Saint Homing. If it weren't for his insistence on leaving the Holy Land, they wouldn't have ended up like this, and his mother wouldn't have died.
At this point, the civilians who had never given up their pursuit of the family finally found them, captured them, tied them to the city wall, put them on trial, and vented the suffering they had endured from other Celestial Dragons.
Saint Homing repeatedly pleaded with the angry civilians, hoping they would spare his child.
But the civilians, blinded by hatred and anger, completely ignored his pleas.
On the contrary, Doflamingo issued various death threats to them, saying that as long as he lived, he would definitely take revenge on them.
Just then, Doflamingo unleashed an astonishing burst of Conqueror's Haki, knocking the civilians present unconscious and saving his family from certain death.
Not long after, despite his brother's pleas, Doflamingo shot and killed his own Saint Homing, and took his head back to Mary Geoise, attempting to regain the Celestial Dragons' acceptance of him, but was rejected once again.
So he angrily left the Holy Land — Mary Geoise —and vowed to turn the whole world upside down.
Not long after returning to Earth, Doflamingo encountered Trebol, Diamante, and three other Donquixote Family who would determine his future fate. He obtained the String-String Fruit from them, who believed that Doflamingo, who possessed Conqueror's Haki, was the king chosen by heaven, and began to help him embark on the path to becoming the Lord of Darkness.
They first returned to North Blue, where they recruited soldiers and established the Donquixote Family.
However, during this time, Rosinante, Rosinante's Doflamingo brother, could not stand everything Doflamingo did, left the Donquixote Family, was adopted by a Marine (whose face was blurred), and eventually joined the Marines.
Years later, in order to stop Doflamingo and his gang, who had already risen to fame in North Blue, he still chose to go undercover back into the Donquixote Family, all to stop his brother.
On the screen, a flood of sighs and comments appeared: {Sigh! After watching Doflamingo's story, I have mixed feelings. I really don't know whether to feel sorry for him or to curse him!}
{Reincarnation is all a cycle. If the Celestial Dragons hadn't committed so many sins, Doflamingo and his family wouldn't have suffered such torment.}
No wonder Doflamingo was so interested in Trafalgar Law at first; they were in the same boat! Trafalgar Law was lucky to have met Corazon, such a kind person.
I feel sorry for Doflamingo's past and understand Doflamingo actions, but I still can't forgive him for what he's doing now.
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At this point, the video feed shifts back to the scene where Doflamingo and Corazon are facing off with their guns.
Upon hearing Corazon's words, Doflamingo's hand gripping the gun began to tremble slightly. He was internally struggling, but smiled and said, "Law will no longer be manipulated by you, Doflamingo!"
At this point, he forced himself to stand up. "Contracted Amber Lead Syndrome, to die in three years? Ha, that guy has already defied that fate."
"He's no longer the Law who lost himself and stumbled into the company of crazy pirates!"
"You can get nothing from a broken son of God like you! So let him go!"
With that, he shouted with almost all his might, "Luo, he's free now!"
"Bang!"
But no sooner had he finished speaking than a gunshot rang out, and Corazon fell to the ground.
In the end, he still couldn't bring himself to kill his own brother.
In contrast, Doflamingo, blinded by rage, fired several more shots at him until he collapsed to the ground, only then putting away his gun with satisfaction.
Then, Doflamingo ordered the others to carry all the treasure onto the ship.
During this time, Luo opened the treasure chest and, with Corazon lying in the snow, almost wanted to rush out and run to his side, but his remaining rationality desperately suppressed him, making him crawl back into the chest.
On the other side, Corazon's consciousness began to gradually fade, but he kept fighting to stay alive because he knew very well that once he died, the power he had attached to Law would be released, and Law might fall into Doflamingo's hands again.
And so, he held on until Doflamingo and the others reached the beach and encountered Tsuru and her men who were pursuing them. Forced to abandon some of their treasure, they boarded their own ship to escape Tsuru's pursuit. Only then, as if sensing something, did he die with a satisfied expression.
Law also crawled out of the treasure chest, crying loudly, and went in the opposite direction from Doflamingo and the Doflamingo.
The Holy Land, Mary Geoise, Fleet Admiral's Office.
"So that's how it was back then! Diamante, you idiot!" Sengoku sobbed, his voice filled with anguish.
The Grand Line, somewhere in the sea, the Polar Tang.
"Thank you, Mr. Corazon, thank you for everything you've done for me. I will... I will never let Doflamingo go." Law wiped away his tears, clenched his fist, and swore, "I will avenge you. The trigger you didn't pull back then, I will pull it for you."
On the screen, mournful comments appeared: {Rest in peace, gentle Mr. Corazon, sob sob.}
{Sobbing, a tribute to Mr. Corazon, may you rest in peace! Trafalgar Law has grown up!}
{Waaaaah, why did it have to be so cruel! Couldn't we just leave Mr. Corazon alive?!}
{As expected, I still can't forgive Doflamingo, even knowing his tragic past. I still can't forgive him. Waaaa, poor, kind and gentle Corazon.}
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