Bartolomeo's Infamy Spreads Early
The Grand Line, somewhere in the sea, the Thousand Sunny.
"See that? You stinky Moss Head, this is the charm of this prince! You should learn from me!" Sanji boasted to Zoro beside him.
"Tch!" Zoro curled his lip in annoyance, just about to say something in response.
To his surprise, Sanji didn't give him a chance, instead asking with a worried expression, "I wonder how Violet- chan is doing now? Will she be implicated?!"
The New World, Dressrosa, King's Plateau, Inside the Royal Palace.
"That Violet dared to betray us! When I see her, I'll make sure she tastes my fists!" Rao G said angrily.
"I told you long ago, the Riku Family doesn't believe and shouldn't be allowed to live, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened!" Diamante said.
"Stop spouting hindsight! When she was here, who was it that praised her as a very useful woman? Now that something's happened, she's trying to absolve herself of all responsibility. It's disgusting!" Trebol glared at him unhappily and said.
"Trebol, what do you mean by that? When did I ever try to absolve myself of all responsibility?!" Diamante, dissatisfied.
"You may not have said it aloud, but you probably thought it too!" Trebol said sarcastically.
"Trebol, you..."
"Alright! Enough! You two, stop arguing! The most important thing right now is to capture Violet." Doflamingo interrupted Trebol and Buffalo's argument, saying, "Baby-5 and Buffalo, you two can handle it! Remember, I want her alive."
"Yes, young master." Baby-5 and Buffalo nodded, turned around, and left the room.
"Violet, I'll make you understand just how terrible the consequences of betraying me truly are." A savage glint flashed in Doflamingo's eyes as he muttered.
In a certain alley.
"That damned God from Beyond the Domain, he's really caused a lot of trouble! He's exposed this kind of thing! I'm so angry!" Violet said indignantly. "It seems Doflamingo will never believe me again! I need to find a place to hide properly."
With that, Violet quickly grabbed her clothes from the ground, covered her face, and hurried away from the alley.
Not far behind her, many of the Donquixote Family lay scattered about.
Inside the Corrida Colosseum.
"Viola, you've had a tough time all these years!" King Riku asked worriedly, "How are you doing now?!"
New World, Punk Hazard, inside the research institute.
"Ugh! Why did I end up in Dressrosa with Trafalgar Law and the Straw Hat Luffy Pirates? Did they capture me? No, I'd better get to Doflamingo's place quickly, it'll be safer." In a secluded corner, Caesar, most concerned about his own life, caught Violet's fleeting words and said anxiously.
The New World, Egghead.
"Hey! Edison, did I hear that right?! Did that Violet mention Caesar's name?!" The evil clone— Lilith— asked the thought clone— Edison beside her.
"You heard me right, she did mention Caesar's name. It's unbelievable that he survived that massive explosion; God really is blind!" Edison, the alter ego, nodded, displeased.
"Edison, you... sigh! Whatever makes you happy!" The righteous clone— Shaka— gave him a helpless look and said, "Actually, what I'm more concerned about is the 'SMILE' that the Straw Hat Luffy guy mentioned earlier. If I'm not mistaken, that thing should be related to that guy Caesar. I suspect that he created it using 'Lineage Factors,' probably some kind of Artificial Devil Fruit or something."
"Huh! Artificial Devil Fruits? Can you even eat the stuff Caesar made?" Lilith, the Evil Clone, and Edison, the Thought Clone, exclaimed in surprise, "With his talent, there's no way he could succeed."
"That's why I estimate many people will suffer!" said the embodiment of righteousness— Shaka— with a heavy heart.
"Caesar," Vegapunk murmured, "His true form."
On the other side, in the video footage, after receiving the images from Violet's mind, Sanji's pupils constricted, revealing an expression of disbelief, and he said, "What... what's going on?"
The video then shifts back to the Corrida Colosseum, where the elimination rounds for Zone B are about to begin.
At this moment, a man slowly walked out of the passage. The host, Gatz, immediately introduced his background and name to everyone present, "Next, this man who has arrived late also belongs to Sector B. In just one year, he has risen to fame like a comet and arrived in the New World."
"However, he is an absolutely cruel and insane rookie. His deeds include, but are not limited to, impaling numerous pirates on skewers and making videos of it to spread around, as well as wantonly bombarding and burning civilians. This has made him the number one on the list of 'pirates you most want to see disappear.'"
"That's right, he's the pirate— Bartolomeo."
As Gatz finished speaking, a man with a grass-green mohawk, a nose ring, a purple coat, and plaid trousers appeared before the crowd.
His character profile immediately appeared. "Bartolomeo, captain of the Barto Club, cannibal—a man-eater, bounty of 150 million Beli."
However, his appearance immediately drew boos and insults from the audience, and many people even threw things at him.
Bartolomeo, however, paid no attention to this and instead started cursing at the audience. He even deliberately threw a baseball that looked like a bomb into the stands, scaring some of the spectators into a panic and causing them to scatter in all directions. Not only that, but they also pushed and shoved each other and threatened one another.
Only after they realized they had been tricked by Bartolomeo did they stop, their faces filled with shame, and glare at him with hatred.
Bartolomeo looked at the audience with disdain and sneered, "Ugly, really ugly!"
Immediately, annoyed comments appeared on the screen: {Damn, this guy has really done a lot of bad things! No wonder he has such a bad reputation.}
His attitude is just too arrogant!
This guy is incredibly arrogant! He's definitely the most arrogant and cocky person I've ever seen in a video Jianying since the advent of CapCut.
I don't like this guy; his personality is awful!
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"Shut up! I don't need to be liked by a bunch of scum!" Bartolomeo scoffed.
His appearance immediately sparked a lively online exchange between him and many others.
In an instant, all sorts of offensive comments appeared on the screen, until he threatened to find those who insulted him and make them into a medley, only then did the comments disappear.
Are you kidding me?! Being targeted by a future mad pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, how could they possibly live in peace?!
Naturally, admitting defeat and compromising is the best course of action.