"Is this the East Blue?" After descending from the Red Line and boarding a new Navy warship, Doflamingo looked at the calm sea before him and sighed. "What a peaceful, beautiful sea."
Although the Navy's Sea Stone warships had now been invented, they had yet to be deployed throughout the entire force. To travel from Navy Headquarters to the other Four Seas, they still had to move directly across the Red Line before boarding ships again at the naval bases below.
"What's so great about this place? Only the weather of the Grand Line can show off a Navigator's abilities. Here, couldn't any ordinary person sail around with ease?"
Kikyo said disdainfully, a lollipop in her mouth.
Doflamingo ignored her and directed the ship toward the warship ahead.
The warship ahead was enormous. On its deck stood a stern-faced man with fierce eyes.
The repeated warnings from his Observation Haki made Doflamingo's expression turn grave as well.
"Monkey D. Dragon," Doflamingo murmured softly. Of course, he could also simply be called Monkey D. Dragon.
Dragon was precisely the transliteration of his name.
"This guy is strong! Stronger than Akainu! Strange... with strength like this, why hasn't he become an Admiral Candidate?"
Though Doflamingo's Observation Haki was not the strongest in the entire world, it was unquestionably among the very best, especially when it came to sensing an opponent's strength. He possessed an exceptionally unique perception in that regard.
Much like special Observation Haki abilities such as Future Sight, sensing emotions, or detecting lies, Doflamingo's Observation Haki possessed the special ability to sense the difference between strength and weakness.
In Doflamingo's perception, Monkey D. Dragon was like a constantly spinning storm, terrifying vitality radiating from his body.
Among everyone Doflamingo had seen, aside from Garp, Sengoku, and Golden Lion, no one