Shaya: Next Time, Remember to Take Safety Precautions!

Because all his subordinates had gone on maternity leave...

Shaya abandoned his original travel plans and began hiding in the shadows, using the "anti-eavesdropping" Den Den Mushi to direct Doflamingo and work with Crocodile...

As for Shanks and Roger's remaining crew, Shaya had not contacted them. After all, the so-called "anti-eavesdropping" Den Den Mushi was not as reliable as one might imagine.

He could not underestimate the caliber of the Navy's technical personnel~

And the identities of Shanks and Roger's remaining crew were far too sensitive, likely to cause too many unnecessary misunderstandings with the Government and the Navy...

Mary Geoise.

"Sigh..."

Shaya sat in the library, with the Den Den Mushi he used to communicate with Doflamingo, Crocodile, and the others beside him. He sighed helplessly. This sudden maternity leave incident had taught him a small lesson. Next time he got close with Stussy, he had to take proper safety precautions. After all, Shaya did not have many subordinates as obedient and useful as Stussy by his side~

Meanwhile, in the Kakapo Valley Kingdom of the South Blue!

Doflamingo brought along his four highest-ranking officers—Trebol of Clubs, Pica of Spades, Diamante of Diamonds, and Vergo of Hearts, the first Corazon.

After spending several months, they had finally relocated all their forces from the North Blue to the South Blue. Thus, Doflamingo successfully took office in Kakapo Valley~

"Fuffuffuffu..."

"From today onward, I am your king?"

"Rest easy! All previous laws are hereby abolished!"

"I will lead you onto the path of prosperity!"

"I will trample all the neighboring kingdoms beneath our feet..."

Doflamingo stood atop the enormous castle, looking down at the citizens who had come to pay homage to him, and shouted loudly.

"..."

In response, the citizens remained silent. To them, Doflamingo merely spoke pretty words. He was nothing more than another exploiter...

"Hey! Trebol, have you prepared everything I asked for?"

Doflamingo saw the numb look in the citizens' eyes, but the smile on his face did not fade. He turned to Trebol behind him and asked.

"Doffy, everything has been prepared according to your instructions..."

"But are we really doing this? Why give all that money to them?"

After hearing Doflamingo's question, Trebol wiped at the snot bubbles constantly dripping from beneath his nose and replied doubtfully.

"Trebol, do you see it?"

"There's no light in these fools' eyes."

"They're nothing but trash living in darkness!"

"What if I grant these lowest of people, who have never seen the light, a flame that illuminates the world? Then I will become the god in their hearts. They will worship me, just like the trash who worshipped Sun God Nika eight hundred years ago! I am their god..."

After hearing Trebol's words, Doflamingo spoke with a chuckle.

"I-Is that so? As expected of Doffy!"

After hearing Doflamingo's words, several beads of cold sweat appeared on Trebol's forehead. Then he shouted fervently.

"Begin~"

In response, Doflamingo merely waved a hand at the officers behind him.

The next second, several things resembling airships suddenly flew over from behind the castle, slowly descending toward the packed square...

At once, they attracted the attention of every citizen in Kakapo Valley. Looking at those airships, they asked in confusion, "What are those?"

Just as everyone was puzzled, Doflamingo atop the castle lightly waved to the pilots operating the airships. The next second, golden coins poured down from the sky like rain, scattering across the ground...

"It's money! Gold coins!"

"My God! Money is falling from the sky like rain! Am I dreaming?!"

In an instant, everyone in the square erupted. They frantically rushed to seize the gold coins falling from the sky...

From Doflamingo's perspective, it looked like a pack of wild dogs beneath his feet, endlessly fighting over food. It greatly satisfied the pleasure in his heart~

To prevent the coins from injuring anyone, Doflamingo had thoughtfully wrapped them in a layer of soft golden sponge. Thus, though the coins appeared plentiful, there actually were not many. Yet the visual impact deeply shook everyone present! These were all common folk from the lowest rung of society; they had never seen so much money in their lives.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...

Just as the citizens, like wild dogs, continued fighting over the coins on the ground, nine consecutive gunshots rang out, bringing everyone in the square to a halt!

When they looked up, they saw the kingdom's nobles, stripped naked and bound to crosses. Every one of them was now filthy and disheveled.

"These people are the true culprits behind your oppression!"

"Now tell me, how should they be dealt with?"

Standing on the castle balcony, Doflamingo shouted loudly to the citizens below.

"Kill them!!"

The citizens were initially stunned, but then someone seemed to come to their senses and roared.

"That's right! Kill them!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill..."

Once someone took the lead, the crowd began echoing the cry one after another...

In an instant, furious, violent shouts filled the entire square.

"Give them the knives~"

Standing in the square, Doflamingo signaled to his subordinates that they could proceed to the next step and hand weapons to the people.

"Distribute the knives!"

The moment Doflamingo finished giving the order, the Donquixote family's subordinates began placing steel knives into the hands of the crowd, one after another.

"Knives?!"

The moment the people looked at the knives in their hands, they panicked.

Shouting a few slogans was one thing, but actually killing people... forget it...

"Do you dare kill us?"

"We are nobles recognized by the World Government!"

"You have no right to lay hands on us! You lowly, ignorant rabble!"

At the same time, the nobles whom Doflamingo had stripped naked were still arrogantly roaring at the people in the square, seemingly not taking them seriously at all...

"Uh..."

Sure enough, once those nobles finished speaking, the crowd immediately grew fearful!

"What are you afraid of?"

"These nobles have oppressed us for so long. Don't you dare resist?"

"Don't forget, although they are nobles recognized by the World Government, with the government backing them, we have King Doflamingo backing us too!"

Just as the people began to fear, the subordinates Doflamingo had planted among the crowd raised their steel knives, stepped before the nobles, and shouted loudly.

"That's right! Lord Doflamingo is backing us too!"

"Kill them! Kill all these scum! We are justice! Everything is for the Kakapo Valley Kingdom! Everything is for Lord Doflamingo!"

Once someone took the lead, the people went mad. They picked up the weapons from the ground and surged toward the old-era nobles, hacking them to pieces and mutilating their corpses! In an instant, blood stained half the square red...

At that moment, not a single person in the entire square remained standing. Some submitted beneath Doflamingo for money; others submitted beneath his power to vent the violence in their hearts! Just as Doflamingo had said, everyone in the square now fanatically regarded him as a god!

"Now kneel! Welcome your new king!"

Standing on the balcony, Doflamingo spread his arms and shouted at the citizens in the square.

"Doflamingo! Doflamingo! Doflamingo!"

As soon as Doflamingo's words fell, the citizens immediately dropped to their knees and shouted his name in unison.

"Fufufufu, fufufufu..."

As for Doflamingo, he relished the feeling of being worshipped as a god and continued laughing madly.