Doflamingo vs. Katakuri

Talon was a bit bewildered by the lack of enemies, but Katakuri stepped forward. "Since the enemies are all holed up in the royal city, I'll be the one to challenge them!"

As soon as he spoke, an incredibly powerful aura shot up into the sky, sweeping across all of Dressrosa!

Even though it wasn't directed at him, this aura still made Minos stiffen slightly. This was the King of Pirates world, the Conqueror's Haki, possessed by only one in a million people!

Conqueror's Haki... I wonder if I can find an ability in the Golden Scales that can be transformed into Conqueror's Haki...

Minos glanced at Katakuri, thinking to himself.

As for awakening Conqueror's Haki himself? Sorry, Minos was very clear about who he was. In his opinion, even that傻大个 (silly big guy) Talon had a higher chance of awakening Conqueror's Haki than he did.

Those who awakened Conqueror's Haki, regardless of their strength, possessed strong personality traits. It wasn't something someone like him, who prioritized safety first, could achieve.

Katakuri's Conqueror's Haki swept through, and in the royal palace of Dressrosa, Doflamingo, who was sitting in a chair with a playful expression watching Violet, immediately stood up upon feeling this Conqueror's Haki.

Even though after sweeping through half of Dressrosa, this Conqueror's Haki had only a slight residual effect, incapable of even stunning ordinary people, the strong will contained within it immediately made Doflamingo realize he had encountered a true master.

"Just at this time... damn bastard, who is it?"

"Marines? Pirates? World Government?"

With a gloomy look at Violet, Doflamingo's original thoughts gradually faded: The Riku royal family cannot be kept! Turn them into toys!

As long as everyone had no memory of the Riku royal family, it would be difficult for others to overthrow Doflamingo's rule over Dressrosa!

Thinking this, Doflamingo unhesitatingly knocked Violet unconscious and looked at Sugar. "Turn this one into a toy, and that old king in prison too."

"Fufufufufu, what a shame, I actually wanted to take her in. After all, her ability is indeed very useful!"

"Hee hee hee, leave it to me!"

At this moment, behind Doflamingo, Sugar, who was eating grapes, said with a giggle.

Sugar looked like a girl about ten years old, wearing a cloak. Judging by her appearance, she was quite cute.

However, in reality, this little girl's Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability was almost the most heaven-defying ability in the entire King of Pirates world.

Turning humans into toys and commanding them might be considered mysterious and unpredictable, but the truly terrifying part was that it could directly erase from causality the memories of everyone in the entire King of Pirates world regarding the toyified humans.

This ability, which could directly affect all humans, was the reason why the Toy-Toy Fruit was called the most heaven-defying.

In other words, once King Riku and the others were turned into toys, everyone would completely forget them, and naturally, they wouldn't be able to use that old king to attack Doflamingo, who had just ascended the throne of Dressrosa.

Not to mention Violet, who had been turned into a toy, and Sugar, who was heading to the dungeon to prepare to make new toys, Doflamingo had already led his subordinates and unhesitatingly headed towards the source of the Conqueror's Haki.

As soon as he sensed the fighting intent of the Conqueror's Haki, Doflamingo knew that this battle was inevitable.

However, as he walked out of the King's High Ground and saw the ships on the distant sea, Doflamingo couldn't help but frown.

"It's someone from the Charlotte Pirates! What a coincidence... I thought it was the Marines or the World Government."

If it were the Marines or the World Government, Doflamingo could still think of some ways. After all, he was already a Shichibukai. As for the so-called usurpation plan, as long as he adamantly denied it, the Marines and the World Government would be helpless against him without evidence.

But facing pirates, especially pirates under an Emperor, there was only one way to settle it – through sheer strength.

"They've arrived."

Minos, who possessed Clairvoyance, was the first to speak. Then, Katakuri, the most skilled in Observation Haki, also stirred, looking towards the end of his sight.

Doflamingo, wearing a pink coat, sunglasses, and with an arrogant, pigeon-toed swagger, appeared there.

"This guy really lives up to his nickname, 'Sea Scoundrel'," Minos muttered softly. In the old world, this was a typical delinquent. Usually, someone who walked like that every day wouldn't live past 30 before their legs were broken.

Of course, if you encountered someone who lived past 30 without their legs being broken, then be careful. Someone who could live that long without being killed must be a formidable fighter.

Doflamingo certainly belonged to the category of formidable fighters. He couldn't compare to top-tier fighters, but among the second-tier, he was definitely top-notch. On the entire Great Sea, only a dozen or so people were stronger than him.

And those who were stronger than him often had even more eccentric personalities. Doflamingo's arrogant swagger would mean nothing to them – after all, those guys were often even more arrogant than Doflamingo.

"Sea Scoundrel—Doflamingo!" Katakuri, standing at the forefront, looked at him. "I never expected you to do something so audacious."

Veins bulged on Doflamingo's forehead as he said coldly, "I think you'd better just call me by my name."

Doflamingo didn't particularly like the nickname "Sea Scoundrel." He was quite happy to be called "Heavenly Yaksha" instead.

"Furthermore, the King of Dressrosa acted arbitrarily and slaughtered his own people. He was defeated by me, a Shichibukai, and then I was supported by the people of Dressrosa as king. Is there any problem with that?"

Katakuri sneered. He wasn't a Marine or part of the World Government. How Doflamingo occupied Dressrosa had nothing to do with him.

"Enough with the nonsense, Doflamingo! You should know I'm not here to chat with you!"

Doflamingo was silent for a moment, then finally asked, "What do you want?"

"The Gaze-Gaze Fruit of Dressrosa, and 10 Billion Berries!" Katakuri said without hesitation. It was surprisingly close to Doflamingo's initial offer to King Riku.

Doflamingo was so angry he laughed. "Fufufufufu, you're openly trying to extort me! Do you think I'm afraid of you just because you're an Emperor's crew?"

Katakuri slowly drew the spear named Earth Dragon from his arm. "Facts will show you that you should revere an Emperor's crew!"

As soon as he spoke, two waves of Conqueror's Haki erupted, and the two figures instantly clashed!