With Minos's Clairvoyance, the treasures hidden in Dressrosa naturally could not escape his eyes.
What surprised Minos was that he seemingly had not been affected by the Hobby-Hobby Fruit's power. At the very least, he had seen Sugar turn King Riku, Violet, and the others into toys, yet he still retained his memories.
"What was the reason? The Golden Scales? Or the Evil Eye's influence? Could it even be because of the Yokai race?"
"Either way, this was good news..."
As Minos pondered in secret, he led the others into the Imperial Palace. He easily knocked down several Donquixote Family grunts and soon found a treasure room.
"This is it! The treasure vault of the Doflamingo Family and Dressrosa!"
Minos pushed open the doors and spoke, immediately startling Charlotte Oven and Charlotte Daifuku.
"So many Berries! There must be over twenty billion here."
"Excellent weapons. They're already at the level of Grade Good Blades!"
"Eh? There's actually a handwritten copy of Rokushiki here! That's quite rare." Minos sounded pleasantly surprised, then stuffed the manuscript into his clothes.
Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven did not care much. There was no real concept of hoarding secrets on the seas. Most pirates—or rather, even most Marines—valued physical training and exchanging combat experience. They generally did not care about so-called secret manuals.
Rokushiki was, in fact, a widely circulated Body Technique. If a Four Emperors-level Pirate Crew truly wanted it, they could certainly dig it up. They simply had never bothered.
"I never expected the Doflamingo Family to be this rich. Unfortunately, we haven't found any Devil Fruits here. Could the Glint-Glint Fruit really have been eaten by one of Doflamingo's subordinates?" Charlotte Daifuku said gloomily.
"No... probably not. After all, my Clairvoyance has never found that Devil Fruit."
"Perhaps we should ask members of the Riku Royal Family," Minos said.
"The Riku Royal Family?" Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven exchanged glances and frowned. "Didn't the Riku Royal Family disappear long ago?"
Minos paused slightly, realizing that this was the Hobby-Hobby Fruit at work. That was why Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven's memories were so confused.
But... their memories of King Riku had not been completely erased? That made sense. King Riku's influence in Dressrosa had been far too great. If all memories of him vanished completely, it would create enormous logical inconsistencies. So this was the result after the gaps had been filled in.
In truth, Minos was only using that as an excuse. He intended to lend King Riku, Violet, and the others a hand. Seeing Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven looking utterly baffled, he simply waved his hand.
"Forget it. I'll look for them myself. Even Clairvoyance can't observe every place. Maybe I'll find some hidden doors or something."
Only then did Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven nod. "Go ahead. We need to move these treasures onto the ship too."
It had to be said that the timing was perfect. The Donquixote Family had just acquired the ten billion Berries extorted from Dressrosa, on top of their own treasures, which was why Dressrosa's treasure vault contained so much money.
And besides the Berries, there were also plenty of gold, silver, and jewels. Even though Charlotte Oven and Charlotte Daifuku were both towering, immensely strong giants, transporting so much treasure was no easy task.
Minos was about the same size as an ordinary human and favored speed over strength. In any case, he could not help move much, so they did not mind.
After bypassing the two treasure-obsessed Charlotte members, Minos opened his Evil Eye and headed toward the prison.
Besides Sugar, Baby5 and Sugar's older sister Monet were there as well. The two were serving as Sugar's bodyguards, which was why they had not appeared on the battlefield.
"I wonder how things are going with Young Master?"
Monet hugged her knees as she sat in a chair, speaking anxiously.
"Relax. Dofla isn't that easy to defeat!"
Only fourteen years old but already addicted to smoking, Baby5 took a drag from a Ladies' Cigarette, blew out several smoke rings, and spoke.
"A pirate as cunning and powerful as him should have dealt with his opponents easily, right?"
As she spoke, the Weapon Maid continued dismantling an apparently advanced sniper rifle. "Even if some stragglers slip through, there's nothing to fear. I'll send them flying with one shot!"
"Baby5, bring me another bunch of grapes!"
Sugar, seated on a small chair, casually said this. Baby5, who had been wearing a cool and imposing expression, instantly blushed bright red and eagerly replied, "Okay! I'll get them right away!"
"Hehehe, that's so funny. Sis, don't you think she looks like a dog?"
Watching Baby5 go fetch grapes, Sugar said amusedly to her sister.
"Enough. We're all family, so don't bully Baby5." Monet helplessly shook her head. Looking at her sister's twisted sense of humor, she did not know what else to say.
"Who goes there?! Ahhhh!"
At that moment, a scream came from the distance. Baby5 was kicked over and sent tumbling across the floor.
"An enemy!"
Monet's expression changed slightly. She immediately rose to her feet as flecks of snow drifted faintly around her.
Footsteps echoed. Minos entered the prison through the door Baby5 had crashed open.
"The three guarding the prison are all women?" Minos swept his gaze over them and saw Sugar apparently trembling in fear behind Monet.
Minos narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew full well that the little girl Sugar was definitely plotting something.
Among the three before him, Baby5 and Monet both had decent combat strength. Their Devil Fruit abilities were considered quite good, but the one who could truly threaten him was likely Sugar.
Although Baby5 and Monet's Devil Fruit powers were impressive, their own strength was not particularly high. Moreover, they were still young, further limiting their Devil Fruit abilities. They could not threaten him.
Sugar's Toy-Toy Fruit, on the other hand, possessed an extremely powerful one-hit-kill ability. If he had known nothing about it, he really might have suffered a humiliating defeat.
"Hmph! Trying to break prisoners out? You'll have to get past me first!" Monet said with a cold smile.
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