Watching Katakuri leave just like that, Doflamingo was somewhat surprised. "What exactly is going on? Could Kaido and Whitebeard have attacked the Charlotte Pirates? Or did the Marines launch an assault on them?"
Gururururu. Hearing the Den Den Mushi ring, the exhausted and severely wounded Doflamingo frowned and answered it. Sugar's tearful voice came from the other end.
"Young Master! Those bastards from the Charlotte Pirates looted our entire Treasure Vault!"
Doflamingo froze slightly, the veins on his forehead bulging. Already badly injured, he directly spat out a mouthful of blood. "I&%*%! Damn Charlotte Pirates! After looting us, they still dared to demand 10 billion Berries from me! Utterly shameless!"
"And... they rescued the Riku Royal Family and all those guards! Baby5 has already betrayed us, and all our intelligence has been leaked. All the toys have turned back to normal too!"
"Young Master, are you still there? Hello!?"
Panicked voices came from the other end. Then Sugar heard someone shouting.
"Quick, get someone! The Young Master fainted from rage!"
"Brother, this time we really hit the jackpot!"
Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven were beaming as they opened one crate after another. Gold, silver, jewels, and Berries nearly covered the entire deck.
Katakuri still wore his usual cold expression. Though he was a pirate, he was not obsessed with treasure. Still, as the Charlotte Pirates' second-in-command, he naturally understood how useful gold, silver, and jewels were for developing a force. With such a huge haul added to their coffers, he was in quite a good mood.
As for the 10 billion Berries he had mentioned to Doflamingo... that was compensation. This was battlefield loot. How could they be the same?
The fact that he had not captured Doflamingo's subordinates and demanded ransom from him was already more than fair!
It could only be said that no matter how straightforward or loyal a pirate might be, a pirate was still a pirate. Faced with such an opportunity, Katakuri would not stupidly talk about honesty.
Not only that, Katakuri's gaze swept over the somewhat dazed King Riku and his family, lingering particularly on Violet.
A Glance-Glance Fruit user was top-tier support. Although Minos and Brulee could replace both Clairvoyance and mind-reading, Katakuri would not underestimate this Devil Fruit's abilities because of that.
As for Baby5, who was circling around Minos nearby, Katakuri frowned slightly.
To be honest, the Weapon-Weapon Fruit was not weak at all. In fact, in terms of direct combat ability, there were few Devil Fruits on all of Cake Island that could compare to it.
It was just that Baby5's development of it was still lacking, and she was not strong enough, which was why she gave people such a weak impression.
Of course, Katakuri had no objections whatsoever to picking up a Devil Fruit user for free.
"I just wonder... what should be done about Brulee?"
In truth, after Minos joined the Charlotte Pirates, displayed his potential, and revealed his Three-Eyed Tribe heritage, Charlotte Linlin had wanted Brulee to marry him.
This was a standard tactic of the Charlotte Pirates: using daughters to form marriage alliances. Of course, Charlotte Linlin might also have considered the issue of not letting the Three-Eyed Tribe go extinct.
In a sense, this Big Mom had truly gone to great lengths to preserve the Pirate World's racial diversity.
But Brulee was only six years old right now. Although a ten-year age gap was nothing in the Pirate World, Charlotte Linlin was surprisingly strict about waiting until adulthood before marriage.
"Forget it. This isn't something I should be worrying about." Katakuri finally shook his head. He loved his younger sister dearly, but he could not possibly help his six-year-old sister drive away romantic rivals already!
Besides, the Pirate World was not the world of Naruto. People in this world did not start dating so early. His little sister and Minos had a good relationship, but that was only because they were of the same race. It would be impossible for them to become a couple within the next seven or eight years.
Meanwhile, Minos was reviewing the Karma Points he had earned through his actions.
He had lured away Violet and Baby5, who should have belonged to the Doflamingo Pirates, stolen the entire Donquixote Family's treasure, and rescued the Riku Royal Family...
It was certain that the entire Dressrosa storyline had been drastically shifted because of Minos, but the consequences of that shift had not yet fully fermented.
A clear example was that Minos could see the Karma Points in his Golden Paradise space still steadily increasing. Clearly, the aftermath of this matter was not over yet.
Minos naturally did not know that his actions had caused Doflamingo to develop enormous doubts about Sugar's abilities. Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability was naturally incredibly powerful when no outsiders knew about it.
But once it was exposed, that ability immediately became a target everyone on the seas would be desperate to eliminate.
Had their memories been altered? Had their loved ones been turned into toys? What had the truth really been?
No one could tolerate having their memories manipulated, their subordinates, friends, and family turned into toys, while all memories of them were erased.
For many people, suspicion alone was enough to make them act!
Since that was the case, it was easy to imagine what choice Doflamingo would make.
Perhaps Doflamingo would occasionally still have Sugar use the Hobby-Hobby Fruit to do certain things, but he would absolutely never create toys on a large scale again. That would simply be openly declaring war on the entire world.
That was precisely why Minos had discovered that his Karma Points were continuously increasing. After he caused this mess, the situation in Dressrosa had changed completely. At the very least, the so-called country of toys and passion would never appear again.
"The Karma Points are still increasing. At this rate, I should be able to exchange them for a physical item by tonight!"
"This time, I won't be exchanging for intangible things like memories and knowledge, but actual physical objects. They'll be altered by the Laws of this world, but they'll still be far better than pure knowledge and memories."
"But the key problem is, I don't seem to have anything worth exchanging!"
Minos looked himself over. Other than a Ryokai-to, he was practically carrying nothing. As for using the Ryokai-to for a trade? Sorry, he really could not bring himself to do something so extravagant.
What good thing could a Ryokai-to be exchanged for? Probably only an ordinary sharp weapon from a martial arts world. It might not even reach the level of the Heaven Reliant Sword or Dragon Slaying Saber. Naturally, he would not waste it like that.
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