Sakazuki: The Plan Suddenly Changed

Dressrosa.

It was located in the second half of the Grand Line, a tropical island with a resort-like atmosphere.

It was also known as the prosperous Kingdom of Love, Passion, and Toys.

The king of this prosperous kingdom was a Shichibukai capable of ruling over an entire stretch of sea.

He was Donquixote Doflamingo, the Heavenly Yaksha.

He also wielded tremendous influence in the underworld.

With Doflamingo in power, the country ranked among the most prominent in the world.

The island's most unusual feature was its toys. They could work, live, and even fight just like people.

The "Corrida Colosseum" was famous throughout the surrounding seas.

As long as you had the strength, you could gain wealth, power, and fame here.

But today, this peaceful kingdom was rocked by unprecedented turmoil.

Just like in the original story, Doflamingo, the elite boss, was about to become an experience farm for the child of destiny.

Poor Doflamingo.

He had only just escaped Marineford with his life, and he still hadn't shaken off the trauma. Now he was about to become someone else's experience points.

In this life...

He was so tired!

What was fated to happen would happen, whether it came a year early or a year late. If they were destined to become bitter rivals, then bitter rivals they would be.

As for why the child of destiny, Monkey D. Luffy, had taken a year to travel from Fish-Man Island to Dressrosa, all anyone could say was that times had changed.

Some of the little challenges that used to be easy had gone straight from normal difficulty to hell difficulty, and there were several times as many of them.

Experience points were harder to farm these days.

Naturally, it took longer to clear the challenges and complete the adventures.

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