Fake Gaia, the Slash of Time

"Fuffuffuffu!"

"I never expected the Golden Emperor, who disappeared a year ago, to show up in Dressrosa."

"Isn't this year's transaction still some time away?"

Doflamingo steadied himself and first made sure the man hadn't come looking for trouble.

By rights,

the only thing that connected them was the annual fifty-percent compensation fee.

Not only was it too early for the transaction, but even when the time came, the Golden Emperor shouldn't have come to handle it personally. Everyone in the world knew the Golden Emperor was a hands-off boss.

The ones who actually ran things were Queen of Joy, Dancing Queen, and Queen of Luck.

Otherwise, why would everyone in the world say these three women were the most powerful women around?

Charlotte Linlin used to be another one, but the grass on her grave had gone through several generations of changes by now.

"What? The Golden Emperor?"

Luffy's bloodied face finally changed.

He remembered.

Sabo had told him that the Golden Emperor's name was Gaia Chaos.

Damn it.

Was this the Golden Emperor's true face?

He was impossibly handsome, and far too young.

How could that be?

Why didn't he feel the same as he had in Water Seven? The oppressive, terrifying presence that had seeped into his very soul was completely different from what he felt now.

After his shock passed, Luffy clenched both fists. Veins bulged along his neck, and his eyes burned with rage.

This man was his enemy.

"Monkey D. Luffy, son of Monkey D. Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army; grandson of Marine Hero Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp. One of his two sworn brothers is the son of the Pirate King, Fire Fist Ace, current second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. The other is the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff.

"He