Dressrosa.
A tropical island in the New World, known as the "Land of Love, Passion, and Toys."
However.
At this moment.
A roar rang out from the royal palace of this charming vacation kingdom.
"Behahahaha~, Young Master! Should I arrange for someone to cheer you up first?"
"No need! I'm fine!" Hearing the concern from his officer, Trebol, Doflamingo, who was in the midst of his rage, calmed down slightly. He took a deep breath and sat back down on his throne.
Yet within the dimly lit Dressrosa palace, his expression looked even gloomier.
Sitting broadly on the throne, his hands braced against his knees before his chin, he asked, "Gladius... how is he?"
"He has already been sacrificed. I heard that his body was taken by that East Blue country to a Navy Branch to exchange for a bounty, but the Navy Branch directly refused them! Also, the pirate crew we left over there was completely wiped out. Those bastards even swept away all the treasure we plundered this time!"
Hearing his young master's question, Trebol let out another strange laugh. "Behahahaha~."
Though he was laughing, his expression was clearly gloomy as well.
"I have to say... that country is not only greedy for money, but truly a bunch of lunatics!"
"If they weren't lunatics, why would they kill Celestial Dragons in front of the World Government? Why would they even loot the Celestial Dragons' Holy Land Mary Geoise?" Doflamingo's face remained dark. "This time was indeed my mistake. It caused one of our family members to die!"
The reason he had sent a Donquixote officer to the first half of the Grand Line this time was simply because he had heard that one of his subordinates had found a Devil Fruit.
So he had wanted to send someone