Elsewhere.
The group had also arrived on Dressrosa.
Unlike the cruel, bloody pirate headquarters they had imagined, Dressrosa—the so-called "Land of Love, Passion, and Toys"—looked more like an exotic tourist destination on the surface.
Though after Kusana's group came ashore, the island seemed especially deserted.
It was obvious... after declaring war, Doflamingo had made the entire island prepare itself.
Yet the warm climate, lush vegetation, and all sorts of peculiar sights still showed everyone just how lively this country normally was.
Even Issho, who could not see, furrowed his brows involuntarily upon encountering such an unusual pirate nation.
He even began to wonder whether that human-trafficking pirate king might actually be a good king.
Especially when he sensed the resentful, hateful gazes of ordinary people watching them through the windows of nearby houses, he began to question this operation even more.
Of course.
Kusana's group had not concealed their arrival, so the island's residents noticed them the instant they came ashore.
And they could also sense the gazes hidden all around them, along with quite a few people following them from the shadows.
They were probably Donquixote Family officers!
"I never expected a mere pirate to manage this country so beautifully!" Hashirama Senju frowned slightly. "And he even seems deeply loved by the civilians here. Could we really have come to the wrong place this time?"
Hashirama Senju and the others could feel those angry, hateful gazes as well!
But.
"How laughable! He is merely a human-trafficking pirate." Madara Uchiha, unlike the doubtful Hashirama Senju, folded his arms and snorted coldly. "Foolish Hashirama, after all these years, you still believe such things?"
"That's right! Although I also despise the evil Madara Uchiha, I have to admit he is correct! A human trafficker, and Punk Hazard... a pirate who experimented on