"Come to think of it, wasn't this supposed to be a lawless area? Why did it feel pretty orderly? Well, aside from the ground being all beat-up."
After enjoying a satisfying meal, Zhu Mang and Doflamingo left Grove 35 and arrived at Grove 27, preparing to visit one of the lawless area's "special leisure establishments" to unwind.
"A group of rookie pirates caused trouble on the island not long ago. One particularly reckless fool even attacked a Celestial Dragon, fufufu~ But more than half of those idiotic rookies were killed by Admiral Kizaru. These are probably traces left from then that haven't been cleaned up yet," Doflamingo explained patiently.
Now that he mentioned it, Zhu Mang remembered.
In the original story, before the Summit War, eleven super rookies with bounties exceeding a hundred million—including Luffy and Zoro—landed on the Sabaody Archipelago. They were the so-called Worst Generation.
And in order to save Keimi, the mermaid being auctioned off, Luffy punched the Celestial Dragon Saint Charlos at the slave auction house, drawing Admiral Kizaru's pursuit.
In the end, the Straw Hat crew was "killed" by Tyrant Kuma—when in fact, they were sent flying to different islands and began their so-called two-year wilderness training arc.
The super rookies from the same generation were all caught up in it as well.
Those pirate super rookies who had run wild in the Four Blues or Paradise received the world's first brutal slap across the face.
Even if they joined forces, they were still utterly insignificant before a Marine admiral.
The admirals did not even need to act personally. They could not defeat even those mass-produced Pacifistas.
"What a pity. Looks like that incident still wasn't impactful enough. It's only been this long, and the Celestial Dragons already dared to come down again." Zhu Mang chuckled as he looked at the crowds kneeling ahead and the two figures gradually emerging with transparent fishbowls over their heads.
"My lord, we've arrived. Please come this way." Doflamingo's expression changed slightly as he quickly turned around and guided Zhu Mang into a building beside them.
He was so nervous because he had not heard the slightest trace of respect for the Celestial Dragons in this lord's tone.
Even powerful figures of the sea would find it hard to feel any goodwill toward those idiots with fishbowls on their heads.
To avoid unnecessary conflict, he thought it would be better to keep them apart.
What if Zhu Mang casually fired another energy blast like before...
Would the Sabaody Archipelago simply vanish?
Although Doflamingo was usually unafraid of trouble and had witnessed this lord's strength, when Celestial Dragons were involved, he felt it was better not to let them clash unless absolutely necessary.
"Heh." Zhu Mang leisurely followed Doflamingo inside.
He really had wanted to take a look at the Celestial Dragons just now.
But on second thought, the most important thing at the moment was going to Marineford to watch the show.
If he stirred up something else at a crucial time like this, he might miss it.
Wouldn't that seriously interfere with his "travel plans"?
—Though he did not really have any plans to begin with.
Other than playing around, all he did was eat.
But since he had transmigrated and become invincible, he had to add at least a little ceremony to his life.
Next, at what Doflamingo introduced as the best pleasure establishment on the Sabaody Archipelago, Zhu Mang thoroughly experienced what it meant to drown in luxury and decadence.
He immediately felt that his old life had been fucking miserable!
Saiyan female warriors were no longer appealing!
Although Saiyan female warriors had powerful physiques and were very bold, even declaring that they wanted to spar with him in the air—
The women here were all professionally trained, and they came from all sorts of different races.
Longarm Tribe, Long-ear Tribe, Rabbit-ear Tribe, Fox-tail Tribe... Zhu Mang had no idea why the One Piece world had so many humanoid races.
There was even a "big sister" said to possess Giant blood, standing nearly five meters tall.
Fortunately, Zhu Mang had a robust constitution. He charged in and out seven times, utterly routing the enemy forces.
Doflamingo watched it all and silently added several more labels to Zhu Mang in his heart.
At the same time, his confidence in recruiting him grew by several points.
What he did not know was that after staying there for two days and charging back and forth several times, once the novelty wore off, Zhu Mang suddenly found everything dull and tasteless again.
That morning, he woke up in bed and went to the bathroom. Looking at his haggard reflection in the mirror, then carefully sensing his combat power, he felt as though it had dropped slightly.
So he smashed the glass with all his might, making the entire building rumble so violently that people nearly thought an earthquake had struck.
"Wine and women ruin a man! They've made me this haggard! Starting today, I quit drinking!"
Zhu Mang left the room, passed through a crowd of panicked men and women—some of whom had not even had time to put on clothes before fleeing outside—and found Doflamingo, who was already wearing nothing but a small suit jacket.
"Did Lord Gebinz have fun?" Doflamingo asked with a smile.
"It was all right." Zhu Mang stretched lazily. "Their constitutions are too weak. They're far inferior to the female warriors of my clan."
"Your clansmen... must be quite formidable as well, fufufu~" Doflamingo's heart skipped a beat as he probed cautiously.
"Mm, they are pretty formidable. Some of them could probably erase this world, hahaha," Zhu Mang said casually.
He was not bragging.
Even before the later Super Saiyan era, there were plenty of Saiyans capable of destroying planets.
Theoretically, in Dragon Ball, anyone with a combat power exceeding ten thousand already possessed the ability to destroy a planet.
So even someone like Zhu Mang, with a combat power of only one thousand, could reach ten thousand after transforming under a natural moon!
Not to mention Vegeta, who had a normal combat power of eighteen thousand when he first appeared.
After transforming into a Great Ape, he could reach one hundred and eighty thousand!
One casual blast aimed at the Earth's core could wipe out the planet.
Doflamingo gave two dry laughs. "Fufu~ That certainly is very impressive..."
He did not know whether Zhu Mang was boasting or telling the truth.
But this lord's strength was beyond doubt.
After observing him over the past few days, Doflamingo could now conclude that Lord Gebinz's physical strength surpassed even Kaido, the man known as the strongest creature, whom he had seen before!
If every member of Zhu Mang's clan possessed such powerful physical qualities, then these mediocre women truly could not compare to the female warriors of his clan.
But such a powerful race had never revealed even the slightest information before this?
Or was he from... beyond this world?
Could he be one of the Moon People?
As an underground emperor, with Celestial Dragons as information channels, Doflamingo understood some of this world's secrets far better than most people.
So he knew that beyond the land beneath their feet, there was supposedly a place hanging high beyond the world known as Fairy Vearth.
But until now, he had always thought it was merely a legend.
He had never taken it seriously.
"If you like it, then after we're done watching this event, how about I accompany you to Gran Tesoro for some fun?"
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