Half a month later.
The deal between Uchiha Mai and Donquixote Doflamingo had been completed.
Uchiha Mai couldn't have cared less about Doflamingo's meager holdings in Dressrosa, but Doflamingo still left behind a vast amount of treasure when he departed, taking only the SMILE Factory and his Tontatta laborers with him.
Only after arriving in Wano Country did Doflamingo discover the mess waiting for him to clean up.
The remnants of Kaido's forces occupied Kuri, ready at any moment to launch a counterattack and retake all of Wano Country.
Despite two rounds of negotiations, Kaido's remaining men had no respect for Doflamingo, much less any intention of becoming his subordinates. Led by King, they still flew the banner of Kaido of the Beasts.
Once he realized that, Doflamingo stopped wasting words on them and planned to find time to deal with them.
Minato had already assassinated several minor officers of the Beasts Pirates, steadily weakening their forces.
Before making contact with Akatsuki, Doflamingo might have feared these men, given that King and Jack the Drought were among them. But after obtaining his Cloth, his strength had skyrocketed. With such an excellent helper as Minato at his side, his ambitions had already swelled considerably.
Wano Country was crucial to Doflamingo's next strategic moves. Ever since Uchiha Mai had handed it to him, he had regarded it as his own territory.
Now he was preparing for the most important matter of all.
And word of it had already spread everywhere.
Doflamingo hadn't expected Uchiha Mai to have actually told him the truth.
The people of Wano Country were simply absurd. Once Komurasaki's true background was revealed, everything else fell naturally into place. Even with Yamato's enormous bust, they believed him to be a man just because they were told so.
Doflamingo kept