Xi Yan's Plan

"It's only been ten years, and look what's become of you..." King Elizabello II said. "Where did the man go who nearly stared all of humanity to death just to avoid a war?"

"King Riku, everyone's still waiting."

"Don't let them down."

"Come back to us, King Riku Dold, the King of Miracles."

King Riku stared at the friend who genuinely cared about him, stunned.

Could I... really do it?

"Precisely, Your Majesty King Riku."

"Hm?"

Hearing the voice, King Riku turned around without thinking. His face filled with surprise. Why had a Marine Admiral brought his men here?

Had they come to cause trouble for the Straw Hat Pirates?

At that thought, King Riku glanced toward where Usopp and the others had been. Only after seeing they were gone did he quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he turned back to Fujitora, waiting to see what he would do.

"A Marine Admiral?"

The people watching through the video Den Den Mushi looked astonished.

If that man had been there, why had he let Doflamingo wage a war on that scale?

"You..."

King Riku wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to begin.

"We cannot let you shoulder the blame for what Doflamingo did," Fujitora said. "After all... it was the World Government that allowed that vicious pirate to use the Shichibukai system to become a king and rule this land!"

"What...?!"

Everyone present stared at him in shock.

What he said made sense, but for a Marine Admiral to say it here... wouldn't the World Government hold him accountable?

Xi Yan, who was passing by, remarked, "That man really will say anything."

He knew all too well what it meant for a Marine Admiral to speak like that on this occasion.

The World Government might not