Ready to Die for the Young Master

Fire. Scorching flames blazed, reflecting countless faces filled with rage and hatred.

"No! Don't kill them so easily!"

"That's right! Let their whole family live and suffer!"

A man and two young, blond boys with crew cuts were bound and strung up on the city wall. Below them stood a crowd of furious people.

One of the boys was blindfolded. Tears streamed freely down his face as he trembled before the fear of death. "No matter what you do to me, I'll survive!" His fists clenched tight beneath the blindfold. "Then I'll kill you! I'll kill every last one of you!"

His tears and furious cries rang through the sky, and a hidden kingly aura burst from the wounded boy. Like an unstoppable tsunami, it swept over everyone below and knocked them all down.

"I'll kill you all!" Doflamingo jolted awake from his dream and immediately sat up in bed. But as soon as he moved, a tremendous pain shot through his entire body.

"Pfft."

Blood welled up from Doffy's mouth. His internal organs felt as though they were being crushed beneath a mountain thousands of meters tall, and every bone in his body had shifted out of place. If countless thin strings hadn't been constantly repairing his body from within his muscles, he might already have been paralyzed...

It had all been caused by that man—the madman who called himself "God"!

At the thought, Doffy felt deeply humiliated!

He, Doflamingo Homing, a noble Celestial Dragon, a descendant of the gods, had been beaten so badly in battle! Anger, unwillingness, and resentment intertwined, surging against his kingly heart!

One day, I'll stand at the top of the world! I'll trample every last one of you beneath my feet!

An invisible burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted unconsciously from Doffy and spread outward, only to strike an unseen barrier and disappear.

The next moment,

A clear, detached voice rang through Doffy's mind like a great bell:

[Main Mission "Ten-Tails Body," status: complete. Rewards: 2 B-rank side-story missions, 30,000 points

Reincarnator Novice Mission successful. Ordinary Reincarnator status unlocked]

Next came the Main God's novice benefits. A warm, yellow light emanated from deep within Doffy's soul, and all the injuries across his body slowly began to heal. Before long, he had recovered completely.

"Fuffuffuffu, now this is the power of a god~" Doflamingo said, his face filled with bliss. He savored the sensation of being reborn. "I'm the one chosen by God!"

Doffy had also finished watching the "promotional CG" produced by the Main God in his mind. The wonders of the myriad worlds and their countless extraordinary figures filled him with excitement! Countless grand plans flashed through his mind. He even felt as though the Empty Throne in Pangea Castle was beckoning to him...

[Ordinary Reincarnator detected. Custom life-form creation service unlocked. Reincarnators may customize life-form personalities and memories. Maximum strength: high first tier. As the Main God Space's permissions in the current world have not been unlocked, custom life-form strength is capped at low second tier.]

"Creating life-forms, fuffuffuffu. Is this the domain of the gods? Then let's start with you."

Doffy recalled the information about the person he wanted to create. A moment later, mysterious power welled up from deep within his soul, and a mysterious figure took shape before him.

The artificial human was tall and powerfully built, with the golden, inverted-triangle physique of a bodybuilder. He wore a blue cape, had spiky hair, and a resolute face. He was none other than Riku Dold III, ruler of the Dressrosa Kingdom!

"Young Master!" The artificial King Riku dropped to one knee and pledged his loyalty to his creator.

"Fuffuffuffu. Good. I'll make you the real King Riku. Come with me. Let's meet the family."

"Yes, Young Master!"

Doffy and King Riku then headed to the family meeting hall on the temporary island.

Half an hour later,

The Donquixote Family's executives had gathered in the meeting hall on the nameless island. Doffy sat at the head of the table, with King Riku standing silently behind him.

"Young Master, is... isn't that King Riku?"

Trebol, the family's highest-ranking executive, was astonished. King Riku had only recently become a target of theirs. Although he'd managed to escape, he should have hated Doflamingo and the others to the core. So why was he now acting as though he would obey the young master's every command?

Doflamingo gave a wicked smile. "Let me introduce him. This is the newest member of our family, Riku Dold. His loyalty to me is no less than anyone else's here!"

Doffy glanced around, taking in the varied expressions of the family members, but had no intention of offering any further explanation. He continued,

"Starting today, everything will begin anew. Your young master is no longer the same man. I'll crush everyone who dares oppose us, one by one!" Doffy's aura blazed. The Three Types of Haki shone around him, and his power had grown even stronger!

Seeing their young master shed his former state of volatile moods and wanton cruelty, and noticing that his strength seemed to have improved, the Donquixote Family members were overcome with excitement and hurried to pledge their loyalty.

Just then, a subordinate came in to report. The Ghost Mask Pirates had tracked them to the island, and "Great Undertaker" Piero had also arrived with his fleet, claiming he had come to help the Donquixote Family.

"Fuffuffuffu. Those useless hyenas. This is the perfect chance to deal with them!"

An hour later, a great battle broke out on the island. On one side were Heavenly Yaksha Doflamingo; on the other were Yiwen, captain of the Ghost Mask Pirates, and "Great Undertaker" Piekro.

Doflamingo fought both men at once and held his own against them.

Yiwen was a Zoan-type Spider-Spider Fruit user with the Ghost Spider Model. He had transformed into a gigantic, hideous-looking ghost spider, its head half human and half spider. He kept spitting out various kinds of webbing and venom to restrain Doflamingo. Piekro, meanwhile, was an expert in martial arts and Haki who wielded a massive scythe.

Neither man could defeat Doflamingo one-on-one, but a few months earlier, Doffy had been stripped of his Shichibukai title and his strength had suffered. The entire Underworld had grown restless, and the two men were simply the most powerful and quickest of the groups to make a move.

However, Yiwen was deeply perplexed. He'd heard Doflamingo had suffered a defeat and that his Haki should have weakened. So why did he seem even stronger?

Yiwen's reasoning wasn't wrong. In this world, Haki depended not only on a person's physical training but also on their mental state.

Haki was, at its core, an expression of willpower. Someone who was extremely confident, who had enjoyed success from birth and never suffered defeat, might grow stronger with every battle. Garp and Red-Haired were typical examples.

But if a person suffered a defeat or setback and failed to overcome the barrier in their heart, their Haki would weaken. Crocodile and Moria were examples from the original story. Both were Shichibukai, but when they were young, they were defeated by Emperors and left the New World for the Four Blues. Their wills and convictions had been badly shaken, and their strength had declined as a result, turning them into stepping stones for the protagonist, Luffy.

So it was only natural for Yiwen to suspect that Doflamingo's strength had declined. But how could he have known the twists and turns of Doffy's recent experiences?

Doffy had failed in his Nation-Stealing Plan, been stripped of his Shichibukai title and become a target for everyone. Then he had been chosen as a mysterious Reincarnator, been beaten by Pain, and finally returned from the brink of death after completing his mission and earning the Main God Space's recognition. Convinced that fate had chosen him and that a king had descended, he had tempered his will again and again. As a result, his Haki had not weakened but grown stronger, and he was on the verge of a breakthrough!

Doffy unleashed his Devil Fruit ability without restraint as he fought. The entire island seemed to become an ocean of white strings. Watching Yiwen and Piekro struggle to dodge the strings chasing them, Doffy laughed wildly.

"Fuffuffuffu! With strength like yours, you think you can challenge my authority?"

As he dodged the strings, Piekro replied, "Joker, your strength is as impressive as ever. I was only testing the mettle of my partner. Now that I've achieved my goal, I'm willing to pay a price. Why don't we call this off?"

Yiwen cursed his foolish ally, Piekro, under his breath. Did he think Joker was running a charity? That he would just make peace so easily? But Yiwen couldn't sell Piekro out either. They were on the same side now: together they might survive; apart, they would die!

Doffy sneered. "The weak don't even get to choose how they die! And you still foolishly hope to live!"

"Doflamingo, don't push us too far. We're giving you a way out. Otherwise, there's nothing you can do to us!" Piekro's face darkened. As a major Underworld figure himself, he had already shown Doflamingo great respect by offering to back down.

"The weak cling to ridiculous pride. Fine. I'll show you the power of a god."

Doflamingo crushed his pink, heart-shaped sunglasses in one hand, revealing a pair of mysterious eyes:

Their irises were the blue of the sky, with black sclera and white pupils. Countless gridlike lines were reflected in those white pupils, as though they contained every visible and invisible line in the world! These were the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception Doffy had obtained from the Main God Space!

Those who possessed these eyes could see the "death" of things, perceiving the intangible concept of death as visual information. In their eyes, crisscrossing lines like a grid, along with the points that formed those lines, appeared on the surfaces of things:

The lines represented "paths along which the object could easily be divided and destroyed," while the points represented "the death of a thing." The lines were the [Lines of Death] that could kill anything. Destroying a [Point] or severing a [Line] could erase a target outright!

These powerful eyes had cost Doffy every reward he had earned the last time he risked his life! But it had all been worth it!

The moment his Mystic Eyes opened, Doffy seemed to see the essence of everything in heaven and earth: a world formed from countless lines of all shapes and kinds. Yiwen and Piekro were no different. Their [Lines of Death] were tough, but not indestructible.

In that instant, Doffy felt that he could control those lines, just as he controlled his white strings. He flicked his fingers as if plucking invisible strings, gently touching Piekro's [Line of Death].

Piekro suddenly stopped. He felt that an immense, invisible terror was about to descend, as if someone had gently gripped his heart. He bent over and gasped for breath.

"Doflamingo, what... what did you do?"

"Fuffuffuffu. I was just saying hello." Doffy savored the wonderful sensation of controlling the Lines of Death, then gave a mocking laugh.

"Do me a favor and say hello to God for me in hell." The String-String Fruit's power activated, and the [Line of Death] representing Piekro snapped at once!

Without any warning, Piekro suddenly collapsed to the ground, lifeless, as though a demon had snatched away his soul!

The transformed Yiwen, now a gigantic ghost spider, saw the bizarre scene. The bristles on his abdomen trembled wildly, and he asked in terror,

"Your eyes... what kind of ability is that?"

"Fuffuffuffuffu!"

Doffy covered his forehead with one hand and laughed wildly at the sky.

"Didn't I already tell you? This is the power of... God!"

"No! That's impossible! I don't believe it!"

The gigantic spider that Yiwen had become went completely berserk. It charged at Doffy along its woven white web, swinging its enormous legs.

"The pointless struggle of the weak! It won't change a thing!"

Doffy flicked his fingers lightly. The [Line of Death] representing "Yiwen" snapped!

The giant spider crashed to the ground, its life extinguished!

Thus, one of the Underworld's emperors and the manager of its assassin trade, "Great Undertaker" Piekro, died!

Yiwen, captain of the New World's Ghost Mask Pirates, with a bounty of 200 million Berries and the powers of the Spider-Spider Fruit: Ghost Spider Model, died!

The deaths of these two powerful figures became ornaments on Doffy's grand design for supremacy!

Turning to face the Donquixote Family members around him, all wearing fervent expressions, Doflamingo issued his orders. His voice brimmed with authority and an almost irresistible force of conviction.

"From now on, I'll stand at the top of the world. I will become the king of the world!"

"Men, let's move out! Our destination: Dressrosa!"

Having witnessed the entire battle, the Donquixote Family members were completely swept up in the frenzy. They dropped to their knees as one and shouted,

"We're ready to die for the young master!"