Wano Country.
A sailboat drifted unhurriedly down a broad riverway.
On both banks, pink petals fluttered down from cherry blossom trees, their faint fragrance permeating the air.
Inside the cabin, Kozuki Hiyori sat kneeling on a cushion, holding a shamisen in her arms as she gently plucked its strings with a plectrum, playing a melody.
At the bow, Black Maria, dressed in a short red kimono skirt, knelt on a blue picnic blanket.
Sephiroth rested his head on the girl's soft, springy pale thighs, quite satisfied with this kind of pillow.
On the surface, Sephiroth was merely accompanying the girls on an outing to admire the blossoms, looking lazy and relaxed.
But...
In truth, most of his attention was focused on a Bat Clone thousands of miles away, controlling it as it conducted experimental research in a laboratory.
His brain worked while his body loafed around!
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Just then, another sailboat approached from the opposite direction along the river. More than a dozen people sat aboard it, of all shapes and sizes.
At the bow of the sailboat, Queen twisted his corpulent body as he danced, joking and mocking at the same time.
"Yo! Doflamingo, who would've thought you were a pervert who enjoys playing with other people...
You and King should get along very well!"
"Fufufufufu!
But my method worked remarkably well, didn't it?" Doflamingo asked with a laugh.
After the Donquixote Family officers under his command had pledged themselves to Kaido, they had been given a mission.
Destroy a village with over a thousand residents and force its people into the blood-and-sweat weapons factories to work.
The Donquixote Family had always been a mafia family that committed every evil imaginable. Smashing, looting, burning, and killing were second nature to them!
In order to show off his strength and