He Was Panicking

So, Trebol forced another smile and praised Baby-5, "Yes, following Captain Moke was the wise choice."

As he spoke, he Fudō led the way once again.

Moke raised an eyebrow; he was increasingly curious about what tricks Trebol was up to.

So they followed.

Baby-5, who had already become his maid, followed obediently by Moke's side.

The three of them traveled without any obstacles and soon arrived at Sugar's palace...

"Um?"

At that moment, Sugar was happily eating a plate of grapes!

He was somewhat surprised when he saw Trebol: "How come you...?"

But before she could finish speaking, she froze on the spot. Even the movement of putting the grape in her mouth stopped, as if she had been frozen in place.

Because the next second, Moke walked in.

All right!

Suddenly, even the grapes I was eating didn't taste good anymore.

Trebol's eyes lit up, and with his back to Moke, he frantically winked at Sugar. His gaze gradually turned sinister!

Sugar finally came to her senses at this moment. Despite her childlike appearance, she was already twenty years old and quite clever!

However, she had an innocent and adorable appearance.

Then she skipped over to Moke, even reaching out her hand to Moke with grapes in it. "Uncle, do you like grapes?"

As Sugar's hand drew closer and closer to Moke, and Moke showed no sign of dodging, Trebol on the side was so excited he almost jumped for joy.

Not only her, Sugar's "naive" appearance also revealed its flaws. Just as she was about to touch Moke under the pretext of sharing grapes.

A glint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

But at that moment, a hint of purple appeared in Moke's pupils.

Sugar froze instantly, a bead of cold sweat trickling down her forehead.

"Gurgle..."

Sugar swallowed hard, her legs trembling. She felt as if Death God was watching her.

Moke glanced at Trebol: "So that's what you were planning!"

Trebol froze, his heart sinking.

Moke's gaze then returned to Sugar: "Sugar, Paramecia Devil Fruit User. She can turn anyone she touches into a toy of whatever she desires, and the type and style of the toy are entirely determined by her preferences. For example, she might turn the target into a doll or an animal plush toy, etc."

Furthermore, those connected to the target who has been turned into a toy (such as relatives or friends) will lose "all" of their memories of the time they spent with the toy. And those in the toy state will, under your power, work for the Donquixote Family or fight to the death.

Dressrosa now filled with toy figures, yet the whole world sees nothing amiss—that's all thanks to your abilities!

Also, Doflamingo, you should use your abilities to secretly eliminate many people! After all, there are some people who are inconvenient to kill... but you can use your abilities to erase them from this world."

"How is that possible?"

Trebol was horrified. Sugar had always been a top secret of the Donquixote Family. Most importantly, with her abilities, no one should have been able to leak it.

Unless...

Trebol's expression changed drastically as he considered a possibility, a possibility he found unacceptable.

Because only official members of the Donquixote Family knew of the existence of Sugar.

But Moke knew so much, so there was only one possibility: one of them had betrayed the entire Donquixote Family.

But the whole Donquixote family is like family!

Baby-5 was also stunned, and then a ruthlessness that was completely inconsistent with her age was revealed in her innocent eyes.

Because her hand was already very, very close to Moke, just a little bit more... and she could turn this wretched guy into a bear toy.

However, Moke's next words shattered her will to resist.

Moke whispered, "If your hand dares to move even an inch further, you'll soon see your sister Monet's corpse."

He added casually, "I think your sister Monet will be back here soon with Caesar Clown! After all, Doflamingo's leg still needs to be reattached."

"Hiss..."

Trebol felt a chill run down his spine; he truly hadn't expected that Moke had anticipated this. They had only brought this up today!

Moke looked at Sugar: "You're in your early twenties, aren't you? Then you should understand why, out of so many officials, they specifically chose to have your sister keep an eye on Caesar Courland!"

Sugar's eyes flickered.

Moke's words struck a chord with her, because she didn't want to be separated from her sister.

At this moment, she was no longer as naive as she had been twelve years ago.

Doflamingo separated the sisters for a simple reason: he used her to control the older sister, and at the same time, he used the older sister to control her.

As long as the two are not together, they will be each other's weakness.

For each other's sake, neither of them would have any other thoughts.

Even if they had begun to doubt the tragedy that had befallen the sisters, they could only suppress it deep in their hearts.

But that doesn't mean the sisters are really stupid.

Especially after witnessing firsthand the methods of Doflamingo and the entire Donquixote Family over the years, suspicions had long been brewing in his heart...

Perhaps it was precisely because of her abilities that Doflamingo valued or targeted her in the first place.

Moke immediately added, "Join my pirate crew! That way, not only can you and your sister be together Tenten, but you won't have to be locked up in this palace Tenten. You should go see the outside world..."

Moke extended an invitation directly.

Sugar didn't immediately refuse, but remained silent. Because Moke's two sentences hit the nail on the head, striking at two sore spots in her heart.

That's right, she wants to live with her sister.

She longed to go out and explore, rather than live confined to the "small world" of her palace. If she were to spend her entire life confined to this "small world," what meaning or joy would her life hold?

Although she didn't speak, her silence was deafening.

Trebol's expression shifted repeatedly, but finally he made up his mind. Sugar was not to be lost... At the same time, he Dark-Dark Fruit regretted his decision. He shouldn't have thought of using Sugar's abilities to deal with Moke.

He looked at Moke and noticed that Moke's gaze was fixed on Sugar, his eyes beginning to glaze over with a hint of madness...