After defeating Vice Admiral Bastille, Ye Yu's Conqueror's Haki panel gained several dozen more points. Though it was nowhere near as much as he had gained from killing someone like Blackbeard, it still pushed his Conqueror's Haki past 5,400 points.
Ye Yu was quite satisfied.
Closing his eyes, he sensed the Conqueror's Haki within his body growing even more abundant.
"Let's go. Dressrosa, time to meet the Heavenly Yaksha. I heard Dressrosa's red wine is pretty good. Might as well have a taste!" Ye Yu said with a faint smile.
With that, Ye Yu rode his Conqueror's Haki through the air and slowly descended into Dressrosa.
The moment Ye Yu landed, a boy with fighting fish teeth approached him. He wore white stockings on his legs and high heels, looking utterly bizarre.
It was Dellinger, one of the Donquixote Family's officers.
"Ehehehe~ You're the Marine person Young Master mentioned, right? What brings you here to see our king?" Dellinger asked in an effeminate voice.
It was clear that Dellinger had no fear of the Marines.
Ye Yu narrowed his eyes at Dellinger.
Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo was more arrogant than usual, it seemed. A Marine vice admiral had come, yet he should at least have sent one of his top officers to receive him, shouldn't he?
Instead, he had sent one of the lowest-ranking officers of the Donquixote Family to brush off the Marines. Perhaps Heavenly Yaksha had deliberately sent an effeminate man to disgust them.
Still, Ye Yu could not be bothered with the trouble. If he went to see Donquixote Doflamingo directly, who knew how many fights he would have to get through?
Since he was being mistaken for a Marine, having a lackey like Dellinger lead the way was even better, wasn't it?
Ye Yu smiled slightly. "I came under orders from Fleet Admiral Sengoku to invite Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo to participate in the battle against the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Dellinger nodded. It seemed that even the Marines had to come begging his young master now. Sure enough, strength was the only rule in this world!
Dellinger looked Ye Yu over carefully, a trace of suspicion rising in his heart. "Ehehehe~ Why don't I remember a Marine like you?"
Ye Yu slowly climbed into the toy carriage Dellinger had prepared. Still smiling at Dellinger, he said, "It's nothing. Vice Admiral Bastille has other matters to handle. I'm only a rear admiral, so it's normal that you don't know me."
Dellinger felt displeased. The Marines had come to beg his young master, yet they had only sent a rear admiral?
In a moment, his young master would definitely make this rear admiral feel some pressure!
However, he did not doubt Ye Yu's identity as a Marine.
And so, Ye Yu reclined in the toy carriage. Accompanied by the others, he traveled without obstruction all the way to Donquixote Doflamingo's palace.
Looking at the palace before him, Ye Yu had to admit that he was envious. It was far more luxurious than the villa in the Whitebeard Pirates' restricted zone. Joker, the clown of the underground arms market, really was... extraordinarily wealthy!
"Wait here. I'll go in and inform Young Master!" Dellinger said after stopping the toy carriage, then left.
Ye Yu found it inexplicably amusing. Wherever he went, he did not need some mere half-fighting-fish man ordering him around.
Since Dellinger had already brought him here and saved him quite a bit of trouble, Dellinger was no longer of any use.
Ye Yu stepped directly out of the toy carriage and headed toward Donquixote Doflamingo's palace. He was eager to taste Dressrosa's food!
As the most magnificent royal palace in Dressrosa, the food inside had to be the finest in the entire country!
"Hey! You're nothing but a mere Marine rear admiral, so don't be disrespectful! Are you blind? This is Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo's territory! You're not allowed inside until I announce you!"
Dellinger had already disliked Ye Yu, and now Ye Yu was being this rude.
"Donquixote Doflamingo is just some nobody. I don't think there's any need to announce me." Ye Yu simply ignored weaklings like Dellinger.
"What?" Dellinger looked completely dumbfounded.
He had not expected a mere Marine to be so disrespectful.
How dare he speak of his young master that way? What did he mean, "some nobody Donquixote Doflamingo"? This was unforgivable!
He immediately began transforming. The muscles all over his body swelled explosively, tearing his clothes to shreds.
A shark fin actually grew from his back, and his eyes turned bloodshot as he glared furiously at Ye Yu.
Ye Yu ignored this weakling and continued striding toward Donquixote Doflamingo's palace.
"You fool who refuses a toast only to drink a forfeit! This is Dressrosa!"
With that, Dellinger became a blur. His speed was astonishing as he raised the heel of his high-heeled shoe and prepared to strike Ye Yu with lethal force.
"Just a weakling." Ye Yu spoke indifferently. Without even looking at Dellinger, he merely released a trace of Haki.
With a thud, Dellinger collapsed, his head tilted against the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
At that moment, Joker, dressed in a pink feathered coat within the palace, had been lounging with his legs crossed, drinking red wine and mockingly ridiculing the Marines with an arrogant expression. The next instant, he abruptly sat upright.
"What is it, Young Master? Have the Marines arrived? Even if a Marine vice admiral came, that shouldn't warrant this reaction from you." Trebol, the top officer representing Clubs, asked suspiciously as snot dripped from his nose.
Diamante, holding a flexible sword and wearing strange iron clothing, slowly walked over.
"Could it be that a Marine admiral personally came to invite you, Doffy? Hahaha! It seems the Marines think very highly of us..."
"An admiral? The Marines have finally learned to be sensible, hahaha." Pica, the burly man in samurai armor, said in a shrill voice.
Veins bulged faintly on Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo's forehead.
Behind his flamboyant wine-red sunglasses, his eyes darted constantly from side to side.
"It doesn't feel like an admiral. I sensed Conqueror's Haki just now!" Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo said in surprise.
Conqueror's Haki?
The top officers around him were all stunned. There were only so many people in this world who possessed Conqueror's Haki, weren't there?
There were even fewer among the Marines!... Could Fleet Admiral Sengoku have come in person?
But... that was impossible!
Fleet Admiral Sengoku should be occupied with preparations against the Whitebeard Pirates. Why would he come to Dressrosa?
"The Conqueror's Haki just now came from right outside our palace's main gate. Come on, open the gates. Let's all go see what's happening!"
Even a highly intelligent pirate like Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo could not figure out who had released Conqueror's Haki at his own doorstep. The only option was to open the gates and see for himself exactly who it was!
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