Tesoro was a pitiable man. He had once been a slave of the Celestial Dragons; his lover had been tortured to death by them, and he himself had suffered every kind of hardship. In the end, he snatched the Gold-Gold Fruit from the Black Market of the Doflamingo Family, turning his life around and becoming one of the great powers of the sea.
But he was also a pitiable man unworthy of pity.
After becoming the wielder of the Gold-Gold Fruit, he rose rapidly. His combat strength truly was no weaker than that of a Shichibukai, and he quickly amassed tremendous wealth. Any gold he touched remained under his control as long as it was not soaked in seawater. The more gold he accumulated, the stronger he became.
At first, he had to ambush pirates. Later, he could openly kill them head-on.
By now, he had become an overlord. Even while sitting in his own room, pirates naturally came knocking at his door.
At this point, he was no longer content merely to kill them. He had recognized the value of human beings and begun enslaving them.
He turned gold into gold dust and had it scattered once people entered the city. If they refused to obey him, he would turn them all into golden people.
There was not much of this gold dust, but if it appeared at the right moment and lodged in places like their joints, it was enough to keep ordinary people from moving.
Even experts like Zoro had no choice but to be detained and controlled by him. Naturally, the others were even less able to resist.
His power expanded like a snowball, growing ever larger, until dragon scales finally grew upon him and he became an evil dragon.
Back then, he had been a