One Piece: Starting with the Water Drop, Fighting Admirals to a Stalemate
Chapter 20

Doflamingo's Shock: Those Five Old Men Actually Apologized?!

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“That Charlos made me lose quite a bit of money in the slave trade at Sabaody Archipelago. He deserved to be beaten—why wasn'Golden Divine Punishment he beaten to death?”

Doflamingo sneered.

Around him, his executives also quieted down, curiously pricking up their ears to listen.

The Den Den Mushi on the other end seemed to come from Mary Geoise, and it was even talking about Celestial Dragon gossip.

It seemed that a Celestial Dragon had been beaten half to death?

“And what about Figarland Lynn? What kind of punishment did he receive?”

After finishing his laugh, Doflamingo asked with keen interest.

Nobles fighting to this degree among themselves would certainly not escape punishment.

Unexpectedly, the person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi sighed, seeming to shake their head, and said in a somewhat shocked tone, "None at all! Saint Figarland brought along a droplet-shaped object and stopped even Kong, who came to block him. They fought for a long time, and in the end, the Gorosei arrived and lowered their attitude to apologize, which made Saint Figarland let Saint Roswald off!"

A droplet-shaped object? The Gorosei apologized in person?!

What in the world?! Doflamingo was completely stunned. Hearing such top-secret news, the executives around him covered their mouths and widened their eyes.

"What is that droplet-shaped object? It could go toe-to-toe with that old man Kong! And..."

Doflamingo sat up somewhat ungracefully, firing off questions in succession.

“I only know this much. Saint Mjosgard happened to be at the scene, so perhaps you can ask him. Because the Gorosei lowered their attitude toward Saint Figarland, I'm telling you this. Hanging up.”

The person on the other end seemed to be a Celestial Dragon from the Donquixote Family as well. After speaking to Doflamingo, they didn'Golden Divine Punishment care about anything else and directly hung up the Den Den Mushi.

Left behind was Doflamingo, whose movements had frozen as if he had been locked in place.

This news was important—far too important! He had missed a lot of crucial information!

Roswald had tried to seize Lynn's Heavenly Tribute and affiliated kingdom, only to be retaliated against. The Gorosei had taken Lynn's side, and furthermore, what on earth was that droplet-shaped object? How could it possess the ability to rival an old-era powerhouse like Kong?

"He's not trash, he's not an idiot! Definitely not! Right, the laboratory..."

Doflamingo stood up abruptly, losing all mood to lounge around here. The look in his eyes behind his sunglasses was extremely serious and grim.

He had underestimated this sole descendant of the Figarland Family. Upon careful thought, he recalled Lynn's previous actions of acquiring all sorts of rare minerals and resources, as well as building a laboratory.

“Investigate, check it out for me! Pull out all the stops; I must find out what's going on with that Lynn!”

At that moment, Doflamingo held an indescribable, unspeakable feeling toward Lynn deep in his heart—one that was intensely strong!

It was not only special individuals of Doflamingo's standing who could learn news from the Holy Land, but also the Revolutionary Army, whose goal was to overthrow the rule of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government!

In the Grand Line, Baltigo, the Island of White Earth, served as the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army.

Monkey D. Dragon was discussing recent events with executives and fighters like Koala, Bartholomew Kuma, and Hajrudin.

"Sabo's side is going smoothly, but Dragon-san, the Whitebeard Pirates have spawned a traitor. Will this cause Whitebeard to make a big move?"

Koala pinched her chin and brought up recent developments.

"That old man Whitebeard is a man of measure, but we must also keep an eye on the Navy's movements. These fellows might seize this opportunity to make a move against Whitebeard."

Monkey D. Dragon nodded. His focus was not on pirates; on the contrary, with trouble striking the Whitebeard Pirates, what he needed to keep a close eye on were the Navy and the World Government.

The others pondered, but right at that moment, a small white Den Den Mushi on Dragon's person rang out.

This was a dedicated Den Den Mushi called by an undercover agent planted inside the Holy Land, Mary Geoise. Without hesitation regarding his present comrades, Dragon answered it directly.

"Codename One! Something happened in Holy Land yesterday. Figarland Lynn gave Roswald Saint Charlos a brutal thrashing..."

The person on the other end seemed accustomed to speaking at a rapid fire pace, rattling off the intelligence they had gathered.

Upon hearing this, the complexions of everyone in the Revolutionary Army instantly turned dramatic. Celestial Dragons were actually beating up Celestial Dragons?

There was even a subtle sense of schadenfreude to it.

With a blank expression, Monkey D. Dragon quietly listened to the rest of what the Den Den Mushi had to say.

"This Celestial Dragon Lynn has committed a grave offense, yet Commander-in-Chief Kong immediately rushed over to stop him, only to be completely held in check by a droplet-shaped object of Lynn's! Its nature is currently unknown, and it doesn'Golden Divine Punishment seem to be a living organism... Furthermore, the Gorosei who arrived shortly after did not hesitate to stand on Lynn's side, and even lowered their posture to apologize!"

"Anything else?"

"Nothing else. You must pay attention to this Saint Figarland..."

With that, the Den Den Mushi was hung up!

Yet astonishment was plastered across the faces of the Revolutionary Army members.

Those few short sentences had revealed an enormous amount of incredible information!

In an instant, the atmosphere among those present grew stern.

"A droplet-shaped object—what is it? Why does it possess the strength to rival Kong? That Figarland Lynn should have just been an ordinary Celestial Dragon according to our previous intelligence. Why would the Gorosei value him to this extent?"

A sharp glint flashed in Monkey D. Dragon's eyes as he immediately seized upon two key points.

The people present looked at one another and frowned. This was hardly good news for the Revolutionary Army.

Holy Land had inexplicably gained a Droplet-shaped combat power capable of fighting above Admiral level, alongside this poorly understood Figarland Lynn.

"It seems we have our hands full again. This Lynn demands our highest attention!"

Naturally, this sliver of information was still insufficient for the Revolutionary Army to analyze more useful intelligence, so Monkey D. Dragon decisively issued an order.

He further issued a directive to the entire Revolutionary Army to gather all information on Figarland Lynn, and to keep a tight watch on him!

Of course, there were other factions that had learned of the major event unfolding in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

Yet up to now, the one who knew the most was still none other than Doflamingo.

Meanwhile, Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, having fled the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, the Moby Dick, and gone on the run, encountered Burgess in the Grand Line and successfully made him his crewmate.

"Zehahaha!"

"Wehahaha!"

The somewhat portly Blackbeard and the heavily muscled Burgess stood right there in a street corner, entirely unconcerned by the gazes of passersby, laughing heartily over becoming companions.

"In the future, the whole world is ours, Burgess! This is the right choice!"

With an aura of boundless ambition, Blackbeard Teach painted a grand vision for Burgess in his arrogant tone.

Burgess seemed quite fond of swallowing such grand visions; he cackled merrily as he listened.

He had waited a long time—he had been waiting precisely for a man like this, and he had finally found him.

Before they could finish speaking, however, a sudden commotion erupted down the street!

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