Doflamingo and Big Mom Were Stunned: What?! Kaido Could Actually Run Away?

Dressrosa.

Inside the Royal Palace's grand dining hall stood a huge round table laden with all kinds of delicacies.

Doflamingo sat at the head of the table, gathered with a group of his officers.

But at that moment, a call came in, changing the atmosphere at the table.

"Kaido went to Marine Headquarters? Fufufu... He went looking for death again."

Doflamingo was not surprised by the news. Kaido's recklessness was nothing new.

More importantly, Doflamingo knew full well just how terrifying Kaido was.

Doflamingo said dismissively, "Did the Marines catch him, or did he get away?"

"He got away, but an Admiral didn't drive him off. At the time..."

The person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi recounted everything that had happened at Marineford.

They especially described the Droplet in exhaustive detail!

Even Kaido himself had been held up by the Droplet, and no matter how many times Kaido attacked it, the Droplet remained undamaged!

In the end, Kaido seemed to sense something and left Marine Headquarters, while the Marines did not pursue him.

As the account continued, the Donquixote Family officers present widened their eyes or froze in the middle of their movements, utterly shocked!

"Droplet!"

Doflamingo's heart jolted, and scenes from several months ago immediately resurfaced in his mind.

Figarland Lynn had bought rare materials in bulk and established a laboratory. At the time, the Donquixote Pirates had made quite a profit from it.

Not long after that, Lynn's assault on the Roswald Family took place at Holy Land Mary Geoise, and it was then that the Droplet first entered everyone's sight.

Sturdy, immensely powerful, capable of displaying Admiral-level combat strength!

That was what Doflamingo knew about the Droplet's terrifying qualities. Now, even Kaido could not destroy it. Its strength far exceeded his imagination.

"Doffy, i-is it really that powerful?"

Trebol, Sugar, Orlumbus, and the others clearly still found it hard to believe.

That was Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, the King of the Beasts, the world's strongest creature. Even he could not handle it?

"The rumors coming out of Holy Land are far from simple. We underestimated this Lynn."

Doflamingo felt shaken, even incredulous.

How could a technological creation fight the world's strongest creature to such a standstill? If they made a few more of them, would that not usher in the peak of the Great Age of Pirates?

The officers all looked at Doflamingo in silence, their minds racing.

"If it can even hold back Kaido, perhaps we should get closer to this Saint Figarland..."

At the banquet, Doflamingo remained silent for a long time, pondering before finally making up his mind.

"Doffy, you mean..."

"Yes. Let's pay a visit to this remarkable Celestial Dragon! Where is he now?"

Doflamingo let out a fufufu laugh and asked the person who had not yet hung up.

When the others heard that they were going to visit a Celestial Dragon, their expressions changed at once. Whatever else could be said, aside from Doflamingo, the rest of them were still somewhat frightened of Celestial Dragons.

"At Gran Tesoro... Though it can no longer be called Gran Tesoro."

After the person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi spoke in a low voice, Doflamingo did not continue the conversation and simply hung up.

"So he's with Tesoro. Has he seized an affiliated kingdom? It seems the Gorosei really are strongly backing Lynn... Boys, prepare the ship!"

Doflamingo chuckled, then gave the order to his men.

No matter what, he had to meet Figarland Lynn at least once.

Meanwhile.

After such a huge disturbance at Marineford, the news spread without being announced, and the Big Mom Pirates, who possessed the most extensive intelligence network, received the information.

Big Mom's headquarters, Whole Cake Island, Totto Land Kingdom.

The ministers of Totto Land all learned of the matter and believed it absolutely could not be taken lightly, so they immediately sought out Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors.

"This droplet-shaped thing is called the Droplet?"

Charlotte Linlin sat high upon her throne and opened her fierce eyes.

She considered the matter serious. Yet despite possessing such a vast intelligence network, she had only learned of it after something happened to Kaido!

"That is what the news from the Marines says... But there is a rumor that the person who made the Droplet came from Holy Land Mary Geoise!"

Perospero and the others were all extremely solemn. Seeing that Mama seemed somewhat angered, they hurried forward to explain.

Information from Holy Land was not so easy for pirates like them to obtain.

"The Droplet... It could actually hold back Kaido! It isn't a living creature, so how could it stop that brat! How did the Droplet appear? When did it appear!"

Charlotte Linlin shrieked.

The ominous feeling threw Charlotte Linlin's mind into disarray, and the World Government was the one that possessed such a thing.

Why were the Four Emperors called the Four Emperors of the New World? Because the four of them possessed combat strength at the pinnacle of the world! Yet now, the World Government had something capable of holding back the combat strength of a Four Emperor. It was not even a living creature, but something that could potentially be replicated!

"There are rumors that the Droplet is a technological creation made by a Celestial Dragon, but it has not been confirmed yet..."

Charlotte Daifuku cautiously spoke from the side.

Unfortunately, he was met with the gaze of an ill-tempered Charlotte Linlin, and he instinctively swallowed.

"I don't care about rumors. What I want is confirmation! From now on, investigate that Celestial Dragon and the Droplet! Mobilize the highest-level intelligence network, no matter the cost. Understood!?"

Big Mom gave a savage grin, then leaned back against her throne. Her entire face was shrouded in darkness as she issued an unquestionable order.

"Yes! Mama..."

The ministers all accepted their orders. Even after leaving the castle, their hearts still trembled, and they did not understand Big Mom's attitude.

Why had Mama reacted so strongly? Was it only because it could stop Kaido? Perhaps Kaido had merely retreated because he feared the Marines at the time?

Only Katakuri and Perospero remained silent, strange lights flickering in their eyes.

Unlike the others, they thought more deeply and did not doubt Kaido's situation at the time.

Rumors could be true or false, but they could not arise from nothing. Besides, the reality of the Droplet was right before them.

A technological creation, indestructible, astonishingly powerful in attack, and capable of stopping Kaido from wreaking havoc at Marineford!

That point alone was enough to prove how terrifying the Droplet was. And they must not forget that rumors said it had been made by a Celestial Dragon, a technological creation!

It was not an Ancient Weapon, nor was it one of a kind. If one could be made, then there was a very good chance that many more could be made!

The threat it posed was self-evident.