Rebecca's Tragedy and Resolve

Outside the coliseum.

An exhausted Rebecca received today's appearance fee and tournament prize money.

As the surviving remnant of the royal family of Dressrosa, Rebecca could hardly find any job opportunities in this country.

Even merchants were unwilling to sell things to her.

Had it not been for the upbringing of Toy Soldier and the secret financial support of Violet, she could never have survived until now.

She had been captured by human traffickers multiple times when she was young, and in order for Rebecca to possess the ability of self-defense, Toy Soldier began teaching her swordplay training when she was six or seven years old.

Because Toy Soldier protected Rebecca multiple times and attacked traffickers and pirates, he was wanted by Dressrosa under the crime of "toy attacking human."

Violet, that Glint-Glint Fruit user, could only join Doflamingo's subordinates to protect the lives of King Riku III and Rebecca.

The executives of the Donquixote Family and the people of Dressrosa only allowed Rebecca to continue living in this country for the sake of Violet.

Yet Rebecca's days still passed miserably.

Participating in gladiatorial matches was almost Rebecca's only chance to make money.

Rebecca took the money earned with her life and walked toward an old grandmother's shop.

This was also one of the very few shops willing to sell things to Rebecca.

This old grandmother steadfastly refused to believe the fact that King Riku slaughtered civilians, and she even sensed the uncanniness of the toys.

She knew this country had already been shrouded in a dark haze, but she was powerless to help, and could only aid the pitiful Rebecca.

"Thank you, Grandma."

Rebecca put down the money, took the bread and food, and quickly left the shop without daring to linger, because she did not want to implicate the grandmother due to her identity.

The old grandmother looked at Rebecca's slender figure and could only let out a sigh.

Luo Ji and Yamato grabbed large handfuls of meat skewers, eating as they followed behind.

Tama sat on Komachiyo's back, also eating in large bites, occasionally pulling off a bit of meat to feed Komachiyo and Onimaru.

"An oppressed kingdom princess. Luo Ji, I seem to smell the scent of adventure."

Yamato ate the skewers in large bites, her eyes sparkling, speaking with a mouthful of food.

If her deduction was correct, it must be that Shichibukai Doflamingo who used some conspiracy and schemes to usurp this country and smeared the royal family as criminals.

She seemed to have seen similar stories in some storybooks.

Moreover, Yamato now desperately wanted to defeat Doflamingo, the nominally strongest Shichibukai.

After all, among these Shichibukai whose bounties had stopped growing, Doflamingo's was the highest.

Doflamingo was also the only Shichibukai who was thriving in the New World.

At least on the surface, he was indeed the strongest among the Shichibukai with the largest forces.

"That's right, this island is full of stories and adventures."

Luo Ji chuckled. Now they were the powerful dragons crossing the river, and they didn't need to fear Doflamingo, this local snake, at all.

It didn't matter even if they caused a bit more trouble.

As the few of them entered the flower field, they quickly aroused the vigilance of a one-legged soldier.

Cyrus muttered to himself that his careless daughter Rebecca was being targeted by unknown individuals again, which was truly worrisome.

"Such a beautiful sea of sunflowers!"

Tama rode on Komachiyo with Onimaru, happily running among them, and even Yamato was attracted by the beautiful scenery here.

"I just knew the scenery of the ocean was very beautiful. Sure enough, going out to sea on adventures is the real life!"

Yamato's eyes shone brightly. This was much more cozy than Onigashima, and all of this was beautiful scenery she had never seen before.

"Huh, there seem to be some powerful little animals in the flower field."

Yamato's Observation Haki quickly discovered some little fellows hidden in the flower field.

This made her extremely eager to investigate.

This perhaps was the wondrous feeling of exploration and adventure.

"It's the Tontatta. The Roger Pirates might not even have encountered the Tontatta."

Luo Ji smiled slightly. Sure enough, following Rebecca was the only way to find these little fellows faster.

After all, the Tontatta and the Riku Dynasty had been allies for hundreds of years.

The Tontatta would definitely pay attention to Rebecca, a descendant of the royal family.

Now Doflamingo and Caesar had not yet gotten their Artificial Devil Fruit operations started, and they hadn't captured the Tontatta on a large scale to cultivate Artificial Devil Fruit trees.

That meant Princess Mansherry, who possessed the Paramecia Heal-Heal Fruit ability, was still inside Green Bit.

"The Tontatta?"

Yamato's eyes lit up as brightly as two beacons. This was the legendary "fairy," a rare race that could only be sought and never met.

"Great, great, great! Then I can finally write a wonderful story in my navigation log."

Yamato immediately crawled on the ground like a Husky, starting to sniff wildly to search for the presence of the Tontatta.

Yamato's action gave Cyrus, the soldier observing from the dark, a huge shock.

Could their revolutionary base have been discovered?

You must know that the Riku Royal Army Intelligence Department, which he and the Tontatta established together, was in the underground of the flower field.

With the help of the Tontatta, they could grasp a lot of operations regarding the Donquixote Family.

"Hey! What people are you? Please leave this place immediately!"

The one-legged toy soldier held a toy gun, suddenly shouting in anger, looking straight at these few strangers.

"A talking toy! So cool!"

Yamato jumped up from the ground, excitedly looking at this special soldier toy.

Luo Ji crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking with considerable interest at the toy formed from the strongest gladiator.

Say he was strong, yet Doflamingo instantly severed one of his legs; say he was weak, yet he could defeat Diamante.

His strength was like Schrödinger's cat, sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

The voice of Soldier Cyrus also made Rebecca extremely vigilant, and she ran back, drawing her sword.

"Mr. Soldier, what is going on?"

Rebecca asked somewhat nervously, feeling a strong sense of threat from the two individuals.

"Cyrus, how can you watch your daughter go participate in such a dangerous gladiatorial match?"

"And you, Rebecca, do you want to become stronger? Do you want to defeat Doflamingo? Perhaps I can help you a bit."

Luo Ji looked at the vigilant pair of human and toy, speaking in a calm voice.

"You actually know me?!"

Toy Cyrus's eyes widened. How could anyone still remember him? Memories regarding him had been erased by that detestable Devil Fruit ability.

Even the statue of the legendary gladiator who had three thousand consecutive victories was just a new legend added by other people on top of it, and had basically nothing to do with Cyrus.

"You can defeat Doflamingo?"

Rebecca did not care about any daughter business; she only wanted to defeat the Donquixote Family, to avenge her mother and avenge the Riku Dynasty.

"If it means completely cutting ties with the Riku Dynasty and becoming my crewmate, in exchange for getting the chance to defeat Doflamingo, are you willing?"

Luo Ji did not want to become a babysitter, protecting every crewmate's country; that responsibility was simply too heavy.

"I am willing! But how do I know you have the strength to deal with Doflamingo?"

Rebecca spoke without the slightest hesitation. Originally, as the granddaughter of King Riku, she was not the heir to the kingdom.

Above her was her little aunt Princess Violet, who was the direct heir.

Moreover, without being able to defeat the Donquixote Family, this royal identity could never return to King Riku.