Rubick stepped into the Corrida Colosseum and scooped up a newspaper from the registration desk.
The front-page headline announced that Doflamingo had resigned as a Shichibukai.
As King of Dressrosa, Doflamingo had relied on his officially recognized Shichibukai status. After all, Dressrosa was a World Government Affiliated Nation. The World Government would never have accepted a pirate as its king.
Rubick himself was also a king, but the World Government would never have approached him about joining because he was a pirate. Once he became a Shichibukai, though, they had sent someone. Rubick had simply turned them down.
Sky Country sat ten thousand meters in the air, beyond the World Government's reach, so Rubick could ignore them. Small countries down in All Blue had no such luxury. If they slighted the World Government, a single order could send any Shichibukai to plunder them.
If you wanted to remain independent, you needed military might. Rubick's teleportation ability was this world's nuclear weapon. Nobody wanted to get on his bad side.
After reading the article, Rubick recalled that Doflamingo had a trick up his sleeve. He would use his former status as a Celestial Dragon to get the World Government to back him up and tell everyone the report was fake news.
Rubick didn't care. Once he rescued his father-in-law, he would go straight to Fujitora and expose Doflamingo's secrets. The moment Sugar's ability was undone, Doflamingo's good days would be over.
Dressrosa had clearly been modeled on Spain back on Blue Star. Its bullfighting arena looked much the same, apart from the fighting platform inside.
Rubick stood in the corridor and looked in.
The arena had four levels. The first held a circular fighting platform built in the middle of a lake, with four walkways connecting it to the stands. Ripples