What Doflamingo wants is not to occupy the country of Dressrosa by force.
What he needs is to be justified and take over the power of this country from King Riku.
What he needs is a harmonious and stable country as his foundation in the new world.
And use this as a springboard to continue to realize his ambitions.
Over the years, he could be said to have traveled step by step from the North Sea, to the 'Paradise' in the first half of the Grand Line, to the New World in the second half.
Work steadily, constantly expand your power and enhance your influence.
He would never be willing to be a notorious pirate.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether he is a pirate, the Shichibukai, or the identity of the king he is about to obtain, or even the identity of the Celestial Dragon that he has abandoned!
Everything is a bargaining chip and stepping stone for him to realize his ultimate dream!
One Piece?
Baaaaaaaaa!
That was never his goal, and he didn't care.
And this is what makes him different from most other pirates.
He is an alternative among pirates, a freak!
...
King's Heights.
Abel sneaked into the palace of Dressrosa with great ease.
His mission is to deliver the message to Monet and hand over the snowy fruit to her.
On the day of the attack, Monet not only needed to cooperate with outsiders to open the palace door, but also held the princess hostage to use as a bargaining chip to force King Riku.
The original Monet's strength can only be said to be a little bit, but not much.
This is why Doflamingo, after careful consideration, chose to hand over this natural Snow Fruit to her in advance.
With this Snow Snow Fruit, even if there is little time to develop it, it is enough to deal with the palace guards and princesses.
In the shadow, Abel's shadow emerged from it.
Then the next moment, the shadow turned into Abel himself.
This is the movement method that Abel came up with by combining the Dark Fruit and the Shadow Fruit, plus some of his own understanding and insights.
First of all, with the help of his shadow's ability to ignore space barriers and travel through darkness, the shadow can sneak in first.
Then use the ability of the 'Shadow Mage' and the main body to replace each other to exchange places.
A kind of pseudo-teleportation over an extremely long distance was achieved in an instant!
And it's very elusive, making it difficult for people to detect.
In addition, Abel used the Dark Breathing Technique to cover his aura and existence, making him everywhere in the palace like a ghost, and no one could detect him.
As the maid of Her Royal Highness Princess Violet, Monet naturally has access to many places in the palace.
When she turned a corner with a bowl of soup.
A voice suddenly sounded from the shadows next to her.
"Stand here, stay as you are, don't move."
"Captain Dover has led all the family members to Dressrosa and will soon implement the plan to seize this country."
"The specific action time and what you need to do are all recorded on this piece of paper. After you read it, destroy it immediately."
"Also, this snowy fruit is the captain's reward for everything you have done. It also means that you can only succeed and not fail, otherwise you will know the consequences."
Monet nodded slightly without moving.
The wooden board in her hand had a strange-shaped fruit on it at some point, and underneath was a folded piece of paper.
"Is it Master Abel?"
Monet knew that she shouldn't speak at this moment, but after hearing the voice, she couldn't help but ask.
But after waiting for a while, I didn't get any response.
She turned her head and glanced at the shadow next to her, and found that there was nothing in it.
Monet was inevitably a little disappointed, but he suppressed the emotion immediately.
Then, while there was no one around, she picked up the Devil Fruit and chewed it in big mouthfuls.
vomit.
The 'magic' smell made her almost spit it out.
However, in order to gain strength, she still swallowed it forcefully.
Considering that the remaining fruit would be exposed no matter where it was thrown, Monet simply held his nose and ate the whole fruit.
Then while retching, he opened the note and quickly read the information on it.
After memorizing the key information inside, she simply threw the note into her mouth and swallowed it.
Thanks to the Devil Fruit, she actually found the paper not unpleasant at all.
After doing this, she adjusted her mood, picked up the wooden board and the soup on it again, and walked towards the room where Princess Violet was.
A few snowflakes suddenly fell to the ground at her feet.
But the weather is obviously so sunny and hot.
.......
at the same time.
In the second half of the Grand Line, a prison ship was carrying several extremely vicious prisoners and was about to be taken to Impel Down.
But what no one knows is that one prisoner hid the truth that he is a Devil Fruit user, so he was not put on the Seastone handcuffs.
This is an extremely fatal omission!
BOOM!
Accompanied by a violent explosion, a man with goat's horns on his head, long black spiky hair, over 3 meters tall, and a pale complexion walked out of the cell.
In an instant, sirens rang throughout the prison ship.
A large number of guards began to gather at the scene of the incident.
"Psychedelic gas!"
Caesar Courant did not continue to use gas to blast, but used a poisonous gas that could cause hallucinations and quickly dispersed it.
As the name suggests, this hallucinogenic gas can cause people to hallucinate and attack each other.
After all, he didn't want to completely destroy the ship. On this vast sea, he needed the ship to take him somewhere.
Under the spread of the hallucinogenic gas, all the guards who came were soon infected.
He mistook the people around him as his enemies and immediately staged a good show of killing each other.
Caesar Courant only admired it for a while, then lost interest and was ready to take over the ship.
When he left, the prisoners in other cells were still shouting at him, hoping that he would let them all out.
"Let you out? Of course, I will let you out when we get to the place, but not now."
Caesar Courant showed a big smile towards these prisoners who still didn't know what they would encounter.
Now that he has nothing, he needs these cheap experimental subjects to help him make a comeback!
However, considering that they were a little too noisy, Caesar Courant released the gas and knocked them all unconscious.
"Vegapunk, just wait and see."
"I know you must be afraid of my success and that I will surpass you, so you deliberately sent the navy to capture me. But you will never succeed!"
"I, Caesar Courant, am the world's number one scientist!"