One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 228 With discerning eyes, I will keep my appointment!
"Gudu."

I watched as that small, thin figure fell from the sky and stood in the center of the battlefield.

Looking at the sea monster head worn on the other person's head, which now has great symbolic significance on the sea.

The commander of the conqueror legion from the Iron Kingdom swallowed hard—even though, as members of the Iron Race, they had no ability to produce saliva.

"And what is that mask?"

At that moment, the commentator Gaz's voice suddenly rose.

"The sea monster's face, there's no mistake—I'm sure everyone has heard the recent rumors on the sea. An island in the park has disappeared out of thin air, and legend has it that a ship nearby saw a huge figure that reached straight into the clouds."

"Although he is much thinner and smaller than rumored, he should be the newest member of the Twelve Zodiacs, 'Shen Monkey'!"

"He wasn't even on the island when the competition started, so how did he get in? Oh my god, what's that in the sky?"

At this point, Gaz also subconsciously looked up at the high sky where Shenhou had fallen.

Then, he let out a cry of surprise.

"Birdcage. Birdcage, birdcage blanket."

Yes.

At this moment, the 'birdcage' that originally stretched across Dressrosa, created by Doflamingo's power, was now visible.

The part above it, which was the spot where Shenhou had just fallen, was clearly broken off.

Despite its rapid and continuous reshaping, the enormous void remains undeniable.

The monkey clearly crashed through the 'birdcage' and landed in Dressrosa.

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At this moment, Doflamingo, sitting at the top of the arena, also had a solemn expression.

He was well aware of the strength of the 'birdcage' he had created.

But a moment later.
"Fufufufufu, what a formidable fellow!"

He grinned, and that's how he smiled.

"That would be best."

Meanwhile...
"Hey, Shenhou, right?"

Looking at his subordinate, now smashed to pieces, and the monkey standing before him, the commander of the Conqueror's Legion tried to speak: "You also want to fight for Caesar? If you intend to enter through Gate Five, we'll immediately move to another gate. We have no intention of engaging you in battle."

Clearly, he wanted to back down.

This was inevitable—even the brutal and ruthless conqueror legions had heard of the twelve constellations.

That was the powerful organization that overthrew the Four Emperors, Big Mom.

While the Iron Kingdom is known as one of the world's top military powers, it is not, after all, 'Elbaf'.

Faced with the twelve constellations, he naturally had to yield.

However, he didn't finish his sentence.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, he saw golden light shooting out from the eyes of the monkey in front of him.

"laugh!"

The golden laser streaked across at the speed of light and struck the commander instantly.

The next moment, the commander's armor and his steel-like body, along with the warhorse beneath him, turned into dust in the air.

"filthy goods."

Shenhou's eyes blazed with golden light: "You dare to speak to me?"

“.”*N
At this moment, all the knights of the Conqueror Legion on the battlefield were speechless.

Their commanders wore heavy armor, and their Ironmen were a source of pride, boasting physiques that had made them virtually invincible in every war.

In front of Shenhou, it couldn't even withstand a single 'glance'.

"This guy..."

"Retreat! This guy's a monster!"

"The commander and his adjutant are both dead. Let's retreat to Gate Four."

The next moment, the Conqueror Legion instinctively stopped and then turned and fled on their warhorses.

Their previous violence and ferocity seemed to have vanished at this moment.

Violence always fears greater violence.

But
"Who gave you permission to escape?"

The next moment, they heard Shenhou's voice.

"I said—I won't be satisfied until all of you are dead!"

The words fell.

Golden light burst forth.

"Buzz!"

Shen Hou didn't even lift his golden cudgel.

But those golden eyes hidden beneath the monkey-head mask burned as brightly as a molten sun.

"Om-!"

The next instant, two extremely refined golden beams of light burst forth from his eyes once again.

Its thickness and size are completely incomparable to that of the previous attack.

Death is coming.

The golden beam of light followed his gaze and swept directly over the innocent people of Dressrosa.

But the conqueror knights and their neighing warhorses, along with the other plundering villains, were not so lucky.

"boom!"

With a violent explosion, the ground beneath the light instantly revealed scorched ravines, and the rocks at the edges melted into crimson magma.

All the knights and villains who were struck vanished in the golden light in an instant.

This scene was faithfully recorded by the live stream screen above.

And so, all of Dressrosa fell silent at that moment.

In fact, the battlefield had already paused for a moment when Shenhou descended from the sky to Dressrosa—after all, everyone in Dressrosa at that moment would have heard of the twelve constellations.

But rumors are just rumors.

Seeing such a scene with your own eyes is a completely different matter.

The Iron Kingdom's proud and powerful 'Conqueror Legion'.

In front of Shenhou, it couldn't even withstand a single glance?

What's wrong with his eyes?

"Ability?"

"But according to the intelligence we've analyzed, his abilities should be related to his rumored enormous size."

And so, amidst such hushed discussions.

Shenhou remained silent.

In fact, no one can see it at this moment.

At this moment, the pupil of the monkey is not actually an 'eye', but rather a weapon structure that resembles a pupil.

【Jerma Technology - Laser Weapons】

Just as mentioned before.

Shenhou can transform his body into various weapons using the Weapon Fruit, but only if he understands the principles of those weapons.

After the battle of Germa, Inoto successfully brought back most of the principles of Germa technology.

With the combination of the Memory Fruit and the Brain-Brain Fruit, it was naturally not a problem to send this 'principle knowledge' into Shenhou's mind.

And it is this power that has created the moves he is using now.

[Weapon Changes - Sharp Eyes]

At this moment, Shenhou didn't even look at the battlefield around him that had already been cleared.

He simply tilted his head slightly to look at the girl beside him.

At this moment, the girl was clearly stunned—when had she ever seen such a scene before?
So at that moment, when Shenhou looked at her, she even subconsciously trembled.

But at this moment, Shenhou simply raised his hand.

"Heal!"

He murmured something.

The next moment, a beam of light fell into the girl's broken leg.

then
"Hmm!?" The girl felt her bones begin to grow and reconnect at that moment.

Homies Bone Healing

So it was only at this moment that the girl seemed to realize what was happening.

Her head was spinning, and she was staring incredulously at the monkey-headed figure in front of her.

"Thank you, thank you."

"Keep running."

At this moment, Shenhou said the following.

Girl: “Huh?”

Before she could react, she saw Shenhou raise his finger and point behind him.

The girl looked in the direction Shenhou pointed.

Then she saw that the 'birdcage' that had been shrinking from the sea surface had now clearly detached itself from the sea level.

It is already close to the island of Dressrosa.

But
"Didn't it stop?"

Yes.

The girl could tell from the distant smoke and dust and the loud cutting sounds.

The 'birdcage' showed no sign of stopping—it continued its slow advance, cutting everything in its path in its wake.

She immediately understood what Shenhou meant.

"Thank you so much!"

She quickly stood up, then turned and ran towards the dueling arena.

Clearly—with the birdcage showing no signs of stopping and continuing to cut through the entire Dressrosa.

As the 'duel arena' at the center of the birdcage, it is obviously the safest place relatively speaking.

But she stopped after running only a few steps.

"Mr. Shenhou".

She turned around—she had obviously heard Gaz's explanation and knew the identity of the man in front of her.

But at this moment, the look she gave Shenhou was naturally devoid of the fear she felt when looking at members of the most evil organization at sea.

Quite the opposite.

Her slender figure appeared incredibly tall at that moment.

In her eyes, there was only expectation and longing.

"Can you defeat Doflamingo?"

She was clearly not stupid; she had already realized the absolute malice hidden within today's so-called duel tournament.

If she wants to live, and if the people of this country want to live, they must defeat Doflamingo today!

"beat?"

But after hearing her words, Shenhou seemed to smile.

The monkey face on the mask also bared its teeth.

"I can't stand those ridiculous and absurd things in my life."

"I'm going to smash his head in with this stick."

At this point, he looked at the girl and said, "Little girl, if you want to see that scene, then you'd better survive."

The words fell.

The girl's eyes shone with even brighter longing.

"Ok!"

She nodded vigorously, then without further hesitation, she started running towards the distance.

And watching the girl's retreating figure.

Beneath the mask, Roy's expression also showed some confusion.

"What on earth is he going to do?"

The situation was different from his expectations.

After seeing the sensational news from Dressrosa in the newspapers, Roy realized something was wrong.

In the past, he had received a lot of messages.

For example, Caesar Clown, who was originally being escorted by the World Government, was kidnapped by unknown individuals—he had basically already determined that Doflamingo was responsible for this.

After all, the only one with a reason to do such a thing, and with resources within the World Government, is this former Celestial Dragon.

For example, according to Baroque Works, Kaido and Joker have been getting close recently, and they seem to be discussing a collaboration.

Roy wasn't surprised by this—according to the original work, Doflamingo and Kaido were the two parties involved in the 'artificial Devil Fruit' transaction.

But here's the thing.

"Doflamingo has clearly broken his promise to Kaido, and the actions of the Three Disasters prove this point."

"He even deliberately chose the time when the Three Calamities arrived in Dressrosa to break the agreement."

This is very abnormal.

Doflamingo is no match for Kaido; offending Kaido is tantamount to suicide for him.

But he did it without hesitation, which means he had something to rely on.

And the fact that he feels confident even when facing the Four Emperors is clearly rare.

"He's cooperating with the World Government, planning to fight Kaido together?"

Roy frowned, but felt that things were not so simple.

If it were just about joining forces with the World Government to deal with Kaido, then there would be no need for Franky to make such a big fuss.

Taking advantage of Kaido's unpreparedness to attack the Three Disasters directly is clearly a better plan.

"By making the artificial Devil Fruits public, then holding this dueling tournament to attract so many people, and even opening the 'Birdcage' at the beginning, it's clear that they intend to kill all the citizens of Dressrosa. Even if it's to deal with Kaido, this behavior is abnormal."

That's something only a madman would do.

But Roy knew very well that Doflamingo was not a madman, but a true sea tyrant.

Therefore, if we need to find a suitable reason for the other party's actions.

The answer speaks for itself.

"It's not just Kaido; he has a bigger goal."

"Did he already know that the 'Twelve Constellations' would come to this dueling tournament not only for Kaido, but also for me?"

Roy noticed this.

"If that's really the case, then it means he most likely knows the purpose of the Twelve Constellations' visit, which means that Caesar's root might now be in his hands?"

He frowned slightly, but a guess was already forming in his mind.

But
For Roy at this moment, these speculations were no longer important.

If he had just obtained the Slice-and-Cut Fruit, and if he suspected that Doflamingo might have some kind of plan, he might have chosen to back down.

But
"The current Zodiac is not an organization that will be scared off by the enemy's schemes."

Doflamingo has his own plans, and so does he.

More importantly
No matter what schemes or tricks Doflamingo might have, he was confident that he was far stronger than his opponent!
so.
"Click!" "Click!"

Shenhou raised his hand, stretched, and his bones made a cracking sound.

He tilted his head slightly, turning the monkey-head mask toward the arena.

The gaze seemed to penetrate through layers of buildings, reaching 'Doflamingo' atop the throne.

The enemy has extended an invitation.

He decided to keep the appointment.

But before that
"These scum around us really need to be cleared away."

He raised his hand and casually plucked a tuft of hair from the back of his head.

then
"call."

He blew on it gently.

Her hair flowed freely, turning golden in the sunlight.

After doing all this, Shenhou raised the golden cudgel and placed it on his shoulder.

With his hands resting on the ends of the staff, he casually strode toward the dueling arena.

(End of this chapter)