One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 248 The Seven Warlords System Collapses! Star Hunting Force!

"boom!"

The memories before me suddenly shattered.

Roy's consciousness returned to his body, but his gaze was very solemn.

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Even he couldn't quite understand what had just happened.

Within a memory, Im was able to sense his presence?

"What time-traveling police?"

Roy muttered to himself.

But soon, he vaguely understood.

He spied on Doflamingo's memories using the 'Paw-Paw Fruit'.

All the fruits in the world originate from the power of the World Pillar—in other words, theoretically, the World Pillar should contain the power of all the fruits in the world.

It's not surprising that Im could sense him, and even observe him through his memories.

only.
"Im was only able to observe me after I entered the Flower Garden—which proves that Doflamingo was right, that His power is limited."

"Only among the flowers is He the true 'God'."

“After leaving the flower garden, His power will decline, and He may even have to descend to send some of His power out of Mary Geoise.”

This can be seen from Sabo's experiences in the original work—he infiltrated Mary Geoise and was discovered by the Five Elders and Im, even witnessing Im kill Nefertari Cobra on the Empty Throne, and in the end, he still managed to escape alive.

This is enough to show that Im was not in his complete form at that time, otherwise he would never have been able to kill Sabo.

This made Roy a little more relaxed—if the enemy had a weakness, then he could still make his move.

But then again.
"Kobra"

Roy thought of the wise king of Alabasta whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

no doubt.

After witnessing the 'contract' made between the twenty original kings and Im through Doflamingo's memories this time.

Loy's interest in Alabasta has once again grown quite strong.

He was eager to know everything about Queen Lily—his intuition told him it would be of great use to him.

But before that
"The twelve constellations are over there!"

"It's the Star Lord!"

"More than one!"

"thank you all!"

The Star Lord turned his head and saw the surging crowd below.

The people of Dressrosa, their faces beaming with joy, rushed up to the King's Highlands.

then
"Let's go, we still have a little one to meet in Dressrosa."

The Star Lord silently turned around and took a step forward.

The portal opened before him, and the other twelve constellations quickly followed and entered.

A moment later, they disappeared without a trace.

"They've disappeared!"

"Don't go, we've come to thank you!"

The people who saw this scene also shouted the same thing repeatedly.

But soon...
"Look! That's over there at the palace!"

"Is there someone!?"

"Is that a member of the Don Quixote family behind her?"

"It seems to be her, the one codenamed 'Violet,' but her attire is a bit different. Hmm! Wait, the one she's riding looks like..."

The people soon noticed that there was a person above the royal palace on the King's Highlands.

That was Violet.

Behind her, the corpses of Don Quixote's family executives were hanging beneath the palace.

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Violet pursed her lips as she looked at the twelve constellations that had disappeared.

"Don't mistake us for boring guys like Doflamingo—we have no interest in controlling this country and will be leaving soon."

“We’re just fighting against the government, don’t think we’re any good people.”

Not long ago, Zishu's words still seemed to echo in her ears.

"And then again—you're royalty, your father is the king, isn't he?"

"It is your responsibility to help this country recover from its trauma. Don't try to trouble us."

Yes.

To this day, Violet still can't believe it.

That incredibly powerful organization truly resembled chivalrous knights—they came here, destroyed evil and conspiracies, and then left.

They weren't even given a chance to repay the favor.

"How cunning!"

She gritted her teeth, her eyes feeling hot.

But looking at the people below, she forcibly suppressed the complex emotions in her heart.

"call"

She took a deep breath, her gaze already fixed on the gladiator standing in the crowd—it was her father.

"Fellow citizens, I am Riku Violet, the daughter of the former king of this country!"

She opened her mouth and shouted.

"As you can see, Doflamingo and the members of the Donquixote Family have been defeated—the disaster is over, now..."

She must take responsibility and work with her father to help the country recover from its trauma.

However, she had also made up her mind.

The twelve constellations do not expect anything in return.

But Dressrosa will never forget this day.

One day.
"We have things we absolutely must do!"

And there is no doubt about it.

News of what happened in Dressrosa quickly spread throughout the sea.

But what's surprising is...

The World Economic News Agency, which never misses a big news story, finally published its paper this time, albeit after some time had passed.

[The 'Heavenly Demon' Doflamingo has fallen, and the 'Three Disasters' have also perished.]

[The twelve zodiac signs reappear, and the top official is confirmed to be 'Shen Monkey']

Moreover, the content of this publication released by the World Economic News Agency is somewhat special.

This is especially true for the gladiators and the people of Dressrosa who actually experienced the situation firsthand.

They could almost immediately tell that the entire report omitted any mention of the God Knight and the subsequent unusual darkness of Dressrosa.

On the contrary, the main body of the report details Doflamingo's 'tyranny'.

According to the newspaper, this incident was purely a sham dueling tournament organized by the tyrant Doflamingo, who used his status as king to try to destroy his country.

The report claims that the Beasts Pirates' Three Calamities and the Twelve Constellations were also involved in this incident, but ultimately the three parties clashed for some reason, and Doflamingo and the Three Calamities were killed by the Monkey of the Twelve Constellations. In short—this publication is a rare example of purely 'fake news' released by the World Economic News Agency.

Meanwhile, rumors circulated at sea that the original content of this publication was not like that.

However, prior to this publication, it was said that a member of CP0 went to Newspaper Island to meet with 'Big News' Morgans.

No one knows what happened during their meeting.

In any case, after the meeting, the original newspaper was urgently revised, and Morgans disappeared afterward.

Of course.

For most people on the high seas, they would naturally not know the truth, and would only lament Doflamingo's evil and the danger of the 'Beasts' and the 'Twelve Constellations'.

For example, right now.
Drum Kingdom, Big Treehouse.

"How terrifying! Someone would actually want to use their power to destroy a country and kill all its citizens. Isn't that insane?"

The Straw Hat crew, who were helping Nami recover from her injuries, were reading the newspaper.

Usopp stroked his chin, somewhat frightened—after all, this ocean really was too dangerous, wasn't it?

"If someone can smash an island to pieces with a single blow, it wouldn't be surprising if they used their abilities to destroy a country, would it?"

Nami replied matter-of-factly.

"That's true. Wait a minute! Nami, what's wrong with you? You can't say things like that!"

Usopp nodded subconsciously, but then immediately realized something was wrong and looked at Nami on the hospital bed next to him in a panic—in the past, Nami would have joined him in exclaiming, "The sea is so dangerous!"

Has his last 'normal companion' on this ship finally succumbed to depravity? Is he finally all alone?
"Uh-huh."

However, Nami clearly didn't care about Usopp's words at the moment, and was only looking at the contents of the newspaper in her hand with shining eyes: "The Three Disasters. I seem to have heard of them before. They are all super pirates with bounties of over one billion, right?"

She slurped her words, "Damn it, if we had been in Dressrosa, maybe..."

"She's going to die! She's definitely going to die! Wake up—hey, Dr. Chopper! Is this girl really cured? I feel like she's lost her mind?"

Usopp let out a sharp, explosive sound.

"Huh!? Have you lost your mind?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a reindeer that had been grinding medicine nearby hurriedly grabbed its stethoscope and approached Nami. But then it suddenly realized something and its hands started waving like seaweed: "But—Usopp, didn't you just call me a doctor? Don't think I'll be happy just because you said that~ you bastard!"

"Hehe~ Nami, stick your head out here, let me see if your head is broken."

"boom!"

Before it could finish speaking, Nami knocked Usopp to the ground along with it, and huge bumps instantly grew on its head.

"One of them dares to say it, and the other dares to believe it."

Nami blew on her still-smoking hands: "Watch out, or I'll beat you up, you bastards."

Usopp and Chopper: "You've already punched him!" *2
Amidst his吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic remarks), Sanji picked up the newspaper that had fallen from Nami's hand: "However, something seems off about this report—according to the newspaper, Shenhou (Sanji) killed the Three Disasters and the Seven Warlords of the Sea all by himself."

"Huh? You idiot cook, what's so strange about that?"

Zoro, who was wiping his sword nearby, looked over and said, "You knew that from the Little Garden back then, didn't you? That guy is a monster."

He didn't seem to care.

The Three Disasters and the Seven Warlords of the Sea are indeed very famous on the sea.

But Zoro only trusts what he sees.

After witnessing the Pig and the Monkey, he was no longer surprised by anything the twelve zodiac signs did.

Or to put it more precisely—since he considers them as a target second only to 'Hawkeye,' having this kind of strength is the best thing ever.

"You muscle-bound, brainless idiot with a green algae head. Who told you that?"

"Ha—you want to fight?"

"Who's afraid of who!?"

"Hehehe, you two are still so energetic."

Seeing that the two who had always been at odds were about to fight again, Brook chuckled and said, "But I think what Mr. Sanji meant was—Shenhou-sama could have dealt with the opponent by himself, so why did the report mention four important figures: 'Zishu,' 'Xingzhu,' 'Yinhu,' and 'Weiyang,' and even the Neverland Island is said to have appeared."

He clearly understood what Sanji meant.

Or to be more precise—as someone who had briefly been a member of the Zodiac, he knew very well.
“The other lords are one thing, but the ‘Star Lord’ is not someone who appears casually.”

His voice lowered.

The Star Lord—although he had never met him, he could be certain of the greatness of that person from the way Chenlong and Robin mentioned the Star Lord.

"The report is problematic; a lot of things must have been hidden. It really piques my curiosity. Oh, although I'm a skeleton and don't have the curiosity to be curious, yo ho ho ho!"

"Is Dream Island the legendary island with the Fountain of Youth?!"

Chopper, who had only recently met them, excitedly joined them.

"Dr. Gureva mentioned it to me before, and I wanted to go and see it, but then she said that the existence related to that island was too dangerous, and she wouldn't tell me anymore."

At this point, he was somewhat disappointed—as a doctor, he was naturally extremely curious about the 'Fountain of Youth'.

Brook readily agreed, and while avoiding Sanji and Zoro who had already started drawing their swords and kicking each other, he handed the newspaper to Chopper.

Chopper excitedly picked up the newspaper and glanced at it, then...
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Its eyes widened instantly.

"This person—I've seen this person before!"

It pointed to one of the few photographs on the screen—a photograph of the three Zodiac signs surrounding the lord of the stars on the King's Highlands.

As for Chopper, he certainly wouldn't forget the man in the photo.

"You mean Lord Rat!?"

Brooke took the newspaper back, glanced at it, and then said in surprise.

"So his name was Zishu? Dr. Gureva never allowed anyone else to tell me."

Chopper realized what was happening and quickly nodded: "It was him! He's the one who killed Wapol, the tyrant of this country—everyone in this country is very grateful to him!"

"Come to think of it, I do seem to have heard about something like that when I was reading the newspaper recently!"

Brooke scratched his head, but was then slashed to the ground by a slash coming from the side.

The newspaper flew up and landed on Luffy's face, who was fast asleep nearby.

"Ok?"

Luffy opened his eyes sleepily and rubbed them.

I instinctively picked up the newspaper in my hand.

"Huh!?"

Then, he also let out a scream.

This naturally stunned everyone else—and there aren't many things that can make Luffy exclaim in surprise.

"Grandpa actually..."

"Grandpa?" *5
The group repeated the sentence in confusion, and then all crowded around.

Then they realized that because they were each interrupted by their partners when they were halfway through reading, none of them had actually seen the last part of the newspaper.

That was content that, in a truly significant sense, was enough to ignite the entire ocean.

[World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong and Fleet Admiral Sengoku have issued an official announcement.]

[Given the egregious actions of Donquixote Doflamingo, a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, who attempted to destroy member states, violating the original intent and bottom line of the Seven Warlords system and tarnishing the trust placed in him by the World Government.]

[After deliberation by the Five Elders, it has been decided that the Seven Warlords of the Sea system will be officially abolished effective immediately.]

[The status and privileges of all former Shichibukai members are immediately invalidated. The World Government and the Navy will no longer recognize their legal right to plunder and will treat them as ordinary pirates and pursue them accordingly.]

In addition, to combat the recent turmoil at sea, the Navy will cooperate with the government to establish a brand-new military force, the "Star Hunting Force." This force will bring together the elite of the Navy and the government, possessing the most advanced equipment and weapons, as well as discretionary power, and will be dedicated to fighting against the greatest evil at sea today, the "Twelve Constellations."

[This department will tentatively be commanded by Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp, the 'Naval Hero,' and Vice Admiral Roy Amos, the 'Black Xie,' as deputy commander. Specific appointments and the allocation of authority are still under discussion.]

(End of this chapter)