One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

Occasionally, I can guess what she's thinking, but most of the time, I can't figure out what she's going to do.

Just like this time, Tsuru previously forbade the navy branches from retaliating, but now she has taken the initiative to issue orders for the navy to cause trouble.

There's always a feeling that their true intentions lie elsewhere.

"Besides causing trouble for us, is the Navy taking any other actions?"

"There shouldn't be any more..."

"should?"

"There's no other way. The informants we can bribe can't get close to that old woman He. We can only confirm things through other means."

"Be vigilant lately; I suspect there's something else going on here."

"Okay, I'll notify the others right away."

……

When Abel received the notification, he didn't take it seriously.

The same applies to other cadres.

However, just one day later, an alarm was raised on the island!

Three warships appeared on the sea!

"Again?"

Abel was very puzzled. Could it be that Crane had sent reinforcements from headquarters again?

Last time, they caught the Donquixote Family off guard, and Doflamingo managed to escape with his men.

Why are they rushing over so openly this time?

What's even stranger is that these three warships showed no intention of docking; they simply remained at a very ambiguous distance on the sea.

If we get any closer, we can reach the maximum range of the warship's guns.

Further away, however, they become utterly intimidating.

At the same time, Doflamingo also received the latest intelligence.

A suspected Ope no Mi (Surgery Fruit) has appeared on Beppu Island!

And a warship is already heading there!

The fruit of surgery?!

Doflamingo's first reaction was astonishment, followed by deep suspicion.

How could such a coincidence happen?

The Operation Fruit suddenly appeared in the North Sea, and it was from Beppu Island, which wasn't too far from him.

Could it be a trap?

But very few people knew that he had been secretly seeking this Devil Fruit.

Using it as bait is indeed a bit of a stretch.

Doflamingo suddenly thought of the unusual actions of Tsuru and the Navy in the past two days, which led him to a guess.

He's starting to think that the fruit of the surgery might actually be real.

So he decided to test the waters.

"Prepare the Flamingo, set sail immediately!"

"Set sail? But those warships..."

"Never mind them, let's set sail!"

Upon discovering that the Flamingo appeared to be making a move, the three warships immediately began to advance.

It's like saying, "You can leave, but you can forget about your hometown."

Seeing this, Doflamingo immediately shouted with a grim expression, "Stop the ship!"

"What's wrong, Dover?"

"The Operation Fruit might really be on Beppu Island. That guy Tsuru doesn't want us to go there and cause trouble, so he's trying to force us to stay by using these warships."

“If we leave now, we won’t be able to hold this place. And if we lose the initiative, we might not be able to snatch the fruits of the surgery from Crane.”

"First, they stirred up the enemy's grass to make me think the navy was going to attack us. Only after I recalled all my officers did they make a feint and reveal their true purpose. What a clever scheme!"

Doflamingo said through gritted teeth.

Moreover, the more he analyzed it, the more he felt that the crane's real purpose was to retrieve the fruits of the surgery.

If it's a trap, then it's definitely the worst kind of trap.

All he needs to do is stay on the island with his men and do nothing else.

In his view, this was exactly what the crane wanted!

"If it were any other Devil Fruit, it wouldn't matter, but I'm determined to get this Op-Op Fruit!"

"He, you definitely didn't expect this!"

Doflamingo's smile was somewhat frightening.

"Dover, what should we do?"

"Bring the boat to shore, everyone go back."

"What about the fruits of surgery?"

Doflamingo took a deep breath. "There's only one way now: I'll fly there myself and get my hands on the Op-Op Fruit before the Marines arrive."

"Isn't this too dangerous? Let's go together, and if all else fails, we can just take it from the navy!"

Diamanti's subtext was that if all else fails, they should abandon Gabriel Island and gamble everything on seizing the fruits of the surgery.

But Doflamingo shook his head. "That would be too great a loss, and it's almost impossible to snatch the Op-Op Fruit from Tsuru. Knowing Tsuru as I do, in extreme circumstances, she's the kind of person who's capable of destroying the Op-Op Fruit."

"We can't delay any longer. You guys guard this place."

Doflamingo immediately soared into the sky, using the clouds as cover to move rapidly.

His estimate was correct; traveling between the two points by air is indeed faster than by boat.

Moreover, the distance to Byeopung Island is not too far.

It was entirely possible for him to intercept them before the navy arrived.

As the Flamingo returned to port, the three warships on the distant sea immediately ceased their intrusion and retreated back to the safety line, everything seemed to be just as Doflamingo had predicted.

The Navy's true target is not the Don Quixote family!

But Abel was a little confused. Why did the Op-Op Fruit appear so early?

And why Byeopung Island?

Could it be that because of him, this part of the plot has become completely chaotic?

He instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Even the warships on the sea were quite strange.

If Abel could be on these warships right now, he would see that the densely packed figures on the deck are actually all mannequins dressed in naval uniforms!

The navy's real main force is not here!

Chapter 212 The Enemy of the Intelligent Man is Arrogance

"Commander He, is it really useful for us to come here with such a grand display?"

The crane gazed at the sea, and without turning its head, asked in return, "What do you think?"

"I think there's a high chance they won't come."

"reason."

"Although our intelligence indicates that the Donquixote Family has recently intensified its efforts to search for and purchase Devil Fruits, it doesn't necessarily mean anything. They've always been doing this, and it's perfectly normal for them to increase their investment when the returns are meager."

"Secondly, I don't think the other side needs to take this risk at all. Compared to a Devil Fruit whose authenticity is uncertain, are they really going to give up their family's territory again? This would be a very heavy blow to their reputation in the underworld."

"If it weren't for those three warships threatening them, the Donquixote family might have come to investigate, but the current situation is practically forcing them to stay in their base and preventing them from coming over."

"I suspect that Commander Tsuru deliberately arranged things this way to take advantage of Doflamingo's suspicious and cunning nature and use a reverse strategy. But the human heart is the most difficult thing to fathom. If the other party thinks one step less or one step more, it will lead to the opposite result."

"Finally, the news that just came in is that not a single ship has left Gabriel Island. The entire Don Quixote family has stayed behind."

"Our plan failed."

He listened to the adjutant's analysis without giving any response.

Even when she heard her adjutant say that the plan had failed, her expression remained unchanged.

He remained calm and composed, as if everything was under his control.

"Cassandra, how's the weather today?"

"The weather? It looks like it's going to be a rainy day today."

The crane raised its head, looking at the gradually darkening clouds, with a sense of impending storm. "Yes, a rainy day, a rainy day with thunder and lightning soon."

"Lightning and thunder?"

The adjutant looked puzzled, realizing he was increasingly unable to keep up with his superior's train of thought.

I was just testing her, but then the conversation turned into a discussion about the weather. What does that mean?

Could it be that members of the Don Quixote family would be struck by lightning?

That's ridiculous.

“Cassandra, do you know what the greatest ‘enemy’ of intelligent people is?”

"Smarter people?"

"It's arrogance. When people are too confident, they gradually become arrogant."