And to make matters worse, Smoker, along with the G-5 Marines, chased the Straw Hat crew to Punk Hazard. Because of Smoker's pursuit, Luffy and his crew were scattered.

Even more coincidentally, the base commander of the G-5 branch, Vice Admiral Vergo, was an undercover agent planted in the Navy by Doflamingo, and his original identity was one of Donquixote's high-ranking officers.

After learning that Caesar was conducting research on "human giantification" on Punk Hazard, Smoker originally intended to report it to the Navy's higher-ups, but unfortunately, he was betrayed by Vergo and ended up being thrown into prison along with Law and the others.

Inside the prison, Law, Smoker, and the Straw Hat crew, dissatisfied with Caesar's inhumane research and his manipulation of the island's survivors, chose to cooperate temporarily.

Meanwhile, Vergo also found Caesar and told him to abandon the research on the island and destroy all the research data along with the entire island.

"Why do this! My research is almost finished. Soon, I will make breakthroughs in both the research on giantification and the development of the ES drug. Why do you want me to give up all my research now?"

Moreover, there's so much important data here; it's impossible to clean it all up in a short time. Destroying it all would waste a lot of time before we could start research!

Caesar was quite dissatisfied with Vergo's orders. He had been on the island for quite some time, deceiving the survivors who had lost their mobility due to the poison gas, attaching animal legs to them, and creating the persona of a "savior." Caesar had spent a lot of time on this, and now he was being asked to give it all up. How could he be willing to do that?

"This is the young master's order, do you intend to disobey it too!"

Hearing Vergo's serious tone, Caesar's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant. Although he and Doflamingo were merely partners, Doflamingo had always held a dominant position in their relationship.

There was no way around it; the Joker was, after all, one of the emperors of the underworld, rich and powerful, and even had connections with the Celestial Dragons. Caesar knew he was no match for him.

"What's the reason? Even if it's Doflamingo's order to make me give up my current research institute, there should at least be a reason, right?"

"Is it just because of minor characters like Law and the Straw Hat crew? Even without my personal intervention, those idiots on the island would have taken care of them for us."

The fools Caesar mentioned were important criminals who were originally imprisoned here. Due to the gas explosion, these people lost their ability to move, and Caesar helped them by attaching various animal feet to them, so much so that they were grateful for it and even called Caesar M (Master).

Little did they know that the gas explosion that rendered them incapacitated was Caesar's doing, and that Caesar had only ever used these people as pawns.

"It's not just the Straw Hat crew and Law; the Navy's G-5 branch has also arrived on this island."

Although we have captured Smoker, and we can also kill him, the Navy will definitely investigate if a vice admiral dies in a place like this. Are you confident that you can evade the Navy's search?

These are turbulent times. The Donquixote Family is still troubled by their conflict with the Wood Arms Company. The young master doesn't want to provoke the Navy at this critical juncture, and he certainly doesn't want anything to go wrong with the plan, you understand?

Vergo had already made his point, and despite his reluctance, Caesar ultimately had no choice but to comply.

He was just a researcher. Although he had some ability, he was nothing more than a small fry to be slaughtered in front of the monsters in the new world. If he didn't have a powerful backer, he wouldn't have survived until now.

His collaboration and research with Doflamingo were completely clandestine. If these secrets fell into the hands of the Navy, Doflamingo's status as a Shichibukai would be in jeopardy, and without his protection, his own demise would be inevitable.

"It's a pity about those obedient pawns on the island. I wonder if we'll be able to find so many useful pawns when we get to the next research institute."

Monet, organize the most important information about the island. I'm going to wake my pet, and then we'll probably have to say goodbye to this island.

As for the Straw Hat crew, Law, and the Marines, let them sink with this island.

The woman known as Monet was a tall, beautiful woman with long, wavy, grass-green hair, golden eyes, her left eye often covered by her bangs.

In order to gain Caesar's trust, Monet even had his hands and feet transformed by Trafalgar Law into bird wings and claws, so his appearance at this moment resembled that of the Harpy from mythology.

Despite being a secretary, Monet is actually a user of the Logia-type Devil Fruit "Snow-Snow Fruit," and in a real fight, her strength is even greater than Caesar's.

Furthermore, her identity is not as simple as it appears on the surface. While she may seem to be Caesar's secretary, she is actually Doflamingo's subordinate.

Upon hearing Caesar's order, Monet nodded and left the room.

However, Monet, after leaving the room, did not organize the documents as Caesar had instructed. Instead, he pulled a small Den Den Mushi from the cleavage of his chest.

If you look closely, you'll find that this little Den Den Mushi looks at least 50% similar to someone sunbathing on the Thousand Sunny right now.

"Brother Wood, Doflamingo has ordered Caesar to destroy Punk Hazard. What should I do next?"

That's right! Monet's identity is far more complex than it appears. On the surface, he is Caesar's secretary, but in reality, he is Doflamingo's subordinate planted by Caesar to monitor him. However, his ultimate identity is actually Wood's man!

Wood and Doflamingo had been enemies for over a decade since the appearance of the Op-Op Fruit. Naturally, Wood couldn't have been completely unprepared after becoming enemies with the other party.

The Donquixote Family's executives all met Doflamingo when they were young. Apart from Baby 5, the chances of turning the others against him are extremely low, because they all trust their young master implicitly.

Given Baby 5's personality, Wood was worried that she would be exposed as soon as she was asked for a favor, so he sought out Monet, who had not yet met Doflamingo at the time.

Monet was not a member of the Don Quixote family, and after saving her, he regarded Wood as his most admired person, even as family.

When Monet learned that Wood needed someone to infiltrate the Don Quixote family, he resolutely volunteered.

What she didn't expect was that, just when she had finally gained Doflamingo's trust by doing good in the Dressressa incident and was about to become one of the Donquixote Family's executives to help her brother Wood, Doflamingo placed her next to Caesar.

Because Monet had previously worked as a maid in the royal palace in Dressressa, where she performed her undercover work exceptionally well, Doflamingo, recognizing her potential, assigned her to monitor the important Caesar.

When Monet received this assignment, she was quite helpless. She had infiltrated the Don Quixote family with the intention of rising to a leadership position so that she could help her brother Wood.

But no one expected that she, the undercover agent, would be treated as an undercover agent again and assigned to another person's command.

At first, Monet did consider secretly killing Caesar, so that without a target to monitor, she could return to the Don Quixote family.

However, Wood, upon receiving the report, stopped her, stating that Caesar was even more important to them than Doflamingo, which is why Caesar was able to save his life.

Chapter 577 A Backstab from the Secretary!

Because he was taken in by Wood from a young age, Monet here is naturally much stronger than in the original story.

Although it wasn't revealed, Monet here was already a powerful user who had mastered both "Observation Haki" and "Armament Haki".

Monet also knew that Wood had another god-sister named Ian, who was younger than him but had already risen to the rank of Rear Admiral.

Ian was the first person to meet Wood, and she holds a very important place in Wood's heart. Nico Robin is now the second-in-command of the entire Dark Island, and no one can compare to her in terms of importance.

She, Monet, had many competitors, but compared to others, she had her own advantage: she was willing to do anything for her admired and beloved brother, Wood!

Monet would do anything that was worthwhile, just as the name suggests, as long as it was beneficial to Wood, regardless of the consequences or even if it was something immoral.

This is something that Ian and Nico Robin cannot do. They have their own conscience and bottom line, but Monet can become a true demon for Wood. She doesn't care about anything as long as it helps Wood.

Monet played a pivotal role in the fact that Dressressa fell into the hands of the Don Quixote family.

She first infiltrated the palace as a maid, and then killed many palace guards during the civil war, opening the city gates to welcome the Don Quixote family.

His purpose in doing so was simply to gain the trust of the Donquixote Family and Doflamingo.

Furthermore, after arriving in Punk Hazard, Monet also took the lives of many innocent people. He attached animal legs to those who died from poison gas explosions and used children for giantification research. Even if Monet was not the mastermind, he was definitely an accomplice.

Moreover, Monet was ruthless not only to others but also to herself. In order to gain Caesar's trust, she took the initiative to have her body modified by Law.

Everything he did was not for himself, but to help Wood. Even if it was just a little bit of help, Monet would do it without hesitation!

"Monet, your undercover mission is over. This time, try your best to capture Caesar alive... Note that I said try your best. In special circumstances, your own life is the most important thing."

While Caesar is useful to us, he's not essential. But you're different; you're my important adopted sister, and I don't want to lose an important sister because of some insignificant guy.

Remember, this isn't a discussion; it's an order! If we can't stop Punk Hazard from being destroyed, all you need to do is escape with Caesar's research data!

When Wood received the Den Den Mushi from Monet and learned that Doflamingo was even planning to destroy Punk Hazard in order to keep it a secret, he practically yelled at the Den Den Mushi.

He knew that if he didn't say so, Monet would definitely disregard the danger to his life in order to complete his mission.

And that is indeed the case. Even if Monet were given the order now, she would still save Caesar if only one of them could live, simply because he was useful to her brother Wood.

Monet, having hung up the Den Den Mushi, had already begun to think about his next plans.

She didn't care at all whether the prisoners on the island, the Straw Hat crew, and the Marines would die, since Punk Hazard was about to be destroyed. All she was thinking about now was how to capture Caesar alive.

If it were just Caesar alone, Monet felt that with her strength, capturing him alive wouldn't be difficult. Although Caesar was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, she herself was also a Logia-type user.

Furthermore, given her position as a secretary and Caesar's considerable trust in her, the probability of a successful assassination attempt was quite high.

The key issue is that Caesar now has Vergo by his side in addition to himself.

Monet, who had been with the Donquixote family, knew that Vergo was not only extremely cautious but also incredibly strong, being one of the few who could use Armament Haki on his entire body.

Armament Haki happens to be the most effective counter to Logia-type Devil Fruit users, second only to Seastone.

Capturing Caesar alive under Vergo's protection would be extremely difficult, almost impossible.

First of all, let's not even talk about whether she can beat Vergo. Caesar is not stupid at all. If she were to fight Vergo, he would definitely choose to run away.

Caesar's importance to Doflamingo is self-evident, so under these special circumstances, Vergo certainly wouldn't leave Caesar's side, and it's unrealistic to try to lure him away.

Back in the lab, Monet first organized all of Caesar's research data, and then went to the control room to look at the surveillance footage from various parts of the island.

When he saw the Straw Hat crew and Law in the prison cell, an immature idea suddenly popped into Monet's mind.

Given the current situation, if no one can stop Caesar and Vergo, then when the island sinks, she will completely lose the possibility of capturing Caesar alive.

So what she needs to do now is to create obstacles for Caesar and Vergo. Without revealing herself, the only people Monet can think of are the Straw Hat Pirates and Smoker.

For Monet, the second-in-command of Punk Hazard, entering the cell was far too easy. So she quickly arrived at the cell, made of seastone, with the key and opened the door.

When Law saw Monet open the cell door, he was quite surprised, because he knew that Monet was Caesar's secretary, and even knew her "true identity" as Doflamingo's subordinate. So he was quite puzzled by Monet's behavior.

"Don't blame me for not warning you, Caesar is preparing to destroy this island, taking you and all the research data on the island with him to the bottom of the sea."

In thirty minutes, this research institute will release enough poison gas to cover the entire island and kill you all.

Caesar has a pet named Slime, who was also the original entity that caused the gas explosion four years ago. This thing was actually created by compressing the gas to produce Slime.

It was Caesar who, through high technology, ate the "Salamander Fruit Axolotl Form" gel-like poison gas bomb - H2S. Because he ate the Devil Fruit, he can act independently.

Because it's made of gas, it will explode if it comes into contact with a source of fire or high heat. Caesar intends to detonate this slime and completely destroy the island. Good luck to you all.

After leaving behind such important intelligence, Monet flapped his wings and left, leaving the Straw Hat crew and Smoker looking at each other in bewilderment.

Law was unwilling to believe the information Monet provided, because neither Caesar's secretary nor Doflamingo's subordinates would be so kind as to provide them with such important information.

Koro couldn't understand why Monet would go to the trouble of releasing them if he was deceiving them.

If what she said is true, even if she does nothing, those who are imprisoned here will eventually be poisoned by the gas or blown up by the gas explosion.

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