XX-level Hokage

"Wood Release: Tree World Binding!" Mashiro said softly, and vines quickly wrapped around Doflamingo's limbs and torso, firmly fixing him in mid-air. A hint of panic flashed in Doflamingo's eyes, but it quickly turned into a cold laugh: "You think these vines can trap me?"

However, before he could finish speaking, the wood grain on the vines suddenly became as hard as steel, emanating a powerful sense of oppression that made it impossible for him to break free.

“You’re too naive, Doflamingo,” Mashiro said calmly. “Your birdcage may be able to trap others, but you are powerless to protect yourself.” Doflamingo struggled frantically, but no matter how hard he tried, the vines did not budge, but instead tightened their grip, almost crushing his bones.

Finally, he had no choice but to give up resisting, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a deep fear. "What...what do you want?" Doflamingo asked breathlessly, his eyes filled with anger and helplessness.

Mashiro smiled slightly, a hint of amusement flashing in her eyes: "What I want is something you'll never understand. Now, enjoy your defeat."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mashiro's clone waved his hand, and a wooden vine suddenly extended, quickly hoisting Doflamingo high into the air and nailing him directly to the birdcage he had created.

Doflamingo was firmly bound in the birdcage, unable to move, and even his proud Thread-Thread Fruit ability was completely suppressed.

"Just stay in your birdcage and watch everything you once ruled crumble before your eyes." Mashiro waved her hand lightly, then turned and walked towards the palace.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield of Dressrosa, the oppressive force of the Birdcage gradually weakened, and powerful figures such as Fujitora and Green Bull finally found an opportunity to break free of the Birdcage and began to work together to break the deadly trap that had trapped the entire island.

Meanwhile, amidst the chaos, Shinji quietly slipped through the earthen palace's defenses and advanced deeper into the inner sanctum.

Inside the palace, there were few guards left. The few remaining soldiers loyal to Doflamingo tried to stop Mashiro's advance, but they were as fragile as paper in the face of her powerful aura.

With a casual wave of her finger, Mashiro quickly bound the soldiers one by one, leaving them unable to move on the ground. After walking through the long corridor, Mashiro finally arrived at the core area of ​​the palace.

This is the most secretive and important place that Doflamingo has been running for many years.

Deep within the palace, the only one remaining was Sugar, the most mysterious member of the Don Quixote family. Sugar appeared unusually frail, her green hair falling over her shoulders, and her eyes filled with deep fear and unease.

Upon Mashiro's arrival, the candy bar in her hand involuntarily fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

“Dover…” Sugar’s voice trembled slightly. She knew that the arrival of this woman meant the end of the Don Quixote family.

Mashiro walked up to Sugar and looked down at the seemingly harmless little girl. [Name: Sugar]

Gender: Female Age: 22

Race: Human; Faction: Pirate; Haki: None

Devil Fruit: Paramecia-type Hobby-Hobby Fruit

Height: 126cm Luck Value: 75 Approval Rating: 0

[Paramecia-type Hobby-Hobby Fruit: The ability stops growth the moment the fruit is eaten; any creature touched by it turns into a toy, and the world...]

All other people's memories of him will completely disappear, but physical records such as photographs, written records, and statues will not disappear.

“Sugar, right? I have some questions for you,” Mashiro said softly, her tone carrying an undeniable air of authority. Sugar gritted her teeth, a fierce glint in her eyes: “I won’t tell you anything!”

Mashiro smiled slightly, as if she had already anticipated her reaction: "Do you think you can remain silent under these circumstances?" With that, Mashiro casually waved her hand, and the Wood Release vines reappeared, firmly binding Sugar.

The vines wrapped around Sugar, but they did not cause her any harm; rather, they were a kind of oppressive threat.

“You know my abilities, Sugar,” Mashiro’s voice remained calm, “You can choose not to tell, but the price might be more severe than you imagine.”

A flicker of fear crossed Sugar's eyes, but she still shook her head defiantly: "No matter how you threaten me, I will not betray the young master!" Mashiro's smile carried a hint of cold sarcasm: "Loyalty is a good thing, but to be unfaithful is a foolish thing."

She leaned closer to Sugar and whispered, "Do you think I don't know the secret of Dressrosa? You can feel the pain of those you turned into dolls, can't you?"

Sugar's face turned deathly pale. Her fingers gripped the vines tightly, as if resisting her inner fear. "What...what do you want?" Sugar's voice was weak and trembling.

Mashiro's eyes became indifferent: "I just want to know what secrets the puppets of Dressrosa are hiding."

Sugar bit her lip tightly, her eyes filled with struggle. She knew that if she told the truth, the Don Quixote family would be completely destroyed, and even she herself would be hard-pressed to escape.

But faced with Mashiro's oppressive aura, Sugar ultimately could not resist. A hint of despair flashed in her eyes, and she finally whispered, "Those puppets...they used to be human...but after I turned them into puppets, their memories were sealed, and they became mindless toys."

Mashiro frowned slightly. She had expected this, but Sugar's words made her even more interested in the secrets of Dressrosa. "Continue," Mashiro said coldly, "what exactly are these puppets hiding?"

Sugar swallowed hard, her face growing even paler. "Among those puppets, some... they were once nobles and soldiers of the kingdom... some were even special envoys from the World Government."

A strange glint flashed in Mashiro's eyes. These puppets actually involved the high-ranking officials of the World Government?

"So, Doflamingo used these puppets to control Dressrosa and also obtained some important secrets, right?" Mashiro's voice carried a hint of excitement.

Sugar nodded weakly, her eyes flashing with fear and despair: "Yes... Doflamingo used my abilities to turn these people into puppets and control their memories and identities... and these puppets hide many secrets related to the World Government."

Mashiro's eyes sharpened further; all of this involved the dark side of the World Government. "Very good," Mashiro said softly, a smile appearing on her face.

Sugar lowered her head helplessly. She knew that from this moment on, everything in Dressrosa would no longer belong to Doflamingo, but would fall into the hands of this mysterious and powerful woman.

Mashiro turned and left the palace, leaving behind a despairing Sugar and a ruin destroyed by war.

Chapter 168: The Harvest

Mashiro looked down over the entire Dressrosa from the top of the main palace.

On the island, the fierce fighting gradually subsided, and both sides, in their battle against the Navy, the Revolutionary Army, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea, began to show signs of exhaustion. The Birdcage's restraints had been broken, but chaos on the battlefield remained unavoidable.

"Looks like Doflamingo's Birdcage was a joke after all," Shinichi muttered to himself. Akainu's magma melted the Birdcage, and Dragon's wind blade also severed it.

In the end, Doflamingo's final trump card failed to trap either the Navy or the Revolutionary Army. "It's about time," Mashiro murmured, her eyes slightly narrowed.

Her goal this time wasn't to defeat Doflamingo, nor was it, as Dragon suspected, to liberate the people of Dressrosa. Rather, it was to use this battle to further undermine the World Government's rule.

Originally, Shinji only wanted to join forces with Doflamingo, but after what she saw and heard in Dressrosa, and her disappointment with the strength of the Donquixote Family, especially after meeting Dragon, she changed her mind.

Mashiro's new plan is to use Doflamingo to lure the Navy into a battle with the Revolutionary Army, thereby weakening the Navy's strength and annexing the Revolutionary Army.

Kaido's defeat has already shaken the pirates of the four seas. Now, the battlefield of Dressrosa will become the next move to shake up the entire world order.

As a gentle breeze swept by, Zhenzi's figure vanished high above like a ghost.

Mashiro's figure appeared in the inner city of Dressrosa. Not far away, Admiral Aokiji, Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff Sabo, "Western Army Commander Mori" and "Northern Army Commander Crow" were engaged in a protracted battle.

Despite their unparalleled strength, the intensity of the battle had exhausted them greatly. The surrounding ground had been frozen into ice and riddled with holes due to Sabo's attacks.

Mashiro concealed her presence, silently observing everything from the shadows. [Name: Aokiji Kuzan]

Gender: Male Age: 47

Faction: Navy

Three types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki; Devil Fruit: Logia type, Ice-Ice Fruit; Weapon: None

Height: 298cm; Luck Value: 90; Approval Rating: 01

[Logia-type Ice-Ice Fruit: Able to turn any part of the body into ice and create freezing air to freeze everything in contact with it, immune to physical attacks and non-Haki.]

Attacks and most energy attacks.

It can freeze all matter into ice, and use freezing air to create weapons. The pale blue ice blocks it creates can be freely transformed to create weapons of any shape to attack targets.

It can create ice with its body, turn objects it touches into ice, freeze the ocean instantly, and even permanently change the geology and climate of an island.

A person or creature frozen in ice will lose consciousness and enter a state of suspended animation. Their body will become as fragile as ice, easily shattering and dying from even minor impacts.

[Name: Sabo]

Gender: Male Age: 20

Affiliation: Revolutionary Army

Three types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and Conqueror's Haki.

Devil Fruit: None; Weapon: None

Height: 187cm Luck Value: 90 Recognition Rating: 30 [Name: Mori Gender: Male]

Age: 138 years old

Race: New Human Giants Faction: Revolutionary Army

Three types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki; Devil Fruit: Paramecia-type Push-Push Fruit; Weapon: Harpoon

Height: 1253cm

Luck value: 80 Approval level: 30

[Paramecia-type Devil Fruit - Push-Push Fruit: Allows the user to push various objects without destroying them, such as shaping the ground like clay. Also allows the user to become invisible.]

Hiding underground or in rock walls, they can carve out caves and turn the ground they touch into clay to restrict the enemy's movement.

Name: Crow

Gender: Male Age: 38

Affiliation: Revolutionary Army

Three types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki; Devil Fruit: Logia-type - Smooth-Smooth Fruit; Weapon: None

Height: 265cm Luck Value: 80 Approval Rating: 30

[Natural Type - Coal-Coal Fruit: Able to create and control coal ash, can turn any part of the body into granular coal ash, and can convert released coal ash into...]

And his own body turned into coal ash, which he sculpted into various shapes.

Looking at Mori and the crow's panels, Mashiro couldn't help but think of the hot woman with bangs and a bob haircut she had just seen near the palace.

[Name: Bello Betty]

Gender: Female Age: 33

Affiliation: Revolutionary Army

Three types of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki; Devil Fruit: Paramecia-type Encouragement Fruit; Weapon: None

Height: 196cm Luck Value: 80

Approval rating: 30%

[Paramecia Type - Rally Fruit: The Rally Fruit can be used to inspire people. The eater can awaken the hidden power within people by waving flags and shouting. It can embolden those who are oppressed but lack the courage to resist, and can even cause a continuous surge of power within those who are inspired.]

"The Devil Fruits possessed by important figures in the Revolutionary Army are quite extraordinary: Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Quetzalcoatl, Paramecia-type Push-Push Fruit, and so on."

"The Natural-type Coal-Coal Fruit, and the Paramecia-type Encouragement Fruit, especially the Encouragement Fruit, are truly unbelievable abilities; I must control them." As she pondered, Mashiro's eyes deepened.

At this point, the battle situation once again reached a stalemate.

Although Sabo had little chance of winning against Aokiji alone, just like when he faced Akainu, he could only manage a stalemate.

But with Morrie and Crow working together, things are different. It's difficult for Aokiji to deal with three powerful opponents at the same time.

Just then, a clear female voice rang out. "Oh dear, why has it suddenly gotten so cold?"

Aokiji turned around and saw a beautiful girl standing behind her. "A sorcerer?!"

Upon Mashiro's sudden appearance, Aokiji frowned slightly. He knew that this woman was not only powerful but also full of scheming and ambition. "A sorcerer, no, Hyuga Mashiro," Aokiji said in a low voice, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes, "Was all of this orchestrated by you in secret?"

Mashiro smiled, appearing calm and composed. She walked to Aokiji's side, her gaze shifting between Aokiji and Sabo. She could sense Aokiji's suspicion and wariness, as well as Sabo's surprise.