Pirates: Your emperor has returned!

"Now, it's our turn."

……

The broadcasting room of the Kingdom of Aden.

Doflamingo grinned, but a bead of sweat could be faintly seen sliding down his forehead.

"Come and have some fun, the emperor from eight hundred years ago..."

He murmured.

Playing the first card means showing weakness!

Doflamingo had spent many years in the underworld and naturally understood this principle, but he had no choice but to do it.

reason?

Because he didn't dare let Ryan Rowan play first!

We must act first, we must seize the initiative!

It's a big gamble.

A high-stakes gamble that has taken everything Doflamingo owns, including the Donquixote Family!

Purple Pen Literature

[Chapter 101: The City]

The Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Aden.

This place was originally the residence of the royal family of the Kingdom of Aden.

After the Crystal Demon virus outbreak, the royal family of the Kingdom of Aden fled overseas, and the palace was occupied by the Don Quixote family as a temporary stronghold.

Caesar Courant's temporary research institute is also located here.

At this moment, the main members of the Don Quixote family were gathered in the square in front of the palace gates, ready for battle.

The sheer scale of their lineup is so impressive that the phrase "all out in force" would be the most fitting description.

This is the full fighting force that the Don Quixote family can currently muster—

Special Abilities Unit: Led by Trebol, the user of the Sticky Sticky Fruit, its members are Sugar, the user of the Hobby Hobby Fruit, and Jora, the user of the Art Art Fruit;

Special Attack Force: Led by Pica, the user of the Stone Stone Fruit, and composed of Gladius, the user of the Boom Boom Fruit.

The Fighting Squad is led by Diamanti, a user of the Flutter-Flutter Fruit, and consists of Rao G, a fighter; Machabais, a user of the Ton-Ton Fruit; and Señor Piqué, a user of the Swim-Swim Fruit.

And an unofficial staff member: Monet, the user of the Snow-Snow Fruit.

Three top-ranking officials and seven key officials!

As for the other non-official officer, [Oni-bamboo] Vergo, he is currently infiltrating the Navy and unable to leave.

Besides them, there should be three other children in the Don Quixote family.

They are Buffalo, the user of the Spin-Spin Fruit; Baby-5, the user of the Weapon-Weapon Fruit; and Dellinger, a half-fishman with fighting fish blood.

But none of the three are here.

This puzzled Rao G, a fighter.

"Two Devil Fruit users and one fish-man, strictly speaking, they should have some fighting ability, right? Why leave them all at the base?"

Aunt Jorah wriggled her body and chuckled, "After all, they're just children. Perhaps the young master can't bear to see them go to the battlefield?"

Rao G realized it was Jorah's joke, but he didn't find it funny at all.

"If we don't use the 'tools' we've raised from infancy, when will we?"

The Don Quixote family did not adopt those children out of altruism.

They agreed to let homeless orphans join the Don Quixote family simply to replenish the family's ranks with new blood.

After all, a family member who watched him grow up is far more trustworthy than someone who joined halfway through.

If the adopted children are not strong enough, their fate will be either to run away or to die, which will not affect the overall situation.

Once one of them stands out, he can become a "tool" driven by the Ren family.

Why not take advantage of such a good deal?

Unfortunately, Doflamingo's younger brother, "Clason" Rosinante, seems to dislike children and often beats them up.

Many promising young children couldn't tolerate Claeson's behavior and eventually ran away.

Only three... no, four people were left.

Buffalo, Baby-5, Dellinger, and Luo from the White Town.

Among them, the relationship between Luo and Corazon seems to be more than just that, because Corazon, for some unknown reason, left a letter and took Luo out to sea to seek medical treatment!

"I hate you, you're so annoying, Rao G!"

Jorah waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "How could you say that about my children!"

"Tsk, they're not even here, what are they pretending for?"

Rao G was very dissatisfied with Jora's attitude.

In his view, those children were never members of the Don Quixote family, but rather pawns that could be discarded at any time.

Listening to the two arguing, Torrebol frowned slightly and said in a sticky voice:

"I'll talk, I'll talk, stop arguing!"

He tapped the ground with his scepter and scolded, "Didn't Dover say that they are too young and easily exposed in front of that Ryan Rowan!"

"Ryan Rowan?"

Another top official, Diamanti, shrugged.

"I'm really curious, is it really possible for someone from 800 years ago to be resurrected?"

He thought for a moment, then suddenly said half-jokingly, "Could it be that Alabasta or the World Government 'created' such a person?"

"That's Dover's judgment."

Torrepol's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Are you questioning Dover?"

Diamanti realized his slip of the tongue and shook his head, saying, "Of course not, I was just joking."

None of the Donquixote Family executives present doubted Doflamingo's judgment, after all, it was he who led the family to where it is today.

More importantly, they had never seen Doflamingo so fearless and apprehensive before.

Even when he was driven to the brink of despair by "Vice Admiral Tsuru" several times, Doflamingo did not show such emotions.

Therefore, even if Doflamingo didn't say it, the family's executives could sense that this operation was definitely a high-stakes gamble that would cost the family's fate!

only……

This "high-stakes gamble" has become rather boring so far.

The group of officers, following Doflamingo's orders, waited there for a long time, but found nothing unusual.

Pika exclaimed shrilly, "Why don't I just go and destroy their camp!"

As a user of the Stone-Stone Fruit, he is confident that he can do this.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground beneath everyone's feet suddenly began to tremble, as if the earth was rumbling.

The roar grew louder and louder, like an earthquake!

At first, the cadres didn't pay much attention, thinking it was just Pika venting when he was bored.

Jorah warned, "Ugh, Pica, you're making such a racket! Be careful you don't anger the young master!"

But Pica's answer was somewhat unexpected.

"No, I didn't do it!"

"Ok?"

Everyone was taken aback by what they heard and turned to look, only to find that Pica had indeed not made any move.

If it wasn't him, then who could it be?

Suddenly, Diamanti noticed that the shadow beneath his feet had grown larger, as if something was blocking the sunlight.

Turning his head, Diamanti saw a building in the direction of the rising sun.

He couldn't help but swallow.

"What, what exactly is that?!"

All the cadres looked over and were equally stunned.

That was a city—

City of gravel!

……

Under the rising sun.

The small port and dock that once stood there are no more.

More accurately, it actually became part of another "huge building".

Countless grains of sand rose from the ground, forming countless complex yet regular shapes and patterns.

They arranged and combined to eventually form a complete shape.

It was a huge and magnificent palace, slightly smaller in size, but no less complex than the lost city of Shandora.

No, that's not quite right.

Because that city is a miniature replica of Shandora!

This ancient city, lost for eight hundred years, has now reappeared in the Yading Kingdom of Qinghai through the sands and gravel!

Ryan Rowan stood atop the city wall, looking down at the distant Kingdom of Aden.

……

the other side.