Natsu and Gray strode into the arena and slapped their hands on the counter. "We want to register!"
Meanwhile, Erza led a group of people to the building that looked like it was made of building blocks and asked, "Is the underground passage here?"
In the luxurious villa on the King's Heights belonging to the Doflamingo family, Doflamingo listened to his subordinates' reports and appeared quite calm.
But careful observation revealed the bulging veins near his sunglasses and the blue veins on the back of his hand, both of which showed how tense he was inside.
He had already mentally prepared for the possibility that Fairy Tail coming to Dressrosa to cause trouble.
Doflamingo was a qualified villain, ready to face the consequences of his plan's failure, and he wouldn't let a temporary setback affect his calm thinking.
Although he didn't know how his plan to have Vergo incite conflict between Fairy Tail and the World Government was exposed, bringing Fairy Tail to their main base in Dressrosa, he now understood that the most important thing was how to deal with Fairy Tail's retaliation.
He had thought many times about what Fairy Tail might do—most likely, they would descend from the sky right in front of him.
Recalling the power Drake and Stella displayed during the Summit War, unless Sugar's ability was used to secretly attack, the combined strength of the entire Doflamingo family probably wouldn't be enough to win.
So the question was whether Doflamingo was willing to gamble with Sugar's safety to face this battle.
In the end, Doflamingo gave up that idea. Sugar's ability was the foundation of his rule over Dressrosa, and putting her in danger without certainty of success was absolutely not worth it.
Rather than take that risk, Doflamingo would rather surrender and pass through this crisis with the lowest possible posture.
As for face—Doflamingo knew very well when face was worthless.
But Doflamingo never expected that all of Fairy Tail's actions after arriving in Dressrosa would surpass his expectations.
He simply couldn't understand why Fairy Tail went to Grimbit first, but then their subsequent actions forced Doflamingo to become more cautious.
That group's targets were clear—they were heading straight for his most critical places. It was obvious that Fairy Tail intended to uproot all his forces.
Like the Black Absolute of the Ninja World, Tobi, and the people like Tesoro in this world, all were rendered passive by Drake's intelligence.
While Doflamingo was desperately trying to come up with countermeasures, Drake and Stella were leisurely strolling the streets of Dressrosa.
Sasuke and Shinka had already gone ahead to the King's Heights. Their mission was to deal with Pica and the Black Spade Special Forces leading the attack from outside the Tower.
As for Drake and Stella, they weren't in such a rush. Instead, they wandered around Dressrosa.
The street they walked on was called Lover's Avenue, and the name gave away what kind of place it was.
Because Fairy Tail's actions hit the core, other areas remained peaceful, allowing Drake and Stella to see the city's outward appearance.
Everywhere, couples were showing affection openly, unmindful of others. Truly, the country of love and passion—its enthusiasm was truly astonishing.
Stella's face was flushed, and she kept secretly glancing at Drake with expectant eyes.
Drake reached out, holding her hand with their fingers intertwined, and smiled at her.
At that moment, they noticed a group of musicians playing various instruments nearby. As the lively, urgent music played, a woman in a long dress bit a rose and started dancing.
Dressrosa was famous for its unique dance style, and its dancers were quite well-known.
The woman dancing in front of them showed off Dressrosa's distinctive dance style to the fullest.
Stella couldn't help but give a loud round of applause after the dance.
However, Drake's expression was complicated. He recognized the dancer's identity.
She was Violet Riku, the second daughter of Riku Dold III, the former princess of Dressrosa's royal family.
Because Doflamingo coveted her Mero Mero Fruit ability, he exchanged her and her father's life to make her a subordinate of his.
Drake remembered that this same plot appeared in the original storyline.
Doflamingo had long discovered the Straw Hat Pirates, and in order to obtain their detailed plans, he used a beauty trap on Violet to seduce Sanji, the old pervert.
Sanji was indeed fooled, but due to his head full of yellow trash, Violet couldn't see through his true intentions.
In the end, Sanji's unwavering tears moved Violet, who was already planning to betray Doflamingo. The traitorous Violet even provided a lot of help.
But Drake found it strange—what was Violet doing here? Did she misunderstand something, and was she using the same strategy as she did with Sanji to deal with him?
Drake thought to himself that he hadn't done anything that could be mistaken as being similar to Sanji—he's always been a pure lover!
Feeling insulted in his personality, Drake couldn't help but sneer. He had to clarify everything to keep his innocence!
Sure enough, just like in his memory, a group of uniformed people ran over, and Violet directly ran toward Drake, about to pounce on him.
At this moment, Stella also sensed something was wrong and darkened her face as she stopped Violet.
"Save me! They…!"
Although Violet was supported by Stella, she still earnestly delivered her line. But before she finished, she saw the pursuing people all fly backward.
Drake, whose figure blurred slightly, tilted his head and said, "It's all over now. So, tell me—what do you really want to do?"
'Is this Doflamingo's enemy this time?!'
Violet's throat moved, and hope flickered in her eyes.
At that moment, a loud bang suddenly echoed from above, and a large amount of debris fell.
The surrounding residents screamed and began to flee in all directions. Chaos suddenly descended on the previously peaceful Dressrosa without warning.
"Dressrosa is not a place for you to be arrogant!"
A sharp voice rang out—this was Pica, one of Doflamingo's top officers.
Drake, he picked at his ear and thought the villains' lines were really unoriginal.
The Rock Giant stood up. Pica, a user of the Rock-Rock Fruit, could freely merge into rocks and control contact with the rocks.
In suitable battlegrounds, he could have formidable combat power, and Dressrosa's King's Heights was obviously such a place.
The Rock Giant struck with a palm, but was blocked by a suddenly extending transparent bluish-purple arm. Immediately, Susanoo, the War God, appeared, swinging his sword to cut the Rock Giant in half, and shattered stones rained down.
Drake turned his head and said, "Looks like this place isn't suitable for chatting. Let's go somewhere else to talk!"
Violet could only nod obediently in response.
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