The happier Doflamingo became.
Right now the entire sea was in turmoil, the Holy Land Mary Geoise had been breached by a Pirate crew, and the history of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons had been exposed; Doflamingo's mood could well be imagined.
"Fufufufufu…"
A tall blond man in a fluffy pink feather coat was flipping through a newspaper in his hand, his laughter almost never stopping: "I don't even know if I should be glad I couldn't go back to Mary Geoise back then. If I'd gone back to the Holy Land to be some useless trash, I'd probably have been killed by that Pirate crew too…"
"That's hard to say… Doffy…"
A snot-nosed, sleazy-looking man chuckled: "That Pirate crew is really scary strong. Lucky you didn't go back, now you've become a real king too…"
"Heh heh heh heh, those arrogant bastards who looked down on me back then have all become someone else's prisoners now, and even the most arrogant one among you is no exception…"
Doflamingo stared at the news photo of the Divine Knight Order's Commander being captured and grinned in a cold sneer without stopping: "You look really pathetic, Saint Garling…"
"Doffy…"
The snot-nosed man didn't continue that topic and instead brought up another matter: "The World Government has sent a summons. Do they want to order you to go besiege that Konoha Pirates crew?"
"Obviously…"
A more and more contemptuous smile tugged at the corners of Doflamingo's mouth. Thinking of the miserable state of the World Government and the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, he felt a sense of unprecedented ease and delight: "Those old Five Elders are really senile, actually wanting me to help rescue that bunch of captured bastards…"
"That's a very dangerous operation…"
A tall figure appeared behind Doflamingo. His voice had a weird, shrill pitch that formed a huge contrast with his looks: "Every member of that Pirate crew has been given a bounty of ten billion Belly. The bounty of any one random member is practically on par with an entire Four Emperors' Pirates crew. The Underworld Pirate Hunters are all going crazy…"
To be honest…
The bounty on the Konoha Pirates was extremely tempting.
Most people in this world didn't have very smooth access to information, so naturally their brains didn't work all that well either. Quite a few even still believed the Konoha Pirates just took advantage of the Navy and World Government being off guard and seized the opportunity to breach Mary Geoise…
Heavenly Celestial Dragons, huh…
In the eyes of most people in the world, they were just a bunch of useless scum.
But only those who truly knew the truth understood how terrifying the Konoha Pirates really were, and Doflamingo just so happened to be one of them…
"Going to their deaths just for a bit of Belly…"
Doflamingo's face still wore a cold sneer. He knew very well how powerful the Heavenly Celestial Dragons really were: "For those guys to break through Mary Geoise and get away intact, and even capture quite a few prisoners on top of that, at the very least they already possess the power to topple the entire world…"
Puru puru puru…
Puru puru puru puru…
The urgent sound of a Radio Snail rang out.
Doflamingo furrowed his brow in annoyance, and after he impatiently connected the Radio Snail, the voice of Admiral Sengoku the Buddha came from it.
"Former Seven Warlords of the Sea Crocodile, who attempted to alter history and overthrow the World Government, has been captured by the Navy and brought to justice. Doflamingo, the World Government invites you to come to Marineford to attend a round-table conference to discuss filling the vacancies in the Seven Warlords of the Sea…"
"Oh?"
Listening to Sengoku's invitation through the Radio Snail, Doflamingo couldn't help but laugh unrestrainedly: "Fufufufufu… Sengoku, why not invite me to Mary Geoise?"
"Don't get too full of yourself, Doflamingo…"
On the other end of the line, Sengoku couldn't help but clench his fist in secret.
The news of the Konoha Pirates taking Mary Geoise had spread across the entire sea; this bastard Doflamingo was clearly provoking them on purpose!
This bastard…
He'd better not be too arrogant at a time like this!
Although it wasn't convenient for the World Government and the Navy to move against this Seven Warlords of the Sea, he, the Navy Admiral, was secretly in league with the Konoha Pirates and could ask them to help get rid of this piece of trash!
"I get the feeling the World Government already doesn't have the strength to suppress the seas anymore…"
The smile at the corner of Doflamingo's mouth grew even wider. He didn't care in the slightest what Sengoku thought, or perhaps he simply believed Sengoku was angry because he was ripping open the World Government's scars.
However…
Words like that were just a joke.
The World Government might not have the strength to suppress the entire world, but suppressing him, a mere Seven Warlords of the Sea, was more than within their power. Still, that didn't stop Doflamingo from continuing to bargain with Sengoku.
Doflamingo held the phone in his hand and sinisterly stated his terms: "You should be pretty short on manpower now, right? If you want me to keep serving as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, help me pass a message to the Five Elders. There's something I want…"
"Stop daydreaming!"
Sengoku coldly rejected Doflamingo.
A mere Seven Warlords of the Sea actually dared to threaten him?
It was only because the World Government and the Five Elders still existed that he was even willing to chat with this bastard. Did this bastard really think he was some big shot?
"Don't be so quick to refuse…"
Doflamingo didn't care about the angry Navy Admiral and chuckled as he went on: "I heard quite a few Heavenly Celestial Dragons were killed, and a lot more were captured. The Donquixote Clan must have suffered heavy losses too, right? Did the Divine Knight Order get wiped out to the last man?"
"What exactly are you trying to say?"