In One Piece, I Am the Ultimate Doflamingo

As he watched the pink figure waiting by the shore, Virgo's eyes, hidden behind his sunglasses, sparkled with excitement. He jumped off the ship and eagerly spoke.

"Doflamingo, it's been a long time."

Seeing the stark contrast between the Virgo in front of him and the one who left in his memory, Doflamingo couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia.

Now this is loyalty.

"Hehehe, well done, partner. You've grown."

"For your great cause, this is all worth it, Dof."

Without saying more, Doflamingo patted Virgo's much broader shoulder and helped him remove the octopus clinging to his cheek.

Doflamingo pulled a fruit from his body, a trick he'd learned from Katakuri's way of hiding items.

"Eat it, Virgo. I've been preparing this gift for you for a long time. You won't be disappointed."

Without hesitation or doubt, Virgo caught the fruit and threw it into his mouth.

Someone quietly opened the Den Den Mushi.

The moment the fruit touched his lips, Virgo felt every cell in his body seemingly cheer with joy. A strange bloodline merged with his body, and his physical strength increased to an unimaginable level.

A brand new power surged within him, and Virgo instinctively let out a wild roar.

"RAAAWR!!!"

His body rapidly stretched and elongated. Black dragon scales grew across his skin. In an instant, he transformed into a massive black dragon that blocked out the sky, soaring in the air on a trail of fiery clouds!

As the dragon circled, the wind howled, thunder rumbled, and flames danced.

Anyone in Dressrosa could see the massive dragon spiraling above them.

"The war isn't over, and now it's starting again?"

"Damn, that's awesome!!! What did the young master come up with this time?"

"Isn't that Kaido's power?"

"..."

"Virgo's back?"

Seeing the dragon condense back into a human form, Pica's eyes lit up. It had been a long time since they'd seen each other.

"How does it feel, Virgo? How do you feel?" Doflamingo asked, watching Virgo land.

"I feel incredibly powerful! Dof, thank you for this gift."

Seeing his body swell once more, muscles rippling with seemingly endless power, even Virgo's usually calm demeanor showed a flicker of wild excitement.

"Hehehe, you've earned your share of the credit too."

Doflamingo smiled as he turned off the Den Den Mushi.

If Virgo hadn't joined the Navy seven years ago, there's no way he would have grown this quickly. The Navy's Rokushiki held significant value, and Doflamingo respected that.

"Zzzzz."

Lightning crackled as Enel looked at the unfamiliar face beside Doflamingo with curiosity.

"Master, is this the dragon from earlier?"

"That's right. This is Virgo. He's been with my family for a long time. Virgo, this is Enel."

Doflamingo introduced the two who had never met before.

"Boom!" Moria landed on the beach, sending up a cloud of dust from his massive weight.

"This is Moria..."

"..."

As everyone exchanged greetings, Doflamingo smiled with a playful expression.

"From now on, you'll all be part of the family's battle squad. How about we have a free-for-all?"

Virgo, Enel, Moria, Urouge, Pica.

They all exchanged glances, and Enel, sparks of electricity flashing across his body, spoke with eagerness.

"Master, I think we can do it."

"Looks like no one has any objections. Let's begin, but no killing."

As soon as his words finished, Enel turned into a bolt of lightning and vanished.

In the next moment, he appeared behind Virgo.

"Welcome home!"

Enel's lightning-charged leg struck Virgo.

"Boom!"

Virgo shot up into the air, turning into a streak of light.

"I'm very interested in you too, heh heh heh."

Moria intercepted Virgo mid-air, his massive dark sword swinging like a heavy hammer.

"BOOM!"

The dust kicked up by the impact obscured everyone's vision.

"Wind Slash!"

A blue wind blade cut through the dust, revealing Virgo walking out from the cloud, ripping off his tattered Navy uniform to reveal his dark, gleaming muscles beneath.

"Lightning doesn't seem to work on me."

"..."

Meanwhile, in Pangaea Castle, the Five Elders were celebrating the success of the recent expedition.

"The results of this expedition should keep the seas a bit calmer."

"It seems that the injuries Garp and Sengoku sustained were worse than expected."

"It's a pity we couldn't fully claim the territories we recaptured."

"It doesn't matter. The New World is a suitable gathering place for trash. As long as the situation in the Four Seas stays undisturbed."

"Kaido, Big Mom, and the remnants of the Rocks Pirates have formed a new threat in the future."

"Then there's the solitary Red Hair and Whitebeard, and Barrett, who's been attacking everywhere like a madman."

Mentioning these dangerous figures made the Five Elders' heads ache.

"The Navy has some criticism of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Garp, Zephyr, and others..."

"Five Elders!!!" Spandam, who was about to depart for Water 7, burst into the room.

At this, the Five Elder Stars with hats frowned and scolded, "What's all this panic about?"

"Fleet Admiral Kong said the G5 branch was wiped out, and there's been a blockade on news that Dressrosa and the Kingdom of Prodence are under heavy pirate attack."

"How are the two countries now? Did the pirates band together to attack?"

"Yes, sir, the underground bounty has been put on hold for the soldiers' heads, but it's been stopped now."

"The Kingdom of Prodence, with King Elizabello II, has temporarily held its ground."

"Doflamingo has resolved the crisis in Dressrosa, but the Riku family has been wiped out."

The Five Elders frowned upon hearing this and dismissed Spandam.

The bald Five Elder Star erupted.

"The underground bounty was officially set up by the Charlotte family, but the secret drugs are circulating through the Charlotte family in the New World. There's no way Doflamingo is uninvolved!"

"This time, the Navy is all talk, while Big Mom takes a part of the territory. Only Doflamingo managed to seize the land once occupied by his family without breaking a sweat."

"What does he really want?" The long-bearded Five Elder Star asked, frowning deeply.

...

"Can you block lightning? But can you block kinetic energy?!!!"

Boom!!!

That's the true power of the sunglasses.

Doflamingo stared at the bolts of lightning and fire streaking toward him, thinking to himself,

"Heh…"

"Gulp, gulp."

Looking at the stern face on the Den Den Mushi, Doflamingo spoke in a casual tone.

"Moshi Moshi, Five Elders. Is this a congratulatory call for the return of the Donquixote family to Dressrosa?"

"You've taken over a world allied nation! Do you want to become a pirate?!"

"NO NO NO, I'm just exploring the Donquixote family's ancestral land. I happened to stumble upon pirates attacking this country. I'm a good-hearted person, so I couldn't stand the tragedy. I saved the country from the pirates, and now they've crowned me king. Doesn't that sound reasonable?"

"We don't acknowledge it. The World Government doesn't acknowledge it! This isn't Sky Island, Doflamingo!!!"

"Oh? So what? Are you going to reorganize the expedition army to conquer me? I think Big Mom wouldn't mind having another war."

Doflamingo remained calm, secretly laughing to himself.

If the Navy sends one Admiral, fine, he'll just fight. With his current strength, one Admiral is no challenge.

If two Admirals come, he'll just run. After all, he's already claimed the reward for taking Dressrosa.

The ones who suffer are always the ordinary, neglected people.

"Are you threatening us?"

"Hehehe, I'm just stating the facts!"

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