"Buddy, you're a Marine admiral!"
"Can't you say something with at least a little class?"
"Just look at the pointless nonsense you just said!"
The one-legged toy soldier looked at Jovian and shouted angrily.
"What's wrong with being a Marine admiral?"
"Does being a Marine admiral mean I can't look for companionship?"
"Does being a Marine admiral mean I can't search for love?"
"This is discrimination. Pure moral blackmail!"
Jovian waved his hand and rejected everything the toy soldier had just said.
"This…"
After hearing Jovian's words, the one-legged toy soldier was left speechless. He had no idea what to say.
"I believe that since we live in this world, we all have the right to pursue love. Just like me. Every time I see a pretty woman, I fall for another pretty woman. How pure am I?"
Jovian expressed his view of the world.
"If you're pure, then there's no such thing as impure in this world!"
The one-legged soldier looked at Jovian defensively. He absolutely would not let this scumbag of a man ruin his daughter.
"Hahaha…"
"I'm joking…"
"I came here because I plan to help you."
After carefully sizing up the one-legged soldier for a few moments, Jovian suddenly laughed. He crouched beside the one-legged soldier and spoke with a smile.
"I knew it…"
"A great Marine admiral wouldn't be that indecent…"
The one-legged soldier breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Jovian's words.
"Huh?"
"You seem to have misunderstood something…"
"I meant I was joking when I called myself pure. But my interest in that girl in the future is absolutely real!"
Seeing that the one-legged soldier was about to misunderstand him, Jovian quickly stopped that misunderstanding. No way. Absolutely no way. He would never allow others to have unnecessary misunderstandings about him.
"Ah…"
After hearing Jovian's words, the one-legged soldier's mouth fell slightly open. He had nothing left to say. The man in front of him was completely shameless.
"In short, let's put what just happened aside. Next, I hope to get some useful information from you."
Jovian did not continue discussing that inappropriate nonsense. He had not come here for that.
"Uh…"
"As long as it's something I know, I'll tell you!"
The toy soldier saw the seriousness and sincerity in Jovian's eyes. He nodded, indicating that he would answer every question Jovian asked to the best of his ability.
"Um…"
Just as the toy soldier and Jovian were about to discuss serious business, a delicate voice interrupted them.
"Mm?"
Jovian turned around and saw a beautiful woman with long dark hair and an impressive figure standing behind him, panting for breath.
"You are…"
When the toy soldier saw the woman who had run up behind Jovian, his eyes trembled. It seemed he recognized her.
"Please help us. Please help this country!"
The woman ignored the toy soldier and knelt directly in front of Jovian, pleading with him.
"Huh?"
Jovian looked at the woman kneeling before him, scratched his messy hair, then walked up to her and helped her up from the ground.
"Anyway…"
"Tell me what exactly happened first."
After helping the woman to her feet, Jovian asked her.
"It began eight years ago, when Doflamingo invaded this country…"
After standing up, the woman began telling Jovian everything she knew, one detail at a time.
Half an hour later, the woman had told Jovian everything she knew.
"I see…"
Jovian nodded lightly, indicating that he understood the situation.
"So you hope that, as a Marine admiral, I can uphold justice and defeat Doflamingo, the demon controlling this country, right?"
Jovian asked the beautiful woman in front of him.
"I know…"
"I know this is very difficult. After all, Doflamingo's status is special. During these years at his side, I conducted a thorough investigation of him. I know exactly what kind of person he is, and I know how terrifying he is. But right now, this country has no one else to rely on except you!"
The woman, or more precisely, Viola, the former princess of Dressrosa, had tears constantly streaming from her eyes as she pleaded with Jovian.
Ever since Jovian landed, Viola had been watching him. In truth, she originally had no intention of asking Jovian for help. But after using her Devil Fruit ability on Jovian, she felt that perhaps she could try. Honestly, she had never seen such a pure heart before. The man before her truly, sincerely loved young and beautiful women.
"Viola…"
The toy soldier looked at the woman lowering herself so desperately, and his expression fell into silence. In Viola, he saw hints of Scarlet. How should he put it? These two really were sisters.
"You mean you want me to deal with one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea for the sake of the people on this island?"
"You should know Doflamingo's status…"
"He's a pirate protected by the World Government. Even a Marine admiral cannot casually attack him."
Jovian crossed his arms in front of his chest and spoke with incomparable seriousness.
"We know…"
"But…"
Viola's body trembled, and her steps staggered slightly. She knew that asking the Marines to deal with a Warlord was far too troublesome.
"I'm sorry. I was rude. Please pretend you never heard what I just said. I only hope you won't tell Doflamingo about us. That way, we might still have a path to survival…"
Viola bowed deeply to Jovian and apologized to him. She knew she had been too naive. Doflamingo was tied to countless forces. Even a Marine admiral could not simply make a move against someone like him.
"Ahahaha…"
"Why would I tell Doflamingo about you?"
"Doflamingo already knows."
Jovian shook his head. Viola had been followed. Unfortunately, Viola had not noticed.
"What?"
Disbelief filled Viola's eyes. She did not know when she had been exposed.
"Viola, the Master trusted you so much, yet you did something like this. You know what kind of punishment you'll be receiving next, don't you?"
Just as Viola was feeling terrified and confused, the ground suddenly wriggled. A towering muscular man rose from within the earth. He looked at Viola and spoke in an extremely shrill voice.
"You are…"
Viola's body trembled as she looked at the man who had suddenly appeared. This helmeted man with such an effeminate voice was Pica, one of Doflamingo's top officers. His combat strength was far beyond hers.
"Viola, come to my side now. I'm taking you to see the Master. When the time comes, the Master will naturally punish you!"
"As for the rest of you, the Master has no interest in dealing with you right now!"
"And you, Marine admiral, kakkakka…"
"Choosing not to interfere in the Master's affairs is the wisest decision you've ever made in your life!"
Pica stood before everyone and issued orders, looking every bit like a strong man lecturing the weak.
"I understand…"
"This is my responsibility. I hope the Master will punish only me. This has nothing to do with anyone else!"
Viola seemed to have made her choice. She looked at Pica and pleaded with him.
"Shut up! You are not qualified to bargain with the Master!"
After hearing Viola's words, Pica roared furiously.
"Everyone who learns the Master's secrets must die!"
"Just wait to pay the price!"
Pica looked arrogantly at Viola and the others, declaring their fate.
"Secrets? In other words…"
"What Viola said just now was all true. Doflamingo really did do things he shouldn't have done, right?"
Just as Pica was feeling smug, Jovian suddenly spoke.
"Mm?"
After hearing Jovian's words, Pica's eyes trembled. A bad feeling rose in his heart.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I'm warning you, the Master is a Warlord. He is protected by the Marines! You can't…"
Pica brought up Doflamingo's status as a Warlord, seemingly hoping the words "Warlord of the Sea" would make Jovian back down.
"What the hell does that have to do with me?"
Unfortunately, this move was useless against Jovian. Before Pica could finish speaking, Jovian had already arrived in front of him and seized Pica's face with one hand.
"Crack."
Then his fingers squeezed lightly, crushing Pica's mask to pieces.
"Pfft…"
Blood spilled heavily from Pica's mouth, and his body collapsed to the ground.
"Who the fuck are you trying to act tough in front of?"
Jovian stepped on Pica's face and spoke in irritation.
"He's just Doflamingo. If he hadn't been reasonably cooperative, I would've wiped him out long ago!"
"But now it seems Doflamingo isn't that cooperative after all…"
"In that case, don't blame me for getting rough!"
Jovian kicked Pica's half-dead body aside. He had decided to go find trouble with Doflamingo. As for the reason? There was no reason. Did he need a damn reason to go after Doflamingo?
"No way…"
"That Pica…"
"Doflamingo's strongest officer was taken down in an instant?"
Looking at Pica, who had been defeated instantly, disbelief flashed through Viola's eyes. At this moment, she finally gained a clear understanding of the power held by Jovian, this Marine admiral. His strength far surpassed her imagination. Perhaps, just as Jovian had said, dealing with someone like Doflamingo was as easy as dealing with some minor nobody.
Meanwhile…
Inside Dressrosa's royal palace, Doflamingo's expression was ice-cold. He had just received news that Pica had been taken down by Jovian.
That meant Jovian was finally preparing to make a move against them.
"Have every officer gather at the palace!"
"This will be the greatest crisis the Donquixote Family has ever faced!"
Doflamingo issued his order. Against a monster like Jovian, even gathering all their forces would not be excessive. The enemy was just that powerful.
"Move! The Master ordered us to gather!"
"Check your equipment! Weapons, personnel, mobilize everything! The time has come to test us!"
Squad after squad of troops guarded Doflamingo's castle so tightly it seemed impenetrable.
"Did you hear?"
"The enemy is a Marine admiral!"
"So what if he's a Marine admiral?"
"We have more than ten thousand troops here. Besides that, all the officers are present too. What can one mere admiral do?"
Outside the castle, soldiers holding weapons chatted among themselves.
"Don't be careless. The enemy is very powerful."
A man dressed entirely in black with an afro appeared among the soldiers and reminded them.
"Yes, sir! Officer Gladius!"
When the soldiers saw the newcomer, they shouted respectfully.
With Gladius's arrival, Lao G, Buffalo, Baby 5, Giolla, and the rest of the officers all arrived as well.
At the same time, inside the palace, Doflamingo had Trebol and Diamante, two of the Donquixote Pirates' top officers, standing beside him.
Yet even with this lineup, Doflamingo still could not feel the slightest bit at ease. All he could do was keep praying that Kaido of the Beasts would arrive quickly.
"This place really is locked down tight."
Before long, Jovian, wearing the Marine coat of Justice, arrived outside the castle. He sized up the castle in front of him and smiled faintly.
"Gulp."
Seeing Jovian's arrival, the officers under the Donquixote Family subconsciously swallowed. In their eyes, what had arrived was not a person at all. It was a raging beast, a monster among monsters. They did not even dare use Observation Haki to carefully examine Jovian, afraid that they would be unable to withstand his immense aura and faint from fear.
"Don't worry! He can't get up here!"
The soldiers hypnotized themselves. They firmly believed Jovian absolutely would not be able to fight his way up.
"Bzzzz…"
However, before they could organize an attack, two crimson beams shot out from Jovian's eyes. In an instant, they sliced through the entire mountain peak, and even the royal palace on top of the mountain rose into the air at that moment.
"We're finished!"
As the entire mountain was cut away by Jovian's heat vision, countless soldiers on the mountain let out terrified roars. The defenses they had spent so long preparing had not been used at all.
"Brat! Don't get too arrogant! Take a look at my strength!"
Just as the soldiers were falling into despair, Lao G, one of Doflamingo's subordinates, made his move. He launched his ultimate punch at Jovian.
"It's Lao G!"
"Great, an officer is making a move!"
"We have a chance!"
Doflamingo's soldiers shouted loudly as they watched Lao G attack.
"Who the hell are you?"
Jovian looked at Lao G and suddenly threw a punch.
"Boom!"
The terrifying fist changed the color of the sky and earth with just the shockwave.
"No…"
Facing that terrifying punch, Lao G's expression changed sharply.
"Boom!"
With a thunderous roar, half of Lao G's body was smashed into a pile of bloody pulp by Jovian.
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