"You seem to be thinking about something quite impolite."
Hiroto interrupted Viola's rapidly changing expressions and said calmly, "Let's keep it simple."
"Viola, the second princess of the Kingdom of Dressrosa in the New World. Because of your father, you chose to submit to Doflamingo and became a member of the Donquixote family."
"You ate the Paramecia-type Glare-Glare Fruit, capable of observing things within a 4000-kilometer radius. You possess X-ray vision and the ability to read your enemy's thoughts."
He stopped there.
Viola's eyes widened in disbelief.
Wait, how do you know all this?
In the end, is it me who can read memories, or is it you?
At this moment, Viola deeply felt exactly what those whose hearts she had peeked into before must have felt.
And just like those people, she had no room for resistance now.
"Let's talk." Hiroto said.
Behind him, Robin was observing the development of the situation, subtly discovering that this man seemed to know a great deal.
After all, she had been mixed up in the underworld since childhood, living a life of being hunted.
Robin's observation skills were outstanding, partly because her Devil Fruit Ability was exceptionally well-suited for gathering intelligence. But it was more because her environment forced her to develop her Devil Fruit Ability in that direction.
Precisely because of this observation skill, Robin could keenly sense Hiroto's abnormality.
The change in that woman's expression when Hiroto spoke those words was real, meaning those words truly touched the other party.
Combining that with her own situation, Hiroto had also hooked her with just a sentence or two.
After making a preliminary deduction and then a bold guess, an answer was about to emerge.
He possessed at least one method, though she didn't know the specifics, to obtain their unknown secrets.
Perhaps it was a Devil Fruit Ability, or perhaps it was something else.
But no matter how you looked at it, this man was troublesome in every sense.
Wary, Robin silently postponed some of the small actions she had prepared to implement.
In order to survive and to determine what exactly was recorded on that Alabasta poneglyph, she could not die here.
"You..."
Viola felt a chill all over. She wanted to speak but hesitated, then stopped herself again.
She wanted to raise her hand and use the power of the Glare-Glare Fruit to see through what he was thinking. But then she thought about how most of her secrets had just been exposed.
Fortunately, she was also someone who had experienced great disasters. She calmed down, questioning and testing him.
"What exactly do you want? Since you know so much, you should understand that I am one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Heavenly Yaksha Doflamingo's person, right?"
"Although Buffalo and the others offended you, they didn't cause any losses in the end. We can compensate you."
"But if you move against me, you will be making an enemy of another of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."
"I just want to make a deal with you."
Hiroto ignored Viola's probing and simply said, "You work for me. The payment is Doflamingo's head, avenging his usurpation of Dressrosa and his manipulation of your father to massacre civilians on that night of disaster—"
"Stop talking!"
Viola was already drenched in sweat.
How did this person know everything?
She even felt that this man could probably accurately state her underwear size on a whim.
"Think about it carefully yourself, such opportunities don't come often." Hiroto said playfully.
However, no matter how Viola answered, he was determined to take her.
Anyone who knew how useful Viola's Devil Fruit Ability was would be tempted.
An observation radius of 4,000 kilometers.
This absurdly high value was Viola's biggest selling point.
A bird's-eye view, the ability to zoom in and out of the observation perspective at will, combined with X-ray vision.
It could be said that, excluding reaction time and energy consumption, she could provide a 'full-vision map' within 4,000 kilometers in a seafaring context.
This was extremely important.
After Issho left, Hiroto would have to face the Marines' encirclement and pursuit.
Although he wasn't afraid and had a corresponding plan, in this situation, Viola's ability could provide an irreplaceable early warning capability.
At the same time, it could also provide an information advantage by detecting enemies first and allowing for surprise attacks based on the situation.
All he had to give was a promise for the future.
But to be honest, Doflamingo was also a target waiting to be hunted on Hiroto's side.
The so-called price and reward didn't exist at all.
Getting multiple benefits from one action was the true situation.
At this moment, a black dot suddenly appeared in the sky. It was Buffalo carrying Baby 5, who had found this place.
"Violet seems to have encountered an enemy, nnnniin?" Mid-air, Buffalo pointed out.
On his back, Baby 5 had already shouldered a rocket launcher with a scope, prepared to give the enemy below a shot.
She couldn't beat that monster-like green-haired swordsman, but surely she could beat ordinary pirates.
However, when the scope was aimed at the enemy, Baby 5 suddenly froze because she saw a somewhat familiar face.
That face was...
"Is that Sea-Cleaving Swordsman Hiroto?"
Baby 5's expression changed abruptly, and her finger on the rocket launcher's trigger stiffened.
That green-haired swordsman was already that strong. How strong must the Captain, Sea-Cleaving Swordsman Hiroto, be?
The moment his Observation Haki detected the two, Hiroto flipped his palm, and Shusui appeared in his hand. His five fingers closed around the hilt, thick Armament Haki wrapped around the long blade, and multiple entries were activated for enhancement.
Then, a flying slash soared into the sky.
A terrifying slash, hundreds of meters long, hissed as it rushed toward Buffalo and Baby 5. The two didn't even have time to react before being hit.