"Fufufufu, I feel the same way. It's too boring. Breaking free from a prophesied world is like a fish leaving the sea," Doflamingo laughed.
"Alright, the sorrow has passed. It's time to face the future. No matter what, there will be a war. Perhaps I, too, am a child of the half-moon. Since the current world lacks equality and justice, let it be destroyed," Roy turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, hey, at least let me out, will you?" Doflamingo said.
"You can't get out yourself?" Roy asked, surprised.
"Fufufu, it's better if I don't let myself out. Those guys outside aren't easy to deal with," Doflamingo said.
"You're afraid now? That doesn't seem like you," Roy smiled.
"The world is vast; one must know one's limits. Perhaps my existence can help you clean up some trash, but I must admit one thing: I lost," Doflamingo said.
"Interesting!"
Roy understood his meaning. Those who have lost once lose everything. Like Golden Lion, after losing to Roger, he believed Roger was stronger and should rule the world.
Doflamingo had lost once. His dream of becoming the Pirate King was naturally gone, leaving only hatred for the Celestial Dragons.
According to him, his father and mother died because of the Celestial Dragons, and because of him.
He saw something he shouldn't have and desired something he shouldn't have.
He no longer belonged in Mariejois. After what he had seen, he had seen that his ambition had inflated his desires; he would constantly want more.
Unable to return, he could only seek destruction.
Of course, Doflamingo's words couldn't be fully trusted. He would undoubtedly want to obtain the power of the forest god and control the entire world.
Roy opened the cell, freeing Doflamingo and his subordinates. They had all been imprisoned in Impel Down and were brought out by the Revolutionary Army.
As Roy exited, he was taken aback by someone sitting by the door, completely unexpected.
"You're here too?" Roy exclaimed in surprise.
"My apologies, I was just in the restroom," the man said, clutching his stomach. His breath emitted purple gas, poisonous fumes.
That's right.
It was Impel Down's former Warden, Magellan!
"What's your situation? Did you join the Revolutionary Army, too?" Roy asked, astonished.
"Every generation of Impel Down wardens encounters the legend of Nika. My wish is for Impel Down to be emptied one day. Besides those pirate scum, I've seen too many innocent people imprisoned there or sent to build bridges simply for offending the powerful."
"Perhaps the Revolutionary Army's ideology changed me, or perhaps I, too, yearn for liberation, to escape that lightless hellhole," Magellan said, looking up at the sun in the sky.
Roy never imagined Magellan would feel this way. It seemed the Celestial Dragons' and World Government's control over the world was slipping.
Even the warden of Impel Down had turned against them, as had a Marine Admiral. What would the future hold?
Arriving at the Revolutionary Army's base, Roy inquired about the current world situation.
"The World Government has 170 affiliate nations. During the Reverie, we took control of eight. In the second worldwide conscription, fourteen nations refused and are currently under attack by the Marines. Thirty nations agreed to conscript, but due to troop shortages, our comrades have already liberated ten countries," Ivankov said excitedly.
"If this continues, the entire world will be transformed by our revolutionary ideology! There will be no more nobility! We will make the world better, peaceful, and equal for all!"
Roy looked at the map, ignoring Ivankov's enthusiasm:
"Don't celebrate too soon. There's only one way to achieve world peace."
Ivankov looked at Roy, who pointed to a specific location on the map.
"Destroy this place. Kill everyone here. Only then can the world know peace."
The place Roy pointed to was Mary Geoise. Everyone present knew that to overthrow the World Government, only one method existed: eliminate the Celestial Dragons.
Once the Celestial Dragons lost their power, the world would return to peace. To prevent new dragon-slayers from emerging, perhaps those very things needed to be destroyed.
Perhaps Roy's own existence was also meant to erase the forest god.
After all, he could devour all fruits; any fruit he killed would never regenerate back into this world.
This meant he could kill demons.
Using the Sun God's power, he had nurtured a monster capable of killing the original Nika, and that monster now resided within his own body.
Most people present were Devil Fruit users: Dragon had the Logia Storm-Storm Fruit, Ivankov the Hormone Fruit, Sabo an artificial Phoenix Fruit, Doflamingo the String-String Fruit, Issho the Gravity Fruit, and Magellan the Venom-Venom Fruit.
As ability users, they instinctively feared Roy upon seeing him.
The Revolutionary Army aimed to change people's mindsets, making them accept that all are equal, that nobility should not exist, and that it is the world's most unnecessary institution.
Yet some would still remember the era of class hierarchy, no matter where they were.
It was like how some still believed foreign moons were rounder, that everyone could become wealthy simply by going to another country, and that they could become elites.
Only upon going would they realize it was truly hell.
It boiled down to two words: exploitation.
Leaving the Kamabakka Kingdom, Roy returned to Wano.
He happened to encounter Ace and his group returning.
Not just Ace, but also those who had left the Whitebeard Pirates with him, Little Oars Jr., the Decalvan Brothers, and others.
"Big Brother!!"
The group was stunned to see Roy.
"Why are you all back?" Roy looked at them, all familiar faces.
"Ace said he was returning, so he brought us all back,"
"You have your own paths. There's no need to gather. Ace's return is enough," Roy said.
"Hheheh, Big Brother, are you looking down on us?"
"The coming war isn't about numbers. You should stay behind," Roy said.
"Big Brother, we can fight too. Don't underestimate us," the Decalvan Brothers said.
"I know. You have your own battlefield, just not where we'll be," Roy said.
"Then where is our battlefield? I want to help too," Oars Jr. said.
"Your battlefield..." Roy looked at them. The sky battle certainly wasn't for them.
"Protect our territory!!"
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