Leliana was originally only there to monitor these people and see if the fruits of the surgery were on them.
When Leriana first saw Rosinante secretly contacting the Navy, she thought it was to trade for the Op-Op Fruit. It wasn't until they took off their hoods that Leriana realized who they were.
It was this hood that influenced Rosinandi's judgment.
He only knew that Vergo had left the family a few years ago to carry out a special mission under Doflamingo's orders, but he didn't know what Vergo was actually doing.
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In addition, Vergo was walking in front and wearing a cloak to protect him from the wind and snow, which is why he didn't recognize the other person and caused the subsequent events.
As for why Gaspard was there, he had deserted the group to slack off, but unexpectedly stumbled upon this even more dangerous situation.
Gaspard originally intended to slip away quietly, adhering to the principle of avoiding trouble, but he didn't expect to run into Leliana.
"An opportunity? Your Highness, what do you mean?"
"See that over there? The person who got beaten up is the adopted son of your Navy Admiral Sengoku. He's currently on a secret mission."
The person who made the move was an undercover agent sent by the Don Quixote family into your navy.
"Go help the Navy's undercover agents defeat the pirates' undercover agents. Admiral Sengoku is destined to be the Navy's future Fleet Admiral. You saved his adopted son. With this favor, are you still worried about your future promotion path?"
How did you know about this?
What Leliana said was something Gaspard had never heard of before. If those people were all undercover agents, how did Leliana know so much about it?
"It has nothing to do with you. Just do as I say, and your dream of a promotion and a raise will come true."
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Leliana's source of information is Oran. Some very confidential information was given to her by Oran so that she could better handle problems when she ventures out on her own in the future.
Now it's come in handy.
But Gaspard thought differently, considering the other party's terrifying strength and ideas.
How many informants do they actually have within the Navy?
Without an informant, how could he know about such high-level matters? Gaspard had almost developed a phobia of pink in the past, which manifested as feeling uncomfortable whenever he saw pink.
Over time, Gaspardy instinctively developed some ability to fill in the gaps in his own imagination.
Leriana's statement that it had nothing to do with him only strengthened his resolve.
Gaspard had also heard of Vergo; he was a promising new recruit in the Navy with considerable strength. With a few more years of training, he would rise in rank.
Promotions in the Navy also follow procedures. Apart from special recruitment during the global conscription, promotion requires merit.
Leliana sent him to fight Vergo, which made Gaspard somewhat afraid. His position as a colonel in the headquarters was not entirely legitimate, and fighting Vergo might be difficult.
"Your Highness, this opponent is rather troublesome. Why don't you take action yourself?"
"Then why would I come looking for you? I'll give you two choices: you go and fight Vergo, and I'll guarantee your safety. Or you fight me, take three of my punches, and I promise Piltover will never bother you again."
Piltover no longer needs to build up goodwill with the Navy; over the years, that's enough already. Now, all that's needed is for Gaspard to put in the effort.
Faced with Leriana's "multiple choice" question, Gaspardy wisely chose the correct one.
"Stop talking nonsense, I'll help you out, just go."
As she spoke, Leriana grabbed Gaspard and helped him make an emergency landing.
Just now, on the snow, Rosinandi and Vergo clashed for the first time.
"You bastard, Vergo?!"
"Corazon, you can actually talk."
[Oh no. I've done something stupid again.]
Rosinante's mind does sometimes short-circuit, and his abstract actions actually mask this aspect of his problem. The Silence Fruit also helps him a lot.
Now, seeing that Vergo had killed many of his colleagues, Rosinandi was stunned.
"That's a bit redundant. A big rat has really infiltrated the second-generation Corazon family! If this intelligence is handed over to the Navy, we'll be in big trouble!"
Vergo kicked Rosinandi, who was uninjured at the time. Rosinandi immediately raised his hand to block, but their fighting abilities were not on the same level.
With just one kick, Rosinandi was sent flying, crashing into a large tree behind him.
As the snow fell, Vergo, as if showing off, burst his shirt, and his entire upper body was then enveloped in Armament Haki.
"You disappeared suddenly when you were 8 years old, and then reappeared before us 14 years later. It's understandable that people find it strange. But just because you were his brother, Dover didn't suspect you, and yet you betrayed him!"
You should have been prepared for this, right? To betray Dover, who values family so much.
"He values family? What a joke! Nobody knows him better than me. He has never had family in his eyes! Me too, and you all too, we're all just tools."
Don't be so arrogant. My older brother only cares about himself and his ambition; everything else is just a bargaining chip to be discarded.
When Doflamingo was a child, he met Trebol and his group, and was revered as king by them.
Trebol and the others considered themselves inseparable family to Doflamingo, but as Rosinante said, Doflamingo did not share this sentiment.
Doflamingo is willing to abandon anyone for his own goals, it's just a matter of whether their deaths are worthwhile.
"You bastard, it seems Dover will have to judge you, but before that, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"
Vergo's fists rained down on Rosinandi, his Armament Haki-covered fists striking Rosinandi's abdomen repeatedly. But just then, a "hero" fell from mid-air.
"Stop! Gummy bombs!"
Gaspard transformed into a green gummy ball and hurled it at Vergo. Although Vergo, having regained his senses, kicked it away, he wasn't significantly affected.
His promotion was indeed driven by an invisible force. Unlike Rosinandi, Gaspardi had also experienced many battles on the front lines and was at least worthy of the rank of colonel.
"It really hurts!"
As the gummy bear's body reformed, Gaspard rubbed his chest, his eyes turning fierce.
"Colonel Gaspardine? This man is a member of the Don Quixote family. He killed my colleague. Are you still going to help him?"
Vergo twisted the truth, immediately positioning himself on the side of justice and angrily condemning Gaspard's actions of helping pirates.
"Come on, I saw it all clearly. You suddenly killed the other marines, and now you want to wipe him out completely. And can you tell me why you, a lieutenant, are able to use full-body Armament Haki?"
"Because I haven't been in the Navy long enough to qualify for promotion, Colonel Gaspardy, your actions are defaming me."
Being domineering doesn't prove anything; a lack of military achievements can be used as an excuse.
"Run! Go and inform Lieutenant General Tsuru. This guy is incredibly powerful; you're no match for him! I'll hold him off for you, but you absolutely must get the message back!"
After taking several attacks from Vergo, Rosinandi stood up again, shouted to Gaspardi as if giving instructions, and then rushed over and hugged Vergo around the waist.
"What a joke! How could I possibly abandon my colleagues, you soft candy and sharp sword!"
Gaspard reassembled his hands into two swords and thrust them directly at Vergo in front of him.
He is very good at these kinds of smooth talk and knows how to talk when interviewing reporters. In order not to be eliminated, he is working hard to build a glorious image for himself.
He had witnessed before how a pirate who could trample him underfoot had his head ripped off by Kate in a single exchange.
Ding! Ding!
Gaspard's gummy sword pierced Vergo's chest, but only a few sparks flew out.
Few people on the high seas wear full armor coloration; the last person to dare to be so extravagant was Barrett.
While Vergo's use of Haki was certainly meant to show off, he also possessed a considerable amount of Haki himself, and by reducing the intensity per unit, he could easily cover a larger area with it.
Gaspard's physical attacks alone were ineffective.
Vergo shoved Rosinandi aside and then grabbed Gaspardi's arm.
"Got you."
"I've got you! Gummy Beard!"
Gaspard's arm rapidly liquefied, spreading towards Vergo's arms; the extremely sticky gummy seemed to truly bind Vergo at this moment.
But this was just an illusion. A strange force erupted from Vergo's body, and after breaking free from Gaspardi's gummy body, he delivered a side kick to Gaspardi's chest, leaving only a layer of skin attached to him.
Wow.
Gaspard coughed up blood, but his body still recovered.
Armament Haki can only defeat the physical body; it cannot prevent elemental transformation or similar abilities. Gaspardi's body can still turn into a bouncy gummy candy, but the pain will still be transmitted to the brain.
[Damn it, what is that woman doing?]
Gaspard thought Leliana would make a move, which is why he spoke so confidently. However, he never saw her from beginning to end, and the cloud in the sky seemed to have drifted away to who knows where.
As Gaspard hesitated about whether to run away, he noticed that Vergo did not continue to fight back, his body seemingly stiff.
Gaspard didn't know the underlying principle, but he guessed the reason.
"As long as I'm standing, you can forget about hurting anyone else! Gummy Axe!"
A blow to Vergo's shoulder caused little damage, but it certainly instilled a sense of power.
There's nothing that can be done about it. Without Haki, and with a Devil Fruit that doesn't instantly make you strong, you'll basically be at a disadvantage when facing a martial arts expert who specializes in Haki.
Vergo remained motionless only because he was intimidated by Lyliana's Conqueror's Haki.
"It's quite troublesome. We can't scare him into fainting, nor can we let him keep moving. It's quite difficult to find the right amount of force."
Are these two a bit dim-witted? Can't they even call for help? If they can't beat them, why don't they call Granny He over?
Lyliana, from within the clouds, complained about the incompetence of the two undercover agents below. It seemed that the enemy's undercover agents were far superior.
But it's okay, she can cover for you.
Since neither of them could react to this, she decided to make a big fuss. After making her decision, she aimed at the hillside below and threw a punch, causing a small earthquake. This successfully attracted the attention of the patrolling soldiers nearby.
"Young Master, something bad has happened! A lot of marines have approached Corazon's location, and it seems he has been discovered."
Besides land, Doflamingo also has an air force member – Buffalo, who ate the Spin-Spin Fruit.
This fruit allows any part of the body to rotate, and Buffalo uses this ability to fly in the sky like a helicopter.
Previously, when Doflamingo assigned missions, it was Buffalo who flew Baby-5 overhead.
"Lieutenant General Tsuru! Signs of battle have been found in the mountains; it's the Don Quixote Family's officers! Colonel Gaspard is in dire straits and looks like he needs reinforcements!"
Correspondingly, the news also reached the Navy.
But they were somewhat confused about the situation, seemingly thinking that Gaspardí was fighting Rosinandí, and as for Vergo, the soldiers didn't immediately realize he was dressed in black.
This was not good news for Tsuru, since according to her orders, the trading of the fruit was a higher priority.
But since things had already come to this point, in order to prevent the situation from getting worse, she still walked towards the location where the battle had taken place.
Lyriana didn't encounter any pirates with the Op-Op Fruit, but Project Shiki naturally did.
While Barrerouz and his group were still dreaming about the future, the uninvited guests had already arrived.
Barrerouz was holding the fruit, waiting for the trader to appear, when his henchman suddenly pulled out a knife and slashed at his partner.
"What are you doing?!"
"I don't know, my body suddenly became uncontrollable!"
"Get out of the way! I can't control myself!"
Suddenly, the pirates inside the room began to fight each other. Accompanied by shrill screams, the pirates inside the room fell one after another, and their numbers dwindled.
"Fufufufufu, so you're the ones trading Devil Fruits with the Navy, right? Cooperate a little and hand over the Op-Op Fruit, okay?"
Doflamingo waved his fingers up and down, and those pirates who were killing each other were unable to control their bodies because they were infected by his parasite thread.
Even Barreuz, due to the Parasite Thread, was powerless and knelt before Doflamingo.
"Don't even think about it! That's a treasure worth five billion Berries!"
"Fufufufufu, wrong answer, you're dead. What's the point of having more money then? I'll ask you one last time, where is the result of the surgery?"
A transparent line lashed out from the side, slicing a still-living pirate in two. The blood-stained line dangled in front of Barrez, and the dripping blood became the greatest threat.
"Let me go, I'll give you the fruit."
Faced with the threat of death, Barreuz finally gave in and led Doflamingo outside, intending to hand over the fruit to him.
But when they came outside, the place where the fruit was hidden had already been discovered, and Project Shiki was standing in the snow, holding a box containing the fruit in his hand.
"This thing is mine now, you can all get lost."
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