Tsuru did not indulge him at all. After mocking him, she directly turned her head. "It's ti to go!"
"Please wait a mont."
Faced with Tsuru's urging, Doflamingo appeared unhurried. He even turned his head and smiled at the still-wailing Teach behind him. "Then see you again at the public execution, Marshall D. Teach. I believe your public execution will definitely be even more lively than the King of the Pirates' back then."
With that, ignoring Teach's furious curses behind him, he followed behind Tsuru with a smile while slowly walking outward.
And after that... Doflamingo made no extra moves, rely walking leisurely with a smile.
Until he reached outside, as if he had not seen sunlight for a long ti, at the mont he suddenly stepped out, Doflamingo closed his eyes, but quickly recovered.
Then he spread his arms and took a deep breath. "The sll of freedom, it's been a long ti since I've slled it. Tsuru-chan, do you sll it?"
"All I sll is sothing nauseating. A disgusting guy like you only deserves to sniff the stench in Impel Down!"
"Fufufufu, that's really a pity. Inside is extrely boring, and outside..."
These mocking words did not make Doflamingo care in the slightest. He looked at the sea in front of him with a smile. "... Seems to be getting more and more interesting."
His eyes flickered slightly, carrying a aningful smile. "The new era has already arrived. I can feel it. The tis are already smiling at . I don't want to miss this new era!"
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The ti of the public execution was drawing closer and closer, yet Ian's side instead beca more peaceful.
No, it would be more accurate to say that aside from the atmosphere being sowhat oppressive, the entire sea had been extrely calm these past few days.
Even the daily newspapers had beco much more boring. Aside from slightly predicting the outco of the Summit War and the fate of the Rocks' blood, everything else was just reports of so pirate crew attacking a marine warship, attacking an affiliated country, or attacking so island.
As for events that could affect the overall structure of the sea, there was not a single one reported in the newspapers.
And on the Umbrella Corporation's side... aside from Zephyr taking Ace and Binz out to wander around, everyone else continued doing whatever they were supposed to do.
Since the slave-catching incident ended, there were basically no forces in the West Blue that dared to provoke the Umbrella Corporation anymore, and even affiliated countries were the sa.
Although affiliated countries paid protection fees to the World Governnt, when facing a behemoth like the Umbrella Corporation... Unless an Admiral personally stepped in, it would be useless, no matter how many other marines ca.
As for actually having an Admiral co to help... Don't joke around.
With Umbrella Corporation's current strength, unless a full-scale war were initiated, even an Admiral would have to co with a dark expression to negotiate.
If you gave them a face, it would be fine, but if you didn't, who knew, maybe an Admiral would leave on the front foot, and on the back foot, soone would co to settle accounts.
You had to know, Umbrella Corporation... It was a force that dared to directly confront a Buster Call, seize Celestial Dragon slaves at the Sabaody Archipelago, and even release those Celestial Dragon slaves!
Although the World Governnt announced that all of this was done by the Straw Hat Pirates, the royal families of affiliated countries, especially those in the West Blue, knew more or less the truth.
Even the Marine Headquarters did not dare to lightly declare war on the Umbrella Corporation at this ti!
So what did the face of a re Admiral amount to?
Therefore, since that was the case, it was better not to provoke them. After all, Umbrella Corporation did not provoke them either; at most, they just entered and exited their seas.
It could be said that, just as the rumor on the sea, they are the King of the West Blue!
As for Grado's side... It was comparatively much busier.
Just as they had expected, not long after the Sabaody Archipelago incident ended, the North Blue's Hogen Family was wiped out.
It was said that a mysterious force acted in secret, killing every single mber of the Hogen Family, not even sparing the family mbers of their cadres.
It's extrely tragic!
Although rumors across the sea claid it was the work of a brutal pirate crew, those who knew understood clearly... Aside from those suit-wearing jackals under the World Governnt, there were probably no other forces that would handle things so cleanly.
In any case, Grado had not even made a move before the matter was over, and at that ti, countless forces in the North Blue sward out, beginning to carve up the Hogen Family's territory and businesses.
As an outsider, Grado also took a share of the spoils, directly swallowing the Hogen Family's wine business in the North Blue.
It had to be said that, as an old-established underworld force in the North Blue, the Hogen Family could be considered the overlord of the North Blue wine industry, occupying most of the liquor market there.
Even Umbrella Corporation's famous wines were not as popular in the North Blue as the Hogen Family's wine.
But in terms of reputation across the sea... The Hogen Family was not on the sa level as the Umbrella Corporation.
And as ti passed and with black market hype, Umbrella Corporation's wine beca more and more famous in the North Blue, gradually eating away at the Hogen Family's wine business there.
After hearing Gini talk about these things, Ian roughly understood why, despite clearly knowing the Umbrella Corporation's strength, the Hogen Family still dared to secretly provoke them.
In the end, it was all about business!
The Hogen Family probably hoped to use Gerd to gain the favor of a Celestial Dragon, and then, by relying on a Celestial Dragon, block Umbrella Corporation's wine business from encroaching on the North Blue.
But they never expected that in the end they would completely ss it up, even playing themselves into extinction.
And from then on, the Hogen Family's wine businesses, like the Brando Family's wine businesses at the West Blue back then, beca a part of the Umbrella Corporation.
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