Before the sailors on the ship could speak again, Smoothie's Observation Haki had already detected the other ship's movement.
"What's going on?"
At some point, a man who was eight feet tall and eight feet wide, a square-shaped burly man appeared beside her.
He was the other Sweet Commander, Cracker.
More accurately, it was Cracker's biscuit armor shell.
"It's the Beasts' people. They don't seem friendly."
Smoothie stood up, also drawing the exaggeratedly long two-handed sword from its sheath.
The minions listening nearby thought to themselves: 'We are the ones who came.'
Of course, they didn't dare say this out loud.
"The Beasts..."
Cracker murmured the name, also thinking about the matter with Dressrosa.
'Doflamingo had fallen into our hands. What were these people doing here now?'
'Could it be they planned to protect Doflamingo's subordinates?'
Of course, the greater possibility might be seizing this 'ownerless country'.
If their goals didn't conflict, there wasn't really a need for the two sides to fight.
"Should we ask their purpose?"
As soon as Cracker asked this, Smoothie shook her head.
"I'm afraid we might have that thought, but they might not be so accommodating."
Following Smoothie's finger to look opposite, the large ship flying the Beast Pirates' flag had now begun adjusting its course, heading straight towards them.
Smoothie didn't mention that she wasn't planning to give way… or rather, she considered the matter unimportant.
They were the Sweet Commanders under a Four Emperor!
To have a dialogue, it should at least be someone at the level of the Disasters, right?
Could it be they should make way for a few small fries?
If she really did that, regardless of whether the mission could be completed, Big Mom wouldn't let them off easily after finding out.
For those at the level of a Sea Emperor, 'honor' was very important, even more important than actual benefits at certain times.
Some treated it as a reverse scale… others touching it meant a fight to the death.
Coincidentally, both Big Mom and Kaido were such people.
-Of course, some also treated it as a skill.
"Ms. Smoothie!?"
"Go forward."
Since they had adopted a tough stance, they must tough it out to the end… otherwise, they would be looked down upon even more.
The two ships thus ignored the semaphore signals from the people on the small boats, heading straight towards the same direction.
The emotions in both sides' hearts were pretty much the same.
"Tell Mom I'm not a coward!" "So you mean I am one?!"
Thus, don't drive angrily, and don't sail angrily.
The two ships' original speed wasn't slow. In just a dazed moment, they were already quite close to each other.
At this distance, both sides could clearly see the people on the other ship.
"Young Master Yamato, on the other side, not only is there Charlotte Smoothie, but also Cracker!"
Who's-Who still hadn't given up, wanting to persuade Yamato.
The recognizability of Cracker's biscuit armor shell was even higher than his original appearance… even the wanted posters depicted that square soldier figure.
Yet Yamato acted as if she didn't hear, her eyes brimming with fighting spirit, staring fixedly at the two tallest figures in the opposite crowd.
'Excellent!'
'The first time traveling far from home, I could encounter such a blood-boiling provocation!'
'This is how it should be!'
'This is right!'
When Yamato was acting chivalrously on Onigashima and in Wano Country, the other side could basically recognize her identity. Sometimes, they would even surrender without a fight.
And those ordinary pirates or thugs who didn't recognize her also basically couldn't withstand a single punch from her.
"Over there... Who's-Who, X Drake, seems like they're all 'Tobiroppo' members-"
"But that white-haired guy..."
Being pirate crews of the Four Emperors, plus constant friction between them, both sides were already extremely familiar with the other's high-level combatants.
Cracker glanced over and, as expected, didn't see the familiar faces of the Disasters.
'If it was just the Tobiroppo, then we really didn't need to give way.'
However, regarding Yamato, this unfamiliar face, Cracker paid a bit more attention.
"Whatever, one more, one less... makes no difference!"
"Smoothie, don't be too careless-"
Cracker still wanted to say something when he saw Smoothie beside him already swinging her long sword, unleashing an exaggerated slash.
"Anyway, they'll all sink into the sea!"
Seeing the flying slash attack wide enough to cut the entire ship in half, the minions on the Beasts Pirates' ship all showed somewhat frightened expressions.
Even Tobiroppo's members like Page One and Ulti were as if facing a great enemy.
Smoothie was not an opponent they could underestimate.
Seeing the battle had already begun, Who's-Who immediately changed his mindset.
Avoiding battle was one thing, fearing battle was another.
Bang! Bang!
As a former CP9's member, Who's-Who had naturally learned the Rokushiki. He even claimed to be a genius not inferior to Lucci.
His body rapidly expanded in mid-air, two long fangs extending out.
Zoan-type, Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Saber Tiger.
"Gag-"
Just as Who's-Who prepared to use his sharp fangs to unleash the [Gagan], an improved version of [Shigan], Yamato's figure shot out faster than him.
"Don't get in the way!"
She raised her kanabo, Takeru, behind her, gathering strength in mid-air.
"Hahahaha! Thunder-"
"-Bagua!!"
Boom!!!!!!
"Hmm?"
Sasuke, who was heading towards the Dressrosa's underground dock according to Viola's information, suddenly looked up towards the distant coast.
In fact, he wasn't the only one who made such a move.
The tremendous roar was still clear even from this far away.
Confusion, surprise, unease… all sorts of emotions were among the crowd.
Sasuke looked at the still somewhat distant journey ahead, then at the dock from where the sound came.
'-Forget it, better focus on the serious business.'
Of course, Sasuke could ignore the commotion at the dock, but as the rulers, the Donquixote Family couldn't.
"Bad news! Trebol-sama!"
"At the east port! There... there..."
A Donquixote Family's soldier wearing a strange mask ran into the Spade Army's headquarters. He had received news from the members at the dock.
Since Orochimaru temporarily took charge, the other Donquixote Family's members had changed the meeting location to the Spade Army's base where Trebol resided.
Regarding this, Orochimaru understood in his heart but showed no intention of interfering.
Everyone couldn't be of one mind anyway… as long as it didn't hinder his plan, it was fine.
"I heard."
Trebol's face was gloomy. Just a few minutes before this soldier arrived, the roar that shook Dressrosa had already reached them.
Judging from the direction of the sound, it could only be the east port.
"Who is it? Daring to cause trouble in the Donquixote Family's territory?"
Trebol felt he was really too aggrieved.
In the thirty years since participating in establishing the Donquixote Family, this was the first time they felt so aggrieved.
'When Doffy wasn't around, why did everyone dare to step on us?!'
This time, he would definitely let those people outside know that the Donquixote Family wasn't to be trifled with.
"It's... it's the ships of the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates!"
"Beasts! Big Mom!"
After hearing this, Trebol, who had just stood up, sat back down.
The several executives in the room, who had been indignant, also obediently sat back down.
The Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates... that's fine then.
Not to mention now… even when Doflamingo was still here, people from these two forces coming to Dressrosa might not necessarily give him the respect.
Let alone now.
And-
According to the intelligence Vergo sent back, wasn't Doflamingo captured by Big Mom's people?
Now things were troublesome.