Good fortune never comes in pairs, and misfortune never comes alone.
While Trebol was still headache over the conflict that was about to erupt (had already ended) at the dock, a minion who couldn't read the atmosphere brought him another piece of bad news.
"Trebol-sama, someone is causing trouble at the colosseum!"
"What did you say? That kind of small matter..."
Trebol was a bit impatient, wanting to tell this guy to get lost. Couldn't he see they were discussing matters concerning the life and death of the Donquixote Family right now?
If there was a troublemaker at the colosseum, then just bring people to suppress them. It wasn't the first time.
After all, they were gladiators, it was normal to have a hot temper.
Plus, the Corrida Colosseum was also open to non-Dressrosa people. With all sorts of characters on the sea, one or two wanting to cause trouble was completely normal.
"Th-that person is the leader of the Happo Navy, [Chinjao]! He has already defeated many of our comrades. We can't even get close!"
The minion looked as if he was about to cry.
Facing Chinjao, whose strength hadn't declined and who possessed all three types of Haki, they were no match even with rifles and cannons.
Now the other side was on a rampage in the Corrida Colosseum… they were utterly helpless.
-This was also part of Chinjao and the others' plan.
Chinjao's size and way of moving determined he couldn't do infiltration work. In that case, it was better for him to attract the enemy's attention, buying time for the others.
"Chinjao? Why would that guy come here?"
Perhaps because they had offended too many people, Trebol simply couldn't connect Chinjao's appearance with the arms business near the Kano Country.
After all, their arms were sold all over the sea.
'Damn it, if the Young Master were here, how could these people act so arrogantly like now.'
"Pica, take Gladius and Lao G to the Corrida Colosseum. The rest, come with me to the dock."
Although they were all executives, Trebol, as the 'elder' and 'strategist', actually held higher authority within the Donquixote Family than the others.
With Doflamingo captured and Diamante controlled, he was the only remaining leader in the family.
"Okay."
Pica responded in his high-pitched voice.
"Don't be careless, Pica."
The recent run of bad luck made Trebol's mindset more cautious.
"Don't worry, it's just an old, washed-up pirate."
Hearing Pica's words, Trebol couldn't say more.
"Hmm? Buffalo, where's Baby 5?"
At this point, Trebol noticed one person missing from the group, frowning as he asked.
"I... I don't know."
Suddenly asked this, the spinning-top-looking Buffalo belatedly reacted.
"That woman... Forget it, let's not worry about her for now."
Trebol cursed in his heart, didn't waste more time on Baby 5's whereabouts.
The urgent matter was to handle the impending crisis.
Trebol had already made a decision in his heart.
With their current strength, they were insufficient to act as mediators to resolve conflicts.
So, what he needed to do wasn't to downplay the matter, but rather go over and stir things up.
He planned to bring the family's elite members to help one side eliminate the other.
This way, they could not only show determination to one side but also shift the conflict over Dressrosa to between the two major forces.
The cost was that until Doflamingo returned, they would have to temporarily become vassals of one side.
This was also a move of necessity.
As for helping whom?
The Young Master was captured by the Big Mom side. They and the Donquixote Family were already naturally in opposition.
So what other choice was there? Definitely help the Beasts Pirates side.
...
Setting aside whether Trebol's move to show loyalty would be accepted by Yamato, this was actually the first time Sasuke felt puzzled by his own Genjutsu.
"Going down from there is the Donquixote Family's underground port, and here is the SMILE production workshop."
Baby 5, wearing a maid outfit, walked in front of Sasuke, her attitude and expression as natural as introducing products to a guest.
Genjutsu could indeed control others to a certain extent, but he remembered he didn't seem to have time to use Genjutsu on her.
'Really... a strange person.'
Ten minutes ago, Sasuke, heading towards the underground port according to Viola's clues, encountered Baby 5 wandering nearby.
The directions Viola gave were still too rough, only a vague location. Upon arrival, Sasuke still needed to search around a bit.
Unfortunately, his Observation Haki's coverage was limited. Otherwise, if it were like Naruto's, he probably would have directly blitzed the underground dock as soon as he arrived on the island.
Baby 5 didn't appear in Viola's intelligence, so theoretically, even if Sasuke saw this woman smoking with guns and cannons on her back, he wouldn't consider her an enemy.
However, perhaps considering Baby 5's personality, Doflamingo always arranged subordinates to follow her nearby, preventing someone from tricking Baby 5 into marriage with just any random sentence.
Those subordinates' uniform attire was the best indicator.
Thus, in the Genjutsu, those minions were the first to fall unconscious. Then Sasuke wanted to question Baby 5.
"Although I know it's unlikely, I still hope you can take me to the place where Doflamingo secretly stores arms."
As he said this, the Sharingan had already turned towards Baby 5, about to use Genjutsu on her in the next moment.
However, Baby 5's response came faster than the Genjutsu.
"Eh!? Ne... needed? You need me?"
The previously impatient gun-cannon maid immediately covered her mouth with both hands, looking incredulous.
Then she lowered her head, just avoiding Sasuke's line of sight.
"Okay, I'm happy to be of service~"
"?"
…
"This place was originally guarded by Senor Pink, but he was turned into stone in the last battle, so now Dellinger is in charge here."
It must be said, Baby 5's service attitude was quite thorough. Not only did she actively lead the way for Sasuke, an enemy, she even introduced the opponents he might encounter next.
"...Is that so? Then… thank you?"
Even with Sasuke's considerable experience, this was still the first time he encountered someone like Baby 5.
Different from the Ninja World, this sea was still too vast… there were all sorts of people.
As the saying goes.
The bigger the place, the more eccentric people… the smaller the place, the more eccentric they are.
This was reflected in both the crazies of the Ninja World and the oddballs of the pirates.
"Ahhh~ This... is this a proposal? Yes… I'd love to!"
Unsurprisingly, Baby 5 immediately misinterpreted Sasuke's words as a marriage proposal and agreed at lightning speed.
Sasuke was speechless, lines of sweat appearing on his forehead.
He really hadn't encountered this situation before.
'What was this? A honey trap?'
'But this wasn't the result I wanted-'
Somewhat at a loss, Sasuke's gaze glanced to the side and happened to see a person dressed in Donquixote Family's minion attire placing a half-person-tall wooden barrel on top of a building.
In fact, on the way here, Sasuke had noticed many people similar to him.
Those people placed barrels of various sizes in different locations.
Hospitals, restaurants, inns, markets... basically places with high human traffic.
"What are they doing?"
Not understanding, just ask. Sasuke directly pointed across.
"Ah~ Dear, what did you say… oh, them? It's still that guy named Orochimaru, having us cooperate to do some 'experimental data collection' or something."
Baby 5, who had already changed her address, having completed the wedding with Sasuke in her mind, looked over with flushed cheeks.
"Orochimaru?"