On the ship, watching the badly damaged Flamingo sail away, Gion slowly withdrew her gaze.
"Saint Ross, Doflamingo still harbors ulterior motives."
"If he didn't have ulterior motives, he wouldn't be Doflamingo. But he's a smart man and knows what he should do."
Ross smiled indifferently; Doflamingo would always be an ungrateful dog.
However, if the owner is too powerful, even if the dog cannot be tamed, it will remain obedient for life and dare not have any thoughts of rebellion.
"I still don't think he's a smart person, otherwise he wouldn't have approached us on his own initiative."
Gion shook her head in bewilderment, even thinking that Doflamingo was comparable to those foolish pirates, otherwise he wouldn't have rammed their ship.
"If I were just an ordinary Celestial Dragon, I might actually have been fooled by him," Ross chuckled.
Doflamingo came to him simply to seek cooperation, trying to bribe him with money or rare gadgets.
If it were Charloss or Rosward, they might actually have been intimidated by Doflamingo, and it wouldn't be surprising if they ended up cooperating.
Even for Ross, forming a cooperative relationship with Doflamingo would be very beneficial, and given Doflamingo's barely-connected status with the Celestial Dragons, most people would normally agree.
However, given Ross's current strength, there's no need to negotiate a cooperation with Doflamingo; it would be better to simply annex him.
Aside from his talent and strength, Ross quite admired Doflamingo. In terms of management and ability to develop strength, Doflamingo was far superior to Crocodile, who was also a future Shichibukai.
Amelia Island.
This is an uninhabited island located in the North Blue.
On the beach, a mature woman with short blonde hair was breathing heavily. Her white suit, which symbolized the CP0, was torn in several places, and blood was still seeping from some of them.
"Doctor, are there any other options? If we don't make a decision soon, this might be our final resting place."
Even when faced with dire circumstances, Stussy was still smiling, with a hint of mockery on her face.
She was a member of CP0 responsible for monitoring Vegapunk. After receiving orders from the World Government to deal with Vegapunk, she escaped with him without hesitation.
But the World Government is not to be trifled with. Both she and Vegapunk have Vivre Cards with the World Government, not to mention that the World Government also supports a group of people with tracking abilities.
Their days on the run had exhausted almost all their resources.
Even the boat they used to escape was destroyed before they even reached the island.
"Let me think, let me think..."
Vegapunk was a short, middle-aged man with an enormous head. He stuck out a long, thick tongue and had a blank expression, but this is how he was when he was thinking.
"Plan A: build a ship and escape as quickly as possible. With Stussy's capabilities, it would take 3 hours to build a ship."
"Plan B..."
"The final solution is to contact Dragon and request his support. As long as I have enough materials, I can block the tracking of us by the Vivre Cards and the ability users."
"Doctor, I suggest we skip directly to the final solution."
Stussy tore the white cloak to shreds and treated her injuries. They no longer had the luxury of causing trouble.
They were able to hold on until some heavyweight figures came.
Now that the Celestial Dragons' Celestial Hunt is over, their lives will definitely be even more difficult.
"Then let's contact Dragon and the Kingdom of Giants," Vegapunk sighed.
This is a last resort.
He originally estimated that the World Government would not take action against him so soon, and that he would be fully prepared by the time the World Government no longer needed him.
Unlike now, he wasn't prepared at all, and he hadn't even returned to the lab when the World Government ordered Stussy to get rid of him.
Fortunately, Stussy had been one of his men since he joined the World Government, otherwise he wouldn't have had a chance to escape.
"I'll contact them now."
Stussy was a woman of action; she decisively took out a Den Den Mushi and contacted Dragon.
"This is Dragon."
Dragon's calm voice came through.
"This is Vegapunk, Mr. Dragon. We need your help. The World Government has issued a kill order against us," Vegapunk briefly explained the situation.
He was just a scientist, not some kind of powerful figure.
Without enough materials and time, he can't do anything.
If given twenty years, even if the World Government wanted to take him down, it wouldn't be so easy.
"Where are you located? I'll personally go and provide support right now," Dragon said in a deep voice.
Dragon is well aware of Vegapunk's value, and he is invaluable to the Revolutionary Army.
Vegapunk's willingness to make this call indicates his willingness to join their revolutionary army, which is undoubtedly the greatest benefit for the revolutionary army.
"I am on the island of Amelia in the North Blue."
"I will definitely be able to get there within two days at most. Stay in touch," Dragon said decisively.
"Mr. Dragon, we're afraid we won't be able to wait for you any longer," Stussy suddenly said.
"what happened?"
Dragon didn't know Stussy, but he was aware of the seriousness of the problem.
"The World Government's people who are hunting us have arrived, and this is quite a large force. Based on my Observation Haki, there are at least three people on that ship whose presence makes me tremble."
Stussy muttered to herself, her gaze fixed on the ship that had suddenly appeared in the distance.
It was a ship flying the flags of the World Government and the Jaygarcia family. Just by scanning it with her Observation Haki, she felt a sharp pain in her mind.
Their end has come!
"I'll get there as soon as possible, you guys try to stall for time. Also, don't hang up on Den Den Mushi, so I can check on your situation at any time."
After hastily finishing his speech, Dragon abruptly ended the Revolutionary Army meeting that had just begun. Within seconds, he appeared in the air, and a gust of wind swept past, carrying him rapidly toward the North Blue.
"Doctor, we're probably doomed this time."
Stussy smiled, picked up the Den Den Mushi, and put it into Vegapunk's white lab coat pocket.
"Stussy, buy me some time. Dragon, stop coming here. I'll remember what I'm saying," Vegapunk said solemnly.
"good!"
After a long while, Dragon finally spoke.
His figure hovered in the air, holding paper and pen in his hand, his already gloomy face appearing even more somber.
Since Vegapunk had said that, he knew exactly what it meant.
"Let me first explain what I understand about the essence of Devil Fruits. Essentially, Devil Fruits..."
Vegapunk spoke at length about his research findings, while the distant ships slowly approached.
But the people on the ship didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, as if they were confident that they had them cornered.
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