"Fofo-fofo-fofo.
A battle between the Evil Army and the Warlord's heavy firepower weapons?
This war is going to be very interesting," Donquixote Doflamingo, the Heavenly Yaksha in his flamingo coat, watched the projection Den Den Mushi in the palace of Dressrosa, a wicked smile spreading across his face.
When the Gorosei's order arrived, Doflamingo had no intention of protesting.
He simply used the opportunity to immediately sell all the newly acquired weapons to the Kingdom of Antonhal.
It wasn't because he was obedient to the Gorosei, but because this deal was extremely profitable for him.
He had spent 1.5 billion Berries on this batch of weapons and ammunition, and he sold them for 3.5 billion.
Furthermore, his initial purchase was mostly to probe his 'new colleague,' hoping to initiate a collaboration.
Now, a fool was not only willing to buy the weapons at more than double the price but was also providing a free testing ground for the weapons.
Why wouldn't he agree?
His new Warlord colleague was also cooperative, even providing an extra batch of weapons to Antonhal and selling ammunition under the name of 'international relief.'
Of course, all these were purchased at an inflated price.
Antonhal also agreed to prioritize providing Axium Ore to Poltorto, the Poltorto, at half the market price and to allocate a piece of land for him to build a factory.
Based on this alone, Doflamingo realized his new colleague was definitely not a good person.
This was excellent!
Doflamingo realized that among the original Warlords, he had no one he could cooperate with.
Moria was evil but too stupid.
Crocodile pretended to be a good person and wouldn't collude with him.
Hancock and Mihawk had no basis for cooperation.
Jinbe and Bartholomew Kuma were simply too benevolent.
In the end, Doflamingo had no allies among the Warlords.
This Poltorto, who replaced Moria, was strong, not a good person, and smart.
He was the perfect ally for Doflamingo!
"Doffy, the same projection Den Den Mushi was also sent to many people in the underground world," Diamante, a family executive, said loudly.
"Fofo-fofo-fofo, it seems that Poltorto fellow has big ambitions," Doflamingo's glasses glinted, and he let out his usual eerie, spine-chilling laugh.
This war would be a product showcase.
The outcome might be uncertain, but if the weapons performed well, the Poltorto Poltorto would replace many others in the underground world to become the world's second-largest arms dealer!
As for the first? Besides the World Government, who would dare call themselves the world's number one arms dealer.
"So, Young Master, you favor Antonhal?" Baby 5, a maid smoking a cigarette, frowned.
"No, I still think Germa 66 will ultimately win the war," Doflamingo crossed his hands, smiling wickedly.
"But the Vinsmoke family will definitely suffer heavy losses in this war...
losses that Vinsmoke Judge cannot bear."
Meanwhile, at the Kingdom of Antonhal, the person in the black hooded robe revealed his true face: it was a nobody pirate lackey.
His name was unimportant.
His current designation was Praying Hand No.
6, Shin's sixth Praying Hand, positioned as the expert for the new weapons.
Over the past three days, he had been intensely training the soldiers of the Kingdom of Antonhal.
The training merely involved teaching these soldiers, who were still stuck in the era of musketry lines, how to use modern heavy firepower.
Their opponent was Germa 66, the ruthless Evil Army.
Without using strategic weapons, Antonhal had little hope of victory.
Shin understood this, but he wouldn't sell any strategic weapons to these people.
The Gorosei would not allow such a thing, and compared to the people of Antonhal, Shin placed greater importance on cooperating with Germa 66.
Sometimes, Shin truly felt he was becoming colder and more cruel.
Looking through the eyes of No.
6 at the soldiers training hard, especially the young soldiers forced onto the battlefield because their country was about to fall, with their young faces full of hope, he felt he was being too cruel.
Those innocent youths, full of hope and a desire to save their country, were heading toward the brutal frontline, a meat grinder.
Yet, for his own benefit, he was leading them toward a devastating defeat.
The more violently they resisted now, the more miserable the retaliation would be when the city fell.
While he could find a thousand reasons to explain that what he was doing wasn't evil, deep down, he knew exactly what he was doing.
But he still felt guilty...and continued.
Feeling guilt was a good thing; it meant his humanity was still intact, and his emotions and everything else hadn't been completely eroded by the Poltorto's suit and the mental subjugation machine.
The only shameless excuse he could give himself was that this world was a cycle.
History and time were like a knot in a loop, only constantly beginning, never truly ending.
If the system wasn't lying to him, then it should be so.
War, which used to be so far away, was now right on his doorstep.
And he was even a crucial link in starting this massive war and causing countless casualties.
Sometimes, life felt...incredibly strange.
After a brief moment of sentimentality and distraction, No.6 returned to the task of training the soldiers.
Tomorrow would be a new dawn of war.
...
Dring-a-ling-a-ling!
The sharp sound of the alarm clock rang in Germa's empty throne room.
Judge turned off the alarm clock with a cold expression.
Three days, seventy-two hours, had passed.
As a scientist, Judge had a very strong sense of time.
He had given the World Government only three days to explain what had happened.
He didn't expect the Gorosei to lower themselves to apologize, but at the very least, they should have sent a government official to explain.
Since they hadn't sent anyone and showed such disrespect to the Vinsmoke family, he wouldn't show the Gorosei any respect either.
"Order the army to march. Notify the commanders: Ichiji will lead the first army, Niji the second, Yonji the third, and Reiju will remain in the center. According to the original plan, take Kahat within three hours. Kill anyone who resists!"
Judge coldly issued the order to attack.
Soon, the army, which had been ready for three days, marched toward the isolated city.
"So, what did that trash prepare during the three days they wasted our time?"
Yonji, followed by a thousand cloned soldiers, looked at the city of Kahat and sneered.
"I heard they only dug many trenches outside the city during these three days. We also frequently heard gunshots inside the city, probably training," the adjutant answered truthfully.
He paused for a moment and added, "However, we received intelligence yesterday, Your Majesty, that Warlord Poltorto, the Poltorto, provided a batch of new firearms and cannons to King Rabbit III."
"Hmph, trash is trash. They're still trash even with some decent guns!" Yonji scoffed.
He had fought Antonhal's soldiers too many times.
These mortals, governed by useless emotions and foolish fear, didn't even deserve to be compared to him, a Vinsmoke masterpiece, let alone his cloned soldiers.
The cloned soldiers were the most perfect soldiers on the sea-loyal, brave, fearless, and strictly disciplined.
Even the Four Emperors coveted the cloned soldiers produced by Germa's great technology.
What good could a mere Warlord's new weapons do?
"Attack! Tear apart the trash in that city!"
On the walls of Kahat, the Foreign Minister, pale-faced, watched the cloned army approaching from three directions.
He gripped the handle of his gun nervously and asked No. 6 beside him.
"Is it okay? Is it really okay?"
"Relax. If there were a problem, I wouldn't be standing here with you to face it," No. 6 reassured him.
"Just proceed according to our plan. And even if something goes wrong-we will ensure your safety."
Saying this, No. 6 placed a black projection Den Den Mushi on top of the city wall.
The eyes of the Den Den Mushi reflected a strange light, and immediately, the Den Den Mushi in front of the major figures of the underground world rang out.
The war had begun.
The product showcase had begun.
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