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"The wind is strong today…"
"Indeed it is, your majesty."
In the royal palace of the Goa Kingdom, the king was conversing with one of his ministers about a staged incident from the previous night.
"Accidents can easily happen in such wind. We must ensure there are no unfortunate fires or similar disasters," he added.
"Very true, Your Majesty."
…
"Sabo is missing?!! Damn, that useless son of mine...!! Find him!! Search the elite district!!"
"He won't leave this district that easily." Upon hearing the news of his son's disappearance, Outlook III was enraged.
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"A fire at the trash heap tonight?"
"Well, yes, of course, I know about it. What about it? Where did you come from, anyway, Little Boy?"
Sabo's expression darkened as he asked another noble, who seemed to know about the fire.
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..
"Well, yes… I do know about the fire tonight, but I don't think it's something worth making a fuss over."
This time, Sabo questioned an elderly noble, hoping for a different answer, but his reply shocked Sabo even more.
"We wouldn't want the people outside the elite district finding out, now, would we...?"
"We are a special breed. If you are from a noble family, you should understand that…"
"Aaaghhhhh!!!"
Sabo recoiled and fell backward, feeling as though he was speaking to a madman.
"Young man…!?"
"Over there! Isn't that him?!"
"It's the runaway!!"
Sabo started running as soon as one of the pursuers his father had sent recognized him.
("Ace…!! Luffy…!!! This whole district is insane…!!! They all know these people are going to be killed… yet they carry on with their lives…!!")
("You have to get out of the trash heap!!! Tonight, the people of this country… Are going to try and burn all the 'filth' in the trash heap to the ground!!!")
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"My kingdom of Goa is finished after this chapter…"
The King of Goa tried to tear apart the manga volume he was reading, but no matter how hard he tried, the volume was indestructible—it was an original.
He couldn't believe that such a plan, to burn down the Gray Terminal with all its inhabitants—a scheme many previous generations of kings had thought about but never implemented—was being carried out during his reign.
He even saw himself in the manga, fabricating the facts with his minister and making the staged crime appear as a mere fire accident spread by the wind.
The young king suddenly seemed older than his manga counterpart at that moment. The weight of this event on him was unimaginable. The global outcry it would cause was bound to be enormous.
"The world will now consider the King of Goa and the nobles living in the elite district as lunatics… What's the difference between them and pirates?"
"They're even worse than pirates. The king gave his word to the pirate he hired to carry out the task, promising him a noble title. But then he betrayed him, leaving him trapped in the fire he had started…"
The royal family stared at each other with frightened eyes, as if they could feel the intense anger in the air directed at them.
…
The nobles outside the royal palace were in an even worse state.
"Oh my god… is that me?!"
"Why am I portrayed as the villain in the manga?!"
The man who just shouted was the old nobleman Sabo had spoken to earlier. His eyes bulged in shock after recognizing himself in the manga.
"Hahaha! It doesn't matter! The important thing is I still have another decade to live!"
The elderly noble shouted as if he had won the lottery.
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Art Store, Green Terminal:
"Why are people cursing us?! Did we do anything like that yet? Don't you see that we personally helped clean up the Gray Terminal in real life!?"
"The manga's reality is entirely different from ours! Why are you so desperate to tear us apart? Reality is one thing, and manga is another!"
"We didn't burn anything down in this life! The Gray Terminal disappeared because of the combined effort of the king and the nobles. I personally spent a fortune supporting the resources for the cleanup!"
The nobles from the elite district fiercely defended themselves against the emotional readers who nearly tore them to pieces if not for the strict rules inside the art store.
"Pigs never change!"
"You think you're nobles just because you're a little wealthier?!"
"Or is it because your father was a noble, so you think you are too?!"
"In Mr. Rob's world, there are no nobles or kings! Everyone is equal! Even if I filed a complaint against the King of Goa and was in the right, I could have him thrown in the central prison!"
"The era of nobles and social classes is over, you real trash! This is the world of justice and democracy! Even the Celestial Dragons, for whom you committed this atrocious crime, are worth less than an ordinary human in this world!"
The regular readers erupted in fury, once again provoked by the chapter, reacting just like Sabo, who thought everyone in the elite district was insane.
The elite nobles of Goa fell silent, hiding their heads in shame.
Even Outlook III and his wife were sweating, unable to respond.
But what caught their attention most at that moment was something they thought they had forgotten.
Something that had to do with the boy named Sabo.
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Ohara:
"What a world, corrupt to the core… Fufufu~"
"I love how the master draws the filth of the world! Ehehehehehe~"
Doffy laughed with a wicked expression, perfectly fitting his character.
"Just wait, to see how your master will draw your filth, Doffy~ You'll see that this is nothing in comparison."
Doflamingo felt the weight of his teacher's hand on his shoulder and smiled when he looked into his face.
"This is the part I'm most excited about, Teacher… I want to see how far my 'villain self' will go with his cunning, manipulation, and crimes."
"You'd love to fight him in the Games World, wouldn't you?"
Rob smiled as he read the thoughts of one of his most intriguing students.
Seeing this scene and hearing Rob's words, both Matri and Homing grew anxious, their foreheads sweating… If Rob said that their son's monstrosity exceeded that of the King of Goa and his nobles, that meant Doffy had done things too horrible to overlook or forgive.
Strangely, both Rob and Doffy seemed at peace with it, as if it were nothing.
Rob even appeared to be joking, as though it wasn't a big deal, despite the fact that it would make his student hated by the entire world!
As for Doffy, he didn't care at all. He even seemed to be eagerly awaiting it.
Rosinante and Enel stared in awe at the duo.
"Ah, my counterpart has done many evil things too. He destroyed an entire island and killed countless souls, but it didn't really affect my reputation. Now I, Enel, am a beloved character that many One Piece fans are eagerly waiting to return!"
Enel gave his opinion on love or hate from the fans from his perspective.
"Heh~ Doffy will be more beloved than you, don't think that just because of his crimes, he'll be hated," Rob replied.
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Sorbet Kingdom:
"The fires have already started… They're consuming everything in sight…"
"Why haven't you shown up yet? It seems I've won the bet."
Garp said this with an angry expression, even though he should have been happy to win the bet.
How could he not be angry? Goa was his home… Seeing this corruption beyond logic made Garp want to crush them all.
Dragon stared lifelessly at the flames consuming everything in the Gray Terminal.
"This world needs deep reform… Deep enough to reclaim our real world."
"This world is contaminated with filth… The kind that needs to be burned away."
"Sabo, my son, I hope I'll see my counterpart save you from the corruption of your world."
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 796: I'm So Ashamed of Being Born a Noble!!
Chapter 797: Dragon Takes Action.
Chapter 798: Ace Awakens the Conqueror's Haki!
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