After walking down a corridor lined with a bright red carpet and entering a huge conference room, a maid inside stepped forward to pour tea.
Sitting at the negotiation table prepared by the other party, Domino quietly waited to see Doflamingo’s move.
Meanwhile, Trebol made an excuse to place a phone call.
When he returned, he was even more enthusiastic and blurted out on the spot.
“So it is former Marine Major Domino Dodo.
Your presence here is truly an honor for the Donquixote Family.”
As he spoke, snot visibly flowed into his mouth…
Watching this made Domino thoroughly uncomfortable, so she quickly turned her head away.
“Our identity is very special, so it isn’t convenient to disclose it to you.
Next, we will select female members of your family to come in for questioning.”
She thought to herself: [Since he can accurately call out my name and rank, he must have verified it with Vergo.
Consider it an extra insurance policy for me.]
Seeing this, Trebol spoke up eagerly: “Then please wait a moment while I organize the list of family members!”
Thinking to himself: [No matter what you’re planning, I’ll hand you a fake list in a moment, and then send you off with a ship full of fake members.]
Domino let out a disdainful sneer and pulled out a small notebook right then and there: “I don’t need your list.
Let me see…
String-String Fruit Doflamingo…
Mucus-Mucus Fruit Trebol…
Stone-Stone Pica…
Ripple-Ripple Diamante…”
She casually read out the names of the family’s executives and their respective Devil Fruit abilities, making Trebol’s face twitch in shock.
“Ahaha…
I didn’t expect the World Government to know the Donquixote Family so well?”
Right now, he was constantly worried in his heart that the Young Master’s plan might be exposed.
Intentionally laughing it off here was just to disrupt the other party’s thoughts, and incidentally dismiss the maid standing off to the side.
Domino immediately put on a look of regret: “I’m sorry!
I mistakenly thought this maid was Baby-5, who possesses the Arms-Arms Fruit, which led to the leak of your family’s intelligence.”
“It doesn’t matter!
Since you mentioned Baby-5, should I call her over to serve you?”
But in his mind, he thought: [This investigator named Domino knows too much.
Should I take her out to protect our secrets?]
Domino pretended to flip through the intelligence in her hand, casually spouting nonsense: “You’ve used Vivre Cards before, right?
The Government has a Dream-Dream Fruit that can obtain whatever intelligence it wants through dreams.”
Her underlying message was: even if you kill me, it’s useless.
Obediently cooperating with my investigation is the only sensible thing to do.
“Ahahaha, the World Government sure has it convenient over there.”
[What should I do?
This investigator cannot be touched.]
“This Rosinante, who possessed the Calm-Calm Fruit, was probably purged by you internally.
In that case, call over this Violet with the Glare-Glare Fruit for questioning.”
The first half of the sentence was a feint; the second half was the real target.
At this moment, Trebol’s head was buzzing.
He nodded numbly in agreement and then went down to pass along the message.
Sadi-chan, standing to the side, said: “Big Sister, can this Swim-Swim Fruit owned by Senior Pink really allow him to swim on the ground?” She was clearly playing along to keep pressing the other party.
This hit Trebol like a bolt from the blue, his mind constantly warning himself: [If even a minor investigator can capture an executive alive, I definitely cannot make the first move.
After all, we’ve already been completely crushed in terms of intelligence.]
Shortly after Trebol left, Baby-5 appeared dressed in a maid outfit and stepped forward on her own initiative to pour tea for them.
Upon seeing the merely 22-year-old Baby-5, Domino was moved and immediately stood up to hold her hands.
“Xiao Wu, so you were here!
I searched so hard for you!
It’s me, your good sister Domino!”
As she spoke, she became emotionally excited.
Even she felt it was a bit cliché, but to win the beauty’s heart, she had to play along no matter how cliché it was.
At this moment, Baby-5, called Xiao Wu, looked at Domino with a bewildered face.
“I am Xiao Wu…
and your sister?
But why don’t I have any recollection?
Did I lose my memory?”
Thinking to herself: [Am I needed by someone?]
Unexpectedly, Domino turned around and changed her tone: “And you claim you don’t force women to be pirates, yet you actually captured my Xiao Wu to be a pirate?”
Right after saying that, she was about to start raising a fuss without reason!
This made the newly returned Trebol’s head buzz, and he hurriedly stepped forward with an apologetic smile:
“I think this must be a misunderstanding.
Baby-5 was rescued from the brink of starvation by the Young Master, so she couldn’t possibly be your…”
“Shut up!” Domino roughly interrupted him, then shifted into inducing a false memory:
“Years ago when we sisters were separated, a Devil Fruit was left behind.
I wanted to go into the sea to fish, but fell into the ocean…
by a stroke of luck, I was rescued by Admiral Zephyr.”
While speaking, she pulled Baby-5 over and pulled back her clothing slightly: “Look, our chests look identical!
Today, I am determined to rescue you and pull you out of this pirate lair.”
She lifted up the feature on Xiao Wu’s chest and brought it closer to her own to compare, using it as proof that they were blood sisters.
The word “shameless” flashed through Trebol’s mind, but rationality told him that the other party had mentioned the title “Admiral Zephyr.”
“Ahaha, so Baby-5 is your family member.
She is still Doflamingo’s younger sister right now.
Our family can accept anyone, and of course, we are willing to accept you as well.”
Thinking to himself: [I can’t let her take Baby-5 away, otherwise the Young Master will be unhappy.
I need to find a way to stall her.]
“Cut the useless talk!
You went against Saint Shalria’s wishes—are you trying to make an enemy of the World Government?”
But in her heart, she was calculating: [Borrowing the Celestial Dragons’ name—since I can’t beat them in combat, I’ll crush them with sheer influence!]
“Miss Domino, how about you wait here for a few days until the Young Master returns before making a decision?”
Thinking to himself: [Everything needs to be stalled until Doffy returns.]
“Hmm, that works too!
While you’re at it, prepare a wedding for Xiao Wu and me.
I want to never be parted from her.”
As she spoke, she pulled Baby-5 into her arms and gently stroked her: “Xiao Wu, you’ve gotten so thin.
From now on, please let me protect you…”
“Wait a moment…
both of you are women…”
“Just do as I say!
Why are you being so indecisive?
Since Xiao Wu likes getting married, then I will satisfy her wish!”
After saying that, out of professional instinct, she began inspecting Xiao Wu in her arms, mainly searching for listening devices and identifying family marks.
“Marriage!
You’re really willing to marry me?”
Held in her arms, Baby-5 finally reacted, looking at Domino with an expression of disbelief.
“Mm!
I’m not that bad guy Doflamingo, who always tries every trick in the book to block you from walking down the aisle.
From now on, we are family.
Please call me Domino.”
At this moment, Domino felt secretly delighted.
Doflamingo often stopped Baby-5 from getting into shotgun marriages, which conveniently allowed her to break the deadlock herself—this was the prime perk of knowing the plot inside out.
Trebol repeatedly reminded her: “But Lady Domino, both you and Baby-5 are women.
No one has ever heard of two women getting married.”
But in his mind he cursed: [Poaching our people with such a clumsy method, this person named Domino is truly despicable.]
“Xiao Wu, are you willing to change your name for me and marry me?”
Skipping straight to the proposal step, saving trouble from future complications…
“Since I, Baby-5, am going to become your wife, I am willing to change my name for you and become your family.”
Next came the moment to seal the love with a kiss…
Seeing this, Trebol was even more flustered as he tried to stop them: “Please wait a moment!
I’ll call and ask the Young Master right now!”
He pulled out a Den Den Mushi and dialed the number directly…
The Den Den Mushi in Trebol’s hand put on sunglasses almost instantly:
“Trebol, what happened?”
“Young Master, the Government investigator Domino wants to take Baby-5 away, insisting that she’s her long-lost family member.”
“Ho—there is actually such a coincidence?
In that case, could you wait two days?
I will return to Dressrosa immediately.”
Domino’s mind was already in total panic, but she didn’t forget to chime in: “And you want me to wait two days for you, delaying my upcoming itinerary?
Do you expect Saint Shalria to wait for you as well?”
From the Den Den Mushi came: “…Since it concerns a Celestial Dragon, do as you please.
I will contact you again later.”
Domino knew that although he seemed to back down, he actually intended to strike a fatal blow after she left the port.
Today, she had to eliminate any future troubles once and for all.