One Piece: At the start, defeat Momonosuke and take Yamato to sea.

Chapter 34 Rebecca's Tragedy and Determination

Outside the arena.

Exhausted, Rebecca received her appearance fee and prize money for the day.

As a remnant of the royal family of Dressrosa, Rebecca could find almost no job opportunities in the country.

Even vendors were unwilling to sell her anything.

She wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for the toy soldiers raising her and Violet's secret support.

As a child, she was captured by human traffickers many times. In order to enable Rebecca to protect herself, the toy soldiers began to teach her swordsmanship when she was six or seven years old.

The toy soldiers were also wanted by Dressrosa for 'attacking humans with toys' because they repeatedly protected Rebecca and attacked human traffickers and pirates.

Violet, the user of the Gaze-Gaze ​​Fruit, had no choice but to join Doflamingo's crew, thus saving the lives of Riku III and Rebecca.

The Don Quixote family officials and the people of Dressrosa allowed Rebecca to continue living in the country out of respect for Violet.

But Rebecca's life was still very miserable.

Participating in gladiatorial matches is practically Rebecca's only chance to earn money.

Rebecca, holding the money she had risked her life for, headed towards an old lady's shop.

This is one of the few stores that are willing to sell things to Rebecca.

The old woman refused to believe that King Riku had massacred civilians, and she even sensed something eerie about the toy.

She knew the country was shrouded in darkness, but she was powerless to do anything about it except help poor Rebecca.

"Thank you, Grandma."

Rebecca put down the money, took the bread and food, and left the store quickly without lingering, because she didn't want to implicate the old lady because of her identity.

The old woman could only sigh as she looked at Rebecca's thin figure.

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Luo Ji and Yamato followed along, each holding a handful of skewers in their hands, eating as they went.

Xiaoyu, sitting on Komachiyo's back, was also eating heartily, occasionally pulling out a piece of meat to feed Komachiyo and Ushimaru.

“Princess Luo Ji, who is deeply oppressed in the kingdom, I think I smell an adventure.”

Yamato ate his grilled skewers with gusto, his eyes shining, and he spoke with his mouth bulging.

If her guess is correct, it must be that this Shichibukai Doflamingo used some kind of conspiracy to usurp the country and frame the royal family as criminals.

She seemed to have seen similar stories in some storybooks.

Moreover, Yamato really wants to defeat Doflamingo, who is ostensibly the strongest of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

After all, among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Doflamingo's bounty has stopped increasing.

Doflamingo is also the only Shichibukai who has thrived in the New World.

At least on the surface, he is indeed the strongest and most powerful among the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"That's right, this island is full of stories and adventures."

Luo Ji chuckled. Now they were the real powerhouses, and they had nothing to fear from Doflamingo, the local bully.

It doesn't matter if we cause a little more trouble.

As they entered the flower field, they quickly aroused the suspicion of a soldier with a broken leg.

Cyrus thought to himself, "Rebecca, that careless daughter, has been targeted by some unknown person again. It's really worrying."

"What a beautiful field of sunflowers!"

Tama rode on Komachiyo with Ushimaru by her side, running happily through the area, attracting even Yamato's attention with its beautiful scenery.

"I knew the sea was beautiful, and now I know that going on an adventure at sea is the real life!"

Yamato's eyes shone brightly; this was much more pleasant than Onigashima, with beautiful scenery she had never seen before.

"Huh, there seem to be some powerful little animals in the flower field."

Yamato's Observation Haki quickly spotted some small creatures hiding in the flower field.

This made her very eager to find out more.

This is perhaps the wonderful feeling of exploration and adventure.

"They're dwarfs. The Roger Pirates might never have encountered dwarfs before."

Luo Ji smiled slightly. Sure enough, following Rebecca would allow them to find these little guys much faster.

After all, the Lilliputians and the Riku royal family have been allies for hundreds of years.

The little people will definitely pay attention to Rebecca, this descendant of royalty.

Doflamingo and Caesar haven't started working on their artificial Devil Fruits yet, and they haven't been capturing Tontatta on a large scale to cultivate artificial Devil Fruit trees.

That means Princess Mansherry, who possesses the Paramecia-type Heal-Heal Fruit ability, is still inside Greenbit.

"Lilliputians?"

Yamato's eyes lit up like two bright lamps. This was the legendary 'fairy,' a rare race that was hard to come by.

"Good, good, then I can finally write a wonderful story in my logbook."

Yamato immediately sprawled on the ground like a husky, frantically sniffing for the presence of the little people.

Yamato's actions took Cyrus the surprise of the soldier who was secretly observing.

Has their revolutionary base been discovered?

It should be noted that the intelligence department of the Riku Kingdom's army, which he established in cooperation with the Lilliputians, was located underground in the flower field.

With the help of the dwarves, they can learn a great deal about the Don Quixote family's activities.

"Hey! Who are you? Get out of here right now!"

The toy soldier with the broken leg, holding a toy gun, suddenly roared and stared straight at the strangers.

"A talking toy! That's so cool!"

Yamato jumped up from the ground, looking excitedly at the special soldier toy.

Luo Ji crossed his arms and watched with great interest as the strongest gladiator was transformed into a toy.

If you say he's strong, then Doflamingo instantly cut off his leg; if you say he's weak, then he was able to defeat Diamante.

He doesn't even seem to know Armament Haki.

Its strength is like Schrödinger's cat, sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

The soldier Cyrus's voice also put Rebecca on high alert, and she ran back and drew her sword.

"Soldier, what's going on?"

Rebecca asked nervously, sensing a strong sense of threat emanating from the two men.

"Cyrus, how could you let your daughter participate in such a dangerous gladiatorial match?"

"And you, Rebecca, do you want to become stronger? Do you want to defeat Doflamingo? Maybe I can help you."

Luo Ji looked at the wary person and toy, and said calmly.

"You actually know me?!"

Toy Cyrus's eyes widened. How could anyone still remember him? His memories had been erased by that wretched Devil Fruit power.

Even the legendary gladiator statue with the three thousand consecutive wins is just a new legend added by others and has basically nothing to do with Cyrus.

"You can defeat Doflamingo?"

Rebecca didn't care about her daughter; all she wanted was to defeat the Donquixote Family, avenge her mother, and avenge the Riku royal family.

"If I were to completely break away from the Riku royal family and become my crew member in exchange for the chance to defeat Doflamingo, would you be willing?"

Luo Ji didn't want to be a nanny; protecting every crew member's country was too heavy a responsibility.

"I'm willing! But how do I know you have the strength to deal with Doflamingo!"

Rebecca said without hesitation that as King Riku's granddaughter, she was not originally the heir to the kingdom.

Above her is her aunt, Princess Violet, who is a direct heir.

Moreover, since he could not defeat the Donquixote Family, the royal status could never be returned to King Riku.

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