After standing still and calming himself for a long time, Doflamingo finally regained his composure.
At that moment, he suddenly looked up at the sky. A man wearing a "Justice" cape and a yellow-striped outfit, with a sleazy expression on his face, had appeared in his sight!
"Kizaru..."
Doflamingo was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned cold.
He noticed that Kizaru's gaze wasn't friendly, and he figured it was probably because of how the Celestial Dragons had just treated him.
But he didn't pay Kizaru any attention. He was a Warlord of the Sea now, so he wasn't worried about Kizaru making a move against him. With that, he continued toward the hotel.
Inside the hotel, Lindegas was already arguing with Isred and the others.
"I'm telling you, Isred, and all of you—if you dare lay a finger on these women, I'll fight you to the death!" Lindegas shouted.
"Yahaha! Hahaha!"
"Lindegas, have you fallen so low? You're actually pleading for these lowly people? As Celestial Dragons, we look down on you!" Isred mocked.
"Who said I was pleading for them?"
"You, Isred, have no right to make me beg. These women are all married, which is exactly why I want them!"
"Zehahahaha!"
"Hey!"
"Take them all to my room!"
Lindgas ignored Isred's reaction and immediately ordered his servants to take the women Isred had captured into his room.
Isred was so furious that his face turned red, and his veins bulged.
"Hey, hey, hey!!!"
"Isred, don't tell me you're actually attached to these women? Tsk tsk tsk, the great Saint Isred falling for a few commoners..."
"Bastard!"
"I'm not attached to them! Lindgas, stop talking nonsense!"
Before Lindgas could finish, Isred quickly cut him off.
Falling for commoners?
If a rumor like that spread, his reputation would be ruined.
Seeing Isred's reaction, Lindgas secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't want to save those women.
But he knew that if he didn't, Isred and his men might start shooting in the middle of the restaurant.
And if that happened, Ryuen definitely wouldn't let him off the hook.
"Alright~~~"
"Isred, Charlos, shouldn't we be enjoying the food in front of us now?" Lindgas said, pretending to be starving.
"Hmph!"
"Hey! Where's Doflamingo? Why isn't he here yet?" Isred shouted in frustration.
"Sumimasen!"
"Please wait a moment, Celestial Dragon Lords. Our young master will be here soon!"
A nervous waiter in a suit quickly apologized.
As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo swaggered into the room.
"Fufufufu..."
"No need to wait for me. By the way, Saint Lindgas, I don't remember inviting you to this gathering."
"What brings you here?" Doflamingo asked with a forced smile, holding back his anger.
"Of course, I'm just tagging along with my good buddy Isred. What's wrong? Now that you've gone from a former Celestial Dragon to a Warlord, you think you're something special?"
Lindgas casually walked over to Isred, threw an arm around his shoulder like an old friend, and looked at Doflamingo with a smirk.
The moment Lindgas said this, Doflamingo's face darkened.
If Kizaru weren't outside, he might have killed Lindgas on the spot.
But Lindgas remained completely unfazed. After all, he knew a lot of things—things that Doflamingo wouldn't want getting out.
And with a Marine Admiral right outside, he had nothing to fear.
"Excuse me, everyone. I have something to take care of."
Doflamingo suppressed his rage once again, said a quick farewell, and left the hotel immediately.
Lindgas's presence here had just given him a brilliant idea.
"If I can't kill you, then I'll make the world forget you ever existed, Lindgas!"
With that thought, Doflamingo's expression turned crazed.
As he left, none of the Celestial Dragons in the hotel reacted.
But seeing how relaxed Lindgas was, Isred suddenly had a bad feeling that today's plan might not go as smoothly as expected.
Still, he wasn't about to let this opportunity slip away.
He'd just have to get Lindgas drunk first.
"Hahahaha!"
"Since we're all here, let's raise a glass to Lindgas! After all, he's my dear brother!"
Isred grabbed a glass of fine red wine and signaled to the other Celestial Dragons.
"That's right, that's right~~~"
"Lindgas, let's set aside our past grudges and have a good time!"
"Exactly!"
"Lindgas!"
The other Celestial Dragons understood Isred's intention and began urging Lindgas to drink.
Lindgas knew exactly what they were thinking. He also knew the food and drinks were poisoned. But since he had played a part in gathering them all here, he couldn't avoid this either.
If something happened to them, he would likely face an internal investigation from Mariejois. That meant he had to go down with them.
As long as he was affected too, they could push all the blame onto Doflamingo!
"Ryuen-sama, that antidote better work…" Lindgas thought to himself.
"Hahahaha~~~"
"You're right! The past is the past. Come on, let's drink!" Lindgas forced a smile, his hands trembling as he raised his glass.
Seeing Lindgas' shaking hands, Isred and the others assumed he was just scared, which only made them act even bolder.
"Zehahahaha!"
"Lindgas, don't worry! From now on, we'll take you out to have fun more often!" Isred said, slapping Lindgas on the shoulder.
"Hehehe~~~"
"Isred, let's just drink first." Lindgas twitched slightly.
He didn't dare respond to Isred's words. After all, soon enough, they would be from "two different worlds"—there would never be another chance to have fun together.
But Lindgas' expression only made Isred even more amused.
"Come on!"
"Cheers!"
Lindgas only relaxed after seeing Isred and the others drink. But when he looked at his own glass of red wine, it felt like he was staring at the devil itself.
"Hey!"
"Lindgas, why aren't you drinking? Are you looking down on us?"
Isred was displeased. He had just considered bringing Lindgas along for more fun in the future, but now he was reconsidering.
Too much of a coward!
"No, no."
"I'll drink, I'll drink~~~" Gritting his teeth, Lindgas took a sip.
"Hahahaha~~~"
"That's more like it, everyone… ugh…"
"What's going on…"
"It hurts!"
"Ahhh!!!"
"The wine is poisoned!"
"Damn you, Doflamingo!"
"Ahhhhhh!"
"Doctor!"
"Young Master! The Celestial Dragons… something's happened to them!!!" The waiters arranged by Doflamingo shouted in horror.
The Celestial Dragons' bodyguards, along with CP0 agents, were thrown into chaos.
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