29 Chapter 29: Old People In This World Are Really Unfortunate!

At the port of Wellwik Island, Doflamingo was folding his arms on his chest, rubbing his chin thoughtfully with one hand, and looking at the Flamingo moored in the bay not far away.

It's been seven years since the Flamingo launched, and it's Doflamingo's first ship since the establishment of the Donquixote Family.

In terms of size, it is a small three-masted sailing ship, but in terms of performance, it is still very good.

In the past, wherever Doflamingo went, he rode the Flamingo with his family, and in those moments they felt like it could feel their emotions, and maybe it really could.

But it has been a long time, and the Flamingo is indeed a bit old. In recent years, the ship technology has also improved. The Flamingo was not the most high-end ship type back then. Looking at it now, it is indeed a lot behind.

But these are not important, Doflamingo can accept not having the best ship and endure, but... Doflamingo turned his head and looked at the big man Hajrudin who was following him at this time.

This guy stands 22 meters tall, and the entire Flamingo is only more than 60 meters long. There is no place for Hajrudin to stay on it, let alone carry him out to sea!

(T/N: The author is very inconsistent with Hajrudin's height, but I checked and canonically he's 22 meters tall so we'll use that.)

As a combatant of the Donquixote Family, Doflamingo will definitely take him to fight all over the world in the future. How embarrassing is it that the ship cannot accommodate him?

Therefore, the Flamingo, perhaps after returning to North Blue this time, will withdraw from the stage of history.

"What are you thinking about? Doffy?" Vergo asked.

"I'm thinking, people, if they can't keep up with the times, will be eliminated, and the same goes for ships..." Doflamingo said softly.

Fortunately, Hajrudin had his own ship this time, which he used when he left Elbaf. It was a standard giant sailing ship.

However, it seems that Hajrudin has been wandering on the sea for a long time, and he does not know how to repair the ship. The current state is not very good, and it is in tatters. Doflamingo only hopes that it can bring Hajrudin back to the North Blue, otherwise he will have to buy a suitable ship mid-journey, which is too troublesome.

Today, Doflamingo did not board the Flamingo, but sent Gladius to follow in the Flamingo, and he and Vergo both boarded Hajrudin's "Sea Warrior".

After all, he just accepted him as a younger brother yesterday, and he wants to maintain contact on the journey. The two parties should also deepen their mutual understanding. This is good for everyone.

Soon, one big and one small, the two ships left the port and headed towards the port of Mariejois in West Blue.

Doflamingo was returning to North Blue through Mariejois just as he had come, except this time he paid for the "Sea Warrior" as well.

Sitting on the deck of this huge sailboat, Doflamingo was reading a newspaper that Vergo had just bought from the News Coo.

On the side, Vergo was holding a small notebook and was reading to Hajrudin word by word.

Hajrudin was not idle either, holding a pen in one hand and a notebook adapted to the giants in the other, and recorded all of Vergo's words.

That's right, at this time Vergo and Hajrudin sorted out the knowledge points of Haki's practice "From Beginner to Grandmaster".

It's a good time for Hajrudin, as the Donquixote Family's practice knowledge has been updated. It's no longer limited to ordinary Armament Haki, and it has advanced knowledge, so he can enjoy it directly.

However, it is very troublesome for Hajrudin to look at the ordinary books of human beings, and he even said that he can't read them at all, so he needs the help of Vergo to be able to practice.

When Hajrudin was writing, Vergo also took the time to ask: "How is it? Is there any big news these two days?"

"Yes." Doflamingo nodded immediately, and then said: "Shiki, who has been missing for more than a month after the Battle of Edd War, has reappeared in New World and killed Treasure Captain John to take his territory. Tsk, Shiki is so cruel, obviously that John was also his companion before."

"Is it something from the Rocks Pirate period? I heard that the people of the Rocks Pirates all came together for their own purposes. They often fight each other, and there is no such thing as companionship..." Vergo said.

"That's right, and... Shiki himself is not a person who can talk about these friendships." Doflamingo grinned.

What kind of camaraderie would an ambitious hero like Shiki have? He is a typical character who would rather blame the world than let the world blame him.

I'm afraid in this life, for Roger alone, it can be said that he has a deep-seated love, and he doesn't care about the rest.

In the newspaper in Doflamingo's hand, there is also a photo of Shiki taken from a distance. Although it is not very clear, it can be seen vaguely that there is indeed a stuck rudder on Shiki's head.

It can be said that the failure of the Edd War naval battle and the destruction of the fleet were not fundamentally damaging to Shiki.

With Shiki's prestige in the New World and his status in the pirate industry, as long as he doesn't die, he can pull up a large fleet again at any time.

In the New World, no, in the whole world, there are too many pirates who want to join Shiki!

In the original plan, if it wasn't for the advanced knowledge about Haki obtained from Ohara, Doflamingo had seriously considered and analyzed whether he wanted to go to New World and seek refuge with Shiki.

Because obviously, during the time after the Battle of Edd War and before Roger was executed, Shiki did pull out another fleet. Perhaps due to time factors, his power has not yet returned to its peak, but it grew back to a certain extent. You know, at this stage, Shiki can be said to be 'thirsty for talents'.

He must restore his power as soon as possible in order to stabilize his position as the pirate overlord, and defeat all the careerists who are now trying to challenge his position!

So Doflamingo thinks that at this point in time, if he is in New World, there is a high probability that he can become Shiki's younger brother. At that time, he will perform well, learn relevant Haki knowledge from Shiki, and maybe he can inherit his prestige later directly?

Well? Thinking about it this way, it seems quite exciting.

Coming back to the issue, the defeat in the Edd War Sea area and the sinking of the fleet are not a problem. The most serious problem for Shiki now is the rudder on his head.

I don't know if it's because of the rudder, which made his character more violent, irritable, extreme and aggressive, so that after the news of Roger's arrest spread, this guy had a brainfreeze and went to single-handedly challenge Naval Headquarters. In the end he didn't achieve anything and ended up getting a free trip directly to the lowest level of Impel Down.

In addition, this rudder also greatly affects Shiki's strength!

Other people's Haki is getting stronger and stronger, because Haki is a kind of hard work, which is accumulated continuously, but Shiki is different. His Haki will continue to degenerate in the next two decades, so that eventually it can't be used at all. He grew so weak that he was directly killed by the Straw Hat Pirates!

The Pirate Overlord of a generation ended up like this, thinking about it, Doflamingo still feels a little second-hand embarrassment.

But after feeling emotional for a while, Doflamingo was stunned again, wait a minute, in the original story, I was also a villain who was wiped out by the straw hat!

Truly, if you don't work hard when you're young, you will be violently hammered in old age.

In order not to be killed by this cheater Luffy in the future, I still have to work hard now.

In the newspaper, besides the news about Shiki, there is also news about another protagonist of the Edd War naval battle, that is, information about Roger and the Roger Pirates.

It is reported that more than half a month ago, the Roger Pirates bravely broke into Totto Land and sneaked into Cake Island. It seemed that they stole something from Big Mom Charlotte Linlin's castle, so that she was furious. The Roger pirates were hunted down in the waters of the island for seven days and seven nights.

To be honest, the strength of the Roger Pirates is far superior to the current Big Mom Pirates, but judging from the fact that they have been running away and did not face Charlotte Linlin head-on, we can basically judge that Roger's body is indeed terminally ill.

Secondly, I'm afraid his time is really running out, Roger Pirates don't want to continue to waste time fighting with others, they just want to find Raftel before Roger dies.

"Soon, soon..." Doflamingo murmured softly.

His gaze was on the date stamp in the upper right corner of the newspaper, Sea Circle Calendar...November 1498.

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