One Piece: Mandala Swordsman

Chapter 401 They Turn a Blind Eye to Blood and Tears

What an exquisite interplay of light and shadow!

Now Raven understands what his superior means.

Dressrosa may appear glamorous and prosperous, but in places where the sun doesn't shine, blood and tears are everywhere.

Dressrosa is a nation that prospered and became powerful by constantly oppressing slaves.

From this group of Tontatta people, Raven and Patch also learned the whole truth.

The two major sources of free labor in Dressrosa are key to Dressrosa's prosperity.

One is that they become toys, unable to resist humans.

Secondly, they are the very simple-minded (and easily deceived) Dongtata tribe.

Their blood and tears watered the flowers of Dressrosa, making them bloom with beautiful colors.

However, the rotting, foul-smelling corpses beneath the roots were left unattended.

It's like an alternative version of the Sabaody Archipelago.

Countless slaves contributed to the nation's wealth.

But no one cared about the blood and tears shed by the slaves.

"That sounds like a real tragedy."

The Donta tribe naively believed them and told them almost everything about what happened.

The Tontatta tribe and the Riku royal family have maintained a good relationship for a long time.

To make life easier for the Tontatta tribe, the Riku royal family left behind the legend of fairies.

If an item is taken by a fairy, it cannot be retrieved.

Of course, this legend was mercilessly ridiculed by Patch.

According to him, if anyone dares to steal his things, he doesn't care if they're demons or monsters, he'll beat them half to death first.

However, his thoughts seemed to have been anticipated by LaVine, who promptly covered his mouth.

The Tontatta tribe explained that Raven understood; they didn't want Doflamingo to continue sitting on the throne.

Because if it were just enslavement, that would be one thing. (Patch: If you have that kind of thinking, you deserve to be enslaved.)

But Doflamingo is the epitome of evil.

He is inherently suspicious.

He doesn't believe in the Dontata tribe. (Raven: I wouldn't believe anyone could be that honest either.)

Therefore, he also needs to exploit the weaknesses of the Tontatta tribe.

So he imprisoned the princess of the Tontatta tribe in the palace.

If they want Princess Mansherry to be safe and sound, then they must work for them illegally for the rest of their lives.

"What do you think?" Raven asked Patch.

"How can you judge it? Although it looks small, it does have fighting power. It's useless that it was bullied like that."

The Dongtata tribe members who heard this: (?_?)

LaVine: "He misspoke just now. We are good people."

Dongtata tribe: (?o?o?).

They're really easy to appease.

Seeing the Dongtata tribe, who immediately became friendly again, Raven sighed.

He agreed with Patch's opinion.

He had been practicing Observation Haki for quite some time, and his senses told him that they were powerful.

Don't let their small size fool you; a whole group of them would be a formidable opponent.

Moreover, their names are mentioned in the rules set by their superiors.

Then it should come in handy.

but……

LaVine was a little confused.

These findings are all moving in a positive direction.

They discovered the power of resistance.

They discovered Doflamingo's hidden evil deeds in the shadows.

They also learned that the bloodline of the Riku clan had not been severed.

All of these factors combined constitute a means to strike at Doflamingo, or even eliminate him.

The situation couldn't be better.

But strangely, why didn't the officer take action?

Roman should have known everything about this place long ago.

If she were to make a move, Doflamingo would be no match for her at all.

Moreover, judging from the hints she gave to them, she had already figured out everything about Doflamingo.

Even without evidence, Roman could still create a favorable situation for himself through his cunning; how much more so now?

But the superior ordered them to come here without showing up himself. Is there something he's worried about?

Or perhaps this is a test for her and others.

Ah, I can't think of anything.

I simply don't understand the deeper meaning behind her actions.

Even after following Roman for so long, it was still difficult to guess her thoughts.

Perhaps, they will spend their whole lives following behind her and doing whatever she says.

This kind of future isn't necessarily a bad thing for a lazy person like me.

"Since you've said you have to work for Doflamingo, then you should know what his underground factory looks like, right?"

……

"Ah, he's quite good at using people."

When Gran arrived at the underground project, he also encountered the Tontatta tribe.

They were also laborers here.

Moreover, this time Gran was very perceptive.

They were the first to guess that they were the creatures who, according to the rules, needed to answer that they were good people.

Through her investigation, she also learned the secret behind it.

The person who can turn humans into toys is a girl named Sugar.

Because he was a child and not very strong, Trebol protected him closely.

Are they children?

This is truly unexpected.

Grant sighed.

She had imagined what many people with special abilities would look like, but she never expected that one of them would be a child.

It really was a failure.

How could they make such a mistake?

You should know that when she first met Roman, she was just a teenager.

But her age doesn't stop her from hammering them unconscious.

Being deceived by appearances will absolutely lead to certain death.