Sugar’s Plan Falls Apart

"Help!"

Cries suddenly rang out along the bustling Lovers Avenue.

Lovers Avenue was Dressrosa’s famous dating spot for couples. The people walking here were all handsome men and beautiful women madly in love, and the air was thick with an atmosphere extremely unfriendly to single dogs.

Yota was not single, but being alone here still made him feel quite uncomfortable.

So when he heard a clear female voice from the distance, Yota immediately went against the flow of people without hesitation, wanting to see what had happened.

The One Piece World was not like Earth, where every ordinary passerby had awakened the talent for spectating. If you wanted to watch the excitement here without any skill, you might end up becoming part of the excitement yourself.

Therefore, whenever anything happened, these ordinary residents ran faster than anyone else. Those who truly dared to go watch were never weak.

As Yota drew closer, he saw more than a dozen burly, vicious-looking pirates gathered in a circle. A green-haired little girl who looked less than ten years old was being tightly held in the hand of an ugly, cruel-looking man, like a helpless rabbit unable to fight back.

"Little girl, tell me where the Doflamingo Pirates’ treasure vault is!"

"Don’t think I don’t know that you’re an officer of the Doflamingo Pirates too!"

"Since the Doflamingo Pirates’ strong fighters aren’t around today, I’m going to loot his treasure vault!"

Yota: ???

If he was not mistaken, that green-haired little girl was Sugar, the user of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit.

This girl might not have looked like much of a fighter, but she was actually extremely dangerous. Leaving aside everything else, Yota remembered that her movement speed seemed to be even faster than the Tontatta’s. How could she possibly have been caught by those ordinary brutes?

Besides, they did not even know Armament Haki, yet they dared to grab Sugar with their bare hands? Wouldn’t that get them turned into toys in minutes?

In Doflamingo’s senses, the life auras of those dozen or so brutes were nothing special. None of them even knew Haki. In the Four Seas, they would probably only count as minor characters worth a few million. Any pirate crew in the New World could easily wipe them out.

So the question was, who exactly was Sugar putting on this act for?

In truth, though it was rather clumsy, Sugar had no other choice.

Sugar usually kept a low profile, and no one had ever known about her Hobby-Hobby Fruit abilities. But the fact that she was a member of the Doflamingo Pirates could not be concealed.

If she approached Yota with that identity, she would probably be slapped to death in minutes, so she naturally had to come up with a method.

Quite a lot of Yota’s personal information was publicly known. Among it were reports that he was greedy, liked collecting all kinds of precious metals, and had dared to target Kaido’s treasure vault even when he had still been weak.

At a time like this, fabricating a treasure vault was naturally Sugar’s safeguard, so Yota would not simply slap her to death without another word.

On the other hand, both the Spade Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates valued loyalty and righteousness. Sugar also wanted to use this to stir Yota’s compassion.

Unfortunately, Yota had long known about her Devil Fruit abilities, so he naturally saw through this as nothing more than a setup.

He crossed his arms and stayed some distance away, wanting to see how this performance would continue.

The burly man with a tyrannical expression, who was holding Sugar, kept rambling and blabbering for ages without any intention of making a move.

By the end, his face had even stiffened, cold sweat slowly seeping from his forehead as his eyes repeatedly darted toward Yota.

Sugar also sensed that something was wrong. That look in Yota’s eyes clearly meant he had seen through something. Her plan had likely already failed.

After shooting the man a glance, Sugar said timidly, "As long as you don’t hurt me, I’ll take you to the treasure vault."

The ugly brute wiped the sweat from his head. "Don’t worry, us brothers are the most trustworthy people around…"

Yota rolled his eyes. He had finally had enough of these people’s embarrassingly bad acting.

"Little girl named Sugar, you’re the user of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, aren’t you?"

The moment Yota said that, Sugar’s expression changed drastically.

The Hobby-Hobby Fruit had never appeared in any Devil Fruit encyclopedia. Even its name had been coined based on Sugar’s abilities.

Otherwise, if any information had leaked out, the toys of Dressrosa would have long made people connect them to this ability.

For Yota to accurately name the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, either someone in the family had betrayed them, or he had obtained the information through some method, such as mind reading.

But no matter what, once people were on guard, Sugar’s abilities were essentially useless.

As for the brutes acting their parts, their faces turned pale as they trembled. Though they did not know what the Hobby-Hobby Fruit was, they could tell that Yota had long been prepared for this plan.

These brutes did not know exactly how strong Yota was, but anyone whom a high-ranking officer of the Doflamingo family had gone to such lengths to scheme against could certainly deal with minor characters like them with ease.

Sugar suddenly gritted her teeth, her small hands waving repeatedly in an instant. Before the brutes could react, she had already turned them into two enormous nutcracker dolls.

These nutcracker dolls were formed from smaller dolls combined together, and could be considered one of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s rare offensive ultimate moves.

Yota’s gaze froze slightly before he came back to himself. "Interesting. Is it because of my strength, or the effect of the Rinnegan? Or did the Brain Chip enhance my brain’s memory?"

For that instant just now, Yota had nearly forgotten all about those brutes. But it lasted only for that instant. Very soon, his memories returned.

The two enormous nutcracker dolls charged at him, while Sugar turned and tried to flee. But with a thunderous boom, Yota completely ignored the nutcracker dolls’ attack and simply charged straight ahead without dodging. His body instantly smashed the dolls to pieces, and he blocked Sugar’s path.

Sugar stretched out her small hand and gritted her teeth, wanting to make one last desperate attempt. Yota’s pair of Rinnegan eyes glared lightly, and Sugar immediately froze in place.

The moment Kotoamatsukami was unleashed, Sugar, whose will was not particularly firm, was immediately brainwashed and controlled. Then, as soon as Yota opened his mouth, Sugar told him every detail of the plan.

Of course, the so-called plan was nothing much. Sugar would first play things by ear and launch a sneak attack. If it failed, then… then she could only surrender.

However, Monet had already urgently notified Vergo, a family officer embedded in the Marines. They intended to use the Shichibukai status and the Marines’ power as their final fallback.