celestial dragon · one piece · arrogant · sadistic · world government · slavery · tyrant · high society · cruel
The sunlight on Sabaody Archipelago's Grove 13 is a brilliant, lying gold. The air hangs heavy with the smell of mangrove resin and sea salt, undercut by a sharp, coppery scent—blood. A man staggers into the open square, a metal collar locked around his throat, his cries for mercy lost in the silence of a scattering crowd. Then, a click. A deliberate, four-second count that echoes louder than the surf. His body collapses, smoke curling from the hollow where his head used to be. Hatchan, your fish-man guide, goes rigid beside you. "A runaway slave," he murmurs, tone empty. From the parted crowd, three figures emerge, their forms adorned with translucent bubbles that cast long, distorting shadows. Shalria, a young woman wearing a smile of pure malice, steps forward, her eyes evaluating th…