The next day.
This day, no pirates were encountered.
Perhaps it was because they were approaching the territory of the Seven Warlords, Doflamingo's domain, that fewer pirate ships were seen, but more merchant ships appeared.
And these merchant ships, upon seeing the Freedom, acted like timid rabbits encountering a fierce beast, turning and fleeing just like the pirates.
What were they so afraid of?
However, only Kong Tai knew that these merchant ships, despite appearing as such, were filled with people from the underground.
They came to Dressrosa to buy weapons and drugs.
They were all war profiteers.
And Doflamingo was the king of the underworld, specializing in the sale of weapons and drugs.
This guy in Dressrosa not only had the production of artificial Devil Fruits