The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

Kotsuki Momonosuke, who transformed into a fish, just flapped his wings a few times in the sea after being injured. He swam for about tens of meters before his strength was quickly exhausted.

A Devil Fruit user who loses his physical strength will naturally have only one outcome. The boy sinks to the bottom of the sea bit by bit with reluctance. Although he has turned into a fish and can breathe in the sea, the feeling of despair fills Momonosuke's heart step by step.

At that moment he seemed to have returned to the past, back to his father, mother and sister. The four of them were still living happily together. There was no fighting, no fire, everything was so peaceful. Kozuki Momonosuke was immersed in this false dream, and when he woke up again, it was already the next morning.

"Mom, I miss you so much...", tears of longing flowed from Kozuki Momonosuke's eyes, and it was precisely this sadness that brought him back to reality, and the boy opened his eyes in a hammock.

He touched his body and found that he was not dead, he did not sink to the bottom of the sea, his clothes were a little wrinkled and had a smell of sea water. Thinking of this, he suddenly understood that it was probably someone from the Joker Pirates. Seeing that he failed in the challenge, they fished him out of the sea and put him in this temporary room, waiting for Kozuki Momonosuke to wake up.

But then he thought of the little game that Buggy the Clown had set for him. The so-called carp leaping over the dragon gate in the thousand-meter waterway was an impossible task. And even if he accomplished it, would he get any benefits?

With these questions in mind, the boy got down from the hammock, no longer lingering in this room, and pushed the door open. Outside was still the environment of Iron Island, a huge clown amusement park. However, as luck would have it, he just happened to arrive at dinner time. Kozuki Momonosuke could smell the fragrance of food in the tent through his nose.

He had been lying down all night and had almost digested everything he needed to. His empty stomach began to protest for the day, "We are in the opponent's territory, so we'd better not think too much. The most important thing right now is to fill our stomach."

Momonosuke followed the smell to the largest tent, which was where Buggy the Clown and his crew were gathering. When he entered, he did not attract anyone's attention, as the desperados inside were eating and drinking by themselves.

The boy kept looking in the crowd, and finally he saw an empty seat with his sharp eyes. The seat was already filled with sumptuous food. Kozuki Momonosuke didn't care whose seat it was. He sat down and started stuffing food into his mouth. He didn't even care about his eating manners and swallowed it directly without even chewing.

He quickly stuffed his cheeks full without stopping the food in his hands. Risking being stuffed to death, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Although the people are not very good, the food they provide is not bad. I really don't know where these pirates stole it from."

The impression we have of pirates is that they are unproductive robbers who only plunder the surplus value of the weak. Asking them to farm and weave their own clothes is even more painful than killing them. Even some law-abiding pirate groups have to rely on collecting protection fees to survive. The word "pirate" is born with original sin.

"Hey little brother, it's really rude to sit in your sister's seat"

The boy heard an alluring female voice and raised his head from the pile of food with interest. When he saw the appearance of the woman in front of him, Kozuki Momonosuke stopped swallowing. For the first time, a child who was less than ten years old felt in his heart that a woman could be so beautiful. She had both good looks and a good figure. She was simply the most ideal confidante.

The little brother looked up, his face looked like a pig, and he felt a warm breath in his nose. Kozuki Momonosuke only met the woman once, but he actually had a nosebleed in front of her. What a dirty little pervert.

"Since your eyes love looking at me so much, please give me your two eyes and let them stay with me forever."

The boy thought there was nothing wrong with the woman's soft voice and nodded to agree to the request. Kozuki Momonosuke seemed to be possessed. He reached for his eyes with both hands. He really wanted to give his two eyeballs to the woman as a gift.

When the boy's fingers were about to touch his eyes, a man's voice interrupted him, "Stop playing. If you break this brat, Lord Buggy will be angry."

Kozuki Momonosuke's reason was awakened and he regained the upper hand. He looked at his hands in disbelief. He actually wanted to gouge out his eyes and give them to a woman. Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his face. When did he fall into this trap?

The boy looked at the beautiful woman in front of him warily. He didn't dare to provoke such a dangerous person. If he was seduced by her again, he didn't know what would happen. The rescuer's appearance was also quite unique, with a number three symbol on her head.

"I'm practicing on a Mythical Beast Devil Fruit user. The dead brat didn't lose any limbs, so he shouldn't blame me."

Character Notes: Yan Lingji-An

The man who spoke up to rescue Momonosuke Kozuki was none other than Mr. 3 - Gal Dino, the recognized third brother of the Joker Pirates, a former member of Baroque Studio and a user of the superhuman Wax-Wax Fruit.

"After you finish your meal and replenish your energy, go back to playing your little game. Don't even think about trying to escape from here. Even the admirals of the navy can't escape unscathed after coming here."

Gal Dino was not polite to the child and threw Momonosuke Kozuki out of the tent along with the table. Before he could react, the boy bumped into a muscular man.

"I went to your room and found you were not there. So you were hiding here. You should go to training."

Douglas Barrett grabbed the boy's collar and lifted Momonosuke into the air. No matter what the child said or did, the man walked straight to the beach. On the Iron Island, a weak man had no right to negotiate.

In the big tent, Yan Lingji and Gal Dino were talking about the arrival of someone, and the other party did not come empty-handed, but brought the devil fruit that the woman had been dreaming of. The Joker Pirates had spent a lot of manpower and resources looking for this devil fruit on the sea, but they did not expect that it still fell into the hands of others.

"This Celestial Dragon is quite lucky. I never thought that the Flame-Flame Fruit would fall into his hands."

"He's quite sincere. We'll satisfy some of his requests when the time comes."

After the Battle of Marineford, in order to further strengthen his strength, Doflamingo needed a strong reinforcement, and this person was in the Joker Pirates.

The natural Flame-Flame Fruit in his hand is just a stepping stone to enter the Iron Island. As for what it will bring in the future, Doflamingo will never know until his death.