Chapter 31: The Scent of Villainy

North Blue, Cervantes Island.

(T/N: The island is apparently called 'Spider Miles' in canon, but I like Cervantes a lot more so I'm going to leave it like this.)

This is the base camp of the Donquixote Family in North Blue. It was originally a subsidiary island of the Emerald Principality, but it is relatively remote and not within the main routes of North Blue, so it is relatively poor.

For some reason, the Donquixote Family took a fancy to this place, so they bribed the officials of the Emerald Principality and bought the island cheaply.

In the next few years, the Donquixote Family carried out illegal businesses on the island, turning it into North Blue's largest smuggling site. After the first two years, some people even started calling it North Blue's "Second Minion" '.

Don't take this as a good thing. Minion Island is notorious in North Blue. There is one kind of person who lives on that island, and it is the villainous kind. If you catch a wild dog by the roadside, there is a chance it may have eaten human flesh.

At least before "The Rise of Cervantes", Minion Island was North Blue's largest, most complete, and most chaotic lawless zone, a territory entirely submerged in the underground world.

Now, Minion Island is still the same, but Cervantes is more or less catching up.

The difference from Minion Island is that although Cervantes is dark and evil, and has gathered a large number of outlaws and villains, here, there is only one order, which is the order of the Donquixote Family!

The island is not completely bad, there are still a large number of civilians, and relying on the economy brought about by the prosperity of the dark business on the island, the living environment of these civilians may be distorted, but they are very rich.

At the same time, the island has a large number of luxury places and entertainment facilities. These places are strictly protected, and ordinary people cannot step in at all. These facilities are used by the Donquixote Family to win over North Blue's dignitaries.

From time to time, in the bay port of Cervantes, you can see the boat of a certain North Blue nobleman.

Here, legal or illegal, as long as you want to do something, you can find it.

The reason why Donquixote Family was able to develop rapidly in North Blue, both in the underworld and openly, is because of these interests and intricate relationship networks.

It can almost be said that in North Blue, there are things that kings cannot do, but there is no door that the Donquixote Family cannot open.

Donquixote Family is gradually monopolizing the role of middleman.

When someone seeks help from Donquixote Family, Donquixote Family will not carry out the task personally, but will charge a fee. The higher the price you pay, the more Donquixote Family will look for key people in this field and introduce you to the relationship, and after that whether the matter can be resolved in the end has nothing to do with them.

Don't underestimate the introduction of this kind of 'relationship'. Facts have proved that in the period of feudal aristocracy where the information was relatively lagging and the social system basically had no civil rights, without a strong enough relationship, you couldn't even enter the door of other people's house!

It's impossible to get things done without having contacts.

At the port of Cervantes at this time, the Flamingo was moored, and the "Sea Warrior" that was about to sink was accompanying it.

But fortunately, Hajrudin was lucky enough to be able to sail his broken ship all the way to Cervantes.

"That's a giant, right? I haven't seen one in a long time..." A small gang leader who was smoking a cigarette on the pier said with a little surprise after watching Hajrudin get off the boat from a distance.

But this 'long time' is just two to three years. This shows that from time to time, there will still be giants walking in the dark world who come to Cervantes.

The giants themselves like to be mercenaries, and the mercenary industry can be said to be closely integrated with the dark world, so this is reasonable.

"Mind your own business, didn't you see that guy came back with the young master's ship? Maybe in a few days, the Donquixote Family will have a new cadre." Another gang leader said.

Cervantes is the stronghold of the Donquixote Family, but not all the residents are members of the Donquixote Family. For example, the gangs on the pier all have their own factions. The only thing in common is that they give the Donquixote Family 'tribute' every year. Only by paying a large amount of tribute can they continue to survive here in the coming year, otherwise they will be wiped out by the Donquixote Family.

However, like the members of the Donquixote Family, almost everyone on the island, when they call Doflamingo, will call him "Young Master" to show respect.

At the same time, these villains who are struggling in the dark quagmire all want to join the Donquixote Family and become a member of Don Quixote. At least in Cervantes, the members of Don Quixote are undeniably superior to the rest!

Even if it is a boy who does odd jobs for Doflamingo, as long as he has the status of a member of the Donquixote Family, in Cervantes, no outsider would dare to touch him casually!

Doflamingo took a deep breath on the port. Feeling the familiar sensation, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Fufufu, the smell of villains and bastards blowing in the wind is really pleasant."

"Why can't I smell it?" Hajrudin took two breaths of air on purpose, and didn't feel any change?

Vergo also came here at this time, and said with a smile: "When you hang out with us villains for a few more years, you will probably be able to smell it..."

To judge whether a person is good or not, Vergo can't be certain, but to judge whether a person is bad or not, with his years of experience, it can be said that he can see right to the bone at a glance.

This is the breath of the so-called 'villains and bastards' that they speak of.

There are so many bastards on the island, so when you get off the boat, you can feel the difference.

"Let's go, Hajrudin, go and have a look at some good Devil Fruits that our Donquixote Family has accumulated over the years. If you are interested, you can take them and eat them. If not, we can look for some more later. When you swear allegiance to me and call me young master, you are already a member of our Donquixote Family, and can be said to be a blood brother of mine, so don't be cautious. As long as I have it, you can eat it." Doflamingo said very grandly.

Everyone talks about racial equality, and even the arrogant government of the world is talking about this kind of politically correct thing, and they even legislated to maintain it.

But in reality? Mariejois still has a large number of slaves, and the murlocs and mermaids of the Fish Man Island are regarded as nothing more than fish. It can be seen that they are still being discriminated against.

The same is true for Doflamingo, he also has some biased viewpoints. Hajrudin is a member of the giant race, they are known to regard the oath and the honor of a warrior as more valuable than their own lives. Therefore, after Hajrudin took the oath, Doflamingo trusted him so easily.

For other races, he may not be like this.

Hajrudin is also quite straightforward. When Doflamingo said this, he nodded happily and said, "Then go and have a look, young master."

A few people walked out of the port, and soon, members of the Donquixote Family came to greet them, but Doflamingo didn't care about this at all, but took out his phone bug and dialed out.

After a while, the phone call was picked up, and a man with a thick voice spoke first, "How is it, Mr. Doflamingo? Have you considered it?"

"Fufufu, Your Excellency Judge, after careful discussions with family members, I decided to invest in the 'MADS' scientific research organization you mentioned, as a contribution to North Blue and to the world's technology." Doflamingo smiled wickedly.

That's right, the guy over there with the phone bug is Judge.

Upon hearing this, Judge's tone brightened, and he said happily: "Your Excellency Doflamingo, believe me, this will be the right decision, and your investment will be reap unparalleled rewards..."

Whether there would be any returns on his investment was doubtful, but Doflamingo didn't invest to earn his money back. Anyway, no matter whether MADS goes bankrupt or not, he will get this investment back from Germa sooner or later.

He's part of the Donquixote Family, and they never lose money in business.

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