At dusk, Caesar and Shiki descended from the sky aboard half of the Golden Ship, landing on the sea by the port of Whole Cake Island.
Before the Golden Ship even touched down, Bullett leaped off, landing in the plaza.
As he stood up, his eyes instantly widened in shock.
Bullett himself was like a small giant, exceptionally robust in build.
But standing in the plaza now, he suddenly felt like a dwarf.
Gazing at the massive giants, each over ten meters tall, Bullett was genuinely astonished.
"Are these... giants from Elbaf?"
He weaved through the towering figures, making his way to the most crowded area.
There, thousands of people gathered in a circle, with an empty space in the center.
In the clearing, a row of tables was set up, where several white-coated individuals, resembling doctors, were distributing something.
In front of them, three lines of people queued up, receiving small glass vials one by one.
"What's going on here?"
Bullett was still puzzled when he saw a pirate in the clearing, who had just received an unknown substance, tilt his head back and pour the liquid from the vial into his mouth.
"Roar!!"
The next moment!
The pirate, originally four meters tall, let out a furious roar as his body swelled wildly.
In an instant, his muscles bulged explosively, expanding several sizes to over six meters.
The tendons on his body grew terrifyingly thick, densely layered like steel bars clinging to his frame.
"Wow! That guy Vincent really hit the jackpot, didn't he? Is this what Indigo called perfect evolution? So enviable! His power is probably going to skyrocket now!"
Exclamations of astonishment rose from the crowd.
"Berserker Potion??" Bullett furrowed his brows, muttering to himself.
"What the hell is going on here? Why are there so many people?"
Caesar and Shiki walked side by side.
Seeing their arrival, the giants quickly crowded aside to make a wide path, gazing at Caesar with immense reverence.
They knew this was the person even those two brutes, Kaido and Linlin, regarded as their leader.
He was also the one their current Giant King Loki had sworn allegiance to.
Originally, the giants had refused to submit. But after enjoying a feast of Tottoland's delicacies, they automatically forgot all such thoughts.
Compared to Elbaf, where aside from roasted meat it was just more roasted meat, the variety and deliciousness of the food here drove the giants wild with delight.
And the beds here were big and soft, unlike before when they essentially slept on stone platforms with logs for pillows!
Giants would never be enslaved!
Unless...
"The Captain is here!!"
The noisy crowd noticed Caesar's arrival and immediately fell silent one by one, their gazes burning with fervent respect as they looked at Caesar.
"Boss!"
"Captain!"
"Boss!"
Respectful calls rang out as everyone bowed in unison.
"Fufufufu, Boss, you're back? Did you bring the Golden Ship?"
A fiery red figure swept over the crowd's heads and landed before Caesar with a whoosh—it was Doflamingo.
Caesar tilted his head slightly.
"It's at the port. What are you all doing here? Didn't anyone notice when we landed in the Golden Ship?"
Doflamingo scratched his head awkwardly. "Everyone was captivated by the shock of the Evolution Potion."
"Evolution Potion? That stuff has been mass-produced already?" Caesar was somewhat surprised.
Before leaving, he had given Indigo a batch of essence blood, instructing him to try making the first batch of Evolution Potion.
The requirement was to eliminate the factor that caused people to lose themselves.
He had thought this research would take a long time.
As long as it was completed before the great decisive battle with the Marines.
"Fufufufu, I have to say, Indigo under Shiki is truly an outstanding talent! Of course, with the cooperation of Judge and Caesar Clown, the research progress has been frighteningly fast. I won't say more—Boss, come inside and see for yourselves."
Doflamingo smiled and gestured.
The crowd quickly parted.
Caesar and Shiki walked into the area, with Bullett following curiously behind them.
At the port, Tesoro's face was ashen as he watched the massive, densely packed crowd and the hundreds of giants whose bodies loomed like small mountains.
He felt his scalp go numb.
"Hundreds of giants... the Beast God Pirates, the Beast God Pirates!"
He slumped to his knees, all his wishful thinking completely vanishing.
Originally, Tesoro had hoped that the Admirals would come to rescue the Celestial Dragons and, in the process, take him away from this dragon's den and tiger's lair of Tottoland.
But now, he truly understood what an invincible force meant!
Behind Tesoro, Baccarat, Tanaka, and Carina all stood with dazed expressions, holding the bounty posters of Caesar and the others in their hands.
As they gazed at the overwhelming sea of giants, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.
"That man actually commands such a terrifying force?" Carina's full chest heaved up and down, her mind utterly unsettled.
At the center of the square, Caesar walked up to the group in white lab coats, reached out to pick up a test tube from the table, and examined the liquid inside that resembled the previous version.
His eyes then shifted to the scientists standing before him.
"Sir!"
Upon seeing Caesar, Indigo, Judge, and Caesar Claton hurriedly rose to greet him.
"Indigo, how did you manage to develop the Evolution Potion so quickly? Is this an improved version? What about the side effects?"
Caesar couldn't wait to ask.
"Evolution Potion?" Bullett, who had been eavesdropping behind him, immediately perked up and strode to the table, picking up a tube to examine it closely.
Judge, who had never met Bullett before, initially wanted to shout at him to stop.
But seeing that Caesar beside him didn't say anything, he immediately realized that this man covered in burn scars must be someone of significant stature.
Meanwhile, among the onlooking crowd, murmurs of astonishment had already begun to ripple through.
Clearly, some pirates had already recognized Bullett.
Indigo wore an expression of extreme confidence and said loudly.
"Yes! Lord Caesar! This is the latest improved version, or you could call it Evolution Potion 2.0. Its side effects are minimal—at most, it just makes people feel excessively energetic for a long time. Hehehe, you know what I mean, hahahaha!"
Caesar noticed that Judge, standing beside Indigo, had already transformed into a burly man over five meters tall.
It seemed that this scientist from Germa 66 had even taken the Evolution Potion himself.
At this moment, Judge was glowing with vitality, looking incredibly spirited.
"Fufufufu, Stussy's Pleasure District is probably about to get busy. Right, Judge?"
Doflamingo chuckled strangely and winked at Judge.
Judge coughed dryly, "Ahem... How would I know? Don't you want a tube, Doflamingo? After getting beaten so badly by Benn Beckman, haven't you been wanting to take the Evolution Potion for a long time?"
Doflamingo smirked, "I'll wait a bit longer—for the Evolution Potion 3.0 with no side effects. After all, my time is precious. I can't afford to spend long hours in the Pleasure District like you, Mr. Judge."
Judge's face instantly flushed red, and he stammered, "You... how dare you falsely accuse me! I, an honorable man, have never set foot in the Pleasure District in my life!"