"Raleigh, is there something special about the name you mentioned?"
Gion couldn't help but voice her confusion.
Raleigh glanced around the room - everyone was watching him eagerly, waiting for his explanation.
'Ahem'
"Then I'll share some behind-closed-doors words with you."
"This name represents a former Celestial Dragon."
"Celestial Dragon???"
Gion and Tokikake's heads were filled with question marks - they couldn't understand what connection a Celestial Dragon had with the Marines.
"Is this Doflamingo a Celestial Dragon coming to the North Blue for leisure? Our mission isn't to accompany him, is it?"
Gion directly posed her question - she didn't want to be any Celestial Dragon's bodyguard.
"Not at all. Doflamingo is merely a former Celestial Dragon - he's already lost that status."
Raleigh's voice was filled with emotion.
"Can Celestial Dragon status be revoked? I've never heard of that before."
Tokikake was equally puzzled.
As someone who grew up as a prodigy in headquarters, he naturally knew what Celestial Dragons represented.
But he had never imagined that the lofty Celestial Dragons could one day become ordinary citizens.
"Well, it's a long story, so I'll keep it brief. His father was a Celestial Dragon named Donquixote Homing, but many years ago he voluntarily renounced his Celestial Dragon status to become a commoner."
"Perhaps the hardships of civilian life made it difficult for his family to survive. In any case, Doflamingo killed his own father and brought the severed head to the Holy Land Mariejois, only to be driven out by the Five Elders."
"He's now the head of a North Blue Mafia family - the Donquixote Family was established by him."
Hearing this, Gion and Tokikake had some of their questions answered, but even more doubts surfaced.
"If this Doflamingo no longer has any connection to the Celestial Dragons, why was this intelligence sent to us? Are we supposed to arrest him?"
Gion still couldn't understand the significance of Borsalino sending this information.
After all, she was still young and thought about things in simple terms.
Raleigh sighed.
At least Gion was better than Tokikake, who was already rubbing his hands in anticipation beside her.
That guy's fighting spirit was written all over his face.
"Alright, what my brother means is that this person has a special status. If we can avoid moving against him, we'd better not."
"Why? He's no longer a Celestial Dragon. As the leader of an ordinary Mafia family, why can't we arrest him?"
Tokikake completely failed to understand Raleigh's explanation.
Raleigh massaged his forehead with one hand, sometimes wishing he could call Momonga over.
That guy was so straightforward - he could solve problems on his own when Raleigh wasn't around, and would obediently train when he was present.
He never had to make decisions, just followed whatever Raleigh told him to do.
But now Gion and Tokikake were like two curious children, constantly questioning Raleigh's words.
The key point was, Raleigh couldn't even discipline them.
"Damn it, I must find a way to transfer both of you away," Raleigh cursed silently in his heart.
But not a trace of this showed on his face as he gently explained:
"Even though he's no longer considered a Celestial Dragon, there are still people in the World Government keeping an eye on him."
"They don't care whether Doflamingo dies at the hands of pirates or the Mafia, but there's one thing - he cannot die at the hands of the Marines."
"Why?" Tokikake looked completely bewildered.
He understood every word Raleigh said, but when put together, they made no sense to him.
'Why you said? Because they can't let the Marines know that the lofty Celestial Dragons who call themselves gods, have the same red blood flowing through their veins as ordinary people.'
Raleigh only said this in his heart.
Because if he spoke it aloud, he would immediately be considered the greatest threat by the Celestial Dragons.
Even more dangerous than Dragon.
Dragon's idea was merely to overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule, but the Celestial Dragons were confident that the power they wielded could easily cleanse the world.
That's why in later stories, the Celestial Dragons continued to enjoy their privileges, completely disregarding the Revolutionary Army.
But if someone started questioning the Celestial Dragons' qualification as gods, more and more madmen would emerge attempting to slay these deities.
Once such ideas spread throughout the world, the foundation of the Celestial Dragons' rule would be shattered.
It's important to know that in this world of One Piece, only Rocks - the New World overlord who died at God Valley years ago - and the future Sun God Nika dared to confront the Celestial Dragons head on.
As for the Four Emperors renowned as rulers of the sea, even they wouldn't easily move against the Celestial Dragons.
The Celestial Dragons have ruled this world for a full eight hundred years, firmly engraving their divine status upon every individual.
Even the most vicious criminals are unwilling to provoke the Celestial Dragons.
Everyone knows that if a single Celestial Dragon dies, the most ferocious retaliation will follow.
Including but not limited to the Marine Admirals, the Buster Call, assassins from the Celestial Dragons' guard CP0, and other forms of frenzied retaliation.
But Raleigh was not afraid of the Celestial Dragons.
Having been influenced by modern ideologies, he did not believe the Celestial Dragons were gods.
He also did not believe that any ruling class could maintain its rule forever.
In his homeland, there had never been any divine or royal bloodlines.
They only believed that "kings, nobles, and generals are not born of special seed."
When the ruling class treated the people well, the people naturally supported them.
But if they encountered a tyrant or an incompetent ruler, they would naturally rise up and replace them with a better emperor.
In fact, when Raleigh first crossed over, he was very curious about why the people in the world of the Pirate King did not choose to rebel.
But when he saw an entire town slaughtered for resisting a group of pirates, he understood.
In a world with supernatural powers, rebellion without strength would only be easily suppressed.
Just like the recent massacre in Povo Village, the reason was that the commoners could no longer survive and sought to fight for their rights.
However, their strength was too weak compared to the Kingdom's Guard, so they were easily killed.
And the Kingdom's Guard was also too weak, so they were wiped out overnight by the Mad Blade Pirates.
"Tokikake, I can't answer that question for you. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."
"You'll understand naturally when you gradually encounter these things in the future."
Geniuses like Tokikake, who had never suffered hardships since childhood and had never served in the Four Seas, simply couldn't comprehend such matters.
Unless they experienced it firsthand, they would never understand why Doflamingo couldn't be touched.
Unfortunately, Borsalino didn't realize that Raleigh was very interested in Doflamingo.
"Alright, even though we can't arrest Doflamingo, that doesn't mean we can't interact with him."
"Pack up, we're going to take a stroll around Doflamingo's territory and see what kind of waves this former Celestial Dragon has stirred up in the North Blue."