Guan Liyuan and Rebecca came to participate in the competition on time the next day. It was obvious that after Baby-5 escaped from her home, she did not report them.

During this period, Rebecca was still a little worried about Baby-5, but Guan Liyuan just comforted her to compete well...

In Guan Liyuan's opinion, Baby-5 is not without basic comparison ability. First, it is because of the "calling of the heart", and secondly... Guan Liyuan has been doing whatever he wants these days... No, it is all his actions, and she is not without feelings.

Just like Baby-5's "easy" betrayal in the original work, it is not purely because of being obsessed with him. Besides, there is nothing worth being obsessed with Lao Cai. In addition to "self-attack", Guan Liyuan suspected that Baby-5 really wanted to die at that time, but was stopped by Lao Cai...

Guan Liyuan now understands the Don Quixote family's atmosphere. It seems to be called "one family" and seems to be really united, but in fact, it is what most people stick to. They are just the ties between Doflamingo. Most of the cadres are indifferent to each other. Even if they care about each other, they don't feel like companions.

And how does Doflamingo treat Baby-5?

Although there is no clear explanation in the original work, but... Guan Liyuan knows a lot of people with similar situations to Baby-5, such as Haku, Kimimaro, and some crazy people under Aizen...

However!

The situation of other people is actually lighter than that of Baby-5, but like Kimimaro to Orochimaru, a few crazy people to Aizen, or Haku to Zabuza before meeting Guan Liyuan... They are all absolutely loyal. After

satisfying their "sense of being needed" in the people who need them, they will autistically reject others.

But Baby-5 is different. He must show this "sense of being needed" to everyone!

Therefore, Guan Liyuan has reason to believe that even if Doflamingo is willing to "pretend" more, he can completely win over Baby-5, but for so many years, he has not done so... After all, the importance of Baby-5 to the Don Quixote family is far less than that of Haku to Zabuza and Kimimaro to Orochimaru.

Baby-5 is not ignorant of this, but for her, Doflamingo is always the "first person who needs her", so she will not show dissatisfaction.

Guan Liyuan had the opportunity to directly replace Doflamingo, but he gave up, just like he refused Bai to become his "item" under Zabuza's order, but hoped that she would have her own will.

Although he has experienced countless worlds, Guan Liyuan's pure and innocent side has not been corrupted...

Even if he hooked up with the mermaid princess, calculated honest people, and cheated women's money, Guan Liyuan knew that he was a good person!

Back to the sword fighting competition where Guan Liyuan was, at the beginning, there were hundreds of free sword fighting applicants, nearly a thousand prisoner sword fighting, and slave sword fighting, all crowded together in the largest arena, listening to Pica's speech.

Doflamingo obviously would not come out during the preliminaries.

Pica's voice, contrary to his body shape, is sharp, thin, and small... If he didn't have a loudspeaker, it would be a test of his observation Haki to listen to him speak in such a crowded place.

"Puff..." A free swordsman who was almost as tall as Guan Liyuan and only wore a breastplate on his upper body couldn't help laughing.

Pica's words stopped immediately, and the swordsmen around him who knew Pica suddenly showed a look of fear, but the free swordsman who laughed out loud looked around after realizing it...

At this moment, behind the swordsman who laughed out loud, a huge stone head suddenly emerged from the ground, which was exactly the shape of Pica.

Immediately, the huge stone head bit directly at it... or swallowed it!

"Ah"

accompanied by a scream, the stone head had shrunk back to the ground, and the target on the spot had disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood...

Pica is a superhuman "Stone Stone Fruit" ability user, but because the "fruit has awakened", not only can his body turn into rock, but he can also control the rocks outside!

Although only one gladiator disappeared, the scene seemed to be much quieter and deserted.

Pica continued to talk, without much nonsense, mainly talking about the rules of the preliminary round!

The preliminary rules of each gladiator competition may be different, but the finals, which start from the quarterfinals, are definitely one-on-one fights, without other rules. This

year's preliminary rules are a little different from the previous ones...

This time there are a total of 1677... No, there are only 1676 gladiators participating, and they will be divided into four groups, each with more than 400 people, and each person draws a number starting from 1. Then

there are rules similar to the challenge arena. No. 1 goes on stage first, and then No. 1 chooses how many people to challenge. For example, if 3 people are selected, the three players with numbers "2, 3, and 4" will go on stage together. If No. 1 wins, he can score 3 points, and can choose to continue the challenge or leave. If he loses, "2, 3, and 4" will each score 1 point.

Each person can challenge three times at most. After winning three times, they must leave the game. A player who has not lost before will take the next step. If they fail in the challenge or lose when others challenge their own quota, they will lose the qualification to play again.

In the end, the two people with the highest points in each group will advance to the finals!

The sword fighters are obviously simple-minded guys, and Pica's ability to express himself is not as strong as the legendary Dongdong, so they are confused and count on their fingers to consider the rules...

"This year's rules are very interesting. In addition to strength, the wisdom of choice and luck are very important!" Guan Liyuan said.

Rebecca is also a smart one. At this time, she has reacted and said with some concern: "In this way, if the serial number is very early or very late, it will be very disadvantageous..." That's right

, if the serial number is very early, because there is no reference, the number of opponents chosen is too small, and the final points may not be enough. If you choose too many, your strength may not be enough, but it will be a waste of time. If the serial

number is very late, when it is your turn to play, there will be very little room for choice, and the points of all the people behind you may not be enough!

Of course, in addition to the luck of the serial number, there is also the luck of "whether there are strong players around your number". There

are more than 1,600 people, with different strengths. The lucky ones are surrounded by experienced people, and the unlucky ones are surrounded by people who are stronger than themselves

, and they will be eliminated in the first round... The results of the draw came out soon, with a total of four groups, each with 419 people. After drawing the number, everyone does not need to announce it to avoid being targeted.

However, after the draw, Rebecca came to Guan Liyuan with a somewhat aggrieved look on her face and whispered: "Mr. Guan... I, I drew number 419!"

Rebecca didn't think there was anything to hide from Guan Liyuan.

That's right, the legendary last one can only rely on others to include their own number in the challenge, and brush one point at a time, and they have no chance to challenge at all...

"I guess it's the first group." Guan Liyuan said.

"Huh? How did Mr. Guan know?" Rebecca was aggrieved and confused.

"Because I am also in the first group..." Guan Liyuan said and took out the number plate of "Group 1, Number 1".

It is in line with the interests of the Don Quixote family!

You don't need to look at Guan Liyuan to know that starting from number 2, there must be a long row of sword fighters who are members of the Don Quixote family or bribed.

The Don Quixote family's interest expectation is that Guan Liyuan dies on the field, while Rebecca is insulted and has no chance to stand out...

"This, this must be cheating!" Rebecca said angrily.

If it is possible that she drew number 419 alone, it might be an accident, then Guan Liyuan drew number 1 at the same time, which is obviously abnormal!

Of course, it was indeed cheating, Guan Liyuan had discovered it a long time ago, but he didn't like to say it. The only cheating that bothered Guan Liyuan was that he and Rebecca drew adjacent numbers, so Rebecca had to be eliminated first.

But now, although they are in the same group, they are at the beginning and the end. Guan Liyuan feels that this result is completely acceptable...

"Don't worry, we have this game!" Guan Liyuan smiled gently.