## One Piece Chapter 728, pages 9-10: The Tragic Ranks - Chapter: 728 - Pages: 9-10 - Characters: Toy Soldier, Viola, Violet, Riku Doldo III, Donquixote Doflamingo ### Summary Page 9: The Toy Soldier then reveals that King Riku did not die. "No... King Riku still lives!!" At the time, Doflamingo became interested in Princess Viola's power, and Viola made the only bargain she could: "If you promise not to kill father... I will serve under you!!" Her sacrifice kept Riku alive, but it chained her to the enemy. The Soldier explains that Viola is still alive and now serves under Doflamingo as one of the Donquixote Family's officers, having changed her name to Violet. The others are stunned: "An officer!?" Yet the meaning is clear. King Riku survives because his daughter buried her own life inside the family that destroyed hers. Page 10: In the flower field, the Toy Soldier carries the weight of everyone Doflamingo broke. He says King Riku is definitely still alive somewhere in Dressrosa, but he cannot imagine the pain Riku has endured for ten years, nor the pain in Viola's heart. Fear, anger, and tears have filled an entire decade. He also thinks of the soldiers who, alongside King Riku, were manipulated against their will into striking down the people in front of them. Someone asks if King Riku's men were not killed that night, and the Soldier's silence makes clear that the answer is more complicated. Dressrosa's tragedy is not only the stolen throne; it is the way Doflamingo forced victims to appear as villains and then left them to live with that stain.