The Donquixote Family? That's It?
Dressrosa, outside the Palace.
Boom!
Conqueror's Haki erupted!
Several guards on the street collapsed one after another before they could even scream.
"Fufu!"
He stood atop the clock tower, his pink feather cloak billowing in the gust of air, veins throbbing on his forehead.
"Ron! Don't think I'm still as strong as I used to be!"
Ron glanced at the fallen guard and stomped his foot across the ground.
Click!
An Air Door opened beneath them simultaneously, and in the blink of an eye, they slid out through another door on the street corner.
Ron then looked up.
"Oh? After practicing for several years, you've finally made some progress?"
"You dare to get distracted?!"
Doflamingo spreads his five fingers.
Five Color Strings!
Five threads, imbued with Armament Haki, shot through the air, skimming the ground as they hurtled towards Ron!
Swish!
The stone slabs along the way were cut open, leaving deep cracks.
Ron raised his hand and gently pulled to his side, and an Air Door opened silently, through which the entire bundle of Five Color Strings went straight.
The next instant, another door suddenly split open beside Doflamingo, and his own attack came crashing back.
"?!"
Doflamingo's pupils contracted sharply, and he twisted his waist to dodge, the silk threads grazing his cheek and severing a few strands of his golden hair.
When he landed, his knees sank sharply, and he realized that his feet had somehow stepped into another door that Ron had set up.
Doflamingo suddenly pulled his leg back.
Click!
The Air Door suddenly slammed shut, and a section of the shoe's toe was cleanly sliced off.
He looked down and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Ron poked half his body out of the Air Door.
A fist crackled with black and red electricity as it hurtled straight for Doflamingo's face!
Bang!
Doflamingo hurriedly crossed his arms to block, but his arms were forced inward by the punch.
He was sent flying backward, crashing through the outer wall of the Palace, and a burst of rubble and dust erupted.
He coughed up blood, then struggled to his feet, his fingertips trembling uncontrollably, using the broken bricks and tiles as support.
"It's not over yet!"
Doflamingo pressed his palms to the ground.
Boom!
The stone slabs on the square surged and instantly transformed into large white lines.
"Ever White!"
The white lines surged toward Ron like a tidal wave.
"Rashomon"
Six Air Doors opened simultaneously, swallowing all the incoming white lines.
The next second, several doors suddenly cracked open above Doflamingo's head.
"What?!"
The white line poured out from the doorway and crashed down!
"You bastard!"
"Spider's Nest!"
Doflamingo raised his hand and wove a huge net of threads, forcefully blocking the white waves.
But Ron is gone.
Where are they?!
"Above."
Doflamingo suddenly looked up.
Ron gripped Zhenyuan, and a thin spatial rift appeared on the blade of the sword.
Spatial Slash.
Swish!
The giant net was broken in two.
Doflamingo quickly dodged to the side, the sword grazing his shoulder as it fell.
Boom!
A trench tens of meters long was cut into the square.
Ron reclaimed Zhenyuan.
"If you're even half an inch slower, you'll lose your head."
Doflamingo did not respond.
He knelt in the rubble, pressing his palms into the ground once more.
"Sixteen Sacred Bombs - God Thread!"
Boom!
Sixteen enormous white lines, imbued with Armament Haki, shot up from the ground, heading straight for Ron!
Ron didn't even move from his spot.
He tapped his toes, and sixteen Air Doors opened simultaneously.
Swish!
All the white lines went inside.
The next second, sixteen more doors opened in front of Doflamingo.
"What?!"
His own attack came back at him!
Doflamingo quickly retracted the line.
Ron was already behind him.
"Too slow."
Bang!
Zhenyuan's sword pierced his back.
Doflamingo crashed into the plaza, sending rubble flying everywhere.
"Puff!"
Doflamingo coughed up blood and tried to stand up, but Ron had already stepped on his shoulder.
"After years of training, this is all you've achieved?"
That's it?
"You bastard! Get your foot off me!"
Doflamingo struggled desperately, but it felt like a mountain was pressing down on his shoulders.
Ron raised his hand and slashed open an Air Door.
"Two men, handcuff him."
Two Marines immediately ran out of the door, one of them carrying Seastone Handcuffs.
"Ron! How dare you—"
"Click!"
Before Doflamingo could finish speaking, shackles had already been fastened around his wrists.
Ron then stopped.
"Keep an eye on him, don't let him get away."
"Yes, Vice Admiral!"
On the other side, the streets flanking the Palace were already in complete chaos.
Trebol poked half of his sticky body out from under the roof, forgetting even to sniffle, and screamed through the Den Den Mushi: "Pica! Diamante! Everyone, move in!"
"Stop those three! Drive the civilians back into the streets, so the navy has nowhere to stand!"
Before he could finish speaking, rows of Marines from the street corner had already pressed forward.
The cordon that Vergo had set up in advance closed simultaneously at the three intersections. The family cadres had just driven the people out of the alley when they were met head-on by the Seastone net guns and the solid shield wall.
"Vergo--!"
The ground suddenly bulged up.
"Crucus stone!"
Eight rock tentacles simultaneously pierced Vergo from different directions, while Pica's true form remained hidden underground.
Vergo slammed the bamboo stick on the ground.
"Pica."
I'm not here to reminisce.
The jet-black, gleaming Armament Haki spread from his fingertips all the way down to his neck, covering his entire body in pure black.
He pushed off the ground with his foot, and his whole body swept through the gaps between the eight tentacles.
The bamboo stick swept horizontally left and right, snapping the rocks in two with a snap, sending pebbles crashing to the ground.
"Stone press!"
Two enormous stone pillars came together from the left and right!
Boom!
Pica let out a shrill, eerie laugh.
"Traitor! Now we'll see what you're made of—"
Bang!
A large hole suddenly exploded in the middle of the stone pillar.
Vergo walked out carrying a bamboo stick, his clothes perfectly neat.
"Then what?"
Pica's expression changed drastically, and she immediately burrowed into the stone wall.
"ROOM."
A pale blue expanse spread out silently.
Luo stood at the street corner, with the Kikoku blocking his way.
With a quick scan of his Observation Haki, he had already located Pica, hidden in the rock wall.
Shambles.
Swish!
Just as Pica was about to burrow into the rock, she suddenly lost her footing.
Looking again, Vergo was already standing in front of him.
How could you--
"Demon Bamboo!"
Bang!
The bamboo stick, coated in Armament Haki, struck Pica's helmet squarely.
Pica's eyes rolled back, and he collapsed on the spot.
Vergo picked up the unconscious Pica and tossed her to the approaching Marines.
"The Seastone handcuffs are tightened."
At the same time, a series of whooshing sounds rang out from the direction of the city gate.
Diamante plunged the steel sword into the ground, and the blade unfolded like silk before regaining its hardness. He then swept the sword out horizontally.
"Half Moon Funeral!"
The wave of sword energy swept across the ground, splitting the street in two as easily as tofu.
Vergo leaped out of the crack in the ground and slammed the bamboo stick down hard.
Clang!
Diamante's longsword bent under the pressure, and he stumbled back three steps, nearly falling over when his foot landed on a raised stone slab.
"You rascal, you used to be so--"
"The past is the past."
Vergo didn't give him a chance to finish speaking.
With a sweeping motion of the bamboo stick, Diamante hurriedly raised his sword to parry.
He was sent flying, crashing into the window of a tailor shop on the street, scattering broken glass and mannequins all over the ground.
Trebol, standing in the middle of the street, finally couldn't sit still any longer.
"Sticky Chains!"
A large glob of brownish slime shot out from his sleeve, forming a chain-like shape in the air before hurtling towards Luo's back.
Luo didn't even turn his head.
"ROOM."
The slime chain was cut into more than a dozen pieces as soon as it entered the room and thrown into the stone pits on the side of the street.
Luo glanced around the square.
The room quietly expanded, eventually encompassing the area where Ron was located.
Just then, Ron caught a glimpse of a little girl in a dirty dress sneaking closer to Ron.
It's Sugar.
She feigned a panicked expression.
"Big brother Navy! Help me--!"
As he spoke, he lunged at Ron, his right hand stealthily reaching for Ron's wrist.
Ron didn't even turn his head.
"Luo."
"Understood, Master."
Just as Sugar's fingertips were about to touch Ron, a circle of blue light suddenly flashed beneath his feet.
Shambles.
Swish!
Sugar's vision blurred, and she was already several steps away.
The spot where she had been standing had become an empty wooden barrel.
"What?!"
Where should I touch?
Luo was already standing behind her, with Kikoku Cry at her side.
"The Hobby-Hobby Fruit, right?"
Cold sweat mixed with ash streamed down Sugar's forehead.
How did you know?!
"I used to work for the family."
Luo glanced down at her hand. "Even cadres wouldn't dare let you touch them casually. Only a fool would treat you like an ordinary little girl."
Just as Sugar was about to turn around, a large hand grabbed her wrist.
It's Vergo.
"Don't touch anyone."
Click!
Seastone Handcuffs locked her wrists directly.
Sugar went limp.
"Trebol! Help me--!"
"Sugar!!"
Trebol lunged forward with a strange cry, its body covered in slime as it enveloped Luo.
"ROOM."
Luo waved his hand Kikoku.
Swish!
Before Trebol could even react, the thick layer of slime on his body was completely peeled off after the slime was cut open.
Trebol looked down at his body, which was as thin as a bamboo pole.
"You bastard! Give me back my slime!"
Luo glanced at him.
"Does he really think he's Logia?"
Just as Trebol was about to step back, Vergo was already standing behind him.
Bang!
A bamboo stick struck down.
"Behave yourself!"
Gladius and Machvise also tried to break out through a side street.
"Steel Helmet Explosion!"
Gladius's helmet exploded with a deafening roar, and fragments flew straight towards the Marines' defensive line!
"ROOM!"
Luo sent the shrapnel into the deserted streets, and then casually raised his finger again.
Swish!
Gladius appeared directly in front of Vergo.
"Wait! I haven't --"
Bang!
With a flick of the bamboo stick, he embedded himself into the wall.
Machvise had just jumped off the roof when Ron casually swapped him with Ron.
"In a hurry?"
Machvise looked up and saw Ron, his face instantly filled with despair. "Can we make peace?"
Ron raised his leg and kicked.
Bang!
Machvise collided with the fountain and immediately lost consciousness.
Señor Pica had just crawled into the cobblestone streets behind the city, preparing to escape underground, when he was stopped by Ro's Room.
Shambles!
He had barely poked his head out when he found himself standing right in front of Vergo.
"Etc--"
Bang!
The bamboo stick came crashing down on him.
Vergo withdrew his hand, not even glancing at him again.
Just as Buffalo and Jora took off into the air, two Air Doors suddenly opened in front of them.
"What?!"
Before the two could turn around, they crashed headfirst into the Seastone net that the Marines had already set up.
"Gotcha!"
Less than fifteen minutes.
The Donquixote Family's officials have all been arrested.
The fire in front of the Palace ruins has been extinguished.
King Riku came before the people.
The guard captain displayed the kerosene drums and forged notices that had been seized.
"His Majesty the King was under Doflamingo's control at the time; the guards and Marine Vice Admirals present can testify to this!"
An old man clutched his money pouch, his voice trembling. "Your Majesty, about last night..."
"All funds raised will be registered and refunded by the Kingdom, not a single Beli will be shortchanged."
King Riku bowed deeply.
"It's my fault for not telling everyone the truth in time."
He turned to Ron, his expression solemn.
"Vice Admiral Ron, thank you for saving this country."
"Don't thank me yet, let's treat the wounded in the city first."
At that moment, Vergo walked over and handed Ron a document that had been seized from the Donquixote Family's temporary stronghold.
Ron opened the file.
[SMILE Production Plan]
[Lineage Factor Experiment]
[Caesar Courland]
[Dressrosa Underground Factory Pre-planned Area]
Wow, you're quite well-prepared.
He turned two more pages.
"No wonder they're fixated on Dressrosa; they're planning to open a factory here."
Luo leaned closer and asked, "Master, who is Caesar?"
"A scientist who's quite the troublemaker."
Vergo added from the side, "We just received intelligence that he himself seems to be in Dressrosa as well."
"Oh?"
Ron closed the file.
That's perfect.