"Come to think of it, he really might be going after World." Doflamingo thought it over carefully and found no flaw in his deduction.
Although the More-More Fruit greatly boosted destructive power and speed, it provided no enhancement to the body itself. As a result, World had high attack and low defense. Among all the overlords of the sea, he was actually one of the easiest to deal with.
If World had not once had so many expendable subordinates, he could never have held out until now against the World Government's full-force assault. But as the World Pirates gradually lost power, anyone with eyes could see that his defeat was inevitable.
With that, naturally no pirates from the New World were willing to join the Pirate Crew anymore. Without fresh blood, the World Pirates' decline became even more apparent. In this vicious cycle, if not for other Great Pirates keeping the government occupied, World would probably have been sent back to New Impel Down long ago.
"Speaking of which, Kizaru really is the best candidate to deal with World. In terms of speed, his Glint-Glint Fruit is probably even better than the More-More Fruit."
As he thought, Doflamingo directed the pirate ship to change course and head toward the Marines.
They were all old acquaintances anyway. Naturally, they had to exchange greetings when they met.
Three hundred kilometers was no short distance. Even though ships in the Pirate World seemed to have been fitted with black technology, it still took nearly a full day before the two sides met.
"Admiral Borsalino, it looks like a pirate ship is approaching from afar?!"
"A pirate ship?" Borsalino, who had been trimming his nails, raised his head with a surprised expression.
"How terrifying. Have pirate crews in the New World become so