After calling out several times in a row and still receiving no response, Nami's eyes reddened as she slammed her fist viciously into the ground.
"Is there really... no hope?" She staggered to her feet, gritted her teeth, but said nothing more.
"Forget it... I can't waste time here... Kinoko is still waiting for me to save her..."
She slowly closed her eyes, feeling everything around her fade away. Then she suddenly opened them and found herself back in the real world.
"Ahhh!" Nami screamed as soon as she opened her eyes and saw the head of a dead Fish-Man, its eyes still wide open, lying right in front of her.
"Seriously? With that much courage, you still dared to say you'd do anything for revenge?"
At that moment, a faintly amused voice came from behind Nami, startling her again.
"Y-you... who are you?" Nami trembled slightly and turned to look at the towering Doflamingo, asking in an agitated voice.
"Didn't you say you were willing to give everything in exchange for the power to take revenge? So I came to have a look, to see whether you were worth investing in."
"As for this Fish-Man head, you really are careless. You dared to enter the Dreamscape directly in a place like this, and your Observation Haki hasn't even reached the point where it can operate on its own. You were practically offering your head up for someone to take!"
"If I hadn't arrived in time, this Fish-Man lackey would have killed you this time."
Hody Jones was fairly cunning. He had pretended to leave, but had actually left Fish-Man subordinates behind to watch the area. The moment Nami appeared, that Fish-Man had spotted her. However, wary of Nami's strength, he had not revealed himself at first and had merely