Katakuri looked at the brothers and sisters behind him, their faces either grim or panicked, then at Charlotte Linlin before him, waving her weapon around like a madwoman. A bitter smile appeared on his lips.
The scene of him and his older brother Perospero fighting Doflamingo together all those years ago still seemed vivid in his mind. Even then, he had known that if Doflamingo, who was much younger than him, did not die young, he would one day become a figure renowned across the seas.
After being utterly defeated by Doflamingo back then, Katakuri had even trained diligently, hoping to surpass him!
Yet more than ten years had passed, and Doflamingo had long since become so strong that Katakuri could not even see his exhaust fumes. Merely facing him made Katakuri tremble all over.
But Katakuri still stepped forward without hesitation. Though he knew he could not stop Doflamingo, at least no one from the Charlotte Family could be harmed before he fell!
Doflamingo looked at Katakuri with a hint of appreciation in his eyes. What a pity—their positions were different. Otherwise, Katakuri would indeed have made a fine friend.
But for now, he still intended to finish off Charlotte Linlin first. After all, if this dragged on any longer, Kaido might arrive.
Even if the two joined forces, Doflamingo was confident he could defeat them both. But whether he could kill them both was another matter.
A chilling aura rose from Doflamingo's body as the power of Illusion - Materialization faintly emerged around him.
Cracks appeared one after another in the surrounding space. Katakuri's expression changed dramatically as he looked at everything before him, as though he had recalled Doflamingo's ultimate move from back then—Innate Barrier!
Although Katakuri had not entered the Innate Barrier at the time, he