Before long, Doflamingo sensed the arrival of that powerful life force.
That aura lingered at the docks for a while before quickly heading toward the Golden City. Doflamingo used his illusion ability to guide him, causing him to unconsciously make his way in Doflamingo's direction.
At first, while he was in an area crowded with auras, he moved relatively slowly. Once he entered the desert, however, his speed suddenly soared. Clearly, he had begun using his Devil Fruit ability to travel now that no one was around.
"His Observation Haki reaches pretty far." Doflamingo's expression darkened. Using Observation Haki was actually quite an intrusive act, especially when that Observation Haki was aimed directly at the Golden City.
Still, thanks to the man's complete reliance on Observation Haki to determine direction, Doflamingo only needed to mislead him slightly for him to come running over.
It was merely a bit of misdirection, after all, and Doflamingo had the advantage of acting while the other was unaware. It was hardly difficult for him.
In the distance across the boundless desert, a tiny black dot rapidly appeared. As it drew closer and faster, Doflamingo looked up and saw that it was actually a rock flying through the air.
A tall man in purple robes stood atop the rock. A pair of crisscrossing scars ran across his face, passing directly over his eye sockets. He was clearly blind.
I remember that in the original story, this guy seemed to be in Alabasta around this time. He even seemed to have spotted Luffy's group from afar once. I didn't expect that, even in a world that has changed so much, he would still come here.
As soon as Doflamingo finished that thought, the purple-robed middle-aged man—the Navy Admiral Fujitora, Issho, from the original story—came to a