Being interrupted at the crucial moment of getting real work done, pushing forward continuously, and carrying out plans to the letter was absolutely an infuriatingly awful experience.
Even ordinary people would feel the urge to kill, let alone Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, who was already hot-tempered and mentally unstable.
"Bastard!"
"You must die!!"
Big Mom glared furiously at Garen, raised her sword at him, and roared. Spittle flew from her gaping, bloodthirsty mouth, making her look like the Taotie beast from ancient legends.
Thundercloud Zeus and Sun Prometheus circled around her, illuminating the castle beneath the moonlit night and lending her an imposing aura capable of commanding wind and rain.
"I..."
Garen froze in place. Big Mom had given him quite a scare.
In her extreme rage from unsatisfied desire, Big Mom's aura was now even slightly stronger than Whitebeard's had been when Garen saw him at Impel Down.
However, Garen had not been stunned by her killing intent or overwhelming presence. He had been stunned by this unbelievable fact:
Big Mom and Doflamingo...
Were just now...?
Garen finally understood why the area around this castle had been so quiet, quiet enough to seem utterly deserted.
"Sorry for interrupting."
Garen apologized sincerely, though his facial muscles twisted slightly as he desperately held back a certain emotion.
Naturally, Big Mom did not accept his apology. She raised her hand, ready to kill someone to vent her anger.
But at that moment, a man quietly emerged from behind the enraged Big Mom.
He staggered out through the hole Big Mom had smashed through the wall. His iconic flamingo coat had been torn nearly to shreds, and large bruises from struggling covered his knotted, muscular body. From head to toe, only his trademark sunglasses had miraculously survived that unknown, fierce