After the Straw Hat Pirates and the others left,
the Marines worked hard to rescue the soldiers who had been attacked by the poisonous gas. Leading them was Smoker, who had previously been beaten badly by Vergo.
"Vice Admiral Smoker, we've already sent people in protective suits to the center of the island for rescue operations!!!"
"Mm, I understand."
Smoker puffed on his cigar and nodded at the report, but his expression was far from pleasant.
He had never expected Doflamingo, one of the Shichibukai, to act with such arrogance and recklessness.
Not only had he planted an undercover agent of such high rank within the Marines, but he had also secretly researched such terrifying biological poison-gas weapons, not to mention those dangerous SAD Artificial Devil Fruit experiments...
A Marine soldier approached with a Den Den Mushi in hand.
"Vice Admiral Smoker!"
"Give it to me."
Taking the Den Den Mushi, Smoker's gaze became incomparably grave.
There was no way he could avoid reporting this matter to Marine Headquarters. After all, it involved Black Spear, and that man had also appeared and taken part in events on Punk Hazard.
"Ever since Black Spear Austin was listed as a hostile target by the World Government, although they never explicitly mentioned stripping him of his status as a Celestial Dragon, his relationship with the World Government and the Marines has entered a deadlock and hit rock bottom.
"So just report it like this..."
Whoosh—!!!
Suddenly, a sharp rush of wind came from the horizon. Pink feathers drifted down as a defiant blond figure appeared among the Marines in an instant.
"Do... Doflamingo!!!"
He lightly spread his arms, and before countless Marine soldiers could react, they were forcibly knocked unconscious.
"What?!!!"
Hearing the commotion, Smoker ignored everything else and rushed over, only to