"How could this... Cough, cough, cough..." Kyros coughed up blood violently. Fragments of internal organs could even be seen amid the clotted blood.
Swordsmen were never known for their physical toughness. If his Observation Haki had not sensed that something was wrong and let him avoid the vital point in advance, he would have been a corpse by now!
"Kyros, how are you?" King Riku could not understand it either. Why had Kyros, who held the upper hand, been defeated in an instant?
If that One Piece had been hiding his strength, there was no need for him to erupt only after his subordinates were nearly all dead, was there?
And judging by the way he spoke in a trembling voice, he was clearly screaming in agony, wasn't he?
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are you all right?" Violet's little face had turned deathly pale. She could no longer care about concealing Kyros's identity. Her brother-in-law had come out because of her; if anything happened to him, she would not know how to face her sister and little niece.
"I... I..." Kyros forced himself to say, "I'm fine... Cough, cough, cough!"
"Ehehehe..." Joseph hid his screams beneath his laughter, making it sound as though he was both crying and laughing. "Stop forcing yourself, hiss... You're a swordsman, yoo... Even if you're incredibly strong, ooh..."
"What... exactly are you trying to say? Spit it out." Kyros took a deep breath.
Damn it, do you think I don't want to hurry up? Joseph grumbled inwardly as he continued aloud, "Give up now, and I can still... Eh?"
As Joseph spoke, he discovered that his body had begun moving again. Doflamingo had apparently grown tired of listening to his nonsense and was preparing to use force to end today's farce outright.
"Damn it, don't even think