The commotion outside quickly reached the underground prison.
"Big Mom is attacking!" Diamante cried excitedly. "Doffy, we might be able to escape in the chaos!"
"This is no good thing." Doflamingo's face was grim. "If our Vice Admiral Longinus is ruthless enough, he could very well come here and kill us before the battle breaks out!"
"After all, in the coming battle, our existence counts as a threat neither too great nor too small!"
At his words, Pica and the other two immediately panicked. Indeed, at such a critical moment, no hard-hearted Marine would let them live long enough to reach Impel Down!
And as for that vice admiral, they absolutely could not mistake his usual gentleness for an easygoing nature. They had not forgotten how Doffy had suffered beneath his savage assault!
That man's reputation had been built atop the corpses of countless pirates!
"Doffy, what should we do?" Pica's already shrill voice became even more piercing under the catalyst of fear, like that of a palace eunuch.
"Fuffuffuffu, the answer is, of course..." Under the expectant gazes of the three, Doflamingo smiled calmly. "There's nothing we can do!"
"Fate will not be held in the hands of losers. What becomes of us will depend on what Vice Admiral Longinus is thinking!"
Just as the three were at a loss, Longinus's voice came from above the prison. "You are much calmer than I expected, Donquixote Doflamingo!"
Stepping down the stairs, Longinus walked steadily up to the four of them.
Looking through the bars, Doflamingo could not help but smile. "Aren't you the same? Big Mom is threatening you, yet you still have the leisure to come see me?"
"Didn't you already know?" Longinus said placidly. "I came to eliminate a threat!"
"Damn it, did Doffy really call it?" Diamante