They hadn't been treated as enemies?
When Lafitte and the others heard Issho say this, they found it so absurd that they truly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Although the earlier waves of attacks aimed at them hadn't been intended to kill them outright, their power was no laughing matter.
After Issho made his position clear, he didn't dispel the Hell Journey that continued pressing down on Maud and the others. Instead, he calmly "looked" at Doflamingo, who had suddenly intervened.
Doflamingo stood at the edge of Hell Journey's range. Above his sunglasses, veins could be seen throbbing faintly across his forehead.
Though he had arrived bearing a towering rage, he still remained calm under these circumstances.
He didn't continue trying to kill Maud. Instead, he coldly scrutinized Issho.
After Issho had stepped in and blocked the string attack that could have taken Maud's life on the spot, Doflamingo immediately realized that no matter what attack he launched at Maud, Issho would undoubtedly do everything in his power to block it.
That meant he could no longer attack recklessly.
After all, the targets of his long journey here were Maud and Luo, not the powerful middle-aged man before him.
Otherwise, with his usual methods, how could he have done nothing after that first attack?
"Fufufu..."
Doflamingo chuckled coldly twice. He spread both arms to either side and looked at Issho with a thorny gaze before saying coldly, "If we're not enemies, then what exactly is your relationship?"
"That has nothing to do with you."
Issho's right hand gripped his sword hilt tightly, keeping himself in a stance ready to draw at any moment.
He had never held much goodwill toward the Shichibukai established by the World Government, so his tone was naturally far from pleasant.
Doflamingo's eyes were