After Doflamingo died in the Summit War, the Donquixote Family suspended all transactions under its banner except those involving Artificial Devil Fruits. They spared no expense, investing a tremendous amount of manpower and effort solely to obtain the reborn Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
And they succeeded. They beat every other faction to it and obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit first.
To get the family back on track and take it even further, they had even allowed Vergo, who had spent years undercover in the Navy, to reveal his identity, return to the family, and eat the Tremor-Tremor Fruit...
Everything had been for the sake of restoring the family's former glory.
But—
As Vergo fell, the Donquixote Family's top officers Trebol and Diamante seemed to hear the sound of bubbles bursting, echoing incessantly in the depths of their hearts and tormenting their spirits like saws.
One slash...!!!
They had clearly given Vergo the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Yet he had been taken out in a single slash by someone who had not even established himself in the New World.
"Seriously? Seriously!!?"
Trebol's unwilling and furious voice echoed across the harbor.
Diamante said nothing, but his face was frighteningly dark.
"This was probably the first time 'Mr. Vergo' had suffered a setback in over a decade. Of course, it was also his last."
Even without turning around, Luo could already predict the outcome of Maud and Vergo's battle.
Hearing Luo, Trebol and Diamante glared at him resentfully. Their eyes looked as though they wanted to cut him into a thousand pieces.
"Stop staring. You can't kill someone with your eyes alone."
Luo remained calm. His left hand gripped Oni-Kishin's sheath while his right hand tightened around Oni-Kishin's hilt. For a moment, he even resembled Maud before he used Dark Extreme.
Trebol and Diamante's faces slowly twisted into