Vice Admiral Tsuru's Interception

On the sea, three Navy warships were chasing and attacking the Flamingo.

The fierce firepower was nothing compared to those half-baked Pirate Ships from before.

Doflamingo didn't even dare to stop the ship and confront them, because he knew very well that they couldn't possibly win.

If it were other Navy personnel, he might not have taken them seriously.

But the one leading the Navy in pursuit right now was named Tsuru!

The consequence of his defiance was almost being thrown into Impel Down to drink tea and read newspapers.

These were all bloody lessons he had learned in his reckless youth!

Ever since then, Doflamingo had developed a certain respect and fear for Tsuru, though he would never admit it.

"Damn old woman, one day I'll stand before you openly and leave you no choice but to sigh in helplessness!"

Veins bulged on Doflamingo's temples; the humiliation of being passively beaten made him furious.

"Has Buffalo not returned yet?"

He couldn't help but ask.

"I see them, over there!"

Baby-5 suddenly shouted loudly, holding a telescope.

The others looked and saw a black dot in the sky rapidly approaching.

"Wait for me, you all go full speed ahead, I'll teach those Navy behind us a lesson."

Clearly, Doflamingo's patience was nearing its limit.

And if no one covered their retreat and tied up the Navy, they wouldn't be able to shake them off at all.

In this situation, there was obviously no one better suited than Doflamingo.

This was also one of the important reasons why the Donquixote Family could always retreat safely and escape under Tsuru's pursuit.

"Pant. Pant. I'm. I'm gonna die."

In the sky, Buffalo began to pant heavily, his stamina severely depleted.

He had first carried Baby-5 and fought a large group of Pirates, then searched for supplies on the island just now, notified everyone to gather, and finally flew back to pick up Abel, truly exhausting himself.

"Hold on! We're almost there!"

Abel shouted loudly, unable to fly and only able to worry.

If Buffalo gave up now, both of them would be finished!

"I can't anymore, I can't fly."

"Think about your favorite ice cream! I'll buy you ten when we get back, the most luxurious kind, so you can eat your fill!"

In desperation, Abel could only think of this way to encourage him.

Surprisingly, it actually had some effect.

As soon as he heard that Abel would treat him to ten luxurious ice creams upon their return, Buffalo's eyes lit up. Then, from somewhere, he squeezed out some more strength, and even the speed of his 'propeller' increased!

"Charge, charge, charge! For luxurious ice cream, I'll risk it all!"

Buffalo, with a determined look, carried Abel across the sky above the sea, heading straight for the Flamingo, which was under cannon fire.

But at this moment, they also attracted the attention of the Navy below.

"Hmm? What is that."

Tsuru suddenly sensed something and looked up at the sky.

The female Navy officer beside her immediately raised her telescope and compared it with the intelligence received by Navy Headquarters.

"One of them is a member of the Donquixote Family, an ability user of the Paramecia Spin-Spin Fruit, with the ability to fly."

"The other... uh, there's no record of the other one. It's possible it's one of the children the Donquixote Family recently abducted."

Tsuru nodded upon hearing this, "Is that so? Then let's save them. Both are still children. If their minds are cleansed, perhaps they can become pillars of the Navy in the future."

Talent recognized by Doflamingo must possess some kind of potential.

Tsuru agreed with this point.

And compared to adults with stronger independence, these children whose values were not yet mature were undoubtedly easier to 're-educate'.

That's why Tsuru had the idea of intercepting them.

It was better for them to be in the Navy than to follow Doflamingo, committing evil deeds and all sorts of bad things.

"Hina, I'll leave it to you."

"Yes, Vice Admiral Tsuru!"

A sexy beauty with long pink hair immediately stepped forward.

Then, a faint light flashed in her hand, and a black iron rod appeared out of thin air. She aimed at the sky and threw the black iron rod with all her might.

Accompanied by a strong whistling sound through the air, Abel finally became aware of it.

Something was flying towards them at high speed!

If it were before, he definitely wouldn't have reacted in time.

But after integrating the combat memories of the White Night Assassin, he drew the short sword at his waist almost instinctively.

Asura Aurora Slash!

Screeeech!

The brilliant and colorful aurora sword energy instantly struck the high-speed flying iron rod, splitting it in two.

Buffalo was startled!

He knew that the iron rod had been only a meter or two away from him just now. If he had been hit, he would have instantly 'crashed'.

And not only that.

Hina was a user of the Cage-Cage Fruit. If she were hit by that black iron rod, she would be immediately restrained.

"What?! My attack was actually cut down?"

After missing, Hina's expression became incredibly shocked.

In her expectation, she might have missed, or the opponent might have dodged, but she never imagined that he would break through her attack head-on.

And if she hadn't seen wrong just now, that was...

"Flying Slash?"

"A young boy like this, to have already mastered such superb swordsmanship?"

"A sword genius like this must not fall into Doflamingo's hands!"

If Tsuru's previous actions were more out of her Navy duty to rescue these children, then Tsuru now had an additional reason to act, besides the previous one.

Because she couldn't imagine how terrifying a devil a sword genius like this would become if cultivated by Doflamingo in the future!

So, to nip this possibility in the bud, she immediately issued a series of orders.

"Hina, go all out and capture them!"

"Understood, Hina!"

"Change course, full speed ahead."

"All members of the Musketeer Third Squad, prepare to fire, try to avoid vital points."

Hina, who had missed before, was clearly much more serious this time.

Black Spear Formation!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Hina forcefully threw the black iron rods one after another, virtually sealing off all of Buffalo's escape routes.

Fortunately, Abel was prepared this time and counterattacked immediately.

Asura Aurora Slash!

Several black iron rods were blocked directly, but many still broke through the sword energy blockade.

With no other choice, Abel had to drain all his physical and mental strength to forcefully unleash one last sword strike.

A large number of iron rods were knocked into the sea, but there were still a few stragglers.

To put it bluntly, Abel's current strength was insufficient to unleash the true power of the Asura Aurora Slash.

Otherwise, even more iron rods would only meet the fate of being cut down.

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