"Donquixote Family brat! You've got some nerve, thinking the New World is some North Sea you can run rampant in? Hand Caesar back right now!"
The King of Tyranny Pizarro, then in a small boat, intercepted the Numancia Flamingo —he had to look up to see the flamingo's head.
Clearly, Sig's earlier Psychological Suggestion had taken effect, causing the Numancia Flamingo's whereabouts to be "reported," which led Kaido to send men to intercept it.
At the same time, Sig also somewhat uneasy...
It's unclear Kaido was following behind, Pizarro had simply arrived ahead of them, or if they had already split up and returned to Wano Country.
However, Sig also understood that the latter probability was not high—one Pizarro alone was not enough to wipe out the Donquixote Family!
"Fufufufu... So you're the King of Tyranny? I heard you surrendered your country to Kaido's power?" Doflamingo appeared on the bird's head and chuckled at Pizarro.
Pizarro's head throbbed with rage—while that was indeed true,... now it's your turn to mock me?
"Since you're going to seek refuge anyway, why not seek refuge with me instead of just Kaido? Once I achieve my goal, a mere country is nothing; I, the young master, will help you restore it!" Doflamingo directly tried to undermine Kaido's loyalty.
"You've got guts!"
Upon hearing this, Pizarro's body suddenly swelled up, transforming him into Human-Beast Form.
It looks like a leopard, but it's much more robust, especially its upper body!
The next moment, Pizarro had already disappeared from his small boat and was about to deliver a punch to Doflamingo.
However, Doflamingo was not entirely unprepared. While he was speaking, he had already laid countless "fine lines" around him. Pizarro felt his whole body tighten and was fixed in mid-air. His fist was stopped when it was less than a punch away from Doflamingo!
"So this is the Ancient Zoan Cat-Cat Fruit, Giant Cheetah Mode? Tsk tsk." Doflamingo looked very curious.
Doflamingo twitched his finger, attempting to control the thin threads to further subdue Pizarro. Indeed, the threads caused some small wounds on Pizarro's body, with drops of blood dripping down, giving the transparent threads a color...
However, at that moment, Pizarro was covered in Armament Haki, and then... his body swelled up even more.
"I need to... be a little more serious!"
"Huh?" Doflamingo's expression froze, and his fingers, which were controlling the thin thread, were pulled so hard that they bent and made a cracking sound.
To avoid having his own fingers broken first, Doflamingo had no choice but to "break the string".
Suddenly, Pizarro vanished from his spot, and in the next instant... he punched Doflamingo in the face, sending him flying.
"Young Master!"
The Donquixote Family's executives exclaimed in surprise— Doflamingo, that guy, just loves using such childish nicknames.
He's almost thirty years old now...
Pica and Diamante then stepped in, while the younger cadres, including Gladius, were stopped by Trebol to prevent them from causing further trouble.
Sig breathed a sigh of relief—he was now hiding in Gladius's shadow, since Caesar hadn't been brought out and was living in his shadow, unable to watch the show.
The muscular Pica froze instantly, his disproportionately large fist lunging at Pizarro to block him. Diamante also drew his sword, his other hand still reaching into his robes for something...
"You guys... are you underestimating me?" Pizarro unleashed his power, pushing off with all four paws and charging forward at lightning speed.
Despite facing two opponents alone, Pizarro showed no fear.
The arms, adorned with enormous armbands, charged directly towards Pica and Pizarro.
Fist against fist, Pica's rocky fist immediately cracked; fist against sword, Diamante nearly dropped his sword hilt...
Fortunately, Diamante then pulled something from his pocket and unfurled a huge... tablecloth? Or a flag?
In short, it was something like cloth, but after Pizarro crashed into it, it immediately turned into hard steel!
Before Pizarro could be briefly trapped and shake off the steel monster's "shield," Pica and Diamante managed to retreat in time...
That's right, at this moment Pizarro simultaneously possessed "four claws" and "two fists".
Unlike his previous ordinary Human-Beast Form, Pizarro now looks like a centaur—his lower body is almost a complete giant cheetah, while his upper body is a robust human physique.
The head resembles that of a cheetah, while the arms still appear to be adorned with armbands, without displaying the claws of a giant cheetah...
However, the combination is not abrupt. From the front, the giant cheetah's forelegs are proportionate to his upper body. However, from the side, it can be seen that the body of the giant cheetah extends from what should be the buttocks, with hind legs and a tail at the back!
At the same time, Sig could sense that Pizarro's "unrestrained Devil Fruit power" meant that Pizarro was not only Ancient Zoan, but also... had already Awakening.
This is somewhat similar to Jack's Human-Beast Form in the original work—his lower body is beast-like, while his upper body is human-like.
This differs significantly from the typical Human-Beast Form that combines "completely human physique with animal characteristics"...
Sig speculated that this might be a special Human-Beast Form that could be developed after Awakening Zoan Devil Fruit?
Clearly, even King of Tyranny was a formidable opponent for the Donquixote Family.
Moreover, the Donquixote Family isn't all present on the Numancia Flamingo right now—after all, they have their own underground base and businesses, and aren't a completely roaming pirate crew that can't all set sail at any time.
The three most powerful officers, Pica, Diamante, and Vergo, are all present, as is the Grand Steward Trebol...
However, the Snow Hag Sig had met earlier was not there, nor was Monet, who should have joined the family by now, and many of the executives who should already be members of the Donquixote Family, including Sugar, whom Sig was most interested in, were all absent.
Sig's impression was that he had brought out the most capable fighters, but most of the lower-ranking officers were absent.
Pizarro tore through the steel shield that Diamante had conjured, and just as he was about to attack them again, Doflamingo stood up.
Seemingly reckless, he charged straight at Pizarro with a kick, the kick sending out several barely perceptible lines that were more powerful than a regular Tempest Kick. However, Pizarro easily blocked it with his right armband and left fist, smashing Doflamingo's head into the deck, where it was visibly deformed!
However, the feeling of the head deforming made Pizarro realize something was wrong. But before he could react, he saw the traces of "threads" on Doflamingo's cracked and deformed head as he smashed it on the ground—it was clearly a "puppet" made of threads!
Because Pizarro had been fighting at the bow of the ship, not far from the red Doflamingo's prow, just as he realized he had been tricked, the massive bird-head-shaped ram suddenly "twisted," transforming into a giant rope woven from red threads that coiled around him...