The World Government's Usual Tricks

Everyone looked in the direction Luffy was staring at, somewhat confused, but they could not see anything wrong.

"Straw Hat, you..."

Before the man could finish speaking, the area where Doflamingo was began shaking continuously. Then, large amounts of rubble came rolling down from above.

The next moment...

"Boom!!"

Embedded in the rock wall, Doflamingo easily shattered the rubble pressing down on him with his monstrous strength and blasted it all away!

This change immediately drew everyone's attention.

"Doflamingo is still alive!" the citizens cried in terror. "Run!"

"The pirates' battle isn't over yet! Leave this town quickly! Don't get caught up in it!"

Once they understood the consequences of staying here, the citizens fled into the distance like mad, terrified of being dragged into the battle between Doflamingo and Luffy.

"D-Damn it..."

Luffy lay weakly on the ground, struggling to lift his head and look at Doflamingo in the distance.

Just one more punch...

"Fuffuffuffuffu~"

After casually blasting away a nearby boulder, Doflamingo looked down at Luffy with a vicious grin.

"Looks like I won."

As he spoke, Doflamingo placed a hand over his abdomen and began using the String-String Fruit to further repair the injuries inside his body.

Luffy's expression turned even uglier as he watched this.

Then, he tried to activate the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit and force himself up to fight, but his Haki and stamina had both been nearly exhausted. He simply could not use his Devil Fruit ability.

"Damn it..."

"Hey, Straw Hat Luffy." Gatz grabbed Luffy's arm and said, "Pull yourself together. Can you still fight?"

As he spoke, Gatz glanced at Doflamingo above them again, fear flashing through his eyes.

But because of Luffy, he forcibly suppressed that feeling.

"Yeah, that's me..."

"Do you know who I am?" Gatz said. "Gatz,