Little One, Aren't You Afraid of Dying?

"Hm?"

Noticing the blue Arrow Feather, Doflamingo instinctively frowned. Then he activated the power of the String-String Fruit, creating a shield of strings in front of himself.

The next moment...

Clang!

The sound of metal colliding rang out, making Violet's ears buzz.

"Who was that?"

After glancing at the arrow embedded in his Silk Thread, Doflamingo frowned and looked toward Merry. He then noticed the tiny figure flying through the air.

This was... that Straw Hat Pirates apprentice?

"It was me!"

Merry descended from the sky and quickly arrived beside Rebecca.

Then, she moved the now-free Rebecca behind her, putting some distance between her and Doflamingo.

"Eh?"

Rebecca froze. Her body seemed... fine now?!

"Merry, was it you?!"

Rebecca looked at Merry in surprise. Had she been the one to save her?

"Mm."

Without turning around, Merry nodded her little head. "I noticed the Silk Thread on your body, so I shot those threads apart."

From the very beginning, she had never expected her attack to kill Doflamingo.

The target of that attack had always been the tiny Silk Threads on Rebecca's body.

According to Xi Yan, those things were the culprits controlling people, so destroying them would be enough.

"Thank you, thank you."

Rebecca began crying again. If it had not been for this little girl, she might have had to kill her own aunt with her own hands.

She could never accept something like that.

"One after another..."

Doflamingo lowered his hand and looked at Merry unhappily. "Little brat, aren't you afraid of dying?"

"I'm a member of the Straw Hat Pirates." Merry answered bluntly.

Doflamingo understood what she meant. Because she was a member of the Straw Hat Pirates, she was not afraid of death?

Heh. What a strange reason.

After casually tossing Violet onto the ground,