"We need to retreat, Doffy!" This battle was even more intense than the last one. Gray had used Teleportation solely to move himself around.
The frequent teleportations had severely drained Gray's stamina.
They had only been fighting for a little over an hour, and he had nearly run out of energy.
He couldn't help it. Only after experiencing Kuzan's pursuit firsthand did he understand the pressure.
His attacks couldn't hurt Kuzan at all. The only thing he could do was keep moving, again and again.
"Then let's go!" Using the force of Kuzan's blow to send himself flying, Doflamingo planned their escape route on the spot and took off before Gray.
Gray: ...
So this is your escape route?
Though he grumbled inwardly, Gray didn't dare waste a second. Kuzan was on their heels again.
"Don't think you're getting away!" Geppo in midair wasn't fast enough to keep up with the two of them, so Kuzan quickly landed on the sea and started skating again.
From nightfall until dawn, the three of them had been chasing and fleeing all night without realizing it.
By now, Gray's eyelids were starting to droop.
"Doffy! I'm so sleepy!" This was Gray's first time flying at such intensity, and his mind was completely exhausted.
Flying wasn't as simple as just keeping themselves airborne. Kuzan kept launching icy attacks from below, jolting the two of them awake.
"Hang on. I can see an inhabited island up ahead. We'll land there and use the civilians to hold him back." Doflamingo was a villain through and through. If threatening civilians benefited him, he wouldn't hesitate to do it.
"Okay!" At that, Gray perked up, and his flying speed increased once more.
The two of them picked up speed, and before long, they landed in the island's residential