Bellamy Appears

Upon hearing this, Gladius immediately made something up. "How could that be? Once the battle is over, of course we'll restore you to normal right away."

Hearing that, Doflamingo's subordinates suddenly understood. "I... I knew it."

"Great, now I can relax."

But Gladius thought to himself, By then, your very existence will have long been forgotten.

"Oh, the barrier's fully restored! Let's do this!" Bartolomeo declared spiritedly from the other side.

"I'll never let you people get up from here!"

"Hmph, just because the toys are gone, you think victory is guaranteed?" Gladius said irritably. "Looks like I'll have to completely shatter that baseless confidence of yours." His arm suddenly swelled as he aimed at Bartolomeo, preparing to blow him up.

"I won't let you interfere with Luffy," Robin said, taking up a fighting stance as well.

"I'll defeat an executive of the Donquixote Family and become even more popular!" Cavendish said.

At the very top of the royal palace, Trebol stood behind Doflamingo, snot running from his nose as he giggled mockingly, clearly not taking any of this seriously.

Luffy immediately spotted Bellamy lying at Doflamingo's feet. Bellamy was a pirate he had met before.

"Bellamy!" Luffy cried out anxiously.

"You care about him that much? If I remember correctly, you two had some history back in Mock Town, didn't you?" Doflamingo asked with a sinister grin. "Since when did you become so close?"

"I'm asking... I'm asking... since when? Since when?!" Trebol chimed in.

"I've long forgotten those old grudges. Let Bellamy go!" Luffy said.

Doflamingo then stepped on Bellamy, who was lying on the ground. "Only the victor gets to decide. This brat came running to me looking to die, isn't that right, Bellamy? You entered the colosseum tournament to become a Family executive, but you lost