"Just wait! I'll kill you right now and snatch the Gum-Gum Fruit!" the shooter shouted.
Luffy struggled to push himself up, only to suddenly collapse again. Someone beside him tried to help him, but another person said, "Stop! Don't get close so easily! He's a pirate too—we don't know what he's thinking."
"That's too cruel! He fought Doflamingo for our sake!"
"That's right. At least he isn't our enemy, is he?"
"Even so, we can't trust him." Luffy panted heavily as the townspeople said, "That guy is a pirate too, just like Doflamingo."
"But King Riku said he was our hope."
"Have you decided the winner? What happened to Doflamingo?"
They asked Luffy. Luffy looked up at Doflamingo, who had crashed beneath the Royal Palace. Doflamingo was still buried in the dirt, completely motionless.
Luffy forced himself up, but suddenly, a vein bulged on Doflamingo's forehead. He woke up. "He's coming! Get out of this town! The pirates' fight isn't over yet! Get out before you get caught up in it! Even Central Street isn't safe!"
"The Birdcage is closing in! There's nowhere to run!" The townspeople immediately fled in panic. Luffy struggled to rise. "Mingo!" he cried weakly before falling to the ground again. Doflamingo smiled.
Suddenly, chunks of stone from the high ground where the Royal Palace stood came crashing down. Doflamingo forced himself out from beneath the rubble as the stones continued falling. He looked at the crowd on the ground and Luffy below, grinned broadly, then pressed a hand to his stomach and began repairing his internal organs.
Luffy saw it too. Doflamingo had awakened. He tried to force himself up and use Haki, but after using Gear Fourth, his whole body had gone limp with weakness, and he collapsed. The townspeople had already fled from