At that moment, Doflamingo controlled her hands and hoisted her up. "I won't blame a comrade for failing, but betrayal will never be tolerated." Viola's hands were bound by Doflamingo's String-String Fruit, leaving her suspended in midair.
Doflamingo suddenly turned to Rebecca. "And now..." With a twitch of his finger, he took control of Rebecca. Donquixote Doflamingo grinned. "Watch, Violet!"
Rebecca actually raised her sword and walked toward them. "Rebecca!" Violet cried out in shock.
Rebecca's trembling hands seized her shoulders. "Aunt Viola! My body raised the sword on its own!"
Doflamingo grinned. "Pitiful, isn't it? So frightening." Viola stared in shock. "How could this be?"
Rebecca cried out with empty hands, "No!" She tried desperately to control her own body, but Doflamingo still restrained her, forcing her toward Viola. "Come here."
Viola said angrily, "Stop it! Don't drag Rebecca into this."
Rebecca endured it and said, "What am I doing, Aunt Viola?!"
"Rebecca!" Viola shouted.
"No! No! No!" Rebecca cried as Doflamingo controlled her. Doflamingo said, "Kill her already."
"I can't! I really can't do something like this!" Rebecca was horrified and terrified.
Meanwhile, over by the factory, someone noticed the old events repeating themselves. The plateau had begun to be cut away. "Damn it, it already happened once! If it keeps shrinking, there'll only be more and more of them sooner or later!"
"Don't give up! Keep pushing! Even if it's only for one second, slow it down!"
Meanwhile, Gatz was climbing upward with all his strength. He asked how long remained until Lucy revived. The two women beside him said that, like the Birdcage cutting through the hedge walls, there were sixty seconds left—sixty seconds until Lucy revived.
In the town, everyone fled toward the new Royal Plateau. "Don't run so slowly! Hurry up! Grab on and