Thinking It Over

After thinking it over, Doflamingo decided that Kuma was the only one who still had a slight chance of joining forces with him. He turned his head slightly toward Kuma, forcing a smile onto his lips. Just as he said, "Kuma, let's join forces and—" before he could finish, a sudden change erupted.

Moke was not someone who would only take hits without fighting back. A steadfast, razor-sharp gleam flashed in his eyes, like a beast poised to strike. His legs bent slightly, the muscles around his knees tightening instantly like a powerful bow about to be drawn. Then, tremendous force erupted beneath his feet, cracking the ground in an instant. He shot forward like a fired cannonball, carrying an unmatched momentum. The air howled around him, forming invisible vortices of airflow. In the blink of an eye, he was already before Doflamingo.

Doflamingo's eyes widened, his face filled with shock. He had never expected Moke to be so fast, so fast that he had no time to make any effective response. Moke gripped Shusui tightly, the Meito gleaming with a cold light beneath the sun. With a flick of his wrist, Shusui swept through the air in a graceful yet deadly arc of cold radiance. Like a meteor streaking through the night sky, it flew straight for Doflamingo's neck with unstoppable force. Doflamingo could even feel the icy sword aura closing in on his skin, sending a chill down his neck.

"Spider Web Wall!" Doflamingo reacted as fast as lightning. With a fierce sweep of his arm, he fired hundreds, thousands of transparent threads toward the side like a raging storm. The threads intertwined in midair, instantly forming an incomparably dense spiderweb, like an impregnable wall stretched before him.

Moke's pupils contracted slightly at the sight. He was no