A Country Without a King
"Sabo!" When Dragon and Sabo appeared aboard the ship, Koala saw Sabo's miserable state and immediately cried out, rushing over to him.
Behind her, Ivankov moved even faster. With one stride, he reached Sabo's side, extended a finger, and directly injected Healing Hormone into Sabo's body. The injuries on Sabo's face swiftly faded away.
His Devil Fruit power, like Kuma's, was extremely powerful. Hormones could regulate the body's internal secretions, causing its self-healing factors to multiply wildly and accelerating metabolism to rapidly mend injuries. Against someone with healing abilities like the Straw Hat young man, the effect would be even stronger.
Of course, accelerated metabolism required more energy. Sabo's stomach immediately began to growl.
"Knowing he's hungry means the problem isn't too serious." Ivankov withdrew his finger and gently nodded at Koala.
"Whew..." Koala let out a heavy sigh of relief before asking, "Sabo, what happened? How did you end up so badly hurt?"
As the new leader of the Revolutionary Army's younger generation, Sabo had almost never been in such a sorry state. Especially after eating Dragon's Storm Fruit, his combat strength had firmly reached the edge of the top five. Yet he had been beaten into this state. They simply could not believe it.
"Obviously, I underestimated the Shichibukai too much." Sabo climbed up from the ground with a bitter smile, rubbing the places on his face that were still itching as they healed. Holding his stomach, he asked, "Is there anything to eat? I'm starving."
Naturally, he would not make excuses for himself, such as Doflamingo suddenly breaking through in battle or awakening his power. He had genuinely lost to Doflamingo in that regard and gotten thoroughly beaten up.
"It'll be fine as long as he learns his lesson, yoo~" Ivankov said