The mountain wall ruins collapsed with a thunderous crash.
Aramaki slowly rose from the rubble.
Half his body had yet to fully recover. Tender shoots kept sprouting from the broken sections, green sap dripping down his chest.
But when he saw the crimson figure by the shore, the anger in his eyes instantly turned into even deeper disgust.
"A damn Fish-Man?"
He gritted his teeth, his voice cold as a blade.
"The garbage of the Underworld hasn't even been cleaned up, and now another lowly creature from the sea has crawled out."
Tiger did not answer.
He stood at the edge of the water, droplets still clinging to his crimson skin, his fists lowered slightly.
In the deep crater, Doflamingo barely propped up half his body.
"Fuff... fuffuff..."
"You're still as unbearable as ever."
Aramaki's gaze swept over Doflamingo before returning to Tiger.
"Fish-Man."
"Untouchable from a non-member nation."
"Criminal of the Underworld."
"Nothing but a pack of creatures who know neither gratitude nor order, unworthy of the World Government's protection..."
Tiger raised his eyes.
There was no furious roar, nor any heated rebuttal.
His gaze was merely as deep and heavy as the sea.
"I've seen a true hell of slavery."
Aramaki's eyelid twitched.
Tiger stepped onto the shore.
"I've seen how those people wearing bubble helmets treated people like merchandise, children like toys, and living humans like roads beneath their feet."
"So when you say things like that, I'm not surprised in the slightest."
He slowly raised his fist as Armament Haki covered both his arms.
"People like you are even more pitiful than those bastards in bubble helmets."
Aramaki's expression completely darkened upon hearing that.
"You're asking to die!"
As soon as the words fell, his body exploded outward.
"Verdant Realm: Leaf Transformation."
Countless vines and green