Boom!
The scorching tears were like molten lava. They easily set the tent alight, and, under the influence of the Flame, the gunpowder barrels outside immediately exploded, sending a brilliant mushroom cloud bursting into the air!
Flame shot skyward, rolling smoke across the sky and lighting up half of Dressrosa. Countless residents rushed out of their homes and stared toward the circus.
"Look! That's where the circus is!"
"Hurry and put out the fire! Don't let it spread!"
"Guards! Where are the guards?"
In moments, all of Dressrosa was in an uproar. Humans and toys alike watched the enormous mushroom cloud in terror.
"Cough, cough! A Devil Fruit user? I let my guard down!"
Drake brushed the Flame from his body and stared toward where Viola had fled. He had been inside the tent. If he hadn't undergone Transformation at the last moment and endured the blast with his dinosaur body, there might not have been enough left of him to bury.
Blowing out a few rings of black smoke, Drake turned to Crocodile. "Should we go after her, Commander Crocodile?"
"No. Not yet."
Crocodile felt Viola's presence receding into the distance. Calmly, he put an unburned cigar between his teeth. "She'll lead us to Flamingo's treasury, but not right now. As long as she's still on this island, she can't escape."
"Besides..."
Crocodile's mouth split into a grin, a bloodthirsty smile spreading across his corpse-like face. "The Donquixote Family officers seem to be coming this way."
Clatter!
As Crocodile spoke, Undead Soldiers crawled from the charred wreckage. Wearing the same smiles, they tightened their grips on their weapons.
"The orders haven't changed. Spare the civilians, the toys, and those little ones. Kill every other member of the Donquixote Family. Leave no one alive!"
"Yeah!"
Several figures raced across the