Viola had told him Kaido would come, but in his fury, he had paid it no mind.
Thinking back now, the Silver Hair brat had probably known from the start that an Emperor would come. Whether he had known Charlotte Linlin and the Marines would come too, Doflamingo couldn't say.
"I don't know whether Kaido can kill me either."
Kuta shrugged indifferently, then tilted his head back and took a great gulp of liquor. Lowering his head, he stared into Doflamingo's eyes and declared brazenly, "I just want him to beat me to death, or to beat him to death myself. Hahaha! Tell me, will I kill him, or will he kill me?"
"Lunatic."
Doflamingo stared at Kuta and fell silent.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Kuta's laughter abruptly stopped, and he turned toward the sky beyond Dressrosa.
Beside him, arcs of electricity flickered in Kuina's eyes as she looked up in the same direction.
Doflamingo noticed only afterward. A moment later, a red gleam flashed in his eyes as he strained with all his strength to turn his head toward the sky.
When he saw the enormous shape racing toward them through the roiling clouds above the sea, excitement lit his eyes.
"He's here, he's here, he's here. Finally!"
No one knew what a tangled mess of emotions he had endured over these past few hours, pinned to the ground by Kuta like an ant.
He had always been the one to toy with others. When had he ever become the one being toyed with?
For someone as fiercely proud as he was, every second of those hours had felt like a year.
He had never hated anyone this much. He wanted to devour the Silver Hair brat alive.
But he knew that, with his own strength, he could accomplish that