Donquixote?!
Hearing that surname, Number 5 exchanged a glance with his companion, a gleam flashing through their eyes.
"Hahahaha, no need to guess. Donquixote Doflamingo is my older brother."
Corazon laughed as he spoke.
The two understood and nodded. "Rob Lucci!"
"He's Kaku!"
Corazon looked at them and nodded. "I know you. Former members of the World Government's Cipher Pol. You had some bad luck, though, and defected."
"It's a good choice. You can rest easy under Uncle River!"
Then he held out his hand.
"Well, we'll be colleagues from now on!"
"With me here, building an intelligence network won't be a problem!"
"I'm a very professional spy, you know!"
Rob Lucci narrowed his eyes slightly, then removed his hood. Beside him, Kaku did the same, showing their respect.
"Then we'll be counting on you. Sorry for the trouble!"
The next second, their hands clasped firmly together.
That handshake also marked the rapid formation of an intelligence network under River.
Meanwhile, on the noisy, chaotic streets of the Sabaody Archipelago...
"Huff, huff, huff!"
Panting heavily, Luo leaned against the wall of an alley, both arms trembling and his eyes grave.
"He just won't give up?"
"What could a guy like him possibly want?"
Muttering to himself, Luo rested briefly, then darted away again, continuing his escape. Pedestrians hurried along the streets, while cannon blasts rang out without pause.
Fighting raged everywhere, with Marines and pirates falling one after another.
"This chaos actually makes it easier for me to escape."
His eyes flashed, and Luo hurried away.
Just after he left, a figure dropped from the sky, landing heavily in the middle of a group of pirates surrounded by Marines.
Boom!
Clods of earth flew and the ground cracked. The pirates screamed as the shock wave hurled them up and sent