The battle began outside the city. After all, Dressrosa was currently Doflamingo's property, and fighting outside better served the family's interests.
So when Babylon's allied forces lined up outside the city, Doflamingo, practical man that he was, gladly accepted the invitation to a pitched battle.
What he hadn't expected was that Sephiroth had no intention of playing fair. He had actually brought Kuma in as outside help.
Kuma stood silently amid the ruins, the pads on his palms glowing faintly. His gaze pierced the smoke behind his lenses, locking onto the pink figure atop the stone tower.
After all, Kuma's face was far too recognizable, and they wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Sephiroth had equipped him with a visor similar in design to the one in the original story. It also had scanning functions and could communicate with satellites.
"Fufufufu... I don't know what that Great Angel offered you, but if you're going to stand against me, you'd better be prepared."
Doflamingo grinned, several transparent threads quietly trailing from his fingertips. The flagstones beneath his feet silently cracked into a spiderweb pattern.
Judging from their first few exchanges, he felt Kuma certainly lived up to the title of "Tyrant."
As a former Celestial Dragon, he had various ways of learning about this so-called Tyrant's background. He had assumed that however strong the man was, he would be no match for him. Now, though, this was looking like a tough fight...
What allowed Doflamingo to remain calm was the call he had made to Kaido before the battle began.
The Beasts Pirates' fleet had already reached the White Sea through another route and was now close to Babylon's presumed location.
But upon hearing that the Great Angel was here, Kaido had left the fleet under King's command to continue onward. He