Meanwhile, Doflamingo was fleeing through the sky at top speed using Sky Walk.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gern kick Crocodile into the ground like a dead dog, leaving his fate unknown. His heart sank.
"Fuff..." He couldn't help cursing under his breath, his voice thick with fear and resentment. "You couldn't even last a minute?! Useless Crocodile!"
He finally understood. Counting on someone else to buy him time was pure wishful thinking! He could only rely on himself now!
Without a moment's hesitation, Doflamingo pulled the small Personal Den Den Mushi from his coat and growled as urgently as he could, "Everyone! Now! Immediately!
"Split up and run! Don't look back! Don't regroup! Save whoever you can! Meet at Reverse Mountain!!"
Before he had finished speaking, a bone-chilling sensation swept down from overhead!
He jerked his head up.
At some point, Gern had appeared directly in front of him like a ghost, hovering so close their faces almost touched!
That same chillingly "gentle" smile still rested on his face.
And at some point, Gern had raised his right index finger, resting its tip lightly and precisely against the center of Doflamingo's forehead!
The two hung frozen in midair in that bizarre pose.
"Finished your call?" Gern asked with a smile, his tone as casual as if he were greeting an old friend. "Then..."
"It's your turn."
The instant those words fell, a blinding, pale light erupted from the fingertip pressed against Doflamingo's forehead!
The densely compressed particles of high-frequency vibration instantly transformed into a straight, slender, pale beam filled with destructive energy!
Pfft! The beam pierced Doflamingo's forehead without the slightest resistance!
"Urgh!" Doflamingo's body jolted as though he had been hit by a Sniper Rifle. His eyes flew wide, the light rapidly fading from