Corazon had just reached the foot of the ship when a voice startled him into a cold sweat...
"Corazon."
He looked up to see Doflamingo at the railing, watching him expressionlessly.
Corazon's heart lurched. Why was he back so early today...? He gritted his teeth.
Then Doflamingo continued:
"Get aboard. We're getting ready to leave."
"The Marines are on our trail again. It's Tsuru from Headquarters."
"Hurry up."
Then he turned and headed toward the cabins.
Below the ship, Corazon was drenched in cold sweat. He breathed a sigh of relief. That brat... hadn't told on me?
Luo stepped out from beneath the ladder with a wicked grin:
"That makes us even."
"After all, you kept it a secret when I stabbed you two years ago."
"Heh heh heh."
With a mischievous grin, he ran back aboard.
Corazon let out a soft breath, his worries easing, and slumped to the ground.
Watching that little bastard run up the ladder, Corazon made a decision...
Doflamingo appeared at the railing again:
"Corazon, hurry up!"
"Hey! Corazon!!!"
In the North Blue, after half a day on the run...
The Donquixote Family finally escaped Vice Admiral Tsuru's pursuit, battered and disheveled.
But Luo and Corazon were missing.
They had been too busy fighting to look for them earlier. Now, even after searching the entire ship, they could find neither of them.
Just then, Diamante emerged from the cabins holding a sheet of paper:
"Doffy."
Doflamingo took the paper. Written on it were the words:
"I've taken Luo to get treatment. Corazon."
Rip-
The paper shredded into scraps that scattered through the air. Filled with an inexplicable anger, Doflamingo grew suspicious of his own younger brother, Rosinante-"Corazon"-for the first time.
Thinking back, he realized that the family's expansion had met with constant setbacks in