"Wow! Dad, you're amazing!"
After sending Pica flying, Kuma immediately used his ability to return to the VIP seats. Little Bonney threw herself at him at once, wrapping her arms around his neck and crying out excitedly.
Kuma's face had still been solemn, but the moment he caught his daughter, it filled with a loving, doting smile.
He gently stroked Bonney's head, then turned and nodded to Xie Wen. "It's done."
Klee Meow, perched on Xie Wen's shoulder, also had her eyes shining. "Uncle Kuma's ability is so interesting! I wonder if we could use it on our 'Big Guy,' meow..."
(=ω=)
Xie Wen's heart lurched, but then he realized...
I've already given up trying, so whatever Klee Meow gets up to doesn't matter!
And just like that, he relaxed again.
"W-what happened?! Lord Pica was defeated so easily?! Is Bartholomew Kuma really a pirate with a bounty of only sixty million Beli?!"
As the Corrida Colosseum's announcer recovered his senses, the other spectators, stunned into silence, also erupted into a jumble of excited shouts and discussions.
But the excitement belonged to everyone else. Doflamingo only found it noisy...
Although he had considered the possibility of Pica losing, the Heavenly Yaksha had never imagined he would lose so quickly and so badly. Judging by the power of that single blow alone, even he could not be certain he could withstand it. Coupled with that apparent teleportation ability, this fellow named Kuma was at least Shichibukai material, and one of the higher-ranked ones at that.
Doflamingo gave Kuma a long look, then looked at Xie Wen, before finally resting his gaze on Law...
*Since Law has powerful allies like Xie Wen and Kuma, and the Cat Mink Tribe members around Xie Wen are no slouches either, why are they still playing