"Click!"
The Den Den Mushi's mouth snapped open.
The previously vacant-looking Den Den Mushi's features rapidly twisted and changed.
It took on an unruly face wearing flamboyant sunglasses.
"Diamante?"
The Den Den Mushi's mouth moved, releasing Doflamingo's unmistakable low voice.
At the sound, Diamante trembled violently where he lay at the bottom of the crater.
In his battered face, his eyes blazed with the fervor of someone clutching his last lifeline.
"Young Master! Help! Save me!"
Ignoring the shattered jawbone piercing his flesh, Diamante let out a desperate, bloodcurdling scream.
He clutched the Den Den Mushi tightly with his only remaining intact arm.
Tears mixed with thick blood streamed down his collapsed nose.
"Young Master! Come save me! I'm going to be killed!"
"This Marine is a monster! He's not a normal human!"
On the other end, Doflamingo abruptly stopped as he sped through the sky, stepping on clouds.
He hovered in midair, his temples twitching.
"What kind of joke is this, Diamante?"
Doflamingo's voice abruptly turned cold.
"You're a top officer of the Donquixote Family."
"Who in this mere first half of the Grand Line could push you this far?"
"It's that Marine! That Marine Ensign named Lorne!"
Diamante screamed frantically, his voice filled with despair.
"My Army Flag doesn't work on him at all!"
"Young Master! He smashed my Iron Hoodie to pieces with a headbutt!"
"My arm is broken! My face is smashed!"
"Young Master, hurry! Any later and I'll die here!"
Diamante's incoherent cries made Doflamingo realize the severity of the situation on the other end.
"A Marine Ensign?"
Doflamingo spoke through suppressed fury, his teeth grinding audibly.
"What kind of monster have those old men at headquarters unleashed?"
"Hold on, Diamante."
Doflamingo took a deep breath.
"I've already left Dressrosa. I'm heading for Sin Island