Her long black hair fell behind her shoulders, a wash of gold spread around her eyelids, her figure had grown somewhat taller, and fine, pale-gold fuzz covered her skin.
Most striking were the six limbs extending beneath her Marine coat-spider legs covered in the same golden fuzz, their spear-sharp tips tracing dangerous arcs through the air.
Rossi's gaze swept back and forth over those sharp points.
In this form, she looked like a queen of slaughter straight out of legend.
But she had clearly been through a bitter fight.
The fabric over her chest was soaked dark red, the blood not yet dry.
"What are you looking at?"
Noticing Rossi's gaze, Gion snorted.
"It's just a Zoan user's combat form. Never seen one before?"
Rossi cleared his throat and looked away. "It's just... a little unexpected."
No wonder he had previously sensed another power lying dormant within her.
Logia and Paramecia users were generally difficult to detect when their abilities were inactive, but Zoans were different.
The ancient wills sleeping within those fruits leaked traces of their presence, however deeply concealed.
"Zoan · Spider-Spider Fruit · Ancient Zoan · Dragon-Catching Spider Form."
She held the Famous Sword Kompira level, pointing its blade straight at the being ahead who had stolen someone else's appearance.
A little over ten minutes earlier, he had taken Rossi's form to launch a surprise attack.
Without the powerful physique and recovery granted by her Ancient Zoan, she would already have been a **.
Gion's eyes were as cold as polar ice.
"Gamenio, I hereby arrest you for attacking a Marine officer."
"Why aren't you running anymore?"
Violent lightning danced over his pink feather cloak as Doflamingo descended from the sky, arms spread wide.
That sight alone kept everyone on Carnival Island from daring to take