clatter...
"This is it. You go in first, I'll go find Sengoku, I'll be there in a bit..."
After leading Luo Chen to their destination, Garp pointed to the door of the conference room marked on a sign and said something before turning and leaving.
"Hehe, this should be it. Aside from the Snake Princess who hasn't arrived yet, there are five extremely powerful individuals gathered there. There's no point in overthinking it; just go in and greet them!"
Click...
Luo Chen stroked his chin, looked around for a while, then stepped forward, turned the doorknob, opened the door, and went inside.
"Hmm... Fufufufu... Our protagonist has returned..."
Upon seeing Luo Chen push open the door and enter, the people in the room stopped what they were doing, with Doflamingo being the first to speak up and tease him.
"The protagonist? You mean me? I don't deserve that title, you Joker, oh no, Doflamingo the Heavenly Yaksha!!"
Seeing that Doflamingo was the first to ask him a question on their behalf, Luo Chen retorted without backing down.
" Joker?!"
Although Luo Chen pretended to have accidentally revealed the nickname "Joker" by saying the wrong thing, the others with keen ears didn't let it go. They all paused for a moment after hearing it and fell silent, lost in thought.
"Hmm?! Fufufufu... It seems you know me a bit better than the others. Don't you know you might say something hurtful, newbie?"
Doflamingo's face darkened after hearing this, and his tone became somewhat cold as he warned him in a deep voice.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious! Are they about to fight? That's for the best, let's get started and add some after-dinner entertainment..."
Blackbeard, not one to shy away from trouble, laughed and said to the two of them.
"Hehehe, you two had better fight to the death, that way I can gain two excellent subordinates..."
Despite being bandaged and completely unaware of his own weakness, Moria chimed in.
"Um..."
The moment he uttered those words, the two men's sharp gazes were fixed on him. It was one thing that Blackbeard was difficult to discern his true strength, but it was another that a nobody like him dared to interrupt their business. So, his very words drew their hatred.
"..."
Meanwhile, the bear, now devoid of human emotions after its transformation, and Hawk-Eye, completely uninterested in the situation, ignored the two's argument and rested with their feet on the table and their eyes closed.
"Fufufufu... How dare you, after being defeated time and again, speak to us like that?"
After saying that, Doflamingo raised his hand, and several tiny, almost invisible threads extended from his palm, piercing the necks of the Marines beside him.
Click click...
"Hmm, what's going on? My body suddenly won't obey me! Quick, stop it!"
The navy officer was manipulated like a puppet without understanding what was happening.
Clang!!
Ta-da-ta-da...
Doflamingo then twisted his fingers, causing the Marine to uncontrollably pull out the blade hanging from his waist. He then suddenly accelerated towards Moria, raised the blade high, and leaped up to chop it down on Moria's head.
" Scattered Bats..."
Clang!!
Seeing the blade about to fall on his head, Moria immediately used his power to summon the Doppelman's body, transforming into small black bats as he stood up and scattered.
"Hmm... it was you who did this, Doflamingo!!"
The bats quickly formed his head in the air, glaring at Doflamingo and questioning him.
"Fufufufu... Do you know what the wisest thing to do is before confirming whether the opponent's strength is superior to your own?"
Swoosh...
Bang...
"... That means don't provoke him easily, just like we did, do you understand, Moria?"
Doflamingo did not directly answer his question, but instead controlled the Marines to leap up again and slash down hard at Moria's newly formed head. The blade flashed, and Moria dodged in time, but dared not combine into a new form like before.
"Damn it, Doflamingo, you just wait, I won't let you get away with this..."
Bats swooped and scattered towards the corners of the room, followed by Moria's furious howl.
"Heh heh heh heh, this is really interesting. Moria's ability, it's called the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, right? It's even more like Logia than my Dark-Dark Fruit..."
Blackbeard, observing Moria's ability from the sidelines, had already added him to his kill list. After Moria seized Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, he might be the next target.
He still didn't reveal his true feelings, leaving everyone present unable to grasp his personality or behavior. However Luo Chen, who had been watching him closely the whole time, realized from the One Flash look of Greed on his face that Teach had already added Moria's fruit to his list.
"Fufufufu... The wails of the weak? I haven't taken them to heart at all. You've been watching for so long, it's time to make your move, isn't it? Luo Chen, let me see what other abilities you haven't shown yet... Shadow Parasite String... Puppet Soldier"
Go for it! Show us your full strength and give us some fun!
Seeing that Moria didn't dare to truly clash with him and chose to run away, Doflamingo ignored him and once again manipulated his soldiers to attack Luo Chen.
"Parasite... manipulation? I happen to have mastered a bit of that ability too, but haven't used it in a long time. Let me show you who has the stronger control... Mind-Bewitching Curse... Control me!!"
Luo Chen flipped his palm and condensed his Blood Breath into a strange rune. As the soldier charged forward, he slapped it into the soldier's body, implanting it to control his blood, organs, and other functions.
Buzz...
"Um..."
Luo Chen's move surprised everyone present, even Hawk-Eye, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them and glanced over.
"Ugh... my body, what have you done to it...?"
After the Luo Chen Mind-Bewitching Curse was implanted, the navy man's blood surged continuously, and then directly severed the thin threads that Doflamingo was connecting to his neurons, which condensed into a peculiar pattern on his forehead.
Marine roared at him, but he truly felt as if his body no longer belonged to him. If Doflamingo's manipulation could forcibly sever his nerve signals and break free from his control, then Luo Chen's was on a higher level, completely controlling his entire body from the functions of his blood and organs, making him completely uncontrollable.
"Hehe, what I did was take control of your body, but your voice is really noisy. You'd better just obediently fall asleep while I'm controlling you..."
After speaking, Luo Chen controlled his blood to Extreme Speed to his head, forcibly causing him to lose consciousness and completely turn into a puppet.
"Alright, sorry to have kept you waiting, Heavenly Yaksha, let's continue... Go!!"
call out...
Under Luo Chen's control, the puppet marine's blood flowed Extreme Speed, like a weakened version of Luffy in Gear Second, Luffy a sword and slashing at him.
Bang...
Doflamingo slightly shifted his body, and the blade cleanly and efficiently cleaved the chair he was sitting in in two, grazing his body.
"Hmm... Interesting. It's a bit like the Six Powers ' Shave, but with improved overall speed and power... Your ability is really interesting!!"
Five Color Strings!
After saying that, he grabbed from the side, and with several thin lines wrapped around them, he cut towards the navy man.
Pfft...
Blood splattered as the navy man was cut open and fell to the ground.
"It's not that simple..."
In response, Luo Chen revealed a mysterious smile. Just when he thought Luo Chen had no other means, Luo Chen's fingers twitched slightly, and the marine, who had been like a puppet, suddenly stood up. Blood was still flowing from his body, but he seemed to feel no pain at all, or rather, he did not feel any pain at all. He swung his sword down from above with both hands.
"Um..."
Sizzle...
Doflamingo sensed the danger in time, turned around, and used the thin threads to block Doflamingo's powerful slash.
"Hehehe... This is really interesting. Your abilities can actually do this. No wonder it's feared and loathed by the world; this must be one of the reasons... But you'd better fall down first. I don't want to argue with a puppet... Bullet String!!!"
Bang... Bang... Bang...
Doflamingo stepped back, then Extreme Speed unleashed several attacks with his fingers to stop him. He then flicked several nets woven from fine threads from his palm, completely trapping him and rendering him immobile.