Doflamingo Attacks

What could be more important than his life?

Meanwhile, in the sky not far from Punk Hazard.

A figure was rapidly approaching.

Chapter 29: Doflamingo Attacks (Please keep reading!)

"Wah!"

An invisible palm slammed down, driving the man in the Justice Coat straight into the ground. His limbs were twisted, and all he could do was twitch.

Gulp.

Caesar Clown, who was leading the way, swallowed involuntarily.

The guy who had been taken out in one move was the Marine Vice Admiral stationed here.

He couldn't even last a second?

But on second thought, that guy deserved to die!

Even though Vegapunk already had Sentomaru escorting him, this bastard had accompanied him all the way until he left by ship, only returning afterward to prepare for the fight.

What about Caesar?

He was the Science Unit's ace scientist!

Good riddance!

Caesar wanted to laugh when he remembered the furious disbelief on the man's face when he saw Caesar guiding this group of escaped prisoners.

"Shurorororo, my lord, please follow me."

Caesar even chuckled as he led Naito along.

This guy was pretty quick to adapt.

That was what Naito thought as he watched Caesar's back.

After taking out the last of the island's defenses, Naito and the others finally made it to the actual experimental specimen storage room.

Anthony couldn't wait. He stepped forward and punched straight through the heavy door, then respectfully invited Naito to enter first.

Beyond the door was a fairly spacious storeroom, with quite a few objects neatly arranged inside.

Caesar began introducing them without being prompted.

This was Cloudy, a machine that could make Island Clouds, and that was an automated cooking machine that could prepare meals on its own.

A small holographic projector stood by the wall, and soaking in formalin was a cloned sheep specimen.

The enormous robot was Vega Force Prototype 01, while the thing that looked like a large box was an automatic changing room.

Hanging on the rack were protective suits that could block all kinds of toxins, and artificial organs soaked in a pale green container.

Most were all sorts of strange inventions.

There were experimental weapons too, of course: specialized guns, cannons, swords, and the like, as well as prototypes of the bubble gun and bubble shield that would later appear on Egghead, and a laser sword that was also a prototype.

But there weren't many. Vegapunk had never liked making weapons; he preferred technology that could improve people's lives.

And among these weapons, the one that caught Naito's eye was a sword.

It was a one-handed cruciform sword forged from a special alloy.

What made it special wasn't the material, but the fact that it was a sword that had eaten a Zoan Snake-Snake Fruit, Model: Black Mamba.

"What do you mean, a sword that ate a Devil Fruit?"

Salt, the speed swordsman, spoke in disbelief.

"A Devil Fruit weapon?"

Buckingham couldn't help crying out, "Has Vegapunk's technology already reached that level?"

"What's so impressive about that?"

Caesar snorted. "I can do it too."

Although Vegapunk really was the one who had developed the technology...

Naito glanced at him.

In the future, this guy would create a cloud of poison gas that had eaten a Sala-Sala Fruit, something even more abstract and harder to understand.

But a Devil Fruit weapon...

Naito reached out and drew the sword.

It was strange. He could clearly feel that the sword was alive.

As everyone knew, after Loki displayed his strength, the true top-tier powerhouses of this world became those with a top-tier bloodline, top-tier Haki, a top-tier fruit, and a top-tier weapon.

He had no hope when it came to bloodline, but he had to get himself a weapon, at least.

Of course, this sword fell far short. He might not be able to find a god-tier fruit, but it should at least be a Mythical Zoan, right?

That was what Naito thought.

"Hiss!"

While he was thinking, the blade of the sword in his hand had already turned into a long black snake. It turned its head back, flicking its tongue as it watched Naito warily.

You want to elbow me?

Naito widened his eyes slightly.

Man!

"Hiss!!"

The black mamba immediately behaved itself. After a frightened hiss, it turned back into a blade and played dead.

Weapons that had eaten Zoan Devil Fruits had wills of their own, so one had to tame them to wield them.

Naito casually sheathed the sword and tossed it to Salt. "It's yours."

Of everyone here, this guy was the only proper swordsman.

Besides, his speed was a pretty good match for the black mamba's venom.

"My lord!"

Salt gripped the sword in his hand, his face full of delight, then hurriedly said, "I'll never disappoint you!"

Naito looked around the storeroom and said calmly, "Pick out anything useful and take it with us."

"Yes!"

The escaped prisoners all set to work.

The experimental weapons were naturally coming with them, and useful things like the holographic projector, the robot, and the Island Cloud maker could be taken too.

While they were busy, Naito turned to Buckingham. "Buckingham, exchange some technical knowledge with Caesar when you have time, especially the technology for making weapons eat Devil Fruits."

After all, the old woman had once been a member of MADS and was known as the Pirate Scientist.

"Hehe, understood, my lord."

Buckingham nodded repeatedly.

Buckingham?

Caesar looked at the old woman in surprise.

That surname-

Was it a coincidence?

Still, if they were going to exchange technical knowledge, he'd have to prepare for the government finding out the technology had been leaked.

Yes, he'd go destroy those records in a moment and say they'd been stolen.

That was what Caesar thought.

"My lord,"

Just then, Anthony looked back, a little excited. "We've got everything. Are we going back the way we came?"

Naito glanced at Caesar. "Come up with an excuse and talk your way out of it yourself."

"Yes, my lord!"

Caesar nodded hastily.

"Then let's go."

Naito raised his hand, and invisible matter condensed into an enormous drill. Empowered by the More-More Fruit, it shot upward.

It pierced the solid ceiling in an instant, and the rock and earth above offered no resistance at all. A huge passage was carved out in moments.

An invisible hand then lifted all the escaped prisoners and the selected experimental specimens, carrying them swiftly upward through the passage.

Oh, the Marine lieutenant colonel slumped to the ground at that moment, never to wake again. Naito didn't trust him.

"Farewell, my lord!"

Caesar bowed respectfully as he saw them off.

Only when Naito and the others had vanished completely from sight did Caesar let out a breath of relief.

That had scared him to death!

That guy was far too terrifying! What kind of power was that, anyway?!

Caesar had no time to think further. His body turned into gas and dispersed; he had to go cover his tracks first!

Naito took everyone up into the sky and was just about to head back to the base's port to find a ship when-

"Hm?"

He turned to look at the distant sky, somewhat surprised.

A very powerful presence was approaching.

It was about the same as Weevil's, a Shichibukai-level presence.

The corners of Naito's mouth immediately curled up.

It seemed the government had sent Doflamingo.

He'd thought Doflamingo wouldn't make it in time.

In that case, perfect.

Whoosh!

The transparent hand carrying everyone abruptly accelerated, shooting toward it like a meteor.

Not far away, Doflamingo was rapidly approaching by means of strings attached to the clouds. As he watched Punk Hazard draw closer and closer, he was in a bad mood.