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A colorful underwater world.
Countless swimming fish and sea beasts occasionally darted past from all directions.
A large pirate ship, enveloped in a giant bubble membrane, was quickly sinking forward.
"What did you say?"
Marco widened his eyes, somewhat disbelieving, and confirmed again: "Is Doflamingo missing??"
"Just now, I felt something was off. When he was about to set off on Omell Island, I still saw him there..." a pirate from the Whitebeard Pirates reported helplessly. "And I just asked the headquarters, they haven't been contacted."
This time, the people he brought, like Lin's total of dozens to hundreds of people, who would constantly pay attention to that always low-key fellow?
He was also a bit puzzled.
"What exactly happened?"
Jozu frowned and walked over: "Doflamingo, nothing happened to him, right?"
Doflamingo was his friend of many years. If something "523" happened, they must return.
Although that unknown Logia-type Devil Fruit might be very important, once they turned back, it would be too late for the bubble film. But for the Whitebeard Pirates, "family" was clearly more important.
"You don't know the strength of that Doflamingo guy? It's not that easy for something to happen to him..." Marco shook his head, patted Jozu's shoulder, and said directly: "If it weren't for that guy not having much ambition, perhaps the captain of the second division would be him."
Doflamingo was indeed low-key on the Moby Dick, but he didn't completely hide himself. The strength he displayed, while perhaps lacking a bit for a second division captain, was more than enough for a captain ranked further down.
"Perhaps something happened to that chatty fellow..."
Although the Whitebeard Pirates were all one big family, in Marco's eyes, Jozu, as the captain of the fourth division, was clearly more important. He hoped that this time, he could obtain that unknown Logia-type Devil Fruit.
He believed that no one would dare easily lay a hand on their Whitebeard Pirates.
Those well-known pirates who had been wandering in the New World for many years, even if Doflamingo couldn't defeat them, he could still escape.
"The Four Emperors" wouldn't stoop to personally dealing with someone so low-key, or even silently allowing Doflamingo to act.
The World Government or Marine Headquarters, if they weren't fully prepared for an all-out war, wouldn't possibly dare to provoke the Whitebeard Pirates.
With that effort, they might as well deal with the two big troubles, "Big Mom" and "Beast Kaido."
"But even so, shouldn't he have told us?"
With a furrowed brow, Doflamingo silently vanished, leaving Jozu feeling a little worried.
He didn't hesitate too much and directly made a choice between Doflamingo and the Devil Fruit: "Let's go back, Marco. I suddenly have a bad feeling!"
"Are you sure?"
"Captain Jozu, are you giving up that Devil Fruit?"
"But that's a Logia-type ability..."
"Don't be so headstrong, Captain. Doflamingo won't necessarily be in trouble..."
"Yes, who dares easily lay a hand on our Whitebeard Pirates?"
The crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates present all couldn't help but widen their eyes, somewhat disbelieving, wanting to try and persuade him further.
After all, Doflamingo didn't directly run into trouble; he might have just gotten separated on Omell Island.
How strong is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user? Just by looking at Ace, who just joined the second division, you'd know. Even if the person himself hasn't even mastered Busoshoku Haki or Kenbunshoku Haki, he still single-handedly subdued the "Stray Knight" Doma.
"Everyone, there's no need to say more. If something happens to that Doflamingo guy, I'll feel uneasy for the rest of my life..." Saying that, Jozu smiled, appearing very straightforward: "Besides, it's just an unknown Devil Fruit, and it's hard to say what its specific ability is!"
"You guy, you just know..."
Marco helplessly shook his head, but he did not object to Jozu's decision.
Ultimately, although Doflamingo was not a captain, he was their "family."
It was somewhat ironic!
That Doflamingo guy had even made up his mind.
If something unexpected happened and that Devil Fruit was eaten by Jozu beforehand, he could, for the sake of the Devil Fruit, assassinate his good friend without hesitation.
But Jozu himself, out of concern for Doflamingo's safety, directly chose to turn back, giving up the fight for that Devil Fruit.
...
"Bang!!!"
Accompanied by a huge sound!
The great battle on Omell Island finally drew to a close.
There was absolutely no suspense. Under the pincer attack of the two, no matter how strong Marshal D. Doflamingo's strength was, he couldn't hold out for long.
Even later, he tried to escape several times, but his speed was no match for Iji. Each time, he was intercepted and blocked, and then he was immediately met with the fierce attacks of the two.
Especially Iji, even without using the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, his physical prowess was still superior to this guy...
The ground within a radius of several hundred meters was completely reduced to ruins, shattered beyond recognition.
The entire wasteland looked as if it had been torn apart several times, riddled with shocking cracks and shattered stones... It made people involuntarily gasp in cold air, and their scalps tingled.
"He's truly a stubborn fellow. One might almost think he's some kind of awakened Animal-type ability user..." Pulis was somewhat ruthless. His cloak and suit were a bit torn, no longer as elegant as before.
He directly dragged the swollen, pale-faced, blood-covered Marshal D. Doflamingo, who had already been severely injured, towards Iji, who wore a ghost-faced mask and whose clothes were barely damaged, appearing very graceful.
"So terrifying!!!"
"Grumble! I remember now..."
"These two masked fellows should be the strongest intelligence agency under the World Government, CP0!!!"
"Are they arresting cadres of the Revolutionary Army?"
Those pirates and residents who heard the commotion and rushed over to watch, looking at the two's attire and the half-dead, fat figure, couldn't help but swallow their saliva, their hearts filled with fear.
The fierce battle before had been witnessed from afar by some bold and curious pirates and residents. The opponent's terrifying power simply sent shivers down their spines.
"Let's go!"
Not long after.
In the eyes of many pirates and residents, filled with a strange reverence, a flagship of the World Government, bearing its crossed flags, slowly departed Omell Island.
"Heh heh, is this the old goal that Your Excellency spent so much effort trying to achieve?"
On the deck, like a dead pig being beaten, the bloodied and bruised Marshal D. Doflamingo was tied up. "Aside from being a bit fat, is there anything special about him?"
He genuinely didn't understand why Iji had to expend so much effort, not only specifically having Donquixote Doflamingo auction the "Dark-Dark Fruit" but also disguising himself as CP0 to capture such a fellow.
Only Pulis, who had already known beforehand, and Doflamingo, who potentially had a way to seize the power of a Devil Fruit user, knew the importance of this fellow.
Simply that method, if it could truly be obtained, would be of immense use.
"His use is very great..."
After making people use sea stone cuffs to restrain him, Iji directly said to Luo, who was staying on the ship and hadn't revealed his face: "Luo, immediately analyze his abnormal body structure for me!"
He had waited a long time for this day!