Chiffon did not dare imagine it. At this point, death was already the best she could hope for. She feared that even wanting to die might be a luxury she would not be granted. Knowing her end would not be a good one, Chiffon looked at Doflamingo with nothing but hatred.
It was him. He was the one who would make her lose everything. It was him who ruined her beautiful life. In that case, before I die, I'll drag you down to hell with me!
Chiffon called for her trusted subordinate, Galdor, and stepped on Geppō to charge straight toward Doflamingo.
Barrett and Vergo were not idle either. The moment they saw Doflamingo make his move, they immediately rushed to his side. At Doflamingo's gesture, the two of them took position on either side of Pica to prevent any accidents.
Just then, it was as if something had stirred Pica. He groggily awoke.
When he saw the figures of Doflamingo and the other two, he cried out in a sharp, excited voice, "Young master!"
That cry of "young master" made something tug inside Doflamingo's chest. He signaled to Barrett and the others.
"Go kill them. Wipe out everyone here who was involved in capturing you. Barrett and Vergo will go with you, and those two will be left to me!"
"Yes, young master!" Pica was moved to the extreme. If not for Chiffon's ability perfectly countering his own, how could he have been captured? Now that the young master was personally standing up for him, how could he possibly allow himself to slack off?
Without caring about the injuries all over his body, he immediately moved to act together with Barrett and Vergo.
Seeing Barrett and the other two about to leave, how could Chiffon possibly let them go? At a distance of just over ten meters, she directly activated her ability.
"Kesa-gatame (Scarf Hold)!"
"Hm?" The instant Chiffon activated her ability, Doflamingo sensed that something was wrong. He suddenly felt a drowning-like sensation, his five senses being sealed off. It was indeed a very strange ability.
But that was not enough to trouble Doflamingo. He unleashed his Haoshoku Haki (Conqueror's Haki) in full, not only dispersing Chiffon's binding, but also restoring Barrett and the others' freedom of movement along with it. Without pausing, Barrett and the other two headed toward the depths of the auction house.
"What powerful Haki!"
Chiffon was shocked by the might of Doflamingo's Haki. It was her first time seeing Haki this strong. Even the Five Elders might not be this powerful, right? Chiffon found it hard to believe.
She had originally wanted to keep every member of the Donquixote Pirates here, but that vision was clearly no longer realistic.
Why? Because Doflamingo had already begun his counterattack.
His fist hardened with Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki) closed in right before her eyes, and Chiffon was completely unable to cope. Not even with Galdor's help did it make much difference.
With every swing of Doflamingo's fists, every punch that landed made Chiffon and Galdor feel as though they were being struck by some primordial gigantic beast. And that was not all—Doflamingo's attacks were incredibly dense and unrelenting. Even though it was one against two, he left Chiffon and Galdor unable to find any opening to use their abilities.
While trading blows with Chiffon and Galdor, Doflamingo was also thinking about what he should do next.
Killing a Celestial Dragon was something he did not regret in the slightest. As for the consequences that would follow, Doflamingo did not think they would affect him much—unless the Marines or the World Government actually had the ability to catch him.
The troublesome part was not that. Knowing the Five Elders' shitty temperaments, his future voyages were bound to become very troublesome!
There was even a decent chance that the so-called God Knights might be dispatched to hunt him down. It seemed he needed to head for the New World as soon as possible. In the New World, the Five Elders' hands did not reach quite so far.
As for the soon-to-arrive Marine Admiral, Doflamingo was not worried at all. He did not believe any Marine Admiral would fight him to the death with no thought for their own life.
And even if they did, though he might not necessarily be able to kill a Marine Admiral, he was still quite confident that he and his crew could escape safely.
If you asked him why, Doflamingo's answer would be: when your strength is overwhelming, you can afford to be this arrogant.
Doflamingo slammed a fist into Galdor. Although he could defeat Chiffon and Galdor even without using his ability, time was money. He was not conceited enough to let the two of them keep wearing him down when he was facing an unknown number of enemies beyond them.
After all, the two of them working together were almost at an Admiral's level. So Doflamingo planned to use his ability to quickly finish them off.
However, at the very moment his punch landed on Galdor, Galdor's arms suddenly wrapped around and locked tightly onto Doflamingo's arm.
"Tsūketsu Kyōsatsu (Pain-Point Strangle)!"
Galdor was not simply holding Doflamingo in place. As a Tōtsū Tōtsū no Mi (Pain-Pain Fruit) user, he could accumulate his own pain and injury together with that of others within his body, then unleash it all at once during battle.
Having taken countless heavy punches from Doflamingo, Galdor felt that the pain he had just accumulated far exceeded that of the past three years combined. So he did not hesitate in the slightest and activated his ability, releasing all the accumulated pain in one go!
"It hurts, damn it hurts! Hurts like hell!"
Feeling the pain in his arm, Doflamingo had to admit he had never experienced this kind of tearing agony before. It could not even be described in words.
While Doflamingo was weathering that intense pain, Chiffon had no intention of giving him any chance to breathe. She activated her ability again.
"Kesa-gatame (Scarf Hold)!"
She cut off Doflamingo's five senses and left his body unable to move an inch.
"Galdor, keep releasing the pain. I've got him pinned. With him bound by the Kunkun no Mi (Confinement-Confinement Fruit) and stripped of his senses, plus the endless torment of pain on top of that, if you still don't die from this, hahaha!"
Chiffon was feeling quite pleased with herself. She and Galdor had worked together with perfect synergy more times than they could count.
No matter whose ability landed first, once an opponent's mind was shaken for even a brief moment by one of them, the other's ability would immediately follow up.
The result was that every single enemy they had faced so far had ended up captured by their flawless cooperation.
Unfortunately for them, this time their opponent was a different breed altogether. For Doflamingo, even losing his five senses did not affect him in the slightest.
Although the massive wave of pain had dazed him for a moment at the beginning, compared to the training he had endured over the last two years, this pain was nothing.
Gritting his teeth, Doflamingo forcibly endured the pain. He clenched his fist and exerted strength, while his other hand turned into a blade of lightning that slashed diagonally toward the two of them.
Doflamingo's reaction was completely beyond their expectations. They had never imagined that someone who was bound in place, wrapped in pain, and had all five senses sealed, would still be able to unleash such a powerful attack.
Both of them immediately sensed that if they did not dodge, they would definitely be cleaved in half.
Between continuing their attack and preserving their own lives, the two of them chose the latter without any hesitation.
"Think you can dodge it?!" Doflamingo scoffed inwardly. Their combined techniques were indeed strong, and their strength was certainly not weak.
But that also depended on who their opponent was.
The moment Chiffon and Galdor retreated in order to avoid his attack, Doflamingo followed up with another move.
"Ichi-oku Boruto: Kuro Ryū (One Hundred Million Volts: Black Dragon)!"
The two of them were very close to Doflamingo. There was no time to dodge. They could only brace themselves to try and withstand Doflamingo's attack.
But was Black Dragon really something you could simply block?
Obviously not.
The dragon-shaped lightning, wrapped in Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), opened its blood-red maw and swallowed the two of them whole. The black lightning ravaged through their bodies with unstoppable force, wrecking their internal organs.
Very soon, black smoke began to curl up from their bodies. Even from where he stood, Doflamingo could smell the mixed scent of cooked meat and charred flesh.
In battle, you never gave your opponent a chance to catch their breath. Doflamingo certainly would not. The moment his first strike landed, he immediately followed up with another.
Two bolts of lightning shot out—
"Sen-man Boruto: Kuro Kaminari-dori (Ten Million Volts: Black Thunder Bird)!"
Each one pierced straight through one of their heads.
In their dazed, semi-conscious state, the two had no time to avoid it at all. Death became their final outcome.
(End of Chapter)
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