"Huh?!"
Following the direction Law pointed, Kyle turned his gaze to the duo and a bear standing off to the side.
The instant Kyle's sweeping gaze landed on them, the two humans and the bear instantly tensed up, snapping into an attention stance, their hearts inexplicably growing incredibly nervous.
They didn't know why they were making this motion, nor why they were nervous; they only knew their bodies had done so inexplicably.
"Fine!"
Kyle nodded without hesitation, then immediately added a condition.
"If they are willing!"
"Willing!!!"
The moment Kyle's words fell, the duo and the bear shouted with immense volume.
In their small group, Law was the undisputed leader.
Since the leader had made a decision, they would definitely follow him!
"Alright! Since you're all willing, then there's no problem!"
"I'll give you a warship. It has various supplies on board, along with an Eternal Pose to Marine Headquarters Marineford. Take the ship to Marineford yourselves! I won't be going with you!"
With that, Kyle simply waved his hand. A warship suddenly materialized roughly a dozen meters away on the sea surface and crashed into the water.
The resulting spray splashed onto the faces of Law and his group, but they all stood there with mouths agape and eyes wide, staring unblinkingly at the warship ahead.
Then, with perfectly synchronized movements, they rubbed their eyes and looked again, hoping to see a different result.
But clearly, it was no different from before, the only change being that the waves were slightly smaller.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Seriously?! When you said 'give,' you really meant *give*?!
We thought it was a figure of speech, not a literal verb!!
"Rosinante, you use this warship to take them to Naval Headquarters. I'll go attend to proper business first, otherwise I'm afraid those guys might run if I'm late!"
As the words fell, Kyle gave no one a chance to react. His form turned into a flash of violet lightning that shot into the sky, leaving behind a group of people still standing there utterly bewildered.
——
Meanwhile, somewhere on the Grand Line, within a large room on the Sabaody Archipelago.
A large crowd was gathered there.
At their head was a man with blond hair, wearing sunglasses and a red suit. It was none other than the leader of the Donquixote Family—Donquixote Doflamingo!!
And the people surrounding him were the executives of the Donquixote Family.
Doflamingo had not gone to Dressrosa at this time; instead, the entire group had come to Sabaody Archipelago after completing a major transaction.
As for their next plan...
"We've already figured out the timing and route of the Celestial Dragon tribute shipment. When do we move, Doffy?!"
One of the Donquixote Family's top executives, Diamante, asked Doflamingo.
"Fufufufufu!!"
"Of course we move immediately. I can hardly wait to use this Celestial Dragon tribute to make a deal with those five old geezers!"
"Once we secure a position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, seizing Dressrosa will become much simpler!"
Doflamingo said with a laugh, his voice brimming with arrogance.
He seemed to already see the scene of himself becoming the king of Dressrosa.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, his expression changed abruptly. He sharply turned his head towards a massive, mucus-covered figure beside him, a vein faintly bulging on his forehead.
"Trebol, how many times have I told you not to get so close to me?!"
Looking at the long, large string of snot about to smear onto his face, Doflamingo's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
Even though he had experienced this countless times, he still felt a physical revulsion every time he faced this situation.
"Behehehe!!"
"Sorry, sorry!!"
Trebol chuckled, scratching his head, and moved his body back slightly.
Doflamingo's expression eased a little. He suddenly looked at him and asked:
"By the way, any news from Vergo? His tracking..."
He paused here, falling silent for a moment before continuing:
"Any progress on his task of tracking Corazon?!"
"Behehehe! Don't know yet. Vergo hasn't contacted us!"
Then, another voice chimed in, this one extremely shrill.
"Doffy, what would you do if Corazon really betrayed the family?"
The speaker was a massively built, burly man wearing a cross-shaped helmet.
Though, his voice was quite the contrast to his physique.
At this moment, all the Donquixote Family executives turned their gazes towards Doflamingo, awaiting his answer.
Doflamingo's face turned cold once more. After a long silence, he spoke word by word:
"For traitors, I have only ever made one choice!"
"And that is to send them to their death!!"
"No matter who it is, even if it's my own brother!!!"
Doflamingo's voice carried a deep cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness. An aura inexplicably filled the room.
But the Donquixote Family executives showed not a hint of fear; instead, slight smiles curled at the corners of their mouths.
Exactly!
This was the king they chose to follow!!
Cold-blooded, brutal, never weighed down by sentimentality—this was exactly why they were won over by him!
Previously, they had been somewhat worried that Doflamingo might show mercy, unable to bring himself to kill his own brother.
Although Doflamingo had always presented an image of utter ruthlessness in front of everyone.
But who could say for sure? After all, that was his only true living relative!
"Alright, we'll discuss this matter further once Vergo sends word!"
"For now, we just completed a major deal. Let's enjoy ourselves properly first. After that, we set out to seize the Celestial Dragon tribute!!"
"Wooo!!!"
Instantly, everyone erupted into excited howls and cheers, completely unaware that the reaper coming for their lives had already arrived on this island.
High in the sky above the Sabaody Archipelago, a figure shrouded in a black cloak, wearing a tiger mask, hovered there.
His gaze looked downward, seemingly piercing through a great distance to see the Donquixote Family members partying inside the room.
"Heh~ In quite high spirits, aren't they?!"
The figure was none other than Kyle. After leaving Swallow Island, he had rushed straight to the Sabaody Archipelago without pause, fearing that if he were any slower, the Donquixote Family might have already left by the time he arrived.
But it seemed now, time was still on his side!
Now that he was here, Kyle was in no hurry. With his Observation Haki covering the entire island, Doflamingo had no hope of escaping his perception.
Since that was the case, he planned to first go borrow something from a certain someone on this island.
He hadn't forgotten he was here under a hidden identity, so he couldn't use things that could identify him.
Like his Devil Fruit abilities, or Purple Lightning, or certain signature techniques.
So, he needed something to serve as the defining feature of this alter ego.
With that thought, Kyle's figure flickered and instantly vanished from the spot, reappearing at a certain location on the Sabaody Archipelago...
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