【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"You brat..." Doflamingo raised his hand, which was covered in threads, a maniacal grin spreading across his face. Looking at Law, whose neck he was gripping, his killing intent intensified. He swung his thread-bound hand down without hesitation, but a heavy pressure stopped him. Doflamingo looked up in displeasure. "Fujitora? What do you mean by this?"

"Sorry, that's enough for now, Tenyasha." Fujitora expressionlessly increased the pressure on Law. "My purpose..."

Doflamingo's lips twitched as he glared at Fujitora, his face dark with displeasure. "What a nuisance!" he thought.

"Not killing, but arresting."

"Fine, I'll take Caesar's heart, Law." Doflamingo's lips curled into a smile again as he turned his gaze back to Law, who was still being pressed down by gravity. He twirled his fingers. "By the way, you seem to care a lot about that long story!"

“That’s a story from 800 years ago, Law.” Doflamingo tossed the heart in his hand.

"Twenty kings from twenty countries gathered at the center of the world and established a huge organization, which is now the World Government. The twenty kings who were the creators of the world brought their families to settle in Mary Geoise. To be precise, there were nineteen countries. The Nefit family of Alabasta refused. And the descendants of those creators are now the Celestial Dragons."

"After these kings leave, they will naturally elect a new king in their country. In Dressrosa, for example, the newly elected royal family is the Riku family, while the Don Quixote family is the one who went to the Holy Land Mary Geoise as the creator of the world!"

"So... you were once a Celestial Dragon."

"You're right, you said 'the past,' but it's not like that anymore." Doflamingo's grin widened, and he laughed wildly, arms outstretched. "What is bloodline? What is fate? When it comes to the unpredictable ups and downs of life, few can compare to me... Fufufufu!"

“It would have been nice to pour a glass of fine wine and chat about my past before I met you, but right now I have to deal with the Straw Hat crew in Dressrosa. A lot of people have suffered because they underestimated them.” Doflamingo twisted his fingers.

Law felt the vibration in his pocket and breathed a sigh of relief. Nami and the others had arrived; he had rested long enough.

"But your companions are coming," Fujitora said, tilting his head to listen. "There's a ship heading this way from the shore..."

"Hey! Clown, now that you've gotten my heart back, please give it back to me!" Caesar shouted urgently as he emerged from the bushes. He had risked his life to come to this dangerous battlefield from the safe coast, and he wouldn't trust anyone with his heart. "My heart, my heart, give it back to me now!"

“I don’t recall ever saying that it was Caesar’s heart,” Law said with a grin.

"What? Didn't you threaten me with that all day? I don't have a heart in my chest right now!" Caesar shouted incredulously, watching Doflamingo clench his fists and grit his teeth in terror. But nothing happened the next second; instead, screams came from the Navy's side.

"ROOM, make sure you hold on tight to gravity, Fujitora. I'm making a run for it... to the slaughterhouse!" Law kindly reminded him. The next second, Law instantly left Fujitora's gravity range, grabbed Caesar by the collar, and vanished in an instant.

"Clown! Help me!"

"It's them..." As soon as he reached the shore, Law saw the ship being attacked by the fighting fish. Law had intended to lure Doflamingo away to the iron bridge, but he hadn't expected them to be so close to the island. Seeing Doflamingo charging directly towards the ship, Law hurriedly shouted, "Wait! Doflamingo!!"

"Help! Traman!!" Nami and Chopper shouted in panic as they watched Doflamingo fly towards them. They hadn't expected that as soon as they got close to the island, they would not only be attacked by fighting fish, but also directly attacked by the Shichibukai Doflamingo.

"Don't even think about touching them, not even a single hair!"

"Sanji!!" Nami, Chopper, Brook, and Momonosuke shouted in surprise as they watched Sanji block Doflamingo's attack in mid-air.

Doflamingo grinned at Sanji, who was blocking his leg, and said, "Black Leg of the Straw Hat crew, huh?"

"Diable Jambe!!" Sanji's flaming left leg lashed out at Flamegoo again with "Special Technique: Flesh Shredder!!"

"Five Colored Thread!!"

"Sanji!!" Nami, Chopper, and Brook cried out in horror as they watched Sanji being cut by something invisible in mid-air.

"Fufufufu! Come and protect your companions for me to see!" Doflamingo sneered, his twitching fingers constantly flicking, stimulating his prey to come to him willingly.

"He's here!!" Nami, Chopper, Brook, and Momonosuke cried out in terror as Doflamingo charged towards them again. "Don't come any closer!"

"Diable Jambe!" Sanji charged angrily at Doflamingo, but before he could land his kick, he found himself frozen in mid-air, unable to move. "What's going on? I can't move!"

"Huh? Mr. Sanji stopped moving in mid-air?" Brook exclaimed in horror, clutching his head.

"A whip!?" Chopper exclaimed in terror as he looked at the long whip in Doflamingo's hand.

"Sanji, run!!" Nami and Brook drew their weapons, trying to stop Doflamingo.

"Don't interfere, get out of here!" Sanji shouted, trying to stop his crew from rescuing him. "Use the wind to blast us away from here!!"

"How can this be!" Nami exclaimed in disbelief.

Sanji gritted his teeth, watching Doflamingo's whip about to strike. He still couldn't move an inch. Damn it! The next second, he stared wide-eyed in shock at Law, who suddenly appeared in front of him. "Law?"

"Sorry, it was my miscalculation. Let's fly back to the ship first!" Luo said simply, ignoring Doflamingo's angry roar behind him, and grabbed Sanji to quickly return to the ship using his ability.

"Terraman!"

"Mr. Sanji!"

"Damn it, back on this wretched ship again!" Caesar shouted angrily, then looked at Jorah, who had become skin and bones, and exclaimed in horror, "Isn't this Jorah? What happened to you?!"

Jorah merely glanced at Caesar without saying a word, not because she didn't want to, but because she didn't even have the strength to speak.

"You guys, take this guy and head to Zou right now!" Luo took his heart out of his chest and tossed it to Caesar. "I've already given you the life paper that indicates the direction of that island."

"What about this island and that island? What will happen to Luffy and the others?" Brook disagreed.

“Once we successfully destroy the factory, our mission on this island will be complete, and we’ll be there immediately!” Luo said.

"No, how can we set sail without a captain? We're the Straw Hat crew!" Nami retorted.