【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Whoa, Doflamingo's dead already?" Luffy stared in astonishment as Kyros chopped off Doflamingo's head. "Let's go save Travis!"

"Hey, Luffy, Doflamingo isn't dead yet!" Lucci looked helplessly at Luffy, who was rushing through the window with Violet to save Law. It was obviously a trap, but Lucci still jumped in through the window with Luffy because his sword was still on Luffy's waist. Whether Doflamingo was dead or not, he could only try to save Law first.

When the toy soldier just cut off Doflamingo's head, he didn't sense any life force on Doflamingo, so it was obvious that it wasn't the real Doflamingo. He was clearly hiding, preparing to catch them off guard from the shadows. But it's great that he can use his Observation Haki, Lucci thought to himself.

Meanwhile, the result of the arena finals was undoubtedly that Sabo found the Devil Fruit from the fighting fish. Ace also wanted to find it, but he was constantly being chased by the guy Luffy called "the guy with the rooster's comb," who excitedly chased after him crying and asking for an autograph, which annoyed Ace. In addition, he also had to protect the woman named Rebecca.

The main reason was that Ace ate the bento she bought for Luffy, so Sabo thought he should help. As a way of repaying her, Ace helped Rebecca knock that arrogant and provocative guy off the arena.

Although the man acted arrogantly, Ace defeated him without much effort. So when he heard the commentator say that he was a very strong member of Don Quixote's team, Ace was a little surprised that he was so easily defeated.

Almost the instant they finished the battle and obtained the Devil Fruits, the toys in the stands suddenly began to turn back into humans. The two of them also instantly regained their memories of Lucci. Ace and Sabo exchanged a glance, and joyful smiles appeared on their faces.

Ace remembered the outfit Lucci wore when he turned into a doll, and immediately narrowed his eyes to scrutinize Sabo. "Sabo, did you do something to Lucci?"

"What are you doing?" Sabo raised his eyebrows in confusion.

Ace suddenly grinned and said, "Stop pretending, Sabo, you took the picture, didn't you?"

“No.” Sabo returned the smile.

“Sabo, you should learn to share!” Ace rolled his eyes, clearly not believing him.

“Actually, there isn’t any.” Sabo said casually, looking at the chaos in the stands. He also thought of Haku. It seemed that Haku had also been turned into a toy before, right below the arena.

Ace snorted, not believing Sabo's words, "You just don't want to share. Tell me, what do you want?"

Finally hearing Ace ask the question he wanted to know, Sabo smiled faintly, his eyes filled with undisguised smugness: "Your photo album."

"No way!" Ace glared at Sabo in dissatisfaction. "I can only give you a copy!"

"Deal!" Sabo smiled smugly.

“Sabo, you’re really despicable,” Ace said with displeasure.

"Then forget it?" Sabo said, raising an eyebrow.

"No!!" Ace shouted immediately.

"Trust me, Ace." Sabo thought of the photos he secretly took when he lost his memories of Lucci, and a bright smile appeared on his face. His amnesiac self was really awesome. "You'll like it."

"What exactly did you do?" Ace looked at Sabo's smile and felt a chill. The brighter the smile on the kid's face, the more it meant he was up to no good. But it was obvious that the target wasn't him. In other words, Ace's eyes lit up. "You didn't just take a picture of Lucci turning into a cotton doll, did you?"

Sabo didn't answer him, but just grinned at him. The implication in that smile was quite obvious. Ace couldn't help but get excited and asked eagerly, "When are you going to give me the photos?"

"Don't rush, I haven't printed it out yet," Sabo said with a smile.

“Alright.” Ace was a little disappointed, but then he grinned at Sabo and said, “Why don’t you give me the Den Den Mushi you took the picture of for safekeeping?”

“Impossible.” Sabo immediately refused, while observing the arena.

“Sabo, it’s best to leave it to me,” Ace said with dissatisfaction. “If you really take a lot of photos that Lucci doesn’t like, then you’d better be prepared for his revenge.”

“I know, but he’ll just beat me up at most.” Sabo grinned, thinking that even a beating would be worth it for those photos.

Ace blinked. It seemed that Sabo had really taken some amazing photos, and now he had a copy of them too. Ace instantly became excited. Thinking about what Lucci might do, his dissatisfaction with Sabo's earlier rejection vanished instantly, and he immediately started to seriously consider Sabo's situation. "Sabo, you'd better hide the Den Den Mushi that took the photos."

Sabo looked at Ace with a puzzled expression. "Why?"

"Just trust me." Ace grinned, but didn't tell Sabo the reason.

"Alright, Ace, help me fly them up for a bit." Sabo said to Ace, pounding the ground as he stood in the middle of the ring. Once Ace had lifted the two into the air, Sabo immediately raised his hands in a familiar gesture, a wild smile spreading across his face, and punched the ground with a "Dragon Claw Fist!!"

"Dragon's Breath!!" As Sabo's voice fell, cracks instantly appeared on the arena floor, spreading out like spiderwebs, and the entire arena collapsed into the ground.

"This is outrageous! Lucy's blow actually sank the ring!!" the commentator exclaimed in shock. "The ring is completely destroyed! Maybe I'm seeing things, but the water level seems to be dropping!"

"Even at this critical juncture, we must announce that the ultimate dark horse of this tournament, who went from stunt to victory, is Lucy!!"

At that moment, the arena completely collapsed, and a ray of light fell directly on the face of Usopp, who was being lifted up by the giant warrior Hajrudin and hailed as a savior by the pirates below.

Those few well-placed rays of light shone like holy light on Usopp's blood-soaked face, and this scene was deeply reflected in the eyes of the pirates who had just turned back into humans from toys. They all thought that this man was an envoy sent down by heaven to save them.

Meanwhile, Usopp, known as the messenger, was inwardly cursing the people who had lifted him up. "Ouch! Put me down! Are you trying to cripple me? Seeing the blood streaming down my face, you idiots, are you enjoying it?"... If they didn't put him down soon, he was really going to die...

However, everyone believed that Usopp meant, "You will be guided by me!"

Everyone got excited and completely believed that Usopp was a messenger sent by God, while Robin, who knew all this, just smiled and watched the farce quietly.