【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Hearing the instructions from below, Usopp coughed violently, his voice hoarse and seemingly about to tear apart. Blood streaming down his forehead blurred his vision, but he pulled himself back from the brink of death and clearly realized this was a good opportunity. "Then...then...destroy the...factory behind...and rescue my friends inside..."

"We obey Your Majesty's decree!!" The pirates who had been turned into toys by Doflamingo responded excitedly and rushed towards the factory inside.

"Usopp Lando!!" the dwarves shouted excitedly.

"This is really interesting." Ace grinned as he looked at Usopp, who was being hailed as a hero by these pirates. "You're actually considered a hero by pirates?"

"Sabo, you're messing around again by yourself," Kera said with displeasure as she watched Sabo put on his coat.

“I didn’t do anything reckless, it’s just that you can’t keep up with me.” Sabo grinned as he adjusted his gloves. “And this time I got something very valuable.”

Koala rolled his eyes helplessly, not taking the valuable thing Sabo mentioned to heart, thinking he was referring to the Devil Fruit he had obtained. "That Devil Fruit is indeed quite good, and it might be of great help to us."

"You're not talking about Devil Fruits, are you?" Ace snorted, pressing the hat he was holding onto his brother's head.

Sabo smiled but didn't say anything, only slightly adjusting the tall hat on his head.

"By the way, who exactly are you? What about the Lucy from the beginning?" Rebecca looked at Sabo and Ace with suspicion.

"Ah, the Lucy from the beginning had a bounty of 4 million, and one day he would become the Pirate King! His name was Straw Hat Luffy!" Sabo said to Rebecca with a smile.

“He’s our younger brother,” Ace grinned, picking up where Sabo left off.

"Please take good care of me." Sabo smiled smugly. "And I'm a member of the Revolutionary Army... Luffy's a good guy, isn't he?"

"Why would revolutionaries come to this country?" Rebecca asked, puzzled. Revolutionary armies usually only liberate countries that are not members of the World Government, not countries like theirs.

“The weapons exported from this country have fueled wars around the world, and we are here to stop it!” Sabo explained.

“Our revolutionary army has sent soldiers to this country many times, but because they were all turned into toys, the underground trading port here has not been exposed!” Kerla said, flipping through the notes in his hand.

"However, the weapons seem to be produced elsewhere. Where did they come from? If we can find out, it would be a good souvenir for Mr. Long."

"Sister Robin!" Kella exclaimed in surprise as she noticed Robin squatting on the ground.

"Koala! Sabo! Haku!" Robin reached out and caught Koala, who rushed over to hug her. She looked at the three Revolutionary Army members and smiled gently. "How have you been lately?"

"Everything's fine, except there's this idiot who keeps giving me heart attacks," Kelra said, pouting.

“We need to add a bit of excitement to the mission,” Sabo grinned, responding to Kera’s words, unconcerned whether it would make her angrier.

"You haven't changed at all, have you?" Ace grinned, draped an arm over Sabo's shoulder, and gave Sabo a teasing look. "Like your habit of wandering off."

“That’s not just wandering around.” Sabo immediately denied it, then glanced at Ace. “You’re the one who’s impulsive. I heard you exposed your identity in your very first match.”

Ace grinned. "But it would be even more satisfying to beat that bastard up as myself."

Sabo rolled his eyes at Ace, unconvinced by what he said. After all, if he were in Ace's shoes, he might have done the same thing and taken care of that bastard.

……

"Traman! I'm here to save you!" Luffy excitedly rushed to the bound Law, hugging Violet's waist. "I'm so glad you're alive!!"

"Straw Hat!?" Law stared in shock at Luffy rushing in. "You shouldn't have any missions here! What happened to the factory? Was it destroyed!? Even though we finally formed an alliance, our alliance is over!"

"Hey? You're talking too much like a know-it-all. I should be the one making the decisions!" Luffy said, annoyed. "Shut up."

"Who's talking like that?!" Luo shouted angrily. "Once the alliance ends, we'll be enemies again. Let me go now, or I'll kill you in the future!"

Luffy completely ignored Law's words and instead took the key Violet handed him, intending to unlock Trafalgar Law's handcuffs. However, he couldn't touch the sea stone handcuffs, so he could only carefully use the key in his hand to poke the keyhole on Law's handcuffs.

"Weren't you even listening to me?!" Luo glared angrily at the two men who hadn't been listening to him at all. And did these two really even want to unlock his handcuffs? Why were they so slow and dawdling?!

And that guy... Law shifted his angry gaze to the man who stood leisurely behind Straw Hat Pirates with his arms crossed. Was this kid happy to see him make a fool of himself?

Law glared angrily at Lucci. "You should know better than the Straw Hat Pirates that letting me go now will only give you one more enemy."

Lucci, who had originally planned to have Killer help remove Law's Seastone, changed his mind instantly after hearing what Law said to Luffy. He suddenly understood the reason for Law's duel with Doflamingo. It wasn't until he heard Law's angry voice again that Lucci came back to his senses, refocused his gaze on Law's face, and after a moment said, "Do you want to die?"

"What are you saying!?" Luo glared at Lucci, but his heart skipped a beat. This kid...

The sudden twisting of the ground interrupted Law's thoughts. A giant stone figure suddenly appeared in the room, holding Doflamingo's severed head and body in its hands. At the same time, Doflamingo's suppressed angry voice echoed in the air.

However, the fact that Doflamingo's voice was coming from the severed head shocked the people in the room who thought Doflamingo was dead.

"Doflamingo is still alive!" Luffy exclaimed in shock.

“I already told you,” Lucci retorted, having just said that Doflamingo wasn’t dead.

"What kind of body is that?!" King Riku exclaimed in shock.

"Fufufu! This is even worse than I expected. Looks like we'll have to use a birdcage, right, Luo!"

Upon hearing the name "birdcage," Law felt his heart stop for a moment, his eyes widening in shock, as if he were back in the treasure chest enveloped by the power of silence. His desperate cries, pleas, tears, and Mr. Corazon's last words flashed before his eyes.

"What kind of sorcery did you use? Why are you still alive?!" Cyrus angrily raised his sword and charged at Doflamingo, whose head had been cut off.

"Let me teach you the correct way to behead someone!" Doflamingo instantly appeared behind Kyros, his toe pointing towards Kyros's head.

At the same time, Luffy suddenly rushed out and pounced on Kyros amidst Doflamingo's leg shadows, slamming his body into the floor and dodging the cutting attack of Doflamingo's transparent toe lines.

"Straw Hat!" Doflamingo roared angrily, controlling his clone to attack Luffy simultaneously with "Five-Colored Threads!"