Dylan still hasn't killed the Straw Hats. He's still waiting.
Im... Are there no other preparations?
Although Luffy's body has turned into a bloody mess, with one hand chopped off and one eye gouged out, no one stronger has appeared.
Rocks... Is this your last trump card? So, what is your position... Im...
"Gomu Gomu no..."
Luffy jumped into the sky, raised his remaining left arm, and blew into it frantically. Despite his damaged body, his expression remained unwavering. It couldn't be called courage. It was more like he had been deprived of some normal emotions by something.
Looking at the exaggeratedly huge fist in the sky, Dylan suddenly felt a strange understanding. Why would someone use straight attacks like Gomu Gomu no King Kong Gun? Maybe that's their "romance"—defeating the enemy head-on.
But...
Dylan burst into laughter. It's not a good habit to start reminiscing and locking blood when you can't beat him.
In the sky, Luffy, who had lost one arm and one eye, looked at the arena below and shouted:
"King Kong Gun!!"
The people of Dressrosa were horrified when they saw the giant fist in the sky.
What is that...?
Are you going to destroy the entire royal capital?
Rebecca, hiding far away, also looked at the sky blankly.
"Lucy...you..."
Bolts of black lightning erupted from the ground around Dylan. There was nothingness in the darkness—no sound, no light.
Looking at the giant fist descending from the sky, Dylan raised his finger.
"Heavenly Judgement..."
The black lightning instantly turned into a black dragon and rose towards the sky. The huge fist was instantly entangled by the black dragon's body.
"Ah!!!!!"
Luffy roared in the sky. The giant fist began to gradually become smaller under the black dragon's strangulation.
"Ah!!!!"
Dylan saw the tears in the corners of Luffy's eyes. But just for a short moment, the confusion disappeared again. As black electricity surged into Luffy's body, his skin began to emit black smoke, and then his flesh began to melt away.
Pa...
Luffy's body fell to the ground.
Dylan walked up to him, pulled the hat off his back, and held it in his hands.
"This boring inheritance and fate... ends here."
The electric current crisscrossed, and the almost undamaged straw hat was reduced to ashes. Dylan stretched out his hand towards Luffy and opened the magnetic field:
"You are an unfortunate person. If there is an afterlife... I hope you can have a life of your own."
A breeze passed by.
Luffy's body turned to ashes and then disappeared without a trace.
Mariejois.
Two large tears fell down Im's cheeks. The butterflies around her left her.
"Disappeared..."
On the sea of the New World...
Momonosuke leaned blankly on the side of the boat and stared into the distance. There was clearly a voice just now, but it suddenly disappeared...
He clearly heard some kind of call. But that call came to an abrupt end...
"What's wrong? Your Highness Momonosuke?"
"No... maybe it's an illusion..."
Momonosuke looked at the sea. During this period, they had been eating vegetables drawn by Kanjuro to satisfy their hunger. Those in white clothes seemed pervasive yet strange. They neither killed nor chased them, just trapped them in this sea area.
Kanjuro, on the other side of the ship, had a sinister look in his eyes.
Raizo is dead... What is going on?
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By the time Dylan walked out of the ruins of the arena, all the Donquixote Family officials had been captured. Sugar and Pica had been taken away. Doflamingo sat beside the stone, showing no intention of resisting. The two battles earlier were far beyond their imagination, and they had lost the courage and confidence to try anything.
Pere~Pere~Pere~Pere~
"Dylan?"
"Yeah."
Dylan looked at Sakazuki's face on the Den Den Mushi and didn't say much.
"Where's Doflamingo?"
"Squatting beside me."
Sakazuki was silent for a moment and then said, "In that case... send him to Impel Down. You can handle the others as you see fit."
"Okay, but I need to arrange for some people to go over there. He can be of some use to me."
Akainu on the other end of the call was silent for a moment before saying, "Be careful not to make any mistakes."
He didn't know what Dylan was planning, but Doflamingo's identity as a Celestial Dragon...
I'm afraid it's not a good thing.
But so what?
He saw the scene where Dylan killed Rocks.
Celestial Dragons?
Sakazuki put down the phone and took the cigar out of his mouth.
Just let me do more things for you...
Looking at the Den Den Mushi with his eyes closed, Dylan walked up to Doflamingo.
"Want me to help you?"
"Fufufufu, you are so heartless," Doflamingo stood up without any nostalgia for the palace behind him. "Do you want to draw my blood? Remember to give me some nutrition and... daily newspapers."
As Doflamingo and the other officials were escorted onto the warship, King Riku and other royal family members walked neatly in front of Dylan.
"Thank you so much..."
Under the watchful eyes of many reporters, King Riku and the entire royal family knelt on the ground.
"Stand up."
Dylan's cold voice sounded. King Riku and the people behind him were stunned. This is the most noble thanks... Does he... not accept it?
"Stand up!"
This time, there was a hint of impatience in Dylan's voice. Sensing Dylan's emotions, King Riku stood up first. He looked at the man in front of him with some confusion.
"I don't need your kneeling, and you don't need to kneel to anyone."
Dylan looked at Kyros, who was standing in the third row behind King Riku: "Although your resistance has not had much effect, you must remember—"
Dylan knocked Shura to the ground.
"When you encounter injustice or suffering, you can only resist and fight. There is a way to survive! Waiting and praying are stupid. Such people do not deserve freedom and happiness. I don't need your kneeling, because—"
Dylan turned around and looked at the reporters around him, and said slowly, "I just did what a Marine should do."
As these words flowed out, the Marine's reputation began rising again. A new round of war and resistance also started to erupt across the world.
"When you encounter injustice or suffering, you can only resist and fight. Only then can you survive!"
This sentence has become a belief and slogan for many people. They took up crude weapons and began to resist tyranny, spontaneously forming groups to fend off pirate attacks.
Snapped!
The bearded Five Elder slammed the newspaper on the table.
"Adams Dylan! What does he mean, what is he satirizing!?"
In just a few hours, Mariejois received complaints from dozens of franchisees. The oppressed and exploited poor began to unrest. However, it was difficult for the corrupt royal families to organize a decent counterattack.
What made them most uneasy was...
Marines around the world turned a blind eye. Even when mandatory orders were issued, many obeyed in words but defied in actions.
"Hold on..."
The Five Elder with birthmarks on his head was silent for a moment.
"He has extinguished the first light, and Lord Im..."
Just a few hours ago, the maid of the Void Throne conveyed Lord Im's order.
"Give him time. Put out the lights!"
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