"Ice Age!"
In an instant, frigid winds swept across the world, freezing the ground and air.
Wherever the cold winds passed, a thick layer of ice covered the ruined buildings, the crater-filled streets, and even the distant inland sea!
Doflamingo's right foot, which was aimed at Law's head, stopped less than ten centimeters from its target, encased in a transparent layer of ice.
His entire body turned into an ice statue, with a distorted face and a right hand extended in a furious gesture.
Through the thick ice layer, his large pink coat stood out conspicuously.
"Clack."
With a sharp sound, a figure descended from the sky, landing on the ice in front of Rorschach's group.
The person who appeared was nearly three meters tall, with a body as thin as a wooden stick.
He wore a white waiter's shirt, with a large white cloak bearing the symbol of "Justice" on the back.
He had blue glasses perched on his forehead, and his hair was curly and disheveled.
On his face, which was emitting white steam, there was an expression that held a hint of apology.
"Admiral Kuzan! Why are you so late? Didn't I already call you?"
With the disappearance of the parasitic threads on his body, the motionless dinosaur body quickly reverted to Drake's form.
He quickly ran in front of Rorschach, looking at him, completely covered in blood, with his right arm, which had been severed by Doflamingo, exposing white bones. His eyes filled with tears.
"Ah, sorry, I was a bit delayed by some pirates."
Kuzan said apologetically.
He glanced at the frozen Doflamingo, and his expression became stern.
In his bright eyes, a glint of ice crystals appeared, and a large aura of Observation Haki spread around him, covering the entire city of Brins.
As his sense of the place deepened, Kuzan's expression grew darker.
The dead.
Corpses everywhere.
In the distant streets, hundreds of decapitated bodies lay piled on the ground, blood covering the earth, the heavy scent of blood filling the city.
And on the outskirts of the city, the ground had been sliced by sharp threads, and those who had tried to escape the city had died on the island's edges, leaving behind shattered bodies scattered everywhere.
Seeing this horrific scene of corpses and blood, even Kuzan, who always upheld calm justice, couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable murderous rage.
He moved towards the frozen Doflamingo, raised his right hand, then clenched it into a fist and struck.
"The Kingdom of Brins is an allied state of the World Government, Doflamingo. You committed mass murder against the civilians of an allied nation, thereby violating marine justice."
Crack, crack, crack!
Small cracks began to appear on the inside of the thick ice.
Before Kuzan's fist could reach the surface of the ice, the ice exploded from within, and Doflamingo shot into the sky, narrowly avoiding the icy attack, landing tens of meters away, looking at Kuzan with concern, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
His face twitched, full of anxiety.
"Aokiji!"
"Whoosh!"
A spear of ice, emitting intense cold, passed by Doflamingo, and Kuzan said coldly, "Stop the Birdcage immediately, or you'll die here today."
"Hisss."
White mist rose from between his right-hand fingers, forming a sharp ice blade.
"Fuffuffuffuffu, Aokiji!" Doflamingo laughed heartily, staring at Kuzan, his face twisted with anger. "I haven't even started attacking you! Why did you kill my soldiers, Marines?"
"The Marines?" Kuzan said indifferently, glancing around. "I don't see any other Marines here besides me."
"You!"
Doflamingo's forehead muscles twitched, realizing that the Marines would never acknowledge that the "Sword" unit was part of their regular forces.
This unit operates outside the official Marine scope, tasked with missions that the Marines cannot openly perform. And Marine Admiral Kuzan is the supreme commander of this secret unit!
"If it's not about the Marines, why do you oppose me avenging my soldiers?"
Doflamingo pointed at Law, who was slowly walking toward Rorschach, adding, "That young man is a pirate. Since when do the Marines help pirates? I want an explanation!"
"An explanation?"
Kuzan's gaze was cold as ice, and the icy mist around him grew, forming a massive current that surged towards Doflamingo.
Inside it held a terrifying coldness. If he were frozen again, escaping wouldn't be as easy as last time.
Doflamingo's face changed, and he shot into the sky like a large bird, avoiding the approaching ice current.
"The Marines don't need to give explanations to pirates!"
"I'll say it again, stop the Birdcage immediately! Or…"
Kuzan gripped the ice blade in his hand tightly, and an invisible Armament Haki flowed from within, forming a tangible armor on the surface of the ice blade, emitting a terrifying aura that made Doflamingo shudder.
This man was truly angry!
Doflamingo's expression fluctuated between white and blue as he pondered his decision, but he couldn't bring himself to confront Kuzan.
He opened his fingers and looked at the sky, beginning to move them.
With this motion, the massive Birdcage, which had shrunk by dozens of meters, began to fade away.
A few long threads shot out from his hand, capturing Baby 5, Buffalo, Gladius, and Trebol.
Baby 5 and Buffalo were still alive.
Buffalo seemed in worse shape than Gladius, who had lost his head after being cut by Law.
But Law's Ope-Ope Fruit ability hadn't killed him, just separated his body.
Once reassembled, he could recover.
As for Baby 5, she had fainted from the massive explosion.
While Gladius and Trebol were completely dead.
In Doflamingo's glasses, their bodies were reflected, then suddenly his shoulders began to shake, and he laughed loudly.
"Fuffuffuffuffu, fuffuffuffuffu! Excellent! Very excellent!"
How many years has it been?
This is the first time I've suffered such a huge loss.
That little Marine who ate the Kirin Fruit, that traitor from the Law family, and also…
"Prince Elia!"
Doflamingo glared murderously at the royal palace.
Then he saw the young Crown Prince of Brins clapping his hands, and a few flashing moments revealed him before everyone.
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
"Wonderful! An epic scene interweaving death and life, with so many twists and turns, and the development of events—this is the true theater."
Elia turned his head to look at Doflamingo, whose face was dark: "Dof, look, as I predicted, fate in the end triumphs over everything, and you, the villain who represents power, couldn't escape this law in the end."
(End of Chapter)
────────────────────────────────────
"Power stones if you like them"
"If you want an early access join my patreon:- patreon.com/BaDwYGaMeR"