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"Hmph, you really made it easy for me to wait, Empress Hancock," Doflamingo said after Ikki's warship disappeared on the sea. "And you, Marines, have made me waste so much time. Have you figured out how to explain it?"
Onigumo led Hancock to the cabin of the Marine warship. But as soon as they entered the captain's cabin, the two met Doflamingo in the corridor. At this moment, veins were bulging on his forehead, and he was obviously unhappy with waiting for such a long time.
"Huh, it's your pleasure to wait for me, Doflamingo," Hancock said, stroking her hair and walking past him without even looking in his direction.
Onigumo stroked his hat and shook his head with a headache. It was clear that one Shichibukai was invited, but in the end, two Shichibukai were escorted – and two who seemed to have a bad relationship. Even for Vice Admiral Onigumo, who had a good-natured personality, this moment was quite troublesome.
"Fufufu, you really dare to say it, Empress Hancock," Doflamingo said, his eyes moving down to fall on the long sword at Hancock's waist. "However, not everyone is happy to wait for you. By the way, isn't that Silvers Rayleigh's sword? He actually gave it to you! I heard Ikki is very good at teaching others swordsmanship. If he gave you the sword, does it mean he's taught you certain techniques?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo slammed his feet on the floor and appeared beside Hancock at extremely fast speed, attacking her with a powerful kick.
However, what he didn't see was that the moment his body started moving, Hancock's eyes quickly became bright, and the Demon Slayer Mark in the center of her forehead appeared and quickly expanded outward.
'Sun Breathing, Ninth Form: Setting Sun Transformation!' Hancock thought to herself, instantly moving her body into the air and avoiding Doflamingo's attack in an upright posture.
She delivered a horizontal slash toward Doflamingo's neck.
'So fast! Does this woman really want to kill me?!' Doflamingo, who hadn't cared much at first, suddenly had his eyes widen.
He quickly used his Devil Fruit ability to build a hard string shield around his neck. But even so, the shield constructed in such a short time was still cut through by the long red blade wrapped in scorching flames, and finally landed on Doflamingo's neck.
BOOM!
With a loud noise, Doflamingo's body crashed directly into the wall and fell onto the deck of the Marine warship.
"Hancock! You two don't fight here or at this time!" Vice Admiral Onigumo frowned and shouted quickly.
Hancock gave Onigumo a cold look and said nothing, following the wall Doflamingo had crashed through to arrive on the deck of the Marine warship.
Onigumo tilted his head and looked at Hancock's back in shock as she remained silent. In his understanding, Hancock, who had an arrogant personality, should have said something to him.
What he didn't know was that Hancock had already entered the Transparent World state at this moment. Having suppressed some of her emotions, she would naturally become colder.
'Wait, were those marks on her forehead just now? Her age... Could it be that she has the same Innate Demon Slayer Mark as Vice Admiral Gion? Why was she able to develop it so quickly?'
Sensing something was wrong, Onigumo quickly rushed out of the cabin and came to where Hancock and Doflamingo were confronting each other.
'To be able to awaken the Innate Demon Slayer Mark, and also using Ikki's swordsmanship and the sword he gave her... It seems Ikki attaches great importance to Empress Hancock. If that sword also has some special ability, if there's a real fight to the death... Doflamingo might be killed!'
"Damn it, how dare you cut me!" Doflamingo stood up from the deck and looked at Hancock with a gloomy face, staring at the blade in her hand that had turned red at some point.
On his neck, there was a bright red gash. It was this wound that made Doflamingo furious.
'What happened to that sword? Why can't the wound heal as quickly as before? Is it the special ability of that blade?'
Doflamingo raised his hand to touch the wound on his neck, wanting to use his String-String Fruit ability to repair it, but found that there was a fiery energy on the wound affecting his ability to heal.
Although Doflamingo was angry, he didn't attack again, but looked at Hancock with wariness. He understood that if he hadn't used Armament Haki to defend his neck in time with that slash just now, he might have been killed. He was afraid that he wouldn't have just left a small wound.
"The red flames aren't Fire Breathing, but Sun Breathing swordsmanship, right?" Onigumo observed. "The ability to hinder the body's recovery speed? And that mark? Hancock, do you have an Innate Demon Slayer Mark? What did Ikki do to allow you to master these powers so quickly?"
As a Marine executive, he had also had the opportunity to learn about the story and related abilities of Demon Slayer from Gion. After careful observation, he immediately understood Hancock's abilities. At the same time, he was quite confused. You had to know that even Gion had spent a lot of time mastering these powers.
However, Hancock had no intention of answering Onigumo's question. Instead, she waved the long sword in her hand and rushed toward Doflamingo again.
"A sword that can hinder the human body's ability to recover?" Doflamingo frowned and immediately used his String-String Fruit ability to construct several string spears and intercept Hancock. He wanted to use long-range attack methods to understand her abilities first.
It's just that under Observation Haki and the ability of Transparent World, Hancock easily avoided Doflamingo's string spears and came to him. She subconsciously wanted to use "Perfume Femur" to petrify Doflamingo.
But just as she lifted her foot, Hancock felt a stinging pain in her lower body. Although the pain wasn't strong, when she thought about the cause of the pain, Hancock couldn't help but hesitate and her face turned red. Even her state of Transparent World retreated for a moment.
"Good chance!" Although he didn't understand why Hancock stopped, Doflamingo didn't care about it.
Powerful Armament Haki gathered on his right leg as he kicked directly toward Hancock's head.
"Sun Breathing, Thirteenth Form!" Feeling the strong wind coming from beside her, Hancock's eyes narrowed and she once again entered the state of Transparent World.
The blade in her hand suddenly burst into flames. After blocking Doflamingo's attack with a horizontal slash, she jumped into the air and struck toward Doflamingo's head with the long sword.
Doflamingo quickly took a step back. Although he dodged the attack, the burning flames completely destroyed the sunglasses he was wearing.