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"Vice Admiral, don't we need to stop them?" a Marine adjutant asked, coming behind Onigumo and looking at Hancock and Doflamingo fighting with some confusion. "Our warship has suffered a lot of damage!"
"I do want to stop it!" Onigumo sighed.
Looking at Hancock, who seemed to have completely transformed into a goddess of fire, and the Conqueror's Haki that emerged from where she and Doflamingo were fighting from time to time, he knew he had no ability to stop them.
You had to know that Hancock at this time still wasn't using her Devil Fruit ability. She had suppressed Doflamingo with sword skills alone.
"However, the battle should be over soon," he said. "Hopefully nothing serious happens."
Onigumo raised his head and stared at the two fighters in front of him. Although he couldn't intervene, he could clearly feel that Hancock's swordsmanship was becoming more and more proficient. Even when blocking and dodging Doflamingo's attacks, she became more and more skillful.
She was even so skilled that Onigumo felt Hancock could predict the future.
Compared to Onigumo, Doflamingo's feeling was even stronger.
'Damn it, why can this woman always predict my movements? I can't let her be arrogant anymore. Even if I have to use my Devil Fruit awakening, I have to defeat her!'
Doflamingo gritted his teeth and a strange aura began to emerge from his body. The deck under his feet that was affected by the aura began to shift toward white strings, spreading toward Hancock's feet.
Hancock's eyes flashed with light, as if she knew the situation under her feet in advance. She stepped directly to the side, and her long sword came to Doflamingo's eyes again.
As Hancock swung her sword, a scene that amazed Onigumo and Doflamingo took place.
Hotter flames emerged from the long sword in her hand, and these flames turned into countless crimson petals, surrounding Hancock's entire body. A burst of flames flashed across her form, and the next moment, Hancock's attire had changed drastically.
From her original clothing, it changed into a deep red dress. The long sword in her hand also turned into a strange dark red blade.
All these changes happened in one second. By the time Doflamingo came to his senses, Hancock's sword that had turned into Aestus Estus had already condensed powerful Haki and scorching flames as it struck toward his face.
In desperation, Doflamingo could only summon as many strings as possible to form a wall of spears to face Hancock's offensive.
BOOM!
There was a loud noise, and the figures of Hancock and Doflamingo were immediately covered in extremely thick smoke and crimson flames.
But soon, Onigumo saw Doflamingo's body shooting out of the smoke before finally falling into the sea.
"Quickly, go fish out Doflamingo! He's a Devil Fruit user!" Onigumo gave an order to the adjutant beside him and quickly rushed toward Hancock, who was still in her new attire.
Just as he was about to speak, Onigumo had to look away when he saw Hancock's face.
'Damn it, how does this woman become more attractive after putting on these clothes?'
Onigumo shook his head, turned his gaze aside and said to Hancock, "Hancock, the battle ends here. If Doflamingo dies here, you'll be affected too. Even if you don't care, you should still think about Ikki. He'll probably be affected as well."
After these words, Hancock frowned. After a while, she nodded and released the Aestus Estus state.
When the blade returned to its original form, the clothes on her body that were similar to the dress worn by Saber Nero, but with different proportions, also changed back to her original outfit with a flash of flame.
'When I use this sword, my clothes change?' Hancock thought with a frown. 'Tsk, it's really unpleasant to wear that woman's clothes.'
She put the long sword back into its sheath and walked past Onigumo toward the cabin.
Onigumo quickly motioned to a female Marine soldier nearby to follow Hancock and lead her to her room.
"Sure enough, that sword can transform," he murmured. "It seems the blade's ability is fire. But... even the clothes change. Isn't this the same as Ikki's sword? Was Ikki really so charmed by Hancock that he gave her a sword as good as his own? How on earth did he change Silvers Rayleigh's sword to look like that?"
While Onigumo was puzzled, he quickly ran toward Doflamingo, who was being fished out of the sea. After confirming that he had just passed out, Onigumo let out a long sigh of relief.
"I hope he stays unconscious until we get to Marine Headquarters," he said, shaking his head and ordering the Marine soldiers to take Doflamingo below deck.
He personally guided the Marines on deck, controlling the warship to sail toward Marine Headquarters at the fastest speed.
At the same time, Onigumo also took out his Den Den Mushi and reported the conflict between Hancock and Doflamingo, as well as the strength displayed by Hancock, to Sengoku at Marine Headquarters.
At the same time, it also reached the ears of Gion.
Marine Headquarters
"She mastered the Demon Slayer Mark, Sun Breathing, and even Transparent World so quickly," Sengoku said, hanging up the call with Onigumo and turning to look at Gion. "Gion, do you think Hancock was able to master these powers so quickly because Ikki used some special method, or because he had known Empress Hancock for a long time, so she mastered those powers so quickly?"
While speaking, a gleam flashed in Sengoku's eyes. Ikki had a more special and quick way to let his partners master certain swordsmanship, and Sengoku knew this.
However, Sengoku and even Gion didn't know about his ability to quickly help his partners master the 'Demon Slayer Mark' and 'Transparent World.'
'If Ikki really has such power, why doesn't he use it on Gion? Is it because she's a Marine? If he had known the Empress for a long time... how did they know each other?'
Sengoku was lost in thought.