"So fast, ha!"
Hawkeye clutched his chest, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. In his sharp eyes was nothing but shock.
In just a short exchange of blows, he had made at least dozens of mistakes.
This wasn't because his swordsmanship wasn't refined, but because Jotaro's attack speed was simply too fast, making every one of his own moves look like errors.
If Jotaro had killing intent, he would have already died dozens of times over.
"Even the Warlord Hawkeye isn't his match!"
"How could we possibly stop him!"
The elite marines all felt a chill in their hearts.
Akainu clenched his fist so hard that it creaked. Watching Jotaro show off like this was simply more unbearable than death to him.
"I absolutely can't let him keep being so arrogant!"
Sengoku and Whitebeard were tangled up in battle, neither able to get the upper hand.
Even if Sengoku could eventually defeat Whitebeard, he himself would be heavily wounded.
At that time, if Jotaro broke through the defenses and joined the main battlefield, the navy would suffer complete defeat.
Akainu would never allow such a thing. Even if it meant perishing together with Jotaro, he would not hesitate.
Supporting his heavily wounded body, he struggled to rise from the ground.
"Great Eruption!"
Using the blast from his magma fist smashing the ground, Akainu shot rapidly toward Jotaro.
This was his only chance.
Jotaro had two types of time-stop, either of which could avoid his strongest strike.
The ultimate move born from his awakened Devil Fruit came at the cost of his life.
That meant only one chance.
If he couldn't use this one chance to kill Jotaro, he wouldn't die in peace.
Jotaro had just used both types of time-stop not long ago. Right now was the best chance for Akainu.
Doflamingo watched Akainu. How could he not know what the man intended? He bared his teeth in a sinister smile.
The magma erupting at the cost of life made the air around them unbearably hot. Even the "Ice Age" Aokiji had unleashed earlier melted rapidly under this heat.
"Donquixote Doflamingo!" Akainu roared, "Use your strings to bind him, I'm going to perish together with him!"
"I hate pirates, and I don't trust you Warlords, but right now we can only cooperate!"
"With your strength, there's no way you can defeat him! I hate to admit it, but he truly is a complete monster!!!"
"Fine!" Doflamingo leapt into the air, his grinning mouth stretched almost to his ears.
'Fruit awakening!'
"Wild Waves White Line!"
Doflamingo struck with his full power.
Seeing this, Akainu laughed loudly.
"Excellent! No one is more suited for this than you!"
The String-String Fruit might have trouble wounding Jotaro.
But simply layering coils of string to surround him and restrict his movement, that was child's play.
Even if Jotaro could break through the strings, it would take time.
And that time was already enough for Akainu to reach his side.
The extreme heat would instantly turn Jotaro into ashes.
Splurt!
Blood sprayed everywhere. A head severed from its body, Akainu's smile froze on his face.
"W… why…"
"Why would you do such a thing!"
While fighting Whitebeard, Sengoku also paid attention to Jotaro's side of the battlefield.
Jotaro was the key factor deciding this war's outcome, he had no choice but to keep watch.
The instant Akainu's head was severed, Sengoku's mind blanked for a moment.
"Now is not the time to be distracted! Haaah!"
Whitebeard showed no mercy. Taking advantage of Sengoku's lapse, he swung his glowing, blinding naginata, cutting across Sengoku's chest.
A terrifying wound appeared on Sengoku's chest. Forced to come back to his senses, he clutched at it, panting heavily.
Like Whitebeard, his condition was anything but optimistic now.
"That bastard Doflamingo! What the hell is he doing! Why attack Akainu!"
"Fufufufufufu…"
Doflamingo landed beside Akainu's severed head, laughing wildly, each wave of sound louder than the last.
Akainu clenched his teeth so hard blood spurted from his eyes.
"Pirates! They really can't be trusted!"
No one present had expected that, at the critical moment, Doflamingo would slice off Akainu's head.
Akainu had proposed cooperating with Doflamingo, and since then all his focus was on Jotaro, leaving him unguarded against Doflamingo's betrayal.
Otherwise, even in his dying state, it wouldn't have been so easy for Doflamingo to decapitate him.
Crocodile frowned, baffled. "What the hell is this guy thinking!"
Doflamingo's laughter gradually died down, his tone turning chilling.
"Now then, on this vast sea, who can truly be called the one standing at the very peak? Who is the king of this sea?"
"Could it be the Sea Emperors, the Four Emperors of the New World?"
"Or perhaps the Seven Warlords who maneuver so cleverly across these waters?"
"Or maybe those so-called 'Worst Generation' brats, barely grown from infancy?"
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"Who will be supported? And who will be betrayed?"
"Help me tell those Celestial Dragons up in Mary Geoise, "
"You will be dragged down from your thrones!"
"There is only one vacant throne! The battle for supremacy of this sea is about to begin!"
"The winner lives, the loser dies!"
"All of us are forced to make our choices!"
Without blood supply, Akainu's consciousness grew blurrier by the second.
He didn't care about any of this. He only stared at Doflamingo with bloodshot eyes, hatred deep enough to rend his soul.
Each word dripping blood,
"Why did you get in my way!!!"
Doflamingo sneered, his gaze dark.
"I told you, didn't I? The battle for supremacy is about to begin! Naturally, I have to choose my side early!"
"Are you saying you want to betray the government!"
Doflamingo lowered his head and burst into crazed laughter.
"In that case, there's only one answer left for me!"
"I will swear my allegiance to you..."
"Lord Jotaro!!!"
Suddenly, Doflamingo dropped to one knee before Jotaro, bowing his head deeply.
"What! One of the Seven Warlords, Doflamingo, has actually betrayed the government and pledged allegiance to Jotaro!"
The navy erupted into chaos, shock, fury, confusion all surging into one deafening uproar.
"How could this happen!" Sengoku could hardly believe it.
"Hahahahaha…" Whitebeard laughed toward the sky. "That blond brat really is interesting!"
Doflamingo had long wanted to turn the world ruled by the World Government upside down. But after so much, he already realized his own power wasn't enough.
Despite laying out schemes for years, gathering power both on the surface and in the shadows, he had never escaped the government's grip.
After being defeated by Jotaro, the government quickly pulled out his list of crimes and threw him in prison.
Alone, he could never achieve his ideals, he needed someone to help him.
And Jotaro was the best choice.
Seeing Jotaro still silent, Doflamingo lowered his head further, speaking up on his own.
"Lord Jotaro! To overthrow the World Government, my power is essential. And I have many things here that would interest you."
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