"You're kidding me, that seagull…"
"It actually managed to injure Doffy?!!!"
"Feeding a Mythical Zoan to a pet? That's way too outrageous…"
"It looks like it can control the power of wind!"
The incapacitated cadres of the Donquixote Family stared in disbelief at the mighty giant falcon. With just the beating of its wings, hurricanes and shards of stone swept across the battlefield.
Caught off guard, even their young master Doflamingo coughed up blood.
"Not bad at all, Seagull King."
Orin had the feeling of raising something with his own hands. To think that the once ordinary seagull now possessed at least Vice Admiral-level strength—his lips curved slightly upward.
He knew Doffy's strength. Although not yet at his peak, with the Ryuo training method Orin had passed on, he was definitely stronger than he had been at the same stage in the original timeline.
Even without Devil Fruit awakening, Vice Admiral level was guaranteed.
Orin had already released his control over the Seagull King, because he also wanted to see who would come out on top between the two.
"Young Master…"
At Orin's feet, Baby 5, who had been pouring juice for him, looked worried.
"Orin-sama, will Young Master be alright?"
Seeing the tension in Baby 5's face and the other cadres' anxious eyes, Orin's smile deepened slightly.
"Well… we'll only know when they're done fighting. But no one's going to die."
He patted the little maid's head, took the juice she had poured, and downed it in one go.
"But don't worry. Doffy is a man born to be king…"
Boom—!
A violent clash sent shockwaves rippling outward, though Orin kept it confined within a certain range.
The ground shattered, rocks flew, man and bird collided fiercely.
As the Seagull King suddenly pulled back and soared into the sky, everyone but Orin felt a sense of foreboding in their hearts.
Screee—!
A sharp cry rang out across heaven and earth.
Its wings flapped wildly, generating circle after circle of hurricanes around its body. With every beat of its wings, the winds multiplied in power.
A tornado dozens of meters wide, stretching to the heavens, formed before it. Countless sunflowers were swept in, then the ground, the palace, even some of the Donquixote Family's underlings.
The scale was so immense that civilians a hundred miles away from the royal city could see it clearly.
"Going that far, huh?"
Orin sat unmoving in place, but the lightweight maid beside him was already being blown off her feet, flailing helplessly. She could only cling tightly to Orin's leg to avoid being swept away.
Orin snapped his fingers, limiting the tornado's range and preventing a wide-scale natural disaster.
After all, this was a Mythical Zoan tied to natural elements. If the Gale Bird was given an extended charge-up time, the hurricanes it could unleash might rival the world-ending calamity of the Edd War.
This towering tornado made the family cadres pale in unison. Even those gravely injured struggled to crawl behind Orin's seat.
There was no safer place than here.
While seeking shelter, they still kept their eyes on the battle. In the eye of the storm stood a lone figure, cloak whipping wildly in the wind, fearless in the face of nature's fury.
Their eyes blazed with fanaticism, for they knew that man.
Born to be king—Donquixote Doflamingo!
Stones and debris swirled in the gale. Doffy's expression remained calm as he looked up at the giant bird conjuring the storm.
Black-red lightning crackled around him. The blood on his face and mouth did not make him look wretched—if anything, it gave him a cruel beauty.
"Fuffuffuffuffu…"
"Don't get too full of yourself, bastard!!!"
Screee—!
The Seagull King cried, compressing and directing the storm. Ruins and violent winds all surged toward the seemingly small figure of Doflamingo.
"Watch out!!!"
"Doffy!!!"
"That wind is terrifying!!!"
The cadres shouted warnings. From within the storm's eye, Doffy had no idea how monstrous the outer winds had become.
But before they could finish speaking—
Orin raised his hand, snapping thumb and forefinger together while pressing his other index finger to his lips.
"Quiet. The real show's about to start."
A scarlet gleam flickered in Orin's pupils, as though he had spotted something interesting. His lips curled into a grin.
And then—
Whoosh—!
Countless white threads appeared in midair, slicing apart all the incoming debris.
On the ground, white lines began to spread, faintly altering the terrain, though not completely.
But it was enough to anchor Doffy's footing.
From his position, countless threads latched onto the objects floating in the storm. Using these footholds, Doflamingo climbed upward step by step.
As the flamingo-shaped figure drew closer, the Seagull King sensed the anomaly and immediately ceased the storm.
Its body blurred and vanished from its spot.
But the instant it moved, countless sharp, pitch-black threads filled the space it had just vacated.
Radiating murderous intent, Doffy's crimson eyes gleamed with ferocity. The stone beneath his feet unraveled into strings that surged toward the Seagull King, sealing off its escape routes.
In a flash, he appeared before the giant bird, his foot coated in dense, jet-black Armament Haki, carrying a tearing sound as it drove straight for the bird's head.
...
Compared to Armament Haki, he would never lose to a bird!!!
Screee—! (Who's afraid of you!!!)
The Seagull King, drunk on its newfound strength, had no intention of dodging. Its talons instantly coated in Armament Haki, it swung to meet the crushing kick head-on.
They clashed violently.
The Seagull King lacked in Haki, but its Mythical Zoan body gave it an edge.
Doflamingo had an average body, but his Haki far surpassed.
Two birds soaring through the sky—each testing who was stronger, neither willing to yield.
"Truly evenly matched~"
A massive boulder, about to smash into the spectators, vanished with a casual wave of Orin's hand. He sat cross-legged, watching the battle.
Hmm…
A rookie pecking match.
It felt like watching two pet birds from his own coop bicker and fight.
...
One hour later.
After a desperate, all-out slugfest, both the Seagull King and the Flamingo were panting heavily, looking utterly bedraggled.
The Seagull King's mastery of its Mythical Zoan was progressing, its combat experience steadily growing.
Doffy's proficiency with Fruit Awakening had also advanced.
Now, both were ready to unleash their finishing moves and decide the victor.
"Screee—!" [Wind Armor · Armament · Brave Bird Assault] (a name Orin thought up in his head)
Carrying the resolve of do-or-die, the two launched their final, strongest attacks.
But just as their strikes were about to collide—
The cup that had held juice was set down. An invisible giant hand reached out and seized them both.
"Alright, that's enough… Let's stop here."
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