Chapter 283

He pulled away from Tezzolo, his face dark as he growled lowly at Sima Di.

"Toy with me? Aren't you truly afraid I'll expose everything to the public?"

He couldn't believe it!

How dare Sima Di?!

How on earth did he manage to act so fearless?

Sima Di, however, smiled as though victory was already in his grasp.

"I have to say, what you did was nearly watertight."

"On the surface, you handed the intel and evidence to Bellamy, a new recruit in the crew, and had him escape Dressrosa on a merchant ship."

"But in reality, you gave it to the harmless Sugar, letting her casually pick a subordinate and use the Hobby-Hobby Fruit's power to turn that person into a toy, erasing everyone's memories of him."

"I have to say, the plan was almost flawless, because even you yourself didn't know exactly who you'd handed the evidence to."

"However..."

"Sugar knows!"

Doflamingo stared at Sima Di in disbelief!

"No! Impossible!" Doflamingo cried in horror. "How could you possibly know all this?! Besides me, no one knows this much!"

"Yes, besides you, no one knows this much." Sima Di nodded in agreement. "So I learned everything directly from you."

Telepathy, ever heard of it?

"Me?" Doflamingo's eyes went wide. "Could it be... the Heart Net? The Heart Net trait of Observation Haki? The ability to read people's hearts... Fuffuffuffuffu—I never thought that one day, I, Doflamingo, would be defeated by Observation Haki!"

Doflamingo seemed to show a look of resignation, as if his fighting spirit had been broken.

But...

"Doflamingo! It's not over yet!" Tezzolo cast aside their past grievances. "We still have a chance! It's just one Marine Admiral, and there are still three CP0 agents here. As long as we can break out of this strange signal-blocking zone, I can have the Marines issue a Buster Call!"

Looks like Tezzolo still wants to struggle.

Only...

Doflamingo completely ignored him.

The reason, well...

"Stop pretending, Doflamingo. Your real body isn't even here." Sima Di said disdainfully. "To be able to use the Ito Ito no Mi to create an effect like a clone—I have to say, your talent is indeed formidable."

"If you'd eaten a Devil Fruit with a higher ceiling, like the Gura Gura no Mi, your achievements wouldn't have stopped here."

"But you can escape—what about your subordinates?"

Doflamingo's expression changed again!

"I truly didn't expect you to know me so well..."

"But did you anticipate this move?"

The next moment,

a spatial portal opened in the void, and a youth wearing a bull-horn hat and high heels poked his head out.

"Yo! Perfect timing!"

It was the power of the Pika Pika no Mi!

Once Blueno's ability in CP9, it was unexpectedly Doflamingo who had obtained it.

"Overheat White Line!!!"

Everything around transformed into white lines, crashing down on everyone like a massive wave—including Tezzolo and his men!

The Donquixote Family executives and others, clearly, were preparing to escape the Grand Dessrosa through the spatial gate.

Originally, Sima Di was in time to deploy the Magic-Forbidding Domain and shut that spatial gate.

But he glanced at Usopp,

who was still feeding that head medicine, preparing to strip the Bomu Bomu no Mi.

Once this Magic-Forbidding Domain opened...

he was afraid Gladius's head would explode on the spot, and if they wanted to find the Bomu Bomu no Mi again, it would all come down to luck.

"Fine, then let's play a little longer... Merry, block Tezzolo!"

"Yes!"

Gao Da Merry swung her right arm and popped out a Sea Prism Stone arm blade, easily slicing through the white-line wave created by the Devil Fruit, charging up to the golden giant to take him head-on.

"Golden Hellfire!"

"Clang!"

The golden giant threw a punch he was sure would land,

which slammed into Gao Da Merry's vibranium shell, only forcing her back a few steps, failing to inflict the slightest injury.

Instead, Gao Da Merry's slash came down and severed half of the golden giant's arm.

The suppression of Sea Prism Stone over ability users is just that absurd!

The three CP0 agents finally moved too!

The Lion CP0 charged straight at Sakazuki and Dragon, erupting with terrifying might, single-handedly intercepting two Admiral-level combatants.

"It's Life Return! He's burning all his vitality!" Dragon shouted. "No one come closer! Right now he possesses combat power beyond an Admiral!"

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "Life Return??? Burn???????????? CP0's Life Return??? Burn???

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The Lion CP0's Life Return??? Burn??? — the only genius in CP0 to awaken Conqueror's Haki. He mastered Life Return to its ultimate level, able to unleash all his vitality in an instant in exchange for combat power beyond the limit!

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Oh?

Isn't this just the One Piece version of the Eight Gates?

Receiving information,

Another Falcon CP0 rushed before Sima Di, his body also erupting with that terrifying pressure, even unleashing "Life Return??? Burning..."

Why go all-out right from the start?

Until...

In the spiritual scan,

The last Hippo CP0 did not join the battlefield, but instead directly retreated, fleeing toward the Thousand Sunny.

Sima Di understood his intention!

These two are determined to die to cover the Hippo CP0's escape, to bring the intelligence just gathered back to the World Government!

"Soaring Dragon Repents!"

With advanced Armament Haki, he could unleash the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms comparable to an Admiral's power, standing firm even against the life-burning Falcon CP0!

The Falcon CP0 smashed a fist onto the head of the Five-Clawed Black-Gold Dragon, and their strength was actually evenly matched!

This shocked the Falcon CP0 greatly!

He, whose power surpassed an Admiral, was actually only drawing with Sima Di?

No!

Not a draw!

He still held the advantage, but this advantage could not let him defeat Sima Di quickly.

His time...

Was left with only the final five minutes!

Sima Di did not care what the Falcon CP0 thought; he shouted to have someone stop the Hippo CP0.

"Don't let him out... hmm?"

Sima Di found his voice blocked by an invisible wall, and his spiritual scan was also cut off.

He looked at the Falcon CP0; could this guy be...

"Correct!" the Falcon CP0 chuckled lowly: "To counter your Voice Spirit Fruit, I, specializing in body techniques, specifically ate the Silence Fruit, and within a few short months completed its awakening; now even Observation Haki is blocked! I am your coun..."

"Get lost! Buddha Moves Mountains and Rivers!"

The Black-Gold Buddha Palm directly flattened the ground before Sima Di, smashing fiercely toward the Falcon CP0!

Power enough to pierce a mountain peak was actually blocked by his twin fists; the erupting air current turned into a shockwave, destroying everything around!

Sima Di also used this shockwave to break free from the Silence Fruit's range.

"Go chase the fleeing CP0! Cannot let the news..."

The Falcon CP0 rushed again without regard for his life, enveloping Sima Di within the Silence Domain.