"No, I just put his brain to sleep." Vladimir glanced around, and saw that all the other pirates had died in the infighting, and immediately said, "Tie him up with your String-String ability, and let's find the next target."
"Not killing them immediately, but waiting to catch enough people, and then wiping them all out at once?"
Doflamingo chuckled, "Fufufu... what a time-saving method."
This way, they wouldn't have to wait for a new Devil Fruit to be born every time they killed someone.
Thinking of this, Doflamingo moved his fingers, and immediately, countless threads flew out, tying Custer into a dumpling.
"Let's go, open the birdcage."
Vladimir nodded, and took the lead in walking away.
The two walked one after the other, with an ability user tied up like a dumpling behind them. This strange combination came to the birdcage, and the birdcage opened a passage, allowing the two to enter.
The hunt for ability users had only just begun.
Vladimir needed 8 fruits to upgrade to 3 stars, and after removing the 3 he already had, he still needed 5.
He needed at least 5 ability users, but considering the uncertainty of Devil Fruit possession, he needed to catch at least 10 ability users!
This was the bare minimum, and of course, the more the better!
...
Vladimir's goal was to capture 10 or more ability users, and the birdcage could only be maintained for an hour, after which it would gradually shrink, and would completely disappear in at most half a day, or six or seven hours.
With such a short time, they had to speed up their actions.
"Use your Observation Haki to find the next target."
While walking, Vladimir instructed.
"Observation Haki?" Doflamingo nodded, and slowly closed his eyes.
Expanding his hearing to the limit, a Haki force extended outward.
Centered on himself, it rapidly spread, instantly a hundred meters, then a thousand meters, fifteen hundred meters, two thousand meters, three thousand meters...
The world suddenly became quiet, and only the chaotic footsteps kept coming. In his perception, Doflamingo heard all kinds of sounds.
"Found them." After a moment, he opened his eyes, and said, "At eleven o'clock, about 2000 meters away, there's a pirate crew. At three o'clock, 900 meters, there's also one, and directly ahead, about 3000 meters, there's another one. Three pirate crews, ranging from fifty to five hundred people."
"What about ability users?"
"I don't know about that. Unless I see them face to face and identify who they are, I can't determine it with just Observation Haki."
Doflamingo shook his head, "What do we do?"
"As expected, you're very useless."
Vladimir thought with some regret. Observation Haki could only cover a radius of three or four thousand meters, and he couldn't even identify who they were. In comparison, he might as well use Empress Boa Hancock. That girl's Observation Haki could probably cover most of Amazon Lily at once.
Comparing the two, it wasn't to say that the Empress was a level stronger than Doflamingo, but rather that the two had different specialties.
Doflamingo focused more on the development of his fruit ability, while the Empress focused on the cultivation of Haki.
"In that case, let's split up." Vladimir thought for a moment, and said, "I'll deal with the ones on the right, and you deal with the ones on the left. We'll meet at the iceberg in an hour."
"No problem."
Doflamingo nodded, and the two immediately split up.
Vladimir flapped his wings, and immediately turned into a stream of light, flying close to the ground, and instantly disappearing into the streets.
"As expected of the Sky Overlord, his speed is really too fast!"
Watching Vladimir leave, Doflamingo couldn't help but think, "The Sea Dragon controls the sea currents, and the Archangel excels at high-speed flight. They each have their own characteristics. It's really not easy to join their organization."
He hadn't given up on the idea of joining. He had a rough guess about what the Phantom was constantly collecting fruits for.
If his guess was true, then joining this group of fierce people would be a sure win.
He could even give up his Shichibukai title for this!
"Let's do things first. As long as the cooperation continues, there will be opportunities sooner or later!"
With a flash in his eyes, Doflamingo also took action.
.....
At three o'clock, eight hundred meters away.
·...
A group of pirates was running quickly on the frozen streets, heading towards the center of the island.
This pirate crew had as many as four or five hundred people. The leader wore a tall hat, had one arm, and the sleeve of his left arm was empty.
At this moment, this person was running and scolding at the same time.
"Hurry up, the other major forces are already fighting. If we don't hurry, the Red Stone will be taken away."
"Captain, isn't it bad to rush over like this? Why don't we slow down, and pick up the scraps after they've fought to the death?"
"Pick up the scraps? What scraps are there to pick up!" The one-armed captain snorted, "Among all the pirate crews on the island, we can only be considered mid-to-lower level. Compared to those big pirates and big forces, we're nothing. Even if they fight to the death, as long as there are still one or two executives, they can stop us."
"Then isn't it even more troublesome for us to go over so early?"
"It's easier to fish in troubled waters!" The one-armed captain grinned, "Although I don't know who created the cage, trapping all of us, I have to thank him. The scene is chaotic, so people like us have a chance. And my ability can steal the real Red Stone without anyone noticing!"
Just as he finished speaking, a playful voice suddenly came from the top of a cake-shaped tower in front of them.
"Are you the ability user?"
This voice came from hundreds of meters away, but it seemed to be ringing in their ears.
"Who?!"
All the pirates' expressions changed slightly, and they all stopped, looking around warily.
"Over here."
The voice rang out again. This time, the one-armed captain was aware, and immediately looked at the tower in front of him.
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