Doflamingo finally saw what was happening.
Fighting through the immense pain, he desperately turned his birdcage into a deadly attack that could quickly shrink, but it was easily undone by a method he never expected.
Rowan created a fake "Aden Kingdom." When Doflamingo's birdcage came down, it stopped in the air above it, making Doflamingo's strings think they had hit the real ground!
Of course, this was a simple and almost silly method, but Doflamingo's vision was blurry at the time, and he could only rely on his senses and the feel of the strings to control his power.
His senses couldn't reach the edge of the birdcage, and the feel of the strings was misled by Rowan's sand.
So, Doflamingo's desperate last attack missed.
Doflamingo looked up, and the blood in his eyes blurred his vision.
He watched Rowan's sand city fall apart, and he couldn't help but grin, saying fiercely:
"Damn it..."
A giant sand spear was slowly forming in the air, made of the sand that had been cut apart by the strings. It was over a hundred meters long.
Black armor power spread along the black lines to the sand spear, and the dark point of the spear aimed at Doflamingo.
"Someone who used to live in the sky..."
Rowan's voice slowly came, sounding like a sigh and like a goodbye.
The eyes behind his helmet slowly moved down, landing on Doflamingo, and he slightly smiled.
"Well then, see you on the ground."
Whoosh!
Rowan raised his right hand high, then suddenly clenched his fist, and swung it down.
In an instant, the giant black sand spear fell toward Doflamingo.
At this moment, Doflamingo's body was at its limit from forcing the birdcage to shrink. He didn't even have the strength to use his power to move away.
All he could do was use the last of his power to create a white shield made of countless strings, trying to block the sand spear.
But the moment the point of the black spear touched the string shield, Doflamingo knew that he couldn't stop the terrible attack.
Crack!
A crisp breaking sound rang out, and cracks appeared on the white shield.
The cracks slowly spread until the entire string shield was broken.
The next second.
Boom!
The black sand spear broke through the string shield and hit Doflamingo.
His unwilling roar, along with his body, was sent crashing to the ground by the sand spear!
Boom!
The black spear landed, standing tall as a spear that could be seen throughout the Aden Kingdom.
...
The battle was over.
On the World Government ship.
The CP0 members watching the battle weren't too surprised by the result.
Although the exaggerated "fake city" and the final sand spear were visually impressive, the fact that "Ryan Rowan defeated the Doflamingo family by himself" wasn't that unusual.
After all, some CP0 members had already experienced how scary Ryan Rowan was.
The Marines had also guessed that the "chains" holding back the ["Golden Dawn"] Ryan Rowan were the country of Alabasta.
This was an ancient country with thousands of years of history, with many kings and emperors, and with times of splitting and uniting.
Eight hundred years ago, Ryan Rowan appeared and helped to unite Alabasta, and the Alabasta Empire was founded.
According to the Marines, if Ryan Rowan lost all control and completely went crazy at sea, he would be a terrible force beyond his time.
Luckily, Ryan Rowan seemed like a sensible person. He didn't choose to directly challenge the World Government with force.
Unfortunately, Ryan Rowan was too sensible. He tried to use a more "terrible" and "unsolvable" way to fight the World Government.
That was the "Four Seas Alliance."
– An alliance that the World Government couldn't call "illegal" to the world, but that seriously threatened the World Government's existence.
For example, right now.
Before Rowan even went to defeat the Doflamingo family, he seemed to have already known that the World Government would come to Aden Kingdom. So, he had people waiting for a long time out at sea.
Crocodile sat on a box under the mast, turned to look at the giant spear standing in the Aden Kingdom, and frowned.
"Tch, still as showy as ever..."
He turned and saw a CP0 member walking slowly toward him. He seemed to be the leader on this ship.
"Deal?"
The CP0 member paused and asked in a low voice, "Do you represent yourself, or the Four Seas Alliance?"
The first meant that Crocodile was speaking for himself.
The second meant that the man on the deck was a representative of the Four Seas Alliance, and Rowan's agent.
Crocodile touched his chin. "Actually, both."
He took the cigar out of his mouth and smirked.
"Ryan Rowan's deal is: recognize the current legal status of Aden Kingdom and allow Aden Kingdom to form a new government, and give us the surgical fruit to handle."
"In return, the plague in Aden Kingdom won't appear in tomorrow's news."
Hearing this, the CP0 leader was about to speak, but Crocodile waved his hand and stopped him.
"Wait, I'm not finished."
He took a puff of his cigar and slowly smiled. "What I just said was Ryan Rowan's deal. Now let me tell you mine."
"I have to add one more condition-"
Crocodile pointed at the CP0 member.
"Give me a seat on the Seven Warlords, and we'll pick the person. After all, there are openings in the Seven Warlords, right?"
Hearing this, the atmosphere on the deck became tense.
The CP0 leader thought for a while, then stepped forward and said slowly:
"Ryan Rowan's deal is within our limits. That solution is a win-win."
"But yours... is not."
"One of the Seven Warlords is too much. It's way beyond what a 'deal' should be."
Faced with the CP0's explanation, Crocodile shrugged. "Who said this was a deal?"
"Before he left, that old guy told me to do as I like, so I'll just have to 'do as I like'."
Crocodile stood up and walked step by step to the CP0 member.
"That old guy is good at playing with you within the rules, but I'm not."
"I prefer simpler, more direct things."
He stared at the eyes behind the mask, smirking darkly.
"So-"
"What he's talking about with you is a 'deal'."
"What I'm talking about with you is a 'threat'."
"Do you understand?"
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