He stretched out his hands, and then an extremely powerful aura erupted, causing the nearby navy soldiers to fall down one by one like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
"Hmph hmph hmph hmph." Doflamingo laughed loudly.
"The domineering aura of a conqueror."
"What are you doing?" Some of the Marines who were standing further away, and some who were affected by Conqueror's Haki, all glared angrily at Doflamingo.
However, the fact that they were gripping their weapons tightly indicated their inner tension, and their shouting was merely a way to alleviate their fear.
"Nobody's here anymore, just some kids doing experiments," Doflamingo said with a wicked grin.
"Why are the Seven Warlords of the Sea attacking the Navy?" the curly-haired Navy officer asked nervously.
"Why are you here? Where are the pirates on Punk Hazard?" Doflamingo asked, his hands in his pockets.
"How dare you attack our comrades!" A navy officer wearing a turban was about to make his move.
"Stop it right now!" Smoker's expression changed drastically, and he immediately tried to stop his men.
However, Doflamingo wouldn't let them do it; he directly used the power of the String-String Fruit to subdue all the Marine soldiers.
"I can't move my fingers," the navy officer wearing a large hat said in alarm.
"What happened?"
The controlled naval officer slowly turned his weapon towards his comrades.
"What are you doing?" The hooded navy man was terrified as he saw his comrade pointing a gun at him.
"Aren't you one too?"
"No, it's my body that's not obeying me."
"Don't worry about it, Straw Hat Luffy is just an ordinary pirate. Where did they run off to?" Doflamingo smiled faintly.
The next second, his expression suddenly turned extremely angry: "You bunch of bastards."
With a single flip, Doflamingo caused the controlled soldiers to open fire, resulting in both sides collapsing on the deck, both wounded.
Chapter 155 Battle
Smoker looked at his men groaning in pain, and felt extremely angry. He knew he couldn't defeat Doflamingo.
However, he was a naval officer, and the naval justice did not allow him to back down or be afraid.
Doflamingo stepped on the wound of a nearby Marine. "What, what are you going to do?" the weakened Marine asked fearfully.
"Answer me, which way did those brats run off to?" Doflamingo said, while stomping hard on his wound.
"What are you talking about?" The Marine at his feet had no idea what Doflamingo was asking.
"Hmph, then you can die!" Doflamingo raised his hand, preparing to deliver the final blow.
Suddenly, a smoking fist came flying towards him from a distance. Doflamingo abandoned his attack and dodged it by slightly tilting his head.
Smoker transformed into smoke, and seeing that Doflamingo had dodged his attack, he immediately spun in the air before landing on the deck to recover.
"You are not allowed to lay a hand on my men again," Smoker said angrily.
"Hmph!" Doflamingo chuckled disdainfully.
"S, Smoker, boss."
“Smoker, tell me where those brats went?” Doflamingo asked.
"I don't know—Joker."
“It would be a terrible disservice to Commander Vergo if we had just let them get away,” Smoker said without fear.
"He's no longer with us, is he? It seems you know quite a bit, Smoker."
No sooner had Doflamingo finished speaking than he waved his hand and manipulated the threads to strike Smoker.
"As expected, Lieutenant General Vergo really is your subordinate."
Smoker was even angrier. He hadn't expected that what Lin Qing said was actually true. He had just said it casually, but it had actually caused a stir.
Smoker immediately transformed his lower body into an elemental form, using the smoke to fly and evade the attack.
"Hmph hmph hmph hmph."
Doflamingo kept slicing at Smoker with his threads.
Smoker was a lieutenant general, so he was able to dodge such attacks. Smoker kept dodging.
After dodging the next attack, Smoker immediately channeled his Haki into his arm and then flew up to punch Doflamingo.
However, how could Doflamingo possibly be hit by Smoker? He simply tilted his head back and dodged the attack.
Smoker kept launching air attacks at Doflamingo, but Doflamingo dodged them all. In the end, Smoker's stamina was exhausted, and he landed on the deck, panting.
There were also some cuts on his body from the threads, indicating that Doflamingo had been completely defeated by Smoker.
"No, this won't do. We've become a perfect target for his unidentified abilities."
"We need to be prepared for defense."
"Why not use the Seastone Jitte? That would nullify the attacks of Devil Fruit users."
Smoker heard this. It wasn't that he didn't use it, but rather that Jitte had been left behind on Punk Hazard Island, and when Lin Qing grabbed him, he accidentally fell off.
"Hmph, you're no match for me. Just accept your fate and die!" Doflamingo said calmly.
Doflamingo made a hand gesture, preparing to attack again.
"Boss Smoker, we want to fight too!" The Marines shouted as they got up from the ground and charged towards Doflamingo.
"Oh, are you going to die first?"
"Don't come any closer." Smoker's expression changed drastically, and he immediately turned into smoke and flew in front of the soldiers.
At that moment, Doflamingo jumped up and controlled the ten threads to cut forward.
"Ah!" Even in his elemental form, Smoker couldn't withstand the attack and was hit directly, knocking him back into human form and causing him to fall in front of the soldiers.
"Boss Smoker! Vice Admiral Smoker!" The naval soldiers looked at Smoker lying on the ground in horror.
"Big sister, what's happening outside?"
"Waaaaah, big sister, is someone coming to get us again?"
"Waaaaah, big sister, I want to go home."
"It's alright, don't worry, Uncle Smoker will definitely defeat the bad guys." Tashigi gritted her teeth, trying hard not to let her tears fall.
Kin'emon drew his katana and stood guard at the door. He wanted to go out and fight, but the children were inside, so he could only stay at the door to protect them.
"Stop it!"
"Boss Smoker is going to die. If he's gone, who will keep order around us thugs?"
"Don't worry, I don't know what any of you know, so whether it's Law, Straw Hat Boy, or any of you, you're all going to die."
Doflamingo sat on Smoker's chest, grabbed his head, and prepared to kill him.
"Ahhh, no!"
"Stop!" the naval soldiers pleaded.
However, Doflamingo still raised his hand, controlling the threads to cut off Smoker's head.
"Ara la la!"
Suddenly a voice came from behind Doflamingo's ears, and as if startled, Doflamingo's hand fell to his sides.
Doflamingo's smiling face gradually darkened.
"Excuse me, buddy, could you move aside?" A tall man appeared behind Doflamingo.
The figure was tall and wore a white suit vest and a dark blue shirt, with a green eye patch on his head. This person was none other than former Marine Admiral Aokiji.
"Aaaaaaah!!!" The naval soldiers all stared at Aokiji with their mouths agape in shock.
"Cough cough cough!" Doflamingo released Smoker, who coughed a few times as if he had been given a great break.
“That person is my friend!” Aokiji said calmly.
Doflamingo sat on Smoker's lap, without moving.
"Isn't that the former Admiral Aokiji? Didn't he disappear after being defeated by Akainu?"
"Hmph!" Doflamingo, perhaps wanting to test the skills of a Marine Admiral, ignored Aokiji and quickly raised his hand to strike Smoker.
"Click, click, click!"
An extremely strong chill swept in all directions, and Doflamingo was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture, his hand only a finger's width away from Smoker.
Aokiji exhaled a puff of white mist, his entire body radiating coldness, and even a part of his body turned into ice.
"Young Master!"
"Young Master!" Buffalo, accompanied by Baby-5, flew onto the warship and cried out in alarm.
Like the sound of a mirror shattering, Doflamingo broke free from Aokiji's ice seal.
"Thank goodness, my insides weren't frozen," Buffalo said thankfully.
Doflamingo suddenly walked towards Aokiji, and the Marines thought that Doflamingo was about to make a move.
However, Doflamingo bypassed Aokiji and went straight to Buffalo and Baby-5, saying, "I don't want to fight you, but if I can't shut that man up, I'll change my course."
Chapter 156 Pet Fruit (One more chapter will be released later)
"Can you tell me something? What exactly is your identity now, Kuzan?" Doflamingo turned around and stopped, waiting for Aokiji's answer.
Seeing that Aokiji didn't react, Doflamingo turned around and continued walking: "I haven't heard any good comments about you."
"Hmph hmph hmph hmph!" Not receiving a response from Aokiji, Doflamingo didn't care and left with Baby-5 in Buffalo's humanoid helicopter.
"I said, I said, let's get treatment done quickly!" Aokiji knelt down next to Smoker and said to the Marines.