Chapter 274: Doflamingo's Gambit

Chapter 274: Doflamingo's Gambit



*BOOM*

"Where's the factory?! Let me at it, I'll tear that SUPER sucker to the ground!" Franky gave a great warcry after blowing up the entrance to one of the toy houses.

"""...""" He was met with the silence of a crowd of gladiators, soldiers, and pirates.

"The factory is already taken care of. Made of poor materials and even poorer workmanship, can you believe it?" Cherry informed.

"People don't have the patience to do the job right anymore, hmph." Franky said, with a bit of disappointment that he didn't get to smash it himself.

"Commander Ace!" a pirate shouted and several others rushed forward to meet the young man beside Franky.

"I'm glad you're all alright." Ace greeted them with a somewhat guilty smile. "What do you say we show Doflamingo who he's messing with?"

His crew cheered in response and many others in the crowd also joined in. The sentiment was a common one amongst the former toys.

They all stepped outside into the open air. Some of them with tears in their eyes as they hadn't seen the sky in years.

*Bzzzt*

A large screen nearby buzzed to life and speakers all over the country hummed to life. On the screen, Doflamingo appeared in fresh clothes that weren't stained with his own blood and looked as healthy as he'd ever been. Certainly not like he'd just received the nasty, well deserved beating he had experienced no so long ago, earlier in the day

Doflamingo wore his trademark smile, but there seemed to be less sadistic mirth within it than usual. "Citizens of Dressrosa. I'm afraid to say that the jig is up."

The many people around the kingdom watched and listened with various emotions swirling in their hearts, but mostly hatred towards this pink devil who was responsible for their ten years of horror. Nonetheless, they paid the utmost attention to what he had to say.

"Saboteurs have nearly completely destroyed all my hard work over the last decade to turn the kingdom of Dressrosa into a manufacturing powerhouse. Since the secret of my labor force has been revealed, there is only one path to salvation for all you worthless trash," Doflamingo said, pausing to make sure his insult was properly understood. "Bring me the heads of the fools who dared to trouble me. Only in this way will you save your own lives, so hurry up because I haven't got all day. Or rather, YOU don't have all day. Hehehehehe!"

of victory alight in his eyes.

Cherry waved her hand at him as it to slap him.

*Splat*

Then he wasn't there anymore. His sword clattered to the ground alongside a few bits of fabric. A red smear of blood coated the ground several meters behind where he had just been

standing.

"He thought he could face me without haki?" Cherry wondered aloud. "Whatever."

Although she acted like it was a casual attack, that was the full force of her Hasshoken and Internal Destruction Haki. Normally she wouldn't bother with that much against such a weakling, but in this case it would serve as a useful deterrent. Even then, she hadn't anticipated that the idiot wouldn't or couldn't use armament haki.

The man deserved worse for his crimes, so he should count himself lucky for such a quick and

merciful end.

The demonstration was a resounding success, as even the most bull-headed fool among them abandoned any thoughts of going against Cherry.

Usopp's eyes were almost bulging out of his head at the sight, then shifted to look at Cherry.

"Don't look at me like that. There are probably a few dozen people in the world who can do the same, so work hard and awaken your armament haki." Cherry said. Usopp nodded quickly, afraid that any hesitance might make his future training worse.

"Did you have to liquify the guy, though?" Ace asked, scratching his head with a disgusted

look at the puddle.

Cherry shrugged and Robin rolled her eyes at her from the side. Robin had noted that Cherry had slowly become more willing to kill on occasion during their separation from the rest of the crew. She hoped that now they were together again, that they would have a positive influence against her more murderous tendencies. She preferred the soft and cuddly Cherry over the cold and blood thirsty Cherry.