Franco was currently fighting some small fry from Doflamingo's crew and he was getting annoyed as there were a lot of them. "No matter how many you all send, you cannot beat me." said Franco as he was slicing up the crew members but he was not killing them and only incapacitating them. "Damn, he is too strong for us! Just keep on attacking him, he will get tired soon." said Pica who was one of Doflamingo's officers. Franco, who was usually calm, was trying so hard not to laugh at Pica's voice as he was fighting Doflamingo's men. "Are you laughing at my voice?! No one laughs at my voice and gets away with it!" said Pica as he rushes forward to fight Franco because he was annoyed at him laughing at his voice.
Franco did not expect him to be insecure about his voice but he just readied himself for a fight against him. But then, Pica became a big stone statue and tried to attack Franco as he thought 'So he is a Devil Fruit user. Alright, let's see my level in terms of Haki.' Franco then used his Observation Haki to see a little bit in the future but did not get anything from it since it was still too short for him to see anything that could help him. So he just used Armament Haki to coat the two blades of his scythe to try and injure Pica and finish the battle quickly. He then performed one of his favorite moves which was to throw the scythe so that it would act like a boomerang while hitting his opponent's back. Pica did not expect that he would throw his scythe so he dodged it and said "HA! You missed me! So much for your accuracy." but Pica saw Franco was calm as Franco said "Miss? I never miss." then Pica felt that something sliced her back as she saw the scythe go back to Franco's hands. Pica thought 'Does he have telekinesis? Does he have a Devil Fruit that gives him that power?' then he heard Franco, who seems to know what he was currently thinking, say "No, I do not have the power of telekinesis and also I do not have a Devil Fruit. Before you say it, I also do not have the power to read minds." Pica was surprised at Franco as he answered his questions before he even thought of them. But Pica thought 'No, this is not the time to be impressed Pica. We should finish this fast so that we can support the others.' and Pica rushed forward again with his giant statue to punch Franco to the ground. Franco expected this and he spun like a giant wheel while slicing the giant arm of Pica, he then went to the giant head of Pica and he sensed where Pica was so that he would slice there and end the battle.
After observing for a while, he sensed that Pica was the left pinky as he started making his way there while trying to block Pica's attacks. Pica thought as he saw Franco coming his way 'He found me already?! What kind of monsters are we facing right now. They are just four people, five when Law is counted, but they can take on the whole crew.' Pica then had an idea and shouted "Get the sniper first and we will have the upper hand in this battle." the other members of the crew tried to look for Van Augur because he was the one who was causing the most trouble as he was knocking out other crew members with just one shot. They were trying to look for him in the trees but could not find him.
While they were trying to find him, Van Augur was chuckling while he was moving from one tree to another as he was saying "These idiots, you cannot find someone that does not want to be found." and he was also shooting while moving. This is one of the skills he was better at than Alex since his accuracy while moving was the best among everyone. So Van Augur started to practice shooting while moving and he was improving his accuracy by a lot these past few days and now he can showcase his improved skills in front of everyone.
While Van Augur was busy shooting people, Robin was up against Baby 5 with her Weapon-Weapon Fruit and she was currently struggling since Baby 5's attacks were random and based on what weapon she currently uses. 'Damn, her fruit is really useful. Maybe I can recruit her to the crew using Law. I have seen how she looks at Law and if I use Law as a reason, then the chances of her joining our crew might go up.' thought Robin as she talked to Baby 5 "Baby 5! Do you want to join our crew?" Baby 5 did not expect this question as she answered "No! I don't want to join your crew. Doflamingo needs me so I will serve him and the crew to the best of my abilities!" Robin started to think about how she could use Law to recruit her then she had an idea "So you only joined because Doflamingo needs you?" Baby 5 then nodded and then Robin asked again "What if he does not need you anymore?" Baby 5 was surprised as she realized that when she was not needed anymore she might get cast away again as she said "No that will never happen!" Robin thought 'Bingo!' and she said "Did you know that Law needs you as well?" and Baby 5 was surprised and she said 'Really? Law said that?" then Robin added "Yeah he told me that he needed someone to help him in the ship. So, how about now? Do you want to join our crew?" Baby 5 was having an internal conflict as she wanted to be with Law but she did not want to leave the Donquixote Pirates. She was currently thinking hard in order to make a decision that she will not regret.