Chapter 34

On the ocean, three warships are chasing and attacking the Flamingo ship.

The intense firepower is absolutely incomparable to those half-witted pirate ships before.

Doflamingo doesn't dare to let his ship stop for a confrontation, knowing well enough that they simply cannot win.

Against other navies, perhaps he wouldn't take them seriously.

But the person leading this navy pursuit now is called Tsuru!

Resisting her would only lead to nearly being thrown into Impel Down to drink tea and read the newspaper.

These were harsh lessons he learned from his youthful recklessness!

Since then, Doflamingo started to hold a certain degree of respect and fear towards Tsuru, even though he never admitted it.

"Cursed old hag, one day I will stand in front of you openly, leaving you helpless but to sigh!"

Doflamingo's temples throbbed with anger, this humiliating feeling of being able to do nothing but take hits infuriated him.

"Has Buffalo not returned yet?"

He asked, unable to hold back.

"I see them, over there!"

Baby-5, holding a telescope, suddenly shouted.

Others looked in the direction and indeed saw a black spot in the sky quickly approaching.

"Keep moving at full speed. I'll teach those marines a lesson."

Clearly, Doflamingo's patience was reaching its limit.

Moreover, if nobody held the navy off, they would have no way to shake them off.

In such a situation, there was no better candidate than Doflamingo.

This was also one of the key reasons why the Donquixote family could always escape unscathed from Tsuru's pursuit.

"Huff... puff... I... I'm gonna die."

In the sky, Buffalo started panting heavily, his energy severely depleted.

First, he fought a tough battle carrying Baby-5 and many pirates, then he was searching for supplies on the island, calling everyone to gather, and finally flying back to pick up Abel, indeed he was completely worn out.

"Hang in there! We're almost there!"

Abel shouted loudly. Unable to fly, he could only feel anxious.

If Buffalo were to give up now, both of them would be done for!

"I can't... can't fly anymore."

"Think of your favorite ice cream! When we get back, I'll buy you ten, the most luxurious kind, enough to satisfy you all at once!"

Out of desperation, Abel could only think of this way to motivate the other party.

Surprisingly, it worked.

Upon hearing that Abel would treat him to ten luxurious ice creams after they return, Buffalo's eyes lit up instantly. Somehow, he mustered up some energy, even speeding up the rotation of his 'propeller'!

"Charge, charge, charge, for the luxury ice cream, let's fight!"

Buffalo, with determination on his face, carried Abel across the sea, heading straight towards the Flamingo ship under cannon fire.

But at that moment, they also attracted the attention of the marines below.

"Hmm? What is that.."

Tsuru suddenly sensed something and looked up at the sky.

A female marine beside her immediately raised her binoculars and cross-referenced with the intelligence received from Marine Headquarters.

"One of them is a member of the Donquixote family, a Paramecia type Devil Fruit user with the ability to fly."

"The other one... uh, there's no record of the other one, possibly one of the children recently kidnapped by the Donquixote family."

Upon hearing this, Tsuru nodded, "I see, let's save them then. They're both still children, with their minds cleansed, they might become talents within the Marines in the future."

Anyone who caught Doflamingo's eye must possess some kind of potential.

Tsuru was quite convinced of this.

Moreover, compared to more independent adults, these children with not yet matured world views are undoubtedly easier to 'cleanse'.

So Tsuru had the idea of intercepting them.

Staying within the Marines is always better than following Doflamingo and getting involved in all kinds of wrongdoings.

"Hina, it's up to you."

"Yes, Vice Admiral Tsuru!"

A beautiful woman with long pink hair stepped forward.

Then she summoned a black iron rod into her hand with a flicker of light, took aim at the sky, and fiercely threw the black iron rod.

Accompanied by the loud whooshing sound, Abel finally sensed something.

Something was rapidly flying towards them!

If this happened before, he definitely wouldn't have been able to react.

But after merging with the combat memories of Byakuya, he instinctively drew the short sword at his waist.

Asura Aurora Slash!

Zing!

The vibrant aurora sword aura instantly struck the swiftly approaching iron rod, splitting it in half.

Buffalo was startled!

The iron rod was just a meter or two away from him, and if it had hit, he would have crashed instantly.

And there was more to it.

Hina is a user of the Cage-Cage Fruit, if that black iron rod had hit, he would have been immediately locked up.

"What?! My attack was actually cut off?"

Hina was shocked at her failure.

In her expectation, she might have missed, or the other party might have dodged, but she never expected her attack to be directly broken.

Moreover, if she hadn't seen it wrong just now, that was...

"A Flying Slash?"

"Such a young boy has already mastered such a superb swordsmanship?"

"This kind of swordsmanship genius, absolutely cannot fall into Doflamingo's hands!"

If Tsuru's earlier intention was mainly due to her duty as a marine, wanting to save these children, now she had an additional reason to act.

Because she dared not imagine what kind of terrible devil this swordsmanship genius would be turned into by Doflamingo in the future!

So, in order to nip this possibility in the bud, she immediately issued a series of orders.

"Hina, give it your all, bring them down!"

"Hina understands!"

"Change course, full speed ahead."

"All members of the third musketeer squad, prepare to fire, try to avoid vital areas."

Hina, who had failed before, took it much more seriously this time.

Dark Spear Formation!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Black iron rods were forcefully thrown out by Hina one after another, almost sealing all of Buffalo's escape space.

Fortunately, Abel was prepared this time and retaliated immediately.

Asura Aurora Slash!

Several black iron rods were directly blocked, but many still broke through the sword aura blockade.

Out of desperation, Abel had to squeeze out all his physical and mental strength to forcefully unleash the final sword strike.

A large number of iron rods were knocked down to the sea surface, but there were still a few that slipped through the net.

In plain terms, Abel's current power was insufficient and he couldn't bring out the real power of the Asura Aurora Slash.

Otherwise, no matter how many iron rods there were, their fate would only be to be slashed apart.