Chapter 21: Chain Reaction

In the town of Spadermairus,

"The headquarters of the Four Suits Family is located near the border of the Processing Zone, close to the Upper City."

Having already accepted Rosinante and Doflamingo's "life-saving money" in front of everyone, Polkin was now earnestly leading the way for the two.

On one hand, if he betrayed them, his family would undoubtedly face retaliation.

On the other hand, it was also because of the boy's simple values.

He said that their lives belonged to them, so they did!

"We're here, two big brothers, please have a look—"

"Yes, this should be it."

Hiding in a small alley, Rosinante looked up at the square-shaped building not far away.

Below was a large warehouse, and on top of it were three floors, which should be the residence of the "Four Suits Family." Several tough-looking thugs with flintlock guns, obviously not easy to mess with, were patrolling and guarding the stairs leading to the top three floors.

"The opponents are too many, two big brothers..."

Just as Rosinante thought Polkin would suggest some kind of "retreat," the young man calmly reached out his hand.

"Please give me a dagger or some kind of weapon, and let me be the bait."

...

Are all the kids in this world so perceptive?

Rosinante turned around and saw Doflamingo looking at him with a face of "approval."

"Here you go," Doflamingo directly drew a dagger and handed it to Polkin, patting his shoulder in "admiration."

"You can use this dagger to deal with anyone you don't like—but if you dare to harm Rosinante with it, I'll make your family regret ever coming to this world!"

"No, I won't, Big Brother Doflamingo."

...

"Your conversation is really..." Rosinante's voice trailed off as he turned his head, and then he said, "Didn't I already say? Polkin, you're only responsible for leading the way. Leave the fighting to us. Doflamingo—"

Glancing over at the building, Rosinante lowered his body and quietly disappeared behind a nearby structure.

"Let's go, Polkin."

Although Rosinante said he only needed Polkin to lead the way, Doflamingo believed that his subordinates should always participate in the fight.

...

?

"Stop! Who are you two brats?"

As Doflamingo, wearing sunglasses and a small suit, calmly walked forward with a servant behind him, several thugs guarding the corner of the staircase questioned them. Although they asked, the barrels of their guns were subconsciously pointed downward.

On the one hand, they didn't believe that a kid and a teenager could cause any trouble.

On the other hand, it was also due to Doflamingo's aura: sinister, overbearing, and somewhat haughty, just like the little sons of noble families, making them hesitant to act rashly.

"Vuf-vuf-vuf-vuf, before asking who I am—"

Doflamingo sneered and pointed behind the black-clothed thugs.

"You should ask him who he is."

?

Such a low-level trick, and they dare to use it against us?

Several black-clothed thugs were unimpressed, but one of them couldn't help glancing behind him.

?!

"What—"

Behind them, one of their comrades fell to the ground.

Before they could react, Rosinante had stealthily approached from behind them. He leaped into the air and, with one hand, grabbed the face of the startled thug and pulled it back.

At the same time, the dagger in his other hand stabbed upward from under the thug's jaw and then twisted!

Instantly, the thug's brain was destroyed.

???

Companions' anomalies and the scent of blood behind them finally alerted several thugs. As they turned around, they raised their flintlock guns.

"You bastards!"

"Kill you!"

Unfortunately, they never had a chance.

Bang, bang, bang!!

The thugs, focused on Rosinante, subconsciously ignored the peculiar sunglasses-wearing kid in front of them, and that's why they met their demise.

Drawing the gun, aiming, pulling the trigger.

With three gunshots, the thugs who turned around took bullets to the back of their heads, and white and red splattered everywhere as they died.

"Let's go, let's go up."

Lowering the thug he used as a "shield" during the bloody rain, Rosinante quickly led the way up the stairs, not even considering that the gunfire and fighting might alert those inside.

And Doflamingo, calmly reloading, followed with easy strides.

Lingering at the end, Polkin hesitated slightly before picking up one of the flintlock guns. As he passed the bodies on the ground, his gaze lingered for a moment.

These people...

Something seems off.

...

On the third floor,

"Damn it, why can't we find it?"

A tattooed thug tapped and knocked on the wall with a crowbar, impatiently hoping for some Berrys to drop out.

When Rosinante pushed open the door, the thug in the room froze for a moment. What were the guys downstairs doing?

"Hey, kid,"

"This is not a place for you. Get lost!"

As he said this, the thug stepped forward, swinging the iron rod in his hand with a swishing sound towards Rosinante.

This nonchalant attack would have caused serious injuries to an ordinary child, at the very least leaving them bedridden for several days.

Smack,

However, the boy who came in merely reached out and easily caught the crowbar.

"Let me borrow this."

Before the thug could react, the crowbar was forcefully reversed, causing him to subconsciously release his grip.

Smack!

In the next moment, the crowbar whooshed towards the thug, hitting him in the cheek and sending him flying backward, spitting out teeth mixed with blood.

"That easy?"

Following closely behind, Doflamingo reluctantly put down the flintlock gun. Was this really just a bunch of thugs?

"There are still several inside,"

The reason for this judgment was that Rosinante heard the sound of banging and crashing coming from inside the room.

At the same time, the thug who was knocked down earlier finally screamed, causing the noises inside to abruptly stop.

"Damn it!"

"Are there any stragglers?"

Soon, several thugs who were alerted by the screams rushed out. They were carrying crowbars, hammers, and other tools—or rather, weapons?

Seeing that the "enemies" at the door were only two kids, Rosinante and Doflamingo, these guys didn't even bother to draw their sailor knives and flintlock guns, instead advancing aggressively with their tools.

If it were an ordinary child, or even an ordinary adult, they would have been taken out by this group in a single wave.

But...

Bang!

Flying lead knocked down one thug, and then a dagger was drawn.

Doflamingo charged at the opponents with a gun in one hand and a dagger in the other, grinning as he launched a counterattack.

Shoo!

Meanwhile, Rosinante's figure flashed, silently wielding the crowbar to meet the oncoming thugs.

Whizz!

Smack!

Kacha...

Half a minute later,

"Something's not right,"

"They're too weak, too weak!!"

Several thugs were easily knocked down by the two, and while Doflamingo complained about the opponents being "too weak," Rosinante had already stepped into the room. Inside, he saw a chaotic scene of overturned boxes and pitted walls.

But there was no sign of the Four Suits Quartet who should be recuperating!

What's going on?

Could that Polkin guy dare to deceive both him and Doflamingo...

"Two big brothers,"

Polkin, who had just entered the room, squatted down and carefully observed the moaning thugs in the pool of blood. He hesitated for a moment.

"It seems like we've got the wrong people."

?

"What's going on?"

"You dare deceive us?!"

Facing Doflamingo, who suddenly turned around and aimed his flintlock gun at him, Polkin spread his hands.

"Doflamingo, this is indeed the headquarters of the 'Four Suits Family,' but these people..."

"We... we are not from the Four Suits!"

The thug, who was knocked down by Rosinante and had his cheek muscles twisted together with his gums, spoke up.

"We are... from the Jaded Family..."

Huh?

"You... you're dead!"

Seeing the thugs looking at Rosinante and Doflamingo with a grim expression, one of them spat out blood and yelled with resentment.

"We, from the Jaded Family—"

Bang!

A gunshot silenced the thug, and Doflamingo's gun was once again pointed at Polkin.

"You better give us a satisfactory answer, or be prepared to reunite with your family in hell!"

"Doflamingo boss, I... I..."

However, Polkin was just an ordinary child from a working-class family, usually helping out at the docks with odd jobs. How could he possibly know the specific situation between these "families"?

"Cough, cough, I can answer that question."

Just at that moment, a weak voice came from the entrance, drawing the attention of Rosinante and Doflamingo, and also causing Doflamingo's gun to aim at the doorway.

"I remember you, one of the cadres of the 'Four Suits Family.'"

Seeing the newcomer, Rosinante spoke up. Not only did he "remember" the person, but he even knew his name:

Vergo.

A boy of about the same height as him and Doflamingo,

with a round head covered with a metal pot, wearing square-shaped sunglasses, and numerous injuries all over his dark-gray body.

These injuries were fresh, and they were not from the fight with Rosinante and Doflamingo in the morning.

Facing Doflamingo's gun and the dagger between Rosinante's fingers, the boy Vergo quickly explained after coughing up a pool of blood.

"This is indeed our 'Four Suits Family's' base... but before you arrived, we were just attacked by the 'Jaded Family'... except for me, everyone else was captured."

Huh?

Rosinante rubbed his chin. Could it be that his and Doflamingo's actions in taking out the Four Suits Quartet led to them being attacked by that Jaded Family?

"Doflamingo, this is good."

But for Doflamingo, no matter how the enemy ended up like this, it was good news.

"If you think you can stay out of it, you're sorely mistaken."

Vergo, covered in wounds, pointed to the several thugs lying in a pool of blood on the ground.

"You killed members of the Jaded Family, and now you're in for a fight to the death with them."

Kacha...

"It has nothing to do with you,"

Facing Doflamingo's finger on the trigger, Vergo took a deep breath. Then...

He spread his hands like claws and kneeled down with his knees on the ground.

Thump!

He even performed a "kowtow" with all five limbs on the ground!

??

With this move, not only Rosinante, even Doflamingo was stunned.

"Please save the other three members of my family!"

Before Rosinante and Doflamingo could respond, the kneeling Vergo immediately stated his condition.

"As long as you help, I'm willing to offer a Devil Fruit worth 1 billion as a reward!"

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