Sherwin had originally wanted to say sothing.
However, faced with Nico Robin half-smiling expression and Baby-5 "wandering for half a life without finding a true master" attitude—looking ready to bow down and pledge loyalty at any mont...
The words stuck in his throat eventually turned into a long sigh.
"I get it, let just leave it at that..."
Sherwin waved his hand weakly and rubbed his aching head. Taking advantage of the gesture of leaning his forehead on his hand, he shot a fierce glare at Nico Robin, the culprit behind all this.
As a result...
The little skin-clad cats by his side suddenly jumped out to join the commotion.
"That right, that right! Brother Sherwin really loves maids! He even bought a maid outfit for Klee ow!"
(=＞＜=)
"Sister Klee maid outfit is super cute! And Sister Shermie ow maid outfit is like a goddess descending to earth, ow!"
(=﹃=)
Consequently, the expression on Baby-5 face beca increasingly excited, as if she might grab Sherwin and demand a wedding on the spot.
Fortunately, at that mont, a massive yet shrill voice drew everyone attention...
"Don’t even think about destroying the Young Master great ambition!!!"
A familiar stone giant rose from the ground, though its appearance was slightly different this ti. It was a mix of grayish-white and earthy yellow, more like ordinary stone, and its size was much larger than before—almost as tall as the Dressrosa Royal Palace built on the highest ground.
"Pica?"
Sherwin raised an eyebrow in surprise.
He could sowhat understand Lao G appearing, as he hadn’t hit him that hard back then, but Pica...
That guy had essentially taken one of Klee ow Jumpy Dumpties head-on. How could he regain his mobility so quickly?
"Master Sherwin, the Young Master... no, Do-Doflamingo has a Princess of the Tontatta Tribe in his hands. She is a Heal-Heal Fruit user."
Having switched sides, Baby-5 quickly stepped into her new role and proactively explained the situation to him.
Right, there was still Mansherry...
If not for her reminder, Sherwin would have forgotten the "hostage" he had initially demanded from the Heavenly Yaksha.
But that wasn’t right—when Shermie ow dealt with Sugar, didn’t she bring Mansherry out with her?
Just as Sherwin was feeling puzzled, a flash of lightning erupted from the VIP seats diagonally above. A streak of orange light spanned the entire arena, slamming violently into the ribs of the massive stone giant, blasting a seemingly inconspicuous gap there.
Yet, it was this single gap that caused the stone giant, which had been flaunting its might just a mont ago, to instantly freeze in its tracks.
Well... Shermie ow definitely didn’t bring Mansherry out...
Sherwin understood what was going on in an instant.
In his original plan, since he wasn’t sure how the specific battle would play out, the opponent he had selected for Pica was actually Suika ow. So, even if Kuma hadn’t made a move just now, it should have been Suika ow turn—who could also turn giant—to play "Kaiju" with Pica.
There was no other explanation for why a lazy little cat like Shermie ow would take the initiative to strike so urgently other than her trying to nd the fold after the sheep had bolted.
Furthermore, knowing the cat personalities as he did, Sherwin also deduced why she hadn’t bothered to rescue Mansherry along the way...
She must have been dissatisfied with that group of unreasonable Tontattas back at Green Bit, so Shermie ow deliberately "forgot" their princess inside.
Little kittens can be very vengeful.
Shaking his head helplessly, Sherwin naturally wouldn’t bla Shermie ow for such a small matter. After all, he had also been a bit annoyed back at Green Bit. Besides, with Doflamingo subordinates, was there really any difference between beating them once or twice?
He just wondered where the other recovered fellows were hiding...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Two fat n and one small fat man fell from the sky, crashing down right in front of Sherwin. Unsurprisingly, they were all bound by Sea Prism Stone chains.
Imdiately afterward, Purah ow descended on her chanical bird. Just before touching the ground, the chanical bird swiftly transford into a complex-patterned chanical sphere, hovering about ten centiters above the surface.
"I ran into two other fat guys while I was going to pick up this fat guy, so I just brought them along too, ow! Check-it!"
Purah ow, perched atop the chanical sphere, claid credit from Sherwin. Sherwin, being very sensible, naturally stepped forward to scoop her into his arms and give her a good rub.
Well, with this, that just left Diamante and Dellinger as the two who hadn’t been caught yet.
Sherwin wasn’t in a hurry. These people were extrely loyal to Doflamingo anyway, so there was no need to go looking for them they would run into him on their own.
Besides, with the Birdcage in place, they couldn’t escape even if they wanted to.
Just as Sherwin was preparing to lead everyone and the "trophies" back to the VIP seats, another familiar figure crashed down in front of them...
"Yo! Isn’t this the Law who is ’different from before’? Why do you look so pathetic?"
Sherwin, still stroking Purah ow, leaned over and teased him with schadenfreude.
Actually, when Law said he was "different from before," he wasn’t lying he had just slightly underestimated Doflamingo strength...
Heavenly Yaksha hadn’t even used his Awakened fruit abilities yet.
"Cough, cough, cough... Instead of taking the ti to make sarcastic remarks, why don’t you... co and help, you bastard!"
Law gave Sherwin a weak, weary roll of his eyes, no longer pushing to save face.
Luffy had not yet set sail, and the combat intensity in the North Blue was far inferior to the Grand Line.
Therefore, although Law strength had grown faster than originally destined, he was still far too green compared to his self from the Dressrosa arc.
Had Doflamingo not wanted to keep him alive for the Perpetual Youth Surgery, combined with Law own refusal to admit defeat, the outco would have been decided long ago.
Understanding this, Law felt incredibly unwilling, but he knew that if he wanted to succeed in his revenge, his only choice was to seek help from Sherwin.
"Fuffuffuffuffu, it seems what you want isn’t just one or two of my subordinates... Sherwin."
Doflamingo, who followed shortly after, stared coldly at Baby-5 standing behind Sherwin and the pile of his own n at Sherwin feet, speaking with a fake smile.
The Heavenly Yaksha indifferent gaze did not linger on his subordinates for long. After a careless sweep, Doflamingo eyes shifted from cold to fervent, landing on Klee ow on Sherwin shoulder.
"However... I’ve won this third round."
"...Huh?!"
Sherwin instinctively picked at his ear, thinking he had just misheard him.
He never would have imagined that with things having developed to this point, the notoriously cunning Doflamingo would actually be naive enough to believe that Sherwin would continue according to the rules of the ga.
Actually, it was Sherwin previous actions that gave Doflamingo this misconception. Specifically, after exposing the conspiracy from years ago, he even let Law duel the Heavenly Yaksha one-on-one, which further misled Doflamingo into thinking Sherwin would abide by the rules of the Davy Back Fight.
Furthermore, the status of the Davy Back Fight among pirates is quite high if soone breaks the rules, they are technically supposed to be attacked by all other pirates.
Of course, in the case of soone like the Four Emperors, even if they didn’t follow the rules, no fool would go looking for trouble.
But the point is, once you reach the level of the Four Emperors, why bother playing a Davy Back Fight at all? You could just take what you want by force.
And so...
"Do you really want to beco the enemy of all pirates?!"
Realizing things were different from what he had imagined, Doflamingo finally began to grow desperate and exasperated.
"Emmmm... is there a possibility..." Sherwin pointed to his own nose. "Even though I beca a Warlord, I’m not actually a pirate... Doffy."
The Hunter used the sa logic the Heavenly Yaksha had used not long ago, even calling him by his nickna.
Doflamingo: "..."
"Of course, if you want this guy, I have no objection."
Sherwin kicked Law, who was still playing dead on the ground, and received another eye-roll in return.
"And finally..." Sherwin drew his Longsword and pointed it at Doflamingo. "Let settle the score for you placing a bounty on in the underworld and framing as a mole to the World Governnt!"
The Heavenly Yaksha: "!!!"
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