Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

Under the cold wind, the city, now reduced to ruins, was deathly silent.

This place, once a member of the World Government, was as prosperous as Mangrove 36 in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Unfortunately, due to the increasing weight of the Heavenly Gold, Mignon Island, unwilling to wage war against other countries to amass wealth, was kicked out of the World Council and gradually declined, now as quiet as a tomb.

On the sea, five sunken warships were burning, and the shore of the island was littered with the bodies of high-ranking naval officers, clearly indicating that a fierce battle had just taken place.

"Huff...huff...huff!"

Corazon, covered in bloody wounds, lay in the middle of the snow, his panting breaths condensing into frost and splashing back onto his face.

"It's been half a year, Corazon!"

Doflamingo, dressed in a burgundy suit, stood in front of him with his hands in his pockets.

"Where is Luo? And why did you betray me? My dear brother!"

Corazon sat up, leaning against the wreckage of the warship that had crashed onto the shore, and lit a cigarette with trembling hands.

"Marineford, 01746, Lieutenant Commander Rosinante of the Marine Headquarters, Donquixote Family Captain Doflamingo, I have infiltrated to prevent the tragedy you are about to cause!"

As he spoke, he pulled a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at the man in front of him.

"You bastard, you can actually talk?!"

Pica drew a greatsword from behind his back and stood in front of Doflamingo.

"Get out of the way, Pica, this guy can't shoot!"

With each step Doflamingo took past his family members who stood guard in front of him, the anger in his heart grew stronger.

Clenching his teeth, he also took out his musket from his pocket and pointed it at Corazon.

"Now, there's only one question left: Where is Luo?!"

"Heh, you won't find him. That guy's free now!"

Corazon lit a cigarette between two fingers, took a deep drag, and with his other hand, he flicked the trigger of the flintlock pistol.

Law was entrusted to a reliable person, and the boy's fate would ultimately not be bound by Doflamingo, this abhorrent being forged by malice.

Therefore, he can now make a clean break with his brother without any lingering attachments!

—Kill him, or be killed by him!

At that moment, Diamante walked up to Doflamingo and whispered, "Doflamingo, the trade for the Op-Op Fruit on the south side of the island is about to begin!"

"Of all times!"

The veins on Doflamingo's forehead began to bulge downwards, and he gripped his musket tightly.

"Why! Corazon, are you going to make me kill my own family twice!"

boom!

A gunshot rang out.

The Don Quixote family members present all stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what they were seeing.

"Are you kidding me?"

"How dare that guy?"

"Oh no, Dover, stop the bleeding!"

In a panic, the Donquixote Family members rushed forward and surrounded Doflamingo to help stop the bleeding.

"Rosinante! You bastard..."

Doflamingo looked down, his abdomen now bearing a deep wound, blood dripping from his burgundy suit onto the snow.

"Haha, what Sakura Haruno said was true! It turns out that wrapping bullets with your ability really can fool Observation Haki!"

Corazon, leaning against the broken wall, showed a look of surprise and smiled like a child.

"You bastard, go to hell!"

Doflamingo pushed away the person supporting him and repeatedly pulled the trigger of his semi-automatic pistol.

In an instant, the rain poured down.

Bullets continued to pierce Corazon's body, taking his life.

"whispering sound!"

"Let's go, it's time to reclaim the fruits of our surgery!"

Without a moment's grief over killing his loved ones, Doflamingo led his men to the Barrels Pirates' base.

The heavy snow continued to fall, slowly covering Corazon's body.

As he lay dying, Corazon felt as if Luo's shadow had appeared before him.

You must be happy, Luo!

A smile played at the corners of the man's lips as he slumped his head to the side.

"Mr. Corazon!"

A mournful roar echoed across the snowfield, and Luo, who had finally reached the shore, witnessed his passing.

Luo rushed forward frantically and pounced on Corazon's side.

"No, no, Mr. Corazon! Ahhhhh!"

Feeling Corazon slowly losing warmth in his arms, Luo could no longer feel the cold outside and burst into tears.

"Sister Xiaoying, please, please save him!"

Choking back tears, Luo turned around and knelt before Sakura.

"Don't kneel, stand up! A man dying for his beliefs on this vast sea is the most heroic thing!"

Sakura's expression turned solemn as she reprimanded Luo.

Before her lay a man, lying lifeless in the snow, yet still smiling. He had given Luo a chance to stand up, a chance he had earned with his own life. Sakura would not allow Luo to waste it like that!

Corazon knew from the beginning that going to defeat Doflamingo was a one-way trip.

But he was already prepared to use his own life as a sword to sever all the shackles binding him.

In this way, whether he is a navy officer or a pirate, his identity and stance will no longer be a constraint on Law, and he will be able to freely choose his future.

"Mr. Corazon...."

Luo stood up as he listened to Xiaoying's words, his arm still in front of his eyes, wiping away his tears.

"To pay such a price for someone who is completely unrelated is too much kindness, Marine!"

They moved his body to a place where it wouldn't be buried by snow, and Sakura took off her coat and covered him with it.

Meanwhile, in the castle occupied by the Barrels Pirates on the south side of the island.

"Damn it, that damned Doflamingo has betrayed his promise!"

The defector naval officer, Dean Barretz, trembled as he smashed everything he could in the room.

The constant explosions and screams of his men being killed outside the house tormented the nerves of the former naval officer.

Finally, the man with bloodshot eyes raised his head, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.

"Doflamingo, didn't you want to steal this fruit? Let's fight to the death!"

In his frenzy, he grabbed one of his men and shoved the surgical fruit directly into the man's mouth.

boom!

Just then, the last checkpoint of the outpost, its metal gate, was blasted open.

Doflamingo led a group of Donquixote Family executives into the castle, whereupon they were frozen in place.

"Asshole, what have you done!"

Clang——!

The cage made of threads raged through the sky, and the pirate who had just eaten the fruit flew up, only to be dismantled by Doflamingo's threads.

However, seeing the Ope Ope no Mi (Operation Fruit) on the ground that had already been gnawed on and lost its effectiveness, Doflamingo's roar echoed throughout the entire island!

"Damn it——!"

The roar, filled with intense resentment, echoed, and even Sakura, far away on the northern coast, raised her head and looked in the direction of the sound.

"Ok?"

Although I don't know what happened, I inexplicably feel much better.

With her head lowered, Luo, who was standing next to her, was still hugging her knees, looking as if she wanted to shut herself off.

Sakura rummaged through the broken supply depot on a nearby naval warship, found an apple, walked over to Law, sat down next to him, and casually shoved the apple into his arms.

"After you've finished crying, lift your head and look straight ahead."

"From this day forward, your life is entrusted with an important belief: you must live, and live a more brilliant life than anyone else!"

These words stirred something within Luo Bingfeng, which led to his mechanical movements.

He blankly picked up the apple Sakura had given him, slowly opened his mouth, and took a bite.

"Yue~, Sister Xiaoying, this tastes awful."

Amidst sobs, the boy uttered choked words.

"Huh? You brat, even if you're sad, you can't waste food on me..."

Sakura's voice gradually grew dry, then her eyes bulged out, and she lost control of her expression.

Because in front of her, Luo held a red heart-shaped fruit with black arabesque patterns.

—Paramecia-type Devil Fruit: Operation Fruit!

More importantly, there is a bite mark on it.

"Eh???"

Chapter 101 Parent, please calm down!

"Spit it out, spit it out right now!"

Sakura grabbed Luo's legs, turned him upside down, and kept swinging him around.

But as they trembled, a semi-transparent bubble fell between Luo's hands, enveloping the two of them.

Sakura: "..."

"Wow, what is this? What's wrong with me?"

As Luo waved his hand haphazardly, a slash swept across, cutting Sakura in half at the waist.

Witnessing the girl in front of him being cut in two by something that flew out of his body, Luo's eyes completely lost their light.

"Oh..."

The unfortunate child finally couldn't take the blow, convulsed, and fainted.

"This is troublesome, but the Op-Op Fruit is truly peculiar!"

Sakura, who was also a doctor, assessed her own condition and then rolled over to stand up.

After getting lost several times, it stumbled and staggered to the front of the upper body.

"Aaaaaah, a ghost!!!"

Just then, the Navy, which was conducting large-scale rescue and relief work on the islands, saw Sakura's appearance.

"Idiot, that's the effect of the Op-Op Fruit!"

The naval officer in his officer's uniform tapped the screaming naval officer on the head, then without hesitation pulled out a blue and white patterned Den Den Mushi from his pocket and pressed the button hard.

"Surveillance ship. The Op-Op Fruit has been eaten. The user is a young boy, and he's accompanied by..."

Om-!

Sakura, who was only half-buried on the ground, unleashed her Conqueror's Haki, a surge of dark thunder roared, and her emerald eyes opened in their hearts!

The clash of wills caused these marines, who couldn't even muster Armament Haki, to lose consciousness, collapsing to the ground amidst the sound of weapons and equipment crashing down.