章 543: One Down

Alex and his entourage wove their way through the labyrinthine tunnels of the massive castle on Thriller Bark, heading straight the dungeons where their MANY prisoners were being kept.

"And you fit all of them down here?" Alex asked the girls behind him.

"Not originally, but we expanded them with Spatial magic and managed." Grayfia explained.

"Well regardless, we should have a lot less prisoners here soon." Alex said as he approached the door to the first cell, and opened it.

"Oh? Did the head honcho finally appear?" Sneered the man who was at the center of the cell, his hands and feet shackled to the floor.

While exceptionally tall, the man was also bordering on obese with scraggly black hair, numerous missing teeth, and patches of black on his chin.

"Teach." Alex said with distaste evident in his voice, which was natural considering who it was he was talking to.

The man was none other than Marshall D. Teach, but would also be known in the future of this world as Blackbeard, one of the future Four Emperors after killing Whitebeard. He would also be the man responsible for the death of Luffy's adopted brother, Portgas D. Ace, if Kuroka and Grayfia hadn't interrupted their fight.

"So what do we owe your 'hospitality' to? Huh?" Teach sneered with an obnoxious grin on his face, seemingly convinced of his eventual escape.

"Well normally I'd have just had you killed and call it a day." Alex said with a small smile, which made Teach's falter slightly. "But you have something I want."

As he said that Alex slammed his palm into Teach's body, making the man scream in pain as he then began to draw the power of the Devil Fruit from his body. But as he did that, Alex also used Regeneration magic to make the Devil Fruit itself reform in his other hand.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! STOP IT!!!!" Teach screamed through the pain as he was drained the very power he'd sought more than anything else in the world. The power of the 'strongest' Devil Fruit.

Alex just ignored him though as he focused on the Devil Fruit itself, which was purple in color with teardrop segments that possessed swirled patterns on them. And as he watched the Devil Fruit reform on Alex's hand, Teach began growing increasingly hysterical until Alex used a spell to make it where he couldn't make anymore noise.

Soon enough the process was complete, and Alex had the entire Devil Fruit in his hand while Teach was completely stripped of his power.

Stepping away from the sobbing Teach, Alex then held the fruit out to a certain one of his peerage members.

"Here Yami. This one is for you, if you want it." He said to the petite assassin.

"Me?" She asked while hesitantly accepting it.

"Yes. This is the Yami Yami no Mi, so you can guess why I thought it was appropriate." Alex explained as everyone got a look of understanding.

"Mm." Yami nodded in understanding as she looked over the fruit. She hadn't had any plans of ever eating a Devil Fruit, but with one that seemed so fitting then she might as well.

But not here.

Yami knew that Devil Fruits were supposed to taste completely nasty, and she didn't intend to eat it in front of everyone else.

So she stored it away as Alex proceeded to deal with Teach, and the members of his crew that were imprisoned alongside him.

Rather than get his own hands dirty though, Alex opened a portal behind them that led to the fiery hellscape that was the Badlands, one of the realms of Oblivion. And with the portal open, numerous chains wreathed in fire wrapped around them and dragged every single one through, making them scream as their flesh and very souls were burned.

By the time the portal closed behind them, Alex was already making his way out the door to go to the next cell, which held the original owners of Thriller Bark. But when he opened the cell door, Alex was greeted by a sight he....wasn't expecting.

"Finally! I don't know who you are, BUT GET ME OUT OF HERE!" Wailed a young woman with long pink hair tied into twin tails, who was wearing a red and white crown with a cross on it atop her head, and nothing else.

She was chained up in the middle of the cell with her hands overhead, while the three men in the same cell were chain up on the other side from her. One had a distinctly animal appearance, that wasn't the result of a Devil Fruit, another was a round man with a scar going across his forehead, pointed ears, and a matching nose.

The final man was the largest of all three, standing at over twenty feet tall if he were standing, and with numerous facial and bodily features that would only scream 'devil' to those who saw him. Not to mention his more...unique features, like his profoundly extended arms, neck and head.

The large man was none other than Gecko Moria, Warlord of the Seas. The others were his only crew mates with their patchwork zombies making up the rest of their force, until Eri stole them. Going in reverse order, they were Dr. Hogback, Absalom, and Perona.

"What is this?" Alex asked the girls behind hm, even as he shamelessly looked the naked Perona up and down.

"KYAAAA! IT'S ANOTHER PERVERT!" Perona screamed when she actually turned and saw Alex standing there.

"Apparently she did something that made Eri think she deserved a punishment." Grayfia explained to him patiently.

"Ah... Perona must've tried to use her powers on her." Alex said with realization.

"What's her powers?" Shia asked curiously.

"She ate the Horo Horo no Mi, which made her a Hollow person. Not only can she separate her spirit from her body, but she can also 'hollow' those she attacks to completely kill their spirits. In all honesty, she can be considered one of the most dangerous people to fight against."

Alex's wives all blinked at that as they looked at Perona in surprise, and now understanding why Eri reacted the way she had.

"Who cares about all that!?! Just get me out of here!" Perona wailed pitifully, while trying desperately to cover her body even with her shackled arms and legs. And failing.

"I'll get to it. When I get to it." Alex said as he walked right by Perona, and instead approached Moria and the others.

"Kuh... So what is this? Some kind of grudge?" Moria demanded as Alex got closer to him.

"No. It's not something as boring as that. You're just a pest I wanted to get rid of." Alex stated without any kind of hesitation or remorse.

"You-!?! I am the great Hogback! One of the world's most famous doctors that conquered even death! And you are likening us to mere pests!" The not-so-good Doctor screamed in outrage.

"Not at all." Alex immediately said while shaking his head. "Moria is the pest, and you two are just parasites living off of the pest."

Again, the not-so-good Doctor was outraged at Alex's insolence, but like Teach, Alex silenced him with a spell as he went to work.

First he approached Moria himself and placed a hand on him, like he had done Teach, and began drawing the power of the Devil Fruit Moria ate from his body. And like Teach, Moria cried in pain and outrage from Alex stealing his Devil Fruit from him once he realized what he was doing. But like Hogback, Alex had already silenced him so they wouldn't have to listen to his wailing.

Soon there was another Devil Fruit in Alex's hand as he finished drawing it from Moira's body, one that was black in color with a green stem, and matching leaves that covered the lower half and sides, like an onion.

This Devil Fruit was then tossed to Shizuku, who caught it before looking it over curiously as Alex explained, "that fruit is the Kage Kage no Mi. I'm not sure if it'll actually benefit you though since you already have Jin, so it may not improve your control over shadows. Either way, it's up to you if you want to eat it Shizuku."

Leaving her to decide if she'll eat it or not, Alex then approached the third of their male captives, who was currently unconscious with a nosebleed from getting to look at Perona naked for so long, Absalom.

Though human originally, Absalom had undergone numerous operations to transplant body parts of various animals to his body to make him stronger than the average human. But naturally it was all useless against anyone with actual strength in this world, let alone the monsters Eri had in her collection.

His one major advantage though was his Devil Fruit, which Alex began to extract.

Unlike the other two Devil Fruits Alex extracted, this one had no real appearance as it reformed in his hand, instead looking like a bubble with a shape similar to a gourd. And once he finished reforming it, Alex looked at the fruit curiously for a moment, before deciding 'what the hell', and eating it.

Resisting the urge to gag at the horrendous taste, Alex downed the entire Devil Fruit while simultaneously opening a portal behind the three men, as both Hogback and Moria both still raged at him silently.

"Man, that was disgusting." Alex commented casually as they too were dragged into a realm of Oblivion, Coldharbour this time.

"Why'd you eat that one?" Shia asked Alex curiously.

"I just figured why not." Alex replied.

"Which one is it?" Lala asked with interest, but Alex just smiled wolfishly at her before his entire body began to disappear.

"""!!!"""

All of the women present became startled as all traces of Alex vanished. Not only could they not see him, but they were unable to sense him at all. It was as if he had ceased to exist completely.

"!!!"

"Kyaaa!" Rias cried as suddenly her dress was pulled down, allowing her tits to flop out freely and bounce, before she felt something grab and massage them expertly.

"Of course..." Grayfia uttered in exasperation, as what else would Alex use such an ability for?

And sure enough, soon Rias' entire dress was torn from her body, shortly followed by her sexy panties to leave her completely naked before them all alongside Perona before she was bent over.

"This is so weird!" Rias cried since she was unable to see Alex, but knew he was there by his expert handling of his body.

Her butt cheeks were then spread open for them all to see her pussy and butthole, which was nothing new to any one them by this point, before the latter suddenly expanded with a cry from Rias. But with the thing going inside her being invisible, every single one of them could see the INSIDE of her ass.

"Trippy..." Kurumu uttered with growing interest as she knelt down directly behind Rias, and had a front row seat as her asshole opened and closed with every one of Alex's thrusts.

This went on until Kurumu even saw a stream of white fluid pouring into Rias' bowels, indicating Alex came inside her butt before pulling out of it slowly and teasingly, making Rias whimper at the prolonged sensation.

And once he pulled out entirely, all traces of Alex disappeared yet again, before Kurumu suddenly found herself being pinned to the ground as her own clothes were torn from her body.

This time everyone else got a chance to see inside HER pussy and butthole as Alex got her into a mating press, and used his infamous dual cock technique on her to fuck both at once. And then they all got to watch as he flooded both with his white seed, before he pulled out and vanished again to choose his next victim.

One by one, every single member of Alex's peerage, sans the still absent Moka, were attacked by the invisible him.

Grayfia got the same treatment as Rias, as Alex plundered her ass in front of everyone. Shizuku, in an ironic twist, had her pussy pounded from behind in doggy style while Alex smacked her ass until it was completely red.

Yue was picked up and used like a meat hole as Alex fucked both her holes, without the elasticity provided by Nika. San was similarly treated to Alex's dual cock techniques for the first time, though in a much gentler fashion than Yue as both of her incredibly tight holes were stretched much farther than their natural limits.

Erza meanwhile got the humiliated female knight treatment, as Alex chained her up and whipped her back and butt numerous times as he fucked her. Mirajane meanwhile found herself being tied up bondage style, before Alex used the ropes as a handhold as he fucked her senseless.

Lucy was lifted into the air by the back of her knees as Alex spread her legs open for them all to see, before impaling her on his invisible cock. Yami, 'unfortunately', was put into a mating press like Kurumu while also receiving the same dual cock treatment as Kurumu.

Lala and Shia got the invisible treatment at the same time, as the former was laid on top of the latter with their breasts smushed together as their pussies were rubbing up against one another, before Alex fucked both simultaneously.

Yuna was pressed up against the cold stone walls helplessly, as Alex plundered her tight anal hole while simultaneously fingering her pussy until she came numerous times.

And last, but certainly not least, was Kuroka. In her case Alex had grabbed her wrists and pulled them behind her back as he bent her over to shove her face into Grayfia's ass, making her lick and clean the violated puckered hole while he pounded both of hers from behind one at a time.

Or maybe she wasn't last.

The entire time this was happening Perona was still chained up in the center of the cell, spectating the entire thing as Alex ravaged his wives invisibly.

She had seen as they were put into humiliating positions, stripped of their clothing, and then had their holes spread open so indecently. And she was watching as the cat girl was made to lick the maid's anal ring, while her own holes alternated being spread lewdly as her asscheeks rippled with every thrust.

But then, as her vaginal hole was filled with white fluid, Perona watched as it closed and the invisible force holding her up released her.

Silence descended upon the cell, with the exception of the panting of the near comatose women after they'd all been so thoroughly fucked. And that worried Perona.

Alex had already well proven his perversion, just like Absalom when he possessed the Suke Suke no Mi. But there was a VERY big difference between the two.

Absalom was what could be considered a 'pure' pervert, meaning that while he would readily peep on girls in the bath and such, like he had TRIED to do to Perona countless times, things like kissing and handholding were too much for him when it came to the real thing. Ironically, even with all the modifications made to his body, Absalom still didn't have the balls to deal with women.

Alex, of course, was not the same.

So Perona was more than concerned as the silence stretched, and there was no sign of Alex at all.

And as such, she was becoming jumpy at every little thing around her. The creak of the cell door, the wail of the wind, and that very same wind as it tickled her backside.

It didn't help that she knew exactly what the Suke Suke no Mi was capable of, and that Alex could be right in front of her at that very second, staring at her boobs, butt, or even her private place.

The mere thought made chills pass through her entire body, while goosebumps formed on her skin.

"Thinking of me?" The voice of the devil himself hissed in her ear, making Perona jump as much as she was able in her restraints.

"Eek! What are you doing!?!" She demanded with borderline hysteria.

"Well...." Alex drawled in her ear as she felt his hands on her hips. "you seemed so lonely here, that I thought I'd share some of the love."

"!!!"

As he said that Alex's hands shamelessly went to her breasts, which he kneaded and massaged even as Perona tried to wiggle and squirm out of his grasp.

"N-no...I don't want any love..." Perona whined in an unconvincing manner, even as her entire body fidgeted from his touch.

"Is that so?" Alex hissed in her ear, before one of his hands disappeared from her breasts. And the next thing Perona knew something was touching her down there.

"You say you don't want it, but you're completely soaked." Alex whispered as he took his fingers away from her snatch, and she saw a string of fluid suspended in midair in front of her eyes.

"No I-I'm not..." Perona tried to deny unconvincingly.

"Then make me stop." Alex challenged her, and the next thing Perona knew she was being pushed up against the walls as he materialized in front of her, his thing erect and ready.

It would be so easy for Perona to do just that.

All she'd have to do to make Alex stop is conjure one of her spirits now that she wasn't shackled by sea-stone cuffs, and then he'd be on the ground despising himself and begging for her forgiveness.

"I'll make you a deal." Alex said to her seriously all of a sudden.

"Either make me stop, or I'll make you mine." He told her while pressing the head of his cock against her tight little hole.

***

"And I want a large castle!"

"Of course."

"One that's REALLY creepy, cold, damp, and filled with malice!"

"Naturally."

"And tons of servants and cute animals!"

"The cutest."

Alex and Perona went back and forth as they made their way down the halls to the next cell, with the rest of his wives following behind them after they recovered from their earlier fucking.

"And you better take full responsibility too!" Perona declared as she floated in front of Alex's face with a pout and red face, after Alex had plundered her virtue.

"I already intended to." Alex said immediately, which made her go even redder as Perona promptly fled by flying up through the ceiling.

"She's really self absorbed, isn't she?" Erza commented as Perona escaped.

"True. But her powers are the real deal." Alex replied. As of yet, the only ones he knew of that was immune to Perona's power of negativity were those who were already incredibly negative, like Usopp.

Perona was literally capable of crippling entire armies if she used her powers right.

But there was another person with a scarily overpowered ability that they were about to go see.

Opening the door to the next cell, Alex found himself looking out over the Donquixote Pirates, led by Donquixote Doflamingo.

"Oh? Finally found the time to come and deal with us, huh?" Doflamingo sneered from where he was chained up.

"Something like that." Alex replied as he looked over the group.

Altogether there was fifteen main members of the Donquixote Pirates consisting of his four elite officers, the subordinate officers of three of them, and even the subordinated researcher, Caesar Clown.

Though he only really recognized a few of them, due to their bigger roles in the original series, Alex's gaze centered on one person in particular. She was a girl who appeared worryingly young, and had been the most heavily restrained amongst the crew with her arms and legs spread out on either side, and thick sea-stone gloves covering them alongside her shackles.

"Overkill much?" Alex asked with a smirk, before Shizuku explained the reason for the drastic measures.

"I know you warned us about her ability, but she regained consciousness from your Haki while we were stopped at Punk Hazard. We didn't realize it until she touched Erza and turned her into a toy knight for a moment..."

At that point Shizuku fidgeted slightly ashamedly as Alex turned his attention to Erza incredulously, who only bowed her head in humiliation. The girl was none other than the key person who kept Doflamingo's kingdom running during his reign, Sugar.

While possessing no real strength aside from her quick reflexes, Sugar's Devil Fruit granted her the ability to turn those she touched into toys, while simultaneously removing all memory of them from the minds of others. And with her power, Doflamingo was able to remove any dissenters from his kingdom without anyone ever being the wiser as they completely forgot their friends, parents, children, siblings, and spouses.

Alex hadn't even noticed what had happened to Erza, and it was easy to tell that both Shizuku and Yami at least completely forgot she existed before they rendered Sugar unconscious yet again. Apparently they decided not to take any more chances after that incident.

Though she was still unconscious, Alex readily approached her in order to nip this problem in the bud.

"What are you doing?!" Demanded another women who appeared to be in her late twenties, with matching green hair to the girl Alex was currently approaching.

"Monet.... Right?" Alex asked as he verified the woman's identity.

"That's right. Now tell me, what are you going to do to my sister!?!" She demanded yet again.

Alex just ignored her though as he walked right up to Sugar, and removed the shirt from her body before placing his hand on her stomach to place his slave brand. And once that was done, he took his hand away and snapped his fingers.

"Wake."

Sugar's eyes immediately opened as she looked around, before realizing her current state.

"Lolicon."

Alex closed his eyes and took in a deep breath at her accusation, so desperately wanting to deny it. But, he couldn't exactly do that with Yue, Yami and San behind him.

"I'm not even going to justify that with an answer." Alex said while shaking his head wryly. But then he turned serious.

"I branded you as my slave, and my first order is to never use your power on anyone without my or Grayfia's express permission."

Sugar glowered at Alex from his command, even as her restraints suddenly released her and she fell to the floor. And as she rose, she was clothed once more in the attire of a maid.

"What are you doing to her?!" Monet demanded again.

"I already said I'm going to make her my slave, and so she'll work from now on as my maid as well. Or would you rather I strip her of her Devil Fruit and kill her like the rest?" Alex asked her in a borderline condescending tone, while everyone else had various drastic reactions.

"You're going to kill us!?!"

"What do you mean by stripping us of our Devil Fruits?!"

"That's impossible!"

Just as Alex was about to magic to silence them like he had Teach and the others earlier, he didn't have to as numerous ghostly figures entered the room and passed through their bodies.

"I don't deserve this power anyways..."

"I just want to die and reincarnate as a slug..."

"Such a power is wasted on me..."

In an instant all of them became depressed and slumped over without supporting their bodies, unwilling to continue resisting whatever Alex was going to do to them.

"Horo Horo Horo Horo! That's what you all get!" Perona declared as she reappeared from the ceiling.

"Thank you Perona." Alex said to her, making the ghost girl puff her chest out in pride.

But after that he focused on Monet, and asked her, "so tell me Monet, would you like to join the rest of them, or join me alongside your sister?"

"I'll stay with Sugar." Monet answered immediately, to which Alex nodded in affirmation.

"Good. It'd be a waste to have to do away with such a beautiful woman." He said while shamelessly stepping up, and similarly removing her shirt to place the brand on her stomach.

"Oh!" Monet exclaimed from the sudden compliment, her cheeks turning slightly red as Alex released her cuffs.

"You little traitors." Doflamingo cursed the pair of sisters angrily, even as his expression and voice remained calm.

But he was just ignored as Alex made his way down the line of pirates, removing the Devil Fruits from those that had one without any fighting back thanks to Perona. But then he reached a young woman wearing a maid style outfit complete with a frilly bonnet and apron.

"Baby 5." Alex said as he recognized the woman, truly one of the only ones he sympathized with amongst Doflamingo's crew.

"What? Are you going to take my Devil Fruit next?" She snarled defiantly.

"Not at all." Alex answered, confusing her. He then stepped closer at an intimate distance, and said sensually in her ear,

"After all, I REALLY need you and your power on my side."

"!!!"

Immediately her entire face was filled with a heavy blush as she sputtered, "y-you need ME!?!"

Alex nodded as he readily unshackled her, and said, "of course Baby 5. You are a very beautiful woman, with a great ability. Not only do I NEED you, I would be honored if you were to become one of my brides."

The effect of Alex's words was instantaneous as her eyes practically became hearts, and she swooned before him like a maiden.

"What just happened?" Lucy asked incredulously as Alex caught Baby 5, and handed her off to Grayfia to take care of.

"For some reason, Baby 5 has a powerful desire to be useful to anyone around her, even if they're 'enemies'. I recall in the original timeline when Doflamingo was brought down, Baby 5 very nearly committed suicide simply so she could be of use, even in death."

"""!!!"""

Everyone looked to the woman in shock when they heard that, none of them being able to imagine what living such a life was like.

"I'll take good care of her." Grayfia said with a sincere voice, to which Alex nodded as he added,

"Yami can help too, since the fruit Baby 5 ate gave her the same abilities as her."

"!!!"

"Human weapon?!" Yami asked incredulously.

"In a sense. If I recall right she can turn any part of her body into a weapon, even guns and cannons. I'm curious to see if she can do so with modern weapons as well." Alex explained as he continued making his way down the line of prisoners, even the only other one he felt sorry for, Senor Pink.

But the majority of his suffering was a result of his own actions, which put his wife in a vegetive state after they lost their son. So Alex wasn't as ready to give him another chance, though he did promise the man that he'd use his abilities to help his wife recover when he got the chance, which Senor Pink was very grateful for.

As he went down the line Alex had collected numerous Devil Fruits, some of which were powerful, and others which seemed marginally less so. Amongst them he got the Sui Sui no Mi, which allowed the user to swim through solid matter as if it were water(though they still couldn't swim in actual water). The Guru Guru no Mi, which allowed the user to turn parts of their body into propellers.

The Pamu Pamu no Mi, which gave the user the ability to make anything they touched rupture and explode. The Ton Ton no MI, which allowed the user to increase and decrease their own body weight by metric tons. The Ato Ato no Mi, which allowed the user to turn anything, person or otherwise, into abstract art.

The Ishi Ishi no Mi, which allowed the user to merge and assimilate with stone to control it. Alex personally couldn't help but wonder how it'd turn out if he gave this particular Devil Fruit to a certain Blind Bandit when he finally went to that world.

Then there was the Hira Hira no Mi, which allowed the user to make anything they touched ripple and wave like a flag or clothing. And finally there was the Beta Beta no Mi, which let the user create and control mucus. A particularly disgusting power if Alex was being truthful.

The most powerful Devil Fruit he collected from them though was the Gasu Gasu no Mi, which was a Logia type fruit that allowed the user to create, control, and even turn themselves into any types of gases that existed.

And then finally there was the Ito Ito no Mi that Alex collected from Doflamingo himself, which allowed the user to create and control strings.

"So what now? Are you gonna kill us?" Doflamingo asked the moment Alex finished removing the Devil Fruit from his body.

"Well, not necessarily." Alex started cryptically.

"I have one last thing I need from you, and then you all will go to your eternal torment."

***

"Sir! Marines from all over the world are on their way to Mary Geoise! All of our forts and bases are being emptied out, and even Marineford is only manned by a few hundred men to act as a resupply point!" A Marine man declared to not only the Fleet Admiral, but all three of the Admirals, AND the Five Elders.

"Excellent. That'll be all sailer." The Fleet Admiral, Sengoku, stated solemnly, to which the man saluted before departing.

"All of the Marines are coming to Mary Geoise... Won't this leave the rest of the world open to pirate attacks?" Asked the third of the Admirals who hadn't been present when the attack on the Celestial Dragons took place, Aokiji.

"The only thing that matters is the safety of the Cestial Dragons. They are the gods that built this world, and as such, they have priority over the rest of the world's population." One of the Elders declared.

"That's also why we are having them evacuate the holy city in secret." Another stated as they looked out over the city below them.

The Dragon Emperor had them attacked by only a handful of people, and now he was going to come at them with his everything when he attacked. They HAD to be prepared for the worst case scenario, which included the complete destruction of the holy city.

Buildings could be rebuilt, but they'd never be able to live it down if ANY of the Celestial Dragons perished in the fighting. So every single one of them was evacuating temporarily to a safe and undisclosed location with a portion of their forces to protect them. The rest of the Marines, including the Admirals and the Elders, would remain at Mary Geoise in order to keep up the ruse as long as possible, and to try and defeat the Dragon Emperor.

But, right as they began going over their plans yet again, Sengoku noticed something.

"What is it, Fleet Admiral?" One of the Elders asked when he noticed that Sengoku appeared distracted.

"Was that there a moment ago?" He asked while pointing to something on a nearby table.

"""!!!"""

Alarm spread through both the Admirals and the Elders when they all noticed a present that sat on the table, perfectly gift wrapped with a large red bow on top.

And at once they were all on guard.

"How did it get in here?" One of the Elders demanded, as it definitely hadn't been there a moment ago, and none of them had noticed anyone bring it in.

Slowly, and tentatively, Sengoku approached the present while remaining wary of any possible traps. But nothing happened as he stood right before it, or even when he reached out towards it.

Regardless, none of them lowered their guards for even a moment as he picked up the card that was on top and read it out loud.

"One down.

-Alexander D. Morningstar."

The tension in their bodies increased when they heard that, and then some more as Sengoku pulled the ribbon to open the present. And as he did so it revealed a wooden box.

Opening the box cautiously, when he saw what was inside Sengoku paled grimly.

There was no danger, but what was actually in the box made him much more tense than he had been a moment before, as he mechanically picked it up and held it so everyone else could see what lay inside.

And there, on a cushion of purple velvet, laid the severed head of none other than a man whose father relinquished his entire family's status as Celestial Dragons, Donquixote Doflamingo.