"Who are you? Luo, what do you want to do?"
After a while, Caesar woke up, scanned the surroundings, and immediately shouted when he saw Luo.
"Caesar, where is my Heart?"
Luo stared at Caesar and coldly asked, "Where did you put it?"
"Heart?"
Caesar chuckled and replied, "Oh right, the Heart. Your Heart is not in my possession."
"Tell me, where is my Heart?" Luo asked Caesar.
"I won't tell you."
Caesar said smugly, "If you know what's good for you, you'll let me go."
"Hurry!"
Luo raised his right hand, where a Heart was held. He squeezed it tightly, and Caesar immediately fell to the ground in pain. "If you don't tell me, I'll kill you right now."
"I... I..."
Caesar lay on the ground for a while before recovering enough to say, "Your Heart is with Virgo."
"Virgo?"
Law's expression darkened. "You actually gave it to him."
"That was what Doflamingo requested," Caesar quickly replied. "I had no way to resist him."
"I know that," Law said, suddenly squeezing Heart, causing Caesar to collapse to the ground. He then ordered, "Call Virgo."
Just as Caesar was about to speak, Heckler pointed at the monitor and said, "No need to call him; he's already here."
A figure appeared in the corridor, tall and robust, walking steadily with his hands behind his back.
As he entered a spacious room, another figure stepped forward to greet him.
"Who is that?" Law furrowed his brows.
"Heckler replied, "That's Cecilia. Why is she taking the initiative to engage?"
"You call Christmas? We need to support her."
Law quickly said, placing Heart into Heckler's hands before leaving the room with Christmas.
...
"Who are you?"
Virgo stood at the entrance of the room, observing the figure before him with a hint of curiosity.
"My name is Cecilia, a member of Baroque Works."
Cecilia smiled and said, "So you are Virgo, the highest Officer of Doflamingo?"
"Baroque Works? Highest Officer?"
Virgo looked at Cecilia and asked, "I have no idea what this highest Officer business is about, but Baroque Works is wanted all over the world. As the Base Commander of the G5 branch, I have the duty to capture you."
"That's great."
Cecilia replied, "You're quite strong, but I want to test my skills before handing you over to Law."
"Law?"
Virgo snorted coldly. "So you’ve joined forces with him. He really intends to make a move against Doflamingo."
"Weren't you claiming not to know Doflamingo?" Cecilia said with a smile. "What changed your mind?"
"It's simple: because you are destined to die here."
Virgo said coldly, suddenly vanishing from sight and reappearing behind Cecilia, his right hand thrusting forward.
Bang.
Facing the strike, Cecilia's figure swayed as she swiftly dodged the attack, then countered with a kick.
"She actually managed to evade it."
In response to Cecilia's kick, Virgo lifted his right leg and kicked out as well.
Bang.
Their legs collided, and both of them momentarily halted.
"Armament Haki, huh?"
Virgo snorted coldly, retracting his right leg only to kick out again in an instant.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The two legs clashed repeatedly, more than ten times in an instant. Neither could gain the upper hand; it seemed like a stalemate, but Cecilia's expression was far from pleasant.
"Armament Haki is consuming too much energy."
Cecilia felt the immense power coming from her opponent, continuously draining her own Armament Haki.
At this rate, it would be difficult for her to hold on much longer.
"Bring it on."
Cecilia suddenly stepped back, creating distance, transforming into a massive Ostrichman.
"Devil Fruit User?"
Virgo, witnessing this scene, looked somewhat surprised. Then, with a swift movement, he appeared not far from Cecilia and kicked out, saying, "You still have to die."
However, just as his leg was lifted, Cecilia instantly vanished and reappeared behind Virgo. She then launched herself into the air, delivering a kick aimed at Virgo's head.
Bang.
Virgo managed to turn in time, crossing his arms in front of him. Yet, he couldn't help but slide backward a short distance.
"Her speed has increased, and her power has grown."
Virgo's expression turned serious. But in the next moment, while Cecilia was in mid-air, her right foot suddenly disappeared as she unleashed a flurry of kicks.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Virgo coordinated his hands to block the barrage of strikes. The surrounding walls shattered under the impact, yet he still managed to defend himself.
"Is it impossible to break through her defense?"
Cecilia's speed reached its peak, but despite this, she couldn't inflict any damage on Virgo due to his steadfast defense.
Bang.
Virgo suddenly reached out with his right hand, gripping one of Cecilia's feet, while her other foot was caught by his left hand.
Under Cecilia's immense strength, Virgo's hands creaked under the pressure.
"Die for me."
In the next moment, Virgo's clothes exploded as he pulled Cecilia downwards with both hands, kicking upwards with his right foot.
Boom.
Virgo's kick landed squarely on Cecilia's abdomen, sending her flying through the air and crashing into the wall, where she collapsed to the ground, blood pouring from her mouth.
"Impressive."
Cecilia's expression twisted in pain; her opponent's strength exceeded her expectations.
His power was immense, his physical strength greater than her own.
Even in her transformed state as Ostrichman, where she had the advantage in speed, she found herself countered by him.
Moreover, his Armament Haki far surpassed hers. After a series of clashes, her own Armament Haki was nearly depleted.
He was too strong.
No wonder the president advised against fighting him; even Heckler might not be able to defeat him.
Whoosh.
Virgo suddenly appeared in front of Cecilia, a bamboo stick materializing in his right hand as he thrust it fiercely toward her.
"Move!"
Cecilia tried to brace herself, but the pain in her abdomen was unbearable. As she watched the bamboo come down, regret flooded her mind.
She cursed herself for not listening to the president.
Gritting her teeth, Cecilia shut her eyes, but in the next moment, there was a loud bang.
Virgo's bamboo was blocked by a knife.
"Long time no see, Virgo."
Luo looked at the figure before him, his voice cold.
"Luo?"
Virgo snorted disdainfully. "So it was you pulling the strings after all."
Luo narrowed his eyes. "So what? Our grudge can be settled now."
"Settled?"
Virgo reached into his own embrace and said, "Your Heart is in my hands, where is it?"
"It's right here."
A door opened on the roof, and a figure leaned down, holding a Heart and grinning at him.
"When did you—?"
Virgo had no idea when the Heart had been stolen.
Christmas replied, "It was the moment you kicked Cecilia away that I slipped the Heart from your grasp."
"So what?"
Virgo snorted coldly and said, "Ro, do you think that by reclaiming the Heart, you can defeat me? Don't forget the gap in our strength."
"That was in the past."
Ro said coldly, his right hand suddenly drawing a long knife and slashing toward Virgo.
"That's useless; you can't hurt me at all."
As Virgo spoke, he infused his entire body with Armament Haki, positioning his Demon Bamboo in front of him.
But in the next moment, Virgo realized that his field of vision was rising higher and higher.
"What is this?"
Virgo saw his lower body standing below, and that was it.
"You are not my opponent."
Law drew his sword, instantly cleaving Virgo's upper body into four pieces, which fell to the ground and stuck to the railing.
"You are the first."
Law exhaled, clenched his fist, recalling the despair that Virgo had brought to him and Kurosan thirteen years ago on that fateful night.
"The next one is you, Doflamingo."
Law's gaze turned cold.
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