The vast dock was shrouded in an inexplicably oppressive atmosphere.
Watching Kai, with his dead fish eyes and a serious expression, reply earnestly, everyone present was clearly losing their composure.
"Is it you? Not only did you ruin my tavern, but you also laid hands on my family?" Doflamingo said in a deep voice.
"Do you know the consequences?"
His tone was stern, mixed with an inexplicable coldness.
In Doflamingo's eyes, members of the Donquixote family were like his own kin.
If Kai dared to move against Gladius, it was a slap in the face to his status as a Warlord.
"Who are you? Do I know you? You dialed the wrong number," Kai suddenly spoke defensively.
His small words, like an invisible heavy hammer, struck their nerves.
Seeing Kai, so serious yet spouting nonsense, they nearly clenched their eyes shut in disbelief.
At least, in their view, Doflamingo was a long-established Warlord.
Just moments ago, Kai was punching Gladius and grabbing the Den Den Mushi.
How could he not know who was on the other end of the call?
But before Doflamingo could react, Kai had already directly hung up the Den Den Mushi.
For his goofy personality, Kai really doubted that if he kept going, he might even overwrite his own personality.
Turning into a dead fish-eyed, spiritless, bald young man.
To prevent this in advance, the primary method was to reduce communication with others.
"Wh-what do you... want to do?" Violet's expression froze. It was the first time she saw someone dare to ignore Doflamingo so blatantly.
He was a figure even the World Government feared.
"Doing what?" Kai's dead fish eyes turned, fixing on Violet. As he stepped forward, the domineering aura hidden within him suddenly erupted like a raging tide.
Bang!
The deck beneath his feet cracked open.
The domineering aura emanating from him, like a tidal wave, surged outward in all directions.
Wherever it passed, all the pirates' eyes widened, their eyes rolling back, and they collapsed stiffly, foam frothing at their mouths, crashing onto the deck.
Bang bang bang!
Watching the pirates swept away in an instant, Violet's face suddenly changed drastically as she looked at this silly, dead fish-eyed young man.
He was completely unrecognizable from the fierce, heroic image of Doflamingo.
But just moments ago, Kai's glare and his spiritual shockwave sweeping across the scene clearly symbolized a king's might.
In the Donquixote family, only Doflamingo could do such a thing.
Yet now, appearing on this big bald head, it gave people a cheap, inferior feeling.
"Y-you... what are you planning to do to me?!" Violet snapped back to her senses, and the moment she made a circle with her thumbs and forefingers, she pressed it directly against her beautiful eyes.
As the princess of Dressrosa, she had caught Doflamingo's eye.
Not only because she possessed astonishing surveillance abilities, but also because she had a legendary talent for spying into others' inner thoughts.
Now, facing Kai, who was completely unpredictable, Violet's only option was to first peek into Kai's mind.
And simultaneously complete the task assigned to her by Doflamingo.
She needed to confirm whether this suddenly appearing big bald head, Kai, was related to Skull Demon and Escanor.
Thinking of this, Violet dared not slack off. Her eyes suddenly widened, and she pushed her Haki to the limit.
Hum!
A faint vibration sounded in her mind.
Next moment, before she could react, a sea of blood-red color, like a tidal wave, swept toward her.
The moon in the sky had already been replaced by crimson eyes, and the pupils formed by nine swirling jade gathered and began to rotate wildly.
The rotation speed was still accelerating.
Just as Violet was about to move her eyes away, her entire soul seemed to be enveloped by an invisible vortex, cutting off her view in an instant.
Ah!
Violet let out a startled cry, falling heavily onto the deck.
Her face had already turned as pale as paper, and her clothes were soaked with sweat.
She looked up at Kai, who was close at hand, with a face like a dead fish, and urgently begged, "Please… please don't kill me! If you just let me go, I'll agree to any of your demands."
"If I can't go back, my family will be killed by Doflamingo,"
"Can I really agree to anything?" Kai's dead fish eyes lifted.
Violet was stunned for a moment, then thought about Rebecca and the others' safety, and immediately gritted her teeth and nodded decisively: "I promise I'll obey, I won't resist, and I won't scream."
"Let me take you into the cabin!"
She struggled to stand up as she spoke.
But soon, a warm big hand pressed down on her shoulder.
"No need. What I need to do can be done right here," he said.
"Here? In this open space?" Violet was stunned.
She finally understood why this big bald head used Haoshoku Haki to knock everyone unconscious.
And why he punched Gladius so that he was lying there with his back exposed and facing upward.
He really did have a hobby of intimately contacting nature.
But thinking of the promise he just made, Violet clenched her teeth, closed her eyes, and lay stiffly on the deck like a salted fish, wishing this torment would end quickly.
Her only thought now was to pretend to be a salted fish, hoping this ordeal would pass soon.
"What are you doing? Are you uncomfortable? I was actually planning to ask you to help me—use your Fruit to find the whereabouts of Fire Fist Ace," a casual, indifferent voice sounded.
It reached Violet's ears, tightening her nerves instantly.
Her legs subconsciously clenched tighter.
She opened her beautiful eyes, looking at Kai with a blank expression, unable to react at all.
"Your request, is it really that simple?" Violet couldn't help but ask.
"Hah… woman!" Hiyori brought over from afar, directly landing beside Kai, and said: "Looks like you just had some dirty thoughts earlier."
"That line, about being able to do anything, really sounds like you're ready to die."
"You!" Violet's face instantly turned livid, her cheeks flushing even more red.
But, faced with Hiyori's teasing, she had no way to argue.
She could only grit her teeth, crawl up from the ground, and say, "If it's that simple, I can help you."
"But I need to go wash my face first. You won't mind, right?"
Thinking about how she just used her Fruit ability to try to peek into Kai's inner secrets,
Violet's scalp was still tingling, and her legs felt a bit weak.
Now, her imagination was indeed running wild and going way off course.
But at least, after learning about Kai's request, she was able to relieve some of her inner unease.
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