After the events in Loguetown, Doflamingo had specifically investigated Sig.
This swordsman, who was capable of facing Hawkeye, didn't just wield a sword—he also carried a spiked club and a chainsaw.
"A swordsman with a chainsaw? What a strange man."
While manipulating Miro, Doflamingo lightly flicked his fingers, sending another transparent string flying out. It gently tugged at the treasure map that Miro had stuffed into his pocket, pulling it out and sending it flying.
However, his actions were very discreet.
The treasure map didn't abruptly fly toward Doflamingo's corner but instead drifted with the wind toward the crowd of pirates watching from a distance...
"Look, the treasure map is flying over!"
"Sig is currently tied up with that Miro... Maybe we can..."
Everyone's eyes burned with desire as they quietly placed their hands on the weapons at their waists.
A pair of hands in the crowd reached out and grabbed the treasure map.
"Why? My hand moved on its own?"
The pirate's expression was strange, but more than anything, he was excited.
His action ignited the burning desire in the eyes of the other pirates. Before he could celebrate for more than a few seconds, a blade slashed out from the side, severing the hand holding the treasure map.
"The treasure map is mine!"
A chaotic battle for the treasure map began.
Meanwhile.
Sig, facing Miro, who was charging at him, swung his chainsaw downward.
100% Disarmed, activate!
At that moment, Miro, who had been charging forward, suddenly stiffened. His face turned beet red as an excruciating pain, as if he were being torn in half, surged through him.
In the shadows, Doflamingo's smile gradually faded.
As he manipulated Miro to charge at Sig, the strings in his hands felt a strong pulling force.
It was as if another person was also trying to control Miro's body.
"Is this Sig's Devil Fruit ability? Can he also manipulate Miro?"
Doflamingo's mind raced with the desire to test this theory, and the strings on his fingers tightened.
But in the next moment.
Sssshhh—
Miro's back, arms, and legs seemed to be sliced open by invisible blades. Blood sprayed out as his limbs, waist, and back were instantly mangled.
"My body... is free?"
He could feel that the force controlling him had suddenly disappeared.
But before he could relax, Miro's expression changed again.
His body was once again out of his control, this time charging toward Sig even faster.
Then, against his will, he raised his bare hands to meet Sig's chainsaw...
"Ahhh—"
A scream echoed, causing many of the pirates still fighting over the treasure map to instinctively look over.
The scene before them was gruesome.
Miro, the 80 million berry pirate, was bleeding profusely.
Aside from the wound on his back from Morgan's axe strike, Miro's limbs were mangled, as if they had been slashed by some kind of blade, nearly severed.
But the most horrifying wound was on his hands.
His palms had been completely sawed off by the chainsaw, blood gushing like a fountain, with a jagged bone fragment clearly visible...
Miro stood in place, his face pale from the massive blood loss.
"Sig, aren't you the great swordsman who can face Hawkeye? Why are you using a chainsaw?"
Miro's lips trembled as he asked.
Sig didn't respond immediately. Instead, he glanced at the chainsaw in his hand. The chainsaw's blade was severely corroded, covered in rust. A gentle breeze blew, and the blade disintegrated into dust.
"So it's the Rust-Rust Fruit user... Anything his hands touch is rapidly corroded?"
"In this era, the Rust-Rust Fruit user is this 80 million berry pirate? No wonder he's called the bane of swordsmen."
This thought crossed Sig's mind as he calmly replied:
"As a swordsman, isn't it natural to carry a chainsaw sword?"
Hearing this, Miro's expression became incredibly complex. Then, a sweet taste rose in his throat, and he spat out a mouthful of blood before collapsing to the ground, lifeless.
"The 80 million berry 'Swordsman's Bane' fell just like that?"
"He only exchanged one move with Sig. How did he end up so badly injured?"
Countless shocked gazes fell on the corpse.
Aside from his severed palms, the body was barely intact.
However, Sig himself was also surprised.
"Who's the real culprit? Was it Morgan?"
Sig had only sawed off the man's palms, which wasn't a fatal injury.
Even if he passed out from blood loss, it shouldn't have happened so quickly...
"Someone else attacked besides Morgan? These injuries are too strange."
Sig became alert.
A powerful figure who could silently inflict fatal wounds on an 80 million berry pirate might be lurking in the shadows or among the crowd?
Thump thump thump...
Sig immediately activated his Observation Haki, scanning the area, his heartbeat involuntarily growing louder.
.....
In the shadows.
Doflamingo looked at the broken transparent strings on his fingers, deep in thought.
Had he lost the battle for control over Miro's body?
The strings controlled by Doflamingo were harder than steel, equivalent to countless extremely sharp blades.
But under the intense pulling force just now, they had been defeated...
Not only had the strings broken, but the 80 million berry pirate's body had been instantly severely injured, nearly torn in half.
His signature technique had been bested by Sig, which left Doflamingo feeling a slight sense of defeat.
"Good thing I tested Sig's strength with someone else first and didn't confront him directly..."
"No, wait."
"Did Sig notice my little trick? Is that why he deliberately used a manipulation technique to confront me from a distance?"
As this thought crossed his mind, Doflamingo also heard the strange thump thump sound, and an involuntary sense of pressure welled up in his chest.
His expression changed slightly, and he took a few steps back before stopping and looking up.
In his eyes.
Amidst the loud explosion, a bullet tore through the sky, heading straight for Sig!
Thump thump thump thump thump!
Sig's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and a sense of fear surged within him.
The Observation Haki he had just activated sensed a dangerous presence approaching from behind at an incredibly fast speed!
This danger came too quickly. Even though Sig had activated the True Emperor's Engine, greatly increasing his reaction speed, it was still impossible to dodge in time.
A thought flashed through his mind.
Possession Card: Iruma, activate! 100% Dodge, activate!
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