Chapter 857: The Clown Attacks
Caesar and Doflamingo are in a superior-subordinate relationship. Although they both lost to Luffy in the end, their performances are different, which also highlights Luffy's strength. Caesar's situation is a little easier to talk about, after all, Luffy did not use Gear Fourth throughout the whole process, and there was an element of carelessness involved, so it makes sense that he fought back and forth with Caesar.
But Luffy obviously used all his strength when fighting Doflamingo. If he hadn't fought a dungeon to improve himself, Luffy would really have been killed by Kaido. It's because Oda set the status of the Four Emperors too high in the early stage. If Kaido and Mingo were defeated by Gear Fourth, then their combat power would really collapse!
It's really because Oda is old and in poor health, so he has to speed up the plot. This also leads to insufficient foreshadowing of the New World plot, and Luffy's combat power increase is too abrupt.
There is a Gear Fourth between Caesar and Doflamingo, and there is also a Snake Man between Doflamingo and Katakuri. So what is there between Katakuri and Kaido? There is nothing else except awakening. Nothing else can be improved quickly in a short period of time. The only thing is to improve the usage skills, and then there are Ryuo and Hachan.
In fact, the two things, Ryuo and Hachan, are already very abrupt, but everyone can still accept it. After all, they are about skills. What is particularly unacceptable is that the parahuman rubber fruit suddenly turned into the animal-type human-human fruit, Nika form. Many people just find it difficult to accept this. After watching the parahuman rubber fruit for many years, it is suddenly forced to cheat, which is really distracting and full of curses.
The main reason is that there is no foreshadowing in the early stage. If Red Hair or the Five Elders had let everyone know in advance that the Rubber Fruit is very special and that it is an ability that was deliberately hidden by a different name, readers would have been mentally prepared and it wouldn't have been like this. It's really abrupt that you acted first and reported later. This may be the disadvantage of speeding up the plot and lacking foreshadowing.
In fact, it is not a big problem for Oda not to change the name and attributes of the Rubber Fruit. The Rubber Fruit belonged to the superhuman system from the beginning. After awakening, it has the ability to assimilate the surrounding matter into rubber, so it is reasonable even if it turns into a super giant.
Even the ability to transform into Nika form does not exceed the scope of rubber, and no one knows what incredible abilities the Rubber Fruit will have after awakening. Nika's performance can actually be the characteristics of the Rubber Fruit after awakening, and there is no need to change the name at all!
It's nothing more than to enhance Joey Boy's status and give him the title of god. In fact, this is totally unnecessary and also changes the original intention of the story!
Can't Joyboy be called a god just because of what he did? Must he be called a god just because of the power of the fruit? The title of god is not that sacred, it can also be applied to people!
Back to the topic, even though the island ahead is burning with flames, it can't stop the Straw Hat Boy's burning desire for adventure.
Not long after arriving on the island, they encountered a Western dragon that could breathe fire. This dragon was then chopped off by Zoro. It had no dignity as a dragon at all and offered no resistance at all. In the end, it became food.
Luffy also obtained the lower half of Kin'emon's body here. He had a lot of fun sticking that half to himself, but he didn't know that the gears of fate had already begun to turn!
The subsequent plot is not much different from the original. Trafalgar Law pretends to clear out the invaders, creating conflicts between Caesar and the Straw Hat Pirates, and also between Smoker and Caesar.
Nami and Tashigi also discovered Caesar's vicious gigantic experiment. They couldn't bear it and decided to save those children. Finally, after Caesar's counterattack, all three parties were imprisoned in the same prison. Judging from the subsequent plot, this seemed like a deliberate encounter.
The three parties were locked up together and finally succeeded in becoming an alliance. I don’t know how much contribution Luo made in it!
There is no need to say much about the turbulent process. The result is naturally that the alliance of Luffy and Law won, and they successfully kidnapped Caesar.
As planned, Law destroyed SAD's production equipment, and the final mess was cleaned up by Smoker and his G5. However, he was unlucky and met Doflamingo, a Shichibukai who wanted to save the situation but decided to kill people to silence them!
"Don't worry! I don't know what any of you know, so whether it's Law, the Straw Hat Boy, or you, you all have to die!"
"No!"
"Ah la la! Excuse me, little brother! Can you please move aside? That guy is my friend!"
When Doflamingo arrived, there was no trace of Law and the Straw Hat Pirates.
Smoker, who knew all the details, mocked Mingo a few times and revealed Mingo's underground code name, the Joker. After hearing this, Mingo's face became gloomy. He knew that what he had done secretly here had been exposed to the navy. In addition to the hatred of Monet and Vergo, Mingo decided to kill to silence him. Naturally, Smoker would not sit idly by and wait for death.
However, Smoker's strength was no match for Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Even with the help of his subordinates, he was still no match for him. After just a dozen moves, Smoker was defeated and covered in blood.
Just as Doflamingo sat on Smoker and raised his hand to kill him, a low and casual voice came from behind him!
Smoker and Doflamingo were very familiar with the voice of this middle-aged man. Doflamingo looked back with some hopelessness.
The familiar figure exhaling cold air made Ming Ge lose all hope. It was indeed the former admiral Aokiji who stood silently behind him. Ming Ge broke out in cold sweat on his back. If Aokiji wanted to attack him just now, it would have been too easy!
Smoker also felt that this scene was somewhat familiar, as if someone had saved him in the same way last time. Oh, I remembered, that person was Vic!
Smoker turned his head with difficulty and opened his eyes to look at the tall and thin figure behind Doflamingo. However, the figure was backlit and he could not see it clearly. However, his heart that was ready to die was at peace. His friends could always save him from danger!
"That's former Admiral Aokiji!"
"Didn't he disappear after his defeat by Akainu?"
The G5 Marines nearby also recognized Aokiji, but Aokiji was so fast just now that they couldn't see him clearly.
It's true that it's not clear. Aokiji used his natural ability to instantly transform into ice crystals to get close to Mingo and then restore his human form. To put it bluntly, it was just to show off. Aokiji has always longed for this and always thought about how to be more handsome, otherwise Mingo would have been frozen by that move just now.
Aokiji came to Punk Hazard at this time. I don’t know whether he wanted to revisit the old place, or he received a distress signal nearby, or he came to track down the Straw Hat Pirates. I guess only Aokiji himself knows the answer!
Although Doflamingo was a little afraid of Aokiji, he did not let Smoker go because he had the hostage Smoker in his hand. Smoker knew too much. If he reported the situation here to the Navy Headquarters, it would be detrimental to him maintaining his current identity and future underground business.
After weighing the difference in strength between himself and Aokiji, Doflamingo felt that he should be able to fight head-on, so he decided to kill Smoker first and then fight Aokiji, and then find a chance to leave here. He thought it should not be difficult.
As soon as Doflamingo moved his hand slightly, a frost instantly covered him. Aokiji saw through his little trick and froze Doflamingo's palm before it fell on Smoker's face!
Aokiji did not move after freezing him. Doflamingo took some effort to break out of the ice. From his slight panting and trembling body, it can be seen that it was not easy for him to break the ice.
"Fortunately, the inside of my body hasn't been frozen yet!"
"Little Lord!"
Baby-5 and Buffalo, who were tied up with chains on the side, looked relieved, for they were afraid that Ming Ge would be frozen through. It would be difficult to save him then, and he would be doomed if he was hit hard!
"I don't want to fight you, but! If I can't shut that man up, I will change my actions. Can you tell me something?"
"Forehead?"
"Who are you now? Kuzan!"
Doflamingo did not attack Smoker again. He knew that he could not do it with Aokiji here. All he could do now was to retreat, but he had to threaten him before leaving.
Through the previous confrontation, he has realized that Aokiji will not attack him, otherwise Aokiji would not have remained indifferent when he was frozen before. So it is necessary to say a few harsh words to save face!
"I haven't heard anything good said about you!"
"Stop talking so much nonsense, why don't you take your people and get out of here!"