New World, Dressrosa.
As the Birdcage descended and Doflamingo announced the bounty list, countless people across the nation erupted.
Greedy civilians and bounty hunters were one thing, but even some of those who had just been freed from their toy forms began to feel greed rising in their hearts.
They wanted to take God Usopp's head and exchange it for that enormous ten-digit bounty.
The situation descended into chaos at once.
Meanwhile, the Straw Hats and the colosseum fighters following them were thinking about how to defeat Doflamingo.
Inside the underground factory, Robin and Usopp had just driven back those who wanted to claim the bounty.
"What are we supposed to do now?!"
"Ace and the others are badly injured. Luffy fell into weakness after returning from his Bounce-Man form. Without their fighting power, how are we supposed to beat Doflamingo?!"
Usopp clutched his head in despair, as if he were not the very Sniper King recognized by Ozz and regarded by Doflamingo as a major threat.
Robin also frowned, holding her chin as she analyzed the current situation.
"Once Luffy recovers, we may still have a chance to fight. But it seems we also have to deal with the Marines. On our side, only Zoro has enough power to pose a real threat..."
No matter how she looked at it, their chances seemed slim.
Just getting past the Marine Admiral would be difficult.
The Tontatta tribe had also heard their conversation.
Their words seemed to give the two a trace of hope.
"If healing is needed, then our Tontatta princess, Mansherry, might be able to..."
...
"Damn it..."
At the colosseum, the spatial barrier vanished after the battle ended, and the entire arena fell into chaos.
Before the Donquixote Family could surround them, Zoro decisively hoisted the three fallen brothers onto his shoulders and rushed out of the colosseum.
Ace and Sabo had been badly injured by Azure Ozz, while Luffy had temporarily lost his ability to move because of Fourth Gear's cooldown.
Behind Zoro, many people who wanted to claim the Straw Hats' bounties chased after them like madmen.
Carrying all three of them, Zoro suddenly slipped into an alley at a corner, finally avoiding disaster for the moment.
Ace, who was being carried by Zoro, spoke weakly.
"Sorry. We're causing you trouble."
Zoro did not care much.
"Don't worry about it. If this was Master's plan, then no matter what we do, we wouldn't be able to escape it anyway."
"And besides..."
Zoro looked toward the enormous Birdcage in the sky, and at Doflamingo, who was broadcasting through a Transponder Snail. A bloody light appeared in his eyes.
"If we really reach a dead end, then even if I have to risk my life, I'll cut off Doflamingo's head."
After a short rest, Luffy was the first to recover from Fourth Gear's cooldown.
He slammed his fists together.
"Alright! I'm going to send Mingo flying!"
"Hey! Luffy!"
Zoro called out, but Sabo said,
"It's fine. You two go. We won't be found here."
"Yeah. Compared to looking after us, beating Doflamingo is more important, right?"
After hiding Ace and Sabo, Luffy and Zoro ran toward the royal palace.
During this time, Kin'emon and the others were not idle either.
With their crude disguises, they secretly slipped into the palace and, guided by the Tontatta tribe, began the operation to rescue Princess Mansherry.
...
"Hey! Mingo!"
Riding on a bull that appeared along the way, Luffy led the people he had rescued in a charge toward the royal palace.
Zoro, meanwhile, was blocked by the stone giant Pica.
With Viola's help, Luffy successfully rescued Law, and the two went together to take down Doflamingo.
The others kept providing support and helped obtain the key to the Seastone cuffs.
However, no one noticed that a figure was slowly walking over from the city.
"Well, the orders from above said I don't need to take this too seriously~"
"But with this many pirates in front of me, even Mr. Borsalino probably wouldn't pretend not to see them..."
The figure wearing a Marine coat of justice waved his hand.
A vast forest rose from the city, sweeping countless pirates into it and draining the moisture from their bodies.
"That's... a Marine Admiral!"
"Run!"
The crowd that had been chasing King Riku, Usopp, and the others instantly scattered like birds and beasts when they saw who had arrived.
"What's going on?!"
"A Marine Admiral?! Why is he here?!"
Usopp was terrified, but they had nowhere left to run.
Green Bull, however, did not seem in a rush to attack. Instead, he began stalling for time like his predecessors, treating Doflamingo as if he were from Wano.
"Oh! I remember you. Doflamingo put a bounty of one billion on your head."
"The man Ozz called Sniper King. God... Usopp, right?"
"Huh?!"
Usopp burst into tears and snot.
He thought he was completely finished this time.
He never expected even a Marine Admiral to remember him!
But the other followers preparing to join the Straw Hats did not think that way.
Hearing Green Bull's deliberately drawn-out words shook them to the core.
To be addressed like that by Mr. Ozz himself...
Their gazes toward Usopp changed.
Just who exactly was this man?!
"God Usopp, so you really had this kind of strength!"
"You're a man recognized by the summit of the sea itself?!"
Under everyone's expectant gazes, Usopp became brave.
In truth, he simply had no other choice.
He raised his slingshot and fired a plant bullet at Green Bull.
The bullet flew toward Green Bull, then landed and transformed into a massive man-eating flower.
The moment Green Bull slowly raised his head to look at it...
It swallowed Green Bull whole.
If Doflamingo were here, he would definitely see how absurd this was.
It was not even acting anymore.
A Marine Admiral who had eaten the Woods-Woods Fruit was instantly killed by a plant?
That level of nonsense was no different from Kizaru being blinded by light, Aokiji being frozen by ice, or Akainu being burned by boiling water.
And it was precisely during this chance that Usopp aimed toward the royal palace.
Under extreme tension, his ultra-long-range Observation Haki awakened in an instant, faintly showing the early signs of Future Sight.
One projectile frightened Sugar unconscious once again.
At the same time, Leo, Kin'emon, and the others rescued Princess Mansherry.
What they had to do next was the great healing operation.
They had to bring Ace and Sabo back from the brink of severe injury!
As the battle escalated, Dressrosa's chaos continued to spread.
And the small bottle containing Princess Mansherry's tears
was placed into the hand holding Usopp's slingshot!