Wicca guided Nami towards the Green Bit Primeval Forest. Accompanied by the roar of thunder, they quickly arrived near the Tontatta Kingdom.
Reiju, who was near the inhabitants of the Little Peoples Kingdom, also noticed Nami approaching. She put down the herbs in her hand and hurried towards Nami.
Wicca said, "This is our kingdom. Since you were able to defeat that devil's subordinate, you can definitely help us."
Nami also sensed Reiju's presence in the forest and rushed towards her. The three quickly met up.
Wicca looked at Reiju, who was greeting them, and became a little nervous.
Reiju asked, "What happened? Why are you here?"
Nami quickly replied, "I met Donquixote Doflamingo's subordinate and Wicca in the bookstore just now. After I defeated his subordinate, Wicca led me here."
Leo, who was still introducing the plants of the area to Reiju, grabbed Wicca's hand and anxiously asked, "Are you alright, Wicca?"
Wicca nodded and whispered, "I'm fine, but this person, she defeated Donquixote Doflamingo's subordinate."
Leo was shocked to hear this, and everyone who heard that someone dared to challenge Donquixote Doflamingo's authority began to discuss it.
Gancho, the King of the Little Peoples Kingdom, cheered upon hearing Nami's deeds and directly declared, "Everyone, she is the legendary hero who has descended for us!"
Nami pointed to herself in confusion, "A legendary hero? Me?"
Gancho nodded and continued, "That's right, it's you. A brave warrior who dares to resist suddenly appeared at this time; this is a sign from heaven."
"To rescue the princess and people taken by Donquixote Doflamingo, we will launch a decisive battle against Donquixote Doflamingo under the hero's leadership!"
Just as Nami was about to wave her hand in refusal, she heard Hera's telepathic message: "Agree to it. Isn't this interesting?"
After hearing Hera's words, Nami mumbled, "You must have known it would unfold this way. You must have secretly laughed while spying on me."
Then she said, "That's right, I am the hero sent by heaven."
Hera's Observation Haki located the imprisoned princess and the citizens of the Little Peoples Kingdom. Donquixote Doflamingo had them confined in a factory to cultivate various precious medicines.
After marking the princess's prison location in Nami's mind, she withdrew her attention.
Perona, who was sitting in a restaurant enjoying her meal, suddenly saw a stout aunt appear before her. The aunt wore triangular-framed glasses, had curly hair, and wore lipstick.
Smoke emanated from the aunt's hand, drifting towards Perona, who hadn't noticed her.
"Ohohohoho, once you fall for my 'Destructive Art,' you'll turn into a painting and I'll take you away with this move."
Perona, in the smoke, said with some displeasure, "Where did this aunt come from, calling herself 'this lady'? She clearly looks like an aunt, and she's so fat."
A layer of white light appeared on Perona's body; it was the spiritual power she had absorbed protecting her from Jora's Art-Art Fruit ability, preventing her from being turned into an abstract painting.
However, the delicacies on her table were not so lucky and all turned into abstract paintings.
Jora realized that Perona hadn't fallen for her trick and was momentarily panicked, but she quickly recovered, and the surrounding smoke enveloped the restaurant.
Using 'Heavenly Art,' Jora, who had transformed the entire restaurant into her own domain, confidently said:
"Ohohohoho, within my domain, I can absorb and reflect any attack. Although I don't know how you managed to be immune to my devil fruit ability,
As long as I trap you in this restaurant, once your stamina is exhausted, you will ultimately not escape the fate of being turned into an art painting."
Perona looked at the aunt who had become part of the art before her and summoned her Negative Ghost.
"Is that so? Can special devil fruit abilities also be reflected?"
The Negative Ghost passed through Jora's body. Jora, who had just been maintaining 'Heavenly Art,' immediately deactivated her devil fruit ability and knelt on the ground.
"My art is completely useless. My inspiration is the trashiest of trash."
Watching Jora fall into negativity, Perona continued to eat her now-restored delicacies: "Is this Donquixote Doflamingo's subordinate? She's too weak."
Gladius, who was chasing Nami, saw Jora kneeling on the ground and Perona sitting in front of her, still eating. He activated the mechanism on his left arm.
Several stone projectiles shot towards Perona. The stones gradually grew larger in the air and then exploded in front of Perona.
Perona's Armament Haki protected her, and her eyelids twitched a few times as she looked at the steak that had turned to dust before her.
The fork in her hand snapped. The enraged Perona stood up: "I was just eating, and you people are coming one by one to your deaths. I will never forgive you."
Overwhelmed by anger, Perona no longer cared about hiding her identity. She directly summoned her iconic 'Explosive Ghosts' and bombarded Gladius.
Gladius saw the menacing ghosts hurtling towards him and realized an ominous thought.
"These ghosts, and Jora's loss of fighting spirit... You are, you are Perona from the Argo. Who are the others?"
Seeing that she had been exposed, Perona didn't care anymore. She tore off the cloak she used to hide her identity, revealing her iconic pink twin tails.
The shocked Gladius didn't even resist the 'Explosive Ghosts'' explosion, letting the shockwaves spread around him.
Perona looked at the stunned Gladius and was somewhat angry: "You're not resisting? Are you looking down on my moves?"
Then, a giant ghost formed between her hands, and Armament Haki was injected from Perona's hands into the giant ghost's body.
"Can you still take this move, 'Giant Ghost: Kamikaze Iron Block'?"
Gladius's pupils involuntarily trembled as he watched the giant ghost smash towards him.
Just as he was about to be smashed into meat paste by the giant ghost, white thin threads descended from the sky, wrapping around the Armament Haki-infused giant ghost.
Upon discovering that the newcomers were members of the Argo, Donquixote Doflamingo immediately used clouds to fly out of the castle.
Knowing that he had underestimated them, he just wanted to quickly gather his scattered family members. Having experienced the Marineford War, he knew the strength of Hera and her companions best.
Gladius breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Donquixote Doflamingo's threads trapping the giant ghost.
Perona's hands were poised. Donquixote Doflamingo, sensing danger, quickly injected his Armament Haki into the threads binding the giant ghost.
"Explode."
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