The room, already heavy with Doflamingo's mood, grew even more oppressive.
*Creak!*
The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
"Doffy, something's happened."
The newcomer wore a red cape, dressed like a tribal native, with a fur-edged hat on his head and two red stripes running from above his eyes to his chin.
He was Diamante, one of the Donquixote Family's top executives, codenamed "Spade," the commander of the "Fighting Group" and a user of the Paramecia-type Horo Horo no Mi fruit, the banner man.
Diamante rushed into the room, instantly breaking the oppressive atmosphere.
"Happened? What happened?"
Before Doflamingo could speak, Trebol, another top executive, looked at Diamante with a puzzled question.
"The Silver Hair Pirates, Silver Hair Kohta is here."
Without further ado, Diamante replied with a grave expression.
"Silver Hair."
As if the name held some magic, the room instantly fell silent. Even Sugar, who had been eating grapes and appeared to be only 10 years old but was actually over 20, stopped her actions.
"How could this guy be here?"
Doflamingo stared at Diamante with disbelief.
"I don't know," Diamante replied in a low voice. "From the moment I received the news, they should have already landed!"
Saying this, he looked up at Doflamingo, his expression grave. "Doffy, what do we do now?"
"Although we don't know why the Silver Hair Pirates are here, we all know Silver Hair's character. If he discovers the hidden darkness on the island, he will definitely come looking for us."
He didn't say anything disheartening, but his anxious expression showed that his heart was not calm at the moment.
If it were a few months ago, even if Silver Hair had killed Shiki, fought an admiral, and killed two Shichibukai, they wouldn't have feared Silver Hair and his crew much.
But since the news of the Sabaody Archipelago incident spread, no one in this world could afford to underestimate Silver Hair and his crew.
Furthermore, their family was not a mere bystander to the Sabaody Archipelago incident; they were directly involved.
The Celestial Dragon died at their family's auction house.
Outsiders didn't know, but everyone in the room was a high-ranking member of the Donquixote Family. Of course, they knew that a month ago, one of their top executives, Pica, and another executive, Gladius, had also died at the auction house.
They had inspected the scene afterward, and judging by the wounds, they were killed with a single sword strike.
Even so, even knowing who their enemy was, they didn't dare to seek revenge against Silver Hair and his crew.
They could only bury their grief in their hearts.
Ultimately, in this world, strength rules.
Now, this person who killed their family members and detested pirates, especially evil pirates, had arrived on their territory.
And here lay a darkness that shocked the world.
What should they do?
Even though they had followed Doflamingo and always considered him their king, at this moment, facing the yet-unmet Silver Hair Pirates, who were comparable to a Yonko crew despite their small numbers, they instantly felt a tremor of fear.
Doflamingo, who had been wearing a grim expression since Diamante entered, finally spoke.
"Fufufufufu!!"
He let out a laugh, full of madness.
"So it's this guy!"
Diamante didn't know what Doflamingo was talking about.
But Trebol did, because they had just been discussing it.
Thinking of this, a hint of realization flickered in his eyes.
If there was anyone in this world who was not afraid of the Shichibukai or the Yonko, besides the Marines and the other Yonko, it would only be Silver Hair and his crew.
And considering the time Silver Hair's crew arrived at Dressrosa, it coincided with the return of the ship Monet had been on.
At this moment, Diamante also understood the reason, and his expression naturally became even more serious and grim.
Since Monet and Caesar's disappearance were related to Silver Hair and his crew, it was not difficult to guess that their arrival here was not a coincidence but specifically to find them.
Thinking of this, his heart skipped a beat.
It wasn't that he was being overly humble. Their family was powerful, and Doflamingo had the backing of a Yonko, as well as the World Government due to his original identity.
However, all of this was like nothing in the eyes of Silver Hair and his crew, who didn't care about the Celestial Dragons, killed them, and then left Sabaody Archipelago unscathed after heroes Garp and Admiral Kizaru arrived.
It was as insignificant as a fart.
After a moment of thought, Diamante suddenly looked up at Doflamingo and said seriously, "Doffy, this is not the time for impulsiveness. Since Silver Hair is here for us, I suggest we leave here first!"
As kings of the underworld, Shichibukai, with the backing of a Yonko and the World Government, their Donquixote Family, truthfully speaking, had no undiscerning pirate who dared to cause them trouble.
But regarding Silver Hair and his crew, they all knew that if they didn't leave now, they wouldn't be able to leave at all.
That guy wouldn't care about any faction; he never held back when killing pirates, utterly annihilating them!
"It's useless."
Doflamingo had calmed down now. He bent his legs and sat back on the sofa, then leaned forward, legs spread, hands clasped, resting his chin on the back of his hands, his arms on his knees.
With a grim expression, he said, "From the moment that guy landed on the island, we couldn't leave."
"In this world, only a Yonko can escape from two Admirals."
"Moreover, that guy Silver Hair..."
His Observation Haki could cover nearly half of Dressrosa, let alone Silver Hair.
That was why he said that from the moment Silver Hair landed on the island, they couldn't escape.
And that guy was different from ordinary powerful individuals. Although the newspapers didn't explicitly state Silver Hair's ability, he wasn't an ordinary person. He had long known Silver Hair's ability from the World Government and Vergo.
If it were anyone else, even a Yonko, he would be confident of escaping.
But with Silver Hair, he knew that if that guy didn't want him to leave, even if he abandoned everything in Dressrosa, he wouldn't be able to escape.
"Then what do we do?"
After hearing Doflamingo's words, Diamante and Trebol, as if remembering something, both showed a hint of panic.
They also thought of Silver Hair's abilities.
After all, they were the top executives of the Donquixote Family. It was they two, along with the deceased Pica and the missing Vergo, who had pulled Doflamingo up from boundless hell and placed him on the throne.
Therefore, within the family, only they dared to address Doflamingo as "Doffy."
And Doflamingo would not keep any family matters, big or small, from them. They even knew from the beginning that Doflamingo was a Celestial Dragon.