Summary:
Luffy and Doflamingo continue their battle and Luffy manages to hit Doflamingo with a powerful attack, sending him to the palace plateau. However, Doflamingo is still conscious and Gear 4 runs out before Luffy can deliver the final blow. Lying on the ground and barely able to move, Luffy is targeted by Doflamingo and Jesus Burgess, who go after the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
The citizens of Dressrosa, encouraged by the speech of Rik Dold III. and with Luffy overpowering Doflamingo, they run from the shrinking birdcage in hopes of protecting their lives. Meanwhile, Doflamingo continues to transform the structure into string and sends them after Luffy. The pirate tries to navigate them and get close to Doflamingo, who is healing his internal injuries and is determined to finish their battle. Luffy screams Doflamingo’s name and the Shichibukai nearly wraps him in a pile of string, sending him bouncing uncontrollably across the street. Luffy continues to avoid the ropes knowing he is running out of time. Doflamingo turns much of the city into ropes, shocking the citizens and directing them all towards Luffy. Barely able to avoid the incoming strings, Luffy angrily flies towards Doflamingo, covering his head in Busoshoku Haki. Pulling his head into his neck, Luffy punched Doflamingo and sent him flying into a great distance. Doflamingo manages to quickly recover and wrap the string around Luffy’s arm, knocking the pirate to the ground. However, Luffy recovers and prepares for a final blow, pulling both hands into forearms. He hits Doflamingo with both palms and the force of the blow sends Doflamingo to the palace plateau.
The citizens, pirates, marines, and gladiators react in shock at Luffy’s movement as the pirate slowly falls to the ground. The dust at Doflamingo’s point of impact clears to reveal a motionless Shichibukai. The citizens begin to celebrate Doflamingo’s defeat while staring at Luffy, and one of them recognizes who the pirate is. However, one person is doubtful because he doesn’t look like the person in the newspaper, while another person thinks he is much taller. The citizens marvel at Luffy’s constant jumping around and ask if he can stop, which he denies. Meanwhile, Gatz stares at Luffy and realizes that she is Lucy, the winner of Block C in the Corrida Colosseum. Cavendish also celebrates Doflamingo’s defeat, but Law realizes that the Birdcage is still up, meaning Doflamingo is still conscious. Realizing this as well, Luffy jumps back into the air to give Doflamingo a final blow. He flies towards Doflamingo and sets up a blow, but Gear 4’s time limit expires before he can throw it, and the blast of air causes him to fall to the ground.
The citizens stare in shock at Luffy lying on the ground, and on the roof of the palace, Jesus Burgess laughs with joy. Burgess jumps off the roof and bounces off one of the towers in the Flower Field, shocking Cavendish as he falls down into the streets. Koala wonders how far the pirate can jump as he calls Sabo to Den Den Mushi, but gets no answer. Burgess lands on the street, and the citizens recognize him in fear as the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates’ first ship. Burgess shouts his intentions to steal the Goma Goma no Mi to Luffy, who tries to stand up but is too weak. The citizens stare at him and wonder if they should help him, but one citizen says that he is a pirate and cannot be trusted. Some citizens are still willing to trust Luffy and ask him what happened to Doflamingo. Suddenly, the ground around Doflamingo begins to tear as the citizens realize that the Shichibukai is still conscious and flee in fear. Luffy tries to stand up and face Doflamingo, but falls to the ground again as Doflamingo sees his fallen opponent and smiles happily.