The Royal Palace highlands.
After Kong Tai retracted his spatial domain, the Don Quixote family executives all stood up and retreated.
Even they were startled by the mental pressure of the Conqueror's Haki collision.
Of course, this pressure was far less than the pressure Kong Tai unilaterally exerted on them.
So, after retreating to a safe distance, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good will."
Kong Tai stared at Doflamingo, who stood upright, with a playful look in his eyes. He then took a step forward, and an even more powerful Conqueror's Haki pressed down directly on Doflamingo.
The previously evenly matched clash of Conqueror's Haki instantly reversed.
Doflamingo could only grit his teeth and endure. However, as Kong Tai took another step forward, his body seemed to be met with an irresistible force and he leaned backward.
"Can you escape?"
Kong Tai's lips curved upwards. With a thought, the spatial domain enveloped Doflamingo once again.
The immense pressure, coupled with the brief moment of mental blankness after his Conqueror's Haki collapsed, made Doflamingo unable to hold on any longer. His legs gave out, and he knelt on the ground.
"You bastard."
Kneeling on the ground, Doflamingo propped himself up with his hands, his head raised. A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, veins bulging on his forehead as he glared at Kong Tai.
From childhood to adulthood, even when he was expelled from Mary Geoise, during the most difficult times of his life, he had never knelt.
But now, this brat in front of him had actually made him kneel in front of so many of his subordinates.
This was enough to make his reason burn away with anger.
"Yo!"
Kong Tai walked in front of Doflamingo, bent down, and met Doflamingo's angry eyes, which could be felt even through his sunglasses. He said playfully, "Are you very angry?"
As he spoke, he stood up, looked down at Doflamingo, and smiled, "Haven't you always been toying with others like this?"
"What?"
"Is it only when it's your turn that you get angry?"
"Hahahaha!! That won't do!"
As he said this, Kong Tai shook his head, then bent down again, meeting Doflamingo's eyes. His lips curled into a wicked grin as he declared, "I just want you to feel what those people you toyed with felt. How is it, feels good, right!"
Then he straightened up, ignoring Doflamingo's current mood. He extended his right foot, stepped on Doflamingo's head, and then stomped down hard, forcing Doflamingo's head, which he refused to lower, to be pressed down.
Bang!
He directly stepped on his head, making him completely face-plant on the ground.
"Ah, you bastard, you bastard, you bastard, I will kill you, kill you."
Doflamingo's last shred of reason was completely burned away by this humiliation. He lay on the ground, his head tilted, his face contorted.
The sunglasses he had been wearing all along also revealed a corner as he struggled violently.
"Hahahahaha!!"
Seeing Doflamingo's eyes behind the sunglasses, Kong Tai couldn't help but hold his stomach and burst into laughter.
"Haha! So this is why you always wear sunglasses!"
As it turned out, Doflamingo's eyes revealed from the corner of his sunglasses were a pair of small, narrow eyes, even when widened in anger.
These eyes weren't necessarily ugly, but on the imposing Doflamingo, they were quite image-destroying. It was no wonder the guy never took off his sunglasses.
Anyone who didn't know would think this guy's true form was his sunglasses!
"Doffy."
"Doffy."
"Young Master."
"..."
The executives of the Don Quixote family, standing at a distance, saw their king being humiliated like this by Kong Tai. Their eyes turned bloodshot, and then, after transforming or using their abilities, they charged directly at Kong Tai.
"Yo!"
Kong Tai looked up at the Don Quixote family executives and said playfully, "I didn't expect your subordinates to be so loyal!"
Knowing that he was someone they couldn't defeat, yet they still dared to rush at him recklessly. It had to be said that even though Doflamingo was a scoundrel, he was genuinely good to the subordinates he truly accepted.
Only then would these subordinates fear no death for him.
But what did that have to do with him!
Thinking this, a killing intent flickered in Kong Tai's eyes.
He hadn't intended to deal with these executives, but since they were seeking death, they could all die!
"Hmm!"
Just as he was about to kill them, he felt the sound of an elevator behind him.
Then, red light flickered in his eyes.
"Lucky for you."
Knowing that Ah Hua and the others were about to arrive, Kong Tai's killing intent vanished. Then, with swirling nebulae, his spatial domain expanded, instantly engulfing the Don Quixote family executives.
"Kneel."
Kong Tai shouted, his voice like a divine hum. An immense pressure instantly descended upon the Don Quixote family executives.
Their charging bodies froze instantly, then, trembling, they followed in Doflamingo's footsteps.
For a time, on the rooftop, apart from the thudding sounds of kneeling, there was silence.
Everyone held their heads high, their bloodshot eyes fixed on Kong Tai, as if staring at an enemy of deep hatred, while they were the victims who had suffered endless humiliation.
In the world of One Piece, those who feared death were everywhere, but there were also many with steadfast wills, especially in the New World.
Clearly, these Don Quixote family executives were all people of firm will.
Even knowing that Kong Tai was a true peak world-level powerhouse whom they could not resist, and couldn't even fight back against, they would still rush to fight Kong Tai without hesitation for their King.
However, reality is often cruel.
Whether it was seeking death, recklessness, or the beliefs in their hearts, Kong Tai paid no mind to any of it.
He looked down at Doflamingo, at his contorted face, at his blood-red, devilish eyes filled with rage, and for some reason, he suddenly lost interest.
In this world, everyone seemed to have their own ideals.
Whether good or bad.
They used all sorts of means to climb up for their ideals.
In fact, all of this were good qualities.
But who told Kong Tai that he wasn't someone who didn't value human lives!
If he had been an evil person in his previous life.
Coming to this world, suddenly gaining invincible power, perhaps he would have done things more evil than most pirates in this world.
Perhaps he would have become a true demon.
All of this was thanks to the old院长. It was the old院长 who gave him a gentle childhood, and it was the countless kind-hearted people in society who gave him warmth, preventing him from harboring evil within him due to his birth.
To be honest, he sometimes admired Robin.
If he had experienced everything Robin had, let alone destroying the world, but as the main culprit, the World Government, and the Marines, even if many of the people within were good, if he had the power, he would definitely destroy them.
Sometimes, he also wondered why, with so many tragedies in this world, so few people stood up to resist.
No, it wasn't that there were none, it was that most of their resistance, after setting out to sea, had completely changed. They became even more extreme, and became more monstrously evil than those who had harmed them.