Island Dressrosa

[tlgRen]

Uteki is starting to feel the effects of the extended battle. Exhaustion is building up within her. Something she hasn't experienced in some time now. She was far from out of the fight though. In fact, she was more determined than ever. The intensity in her eyes and the slight aura that had been around her faded. Her technique was over and it would be a bit before she could activate it again. Thankfully, it would take a few more uses of that technique for it to impact her body negatively. A result of all of her training. Her Ragnarok technique, the giant blood blade that she used to attack Doflamingo from behind, found its mark. She had no idea how much power she managed to hit him with, due to the last second spherical defense he put up that inadvertently defended him against the blade. However, he was sent to the ground. Uteki wasn't able to confirm his status just yet though. As a massive shadow appeared over her.

She realized this must've been the towering figure from earlier having finally arrived. Sort of mimicking what Doflamingo did, she forms a sphere of hardened blood around her as the stone tendril slams down into her. All it had going for it was that it was large. She dealt with far more dangerous attacks from Doflamingo. Realizing that this figure was big but not too strong compared to her and Doffy, Uteki assumes he is here for the body. After recovering from the impact, she quickly traps his body in a dome of hardened blood, using some of her blood near the body. Assuming some ended up there as a result of her battle with him. Even if he was already dead, she was no fool. His Devil Fruit was quite the menace. Even if she could not consume it herself, she would surely find someone willing to buy it for a hefty sum. Turning to face the stone giant, what she sees in her head is a giant building. She wonders if what she did to the now destroyed Colosseum building would work on this opponent. After all, despite being stone on the outside. Somewhere there is a human who can defend against himself and try to find countermeasures.

A large mass of blood rises from the ground. Having been scattered all around during her battle with Doflamingo. It rushes towards the stone giant and attempts to seep between the cracks in his body and harden. His body may be stone, but Uteki's blood when harden was similar to iron, so she would win at this rate. Even if he wasn't completely broken like the Colosseum, and put up a resistance, he would likely be too focused on dealing with the internal attack to mount much of a retaliation. While keeping an eye on the dome of blood that had Doffy's body within it. She wanted to proclaim her victory over the ruler of Dressrosa, however, she wasn't dumb enough to claim her victory before confirming Doflamingo's status. Which she would only be able to do after dealing with this stone man who is making a futile attempt at rescuing his boss.

Spoiler: DPR

Pica's Attack: 8. City Level vs Hardened Blood Sphere: 81-100: 5. Town Level. Result: 1 DPR Remaining.
Uteki Durability: 101-119: 6. City Level vs 1-20: 1. Below Street Level. 2 or more below Dura, not very effective.

Battle of the "Materials": Stone: 41-60: 3. Large Building Level vs "Iron" 81-100: 5. Town Level. (Not counting a possible Haki defense) to make up for the +2 difference)

Even haki clad attacks didn't affect him for some reason. Instead, Ai would focus on finishing off the other one, and evade the mucus man until Uteki shows up or the stranger deals with his opponents. Since he was now fighting two different people. The clone was dealt with it seems. She didn't know if he defeated it, or if Doflamingo's battle with Uteki intensified and he could no longer afford to keep it active. As she is knocked back, she launches a kick that sends a blast of pressurized air clad towards the one who got his leg injured by her. The one without the mucus powers. After performing the kick, she uses the momentum of it to speed up her knock-back. She is slammed almost slammed into the wall, but performs another kick just before impacting with it to keep the mucus around her body from touching the wall. Fearing it would cause her to be stuck.

Spoiler: DPR

5 (81 STR) + 2 (B-Rank Flying Kick) = 7. Town Level.

 

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Dressrosa
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Uteki
With the appearance of Pica, the statue, or golem of stone with a very impressive size towering over 500 metres tall – Uteki is immediately left to face in an uphill battle on her own, the fight with Diamante and Doflamingo has left her feeling exhausted. The tendrils of stone would clash against the sphere of blood which hardens once more to help protect herself from it, preventing further damage dealt to her. The Logia user would choose to utilize even more blood that has spilled throughout the ground, risen up upon her command and fired towards the stone giant. Blood would seep into the cracks and harden – and parts by parts she would dismantle the golem, but Pica’s power allows him to rule over the domain of stone, there are a lot of stone in Dressrosa – he would only manipulate them and reshape the golem accordingly. Uteki does not have the enough blood on her at the moment to completely destroy the stone golem, and given her powers creating even more would tax her over it. Her strategy would have been only possible had she fought Pica at full strength, but alas she has to find the weakness, for every fruit has a weakness she could exploit – the question is whether she could figure it out before things goes completely south. Pica didn’t think too much with the destruction of stone, given her state she is unlikely to overwhelm Dressrosa itself, instead he continues to attack. Manipulating the large amount of stone in front of Uteki, now raise up into spikes formation, Pica protrude the spikes from the ground around her, on the massive golem towards Uteki, clad in Haki as the pirate tries to crush her completely. Uteki’s only advantage she can use right now is her speed, attacks of such size while may be deceptively fast – Pica’s attacks have a disadvantage.

Spoiler

-Charlestone (舞踏石 (チャールストン) Chārusuton?, literally meaning "Dancing Stone"): After assimilating a vast stone area, the user makes a multitude of giant stone spikes erupt from it.(41 Mastery) Destructive Potency Rank: B

Pica’s DPR: 81-100: 5. Large Building Level + B: +2 + CoA: +1 = 8. City Level

Nearby Doflamingo’s body, a barrier of blood is formed and hardened around – preventing access to Doflamingo, but Pica is not the only one trying to rescue Doflamingo, Machvise, Gladius and Buffalo has started to linger around the shield, trying ways to break it while Uteki focus on Pica. Gladius has the ability to cause the blood to explode however, but afraid of the possibility of injuring Doflamingo further, the trio works to break the blood in other ways. Jora however, seems to trying to get closer to Uteki and Pica’s fight, waiting for the opportunity in the shadows.

Ai
Meanwhile, Ai would another opportunity to injure Dellinger further, another powerful kick was immediately dealt to Dellinger, this time breaking the poor boy’s leg. This cause Dellinger to scream out in pain immediately, agonizing as Trebol looked in horror. But Trebol reacts rather fast, quickly using his mucus to stick a chunk of large debris like a flail, Trebol swung his makeshift weapon around at incredible speed before throwing the debris right towards Ai, cladding the attack in Haki – as the entire attack became jet black.

Spoiler

-Beta Betton Meteora (ベタベットン流星（メテオーラ） Beta Betton Meteōra?, literally meaning "Sticky Stick Meteor"): After seizing a heavy object with Beta Beta Chain, the user throws it on their target, similar to a flail.(41 Mastery, 21 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: B

Trebol’s DPR: 81-100: 5. Large Building Level + B: +2 + CoA: +2 = 9. Mountain Level

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki's attack begins dismantling the stone giant. However, it is quickly reformed and it didn't even seem to do damage. Uteki made a note of this. It would be useful if figuring out the nature of his powers. She stopped her attack on the stone giant after realizing it was pointless. The stone giant however, did not give up. Suddenly spikes of stone shot up from the ground. Uteki's reaction was quick. She jumps to evade them, sprouting her crimson wings again to gain even further height. It seemed like her opponent had control over stone and was controlling a vast amount of it. Which to her, likely meant there was a physical person inside that towering mass of stone that was moving around. While up in the air, she glances over to make sure everything is okay with where Doffy's body was. Some more of his minions were there.

Uteki devised a plan based on all of this information she now had. She still had enough in the tank for a few more big attacks, and she would use one right now. Once more, her gigantic sphere of blood is formed. Rather quickly too, given how exhausted she was at least. The sphere of blood was aimed at the location where Doffy's body was. Even if Pica somehow mustered enough power to stop the massive sphere, the blood would simply rain down and cover the area. Which was her primary goal with with this particular action. Damaging the minions was secondary. With the blood now all around, she flies towards it. Thankfully, her speed advantage combined with the fact that any attack she couldn't see coming would cast a shadow over her, given the size of the stone giant, she wouldn't be caught off guard. Especially when factoring in her mastery over Mantra.

Reaching Doffy's body, she would quickly merge with the blood nearby. Ignoring the minions should the attack have been clashed with instead of running its course. She would enter the dome with Doffy's body. Emerging from the blood, her hand is turned into a blade of blood. She hardens it with haki and stabs Doffy's chest. From this point, to ensure he is dead, the blood blade reverts to a liquid and her blood proceeds to damage Doffy internally and presumably fatally too. With this hopefully done, she now needs to deal with the stone giant and meet up with Ai. Then, it would be a simple matter for her to clean up the weaker minions with her enthrall ability. The island would be hers. Victory would be confirmed. She would emerge from the blood dome, should her earlier efforts have succeeded. Holding up Doffy's body for all his nearby minions to see. If her efforts were met with failure, she would instead transfigure the dome into a drill of sorts, while holding onto Doffy's body she would travel towards Pica. Almost daring him to attack with his boss in danger of being hit as well. Reaching Pica, she would drill into Pica's body. Without the stone in the way, she'd be able to use her Enthrall ability to control Pica and stop him from using his abilities. From there it would be a simple matter to locate and kill his physical body.

Ai was hit with the mucus hammer. Only defending herself with haki. She now stuck to the hammer due to the mucus around her torso and in a pretty bad spot. If Uteki didn't show up soon, she might not make it out of this fight... Either that or the stranger would have to save her once more.

Spoiler: DPR?

Not really sure how to calculate DPR for this. I did use another S-Rank Technique w/o haki though, so I'll add that. Not sure about the other stuff since it wasn't really techniques, just actions I can do....

Fatal Burst- Uteki summons a massive sphere of blood that descends on the battlefield. Akin to a meteorite in size. This massive sphere of blood coats the entire battlefield in her blood in addition to doing massive damage upon impact. Giving her a huge advantage after its use. (100 Mastery | S-Rank AoE)

5 (100 DF) + 4 (S-Rank) = 9. Mountain Level.

 

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Dressrosa #29
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Uteki would find herself willing to further exhaust herself by flying high up to the sky, another blood sphere would now form once more by her hands, the same attack she has done multiple times. But for Pica, it is his first time truly seeing it, thus he lacks the knowledge to understand Uteki’s powers entirely, unlike Doflamingo whom likely is well aware of her attack. Her attack would unleash upon the Colosseum once more, prompting Pica to create two spiked pillars of stone from the golem’s body, and attempting to smash the sphere of blood into pieces. Perhaps luckily for Uteki, Pica did not utilize Haki, thus when the sphere of blood clashes with Pica’s attack, only the area of which the stones have made contact with the blood was destroyed. For someone like Pica, this little damage to the stone meant nothing, as although Uteki now have free reins to enter the dome which she creates. Gladius watching in horror as their King’s reins is about to be ended by the woman before him, ignore the small amount of blood rain hitting him in force – Doflamingo’s life is more important.

Spoiler

-Ishiusu (石押 (イシウス) Ishiusu?, literally meaning "Stone Press"): The user creates two horizontal pillars of stone with spikes on the end that they slam together around an opponent, crushing and stabbing them. (21 Mastery) Destructive Potency Rank: A

Pica’s DPR: 5 + A: +3 = 8

Result: Uteki wins, DPR remaining: 1

“N-No!”

Gladius would shout. But it is too late, Uteki would have impale Doflamingo’s chest once more, ensuring his death. However, this would only serve to anger Donquixote Pirates further, especially with Pica whom now drives the stone golem’s fist right down onto the dome, this time with Haki – aiming to destroy the barrier than Uteki, a fit of rage and wrath consumed Pica, even ignoring Gladius, Jora, Machvise and Buffalo in which only accompanies with a rather hilarious high-pitch scream that resonates through Dressrosa. Unfortunately for Uteki, while she could enthral the four of them, without knowing seeing Pica, she should not be able to control him.

Spoiler

Pica’s DPR: 5. You can figure this one out, since you have a humongous giant slab of stone crushing down towards you.

Elsewhere, Ai have messed up it seems – considering she seems to be unable to deal with Trebol at this point, being hit by Trebol’s own attack and stuck to the flail. She is now the flail. Unfortunately, her ally is still in the midst of fighting, unable to assist her. Trebol whom sees the opportunity, continues to flail her again, slamming her into ground and to the walls multiple times, if Ai wishes to live she would need to find a way to stop Trebol.

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki had killed Doflamingo. Dressrosa was without its king. Yet she could not celebrate. Not until his remaining forces were dispatched. Still, the feeling of accomplishing her goals gave her back some vigor and she approached her battle with the stone giant in a new light. He was using his devil fruit ability to walk around as that giant stone monster. So why shouldn't she do the same? The blood all over the battlefield from the several meteorite sized spheres among other things quickly, almost instantly, gathered to her. First thing was creating a giant hand that she used to knock the stone slab aside. Next, she formed the rest of her monstrosity. The result was a terrifying looking giant creature that rivaled Pica's form in size. Even though Doflamingo was stronger, due to their current size, this could easily be considered a clash of titans. A truly terrifying creature of similar size stood before Pica. Ready to fight. It wasn't as bulky but it was just as tall, and more than capable of dismantling the stone giant and finding Pica before he could reform. With a terrifying howl Uteki's new form lunged at Pica. Ready to tear him apart with giant claws formed of her blood. Which she had already proven was more durable than his stone.

Ai was in trouble as she had no idea how to stop the mucus man. In a desperate attempt, before she was slammed into the wall for the first time, she unleashes another flying kick at him. Perhaps attacks with physical mass were no good and she'd need to rely on intangible attacks like blasts of air from her kicks. It was her only option. If it didn't cause him to stop what he was doing, she would enforce the portions of her body coming into contact with the walls and ground to help defend the onslaught. If it worked. She would focus on evasive actions while unleashing more flying kicks at him.

Spoiler: DPR

So, the Uteki vs Pica titan fight is a battle of materials for now, so Uteki has the +2 advantage in that with Stone vs Iron being the reference. As for Ai, it was another of the same B-Rank flying kicks, so the DPR is 8, since she is adding haki this time due to being desperate.

 

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Dressrosa #30
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Uteki managed to get rid of the most powerful person in Dressrosa, an incredible feat that would raise attention and respect when news of Doflamingo’s fall would get out from the aftermath, both from other pirates, marines and other unknown factions. Now all the remains in Doflamingo’s crew are Pica and Trebol, the only ones left capable of putting up to any resistance. Her victory may be pyrrhic but her reign is about to begin. A large hand made out of blood would arise from the ground near Uteki, slapping away the fist of stones. She would also inevitably protect the remaining Donquixote crew members around her however. Though what she did next was stunning, surprising everybody – a large massive figure made out of blood would rise from herself, creating a monster of unbelievable proportions – with her likely in it. From any spectator’s point of view, it is essentially a kaiju battle, a monster and a golem. Most would be more interested in what is going if not for the fact their lives were at stake. Uteki’s monstrous form would roar in a dreaded howl, further scaring the onlookers if they are still around. The monster would strike the stone golem, with powerful claws that heavily damages the stone golem, but punches come from Pica’s golem, smashing the monster, even if it doesn’t destroy the blood, its force should be enough to smack the monster away as well. At the bottom of the fight, stone is continuously being assimilated, slowly recreating more spikes, bulkier form. In fact, more stone started to protrude from the golem, generating more hands to replace damage hands and to increase the number of times his ‘gundam’ can punch. Claws would destroy more of the statue, a battle of attrition until either Uteki is too exhausted to continue, or until the she could locate Pica and extract him from the statue.

Spoiler

If you want we can play this kaiju battle for a bit before we end it lol. I won’t use DPR for this.

Elsewhere with Ai, the barrage of attacks started to increase in intensity against her – in her desperation, Ai started to kick randomly, generating air blast infused with Haki in hopes to finally did something to stop the onslaught. It worked. A couple of air blast which Ai has kick, managed to hit Trebol’s real body – whether through luck or through what she thought would have stopped her. But given her desperation and the flailing about, she might not realize it but something did work for her. In pain, Trebol took the hits, one to the head and another to his chest, hurting Trebol as he did not expect Ai to counterattack like this, for he was cocky, confident that Ai would not be able to do anything. In reaction to the pain, Trebol did one final swing – a vertical drop down to the ground before letting her go, or rather letting go of the chain of mucus holding on to her. It is Ai’s opportunity to change the situation for her betterment. Should she continue firing her air blast, she would find it to be of no avail as Trebol whom now understood the gravity of the situation wouldn't let her hit his real body so easily any more. She would need to get closer once more to score a better hit.

Spoiler

Trebol Durability: 61-80: 4. City Block Level

Result: DPR 2 or more higher than dura: super effective

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki's monstrous form swiped and swiped at Pica's golem form. As she ripped away stone he was desperately trying to reform himself. Since the less stone there was, the easier he would be to find. She rotates her hands so that the tips of her claws is pointing skyward and digs her claws into Pica's golem as she rips upward. While this would be damaging to the stone body on its own, her goal was to lift him off the ground so that gravity could aid her in destroying its form. She would do this after finding an opening in the slow golems attempts at counter attacking with his own punches. As while they barely did anything to destroy her creature body,there was still some push back to them given the difference in the weight of the two materials. With Pica hopefully in the air, even for a moment, she assumes a stance by bending her knees and launches a rising uppercut to Pica's falling stone body. Hoping to deal it critical damage and expose the man within it. Their battle caused unintentional destruction all around them. and the destroyed portion of Dressrosa would likely be more than just the Colosseum after this...

Spoiler

I don't mind continuing the kaiju fight for another round of posts then wrapping things up. Not very often something like this will happen and it will make for good press after the fact.

Ai could hear the sounds of a massive battle happening. She figured Uteki was giving it her all to accomplish her end of things and didn't want to disappoint. After resolving herself, she exerts her strength over Trebol to try and regain some control. If successful, she would run towards him. She had dealt damage to him with her air based attacks. And wondered if a more widespread version would do the trick now that it stopped working. Once near Trebol she would use her full force to rotate her body and generate a tornado around her person. She wondered if this mini tornado would be the answer to her problems.

Spoiler: DPR

5 (81 STR) + 3 (A-Rank) + 1 (Haki) = 9. Mountain Level.

 

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Dressrosa #31
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The clash of between two monstrous figure would continue, with each clash met with equally powerful force, but Uteki’s own golem is slightly stronger – she would pierce into the golem using the monster’s claws, having the greater strength to pull away the golem from the chest, the golem was ripped in half – the upper half of the golem went towards the air, surprising Pica – but he was quick enough to see what is going on as the monstrous form jumps to completely destroy the upper half of the body, for the first time Pica emerges from the upper half of the body safely that would prevent himself from getting hit by Uteki’s monster form. The bottom half of the golem as well as the earth has stopped moving for the time being – the moment of truth. Quickly, Pica would jump away from the upper half body and dropped back down to the bottom half, creating a smaller version of the upper half body, a weird look indeed – but know Uteki had she pay attention would realize what she would need to beat Pica. But this time round, Pica’s golem started to form into a small, shorter but bulkier shape. Instead, the pirate started protruding spikes, pillars from the ground everywhere and strike towards the Uteki’s form, aiming to use numbers as a means to destroy the body. But now, Uteki has the upper hand, she is close.

Ai would put herself in trouble once more, running forward to try and deal with Trebol – prompting Trebol, whom in pain and coughing out blood to generate a large amount of mucus in the form of a giant orb above him as he raised his hands. As Ai would approach closer and pivot herself around to spin, generating a tornado in the process. This prompts Trebol to strike it down onto Ai, his attack clads in Haki to ensure his attack would work. The large orb of mucus would hit the tornado, barely destroying Ai’s attack once more, but this time the remains of the mucus would hopefully engulf her limbs, preventing Ai from attacking him anymore in the future. As long as Ai is engulfed in mucus once more, Trebol would create another chain of mucus once more, he planned to kill Ai using the same thing as he did before. The man needed to get back to Doflamingo.

Spoiler

Trebol's DPR: 5 + S: +4 + CoA: +1 = 10.
Result: Trebol wins, DPR remaining: 1

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki had ripped the upper half of the stone golem and sent it upward. In a panic, Pica revealed himself for a brief moment for the first time. As the upper half got destroyed by Uteki's punch, Pica opted to retreat to the bottom half. Uteki wondered why he didn't simply reform the upper half. She aimed to repeat what she did to confirm that Pica would do the same thing. Escape to a different part of the golem, instead of reforming it. Only difference was, this time, instead of using her monstrous form's claws to launch Pica, she would utilize her Devil Fruit power to do so. Blood emerges from the monstrous form of Uteki and goes underneath Pica's golem forms legs. Suddenly, a large hardened pillar of blood erupts forth to carry Pica skyward again. Luckily for him, his stone golem was likely missing certain parts. As this was happening, she would have to deal with the numerous stone spikes he was using to chip away at her monstrous form. The body of her current form is chipped at, but damaged parts are quickly reformed. With Uteki simply creating more blood to replace the damaged bits. With the blood pillar causing the smaller golem to rise, when it reaches a certain height, Uteki aims another punch at the golem. This time aiming to completely destroy the remaining portion. Daring Pica to reform his golem, if he could...

Ai's attack was overwhelmed and she was running out of options. Her legs were now bound by the mucus as well. It seemed like she was rendered defenseless. Another chain of mucus is formed. Trebol is going for the kill. Ai is still refusing to give up, and launches one last surprise attack in a hope to finish Trebol off once and for all. She jumps up and performs a drop kick with her two feet. Still mustering up the power to send a blast of air towards Trebol. Since this attack was performed with both feet, it would have a larger attack radius which would hopefully mean it will work on him. He countered the tornado attack so Ai was hopeful that attacks with a larger radius were still threatening to him.

Spoiler: DPR

5 (81 STR) + 3 (A-Rank) = 8. City Level

 

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Dressrosa #32
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Uteki aims to repeat the same thing, believing that she has the right idea to tackle Pica’s powers, but in a different manner – smart, as doing the exact same method would only make her predictable and easier for Pica to get to safety. Using her blood powers, Uteki generates a pillar of blood which force the remaining half of the golem to flip into the sky, its weight now halved thus making it much more plausible to do so. With the statue flipped up, Pica was once again shocked, though it is unlikely to be noticed considering the small upper body half, but with Pica shot up into the sky with the golem he would lose control of the earth that they stood on once more, causing the earth to stopped attacking Uteki’s monstrous form. The attacks have done damage, but like the Ishi, Uteki can similarly reform blood to repair her form. But for Pica, without connected to the ground, he cannot exactly do it. Taking advantage of the situation, Uteki would punch the golem once more, shattering the smaller golem into pieces. Pica have emerged once more, now in mid-air – the man has no choice but to try and get back down onto the ground, defenceless without the ground to deal with Uteki.

Unfortunately for Ai, her plan to attack Trebol once more would not succeed – Trebol himself has already encountered an attack similar, no chance would be given to Ai. As she got up to the sky in hopes of dropping kick Trebol, Trebol only ever needed to swing – forcing Ai’s attack trajectory to completely whiff. This allowed Trebol to continue what he planned to do, swinging Ai around like a flail in hopes of defeating her once and for all.

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki's pillar of blood lifted Pica's stone body and she struck it with her full force in her monstrous form. Pica's stone body was destroyed. The man was forced to reveal himself with no stone to hide within. It seemed he needed to be grounded or in contact with stone to manipulate it. The stone man was defenseless and midair. It was the perfect chance to strike. Uteki's massive bloody claw reached out. She was going to grab Pica and crush him. Should she be successful, with Pica crushed between her hand, she ends her monstrous state. The blood making up her form dissipates and crashes down onto the ground below. Sending waves of blood in all directions. As she is no longer in her monstrous form, Pica's body would drop to the ground. From the blood, Uteki rises and reforms her physical body. Breathing heavily. She wanted to rest, but she wasn't able to just yet. She had to find Ai. She walks through the destroyed portion of Dressrosa. A result of both her battle with Doflamingo and her battle of giants versus Pica. She would eventually make her way towards the direction she remembers Ai headed.

She would soon reach her location. Only to see a terrible sight. Ai's body on the ground covered in some kind of slime looking substance. Exhaustion be damned, she is next to her body in an instant. Wanting to make sure she was alive. She wasn't. Uteki was furious and on the verge of tears. She turned towards Trebol and held out her palm. She began controlling his blood. Like this, she would aim to cause him immense mounts of pain. Using this control, she would aim to twist and distort him. Wanting his death to be as painful as possible. Assuming she is successful in killing Trebol, she falls to her knees. Shedding a few tears next to Ai's body before getting up, and making her way to the center of the island.

"Doflamingo and his crew are no more. Dressrosa is now under my protection. Under the protection of The Crimson Vow."

With her declaration made, she stumbles towards the ruins of a building destroyed in the chaos and sits down. Unable to move her body anymore. She drifts into unconsciousness. Thoughts of everything that went wrong, and everything that went right filled her mind in the moments prior....

 

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Dressrosa #33
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Uteki would utilize the opportunity to kill Pica during the period of time in which he is unable to properly defend himself, allowing the giant monstrous form to grab on to Pica while with the large golem falling down back onto the Colosseum, causing further destruction to Dressrosa. With Pica grabbed by the massive giant’s claw, it takes no effort to easily crush someone as small as Pica, whom his high pitch scream would serve only to lighten the situation. Crushed to death, Uteki have managed to kill 2 out of the 3 officers, leaving only Trebol. As her monstrous form subsides back to her original form, exhausted – but not yet completely done. The remaining four would be unknown to Uteki, perhaps caught in the crossfire between her and Pica – perhaps death. But for now, her only condition for her victory is Trebol and such she hurriedly made her way to Ai and Trebol.

Once Uteki has reached to where Trebol and Ai should be, only the defeated body of Ai remains, her pulse extinguished. Consumed by grief and wrath, she could only take it out on the person responsible, Trebol – using her powers to twist, contort Trebol’s internal body through blood, causing massive haemorrhage shock through the body, Trebol did not stand a chance, he bled out very quickly, agonizing in complete pain in the whole process. For the samurai, he would finally take out Senor Pink and Baby 5, not dead however – only temporarily unconscious. But with this, the Donquixote Pirates are essentially no more. Uteki would finally gave a speech, only to a couple of onlookers whom return after the disappearing kaiju battle. Doflamingo’s reign is over, it is her turn now. Though before she would fall to the ground, falling unconscious.

Two days later
Uteki would eventually wake up, regaining consciousness – she would find herself staring at the ceiling, a quiet atmosphere whereby she would soon hear a familiar voice, that if she were to locate the source of the voice – the voice of the young knight, sitting beside her, body battered as bandages could be seen from head to toe.

“Hey, you are awake. Are you feeling alright?”

If Uteki were to look around her surroundings, whether still lying on the bed or sitting up – it is a fairly simple but large accommodation, flowers were placed by a table, the smell of disinfectant heavily surrounds the room and its room interior is very plain, a hospital.

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki wakes up. Slowly opening her eyes and getting used to the brightness of the world again. She sees a ceiling, which means she is inside a building, and not in the ruins anymore. She notices someone nearby. She recognizes him as the knight, and then he asked if she was alright. Still feeling the effects of loss, combined with her default personality, a rather harsh response was given to the young knight.

"Just my fucking luck. Someone like you is still alive, but she... She's..."

She couldn't bring herself to say it. Getting a better look at her surroundings, it is clear she is in some kind of hospital room. She sits up, and struggles to get up. It's clear she doesn't want to stick around and chat. Yet, her body doesn't seem to be giving her a choice in the matter. For the time being, the young knight might be able to pry some answers out of Uteki while she is unable to properly move. This would depend on his phrasing and what exactly he wanted to know though. Just because Uteki was stuck listening, didn't mean he'd actually get her to talk about anything. All that was on her mind was ways to atone for her recklessness. Ways to get stronger. Ways to prevent what happened here from happening again. She was no hero, but this could be considered her origin story. Everything prior was prologue. She continued struggling to get up for a while longer before finally accepting reality and lying down again.

 

[Sea]

Dressrosa #34
@tlgRen ​

The words of Uteki pierced the heart of the young knight, it is obvious she does not think much of him – breaking the young man’s heart. Trying to compose himself, the knight took it as a sign she doesn’t wish to see him.

“I-I’m sorry for your loss…”

Bowing to Uteki as the boy stood up, he quickly left the room, perhaps too harsh for someone like her. But as soon as the boy left the room – the samurai she saw in the registration entered the room, still dressed in full garbs. His face yet continues to be unseen, though several chinks of his armour is made in the aftermath of the battle. The man would walk towards the window of the room, not looking at the Uteki for the time being, before he would speak in a polite but rather rough voice.

“He is the one whom carried you here you know, refusing to let anyone else except the medical staffs to touch you, that’s several miles of running. And the girl you came with, he helped buried her in Carta near a flowered hill. The boy is from a kingdom called Camelot, possibly a noble of that kingdom given his age and the quality of his equipment.”

Regardless of Uteki’s response, the man finally turns towards her. It’s obvious he has another reason for being here after all. Placing a token, bearing an insignia of a multi-headed creature, a hydra. From there, whether if Uteki picks up the token or not – the man would continue his words, a serious note regarding her future now that she defeated Doflamingo.

“You may have defeated Doflamingo, but it is not over for you. Doflamingo is a powerful individual within the Underworld under the alias Joker, his death would very likely cause a big change of vacuum in the Underworld and some of the Emperors wouldn’t let this go so easily. You cut off a head of the hydra, and perhaps couple more may take its place.”

“You may have unwittingly dug yourself a grave being involved with the Underworld like this. The news of Doflamingo’s death have already expanded beyond just Dressrosa. However, one of the Emperors, the Major Undertaker has taken an interest in you, and offered an interesting proposition for you.”

It is obvious that the man in front of him is someone from the Underworld, but what power he held within the organisation itself it is unknown. Putting a slip of paper down onto the table for Uteki to see, it held coordinates and map information to an island.

“If you wish to survive in the New World, you need allies – the Major Undertaker is willing to offer you help, but he wishes to see your worth. This is the island known as Ganryu Island, months from now a major tournament involving several Underworld members, win it and you will find yourself a powerful ally. I recommend at the very least participate in it, incurring the wrath of a massive syndicate would not go well for you, no matter how strong you are.

Either way, I’m off now, if you want to hear more about the Underworld then Ganryu Island is your best bet. Some of Doflamingo's crew members survived but they are quietly imprisoned, only Baby 5, Senor Pink and Jora remained. Sorry for your loss.”

The samurai would take his leave, opening the door as he walked out – closing the door behind him. From there he would notice the young knight sitting outside, it seems he still isn’t willing to leave Uteki alone, especially after this – his mind in confusion, his heart broken. The samurai would only offer him words of advice as well.

“You should not involve yourself with her any further if you know what’s good for you.”

Shocked and surprised, but speechless – the young knight could only watch the samurai leaving the hospital.

 

[tlgRen]

Uteki's words sent the young knight out of her room. To her relief. However, her relief was short lived. The man in samurai garb from the registration area entered her room. What was he doing here? Was he not a random nobody thinking he could make a name for himself in the Colosseum? When he first spoke, he seemed to scold Uteki for how she treated the young knight.

"I don't care. What he did. I didn't ask him to do anything, so it's his own problem. A noble? Again, I don't care. Actually, it makes me dislike him all the more. I have heard of Camelot though. It is a nation of knights..."

He finally turned to face her, and placed a token next to her. Without giving it much thought, she grabbed what was placed near her and gave it a closer look. It bore an insignia on it. That of the mutli-headed creature known as the Hydra. After looking at it she placed it back where she grabbed it from, the man finishing his latest sentence. She gave a reply.

"Defeating Doflamingo was always supposed to be the beginning, not the end, of something. As for the Underworld... Can't say I know or care too much about it. I am interested in meeting this person though. Having a powerful ally is tempting. Yet it worries me. Will my accomplishments going forward be a result my effort, or by the name of this Undertaker..."

She looked at the paper he placed, and discovered it contained coordinates. Coordinates to Ganryu Island. It was the setting for a tournament and if she not only participated but won it, she would have the help of this Undertaker. Still, it was sometime away, and she was not one for sitting idly. She needed a new goal. Unfortunately for the young knight, the samurai mentioned another island. Camelot. She wondered if she could find any allies there, and was tempted to test her blade against the knights of Camelot. To add insult to injury, Uteki planned to make use of his weird attachment and have him personally escort her there. Where it could very well turn into a second Dressrosa. She hated the thought that there were surviving members of Doflamingo's crew. However, her bigger concern wasn't the remainder of this crew, but whether or not she would be able to amass a crew of her own.

"I have a question for you."

Uteki spoke with a slightly louder tone. The samurai was gone, so she was speaking to the young knight now... Assuming he entered the room she would speak her question to him.

"Will you take me to Camelot? I want to be clear on one thing. It is merely my next destination. Once there, we will part ways. Understood?"

 

[Sea]

Dressrosa #35
@tlgRen ​

Uteki would processed her thoughts, an admirable goal indeed to gain more allies but given how big and well-connected is the Underworld, it should not be something she is willing to cast it off as nothing – yet only time will tell whether it will force Uteki to struggle further into her career in the New World. As the samurai left, she would speak to the Knight, now outside the room sitting down on a nearby bench, naturally he would like to help her by entering the room by her whims, but the knight understood his position, perhaps life is not always as easy as he hoped for. Standing by the door, it seems like he wishes to open the door, hearing her request to take her to Camelot. Should he help her? With what’s happened to Dressrosa – he can only imagine but might turn out for his Kingdom. Hesitation clouds his mind. The door would open, but it is not the knight she might have expected – the taller and older knight arrived, carrying rather large box.

“We are not going back to Camelot for the time being. We have a pilgrimage that have yet to finish given the circumstances in Dressrosa. We don’t necessarily appreciate what’s happening here might be of the same to our Kingdom. But Camelot is not an isolated Kingdom, most ship harbours knows where is it as trading and travellers head there quite often.”

Placing the box near another table, the knight would huff his chest as he swipes his sweat – perhaps having travelling a long distance to the hospital.

“In here you will find some Devil Fruits, now that you are in control of Dressrosa, it is only fitting that this remains here with you, don’t worry we didn’t take anything from it. We are leaving soon, you may find your friend’s grave in Carta by the flowery hill – you won’t miss it, the boy made it rather obvious after all.”

Leaving the room, the pair of knights would finally leave Uteki once more – perhaps to continue their own journey for whatever reasons. But for now, if Uteki is willing to step out of the bed to check, she would find several fruits: The Hobi, Ito, Ishi, Beta, Pamu, Hira, Ton and Guru.

 

[tlgRen]

Her request was denied. She wasn't surprised. However, it was denied by the taller, older knight. Who entered her room and clarified some things regarding their reasons for being on Dressrosa. Perhaps even a bit at what was going on in Camelot. Fearing what happened here could happen there. Only, Dressrosa was ruled by a rather sinister man. Were they worried that Uteki would find their king to be unfit for his throne? She didn't know. It didn't matter much anyways. Like the older knight said, Camelot was not isolated like Wano. She was free to travel there on her own or via public transportation. The box he placed contained Devil Fruits. The ones who consumed them no more, they return to the world for another to eat them. She had eaten one herself, but was fascinated by Devil Fruits. She quickly opened the box to examine them and the shut it.

She thought of visiting Ai's grave. She did not wish to do so right now. Memories of the events too fresh. Instead, she planned to focus on her next steps to make sure what happened on Dressrosa was worth it in the long run. It was all she could do. Finally recovered enough to walk. Evident by her ability to examine the contents of the box the older samurai gave her, she is ready to bid Dressrosa farewell. Unlike Doflamingo, she didn't plan to stay. She had places to be. Her next destination would be Camelot. However, before heading there she would venture elsewhere. Searching for allies, and a ship befitting her status as Dressrosa's new ruler.