Chaos exploded as Luffy, Sabo, and Zoro charged at Doflamingo, their combined strength shaking the earth beneath their feet. Waves of raw power surged from each blow, a battle of titans unfolding beneath darkening skies. Fire erupted from Sabo's fists, Zoro's blades sliced fiercely, and Luffy moved like lightning—each strike defiant, resolute, and powerful. Yet Doflamingo, eyes wide with an insatiable hunger, countered their every move. He fought like a god unleashed, threads ripping through the air, shattering the ground, and tearing apart the remains of the village around them.
Doflamingo's manic gaze kept flickering back to Nami, something ravenous burning behind his eyes. "Pluton…" he whispered almost feverishly. "The greatest weapon hidden in such a fragile mortal shell. It must be mine!"
Zoro lunged again, swords slashing in a deadly arc, forcing Doflamingo's attention back to the immediate threat. But his concentration slipped—just slightly—as he glanced toward Nami, ensuring she was still safe.
It was a costly mistake. Doflamingo seized the opening instantly, golden threads slicing through the air with ruthless precision. Zoro twisted sharply to dodge, but not fast enough—a single thread carved a brutal path across his face, slicing deeply through his right eye.
Blood erupted violently, splattering across the dirt. Zoro stumbled back with a strangled shout, dropping momentarily to one knee, his swords nearly slipping from his grip.
"Zoro!" Nami's horrified scream pierced through the chaos, her heart seizing in terror. Ignoring Koala's urgent protests, she sprinted toward him, breathless and desperate.
Zoro pushed himself upright, staggering slightly, blood streaming down his face. He turned toward Nami, his right eye ruined, closed tightly against the pain. A deep, jagged scar ran across it, red and raw. Nami froze, her hands trembling as she reached up toward him.
"Oh my god, Zoro…your eye—"
"It's nothing," he growled roughly, quickly wiping blood away, ignoring the agony searing through him. Yet his voice betrayed a hint of pain beneath the bravado.
Nami's eyes filled with tears, guilt overwhelming her. "This is my fault… You're hurt because of me!"
Zoro grabbed her hand gently, his voice fiercely determined despite his injury. "Don't say that. It was my choice—and I'd make it again. You have to get out of here."
Koala quickly appeared at Nami's side, urgently lifting Tashigi's unconscious body from the rubble. "Nami! Listen to him—Doflamingo knows you're Pluton! If you don't leave now, none of us can protect you!"
But Nami shook her head furiously, panic and stubbornness mingling in her chest. She grabbed Zoro's arm tightly, defiance blazing in her eyes. "Go?! You stubborn idiot! You've already lost an eye! I can help—I can stop this before anyone else gets hurt!"
Zoro's grip on her tightened desperately, his voice cracking with raw, painful honesty. "I can't lose you, Nami! Please—I can't—"
His words shattered suddenly as Doflamingo lunged again, furious and unrelenting. Golden threads crashed down with brutal force, hurling Zoro violently away from her and scattering the others.
"Nami!" Zoro roared, helplessly reaching for her as he crashed heavily into the wreckage.
In a heartbeat, golden threads encircled Nami, trapping her in a shimmering cage of silk and dark power and isolating her entirely. She spun frantically, her eyes desperately searching the ruins, but her Clima-Tact was nowhere in sight. Without her weapon, Nami had no way to channel this overwhelming force safely. She knew, deep down, that unleashing it unchecked could destroy everyone she loved.
Doflamingo stepped forward slowly, his cruel smile widening, his voice dripping with hunger. "Finally alone, little witch…or should I say Pluton."
She straightened defiantly, her heart racing, feeling an ancient, terrifying power stir restlessly inside her. For the first time, Nami felt utterly alone—and yet more dangerously powerful than ever.
Yet without her weapon, she had no idea how to control it—or if she could even survive. Doflamingo's golden threads formed an impenetrable cage around them, isolating Nami completely from her friends. She heard muffled shouts and saw blurred outlines of Zoro, Luffy, Sabo, and Koala frantically attacking the barrier from the outside. But their voices were distant, barely audible—as if they were worlds away.
Slowly, her gaze rose to the figure standing before her. Doflamingo loomed closer, his lips curling into a twisted smile as he slowly licked them, savoring the moment. She forced herself to hold steady, ignoring the chill that clawed its way down her spine.
"They're afraid of you, you know," he whispered smoothly, stepping forward to circle her like a predator. "Afraid of what you truly are. Of the power lying dormant within you."
Nami straightened, her eyes blazing defiantly. "You're the one who should be afraid of me."
He chuckled, low and darkly amused. "Such a mouthy witch. But no matter—consider this, little Pluton. You're powerful. Far more powerful than any simple witch or even a god. You hold the strength to destroy them all…or remake the world with me."
She scoffed bitterly, hands clenched into fists at her sides. "And why would I ever do that?"
He leaned closer, voice dripping with persuasive malice. "Because the gods did this to you, didn't they? Think about it. Your mother—she was a shaman, wasn't she? They could have saved her, but they let her die. And your sister? Corrupted by a demon and now at death's door, barely clinging to life." His gaze drifted mockingly toward Zoro, who battered furiously against the golden threads, blood still streaming from his ruined eye. "And, of course, your precious swordsman. His entire life—nothing but pain, loss, and a curse he never asked for."
Nami swallowed hard, refusing to let him see how deeply his words pierced her. "That's life."
"Life?" Doflamingo laughed sharply, shaking his head in amused disbelief. "No, my dear—that's fate. And fate," he crouched slowly before her, his fingers gripping her chin firmly, forcing her to look into his merciless eyes, "fate is decided by gods. And you, my dear witch, are strong enough to defy the gods themselves. Together, we could undo it all. Remake this wretched world as we see fit."
Anger burned fiercely in her chest as she jerked her chin defiantly from his grasp, eyes flashing dangerously. "As if I'd ever want to do anything with you!"
His smile shifted instantly to a cruel, sinister sneer. "What if I make your swordsman my puppet? Would you follow me then?"
"No," Nami snapped immediately, her voice ringing clear and strong despite her exhaustion. "Because you can't."
Doflamingo leaned back, examining her critically, eyes narrowing disdainfully as they swept over her torn, bloodied clothes and bruised, battered body. His lip curled in disgust. "Well. To work willingly with your kind is beneath me anyway. I don't need you—I only need your power."
He raised his hand, threads of burning gold flickering to life around his fingers as he prepared to strike. "And I will take it by force."
In that split second, a flash of steel sliced through the shimmering barrier, sparks erupting violently as Wado Ichimonji cut into Doflamingo's threads. A fierce roar of agony ripped from Zoro's throat, his hands and arms blistering painfully from the scorching barrier. Yet he didn't stop—pushing through the burning pain until a gap opened, just large enough for him to slip inside.
"No!" Zoro shouted desperately, lunging forward without hesitation.
Nami's eyes widened in horror as she realized too late what Doflamingo intended to do. He could not harm Nami; he just needed her to lose control.
Doflamingo's eyes narrowed cruelly, his grin twisting with sadistic pleasure. Instead of halting his attack, he drove his hand forward, threads of gold piercing deep into Zoro's chest. Blood erupted violently from the wound.
"Zoro!" Nami's anguished cry echoed sharply through the dome.
Zoro staggered, eyes wide and dazed, body trembling violently as Doflamingo withdrew his arm, leaving a gaping wound behind. Zoro's swords clattered to the ground from his hands as he collapsed forward, blood splattering the stone beneath them. Wado fell from his mouth onto her lap.
"N-Nami…" he whispered weakly, kneeling in front of her, falling heavily into her waiting arms.
"No, no, no," Nami sobbed, cradling him tightly against her. Panic surged through her veins, ice-cold and suffocating, as she stared down at his blood-soaked chest. "Please, Zoro—stay with me!"
Around them, the golden threads began dissolving into fragments of light. Doflamingo watched hungrily as he collapsed his dome, believing he had finally triggered Pluton's awakening. He laughed maniacally, his eyes wild with triumph.
"Yes… Unleash it, Pluton! Show this pathetic world your true power!"
Outside, the cage disintegrated into nothingness, releasing the village, but that did not matter anymore. Luffy, Sabo, and Koala stared in horror at the scene before them—Zoro dying in Nami's arms, her body beginning to glow fiercely with uncontrollable power.
Luffy's body shook violently with rage and anguish. Memories of Ace—of that exact moment when he had lost him—flooded through him like fire. "No…not again!"
With a furious roar, Luffy launched himself at Doflamingo, his fists blazing with raw, overwhelming power. "You won't take another brother from me!"
Beside him, Sabo shouted urgently to Koala. "Evacuate everyone—now! Get as far away from here as possible!"
Koala hesitated only briefly, gazing fearfully at Nami as her body became an incandescent beacon, her power rising like a blinding pillar of light that pierced the heavens. But she nodded quickly, scooping up Tashigi's unconscious form, shouting orders to the stunned villagers to flee.
Nami stared in horror, eyes wide, frozen as the crimson stain rapidly spread across Zoro's chest—the gaping wound inflicted by Doflamingo's ruthless hand. Blood dripped steadily onto the ground, a cruel echo of life draining away with each heartbeat.
"Z-Zoro…" she choked out, voice shaking uncontrollably as tears spilled freely, streaming down her bruised face. "No…no…please…"
Zoro slowly lifted his head, his remaining eye clouded and unfocused, struggling to find her amidst encroaching darkness. A faint, broken smile touched his lips as he reached up weakly, hand trembling with effort, fingers gently brushing against her cheek.
"Nami…" his voice was barely audible, rough with pain yet achingly tender, "Why are you crying…"
His thumb brushed away her tears, leaving a faint trail of blood—a gentle, heartbreaking final touch. For one fragile heartbeat, their gazes locked, speaking a thousand unspoken promises, dreams, and goodbyes in an instant.
"I'm n-not," she choked out.
Then, slowly, his hand fell limply from her face, his body slumping forward into her shaking arms. His eye closed gently.
"ZORO!" Nami's scream tore from her throat, shattered, desperate, echoing over the battlefield as grief consumed her entirely.
Doflamingo stood back; arms spread wide in cruel delight, his laughter echoing coldly even as he faced Luffy's furious, relentless onslaught. Each blow Luffy landed only seemed to feed the demigod's sinister satisfaction. This was exactly what he craved: chaos, unbridled power—and now, at last, the legendary Pluton unleashed.
Above them, storm clouds spiraled violently, an unnatural tempest crackling with fierce lightning. The very air trembled, charged with power beyond mortal comprehension. In the eye of the storm stood Nami, utterly devastated, cradling Zoro's lifeless form. Her eyes had lost all softness, replaced by an otherworldly glow—her grief now a cataclysmic fury, her power surging wildly, threatening to consume everything in its path.
Lightning tore through the darkened sky, striking the earth in blinding arcs of white-hot fury. The wind roared, whipping violently around her like a hurricane, lifting debris and shattering what remained of the village in a terrifying display of primal devastation.
Doflamingo watched with cruel delight, raising his voice above the storm. "And this is what happens when gods grant power to mortals! Witness what they have done!" He gestured mockingly toward the swirling vortex around Nami, eyes alight with madness. "Weak, pathetic humans cannot contain this power—and after today, never again shall they be entrusted with it!"
Sabo, shielding himself from the violent winds, turned desperately toward Luffy, panic rising as he screamed, "Luffy, we have to stop her—she's going to kill us all!"
Koala, frantically pulling villagers away from the growing maelstrom, shook her head in horror, her voice nearly drowned by the chaos. "It's no use!" she cried helplessly, eyes wide with dread. "She's too powerful… She's lost control!"
Nami threw her head back; agony etched across every line of her face as another surge of raw power tore from her soul, lighting the heavens themselves. Her screams echoed with grief and fury, shaking the very foundations of the world.
The earth cracked beneath her, shockwaves of unimaginable power radiating outward, unstoppable and infinite, as her heart shattered utterly.