# Chapter 791: The Cycles of Heaven
Faced with Ian's unreserved admission, Doflamingo felt like vomiting blood!
What he couldn't understand was that back then, Ian was just a newcomer who hadn't been around long. In terms of experience, how could Ian possibly be a match for him, a scheming Warlord of the Sea? But why did Ian think to swap that identity chip!?
Most importantly, where did the chip he gave him come from!?
As Doflamingo thought this, he naturally asked, but how could Ian answer him?
The chip given to Doflamingo was one the Revolutionary Army had made as a copy of the original. The Revolutionary Army hadn't kept the original identity chip either; they had Ian return the original to the Celestial Dragons. This idea had originally come from Dragon's instruction. Dragon understood things no less than Doflamingo. He had already guessed that the Celestial Dragons might have a way to verify the chip's authenticity. Back then, Ian didn't have much ability to protect himself. If the deceived Celestial Dragons flew into a rage and fought Ian to the death, Ian wouldn't have survived until today...
Remember that time when Uncle Fujitora and the others were crossing the Red Line above the Skypiea base? Didn't they say they discovered something huge passing through the clouds above? Ian later flew over the Red Line once himself but didn't find what Uncle Fujitora and the others had mentioned. Looking back now, that time Uncle Fujitora and the others encountered might have been when the Celestial Dragons were testing the chip's authenticity, awakening Uranus once...
Thinking back, Ian still felt somewhat fortunate. Dragon truly was someone who had been maneuvering against the World Government for so long. Just this level of foresight alone was enough for Ian to learn from for a long time...
"How did you escape such a huge explosion?" Ian didn't answer his question but instead stepped on him and asked coldly, "And what about your subordinates?"
"Fufufufufu, dead... they're all dead!" Doflamingo laughed somewhat hysterically. "The Donquixote Family is finished, completely finished!"
Then, looking at Ian with hatred, he said, "It's all because of you! Why did you return the real chip to the Celestial Dragons!? You killed them!"
Ian suddenly stomped down again, causing Doflamingo to spit out a mouthful of blood with a *puchi* sound. Then Ian looked down at him and said, "I find you quite interesting. You only blame others for everything. Have you never looked for the reasons within yourself? When you killed your own brother Rosinante back then, you blamed him for betraying you. Now it's the same. Have you never considered that it was your ambition that brought them to this battlefield to die?"
However, Ian's words didn't provoke any deep thought in Doflamingo. Doflamingo had long inherited the Celestial Dragons' stubborn and self-righteous personality. In his view, everything he did was right, and everyone else was wrong!
In other words, this was actually a form of chuunibyou...
Seeing Doflamingo's expression, Ian knew his words were wasted. So he shook his head and pressed on, "Where did Kaido and Blackbeard go?"
Doflamingo stared at Ian for a long time, then suddenly smiled eerily and said, "If I could escape, they're certainly still alive too. But if you want to take them down, you'd better hurry. They're probably being chased by Uranus right now..."
Hearing this, Ian immediately caught the implication. He was trying to get Ian to chase after them and pick a fight with Uranus, wasn't he?
A cheap provocation...
Just then, Ace suddenly spoke up, "We flew all the way here and didn't encounter them or Uranus. That means they went to the other side of the Grand Line?"
"Very likely!" Ian rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said, "Let's go check it out!"
"What about this guy?" Ace pointed at Doflamingo.
"Bring him along!" Ian said without hesitation.
"You want to save him?" Ace asked curiously.
Ian looked utterly contemptuous, glanced at Doflamingo, and said, "Don't be ridiculous. How is that possible? Even if he escaped that explosion, the subsequent radiation sickness alone will kill him..."
Ace had heard Ian mention the word radiation before, knowing it was that deadly strange energy left on Uranus's fangs. But... Doflamingo didn't know that. He had been secretly pleased, thinking that with Ian's brief treatment earlier, his condition had greatly improved. He was even planning to escape once Ian left. But now, hearing Ian mention radiation sickness, he was stunned!
"What... what did you say!?" Doflamingo asked Ian in shock. "You... you seem to know about Uranus's ability, don't you!?"
"Heh heh!" Ian gave him a smiling expression and said, "I understand far more than you can imagine. As for what radiation sickness is, don't you have any idea about your own body?"
Hearing Ian say this, Doflamingo carefully examined his own condition. He found that his entire body felt a burning sensation. This feeling had actually been there before, but he had always thought it was from the high-temperature burns during the explosion. Now, however, carefully sensing it, he suddenly realized that this feeling seemed to be emanating from inside his body.
"What... what will happen to me?" Doflamingo was momentarily panicked and asked Ian.
"You?" Ian stared at his bald head and said, "Unfortunately, your hair will never grow back. Then after a month, or two or three months, the skin all over your body will completely ulcerate, and the bleeding will never stop... This might be because you were farther from the explosion point. If you'd been closer, with stronger radiation, you might have died on the spot..."
Doflamingo was dumbfounded. He really didn't want to believe what Ian said, but Ian's words didn't sound fabricated at all!
"You... you can cure me, can't you!?" Doflamingo grabbed Ian's pant leg and asked him.
But Ian said mockingly, "But why should I save you?"
"Didn't you just say you planned to take me away?" Doflamingo asked.
However, Ian smiled and said, "I plan to take you away to throw you into Mary Geoise. Ah, I'm really looking forward to it! A guy who just escaped from Uranus's grasp suddenly returns to the enemy's lair, and on top of that, he doesn't have long to live. Under such circumstances, what will happen? Will the Marines capture you, or will you, with the thought of taking everyone down with you, go on a massive killing spree of your Celestial Dragon brethren in Mary Geoise?"
Beside him, Ace's mouth hung open as he stared at Ian in surprise. "Wow! Ian, you're so dark-hearted!"
Doflamingo hadn't expected Ian to have such an idea either. After being stunned for a long time, he finally calmed down and said, "If I do that, will you cure me?"
"Depends on my mood!" Ian raised an eyebrow and said, "If you do a good job, who knows, if I'm happy, I might cure you. Of course, if I'm in a bad mood, I might just ignore you... So, do you want to take that gamble?"
The Celestial Dragons who had deployed Uranus were too arrogant. This time, before the world's eyes, they had wiped out the combined forces of the Beast Pirates, Blackbeard Pirates, and Golden Lion Pirates. Under these circumstances, the deterrence of the entire World Government and Celestial Dragons would greatly increase. Ian felt he couldn't let them be too pleased; he had to cause them some trouble.
But... this hatred couldn't be drawn by him now. Before finding a way to deal with Uranus, continuing to provoke the Celestial Dragons was unwise. But the one to draw this hatred could be Doflamingo!
Imagine it: a Celestial Dragon family once expelled from Mary Geoise now returning to stage a Prince's Revenge. This plotline would be enough to give the Celestial Dragons a hard time...
"...I'll do it!" Doflamingo was silent for a long time, then suddenly spoke. "I'm willing to take this gamble!"
Ian looked at Doflamingo with some surprise, not expecting him to be so decisive. Anyone else would have at least considered what would happen if Ian happened to be in a bad mood.
But Doflamingo truly had no way out. Sure, he could escape and find a doctor to treat him. Even without Ian, he might still have a glimmer of hope. But from Ian's words, he understood that this 'radiation sickness' of his didn't leave him much time!
Who knew when he would find a doctor who could treat this condition!?
For some reason, Doflamingo suddenly thought of Trafalgar Law back then, and his own biological brother Rosinante, who had taken him everywhere seeking medical treatment...
In that instant, Doflamingo vaguely felt a strange sense of karmic retribution, of cycles repeating. How similar it was! That brat Law had suffered from Amber Lead Disease back then, while he himself had radiation sickness. Both were fatal. But the difference was that his brother Rosinante had found the Surgery Fruit for that brat Law and cured him. But what about himself!?
Where was my Surgery Fruit?...
Before he could figure it out, the whole world suddenly turned upside down. Doflamingo was grabbed by one leg by Ian, lifted upside down, and flew into the sky. Ace was also beside Ian. The three of them slowly flew toward the direction of the Red Line...