"Long time no see, Doffy."
When the galleon arrived at the Dressrosa Kingdom and sailed into the private port of the Donquixote Family.
Karl got off the galleon and gave Doflamingo, who was greeting him, a friendly hug.
"Congratulations on truly reaching the top, my friend."
After giving Karl a warm hug, Doflamingo teased with a wicked smile.
"You should know that I don't like picking up other people's things."
"Indeed... With your strength, even if Whitebeard hadn't died, he would have stepped down from the throne of the World's Strongest sooner or later."
"Perhaps he should thank you. After all, you let him end the old era ruled by him with his life, while holding the title of the World's Strongest Man."
"Doffy, your words are getting sweeter and sweeter. Is there something you need my help with?"
"Fuffuffuffu... Not for now, but if I do, I will definitely not hesitate to call you for help."
"..."
While chatting, Karl took Marguerite and Aphelandra and followed Doflamingo to the King's Plateau.
While the Donquixote Family was holding a banquet, Karl and Doflamingo sat opposite each other in the living room.
Looking at Marguerite and Aphelandra, one tall and one short, wearing maid uniforms and standing behind Karl, Doflamingo asked curiously, "Are these two the elite warriors selected from the Kuja fighting race to form your Golden Blade?"
"Yeah..."
Karl nodded and introduced them to Doflamingo, "The one on my right is Marguerite, a user of the Paramecia Door-Door Fruit; the one on my left is Aphelandra, a user of the Paramecia Munch-Munch Fruit."
"The Door-Door Fruit and the Munch-Munch Fruit, both are very rare top-tier Paramecia abilities..."
Doflamingo first looked surprised, then casually probed, "Is the Op-Op Fruit user who took the hearts of all the major criminals in the Infinite Hell also a member of the Golden Blade? Did she not come with you?"
"As expected of you, Doffy, your intelligence network is so outstanding."
Karl smiled and gave a thumbs-up, then shook his head and said, "But you guessed wrong. That Op-Op Fruit user is not a member of the Golden Blade."
"She is one of the prisoners of the Golden Nation."
"A prisoner?!"
Under Doflamingo's sunglasses, his pupils immediately contracted.
"That's right. In fact, I was also very surprised."
Karl nodded and continued, "The previous Op-Op Fruit user was actually killed by me when I was in the North Blue."
"Unexpectedly, his ability was reborn so quickly, and it just happened to be eaten by a female swindler who owed Gran Tesoro a huge sum of money. Then I imprisoned her and used Aphelandra's Munch-Munch Fruit ability to indirectly use the Op-Op Fruit ability."
"So that's how it is... Using the Munch-Munch Fruit to eat the Op-Op Fruit user allows one to temporarily use the Op-Op Fruit ability?"
Doflamingo suddenly realized.
In his heart, he immediately dispelled any thoughts about the Op-Op Fruit.
In fact, when Law first received his bounty.
The people paying attention were not just Karl, but also Doflamingo.
Seeing that the brat who had Amber Lead Syndrome, an incurable disease, and should have died years ago, not only didn't die but became a North Blue rookie with a first bounty of 50 million Berries, Doflamingo was certain that the Op-Op Fruit back then must have been eaten by Law.
After investigating Law's intelligence and discovering that his title was "Surgeon of Death," and that he could cut human bodies into countless pieces without killing them, he was even more certain that his ability was the Paramecia Op-Op Fruit.
And so, Doflamingo had been paying attention to Law's movements.
Learning that he had died, killed by Karl who was traveling in the North Blue, Doflamingo felt it was a pity.
It seemed that he really had no fate with the Op-Op Fruit.
Now hearing that the Op-Op Fruit had been reborn, and the new user was one of Karl's prisoners, and that Karl had someone by his side who could use a Devil Fruit ability to temporarily borrow the Op-Op Fruit ability.
Doflamingo knew that the Op-Op Fruit was completely out of his reach.
Even if the Op-Op Fruit user wasn't with Karl, it was impossible for Karl to part with it.
Compared to Karl, the world's strongest backer, a mere Op-Op Fruit was not worth mentioning.
Because the Perennial Youth Operation required a user who had mastered world-class medical knowledge and developed the Op-Op Fruit to the extreme to sacrifice their life to complete the operation.
That prisoner who was lucky enough to eat the reborn Op-Op Fruit clearly did not have the aptitude to become a first-class doctor, and it would be difficult to train and brainwash her.
Unless he waited for her to die and the Op-Op Fruit to be reborn again, Doflamingo had no thoughts about the Op-Op Fruit.
It had to be said...
Doflamingo was absolutely one of the smartest people on this great sea.
In this great sea where there were always fools who, driven by various greeds, subconsciously ignored the gap in strength between them and rushed to their deaths, a man like Doflamingo, who knew his own strength, set his position straight, and knew when to hold on and when to let go, was simply a rare existence.
Karl was not afraid of Doflamingo discovering his lie.
Because in this world where Haki was a jack-of-all-trades ability, even the unreasonable spatial ability of the Op-Op Fruit could not transport his body.
A mere Glare-Glare Fruit user naturally could not see his inner thoughts.
Even in terms of emotions, Karl had no flaws.
Even if Doflamingo knew that he had a way to take fruit abilities, being smart, he wouldn't dare to ask more questions. Instead, he would cooperate with Karl and help him cover up the lie.
The weak are humble in front of the strong.
Even though they were allies and friends with a good relationship, Doflamingo was more than a head shorter in front of the World's Strongest Man.
If Karl's personality were like Kaido's, he could even put on a sour face, and Doflamingo would still have to fawn over him.
After chatting, Karl began to state the purpose of his trip.
He wanted to borrow Viola for two years.
More accurately, he wanted to borrow the Glare-Glare Fruit for two years to look for something.
As one of the few who had read the Devil Fruit encyclopedia and knew the terror of the Munch-Munch Fruit, Doflamingo naturally understood what borrowing the Glare-Glare Fruit meant.
Seeing that Karl had personally visited him for such a small matter, giving him face, Doflamingo naturally agreed without hesitation.
Even if Karl had asked to take Viola away, Doflamingo would at most only feel it was a pity, and then he would still give Viola to Karl.
He had known Karl for three years.
Doflamingo knew the other party's personality and character.
Just as Fish-Man Island had received Karl's protection within three days after Whitebeard's death.
The young man before him, known as the Dragon Knight and Knight King, was a man who valued loyalty.
What Doflamingo liked most was making friends with loyal people.
Because this way, the more he gave, the greater the return.
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