"Ask Kaido for guidance on Haki?"
Hearing Yami's reason for visiting Kaido, the corner of Doflamingo's mouth twitched, no longer able to form its usual wicked grin.
Doflamingo quickly composed himself and formally introduced the being he feared the most to Yami: "Kaido of the Beasts, bounty of 4,611,100,000 Beli. He ate the Mythical Zoan, Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, which is even rarer than a Logia. He possesses unimaginable defense and vitality and is known as the 'World's Strongest Creature.'"
"His hobby is suicide. Although he has been defeated seven times in his life, neither his fellow pirates, the Marines, nor the World Government have been able to kill him."
"The reason so many people are helpless against him is not just his Devil Fruit, but also his extremely resilient physique."
Pausing for a moment, Doflamingo reminded him, "Although your Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit can temporarily seal his fruit's abilities, even with just martial arts and Haki, he is still one of the strongest people in this world."
"If I remember correctly, the Dark-Dark Fruit, as the most special among the Logia types, not only prevents its user from turning into an element, but any injuries sustained also cause double the pain."
Doflamingo's words were very subtle.
If he weren't afraid of damaging his friendship with Yami, he would have really said, "Don't go, you can't beat him!"
It wasn't that Doflamingo was a coward or that he was afraid of Kaido for no reason.
The gap was just too big!
In the original story, when faced with Luffy's Gear Fourth Kong Organ Gun, Doflamingo couldn't even block it with his awakened fruit.
And a Kong Organ Gun, without being imbued with advanced Haki, was only good enough to sober Kaido up.
Kaido, with a casual Thunder Bagua, one-shotted a full-health, full-stamina Gear Fourth Luffy.
A move that could one-shot Luffy could definitely one-shot Doflamingo.
When faced with an enemy who could one-shot you, unless you were a brainless fool or truly unafraid of death, anyone would feel fear.
Doflamingo was the latter!
"I know."
Yami understood Doflamingo's feelings.
So, to tip the scales of this tool, Yami smiled and said, "It's just that your understanding of me is too vague, Joker. I'm not just a Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit user."
"?"
Doflamingo was slightly taken aback, momentarily suspecting that his reading comprehension had regressed.
Not just? What does that mean?
Before Doflamingo could react, Yami's next words shattered the worldview of this man, who was one of the intellectual powerhouses of the pirate world.
Yami slowly added, "I'm actually a multiple Devil Fruit user!"
"..."
Doflamingo stared blankly at Yami.
If he were to take off his sunglasses, one would surely see that Doflamingo's expression right now was quite a sight.
Everyone who learned Yami's secret might have had different reactions.
But without exception, their worldviews were all shattered.
This feeling was like an atheist encountering a god; it directly subverted their three views.
Unlike the narrow-minded Robin and Carina, Doflamingo, who was definitely a major figure on these seas and knew about the national treasure of the Celestial Dragons, was more shocked than anyone else.
So much so that it took a long time for Doflamingo to come to his senses. His voice, for a rare moment, trembled slightly as he asked, "A mul... multiple Devil Fruit user... do you mean that literally?"
"Yes," Yami said with a smile and a nod.
"So the user of the Door-Door Fruit is actually you?" Doflamingo asked.
"Yes."
"And the user of the Float-Float Fruit is also you?"
"Me."
"Then the user of the Paramecia-type Teleport-Teleport Fruit is you as well?"
"Yes, it's all me."
Looking at Yami, who nodded time and time again, the look of shock on Doflamingo's face gradually faded. The familiar curve returned to his lips, and he let out an excited, wicked laugh, "Fuffuffuffuffu... I guessed you had a way of obtaining Devil Fruits. I thought your trump card was a hidden army of Devil Fruit users, but I didn't expect the reality to be even more incredible!"
"Yami, you are the embodiment of fantasy, a miracle of this world!"
At this moment, Doflamingo finally found the person who had killed Viola.
He also understood why Viola had disappeared without a trace.
Because the one who killed her was a monster who broke the rules of the world, the embodiment of a miracle on these seas.
The Paramecia-type Door-Door Fruit, the Paramecia-type Float-Float Fruit, the Paramecia-type Teleport-Teleport Fruit, the Paramecia-type Glare-Glare Fruit, plus the Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit that could seal fruit abilities.
Just these five known Devil Fruits made Doflamingo feel a sense of suffocation, his body trembling with excitement.
He had thought that Yami would need to first increase his combat power and then reveal his hidden army of Devil Fruit users to be qualified to become the fifth hegemon of the New World.
But it turned out he didn't have to wait that long at all.
Even if Yami didn't know Haki, he was already the most unbeatable existence on the seas.
Doflamingo, who had read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, knew all too well what kind of effects the combination of these five Devil Fruit abilities would produce.
Doflamingo was 100% certain that besides these five Devil Fruits, Yami was definitely hiding other top-tier abilities from all three Devil Fruit types.
After all, his two maids were users of the legendary Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the even rarer Mythical Zoan, Nine-Tailed Fox.
Just how wealthy did one have to be to bestow two such top-tier Devil Fruits on their maids?
At this point, Doflamingo immediately chose to go all in. "Yami, what do you need my help with? Just ask!"
At this moment, the scales in Doflamingo's heart had completely tipped in Yami's favor.
He didn't even care that Yami had killed Viola.
Yami's confession was a gesture of goodwill, and it also gave him a choice.
Since Yami knew that Sugar was the user of the Paramecia-type Hobby-Hobby Fruit, he could have easily taken Sugar's fruit when he took Viola's Glare-Glare Fruit, but he didn't.
After entering the New World, the first person he sought to cooperate with was him.
Since Yami thought highly of him and had given him a chance to choose, Doflamingo certainly wouldn't miss this world's greatest opportunity.
If there was a new era, Yami was definitely its representative.
Or rather, he had started the new era!
Hugging this thigh was more reliable and safer than hugging the thighs of all Four Emperors at once.
The future Yami had the most hope of breaking the mold on these seas and becoming the truly strongest existence
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