Thousands of kilometers away.
In the [Land of Love, Passion, and Toys], Dressrosa.
In the castle on the Peak of the King's Plateau, which served as the base for the Donquixote Pirates, all the executives of the Donquixote Family were gathered here.
Violet, a senior executive of the family, projected the faint purple light reflected from her eyes onto a Visual Den Den Mushi.
The Den Den Mushi then projected the image onto the wall.
The projected image showed Sunny.
This was the power of Violet's Giro Giro no Mi, the ability to see everything within a radius of 4000 kilometers! (T/N: Glare-Glare Fruit.)
She could also use the Visual Den Den Mushi to show others what she saw.
"Hehe~ To think even the Pirate Empress has been kidnapped by him. That guy must have a wild time every night~" Diamante, the top executive representing the Diamond Suit, said enviously.
"Hehe~ You can try it too if you want, Diamante," Trebol, the top executive representing the Club Suit, sneered strangely.
Diamante remained silent.
'If I had that ability, would I be sitting here?'
He knew his own limits thirty years ago.
If he hadn't latched onto Doflamingo's coattails, could his strength even allow him to stand firm in the New World?
"Is that guy's direction really towards Dressrosa?" Doflamingo, sitting on the throne, wasn't in the mood to joke around carefreely like his subordinates.
As the biggest black market broker in the New World, what Doflamingo relied on most wasn't brute force, but his ability to assess situations and judge timing.
Ever since hearing about Jin's deeds last week, Doflamingo had been paying attention.
And after hearing he entered the New World, he had Violet, with her Clairvoyance, keep watch at all times.
He needed to figure out what this monster wanted to do as soon as possible.
Join the Emperors in competing for the Road Poneglyphs, aiming to become the Pirate King?
Or simply settle a score with the Red Hair Pirates and eliminate them from the root?
When he confirmed Sunny's direction was indeed towards his territory, Dressrosa, Doflamingo couldn't stay calm anymore.
He didn't think he could stop a freak who could challenge an Emperor's crew alone.
"Doffy! That guy!" At that moment, Diamante's shout snapped Doflamingo out of his thoughts.
Doflamingo looked forward.
He saw Jin, who had just been lying on the blue-haired girl's lap, suddenly stand up.
His robust body slowly turned towards the direction of Violet's Clairvoyance.
His right hand cupped his chin, his left index finger raised.
He pointed towards all the Donquixote Family's members in front of the projection.
"-Doflamingo!"
"You bastard, you're watching me, aren't you?!"
The sharp, arrogant tone was like a sharp knife, instantly stabbing into the hearts of all the Donquixote Family's members.
Violet's face turned pale… instinctively, she quickly cut off her Clairvoyance.
The next second, she staggered and fell to the ground.
Large beads of sweat continuously fell from her beautiful cheek.
The expressions of the other executives of the Donquixote Pirates weren't much better.
"D-Doffy, what should we do now?" Diamante swallowed hard and asked Doflamingo for instructions.
Although Sakazuki is the number one unfortunate leader in the One Piece World, Doflamingo isn't much better.
His subordinates, except for Vergo who's still undercover in the Marines and Monet with her Logia Yuki Yuki no Mi, are mostly useless. This is clear from the original work where Vergo and Monet died on Punk Hazard, and in the Dressrosa arc, Doflamingo had to carry ten deadweights alone. (T/N: Snow-Snow Fruit.)
"Sh-should we arrange an honor guard to welcome him?" Trebol also asked, his voice trembling.
"...I'll go myself!" Doflamingo strode out of the throne room and, using his Ito Ito no Mi's Ability, shot into the clear sky. (T/N: String String Fruit.)
The brief moment earlier was enough for Doflamingo to realize Jin's fearsomeness.
He had to adopt the same respectful attitude he used when dealing with Kaido.
Otherwise, the fate of that Marine Captain named Koby in the reports would be his future!
...
Originally, from Jin's position, even with calm weather, it would take at least three days and two nights.
But under Doflamingo's full-speed sprint, he arrived in just a few hours.
"My earlier behavior was rude, God of Destruction-sama. It's mainly because the situation in the New World is extremely unstable, so I had my subordinates inspect the surroundings of Dressrosa more frequently. I didn't expect to see you," Doflamingo's explanation was obviously bullshit.
How can you checked thousands of kilometers away?
Having experienced a lot these past few days, the three lolis following Jin were already accustomed to these weirdos with strange abilities and abnormal physiques.
At most, they'd think, 'His clothes are so ugly.'
Jin looked Doflamingo up and down with the eyes of someone appraising goods, then glanced at the little girl, Kurenai, and said:
"The Ito Ito no Mi... emmm... Kurenai, do you think you can master this power?"
Doflamingo's eyes behind his sunglasses widened dramatically.
'Wh-what does that mean?'
He suddenly felt like a rabbit being stared at by a tiger.
The next second, sensing through Observation Haki, Doflamingo's expression changed drastically.
Because Jin, without another word, suddenly whipped a fire lash from his right index finger towards him.
Doflamingo's face changed dramatically… he formed his right hand into a beast-like claw.
Five Color Strings!
...
Bang!
Ten minutes later, Doflamingo, who is over three meters tall, fell heavily onto the deck of Sunny.
He was beaten by Jin.
No, rather than 'beaten', it was more like he was 'toyed with'.
In those ten minutes, Jin had at least ten thousand chances to kill him but repeatedly held back at the critical moment.
It wasn't until Doflamingo was forced to use his awakened ultimate move, Sixteen Holy Assassin's Bullets, that Jin ended the battle with a single Susanoo's Amaterasu Sword.
"Did you see clearly, Kurenai? What do you think of his ability?" Jin asked after landing.
Doflamingo guessed correctly, Jin wasn't really fighting him.
At first, Jin just wanted to teach the peeping tom a lesson for daring to spy on him.
But after dealing with him for two minutes, Jin suddenly felt that Doflamingo's Ito Ito no Mi, which was neither top-tier nor bottom-tier, might actually suit Kurenai quite well.
So his goal shifted from punishing Doflamingo to forcing him to display his Devil Fruit's abilities.
"Emmm... It doesn't seem very strong," Kurenai tapped her chin with her finger, blinking her crimson eyes.
Doflamingo, with a stab wound in his ribs and in a state of exhaustion, almost couldn't help spitting blood upon hearing this.
'Damn you, you snot-nosed brat without even a bounty. You actually dare to look down on me, a Warlord and the biggest black market broker in the New World!?'
Thump~
Jin directly gave Kurenai a knuckle rap on the head.
Mainly because this girl had been with him for a while and seen too many Super Kage-level battles, so she looked down a bit on Doflamingo, whose strength was around high Kage-level.
This was similar to how many otakus, after watching too much anime and experiencing the beauty of 2D waifus, feel that real 3D girls aren't good enough for them.
And now, Kurenai's problem was the same as these otakus. After watching many top-tier battles, she developed the illusion that she could also reach that level.
"The level of fruit ability you can handle is about this tier," Jin pinched Kurenai's cheek, saying with a look of disdain.
If Devil Fruits were divided into grades, then Ito Ito no Mi would probably be in the upper-middle class.
Was it bad? Of course not… it was miles better than something like the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Ordinary Human. (T/N: Human-Human Fruit.)
But was it strong? Well, compared to fruits like the Nika Fruit or Kaido's Seiryu Fruit, it fell short by who knows how much.
It was at the level of 'not bad, sufficient'.
And that was precisely why Jin considered the Ito Ito no Mi as a backup option for Kurenai… because her talent was also at the 'not bad, sufficient' level.
If he gave her top-tier fruits like the Gura Gura no Mi or the Pika Pika no Mi, she wouldn't be able to handle them. (T/N: Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Light-Light Fruit.)
If she could polish the Ito Ito no Mi to Doflamingo's level, that would already be a blessing.
"C-can I think about it a bit more? This ability feels a bit sneaky, I don't really like it," Kurenai rubbed her reddened cheek and said pitifully.
"Fine." Anyway, the One Piece World was full of all sorts of strange abilities, so there was no need to rush.
Jin then squatted in front of Doflamingo, placing a hand on his wound.
Yang Release Senjutsu Chakra activated, immediately stopping the blood flowing from the wound on Doflamingo's side.
"Y-you're also an [Ability Hunter]?" Doflamingo, who had just escaped death, asked, still shaken.
[Ability Hunter] was a nickname given to the Blackbeard Pirates in the year and a half since the Summit War.
Because during this time, Blackbeard had been using his Yami Yami no Mi's ability to hunt powerful Devil Fruit users and transfer their abilities to his crewmates, hence the nickname.
"More or less. But I don't have Blackbeard's ability," Jin didn't deny it.
Doflamingo's face darkened.
'Damn, if that little girl had taken a liking to my ability, I probably would have been killed.'
"Wh-what are you going to do with me?" After the ten-minute dog-walking battle, Doflamingo fully understood the gap between himself and this kid who looked harmless but was actually insidiously vicious.
"Ask you to help with something you're best at." Hearing Jin's response, Doflamingo felt like cursing.
'Damn, you want to ask me for a favor right after beating me up upon meeting?'
Jin quickly explained his purpose… he wanted to borrow Doflamingo's black market connections to help find two Devil Fruits suitable for the two girls under his command.
Doflamingo, upon hearing this, thought Jin was looking for fruits for Rin and Kurenai, since many in the One Piece World currently mistakenly believed Konan was a Logia user.
"...If I help you find them, can you promise not to take my ability?" After a brief thought, Doflamingo asked solemnly.
'Even though that red-eyed brat said she didn't want my ability, who could guarantee she wouldn't change her mind the next second?'
"Sure, no problem," Jin agreed without hesitation.
Doflamingo's eyes widened, 'He agreed too quickly! Was it a trick?'
Jin also saw Doflamingo's suspicion and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry. The only virtue I have is that I keep my word."
Perhaps because he really had no other choice, Doflamingo could only obediently provide information.
"Recently... that guy Tesoro got Shiki's inheritance."
"Tesoro?" The trio of lolis, who is new to this world, and Shirahoshi, who could only sit on Eight Tails' back due to her size, all showed confusion.
"Gild Tesoro, nickname [Golden Emperor], is the world's richest man, controlling 20% of the world's Berry and dominating the underground world with money," Nami said as she walked down from the second-floor rooms.
As a money lover, how could she not have heard of Tesoro?
"This woman is... that Straw Hat Pirate..." Seeing Nami, Doflamingo was shocked.
After the Summit War, he had also been closely following the Straw Hats' movements and recognized Nami at a glance.
'But... why is this woman here?'
Doflamingo then noticed Nami's legs, which were spread unusually wide and trembling slightly.
He glanced sideways at the only male on the ship, Jin.
Being an experienced man himself, he instantly guessed the general situation.
A subtle curve appeared at the corner of Doflamingo's mouth.
Although he had just walked through the gates of hell, he didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing.
'Garp's grandson, Dragon's son, actually got cuckolded so grandly.'
'This era was becoming more and more interesting.'
"Shiki's inheritance... Heh, the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi." Jin's smile also turned peculiar. (T/N: Float-Float Fruit.)
He had read the related reports. About a month before the Summit War, the World Government officially announced that the Marines had successfully captured the first great pirate to escape Impel Down, [Golden Lion] Shiki, and imprisoned him in Impel Down again after twenty years.
Then, before the Summit War even started, Shiki died of illness in Impel Down.
The government said the Marines caught him, but Jin, as a transmigrator, knew the truth… it was Luffy who defeated him.
He just punched Shiki to a Marine Branch Base, and the Marines took the credit.
But perhaps this was better for Shiki. After all, being defeated by the Marines was much better than being beaten by a rookie who hadn't even been active for a year, right?
But seriously, Shiki's decline was ridiculous. He was one of the [Three Legendary Pirates] alongside Roger and Newgate.
But he lost to a Luffy who hadn't even awakened his fruit and hadn't mastered the basic three Haki? The comedic effect was comparable to Sasuke's Rinnegan being stabbed blind by Boruto.
"The Fuwa Fuwa no Mi... Compared to Kurenai, it seems more suitable for you, Konan." Jin glanced at Konan.
Doflamingo showed an incredulous expression again.
'What's going on?'
'That blue-haired girl is already a Devil Fruit User, isn't she?'
'Why give her the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi?'
"...As an extra gift, I'll tell you this. Shiki's death and the rebirth of the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi are known to many big shots. Many forces want to use this fruit to boost their strength," Doflamingo interjected coldly.
"Whether it's Emperor-level pirate crews, high-ranking Marines, or the government's secret forces..."
"Will the Celestial Dragons come too?" Before Doflamingo could finish, Jin's counter-question left him speechless.
'Why suddenly ask about the Celestial Dragons?'
Hancock, standing on the other side, shuddered.
But because Doflamingo's attention was entirely on Jin, he didn't notice his colleague's abnormality.
However, the PTSD-like change in Hancock's expression was fully seen by Jin.
He felt this time, he could kill two birds with one stone.
Not only snatch the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi, but also allow Hancock to complete her 'transformation', shifting her heart completely from the cuckold Luffy to himself, the bull.
'Sigh, since coming to the One Piece World, I'd been busy cuckolding others. Maybe I should dye my hair blonde?' (T/N: It's because in NTR doujins, most of the cuckolding men are blonde.)
Jin thought to himself.
After a moment's thought, he decided against it.
'When Goku joins the group, I can just ask him for Saiyan Bloodline. Then I can turn blonde without dyeing.' (T/N: Changing Saiyan Physique to Saiyan Bloodline.)