"So how did these people conclude that I hypnotized all my subordinates? Why do I have this reputation? This has to be a World Government conspiracy!"
In Dressrosa, Doflamingo, who had just arrived, complained while eating a lavish meal.
Beside him, Kyros, now the king of Dressrosa, smiled. "That's normal. To ordinary people, all Great Pirates are monsters. I've even heard rumors that Big Mom often eats her own children!"
No... maybe not "often," but that one might actually not be a rumor... Doflamingo grumbled inwardly.
He fell silent for a moment, recalling that songs calling Whitebeard "more terrifying than a demon" seemed to be circulating across the seas as well.
Yet in reality, Whitebeard was merely an ordinary old man who liked taking in sons to build a family and donated all his treasure to his hometown. Most rumors from the seas were unreliable.
"Besides," Kyros continued with a wry smile, "the way you're operating now isn't exactly reassuring to those people, is it?"
Behind Doflamingo stood a burly man dressed all in black, his expression respectful.
However, this seemingly respectful man was actually Capone Bege, a famous Mafia figure from West Blue.
Bege had been doing quite well as a Mafia officer in West Blue and had not even risen to the position of godfather when he ran into Doflamingo.
Once Doflamingo discovered that he had eaten the Fortress-Fortress Fruit, he hypnotized and brainwashed him without another word.
After all, this Mafia godfather was addicted to betrayal and did not share Doflamingo's values in the slightest, so Doflamingo could not even be bothered to recruit him.
The Fortress-Fortress Fruit's combat power was secondary; its convenience was what truly mattered. Thus, this future Supernova became Doflamingo's attendant and portable warehouse.
Doflamingo had many people like that under his command.