Doflamingo had once gone to the North Blue specifically to look for Germa 66, but they had never had a fixed residence. They were also one of the World Government Member States, and Judge seemed extremely wary of Doflamingo, so despite searching several times, Doflamingo had found nothing.
The World Government had probably tipped them off as well. The World Government did not want Doflamingo to find them and strengthen the Dragon Hunting Pirates.
But in the end, this was Doflamingo. He simply had not truly made up his mind to find them. Otherwise, Germa 66 was a mercenary corps, not some secret assassin organization. How could they possibly evade Doflamingo's search?
This time, Doflamingo planned to bring Baccarat, the Lucky-Lucky Fruit user, and Violet, the Glint-Glint Fruit user, to look for them. No matter how badly Germa 66 wanted to hide, they would have nowhere to conceal themselves.
"As for the third matter, the development of artificial Devil Fruits, I plan to begin once the plants cultivated by the Tontatta Tribe yield results."
Artificial Devil Fruits were, in truth, entirely an experiment Doflamingo wanted to conduct by borrowing the ability of his fabricated souls. Even he did not know whether it would succeed, so he had not placed much hope in it from the beginning.
After all, he had no desire to turn all his subordinates into a zoo like Kaido had.
It would be best to wait until Germa 66 was in place before researching this. Their Lineage Factor research was professional, after all.
After the meeting ended, Doflamingo did not waste any time. He directly took Baccarat and Violet and prepared to head for the North Blue.
Hancock, who had just eaten the Love-Love Fruit, immediately followed along, saying she wanted to go out and look around