After asking the elderly researchers about the specific effects of the Hypnosis Mushroom, Doflamingo roughly understood how it worked.
This thing could not actually increase a person's Mental Energy. Instead, it altered the nature of that energy, making it more capable of affecting the outside world.
Moreover, this alteration had its limits. Even if Doflamingo used the Hypnosis Mushroom, at most he could only grant a tiny portion of his Mental Energy powerful infectious influence. While that would certainly far surpass ordinary people, it would not do much to improve his combat strength.
The strongest people he could hypnotize would be Headquarters Captains at most. If he used the Illusion Fruit instead, anyone below a Navy Admiral would be instantly controlled by Doflamingo.
Furthermore, this hypnosis could only alter memories; it could not control people's hearts. It also had to be one-on-one and face-to-face.
Its only advantage, perhaps, was that he would not need to fear seawater.
"Hmm, perhaps I can give my avatar this ability. After all, the ability to alter memories is still quite convenient in many situations."
Three days later.
A strange fragrance spread throughout the giant ship formed from sea snails, tempting everyone to drool. Even the clone soldiers standing guard looked utterly captivated.
Inside the dining hall, a group of people sat around a huge round table, all wearing eager expressions.
"Even though I've seen it several times already, I still can't imagine it," Judge said with a sigh. "Young Master is the strongest force on the entire sea, yet his cooking is also this extraordinary."
Over the past few days, Judge had followed Hancock and the other two women in addressing Doflamingo as Young Master.
Part of it was the subtle influence of the Demon Seed. The other part was that Judge had