The collection of the Human-Human Fruit - Onyudo Form Fruit went very smoothly. After Doflamingo mentioned it, Shimotsuki Ushimaru handed the Devil Fruit over to him.
Naturally, Doflamingo did not shortchange him. He gave Shimotsuki Ushimaru a Ripe-Ripe Fruit instead.
In terms of combat power alone, the Ripe-Ripe Fruit was definitely among the very best Paramecia. In terms of actual value, it was probably even more valuable than the Dai Nyudo Fruit.
As for the side effects of Devil Fruits, they meant nothing to most pirates who cared only about strength—they did not care what they ended up looking like. After all, some people already looked bizarre enough to begin with. Maybe using the Ripe-Ripe Fruit would even count as plastic surgery!
As for why Doflamingo needed the Dai Nyudo Fruit, no one in Wano Country asked. Many suspected that Doflamingo had found another dragon and was preparing to turn it into combat power.
In reality, Doflamingo needed the Dai Nyudo Fruit because he intended to use it to create an artificial Devil Fruit army!
The people of Wano Country had at least gotten one thing right: Doflamingo had no intention of using this fruit on humans. The artificial Devil Fruits developed from the Dai Nyudo Fruit were meant to create a force of animals with Devil Fruit abilities!
Not ability users who had eaten Zoan Devil Fruits, but animals that had eaten Devil Fruits!
When it came to loyalty and potential, many animals were far superior to humans. Not to mention anything else, just the dragon-like animal underlings Sancho had left behind on Beast-Dragon Island possessed physical strength no weaker than Navy Captains. The stronger ones even had stamina comparable to Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals.
If they ate artificial Human-Human Fruits, received a little training, and mastered Two-Colored