"Ugh..." Teach opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.
"Teach! You're finally awake." The voice from beside the bed finally brought him fully back to his senses. Looking up, he saw Marco standing at his side.
"What exactly happened, Teach?" Marco asked, eyeing Teach's body curiously.
"Your body seems to have suddenly become a lot tougher!"
Teach was slightly startled. He reached out to brace himself against the bed, but used too much strength. With a crash, he snapped the entire bedframe in two.
But he reacted quickly and did not fall to the ground. Instead, he stood up. Casually moving his body, he felt power continuously surging within him, his blood and vitality brimming as terrifying strength like that of dragons and elephants gathered in his body.
Looking down, he finally understood why Marco could tell at a glance that his physique had become much stronger. His formerly black, bulging belly had turned into eight-pack abs, while his pectorals stood high and firm. His body was beginning to resemble the muscular builds of Kaido and Whitebeard.
His thoughts instantly returned to Doflamingo, and it was as though he could hear his words again.
"As payment for telling me about the Dark-Dark Fruit's abilities, I'll give you this Demon Seed made from Soul Fragments."
"It can greatly enhance a person's potential. For someone as gifted as you, yet still some distance away from people like Whitebeard and Kaido, this should be a treasure no less valuable than the Dark-Dark Fruit."
"Let me see just how far you can go in the end."
Clenching his fists and feeling the incomparably powerful strength within him, Teach's expression was caught somewhere between tears and laughter.
But in the end, he suppressed all his emotions, and a somewhat forced smile still appeared on