Chapter 389: Enel: This Is an Emperor's Aura!
The so-called "brainwashing" wasn't about completely changing someone's personality.
In fact, even Apophis's weakened version of "Oration" didn't have that ability.
All it did was change a specific belief.
Just like most propaganda, as long as it didn't touch upon the most crucial point, someone who had been brainwashed wouldn't appear particularly strange in daily life.
Thus, Tesoro's hatred of the Celestial Dragons hadn't changed, nor had his pursuit of wealth. The only thing that had changed was a certain belief in his heart.
He had gone from believing that he could take revenge to believing that he could do so under the wise leadership of Lord Apophis.
Moreover, as long as no outsider openly opposed Apophis, what this manifested as would only be a suitable amount of worship and admiration.
At least in Doflamingo's eyes, Tesoro had merely accepted his fate.
That was the situation under which the three of them held their discussion.
After pondering for a moment, Tesoro, who had gained their complete trust and been informed of everything, said, "In my view, the Absolute Neutral Zone that Lord Apophis mentioned is itself the greatest fortune!"
"By itself?" Doflamingo wisely played the role of question machine.
"You've probably heard this saying before: the person who always makes the most money in a casino is the house."
Tesoro said seriously, "As long as we can use the reputations of the World Government and Lord Apophis to develop the neutral zone into the largest trading market in the world, merely controlling the market and collecting taxes will be enough to make us the richest people on this sea!"
"But it won't be easy, will it?" Doflamingo asked.
"No, for us, this is practically a matter of course. There are two main