"Young... Young Master..." Vergo looked at the thread-like tentacles that had pierced through his chest, and his usually cold face showed a hint of disbelief.
Throughout the entire ordeal, his bamboo was never pointed at Doflamingo.
However, Doflamingo at this point had become increasingly ferocious, and the remaining half of his face was gradually becoming distorted, as if the "threads" that formed the shell were being torn apart.
Caesar, who had been brought onto the deck by Vergo, was now in a panic upon seeing this scene. He had seen many bloody scenes before, and the laboratory was often even bloodier, but... now he was being used as "experimental material" without any power to fight back, which made the feeling quite different.
At that moment, Gladius delivered an explosive punch from behind Doflamingo.
Seeing that they were about to be killed, they no longer cared about the young master or the master.
Unfortunately, after the explosion, Doflamingo only suffered a gash on his back, and because there was no flesh left, it was difficult to determine whether he was truly injured...
At the same time, Doflamingo's head suddenly turned 180 degrees, and his neck appeared to be wrapped in a rope made of twisted threads.
"Ah!"
Gladius's screams echoed continuously, and Caesar, taking advantage of Doflamingo's inattention, quickly retreated a few steps, his lower body turning into gas...
But just as he was about to turn into gas and escape, Doflamingo, with a sinister grin, turned his head 180 degrees again—it had turned 360 degrees, and his neck was clearly exposed as being made of "lines".
Just as Doflamingo was about to attack Caesar...
That's enough!
Kaido instantly appeared on the Numancia Flamingo and slammed the "Alien" Doflamingo down below deck with a single blow.
However, Doflamingo wasn't "smashed" but rather his body was deformed like a ball of yarn that had been flattened by a hammer, and then... the threads all over his body tried to wrap around Kaido.
However, Kaido's spiked club was now radiating a... somewhat "stretchy" aura of Haki power!
Then he swung at the strings again, and they all snapped instantly. Doflamingo's body was also sent flying, half-dead. Most of the strings that made up his torso were broken, and the broken strings seemed to be unable to be tied back together due to the influence of an unknown force.
Kaido didn't give chase. Instead, he turned his head and pointed his spiked club at Caesar, who was about to fly over and grab his leg.
"And you..." Kaido voice.
"Eh? Kaido! He forced me to do this... I'm not good at fighting... I had no choice!" Caesar quickly begged for mercy.
However, Kaido wasn't referring to him at all.
"Come out!" Kaido continued to shout at Caesar... or rather, his shadow.
That's right. During the "internal strife," Sig swapped the shadows of many people, since he needed to throw out "Frenzy" every now and then to liven things up.
At this point, Sig had finally shifted his focus to Caesar, not to make Caesar "go crazy." No matter how Frenzy Caesar became, he wouldn't rush in to fight Doflamingo head-on. The "Hypnotist" could only "hypnotize," not fundamentally Distortion the target's will.
Sig's goal was to ultimately silence Caesar!
This guy may only know how to parrot Vegapunk, but his low moral standards are undeniable...
While Artificial Devil Fruit won't enhance Kaido, they will significantly boost the Beasts Pirates' strength. Furthermore, the "orders" Caesar received from Big Mom will likely lead Caesar to become obsessed with conducting human experiments on children.
Although he didn't expect to achieve much, and was just trying to get funding, he still had to make it believable!
Therefore, Sig plans to finally "sink" this menace as well—if he is even slightly hindered from escaping, Doflamingo will naturally take action to resolve the situation.
He can then dive away and leave. If he's lucky, Kaido probably won't notice anything amiss and will just assume he was killed by Doflamingo.
However...
Sig never expected that Kaido would discover him hiding in the shadows.
Amid Caesar's confusion and fear, a figure dressed in Vampire suit emerged from his shadow...
It emerged in three dimensions!
It was as if the shadow was a black pool from which Sig rose.
Slap slap slap--
Now that he knew he'd been exposed, Sig clapped his hands, saying, "As expected of Captain Kaido of the Beasts Pirates, you actually found me."
"You... you..." Caesar was terrified, after all, this was his shadow.
Doflamingo briefly regained consciousness, his face Distortion as if woven from fine threads and then torn apart, revealing two empty holes of different sizes that could be considered eyes. He stared at Sig and asked, "Was it... you... who... betrayed... me?"
"Betrayal is hardly the right word. We don't even know each other... I just saw you were putting on a show and getting tired of it, so I let you unleash your true nature. Did you enjoy killing just now, Celestial Dragons?" Sig said, a flash of Red Light passing through his eyes.
In front of Kaido, he "hypnotized" Doflamingo again, and Doflamingo, who was about to lose consciousness, recalled the memories of killing each other in the past.
"You..." Doflamingo's face was Distortion with rage, then in his extreme fury... he shattered into countless tiny threads.
As the wind blew, this former Celestial Dragons, who could be considered a temporary tyrant, "flew" everywhere.
Ultimately, anger and a breakdown in will became the final straw that broke the camel's back.
Kaido then looked at Sig, his expression turning serious—he had actually been "thinking about" this Vampire all along.
After all, he's Zoan- Mythical Zoan at that. Kaido figured if he were willing to submit, the All-Stars could become the All-Stars.
However, seeing Doflamingo's fate now...
Kaido is usually very lenient when it comes to taking on subordinates, even tolerating someone as obviously ambitious as the King of Tyranny... hesitated!
Bringing this "Vampire" onto the ship seems to be more than just a matter of ambition.
Of course, Kaido also undoubtedly coveted the abilities of the Vampire Fruit —the ability to parasitize others' shadows, interfere with others' wills... In Kaido's mind, these abilities were all categorized as the abilities of the "Vampire Fruit".
"Did I ask you to interfere?" Kaido said, the Haki on his spiked club starting to "stretch," looking displeased that Sig had attacked his "target."
Although Sig didn't experience it directly, he did feel it—it was Conqueror's Haki coating!
Sig could also glean insights into Kaido's thoughts—the "Vampire" ability was too dangerous; it was best to kill him on the spot, and if he could retrieve the Devil Fruit, all else failed...
As for how to recycle the fruit?
Sig had barely begun when he sensed the presence of two Devil Fruit emanating from Kaido's ship—a presence that arose following the "tragedy" on the Numancia Flamingo.
He probably prepared a variety of fruits and was trying his luck...
As underworld giants, the Donquixote Family can obtain Devil Fruit through various underground channels. Doflamingo also has a large number of Devil Fruit users among his subordinates, and in fact, only a few of his executives are not Devil Fruit users!
The Donquixote Family executives on the Numancia Flamingo were all wiped out, including more than ten Devil Fruit ability. It's not surprising that they encountered two who perfectly matched the requirements of the Devil Fruit prototype and also had a 50% chance of being retained.