Pirated Nika Form

"The coffee was good."

Dimon took a sip of the coffee Doflamingo had brought him and offered a word of praise.

The Celestial Dragons used only the finest goods in their daily lives, and coffee was no exception.

"As long as you're satisfied, big brother."

Doflamingo felt helpless. Was Dimon really planning to stay here? What if someone discovered him?

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Doffy?"

It was his mother's voice.

Doflamingo jolted in alarm, turning toward the door and lowering his voice.

"Big brother, hide first! It'll be over if my mother sees you!"

The criminal who had abducted Shamrock, the Great Pirate Dimon, was in his room. If word got out, Doflamingo could already imagine the misery his entire family would face.

After all, the Holy Knights had the authority to execute Celestial Dragons!

"Big brother?"

When no reply came, Doflamingo panicked. He turned around and saw that Dimon had already vanished, leaving behind only a cup of coffee still steaming.

"Doffy, are you in there? Mommy's coming in."

With a click, the door opened, and Doflamingo's mother entered the room with a puzzled expression.

"Mother."

"Who were you talking to just now?" She noticed the two cups of coffee, both bearing signs of having been drunk from, and smiled. "So you really did have a friend over, didn't you?"

A friend?

Doflamingo grumbled inwardly. That was a kidnapper, even if he was an accomplice.

"No, I was talking to myself."

"Really? Then who drank that coffee?"

"I did."

Doflamingo told the clumsy lie, but fortunately, she was his mother and would not press the matter.

She smiled gently. "Lunch is ready. Come eat quickly, and make sure you eat on time, understand?"

"Yes, Mother."

Wano Country, the General's Mansion.

At the center of the magic circle, Dimon lowered his head and saw a Devil Fruit lying quietly there.

He took out the old Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and compared the fruit's appearance, confirming that it was the Paramecia: Age-Age Fruit.

Without hesitation, he immediately took a bite.

"As expected, it tastes awful. Bitter?"

It ranked among the ten worst foods he had ever eaten.

Dimon frowned. One bite was enough; he could not be bothered to taste any more.

A Devil Fruit only required the first bite. The remaining portion would lose its effect.

It was somewhat similar to the Elixir of Immortality. Once a bottle had been poured into four cups, no matter how much remained, it would lose its effect of eternal youth and immortality, becoming nothing more than fine wine.

"Let's try the ability first..."

Dimon closed his eyes and digested the newly acquired power. As though it were innate, he understood how to activate the Age-Age Fruit's ability.

However—

"I'm already eternally young and immortal. Can I still change my age?"

A trace of doubt arose in his heart. Dimon tried activating the ability, increasing his apparent age by fifty years.

The next instant, his face visibly aged. His skin became covered in wrinkles, his back bent slightly, and in the blink of an eye, he had become a seventy-year-old man.

Walking over to the mirror to examine himself, Dimon was somewhat surprised.

He opened his mouth, and his teeth were still bright white.

He then cut open the skin of his palm with a knife, and the wound rapidly healed.

After some experimentation, Dimon roughly understood.

"As expected, it only changes my appearance. It cannot affect my eternal youth and immortality themselves."

"And the change is temporary. Once the ability is released, I'll return to normal."

With a thought, Dimon reverted to a twenty-year-old youth.

Changing age was not the main point. It could only be considered an extra feature.

The true power was twisting the future!

"Nika's future!"

Dimon's gaze sharpened as he imagined himself becoming the Sun God Nika.

As the fated fruit of One Piece, the Nika Fruit was undoubtedly a Devil Fruit with godlike status.

This fruit would choose its own owner, and in the future, it would choose Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy would also successfully awaken the Nika form.

But at this moment, that future was twisted by Dimon.

In the mirror, Dimon's hair instantly turned white. Not only that, but all his clothes were dyed a pale white as well.

A pure white flame sash appeared around him!

This was the awakened form of a Zoan user!

"So it really works?"

Dimon's lips curved upward. "But... without the Drums of Liberation, is it really a knockoff?"

Once Luffy activated his Nika form, the sound of his heartbeat would turn into the Drums of Liberation.

But the Nika form Dimon had activated did not possess that ability.

The greatest benefit of that ability was allowing one to rapidly recover stamina and do endless sit-ups.

This was a flaw of the Age-Age Fruit. Although it could twist the future, that future was not reality after all, so it could not perfectly replicate Nika's power.

With a thought, Dimon released the Age-Age Fruit's power and summoned Abel.

"Where's that brat?"

"Miss Orsea is watching over him."

Tide Sound Little Princess was no longer a little princess. She had only been fourteen when they first met, but seven years had passed, and she had long since become an adult.

When she turned twenty, Dimon had granted her the Elixir of Immortality. Thus, this princess was now an immortal as well.

"Have her bring the child over."

"Yes, Lord Dimon."

Abel accepted the order and left. Before long, Orsea brought Shamrock to the summoning chamber.

"Lord Dimon, I've brought him."

Orsea was far prettier than before. Once a girl matured, she truly changed beyond recognition.

Shamrock looked at Dimon with great fear.

Dimon could not be bothered wasting words on a five-year-old child. He picked the boy up and placed him at the center of the magic circle.

Only then did he speak.

"Your father cares quite a lot about you. He paid enough ransom, so you're lucky to be alive."

After saying that, he immediately activated the pentagram magic circle and sent Shamrock back to the Holy Land.

Last night, after knocking Doflamingo unconscious, he had left numerous magic circle coordinates throughout the Holy Land.

It could be said that the place had already become his backyard. He could come and go whenever he pleased.

Watching Shamrock disappear, Orsea revealed a regretful expression.

"Are we just sending him away like that?"

"What? Do you like children?"

"No, Lord Dimon. That child was a Celestial Dragon, wasn't he?"

Orsea wore a sickly sweet smile.

"I wanted to ask you to give him to me. Then I could cut him into pieces, slice by slice~"

Dimon was speechless for a moment. He did not remember when he had raised this girl into such a terrifying yandere.

But when he thought of how the Celestial Dragons had massacred her country, such hatred was understandable.

After chatting with Orsea for a few moments, Dimon left the General's Mansion. He was going to fight Kaido and test Nika's power.

The Beasts Pirates' headquarters was now in the Flower Capital.

Compared to the past, the Beasts Pirates had expanded tremendously, with more than three thousand members already.

Some were pirates from outside Wano Country, but a large portion were locals who had defected and become collaborators.

Dimon walked through the streets of the Flower Capital. The people of Wano Country were very friendly toward their shogun and bowed in greeting.

"Lord Shogun!"

"Loyalty!"