April 4th, 1511 ( Sea Circle Calendar )
West Blue.
A pirate ship is stranded in a mangrove wetland, waiting for the tide to come in so it can leave again.
The pirates on the ship were discussing their recent haul.
"Boss, are we really going to sell that thing to the Donquixote Family?" the weasel-faced pirate asked in a low voice.
The pirate captain, cigar in hand, showed a hint of helplessness. "You think I wanted to sell? It's just that the Capone Family went too far. All I did was steal one of their merchant ships. Did they really need to chase after me so relentlessly?"
The shifty-eyed pirate was still unwilling to give up. "Boss, if you eat that stuff, you might gain great strength. Then we won't have to worry about the Capone Family chasing us, and we won't have to live under someone else's roof."
"Heh, do you even know what kind of power that Devil Fruit has?" The pirate captain lay back on a beach chair, taking a drag of his cigarette. "Phew... I don't want to gamble."
"Although the Donquixote Family is backed by the Shichibukai, the Capone Family might not necessarily give them face."
"Okay, that's enough."
"All right!"
On the other side.
At the Donquixote Family's temporary headquarters.
Trebol, with a smile on his face, walked into Doflamingo's study.
" Doffy, I have good news."
Doflamingo, who was reviewing intelligence from the West Blue's underground, looked up. " Trebol, any good news?"
"A small pirate crew wants to join us."
Doflamingo removed his glasses, gently wiping them as he asked expressionlessly, "What value do they have?"
"It's a Devil Fruit. These bumpkins don't know its specific abilities, and since they offended the Capone Family a while ago, they plan to sell it to us in hopes of gaining our protection. I think we can agree to their offer."
"Oh? What kind of fruit is it?" Doflamingo knew Trebol wouldn't joke about something like this.
" Mirror-Mirror Fruit."
" The Mirror-Mirror Fruit? Looks like my luck's not so bad!" Doflamingo's lips immediately curled into a smile, "Agree to them, they're just the Capone Family."
Oh? You're very confident!
Doflamingo's face darkened instantly as he stared at the enormous black shadow emerging from the shadows beside the door.
" Moria, what do you mean?"
Emerging from the shadows, Moria, surrounded by sharp, fine lines, brazenly approached Doflamingo.
Those fine wires, capable of cutting through steel, seemed to have no effect on Moria.
"You have no strength, yet you possess such arrogant ambition—that's your tragedy, Doflamingo!"
Doflamingo's forehead veins bulged. "If you're here just to mock me, then get out of here; if you want to fight, I'm ready to fight you to the end."
"Hehe, that's why I said you're very confident!"
In an instant, Doflamingo's Observation Haki went into overdrive, triggering a frenzy of warnings.
Unfortunately, his strength was too weak. Doflamingo, who was only at the level of Admiral Candidate, had almost no chance against Moria, who had borrowed Noah's power, and was instantly grabbed by the neck.
Doflamingo's face turned ashen. "Cough cough... Impossible..."
"Too weak!"
"Let go of Doffy! Sticky Gatling!"
Shadow Parasite!
A dozen shadowy soldiers emerged from Trebol's shadow and subdued the man in an instant, then plunged long needles of Seastone into his body.
Almost simultaneously, a dozen shadowy soldiers emerged from Doflamingo's shadow, each carrying Seastone needle that was inserted into his body.
Devil Fruit User are just that vulnerable.
Moria released Doflamingo's neck.
Doflamingo gasped for breath. "Huff... What do you want? We're all Shichibukai... Huff... If you kill me, the World Government won't let you get away with it."
"Really? The World Government really terrifies me!" Moria looked at the Joker with a half-smile.
"What do you want? Devil Fruit? Or the corpse of a powerful being?"
I want them both.
"No problem, we can cooperate." Doflamingo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the other party had something they wanted, he could cater to their desires.
He just hadn't expected that Moria, who had previously appeared as a fat nerd, would be so powerful, leaving him completely powerless to fight back.
"What I mean by 'I want it all' is that your fruits, your body, and your family all belong to me."
"..." Doflamingo's face instantly turned ugly, then he forced a laugh and said, "Don't joke around..."
In the next second, Doflamingo was bound by shadow tentacles, and then a shadow tentacle pierced through his nostril and went straight to his brain.
"What are you going to do..." Doflamingo was shocked.
Before he could finish speaking, his frontal lobe was severed by the shadow tentacles and pulled out through his nostrils.
Doflamingo's eyes began to lose their luster little by little.
A few minutes later, it became incredibly empty, like a hollow shell, a walking corpse.
Trebol, who witnessed this scene, was so frightened that he trembled all over.
However, his fear could not change the outcome.
In less than three days, Moria secretly replaced the Donquixote Family, and all the core members of the Donquixote Family were brought under control.
Another Shichibukai has defected.
Actually, this time, the main reason for dealing with the Donquixote Family was Bege's request.
Doflamingo and his Donquixote Family are indeed quite capable, especially in the underworld. They started to regroup less than five months after entering the West Blue.
Unfortunately, Doflamingo was unaware that the two mafia families in the West Blue were the black gloves of the Liberator Organization.
Bege wasn't one to follow the rules; he had no intention of competing with the Donquixote Family using underworld tactics, but instead tattled on them to Noah.
Seeing that Doflamingo was up to his old tricks again, Noah naturally wouldn't let him disrupt the Liberator Organization in the West Blue, so he directly ordered Moria to take action himself.
Faced with the enhanced Moria, Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family were utterly defeated.
"Hahaha... As expected of you, Doffy!" Moria looked at the three Devil Fruit that Doflamingo had handed over, a satisfied smile on his face.
Even after becoming Apostle, Doflamingo's personality didn't change much; he simply gained loyalty and wisdom. He cheerfully picked up one of the Devil Fruit.
"Fate is truly wondrous! The Gold-Gold Fruit!"
This fruit, which would have originally been obtained by the Gild Tesoro, had its fate changed because the Sky Empire's large-scale invasion of the North Blue forced the Donquixote Family to withdraw from the North Blue.
"Shall we change to a different fruit?"
Doflamingo shook his head. "No need, my String-String Fruit will Awakening soon."
Moria cautioned, "You should know that our fruits cannot Awakening until the Lord Awakening."
"It's alright, that day won't be too far away."
"Whatever."
Just then, Pica emerged from underground, holding a Devil Fruit in his hand.
It was the Mirror-Mirror Fruit that the small pirate crew planned to sell to the Donquixote Family.
Moria took the Mirror-Mirror Fruit: "Another strategic-level Devil Fruit. Looks like Master's luck is pretty good!"
"The passive effect of the Lucky-Lucky Fruit is indeed very powerful."
Moria put away the four Devil Fruit, then turned to Doflamingo: "Continue developing in the West Blue! Seize an opportunity to control one or two countries, Bege will cooperate with you."
"No problem."