One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 45 Trading
“Furfurfural…”

After a brief silence, Doflamingo suddenly let out a low laugh.

He clapped his hands, and the maids pushed the dining cart into the ceremony hall and placed plates of delicious food in front of the two people. "With your strength and background, you should understand better than anyone else that there are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests."

"Compared to the benefits I can bring you, this little misunderstanding is nothing. Otherwise, we wouldn't be sitting here so amicably, right?"

In just a short while, Doflamingo felt that he had figured out Caesar's thoughts.

He first came alone, then acted with impudence and showed off his power until I lowered my stance and gave him enough room to maneuver.

Furofurafur…

I almost fell into his trap. I'm afraid this guy was after benefits from the very beginning!

Caesar had no idea what Doflamingo was thinking, and Doflamingo probably would never have thought that he was indeed here to cause trouble.

However, Caesar did not expect that the other party would be so humble. Even with his thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed to get angry.

However, after hearing what Doflamingo said, he immediately guessed what the other party was thinking, and for a moment he was really tempted.

But his expression remained calm and he shook the goblet nonchalantly.

"Tell me, what do you mean by interests..."

"What do you think of this vacant Shichibukai position?"

Doflamingo suggested: "Wouldn't it be perfect for you to take over this position? You'd be free from Kaido's constraints, yet still have a fair degree of freedom..."

Caesar scoffed at this and said, "This position originally belonged to the Beasts Pirates. Are you taking something that should have belonged to me and giving it to me to benefit me?"

Doflamingo feigned surprise: "So the right to speak for the Beasts Pirates lies in your hands?"

"more or less."

Caesar glanced at him with a half-smile: "After all, Kaido is... my father-in-law."

"father in law…"

Doflamingo's smile suddenly froze.

Damn...

Wrong feelings expressed!

He didn't doubt Caesar's words. There was no point in telling such a lie when he could find out the truth with just a phone call.

But this also means that his idea of ​​joining forces with Caesar and taking advantage of the power of the World Government and Kaido to gain benefits has failed.

After all, as Kaido's son-in-law, with Caesar's strength, the position of Seven Warlords of the Sea really means nothing to him.

"The position of Shichibukai? What do I need it for? Legal plunder?"

Caesar scoffed. "Is this what you call a drink and a chat? You don't even seem to have the slightest sincerity."

“Business is negotiated…”

Seeing that his plan had failed, Doflamingo immediately changed the subject: "After all, Lord Caesar and I have only just met. How about you name a price? We can just consider it as making friends. As long as I can do it, I won't refuse even a single thing."

"also."

Caesar nodded and said, "I'm just looking for a devil fruit recently. If you can help me find it, then the grudge between you and me will be written off."

"A devil fruit...would you mind telling me about it?"

Doflamingo felt relieved. He was not afraid of Caesar making conditions, but he was afraid that this guy was determined to find trouble.

"Dark fruit."

Caesar said calmly, "I suppose you've heard of it too?"

"Fufufu... Of course, the most vicious natural type."

Doflamingo immediately laughed. He was the best at finding things.

Moreover, the most vicious natural system is meaningless to him.

Although it's said to be the most ferocious, it can only restrain esper users. Its destructive power is not as strong as fruits like Thunder, Flash, and Magma. It can't even transform into an element, so it can only be considered second-tier in the natural system. Of course, all this is based on the premise that only one fruit can be eaten.

"If it's just a devil fruit, no problem."

"Of course it's more than that."

Caesar shook his head slightly. "Come to think of it, I also happen to know some information about artificial devil fruits. That thing should have been developed by Vegapunk. So far, there is only one failed product, and it is extremely expensive..."

Hearing this, Doflamingo's heart sank again.

"Fufufu... Your Excellency seems to know more than I thought. No wonder you're so unimpressed by my proposal."

"I'm not interested in who you're trading with. I only have two requests in this regard."

Caesar held up two fingers. "First, I want Vegapunk's failed product! Second, subsequent mass-produced products must not have side effects! The research time can be slowed down, but the two fruits I want must be delivered to me as soon as possible."

"How was it? Not too difficult, right?"

Caesar spread his hands slightly: "It's hard to say about the Dark Dark Fruit, but that artificial fruit is now stored in Punk Hazard. With your means, it won't be difficult to get it."

"One is natural, the other is a failed artificial product..."

Doflamingo fell into deep thought: "Is the one with Vegapunk really a failure?"

"It is indeed a failure."

Caesar chuckled, his face calm and his heart still, and said, "But it is also a unique piece. Vegapunk has given up the research on artificial devil fruits, which also means that this is the only one in the world that was created by him."

"Since you've investigated me, you should know that my biggest hobby is collecting."

"I see, it's a unique piece..."

Doflamingo's doubts were slightly dispelled when he saw that Caesar showed no sign of lying in his observation Haki. Indeed, for those who like collecting, there is nothing more attractive than the word "unique piece".

"Fufufufufu... If that happens, even I'll have to bleed profusely."

"This is just compensation for me personally."

Caesar shook his head slightly: "But I can help you recover in other ways."

Hearing that there were benefits, Doflamingo immediately became interested: "Sir, why don't you tell me about it?"

"I want devil fruits. I'll take as many as you can get."

Caesar snapped his fingers and tossed a gold coin towards Doflamingo. "Don't worry about the money. Even if it's just an ordinary animal, I'm willing to buy it at the standard of 200 million per piece - payment in gold!"

"Oh?"

Doflamingo casually caught the gold coin, squeezed it gently, and felt a little moved.

Gold is a hard currency, especially in some war-torn countries, its value can even increase several times!
"It's a very tempting price, but devil fruits are not easy to get. If they just come to you, it's not difficult. But if you deliberately search for them, it will be very time-consuming and laborious."

"Plus the big sharp swords, each worth two hundred million."

"This thing is even rarer than a devil fruit. What's even worse is that most of them are in the hands of great swordsmen."

Doflamingo held his forehead helplessly. If it weren't for Caesar's serious expression, he would have suspected that the other party was making fun of him.

In fact, Caesar was really just making fun of him...

If Doflamingo could really get the Dark-Dark Fruit, then this guy would be useless.

But you have to act the whole way. If you're not sincere, how can you fool this old hand?

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