One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

After this terrorist attack, the family's auction house, far from being a sensation, could declare bankruptcy today.

So many people died or were injured, all the auctioned items failed to be sold, and a Devil Fruit was even lost...

What's the point of even opening an auction house?!

Just destroy it already, I'm tired!

In the end, it all came down to Doflamingo being too careless, or rather, too confident in himself, believing that as long as he was there, nothing would go wrong.

The result is what we've ended up in now; we've learned a good lesson.

"Mr. Dover, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be taking my leave now."

Du Fred, looking somewhat disheveled but thankfully uninjured, came over to say goodbye with a blank expression.

If the other party hadn't been a Shichibukai and his father's business partner, he probably would have already started to lose his temper.

Throughout my life, I've attended countless auctions, but I've never witnessed a situation more dangerous than today's.

They've even resorted to using human bombs; what kind of deep-seated grudge could they possibly have?

Where did Abel go?

Disgruntled, Doflamingo disregarded his pride and asked directly.

"I don't know. When the explosion happened, he pushed me under the chair and told me to hide. I haven't seen him since."

Doflamingo immediately thought of a possibility: "Could it be that he went to chase after the Gold-Gold Fruit?"

That is indeed a possibility.

The Golden Fruit disappeared without a trace, and Abel discovered it and gave chase.

As for whether it's possible that Abel stole the Golden Fruit.

There's absolutely no need for that!

For Doflamingo, if Abel wanted the Gold-Gold Fruit, he only needed to say one sentence; why go through all this trouble?

So now Doflamingo can only hope that Abel can bring him good news.

He also has his own things to do, such as... cleaning up the mess!

Seeing the charred corpses all over the ground, Doflamingo was momentarily stunned.

"Why don't we just run away? What a load of crap auction house, we don't want it anymore."

If Doflamingo hadn't been so ambitious, he might have actually given up on everything.

Unfortunately, he can't!

Not only can he not escape, but he also has to find a way to compensate everyone for their losses. Otherwise, his reputation will be ruined, and who will dare to do business with him in the future?

While Doflamingo was pondering how to clean up the mess, Abel silently followed someone away from the auction house.

As the gray-green-haired man cautiously disappeared into the dense forest, Abel felt it was about time.

In an instant, he appeared before his opponent and unleashed a slash.

The gray-green-haired man instinctively raised his arm to shield his head.

However, the anticipated scene of the arm flying up did not occur.

Because the gray-green-haired man's arms had turned completely golden yellow, the color of gold!

It turned out that he had eaten the golden fruit the moment he rushed onto the auction stage in the chaos, and then fled.

His thinking was simple: regardless of whether he could escape in the end, he would lose the Gold-Gold Fruit.

Or rather, he has become one with him.

Even if the other party grits their teeth, they have to accept this fact.

There are only two possible outcomes if someone is caught: either they kill him to vent their anger.

But doing so would mean gaining nothing and losing billions of Berries for nothing.

Another approach is to take him under one's own control, exploit him, and squeeze out all his value to make up for one's own losses.

After all, although the Gold-Gold Fruit is gone, the Gold-Gold Fruit user is still here!

Unless you're an absolute idiot, you'll almost always choose the second option.

In that case, even if he were caught, his life would be saved, he would get a Golden Fruit for free, and he could even use the Donquixote Family's name and resources to become stronger and quickly get through the early capital accumulation stage.

All he gave up was a little freedom.

There will be plenty of opportunities to defect later.

Of course, the best outcome would be if they weren't caught.

From now on, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and you can roam freely!

But from the moment Abel appeared, everything changed.

"You've got some nerve, daring to steal from our Don Quixote family, and you actually succeeded. If you had gotten away, Captain Dover would have lost all face."

As Abel spoke, he brandished the [Onimaru] in his hand, slashing at his opponent with each strike.

No matter how it tried to dodge, it was as clumsy as a stationary target.

Soon his body was covered in blood, with wounds everywhere.

This was the result of Abel not taking it seriously and doing it casually.

Although the gray-green-haired man possessed the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit, he couldn't use it yet. He could only turn a part of his body into gold to defend against Abel's attacks.

However, gold has inherent properties, such as relatively low hardness.

In addition, his own strength was quite poor, and there was no extra gold around for him to control, so even if Abel released the water of an entire ocean, he would still be no match for him.

"The difference in strength is too great. This guy isn't even taking it seriously; he's just toying with me."

The gray-green-haired man, realizing this, was practically grinding his teeth to powder.

"If I had enough time to develop the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit, I wouldn't be in such a sorry state!"

"Is this the end of my life?"

Perhaps due to excessive blood loss, he vaguely saw the figure of a woman.

"Stella..."

"To think you could be distracted during a battle, I guess I've really been underestimated."

puff!

A sharp blade pierced the gray-green-haired man's chest in an instant, pinning him to the tree behind him.

"Tsk tsk, if Captain Dover knew that the guy who ruined today's auction and caused him so much loss was just a small fry like you, he'd probably be so angry he'd vomit blood."

Perhaps it was the term 'small fry' that brought him back to his senses amidst the excruciating pain. The gray-green-haired man gritted his teeth and said, "You can't kill me. If you kill me, you'll get nothing. Take me to your captain."

Chapter 422 The Crew Has Been Initially Formed

"Any last words, you nobody?"

Abel used Armament Haki, extending a finger and pressing it against the opponent's heart, gradually increasing the pressure.

The gray-green-haired man immediately let out a muffled groan. Even though he tried to use the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit to turn the skin in that area into gold, he still couldn't stop death from approaching.

"I've already eaten the Devil Fruit, so even if you kill me now, it won't make a difference! On the contrary, you can spare my life and let me prove my worth!"

At this moment, he finally revealed his fear, and roared in his heart, "I can't die! How can I die here! I've already obtained the Golden Fruit, and soon I'll have endless wealth and everything! How can I die here!"

Abel's fingers finally stopped. "Value? To me, you don't seem to have any value that I admire right now."

In this statement, Abel emphasizes the word "I".

The gray-green-haired man wasn't stupid; he immediately realized what was happening and stopped demanding to see the other man's captain.

Clearly, the other party had been watching him from the beginning, but did not make a move. Instead, they waited until he escaped before stopping him in this deserted place.

Now it all makes sense.

The other party's goal should also be the Gold-Gold Fruit, or rather, they want to control the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit, rather than returning it to their captain.

The gray-green-haired man, having figured it out, immediately spoke up: "My value lies in this golden fruit I ate. I possess this power, and you can control me, who possesses this power. Is that enough?"

"I enjoy dealing with intelligent people, which is why I let you escape here but didn't kill you immediately."

Abel chuckled softly, finally withdrawing his right hand and pulling [Onimaru] from the other's body in the process.

"You bet right! You survived..."

The gray-green-haired man supported himself on the ground with his hands, looking very weak, yet somewhat relieved.

Clearly, if he hadn't grasped the hidden meaning in the other person's words, he would be a corpse by now.

The reason is simple: he stole Doflamingo's things.

But he was targeted by someone with even greater ambitions.

It was either death or surrender; there was no other choice.

"Name."

“Gilde Tezzolo”.

It really was this guy.

Abel understood. "Sign it, and you'll be my subordinate. I'll give you plenty of freedom to do whatever you want. But in return, when I need your strength, everything you have must be at my disposal."

The final "Contract to Dominate Demons" was thrown in front of Tesoro.

Tesoro guessed that this contract was definitely not simple, and might even be the power of some kind of Devil Fruit. But he was at the mercy of others and had no choice but to sign his name on it with his own blood in order to survive.

Then the contract shattered into light, splitting into two that entered Abel and Tesoro's bodies respectively.

Contract reached!

Tesoro, who had been preoccupied with how to break free from Abel's control and regain his freedom, now had all those thoughts vanish.

He retained his obsession with wealth and his original personality, but at the same time remained loyal to Abel.