One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

Vergo let out a grief-stricken cry and charged toward Doflamingo. Diamante and Pica, after a brief moment of hesitation, immediately followed. Pica, caught off guard, accidentally stomped his foot directly on Trebol's face.

Torrepol was starting to wake up after the fall, but this stomp made him faint again.

Giger had already teleported to Doflamingo's side before Vergo and the others.

Giger bent down and placed his scarlet right hand on Doflamingo's chest. A flash of red light appeared, and the flowing blood stopped instantly.

The three who had just arrived froze upon seeing this scene, not daring to utter a sound for fear of disturbing Giger.

Giger noticed that the bullet hole was very close to Doflamingo's heart, showing that he was really going all out.

Most importantly, this also proves Doflamingo's unconditional trust in Gigg.

Doflamingo lay on the ground, his face ashen, and weakly spoke.

"Lord Giger, is this enough?"

Giger nodded slightly, and then the hand that was pressing on Doflamingo's chest instantly turned black. A moment later, Giger stood up and, to Doflamingo's astonishment, took out a white pear-shaped fruit.

Chapter 178 The Fruit's Fate

This white, pear-shaped fruit was like a bombshell, completely stunning the young minds of Doflamingo and the others.

Doflamingo suddenly sat up in shock, as if he were on his deathbed, and said in a trembling voice,

"This, this is my String-String Fruit!"

Vergo and his two companions were stunned, speechless.

It's no wonder they lost their composure; anyone in the One Piece world would be shocked by what Giggs did.

The fact that the Devil Fruit could be extracted intact from the body of a Devil Fruit user without them dying completely overturned everyone's understanding of Devil Fruits.

Doflamingo subconsciously tried to hook the string with his finger, but that was all he did; he couldn't create a single thread.

He has truly and completely lost the power of the String-String Fruit.

Under Doflamingo's dazed gaze, Giggs placed the Float-Float Fruit and the String-String Fruit in front of him, just like the scene when Doflamingo faced Trebol years ago.

However, the String-String Fruit placed next to the Float-Float Fruit seemed as insignificant as the pistol that was placed next to it back then.

In the sunlight, Giggs appeared like a god to thirteen-year-old Doflamingo.

Doflamingo shakily reached out and placed his hand on the Float-Float Fruit. The sensation he felt gave him a strong sense of unreality.

He held the Floating Fruit in front of him, and after a brief silence, he opened his mouth and took a bite.

Just then, Trebol woke up and saw Doflamingo devouring a Devil Fruit.

Torrepol was immediately jolted awake and shouted in terror,

"Dover! You...uhhhh!"

Vergo instantly appeared in front of Torrebol, one hand tightly covering his mouth, the other gesturing for silence, and whispered,

"Don't disturb Dover."

His grip was so strong that Torrepol, who had just woken up, almost suffocated again.

Doflamingo had already eaten the Float-Float Fruit down to just the stem, and apart from his face turning a little blue, his expression was basically unchanged.

It can only be described as a wolf's extermination.

After finishing his meal, Doflamingo savored the experience for a moment. Although the Devil Fruit abilities he had acquired were vastly different, he had prior experience with them, so when he activated his powers, he didn't seem like someone who had just obtained the Float-Float Fruit.

With a thought, Doflamingo's body detached from the ground and hovered steadily in the air.

A look of excitement appeared on Doflamingo's face. Now he was truly experiencing the wonders of a top-grade Devil Fruit.

The ability to fly granted by the Float-Float Fruit alone is enough to make most Devil Fruit users envious.

It's important to know that Doflamingo hasn't yet developed a "skyway" that uses strings to move clouds and achieve aerial movement. Of course, even if he did develop a skyway, it wouldn't be comparable to the flight ability inherent in the Float-Float Fruit.

The air route is too restrictive, and its maneuverability is far inferior to that of the Float-Float Fruit.

Doflamingo tried to control the area of ​​ground he had just touched, and the ground was instantly lifted up and suspended behind him.

At this point, Doflamingo is essentially a younger version of Shiki.

Torrepol was dumbfounded. Vergo frowned and looked down, only to see a large amount of snot overflowing from between his fingers.

He quickly pulled his hand away from Torrepol's face and shook it off forcefully.

Doflamingo was excitedly experiencing his new ability, but he forgot that he was still seriously injured, and soon fell from the sky.

Giger flashed forward and caught Doflamingo before he landed, laughing as he did so.

"It seems you're quite satisfied with this ability."

Doflamingo, unusually embarrassed, whispered,

"Yes, I am very satisfied, Lord Giger Saint."

Landing back on the ground, Giger released his grip, glanced at the lone String-String Fruit on the ground, and said,

"Don't waste the Thread Fruit, keep it."

Doflamingo nodded and was about to step forward to take the fruit when Vergo suddenly spoke up.

"Lord Giger Saint, could you please give me this Thread-Thread Fruit?"

Giger was surprised that Vergo would take a liking to this Devil Fruit that Doflamingo had discarded, and asked with great interest,

"Oh? You can have the String-String Fruit if you want it, but don't you really want to wait any longer? Maybe you'll meet someone even better in the future?"

Vergo shook his head, glanced at Doflamingo, and then slowly spoke.

"No, Lord Giger, I only want the String-String Fruit."

Among the family's executives, Vergo is undoubtedly the most loyal and capable, as evidenced by his becoming the first "Corazon" in the original story.

This String-String Fruit, which once belonged to Doflamingo, holds a very special meaning for him.

His idea was simple: he didn't want to see anyone else eat the Thread-Thread Fruit in the future.

Giger's gaze lingered on Vergo for a moment, then he turned to Doflamingo beside him and smiled.

"Dover, you have a wonderful 'family'."

In the original story, Doflamingo's real family member, Rosinante, betrayed him, while Vergo remained devoted to Doflamingo until his death, a sentiment that is truly touching.

(Vergo might not be dead, don't worry too much about that.)

Doflamingo nodded in deep agreement. Among the current executives of the family, Vergo was indeed the one he trusted the most.

With a flick of his finger, the String-String Fruit flew into his hand under the pull of gravity.

Vergo slowly walked up to Giger, bowed his head, and knelt down on one knee.

Giger smiled, bent down slightly, and handed the String-String Fruit to Vergo.

Finally, under Doflamingo's watchful eye, Vergo devoured the String-String Fruit in just two bites.

A moment later, several white threads emerged from Vergo's hands, weaving together a completely white bamboo.

Even after becoming a Devil Fruit user, Vergo's favorite weapon is still bamboo.

Vergo set the white bamboo aside, knelt down on his other knee, kowtowed heavily to Giger, and shouted,

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Jigsel!"

Jiger waved his hand and said,

"Get up, Vergo, you're very good."

As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo's body suddenly swayed. Giggs reached out and pressed him down, glancing at his wound.

This level of injury is enough to be considered fatal. If Giggs hadn't stopped the bleeding, even with Doflamingo's extraordinary physique, he would have already passed out.

Chapter 179 Strict Teacher Jig

Giger glanced at Vergo, whose face was filled with worry, and suddenly said,

“Vergo, try to use your abilities to stitch up his wound.”

Vergo and Doflamingo were both taken aback upon hearing this. Neither of them had expected that the power of the String-String Fruit could be used in this way, and their respect for Giger grew even stronger.

However, Giger only briefly mentioned what Doflamingo had done in the original work.

But this was enough to confuse thirteen-year-old Dover and Vergo, one of them daring to listen and the other daring to learn.

Vergo immediately walked up to Doflamingo, and with Doflamingo's encouraging gaze, he placed his hands on Doflamingo's chest and began to make some gestures.

However, Vergo used to play with thick and hard things like bamboo, so thin and soft thread was completely the opposite for him.

He was sweating profusely as he worked on his needlework, while Doflamingo grimaced and endured it, his own head covered in sweat.

Vergo didn't dare look up at Dover's expression, and silently buried himself in his work, finally succeeding in stitching up the wound.

After finishing, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Giger stood to the side with his arms crossed, watching with a smile as Vergo finished his clumsy needlework.

Torrebol suddenly appeared and offered to use his abilities to further seal and reinforce the wound.