One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

Although they didn't know what was there, they also didn't believe that the suddenly rising Seven Warlords of the Sea would do anything futile.

In their view, the Straw Hat Pirates must have discovered some incredible resources or power in space.

That's indeed the case.

Having not yet come into contact with extraterrestrial technology, they had no idea what kind of advantage the Straw Hat crew had gained.

The world of One Piece may seem like a barbaric stage where swords, Haki, and Devil Fruit abilities reign supreme, but it also harbors sophisticated intelligence networks, complex technological competition, and unseen capital operations.

Beneath this rough and bloody exterior, the undercurrents of civilization have never ceased to surge, and the Straw Hat crew's blatant move has clearly stirred up these undercurrents.

However, what Doflamingo never expected was...

His first impression of the Straw Hat crew, who were known as "conspirators" in the underworld, was:

"What? He's also a Shichibukai?"

"Forget it, never mind!"

"I want to eat!"

Hearing that they were about to land, Luffy, who deliberately didn't let Sanji have any extra food, clutched his stomach, determined to taste the special delicacies of Jaya Island.

However, at that moment, Doflamingo's eyes suddenly flashed.

His tone was flippant and languid, and the hem of his pink coat swayed slightly as he spoke.

He didn't retract his raised finger; instead, he swiped it to the side, and the invisible thread wrapped around his fingertip pulled a tilted wooden chair back to its original position, blocking Luffy's path.

"Sorry, Straw Hat Boy, I've booked this entire tavern."

"Fufufufu... If you want to eat, you can go to another restaurant."

The air in the tavern froze again at those words.

"Huh?" Luffy looked disappointed. "I came all the way here because I heard this place has the best food!"

but……

Since the contract has already been taken over, Luffy isn't an unreasonable guy.

He turned to his partner and said, "In that case, let's go to another one."

"Wait a minute, Luffy!"

V reached out and placed his hand on Luffy's shoulder, firmly stopping him.

He raised his head, meeting Doflamingo's playful yet dangerous gaze, a defiant smile spreading across his lips:

"No one has the right to stop our captain from eating what he wants."

V could easily see that Doflamingo was using this as an excuse to test their strength.

If it were anyone else, he probably wouldn't even bother to deal with them—with the Straw Hat crew's current strength, they certainly don't need to take too many people seriously.

But the person in front of him happens to be Doflamingo.

The Don Quixote family he controls is almost a replica of the Baroque Works in the New World, possessing not only vast resource channels but also an intricate intelligence network.

That being the case...

A faint blue light flickered in V's eyes.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to spar with him.

It would be best to take this opportunity to dampen his momentum and prepare them for their entry into the new world.

Doflamingo's playful smile vanished abruptly, and his eyes behind his crimson sunglasses narrowed into dangerous slits.

"Fufufufu...qualification?"

His deep laughter echoed in the tavern, the air seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, each syllable carrying a viscous sense of oppression.

"It seems the new Shichibukai... doesn't quite understand the 'rules'."

"You don't actually think... becoming a Shichibukai means you can be on equal footing with me, do you?"

Before the words were finished—

boom!!!

A violent, invisible shockwave exploded outwards from Doflamingo's center!

The Conqueror's Haki swept through the entire tavern like a tangible tsunami, cracking the wooden floorboards inch by inch, shattering the oil lamps on the walls, and tossing and crushing the tables and chairs like pieces of paper!

"Ugh—!"

Before Bellamy and his gang could even scream, their eyes rolled back and they all fainted.

The owner and bartender behind the bar collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Even among the Straw Hat crew, Chopper and Usopp trembled violently, their brains felt as if they had been struck by a heavy hammer, their vision blurred instantly, and their legs buckled, almost causing them to collapse.

[High-intensity psychological shock detected]

[Puppet Protocol - Mental Anchor Activated]

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Om-!

Just as Chopper and Usopp were about to lose consciousness, a cluster of fine, eerie blue electric lights suddenly burst forth from their brains!

The electric current, like a spider web, burrows through the nerve bundles and precisely pierces a pre-set "node" beneath the cerebral cortex.

A cold yet steady pulse rippled outwards, forcefully holding back the nearly collapsing sea of ​​consciousness.

"Well……!"

Chopper shook his head violently, and Usopp staggered a step before managing to steady himself. Both of them had cold sweat on their foreheads, but their eyes had regained their clarity.

Although Nami, Sanji, Zoro, and the others also turned pale, they only frowned slightly, as the invisible "barrier" in their minds had already filtered out most of the aftershocks of Conqueror's Haki.

Luffy even tilted his head and picked at his ear with his rubber fingers: "Huh? Was there a sound just now?"

Although he had not yet mastered the power of Conqueror's Haki without the guidance of a Hades master, once his strength reached a certain level, he was no longer afraid of Doflamingo's mere Conqueror's Haki attacks.

A guy who got instantly killed by fourth gear, what a mess!

However, upon seeing this, Doflamingo's pupils suddenly contracted.

His Conqueror's Haki... didn't have any effect on the Straw Hat crew at all!?

How is that possible?!

You should know...

Even a vice admiral from the Navy Headquarters would find it difficult to maintain consciousness under his domineering aura.

Surely not every member of the Straw Hat crew is at least a Vice Admiral in the Marine Headquarters?

Just as Doflamingo was in shock, a wisp of yellow sand suddenly emerged from the crack in the floor beneath his feet, coiling around his ankle like a living snake.

The sand quickly coalesced into a rough yet firm palm, tightly gripping his calf.

At the same time, V's face suddenly darkened, and the light from his blue prosthetic eye flickered rapidly, like a cold flame ignited in an icy sea.

His voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a knife, clearly cutting through the stagnant air in the tavern:

"Doflamingo... are you provoking us?"

The moment the words fell, not only did the hand of the yellow sand suddenly tighten, but a completely different kind of pressure also emanated from V's body.

That wasn't a mental impact from Conqueror's Haki, but rather a puppet program that V specially developed to simulate Conqueror's Haki.

Simply put, it involves using brain-computer interfaces to generate targeted neurosound waves that have a physiological impact on the enemy.

The moment the [Puppet Protocol: Mental Anchor] successfully withstood Doflamingo's Conqueror's Haki, V's prosthetic eye suddenly turned into a high-frequency flashing crimson.

He caught the extremely brief moment of Doflamingo's consciousness fluctuating due to shock.

"It is impolite not to reciprocate, Doflamingo."

V's voice was directly translated into a cold command through the brain-computer interface.

[Protocol Extension - Resonance Echo] Initiated.

Om-!

An invisible and intangible yet bizarre fluctuation that violently distorted the air erupted with V as its core!

This is not some mysterious pirate power.

Instead, V forcibly couples the neural impulses generated by the brain-computer interface with the frequencies of the "mental anchors" that have just stabilized in Chopper and Usopp's brains, and then converts them into ultra-high/ultra-low frequency mixed sound waves through the prosthetic amplification organs for targeted release.

In principle, it utilizes sound waves of a specific frequency to cause destructive interference to the human body's internal organs, balance system, and even neurons.

The closer the enemy is, the stronger the combined effect of physical shock and neural interference.

However, if the distance is increased even slightly, the effect will be greatly reduced immediately.

At this moment, the cramped tavern made the distance between V and Doflamingo almost face-to-face.

In addition, the brain-computer interfaces of Zoro and others, which reach level 6, form perfect "nodes," enough to allow V to form a temporary regional network.

This attack was not achieved by him alone, but by temporarily borrowing the brainpower and computing power of all his partners.

The extent of its impact is unimaginable!

"Well!"

Doflamingo, the target of the attack, instantly felt a buzzing in his brain.

Although he immediately used Conqueror's Haki to defend himself, it had little effect.

The mixed sound waves ignored his domineering defense, like countless fine needles piercing his eardrum and penetrating his skull.

He felt a violent wave of dizziness and nausea, as if his internal organs were being squeezed and shaken by an invisible hand, and even his delicate perception of controlling the "String-String Fruit" was momentarily disrupted.

"What...what did you do!?"

Driven by his subconscious, Doflamingo suddenly exerted force with his feet.

Enveloped in powerful and domineering aura, he kicked away the yellow sand that was trying to trap him, and his body quickly retreated.

In an instant, the nausea and loss of consciousness disappeared.