Chapter 1195: Doflamingo’s Confidence, the Upside-Down World

In very rare circumstances, Doflamingo had a mysterious self-confidence, believing many things were under his control.

The Gol-Gol Fruit was an example; he knew well the significance of that fruit, which was originally meant for his subordinates.

Auctioning it was just a gimmick, but Tesoro appeared out of nowhere, and the Gol-Gol Fruit ended up in someone else’s hands.

The Op-Op Fruit almost fell into his hands too, but due to Corazon’s efforts, Doflamingo ultimately missed out on it.

In a sense, Devil Fruits just didn’t align well with Doflamingo’s feng shui; every time a strong Devil Fruit was involved, his arrangements would always go awry.

Compared to his family’s odd fruits like the Float-Float Fruit, Spin-Spin Fruit, Swim-Swim Fruit, and Art-Art Fruit, the Devil Fruits that slipped out of his grasp were actually stronger. The title of the best Devil Fruit supplier wasn’t for nothing.

However, Doflamingo never recognized this point, as powerful fruits like the Hobby-Hobby Fruit and the Snow-Snow Fruit remained in his possession.

To Doflamingo, a Devil Fruit in his hands was like the road in front of Zoro.

Doflamingo strongly believed he could control the fate of this fruit, and Zoro believed he would never lose his way. Of course, Doflamingo’s success rate was far higher than Zoro’s.

If nothing unexpected happened, Doflamingo wouldn’t fail, but without surprises, Zoro would certainly get lost.

The execution ability of the Donquixote family was still very high; it wasn’t long before Monet’s message was relayed back.

“Doffy, Monet wants to report directly to you.”

“She really is a headstrong girl… hand me the Radio Snail.”

Doflamingo took back the Devil Fruit from Pika’s hand, re-closed the box, and asked Trebol to bring the Radio Snail to him.

“Monet, how’s the situation?”

“The plan is going smoothly, Young Master. I’ve acquired most of Caesar’s technology, but the most crucial part is still missing. Once we have that, we can discard him.”

“Fuffuffuffu, well done, Monet. Be careful and don’t rush things.”

Doflamingo’s personality was unique; he valued his family members, but if sacrificing one could gain greater benefits and was more advantageous for his development, he wouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Generally, he still cared about his family members unless unexpected situations arose.

“By the way, Doffy, another man has confessed to baby-5.”

“Take him out.”

“Understood, Doffy, but if you do that, baby-5 will try to assassinate you again.”

“Let her be. Her inability to refuse can be quite troublesome at times, but I’m looking forward to the reaction when the person who sold the fruit finds out it’s the Quake-Quake Fruit.”

The most directly expressive fruits are the Logia-type fruits, which allow one to become elemental and control an element to unleash elemental attacks at will.

Even an ordinary person who eats a Logia-type fruit can instantly rise to the level of a Super Rookie.

In the First Half of the Grand Line, where Haki wasn’t widespread and Seastone weapons were exceedingly rare, Logia-type fruits were synonymous with invincibility.

The Quake-Quake Fruit was different; its lower limits were a mystery, but Whitebeard had already demonstrated its upper limits.

In this case, both the person and the fruit complemented each other.

Anyone who heard of Whitebeard’s renown wouldn’t be able to resist thinking they could reach that level too.

But that was before Doflamingo spread the news; before that, only members of the Donquixote family knew the details of this fruit.

The transaction of this fruit was satisfying for both parties, including the seller, Buggy.

“Captain Buggy, we exchanged a Devil Fruit for 200 million Belly; please take a look.”

“Hmm? Good job, boys; keep up the good work next time.”

Buggy never cared what kind of fruit it was. Eating the Chop-Chop Fruit was an accident for him. He hid this fruit at the time solely to exchange for money. If not for Shanks, he wouldn’t have eaten it.

When he heard his underlings had directly sold the fruit and returned with the money, Buggy wasn’t angry; instead, he felt they had done the right thing.

In his view, the fruit was meant to be sold.

At least until the fruit’s type was revealed, Buggy’s smile could be maintained.

If he knew its specific type, the value of the Quake-Quake Fruit would be far more than 200 million Belly.

…

While Doflamingo was scheming their major events, the Hundred Beasts were also busy with their own affairs. Arceus’s Origin had been missing for some time.

If any High-Level Official’s ship had been missing for so long, the Hundred Beasts should have mobilized other forces to search for it, yet Arceus’s ship hadn’t caused such a situation.

They couldn’t believe anything on the sea could cause Arceus’s ship to vanish without even the chance to send feedback, but it just maintained a fixed communication frequency.

Among them, Yamato was undoubtedly the most anxious. The mysterious disappearance of Arceus meant that Kaidou’s threat to her increased dramatically.

Thus, besides maintaining regular contact, Yamato also tried to reach Arceus intermittently, until one day at noon, she finally got through.

“Father, you scared me to death. It’s been many days, and you finally responded.”

“Many days? Has it really been that long?”

“Yes, we haven’t heard from you for ten days. Father, where have you been?”

“A very special place. Perhaps you should come and see for yourself.”

Before Yamato on Ghost Island could understand what Arceus meant, a purple vortex suddenly appeared and sucked her in.

There was no dizziness, but when Yamato once again looked around the world, she found everything was inverted.

It was originally evening, but now the sun’s position had shifted, meaning it was morning.

The space was filled with bizarre rock pillars and some peculiar structures. Many of them in Yamato’s eyes were similar to those from the outside world, but all of them, without exception, were inverted.

Here, the sky seemed to be the ground, and only after Yamato assumed an upside-down position did everything appear normal to her.

“Reversed World? Father? Where are you? Is this your new trick?”

No sooner had she spoken than the Origin appeared beside her, and the people on the ship, like her, were curiously observing this world.

“Father, where is this place?”

“Here? People on the sea used to call this place Rainbow Mist, but now, you can call it the Reversed World. Only, this world still lacks some crucial elements. We’ll complete it slowly in the future.”