Is this the attitude of asking for help!?
Doflamingo didn't know what to say. He had seen all kinds of pirates, weak ones, tough ones, domineering ones, arrogant ones, and brutal ones, but a style like Vladimir's was unique, with no other branch.
Say nothing, fight first, and then talk after the fight. There were other ways to show strength and gain the respect you deserved!
Doflamingo really wanted to point at Vladimir's nose and curse out these words, but reason made him swallow them back.
"What do you want me to do?"
After a long silence, Doflamingo gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, this isn't the place to talk. Follow me."
Saying this, he turned and walked away.
His left hand was still bleeding, but he didn't say a word.
Seeing this, Vladimir dispelled the youkai fox cloak and followed him without hesitation.
He wasn't afraid of Doflamingo having any thoughts. It was 10 years ago, and the other party couldn't even "awaken" his Devil Fruit ability yet.
His strength was a little worse than Admiral level and hadn't reached its peak yet, so he couldn't make any big waves in front of the nine-tailed fox.
The two went one after the other and arrived at a building in the style of a church.
Vladimir was invited to the living room, and Doflamingo went to bandage his wounds.
During this time, a maid brought tea. Vladimir didn't drink it, fearing that the other party would poison it. The nine-tailed fox was an energy body, but it was hard to say whether it was immune to toxins, so it was better to be cautious.
Vladimir sat silently on the sofa. Before long, Doflamingo finished treating his wounds and came to sit opposite him.
"Nine-Tailed Fox, are you a member of Phantom?" As soon as he sat down, Doflamingo said, "How can I believe you? How do you prove it?"
"Still need to prove it?" Vladimir laughed, "Do you need me to call another member over? Or Shadow Fiend, Ibaraki, which one do you think is suitable?"
Hearing this, Doflamingo was speechless. One nine-tailed fox was already so difficult to deal with. If another member came, wouldn't he be rubbed on the ground by the other party, able to be kneaded however they wanted?
"No, I believe you. There's no one like you among the great pirates of the New World. Apart from the mysterious Phantom, I can't think of any force that would produce an expert like you."
Vladimir waved his hand and said, "I'm not going to talk nonsense with you. Let's get down to business."
"Tell me, what is it?" Doflamingo returned to normal, crossed his legs, and began to look at him seriously.
The nine-tailed fox's appearance was about 28 or 9 years old, a young man with short black hair, looking handsome, but his eyes weren't human eyes, but golden fox eyes.
"I need a lot of Devil Fruits." Vladimir didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "No, it's we Phantom who need them."
"Devil Fruits?" Doflamingo frowned slightly, "An ability user army?"
"You don't need to ask about the details. You just need to get them for me, and you won't be shortchanged."
Vladimir took out a bankbook, put it on the table, and pushed it over.
Doflamingo picked it up and looked at it, 1 billion!
"This is a deposit." Vladimir said.
Releasing 1 billion at once showed enough sincerity. Doflamingo believed that the other party wasn't here to play with him, but really needed Devil Fruits, and in large quantities.
Thinking of this, he immediately laughed, "Fufufu, you should have said so earlier. There's no need to fight to the death to do business."
Said so earlier?
Vladimir curled his lips. If he didn't show some strength, throwing out this 1 billion would be like throwing a meat bun to a dog, gone and never coming back. Wouldn't he still have to use force to solve it?
"Fufufu, on the black market now, Devil Fruits are priceless. Basically, as soon as they appear, they will be bought by others."
Doflamingo grinned and said, "How do you want to acquire them?"
"100 million per fruit." Vladimir said calmly.
"Impossible, there has to be a limit to joking." Doflamingo's eyes twitched, and he said dissatisfied, "An Zoan type Devil Fruit will cost at least 200 million, and that's if there aren't many people competing. If it's a Paramecia type, it will double depending on the type. Logia type... you can't possibly buy it."
Logia type ability users had the "fluid" characteristic, which made this series of fruits increase in value many times. Even on the black market, they had never appeared.
"Then acquire them at a price of 300 million per fruit. I don't care how much you get them for... The difference in the middle is your reward."
Vladimir wasn't interested in bargaining with the other party. For him, money was relatively easy to obtain, but Devil Fruits were troublesome...
In fact, Vladimir was also very clear that Doflamingo would definitely make a profit with a price of 300 million per fruit. After all, if he didn't give benefits to the other party for doing things for him, others wouldn't care too much.
Seeing this, Doflamingo thought for a moment and immediately agreed.
"Okay. I'll give it to you in a month. The transaction point is still here."
One month wasn't fast or slow, but it was definitely faster than Shanks.
Vladimir nodded and smiled, "Very good, it's settled then."
After speaking, he paused, pondered for a moment, and then said, "This matter ends here for now. Next, let's talk about a big deal."
"A big deal?" Doflamingo's heart stirred. He was a little curious about what could make the nine-tailed fox say the word big deal.
Although he personally didn't like this person, it didn't affect both sides doing business.
"Have you heard of 'Artificial Devil Fruits'?"
"Artificial Devil Fruits?"
Doflamingo instantly thought of some things and a hint of interest appeared in his heart.
No one knew how Devil Fruits came about specifically. Legend had it that they were treasures of the sea, salvaged from the sea. Others said that there was a Devil Fruit tree in the world, and all the fruits came from there.
But artificial Devil Fruits were heard for the first time.
Vladimir's face was as usual, and he said, "Of course you don't know, because this thing hasn't appeared yet."
"Then what do you mean? Does Phantom have artificial technology?"
"Not us, but a certain figure in the Navy." Vladimir shook his head and said, "And I need to bring this person out of the Navy."
Artificial Devil Fruits, if there wasn't him in this world, then, according to the normal development of the situation, this thing would appear in 10 years.
Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, even used this to form an ability user army of more than 500 people!
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