Chapter 1317: Diverting the Disaster North

Big Mom's request was no different from open robbery. The commercial district of the Sabaody Archipelago was almost worth its weight in gold; that was the only way for pirates to reach the New World.

Pirates belonged to a high-risk profession. Although their income was unstable, their income was very high, and they didn't know what restraint was at all.

Wanting to open an auction house in Sabaody, military force alone wouldn't work. None of the Four Emperors had any overt industries in Sabaody. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but they couldn't do it at all.

The Sabaody Archipelago was very close to the Navy Headquarters and not far from the Red Line. This was a position within reach of the World Government and the Navy.

Doflamingo could own industries in the Sabaody Archipelago entirely because of his status as a former Celestial Dragon. No matter what, Donquixote was the surname of the Celestial Dragons. The World Government and the Navy were unlikely to kill them all; the Celestial Dragons alone wouldn't allow it.

Big Mom was very smart. She didn't directly ask Doflamingo for the auction house in the Sabaody Archipelago, but asked for net profits. The one operating there was still Doflamingo.

If 50% of the profits from the Sabaody auction house was Doflamingo's limit of endurance, then the profits of the underground world were the foundation of his foothold in the New World.

Big Mom opened her mouth like a lion. Doflamingo, Red-Haired, and others looked as usual. Negotiation was like this. It wasn't that Big Mom wanted something and Doflamingo would give it. That wasn't negotiation, but extortion after Doflamingo was captured alive by Big Mom.

"Big Mom, the auction house and the underground world business are not negotiable, but..."

A smile appeared on Doflamingo's face. He had actually thought about what to pay before the negotiation.

"I can give you artificial Zoan Devil Fruits."

As soon as this was said, Big Mom and Katakuri were both stunned. Why did both sides fight for so long? Wasn't it for artificial Devil Fruits?

But now Doflamingo actually said he was willing to use artificial Devil Fruits to compensate for the Big Mom Pirates' losses?

"Long-term supply?"

Big Mom vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she still couldn't suppress the greed in her heart. With the supply of artificial Devil Fruits, she could build a fruit ability user army, which would greatly increase her power.

"It's a permanent supply, fufufufufu."

In Doflamingo's laughter, even Red-Haired couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Only one person's face gradually turned cold, and that person was Katakuri.

Big Mom looked at Doflamingo with full suspicion, unable to guess what kind of ghost idea the other party was playing for a while.

"It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

Su Xiao spoke. He of course knew Doflamingo's plan. Before coming, the two had already negotiated privately.

"What fish?"

Big Mom was hostile to Su Xiao, but now it was a negotiation. Even if she was hostile, she couldn't turn her face now. Moreover, she didn't understand what Su Xiao was saying.

"In layman's terms, it's providing you with the manufacturing process of artificial Zoan Devil Fruits. Compared to others' supply, isn't self-production more reliable?"

Su Xiao exhaled a puff of blue smoke. He and Doflamingo were both looking at Big Mom with full smiles.

Big Mom's face suddenly turned cold. She figured out what kind of ghost idea these two guys were playing.

The manufacturing process of artificial Zoan Devil Fruits? Stop joking. In the entire New World, only Doflamingo could create that ghostly thing, and multiple links were indispensable, such as Caesar Clown's raw material supply.

"Big Mom, I gave you what you wanted most. You... shouldn't refuse, right?"

Doflamingo crossed his hands in front of his chest, still full of smiles.

"Red-Haired, you say a fair word."

Doflamingo turned the spearhead to Red-Haired, and at this time, Red-Haired didn't say a word. This broken pot, he wouldn't carry it. He was here to be a notary, not to carry the pot.

"You two..."

Big Mom gnashed her teeth, and an invisible wave of air spread to the surroundings. This was her Conqueror's Haki.

"Big Mom, calm down a little."

With a crisp crack, fine cracks appeared on the chair Red-Haired was sitting on. The whole Red Force was dead silent. Big Mom's violent momentum dissipated instantly, replaced by an invisible pressure filling the whole ship, and the air began to distort irregularly.

Thud, thud...

Falling sounds came one after another from the three nearby ships.

Su Xiao's eyelids drooped, and electric-arc-like Flowing Steel Shadow energy surged on his body surface. Red-Haired was very arrogant, but the other party's Haki wasn't as terrifying as imagined.

A moment later, the pressure in the air disappeared. Su Xiao heard a gasp behind him. It was Pica. After Red-Haired released his Haki, he actually forgot to breathe for a short time.

"This is the sincerity my side has brought out. As for whether to accept it..."

Doflamingo wasn't affected by Red-Haired's Haki; after all, the other party wasn't aiming at him.

"Red-Haired, are you favoring the Donquixote Family?"

Big Mom didn't pay attention to Doflamingo at all, but stared at Red-Haired.

"Big Mom, are you prepared to let the war continue?"

"Hmph."

Big Mom snorted coldly and didn't speak anymore. The scene was deadlocked again. Doflamingo's hand lifted, and Pica behind him immediately handed over a leather document bag with the World Government's logo on it.

"Big Mom, this is a confidential document I got from the CP department. Destroy it immediately after reading it."

Doflamingo threw the document bag in his hand to Big Mom. Big Mom, with a gloomy face, took the document bag and tore it open directly.

Ten seconds later, Big Mom's face gradually eased.

"This wouldn't be a document you forged, right?"

"Of course not. You can send people to North Blue to verify."

"Hmm~"

Big Mom's attitude took a sharp turn. Looking at her expression, it seemed she was prepared to accept Doflamingo's 'compensation' that had no sincerity at all.

"I want proof that I can see right now."

Big Mom seemed still a bit uneasy. Doflamingo hesitated for a moment, his gaze looking at Red-Haired. Red-Haired had been roaming the sea for so many years, of course he immediately understood Doflamingo's meaning.

"I'm not interested in the key details of the negotiation between you."

"Thank you."

After Doflamingo whispered a few words to Pica, Pica walked toward Big Mom. Coming in front of Big Mom, Pica whispered something.

"That thing can also be innate? Bloodline what?"

Big Mom seemed very surprised, as if she was recognizing the power of technology for the first time.

"Those few people, even if you haven't seen them with your own eyes, you will have heard of them. According to my investigation, they are not Devil Fruit ability users in the true sense."

Doflamingo could basically be sure now that Big Mom agreed to this deal.

After considering for a full two minutes, Big Mom finally nodded.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao whispered to Doflamingo: "Do you have a grudge against that family?"

"Cough, there were some small frictions before."

Doflamingo answered in a low voice.

"If they know about this, they will definitely kill from North Blue to Dressrosa."

The matter Su Xiao and Doflamingo were discussing concerned a certain family, and that family was named Vinsmoke. ===== CHAPTER 1318 =====