Chapter 1318: He Really Dares

The Vinsmoke Family once used military force to dominate North Blue. Even if they had declined now, they were still a force not to be underestimated.

As for why the deal between Doflamingo and Big Mom would involve the Vinsmoke Family, this was entirely Doflamingo deliberately pitting the Vinsmoke Family.

Doflamingo was willing to hand over the manufacturing method of artificial fruits, but this thing was worthless to Big Mom. Even if she possessed the manufacturing method, she couldn't possibly manufacture artificial Devil Fruits, unless she kidnapped Caesar Clown.

Once Big Mom kidnapped Caesar Clown, it would undoubtedly cause war again. By then, the main force of the war wouldn't be the Donquixote Family, but Kaido.

Therefore, Big Mom getting the manufacturing method of artificial Devil Fruits was useless. Under these circumstances, Doflamingo let Big Mom see a turning point.

The secret intelligence recorded in the document Doflamingo took out before was that the head of the Vinsmoke Family, Vinsmoke Judge, had once served in an illegal research team with Vegapunk. In their research, they discovered 'Lineage Factors'. This thing was the research result obtained after deeply analyzing Devil Fruits.

Vegapunk developed artificial Devil Fruits precisely by relying on 'Lineage Factors'. Caesar Clown could only be considered a latecomer.

Vinsmoke Judge, who researched 'Lineage Factors' together with Vegapunk, was of course no ordinary person. This guy researched Lineage Factors even more deeply; he even manufactured artificial humans, as well as descendants who were born with partial Devil Fruit abilities, etc.

Caesar Clown, this half-baked guy, could come up with artificial Devil Fruits. Could Vinsmoke Judge, who was proficient in Lineage Factors, not develop artificial fruits?

No, Vinsmoke Judge was already developing 'congenital artificial Devil Fruit ability users', which were his descendants.

The second son of the Vinsmoke Family, Vinsmoke Ichiji, could use electric shock to attack enemies, and that was without wearing a combat suit.

Not only that, the eldest daughter of the Vinsmoke Family was nearly immune to toxins and could absorb various toxins into her body. This couldn't be done by relying on the Vinsmoke Family's combat suits at all. No matter how you looked at it, these were Devil Fruit abilities.

Although their abilities weren't as obvious as fruit abilities, combined with Vinsmoke Judge's research on Lineage Factors, everything revealed an unusual taste.

At least based on the evidence provided by Doflamingo, Big Mom felt that this matter was relatively reliable. Even if it wasn't reliable, she could settle accounts later. As long as she cleaned up that unknown force, she could fully deal with the Donquixote Family.

Doflamingo didn't care about the life or death of the Vinsmoke Family at all. The Vinsmoke Family didn't know that disaster was coming from the sky. They were about to be targeted by the Big Mom Pirates.

A frontal attack on Vinsmoke wasn't wise. Big Mom needed the knowledge in Vinsmoke Judge's brain. As for the other party's descendants, killing one or two to warn others was a good choice.

With Big Mom's style, she would most likely send people to 'accidentally' befriend the Vinsmoke Family. After a period of cooperation, she would then propose marriage or something similar.

Not to mention how Big Mom would deal with the Vinsmoke Family, the negotiation between the Donquixote Family and the Big Mom Pirates had clearly been mostly settled.

Doflamingo took out the manufacturing method of artificial Devil Fruits. As for Kaido's attitude, Doflamingo didn't care at all.

The negotiation today, Kaido didn't show up, which already explained everything. But Kaido had sent people to support the Donquixote Family after all, so Doflamingo couldn't easily turn against Kaido directly.

What he was doing now was not offending either side. There were no eternal enemies among pirates, only eternal interests. As for the two children Big Mom lost, there was no need to care at all. As long as the subsequent benefits were sufficient, Big Mom would selectively forget this matter.

Big Mom actually didn't care about the life or death of most of her children. She had even killed her own children with her own hands. Dying on the battlefield could only be considered a sacrifice for the pirate crew.

If this matter happened on Whitebeard's ship, it would be lively. With the degree to which Whitebeard valued his family, if the old man didn't wipe out all the backbone of the Donquixote Family, this matter would never end.

Here at Big Mom's, losing one or two children wasn't a fight to the death. Big Mom had a total of 85 children. To this day, less than 40 of the 85 children were still alive. Where did the remaining children go?

"Doflamingo, I temporarily believe the intelligence you provided, but you still have to compensate for military weapons worth five billion Berries."

"Fine."

Doflamingo agreed almost without thinking, because he knew that these five billion military weapons didn't need to be compensated to Big Mom at all. This was the face the other party wanted. He only needed to send a dozen ships, get a bunch of empty wooden boxes, and send them to Big Mom's territory. As long as Big Mom's subordinates had a little bit of sense, they wouldn't open these wooden boxes.

This negotiation was completely finalized. Judging from the results, both sides were very satisfied. If Big Mom operated properly, she had a certain possibility of getting artificial Devil Fruits, and Doflamingo didn't suffer any substantial losses.

Su Xiao didn't want to end this war, but fighting until now, this was already the best result. Once the Donquixote camp he was in was wiped out, his promotion/main mission would fail, which was a more serious loss, and most of the previous efforts would be in vain.

The negotiation ended, and both sides of course wouldn't hold a banquet to celebrate. Even now, both sides still wanted to kill each other, and it was only under the pressure of the situation that they chose to reconcile.

"Charlotte Linlin."

Su Xiao suddenly spoke. Big Mom, who had already stood up, showed displeasure. She had originally wanted to use this negotiation to get rid of Su Xiao, but Su Xiao didn't give her the chance.

As soon as Su Xiao spoke, Doflamingo stepped on the ground and jumped directly onto his ship. The meaning was clearly that what happened next had nothing to do with him. This guy... actually slipped away.

It had to be said that Doflamingo was very witty. Before the negotiation, he had already felt that something was wrong.

Seeing Doflamingo 'fleeing in a panic', Red-Haired also saw that the momentum was wrong.

"Since both sides have settled, the negotiation ends..."

Before Red-Haired finished speaking, Su Xiao took out a Devil Fruit.

"This is..."

Katakuri was stunned for a moment, then full of rage. He had seen the Devil Fruit in Su Xiao's hand. He had witnessed a close relative eat this fruit, and many family members held a tea party to celebrate. At the tea party, the little brat who ate the Devil Fruit demonstrated the fruit ability and handed Katakuri a biscuit.

"Katakuri brother, eat this."

Katakuri still remembered that the biscuit was very hard and didn't taste very good, as well as the little brat who cried and wanted to run away from home when getting an injection.

"You bastard!"

Red light flashed in Katakuri's eyes. Not to mention outsiders, even Charlotte Linlin had never seen Katakuri so furious.

"Charlotte Linlin, let's talk about a deal."

Su Xiao held the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit in one hand, and in the other hand was an Apollo, an extremely unstable Apollo. This Apollo had been activated and stopped by Su Xiao no less than ten times. By the end, this thing could only be preserved through a refrigeration device, and the preservation time was no more than ten hours.

In this state, the Apollo could no longer be activated remotely. As long as Su Xiao crushed the Apollo, it would explode immediately.

Although using Red-Haired's deterrence to contain Charlotte Linlin during the negotiation was a good choice, he and Red-Haired weren't allies.

Su Xiao couldn't be sure that Red-Haired would definitely help him. Some things needed to be accomplished by his own ability, just like now.

Red-Haired looked at the Apollo in Su Xiao's hand, sensing the terrifying fluctuation of the Apollo, and he judged one thing: if this thing exploded, his beloved Red Force would leave him.

"Hmm?"

Big Mom looked coldly at Su Xiao and walked toward Su Xiao. She didn't believe Su Xiao dared to detonate a bomb on Red-Haired's ship.

A hand grabbed Big Mom's arm. It was Katakuri, with cold sweat seeping from his cheeks. He foresaw that Su Xiao really dared. ===== CHAPTER 1319 =====