In a luxurious and grand room, Eiji and Doflamingo sat opposite each other.
Not long after, the maids brought in a variety of cakes and drinks. After that, they left the room respectfully.
"This is the most popular chiffon cake in Dressrosa. Usually, only ten are sold each day. I hope it suits Lord Eiji's taste."
Showing the hospitality of a host, Doflamingo didn't dare to be careless. He hadn't even had time to contact other executives because the visit was so sudden.
"It's decent."
"Glad to hear it."
Seeing Eiji eat without worrying that his food might be poisoned, Doflamingo thought the other party was either very reckless or not afraid of poison. Of course, he didn't have the guts to poison him. The risk of failure was too great for him to bear.
"Let's stop the small talk."
"So, what business does Lord Eiji have in mind?"
Not used to flattering others, Doflamingo was glad Eiji didn't like wasting time.
"Help me find a Devil Fruit." Eiji said casually.
"A Devil Fruit...? Lord Eiji, although I am a Shichibukai and the king of a kingdom, I can't do that. Devil Fruits are scattered all over the world, and finding it depends on luck."
This was beyond his expectations; Doflamingo had speculated a lot about the other party's purpose.
"Joker."
"...!!!"
Behind his glasses, Doflamingo's pupils shrank upon hearing that word from the other party.
"I know you're one of the underworld brokers. Joker, one of the top brokers, you should have connections with other brokers, right? For you, obtaining a Devil Fruit isn't impossible."
Too lazy to play with words, Eiji was straightforward.
"Fuffuffuffuffu... It's a great honor, Lord Eiji, to be known by someone as unimportant as me. It seems Joker's name is quite famous." Doflamingo chuckled, then continued, "It's true I can get Devil Fruits relying on the resources I have, but only the common ones. There is almost no chance of getting Logia type or Mythical Zoan type Devil Fruits."
Since his identity was exposed, he had to admit it.
Silence the other party?
If Doflamingo could do that, he would have done it long ago!
His intuition sensed that the expressionless young man in front of him was very dangerous.
Even if he used his trump card, Sugar, who had eaten the Hobi Hobi no Mi and could turn targets into toys and erase them from people's memories, Doflamingo felt that plan would fail.
"Rest assured, the Devil Fruit I'm after is the Paramecia type, Kanjo Kanjo no Mi."
Unaware of Doflamingo's complex thoughts, Eiji stated his goal.
"Kanjo Kanjo no Mi?"
His eyebrows slightly furrowed, Doflamingo took the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia from the distant table, with threads coming out from his fingertips wrapping around the book and pulling it.
'He looks like Spider-Man,' Eiji thought to himself.
After flipping through the book, Doflamingo found the detailed description of Kanjo Kanjo no Mi.
"As long as the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi hasn't been eaten by someone, I think I can find it."
The power of the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi wasn't appealing to many people. Usually, people would rather trade it for money than eat it themselves.
"Even if someone has already eaten it, just kill that person. That way, the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi will be reborn and circulate again." Eiji said indifferently.
In the original work, the user of the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi never appeared in the plot. In other words, that person was just a mob character who didn't even get a role to appear.
Eiji's initial intention was the Toki Toki no Mi, but the difficulty of finding it was very high. Now he changed his choice to the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi.
He refused to give up just because someone had already eaten it.
"Fuffuffuffuffu... As expected of Lord Eiji, your decisiveness and cruelty are very similar to mine."
Ignoring Doflamingo's strange laugh, Eiji took out three Devil Fruits and a chest full of money.
"Two Zoans and one Paramecia plus 500 million Belly. This is your reward if you successfully find the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi."
"Lord Eiji is serious?"
This was the first time Doflamingo had encountered someone using Devil Fruits as currency in a transaction. Moreover, not just one Devil Fruit but three!
No matter how he looked at it, the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi wasn't that valuable. He estimated its price to be only 150 million Belly.
"Kanjo Kanjo no Mi may not be useful to others, but to me, it's priceless. In short, something has value in the eyes of different people." Eiji said lightly.
Actually, he also felt uncomfortable due to his lack of emotions. Even psychiatrists couldn't solve his problem. Now that there was a method to eliminate his emotional defects, he didn't want to miss it for stingy reasons.
"Alright, I accept this commission."
Without much thought, Doflamingo agreed.
This business was very profitable; only a fool would reject it.
"Mm. This is your down payment, the rest will be given after you hand over the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi to me."
"Fuffuffuffuffu... Is Lord Eiji not worried I might run away with your money?"
Seeing the other party storing the three Devil Fruits and only leaving one chest of money, Doflamingo asked while chuckling.
Even with Kenbunshoku Haki, he failed to find the other party's method of summoning and removing items.
"Do you dare?"
Eiji's casual question silenced Doflamingo's laughter.
Unlike most pirates who had no fixed base and were always sailing, the Kingdom of Dressrosa was a base that Doflamingo had developed painstakingly for years.
He was worried that if he did dirty things behind Eiji's back, like reporting his whereabouts to the Marines, then the Kingdom of Dressrosa would face destruction at Eiji's hands.
Although threatened, Doflamingo could only bear the anger in his heart.
"Fuffuffuffuffu... Rest assured, Lord Eiji, I will do my best to complete your commission."
"Use this to contact me. Only contact me if you have found the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi."
Eiji took out a Den Den Mushi from his Storage Ring.
He bought the Den Den Mushi in the Sabaody Archipelago. He was quite interested in the communication devices in this world.
"Understood."
"Then I'll be going. I hope you don't do anything foolish, Doflamingo."
After saying that, Eiji's figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Disappear? No, he's gone."
Spreading his Kenbunshoku Haki, Doflamingo didn't sense the other party's aura in the palace.
"Fuffuffuffuffu... Interesting, it turns out that besides Haki and Devil Fruits, there are other unknown power systems."
Recalling the contents of the previous conversation, he determined the other party was not a Devil Fruit user.
If Eiji wasn't a Devil Fruit user, then how to explain his terrifying power?
Flying, teleportation, and so on...
"If I can find the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi, maybe I can establish a good relationship with him. With the support of the Chaosbringer and Kaido, no one can touch me except the Yonko."
"Fuffuffuffuffu..."
Then, Doflamingo called the Donquixote Pirates executives to discuss the full-scale search for the Kanjo Kanjo no Mi.