Cursed Tongue Eradication

However, just as Queen was about to leave, Yota raised a hand. "Wait a moment. Let me put a seal on you first."

"Hm? A seal?" Queen asked strangely. Before he could react, one of Yota’s hands was already pressed against him. Black runes instantly spread from the point of contact, eventually gathering around Queen’s neck before gradually fading away.

Queen touched his neck in confusion, only to find his tongue stiff and his mouth awkward, as though something were faintly lodged in his throat.

"Um, Lord Yota, that thing just now…" Queen asked, his face somewhat pale. Without another word, Yota formed a hand seal. Queen immediately found himself unable to utter another word, while an invisible force seemed to clamp around his throat, leaving him utterly unable to breathe.

"Urgh! Urgh! Urgh!" He struggled for a long while before Yota finally released him, allowing him to barely catch his breath.

"What I placed on you just now was the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal." Yota smiled lightly. "With this seal, you won’t be able to say things you shouldn’t. And if I’m dissatisfied, I think you understand very clearly what the consequences will be."

A trace of fear flashed through Queen’s eyes, and he hurriedly nodded. Black mist rose from Yota’s hand as he patted the back of Queen’s head, planting a biological chip in his brain. This counted as a second layer of surveillance.

Afterward, Yota swept his gaze around and saw that Ulti and Page One’s expressions had also turned somewhat ugly, but he did not do anything to the siblings.

The reason was simple. The two siblings still had a bond with each other, so they would think twice before doing anything.

After all, they had to consider more than just themselves. They also had to consider their sister or brother.

In fact, throughout history, people with families and responsibilities had always been easier to trust and more likely to rise to high positions within an organization. There had never been any truth to the idea that adopted orphans were more loyal.

People’s hearts were unpredictable. An orphan only had to feed themselves and had nothing to lose; the cost of betrayal was simply too low. Naturally, they were not as easy to control as people with families and livelihoods.

Unless they underwent so-called brainwashing and were raised as death warriors. But such training consumed astonishing resources, and they could not be allowed much contact with the outside world, or they would easily rebel. They certainly could not be entrusted with independent responsibility.

Thus, Yota was actually willing to accept Ulti and Page One as genuine subordinates.

"Alright, things are more or less settled." Yota stretched lazily and said to Ulti and Page One, "You can go out and have some fun. Dressrosa is basically our territory now. By the way, who won your fight in the arena earlier?"

At Yota’s question, Ulti immediately put on a smug expression. "Of course little Page One won."

Page One rolled his eyes, too embarrassed to say that his sister had been defeated the instant she entered the arena in an outrageously theatrical fashion. The fake fight had been on par with the staged match between Feng Baobao and Zhang Chulan, and the entire arena had erupted into jeers.

At the time, Page One had felt that he might as well have just been defeated outright.

Yota smiled faintly. One look at the siblings’ expressions told him that it must have been quite an amusing scene. He then asked them, "Have you ever thought about changing Devil Fruits?"

"Changing Devil Fruits?" Page One let out a quiet cry, a gleam flashing in his eyes. "My lord, do you have a Devil Fruit for me to exchange for?"

"Thinking of getting your hands on the Devil Fruits I have?" Yota chuckled. "That depends on what kind of merits you earn."

"Rather than setting your sights on the Devil Fruits in my hands, you might as well think about taking Devil Fruits from other pirates. As long as you capture a Devil Fruit user, I can extract the Devil Fruit from their body."

Upon hearing this, the joy on their faces diminished slightly.

The Devil Fruits they had eaten were already powerful Ancient Zoan Dinosaur Fruits. Looking across the entire sea, they could be considered fairly formidable Devil Fruits.

It was not as though there were no Devil Fruits stronger than theirs, but those who possessed such Devil Fruits would certainly not be weak. Capturing them alive would be incredibly difficult.

Moreover, a Devil Fruit had to suit their fighting styles. Otherwise, it might not necessarily unleash greater power.

Still, Yota’s promise gave them something to hope for. The siblings were talented and had Devil Fruits as their foundation, but even so, the most they could achieve in this life was becoming Great Elites in a Four Emperors crew.

But if they could obtain powerful Devil Fruits, they might even advance to the strength of an Emperor Vice-Captain.

Born in the Beasts Pirates, the siblings craved strength immensely. Otherwise, they would not have stolen Devil Fruits at such a young age.

After speaking with the siblings, Yota planned to take another look around Dressrosa. But the moment he stepped outside, a little toy wrapped its arms around his leg.

"I’d forgotten about all these toys… This won’t be easy to deal with." Yota scratched his head. If he truly released all these toys, the Donquixote Family would be completely finished.

Yota still wanted to make use of the Donquixote Family, so he naturally had to consider the consequences.

But what was with this little toy? Sugar should have already controlled all the toys.

"What’s going on with this toy? Didn’t you control it properly?" Yota asked Sugar curiously.

Sugar giggled. "This toy’s identity is quite extraordinary. She’s the princess of Dressrosa, and she even joined our Donquixote Family before. But just now, because Lord Yota defeated Doflamingo, she tried to secretly betray us, so I turned her into a toy."

"Since we still needed her ability at the time, I didn’t control her too strictly."

Yota was slightly stunned. "This is Violet? The Glint-Glint Fruit user?"

The Glint-Glint Fruit was extremely overpowered. Yota’s clearest impression of this Devil Fruit was its four-thousand-kilometer range of vision.

What did that number mean? Basically, if she stood at the very center of China, she could see every part of the entire country. It was precisely because of this absurd visual ability that Yota remembered this Devil Fruit so clearly.

Thinking of Naruto, Neji Hyuga’s Byakugan had a visual range of only around eight hundred meters. The difference was a full five thousand times. One could imagine just how outrageous it was.

Violet was also quite a memorable supporting character, so Yota really did remember her.

"Lord Yota knows about her too?" Sugar said with a giggle, holding the Violet toy that was constantly struggling in her hand. "This woman’s ability really is quite useful."