Red Queen Doflamingo

However, although Yota had already controlled every other member of the Donquixote Family one by one with Kotoamatsukami, trouble arose when it came to Doflamingo.

When Yota used Kotoamatsukami, a powerful aura erupted from Doflamingo’s body. Under the impact of that aura, the mental imprint left by Yota’s Kotoamatsukami quickly began to falter.

By Yota’s estimate, in at most a day or two, his Kotoamatsukami would no longer be able to control Doflamingo.

"Conqueror’s Haki… I never thought it could even resist my enhanced Kotoamatsukami." Yota frowned slightly.

It was not necessarily impossible to control Doflamingo. If Yota were willing to spend half a year or a year continuously reinforcing the mental imprint with Kotoamatsukami, he should be able to withstand the pressure of Conqueror’s Haki and completely control Doflamingo.

But where was Yota supposed to find the time to waste here with Doflamingo? It was not as though he were some stunning beauty.

"If I can’t control Doflamingo, then forget it." Yota lowered the still-unconscious Doflamingo, then pressed a hand against his head. "All I can say is, you’re out of luck."

Mind Dive!

Poor Doflamingo’s eyes immediately rolled back. His entire body convulsed, and foam spilled from the corners of his mouth.

At the same time, the vast trove of memories in his mind was immediately turned over by Yota. With his eyes closed, Yota picked through them and absorbed certain important memories into the Electronic Chip within his body.

The moment Yota let go, Doflamingo collapsed to the ground with a thud, his mouth twisted and eyes askew, looking as though he were about to breathe his last.

The secret technique Mind Dive was one of the Rinnegan’s abilities. It was essentially equivalent to soul-searching; anyone struck by it would become a permanent idiot even if they survived.

When using the secret technique, Yota deliberately used Chakra to preserve Doflamingo’s last breath, leaving him merely a vegetable.

First, it was to make use of waste. Second, this world possessed things like Vivre Cards. If he truly killed Doflamingo, others might find out within minutes.

As for how he would make use of the waste… Yota took out an Electronic Chip and directly implanted it into Doflamingo’s brain.

Under normal circumstances, an Electronic Chip was merely an auxiliary device. But now that Doflamingo was completely brain-dead, this Electronic Chip containing a Red Queen subprogram immediately took control of the body.

"Red Queen, how is it?" Yota asked the current "Doflamingo."

When Doflamingo first stood up, his movements were still somewhat stiff. But the Electronic Chip’s adaptability was clearly far beyond that of an ordinary person. Within moments, his eyes had become lively and he could move without issue.

"Fufufufufu! It feels pretty good." This newly reborn Doflamingo laughed twice. His movements and expression were exactly the same as before, after all, Red Queen had received all of Doflamingo’s memories.

Then, he extended a hand and instantly shot out a thin thread, slicing a rock in half.

But Doflamingo frowned. "Although I can still use my Devil Fruit abilities, my Armament Haki has weakened far too much. And my Conqueror’s Haki and Observation Haki have completely vanished."

This was perfectly normal. The explanation for Haki had always been clear: it was formed from intangible force of will such as a person’s fighting spirit, killing intent, and confidence. The one controlling Doflamingo now was merely a computer program. Where could it possibly possess such an aura?

Being able to barely use basic Armament Haki was already thanks to Doflamingo’s powerful physique and his many years of training in Armament Haki. The remaining Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, which were more deeply connected to the mind, naturally could not be used.

"But this makes Doflamingo rather weak. Looks like I’ll have to strengthen him a bit." Yota thought for a moment.

In fact, once installed, the Electronic Chips produced by Umbrella Corporation were equivalent to mastering Life Return at its highest level. If this had been the normal Doflamingo, his strength would instead have increased considerably.

But now that he could barely use Haki, the resulting loss in strength was simply too great.

After all, Haki was the core of combat in the One Piece World. Mortal flesh had its limits, but the strength of Haki was nearly without end. Moreover, the various applications of Haki were not something a physical body alone could compare with.

The weakening caused by losing Haki was far greater than the enhancement brought by mastering Life Return.

Fortunately, while Yota had no other special talents, body modification was his old trade. He could easily give Doflamingo’s body a major enhancement. If he trained diligently in the future and developed his potential, his strength would grow even faster.

Observation Haki and Conqueror’s Haki probably could not be trained anymore, but that was not too much of a problem. He could directly enhance Doflamingo with the Uzumaki Clan’s physique. Giving him Kagura Shingan could barely substitute for Observation Haki.

As for Conqueror’s Haki, since Doflamingo had not mastered Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, whether he possessed it or not would not greatly affect his combat power. It would merely make clearing fodder more difficult.

But if it really came to clearing fodder, how could Conqueror’s Haki compare to a Devil Fruit Awakening?

After a clattering round of modifications, Yota could not help nodding. The current Red Queen Doflamingo gave off an aura that was no weaker than the original.

Together with Doflamingo’s subordinates, who had all been completely controlled—well, except for a certain Glue-Glue Fruit user whom Yota had directly crushed into a pulp because he was too disgusting, and a certain Stone-Stone Fruit user with only half a skull left—

It could be said that the entire Donquixote Family had now become Yota’s subordinates.

Next came subduing the remaining characters. Yota did not know much about the others, but he still remembered Sugar, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit user, and Violet, the former princess.

Sugar in particular—judging from its effects alone, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit was absolutely the most overpowered of all Devil Fruits, without exception.

Naturally, Yota had to control someone both dangerous and useful like that.

And fortunately, Yota did not need to seek her out himself. Sugar had already come right to him.

Just after Yota returned to Dressrosa’s city district, he noticed many little toys secretly watching him.

To avoid linking himself to Doflamingo, Yota had kept them in Dark Space all this time. Otherwise, those little toys would probably have already gone to report him.