After returning to Amazon Lily, Yami didn't call Doflamingo. He teleported directly to the Royal Palace on Dressrosa's King's Plateau to meet with Doflamingo in person, asking him to help purchase the materials needed to create modified humans and clone soldiers.
"Fuffuffuffu... these materials... if I'm not mistaken..."
Looking at the list of materials Yami provided, Doflamingo, who knew Vinsmoke Judge, and because he had Caesar—Judge's former colleague—under him, saw at a glance what Yami was trying to do. He trailed off, hesitant to speak.
"Mm, you're not mistaken."
Yami nodded, not hiding anything: "I obtained Germa's technology from Vinsmoke Judge. These materials are for creating modified humans and clone soldiers."
"Fuffuffuffu... what a wild idea."
Seeing he hadn't guessed wrong, Doflamingo's face immediately lit up with excitement: "As a newly ascended Pirate Emperor, the only gap between you and those four is foundation! But now that you have Germa's technology, and these clone soldiers can be mass-produced with money... with your current assets, your military force will soon be able to catch up to and even surpass those four."
Yami didn't respond to that, instead asking: "The person I asked you to find last year... is there any news?"
"No. My people have been searching all over the world, but haven't found anyone matching your description," Doflamingo shook his head.
"No rush. Just keep looking."
Yami said with a faint smile: "If there's no news by next year, I'll go look myself."
"Please be careful with these materials. Don't be too high-profile, to avoid alerting those guys. I'm preparing to use them to open a new era."
Hearing this, Doflamingo's eyes behind his sunglasses instantly narrowed.
Understanding the meaning behind Yami's words, he let out an evil laugh, unable to restrain his excitement: "Fuffuffuffu... I understand. I will secretly help you purchase these materials, and continue searching for that guy."
"I'm counting on you, then."
Yami nodded in satisfaction, then his body vanished in a teleport.
After leaving Dressrosa, Yami did not return to Amazon Lily. He teleported continuously to Loguetown in the East Blue.
He was quiet, and plus, the East Blue was the weakest sea. Apart from some major world news, the ordinary people here paid little attention to the Grand Line.
So, as Yami walked from an alley onto the bustling street, he didn't cause a sensation.
Buying some street food, Yami ate while using his Clairvoyance to search for Bartolomeo's tracks.
Quickly, Bartolomeo was found by Yami.
Compared to years ago, Bartolomeo was doing well for himself now. He had many subordinates around him, who were probably the same followers from the original story.
Unfortunately, he still hadn't eaten the Paramecia-type Barrier-Barrier Fruit. Yami shook his head in disappointment, muttering to himself: "It seems the last three Devil Fruits won't be so easy to get."
That's right, Yami's "inescapable in all aspects" plan was just missing the last three Devil Fruits.
As long as he obtained these last three, Yami's combat power, defense, speed, control, and strategic deterrence would all be at an "inescapable" level.
At that time, Yami would have half a foot in the trans-dimensional tier.
When he Awakened all these abilities, he would be a Human God that the entire world combined wouldn't be able to fight!
Thus, after returning to Amazon Lily, Yami didn't interfere with the management of Gran Tesoro, nor did he bother with his industries spread across the world. He threw it all to Robin, Baccarat, and Carina to handle.
Yami, on the other hand, began to change his routine. Every day, he was either in the Pegasus's library or in the cafe, reading. He didn't even play basketball, his favorite sport.
Yami's purpose in doing this was to cultivate his mind.
After mastering Conqueror's Haki Infusion, Haki was no longer Yami's weakness.
But his mind, on the other hand, was still Yami's weak point.
It had only just been the beginning of the third year since Yami transmigrated to this world.
Knowing what would happen in Sea Calendar 1522, Yami had been very rushed in the first two years, not just to seize Devil Fruits, but also to master Advanced Haki.
Logically, it should have taken Yami a long time to master Advanced Haki on his own, because his state of mind hadn't reached the standard.
Unfortunately, Yami was a "cheater."
His "Clairvoyance + Scan" ability allowed him to steal the advanced applications of Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki from Hancock and Garp, respectively.
In reality, Yami's state of mind still hadn't reached the standard.
If Yami had mastered the advanced applications of both types of Haki through his own ability, his state of mind would be qualified.
Coupled with his already powerful body, Yami would only need one catalyst to trigger his fruits' Awakening through his body and mind.
Therefore, Yami planned to take advantage of this time, while his foundation was accumulating, to let his restless mind of the past two years rest. Incidentally, he would also absorb all the medical knowledge from the Drum Kingdom and the knowledge he got from Vinsmoke Judge.
When the Black Hole Pirates' foundation had accumulated to a certain point, Yami could go find that last Devil Fruit, and then, ignoring the so-called "plot," begin his plan's final battle.
Seeing Yami begin to cultivate his mind, preparing for Devil Fruit Awakening, Carina and the girls didn't disturb their Master.
This included the clingiest one, Hancock.
After playing outside for half a year, Carina and the girls also felt it was time to quiet down.
Robin, as Yami's secretary, began to travel between Amazon Lily and Gran Tesoro, proactively training some of the more rational Kuja warriors to take on important positions in the Golden City.
A trillion-Beri cash cow... it was better to have it in their own hands.
The Donquixote Family, as if having anticipated this, was very cooperative in handing over power.
Yami and Doflamingo didn't care about such trivial matters.
While the former was cultivating his mind, the latter was mobilizing his resources to secretly purchase the materials for modified humans and clone soldiers for Yami.
After buying the materials, Doflamingo immediately called Yami. He didn't mention these things over the phone, but invited Yami to the King's Plateau for a meeting.
After all, this world has wiretapping Den Den Mushi.
Without Nami around, it was better to discuss important matters in person.
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