Chapter 214 Being Prostituted

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"Total profit for this month is 6 million peso, minus total expenses of 4500 million peso, of which ... there is a surplus of 6 million peso."

"Why is the revenue this month so much less? I remember last month's total revenue was over 8 million and the total expenditure was less than 4 million, right?"

Hearing this, Doflamingo couldn't help but frowned and asked.

Facing the boss's questioning, ordinary minions would have been scared to death, but as the highest executives of the family, the relationship between the four of them and Doflamingo was actually more like a partnership, so Diamandi did not panic. He slowly closed the book and said:

"Dover, that's exactly what I'm going to talk about next."

"Shu~"

Diamandi took out a roll of enlarged photos, which fluttered in his hands and spread out. What was displayed in front of the people was a warship of the Navy Headquarters. Several figures wearing white cloaks of justice could be vaguely seen standing on the bow of the warship.

"navy?"

Pica, who was in charge of guarding the house and had little involvement in the family business, was the first to raise questions, his voice still as sharp.

Everyone present was an old acquaintance, and no one reacted to his "shrill voice".

Diamandi nodded and continued.

"Yes, a warship from the Navy Headquarters recently arrived in the North Sea, and the person leading this elite navy is Vice Admiral Ahe. Their actions in the North Sea have seriously affected the normal operation of many of our businesses, causing our income this month to drop by nearly 3%. They also accidentally destroyed several of our bases and contact points. The 50% increase in expenditure this month is because we need to deploy manpower and funds to rebuild the sites."

"Is it really just an accident? It's not coming just for us, is it?"

Vergo said with some concern. Diamandi put down the photo and stroked his chin as he analyzed:

"It shouldn't be. All business channels are completed by several levels of agents. The people below don't know who they are working for. Even if we catch some minions, we can't find out anything. We have always been very cautious and careful, so it is impossible for us to be exposed."

"Well, well, the Navy should just see the chaos in the North Sea and come here to show off to the allied countries, right? Haven't we encountered similar things before? There's no need to panic, slurp~"

Trebol said while sniffling.

Listening to the conversation between the few people, Doflamingo's brows furrowed even more.

He had a feeling that things were not that simple, but he couldn't figure out where the problem was. Maybe it was just like what Torrebol said, and he was just overthinking it?

"Young Master, what should we do next? Should we find a chance to kill these marines who are getting in the way?"

Diamandi asked, and the others turned their eyes to the man in the main seat.

"Fuff, fu, fu~"

Doflamingo grinned and laughed wildly.

"No, killing them will only bring more trouble. Let's first take over the industries in the North Sea that are most likely to be exposed. Don't worry too much about the gains and losses at the moment. We can temporarily shift our focus to the industries in the first half. They can't stay in the North Sea forever, and we won't stay in the North Sea forever. Let's release some false information and leak the intelligence of some of our business rivals to the Navy. We can treat the Navy like a dog and maybe they can help us kill a few competitors! Haha."

Doflamingo's words alone made the four people find their backbone. They immediately slammed the table and shouted:

"Young Master is wise!"

"Ffufufu, since the navy wants to wade into the muddy waters of the North Sea, let them know how deep the water is! No one can let our Don Quixote family suffer in vain! We will definitely get back these losses tenfold or a hundredfold!"

"Young Master is right! We will ask the Navy to compensate us for our losses sooner or later!"

The four of them joined in the flattery.

Pica beat his chest and roared excitedly, and suddenly found that he could only use the Stone-Stone Fruit to control the stone as his right hand. He couldn't help but think of an unhappy past. Thinking of the guy who cut off his right hand, Pica hated him so much that he could only use the stone prosthesis now, and his hand speed and touch were not as good as before.

"Damn it! I will take revenge one day!!"

“Blu-blu-blu, blu-blu-blu!”

The call of a Den Den Mushi interrupted the heated atmosphere in the conference room.

"This is!?"

The four highest-ranking officials of the Don Quixote family showed complicated expressions at the same time.

"Crack!"

Doflamingo picked up the phone and watched Den Den Mushi begin to imitate the other's appearance and expression and reveal its signature sly smile. Mingo's face gradually became gloomy.

"Hey, Brother Dover, how are you doing lately? I haven't seen you for a few months, so you should be doing well now, right?"

"Fuffuffuff, what do you want from me? Just tell me."

Doflamingo ignored the other party's teasing and didn't want to waste time asking directly about the purpose of the visit.

"Haha, can't I just come and catch up with you? Can our relationship only stay at the level of creditor and debtor?"

Seeing that Den Den Mushi deliberately raised his eyebrows after he finished speaking, the veins on Doflamingo's forehead became more obvious.

"Seeing something reminds me of you. Today, I was doing an experiment with your shadow and the dog, so I thought of calling you. I wanted to see if you were dead. After all, if you were dead, my five devil fruits would become a bad debt. Now that I know you're still alive, I want to ask you, when are you going to pay me back?"

"Fuh, fu, fu!"

Doflamingo could only use laughter to cover up his anger.

"Those are five devil fruits, not five cabbages. How can I collect them so quickly? It will take at least two or three years, right? If you are willing to take two or three less, I should be able to collect them faster. If there is nothing else, I will die. I have to hurry up and look for devil fruits."

"Hahaha, you're still so arrogant, Dover. Now the one who owes the money is the boss, right? You'd better hurry up. I don't know if this shadow has a shelf life. What will happen if it's out of the body for too long? It's okay for me to lose my five devil fruits, but it might be troublesome for you to never have a shadow."

Gel thought that if Moriah could develop the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to the point where attacking the shadow could feed back the pain or damage to the main body, Gel would definitely take out Doflamingo's shadow and play with it to see if he dared to be so arrogant.

"Hmph! Thank you for calling me to remind me. I will collect enough devil fruits for the transaction as soon as possible. I hope you won't play any tricks by then!"

Doflamingo can still be flexible when facing someone he really cannot defeat. After all, he still has to get his shadow back, and he cannot have such a big weakness for nothing. So if possible, he does not want to offend Gul to death.

He wants to be the king of the dark world, but he doesn't want to be a rat who can only hide in the darkness forever.

Seeing that he was still tough on the outside, but had clearly softened in his attitude, Gel smiled with satisfaction and pretended to ask a question:

"By the way, Dover, you are at least involved in the underworld. Do you know where to sell the wood of the precious tree Adam?"

Doflamingo, who was thinking about ending this unpleasant conversation as soon as possible, didn't think about it and blurted out:

"There will be an anniversary celebration at the No. 3 auction house in Shampoodi in three days. There will be many items for sale that are not usually available, including the treasure tree Adam you mentioned."

"Okay, bye."

"Crack!"

Doflamingo looked at the call that was hung up without hesitation, and slowly realized that he had been taken advantage of for free.

Damn bastard! This is his real purpose!

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