Chapter 158: The Development Of New Abilities Failed, And The Young Master Is A Little Annoyed.

The port of Dressrosa.

Senor knocked down a slave catcher with a punch, and cursed, "Why is there such a short-sighted guy in New World?"

Since Dressrosa reopened its connections to the underworld, including the dark world and gray zone, the port of Dressrosa has also flourished at a noticeable pace.

However, what followed was the issue of law and order.

Even if Doflamingo, as a Shichibukai, had a head-to-head fight with the Bigmom pirates and succeeded in establishing his prestige, he still couldn't hold back the guys who wanted to defeat him and dared to do evil here.

But if you think about it carefully, this is also a normal thing. On the Sabaody Archipelago, there are gangsters who dare to snipe Borsalino, a Marine Admiral.

The world is vast, filled with countless wonders, and it both challenges the timid and rewards the bold.

What if it works?

It is estimated that this situation will continue for a period of time, and as Dressrosa continues to kill, capture or defeat these group of vicious gangsters, these villains will no longer have any chances.

The woman rescued by Senor seemed quite enamored and tried to cling to Senor's body, but Senor coldly ignored her advances.

A few younger brothers from the Donquixote Family came up, ready to stab each of these short-sighted guys and send them to their grave.

But Senor waved his hand and said: "Don't kill him, tie him up first, he can be useful to the young master.

After a while, Senor left the port wharf with a few tied up hapless gangsters.

In King's Plateau, although the castle has been demolished, there are still some facilities that have not been destroyed, such as the dark dungeon built for the prisoners of Dressrosa.

This dungeon should not have been built by the Donquixote Family, it was probably built by the Riku royal family later.

Due to this, it isn't particularly old and can continue to be used. Doflamingo thinks that since it's used by prisoners anyway, there's no need to renovate or rebuild it.

What? The dungeon is a bit leaky? It doesn't matter. When it gets serious, it can be converted into a water dungeon.

At this time, Doflamingo was in the dungeon.

He was squatting in a cage, the cell door behind him was open, and the prisoner who was originally held here was already lying on the ground, his body dripping with blood and twitching continuously.

Doflamingo's body exuded strange fluctuations, a few drops of blood dripped from his fingertips, and he said with a somewhat impatient expression: "Failed again..."

That's right, Doflamingo is using the prisoners in the dungeon to conduct his own ability development experiments.

Thanks to him, there are not many living people in the dungeon now.

However, Riku Dolde III is a relatively tolerant king, so when this dark dungeon was first taken over by Doflamingo, the prisoners inside were not killed. 

Just as Doflamingo was contemplating the development of his ability, a flurry of footsteps echoed in the corridor of the dungeon.

It was Senor, and he just happened to arrive with a fresh prisoner.

"Young Master" Senor called out, and then said: "Fresh materials are here."

"Oh!" Doflamingo stood up, turned around with a smile and said, "Thank you, Senor, I was just about to call you."

Senor looked at the prisoner in the cage who didn't die, but probably couldn't survive, and asked a little curiously: "Is it another failure?"

"Well..." Doflamingo nodded, and then said: "Since the ability to create family members has been successfully developed, I want to further train it in a similar field. For example, in the legends, vampires will use abilities similar to 'charm', which can manipulate opponents on a spiritual level..."

"Manipulate the other party on a spiritual level?" Senor said with a little expectation: "If it succeeds, it will be much more convenient to torture important information from prisoners in the future."

"That's right." Doflamingo nodded, but then shook his head regretfully and said: "But it seems that it has failed so far.

Whenever he tried to control the spirit of the other party, the other party would have a strong sense of resistance, and then the blood all over his body would start to flow backwards, and their seven orifices would bleed all at once, and he would quickly die.

Doflamingo has tried many times, and the result is that every prisoner ends the same way, and these prisoners are basically ordinary people.

He can't control ordinary people, and it will be even more impossible with strong inmates. 

Thinking of this, Doflamingo was a little annoyed and unhappy. He squeezed his palm suddenly, and a wave of energy spread out.

The half-dead prisoner who was twitching on the ground suddenly twisted his body, and with a snap, he became a corpse, which was quickly compressed by an inexplicable force, forcibly 'squeezing' all the blood out of the body and flowing onto the ground.

This horrific scene made some prisoners behind Senor tremble with fear, fearing that they would turn into such a ghostly appearance in the next moment.

After venting for a while, Doflamingo calmed down his slightly irritable mood and smiled again. "But that doesn't mean there's no gain. I hadn't opened my mind before. This time, from the failed experiment, I saw the tragic situation of these people after their blood flowed backwards, which gave me a new idea..."

In the future, it is not necessary to extract the opponent's blood from their body, but maybe he can directly make their blood flow backward into the body, maybe it can achieve an unexpected result?

After chatting with Senor for a few more minutes, the prisoners were also separated into various cages by the younger subordinates of the Donquixote Family.

Doflamingo had no interest in continuing to study today, and soon left the dungeon with Senor.

After the castle was demolished, Doflamingo basically lived in a temporary camp on King's Plateau.

When Doflamingo arrived, holding an umbrella and chatting with Senor, he saw a middle-aged man in noble clothes who had been waiting at the entrance of the camp for a long time.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, your loyal subject Tirios greets you," the middle-aged nobleman immediately greeted Doflamingo when he saw him, kneeling on the ground with one knee and saluting humbly.

Doflamingo said with a smile: "I am very satisfied with your loyalty, come in and talk."

As soon as the words fell, Doflamingo opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.

Tirios is one of the nobles of Dressrosa. Not long ago, because Doflamingo killed the entire family of the Chancellor of Commerce, the position was vacant.

As Dressrosa is a kingdom, although Doflamingo cursed angrily at the time that there was no need for finances, in fact, someone still had to be in charge of this matter.

As the first group of nobles who offered their "loyalty" to him, Tirios became Dressrosa's new finance minister.

After sitting down, Doflamingo picked up the teacup that the maid had made, took a sip, looked at Tirios, and said, "Hasn't everything regarding the new tax policy been settled already? Since you came to me this time, what do you want to report? Did you encounter any resistance in the process of implementing the policy?"

The common people have offered resistance to the new tax policy, but the aristocrats did not.

If he really encountered any resistance, Doflamingo would also feel regretful, regretting that he still killed lightly, leaving those bastard nobles still thinking about luck, and still lacking enough development for him.

As the tyrant of Dressrosa, Doflamingo readily accepted this title, he was extremely ruthless against those nobles.

According to past experiences or the general taxation policies in the sea, the richest aristocratic class in the country is typically the group that pays the least tax.

And civilians, businessmen, these groups that have nothing to do with the noble class, have been taxed the most. 

This is easy to understand because the various systems in most countries are formulated by the aristocratic class. After all, including the king, they all belong to the aristocratic class.

When you make rules for yourself, will you harm yourself?

Obviously, most nobles are not so selfless.

The previous Dressrosa was also the same.

Although King Riku is kind and tolerant, he still shares governance of Dressrosa with the nobles. He lacks the ability to completely subdue them, so he must abide by certain rules. The reason the Riku royal family lacks wealth is likely because King Riku neither exploits the nobles nor oppresses the common people.

In this way, neither side can collect any money.

From the point of view, Doflamingo recognized King Riku's benevolence, but felt that his behavior was very stupid, because it would lead to the further decline of the royal family. Sooner or later, he would be oppressed by various nobles because of financial problems.

When the royal family is in decline, do you still expect those nobles to remain friendly and merciful to the common people?

Keep dreaming.

The Donquixote Family is different. The Donquixote Family controls the most powerful armed force in Dressrosa. At the same time, Doflamingo never plays cards according to the rules of the nobility. Of course, some people were not convinced at the beginning, so Doflamingo directly killed all the nobles who did not agree with his authority. Even the family dog ​​had to be skinned!

Therefore, Doflamingo's decree can run freely through the entire Dressrosa!

According to the latest tax regulations, the aristocrats have become the country's major taxpayers. According to Doflamingo's will, this can be called "gentlemen and gentry pay taxes together."

In terms of basic tax, regardless of status, except for the royal family Donquixote Family of Dressrosa, everyone else must pay taxes, and there is no tax-exempt status!

This point directly brought nobles and commoners into the same level.

Secondly, according to the calculation of property, the higher the property, the higher the tax payment, and the more tax items that need to be paid.

Doflamingo has never held back the exploitation of nobles. For example, the marriage system in this world is generally polygamous, and the vast majority of nobles will not maintain a one-on-one relationship between husband and wife. Basically, they require groups of wives and concubines.

But in Dressrosa, this is taxable.

At the same time, just as a nobleman, you need to pay taxes to the country. As a holder of a national title, you pay some money to your title every year to maintain your noble status.

Bar?

From baronet to duke,—progressive!

In short, Doflamingo is very cruel to the nobles, so Tirios came here today. He thought that the nobles could not stand this kind of oppression and wanted to revolt?