Chapter 252 New Target

Will this world eventually sink to the bottom of the sea?

These words from Vegapunk echoed in Rhodes' mind.

When he was leaving, Vegapunk suddenly stopped him and said this nonsense.

When he wanted to ask more, Vegapunk kept silent and just said that he didn't know much.

However, Rhodes took what he said to heart.

The world sinks to the bottom of the sea. Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?

Rhodes thought of the annual super tsunami in the Capital of Seven Waters. He recalled all the information he had obtained before, but he was still confused.

"Asshole! Is this how you treat me, a genius scientist?"

Noisy sounds rang in his ears, causing Rhodes to turn his attention to Caesar Coulang.

"I know you, King Shichibukai! But I am the chief scientist of the Naval Science Class under the World Government. You'd better be polite to me. Otherwise, the navy admiral will take action against you, let alone the identity of the Shichibukai. !”

Seeing Rhodes turning his attention to himself, Caesar immediately shouted and raised the flag of the World Government and Navy.

How could he not recognize the world's greatest swordsman and the "Uncrowned Emperor" Ba Fist Rhodes?

If he fell into their hands, only the admiral might be able to rescue him.

"Admiral?"

Rhodes flicked his finger, and with his terrifying power, an air bullet suddenly shot out at Caesar. The domineering energy wrapped around it and landed accurately on Caesar's chest, causing the opponent to scream in pain.

"Will you deal with us?"

Rhodes turned his head and looked to his side.

Faint golden light emerged in the air, and then gathered together, turning into a tall man wearing a yellow striped suit.

"How terrible!"

As soon as he appeared, Kizaru said this, his eyes hidden under his sunglasses were indeed full of caution.

He received the direct order from the Five Old Stars conveyed by CP0 and came to Punk Hassad immediately.

Who knew that he would have to directly face a ruthless character like Hawkeye and a monster like Fist Lord.

‘The Shichibukai have merged? ’

Such thoughts flashed through Kizaru's mind, and he cheered up even more.

"Well, this is the secret research base of the World Government. It is a restricted area where outsiders are not allowed to enter. I wonder how you ended up in this place?"

Kizaru looked at Rhodes and the others and ignored Caesar's cry for help, which was held in Luo's hand.

He had confirmed when he arrived that everything was safe at Vegapunk and was currently evacuating in an orderly manner.

"Also, there seems to be a serious explosion and poison gas leak here. Can you please explain the situation to me? After all, I also need to report the situation to my superiors."

"The explosion and poison gas were caused by this guy, so for the sake of [justice], I will arrest this guy and treat him well."

"It should be our navy's duty to capture criminals, right?"

"We, the Shichibukai, are also a force under the World Government. It is of course our duty to uphold [justice]."

"That's really troublesome."

Kizaru sighed softly.

"After all, this guy is from the naval science class, so he can't just leave it to you casually."

"So...?"

The Kizaru in front of Rhodes and the others turned into a ball of golden light and dissipated. Then his body suddenly appeared behind Luo, raised his leg to kick Luo's arm, and grabbed Caesar with one hand.

Bang! !

A long leg stretched out from Luo's side, and the dark domineering power, accompanied by dark flames, crawled all over the thigh, and suddenly collided with Kizaru's kick, causing a violent impact.

"Natural type!"

Nia has entered the fighting state of the half-human beast, with excitement shining in her eyes.

Finally, I have a chance to have a good battle with a natural ability user!

Although this guy with ram's horns is a natural type, he is too weak and has no fun fighting at all.

But this admiral is different.

Very strong! !

"This kind of flame of yours is very dangerous!"

Kizaru took a step back and looked at Catwoman Nia, whose body was entangled in black flames and glowed with golden light.

‘It’s coming! ’

Nia's yellow vertical pupils shrank slightly, her muscles tightened, and her body trembled slightly.

It was a frisson of excitement!

Facing such a powerful opponent made her uncontrollably excited.

"It seems that I have no chance to steal people from you, forget it."

A burst of dazzling light erupted from Kizaru's whole body, and his whole body turned into golden light and dissipated, then reappeared in another direction, raising his hands to signal that he would stop fighting.

"What! Are you really an admiral? Why do you give up now!"

"What! Stop fighting now? You are a general!"

Before Rhodes could respond, two voices shouted at the same time.

Nia and Caesar looked at each other, and then punched Caesar on the head like a vent. Black flames wrapped around Caesar's body, burning his soul and making him scream.

"I'm just confirming the situation here. Moreover, you are the Shichibukai and also belong to the World Government. I just need to truthfully report the situation."

Kizaru waved his hand and said casually.

Facing these two at the same time, even if he failed to save the scientist, the Five Elders would not say anything.

After all, it would be the same result no matter who came.

"Then I'll leave. Don't worry, this evil scientist will never have the chance to harm others again."

Rhodes patted Caesar's head, then took out the Autumn Water from his waist, let it turn into a pink dragon, stepping on the auspicious clouds, soaring into the air, while Luo took several companions and landed on the dragon's head and flew away from Punk Hazard.

"That's...!!"

Kizaru looked at the direction where Rhodes and the others left, stunned.

If he was not mistaken, the pink dragon should be transformed by Rhodes's sword.

Is it the ability of the "Soul Soul Fruit"?

According to the previous ability user, Big Mom, the Soul Soul Fruit can indeed make objects anthropomorphic. There are a large number of "Homiz" soldiers in the Ten Thousand Nations, and Big Mom's most commonly used weapon is also the long sword transformed from her hat.

However, the pink dragon that Rhode had just summoned seemed different from the one Big Mom had summoned before.

Instead, it looked more like Kaido's devil fruit!

"No way, wasn't it said to be a failure?"

Suddenly remembering the devil fruit displayed in Vegapunk's laboratory, Kizaru muttered in a low voice.

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"It was indeed a failure!"

Speaking of the artificial devil fruit that he had spent a lot of time, energy and money to complete, Vegapunk still found it hard to let go.

"I extracted Kaido's blood and used the technology of bloodline factors for many years, but I still couldn't create a devil fruit like the original. In the end, I could only create such a failure!"

The navy's warships were sailing near the coast of Punk Hazard. After covering the entire island, the poison gas created by Caesar finally ran out of steam and did not continue to spread outward.

However, after this incident, Punk Hazard could no longer be used as a research site, and a new place had to be replaced.

At this moment, before the location of the new research base arranged by the World Government, Kizaru stayed on the warship for the time being to protect Vegapunk's safety.

After stabilizing a little, Kizaru immediately described the situation he had seen to Vegapunk for verification.

According to Vegapunk, his artificial devil fruit was indeed taken away by Rod and fed to his weapon for use.

However, regarding the devil fruit, Vegapunk has always insisted that it was a failure.

"But, in my opinion, that dragon is exactly the same as Kaido!"

"What color is that dragon?"

"Pink."

"Look, it's completely different!"

Vegapunk slammed his head to the ground.

"No matter how much I study, I can't make that fruit exactly the same as the original, I can only create a failure like that!"

"Wait!"

An incredible idea arose in Kizaru's mind.

"You're not saying that, except for the color, the devil fruit is exactly the same as Kaido's original."

"But if you can't get the same color, it means it's still a failure!"

"That is to say, it is indeed the same, right?"

Kizaru calmed down a little.

He seemed to have unearthed an incredible research result.

Before, because Vegapunk said that the artificial devil fruit was a failure, neither the Navy nor the Five Elders of the World Government took the artificial devil fruit technology seriously.

In their understanding, the so-called failure naturally means that the artificial devil fruit cannot replicate the devil fruit ability at all, and cannot allow the person who eats it to gain the ability.

Who would have thought that there is still a communication barrier between them and the genius.

In the eyes of the other party, even if the ability can be achieved exactly the same as the original, as long as there is any difference, even the color difference, it can be identified as a failure.

It seems that it is necessary to re-evaluate the other research results that were identified as failures by Vegapunk.

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"This is the information on artificial devil fruit technology compiled by Vegapunk."

Rod handed the information to Caesar Kulang and patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on, open your mouth."

Feeling the terrifying force coming from his shoulder that was about to slap him to death, Caesar opened his mouth obediently without saying anything.

Rod flicked his finger and a drop of blood was ejected into Caesar's mouth. The separated soul fragments were integrated into Caesar's soul through the medium of blood.

"Your soul is already under my control. If you don't want to die, be honest."

Before he could recover from the joy of his physical enhancement, Caesar heard Rhode's threatening words, and a distorted expression suddenly appeared on his face.

"Your heart is in my hand."

Rod stretched out his hand and gently brushed across Caesar's chest. A beating heart appeared in his palm. With a little force, Caesar felt a tingling pain and couldn't help screaming loudly.

"It will take about five days to renovate and build a new laboratory, which means you have five days to research artificial devil fruit technology. After five days, you will officially start your research."

"I want you to produce results as soon as possible!"

Leaving Caesar in the room and arranging several guards to deliver food to him, Rhode took Law away.

After returning to Greenbit, Hawkeye took his boat and left directly. He stayed in Greenbit for such a long time, and he didn't know how the crops planted in his field were doing.

And Nia, who failed to have a good fight with Kizaru and satisfy her desire to fight a natural ability user, couldn't wait to drag Neru to fight after returning.

However, Neru's strength became stronger and stronger in each battle, and coupled with his constant practice, Nia was not his opponent at all. After being electrocuted to death, Nia regained a little calm.

Then he went to fight with Weber, another natural ability user in the team, and tortured him to death.

Through the perception of the observation color, these companions who stayed on the island temporarily were actively practicing and continuing to improve their strength. Rhode nodded secretly in his heart.

Although they have now occupied a considerable territory and are still expanding, their strength is still too weak compared to the World Government.

They have not yet seized world hegemony, and it is far from time to relax.

"This world will sink into the sea!"

In the conference room, the people of the Rod Pirates who are currently in Green Bit sat together. After the "chef team" brought back from the Big Mom Pirates presented delicious desserts, Rod told his companions what Vegapunk had told him, hoping that everyone could brainstorm and figure out what Vegapunk meant.

"Could it be a flood?"

Minina speculated while enjoying the dessert.

"The legendary ancient weapon? The ancient weapon will destroy the entire world, all islands and land will be destroyed and sink to the bottom of the sea."

Robin was also thinking about the deep meaning of Vegapunk's words, but the words she said were too dangerous.

"There is too little information available at present. It is really hard to analyze too much with just this sentence.

However, I noticed one thing. Thinking carefully about the islands we passed by, Alabasta, Drum Island, and Dressrosa next to it, these countries with a long history, their royal cities are all built very high.

Do they know something, so they choose to build the royal city in a high place. In this way, even if the world will sink into the sea as Vegapunk said, those royal cities will be the last to sink."

Listening to the discussion of his companions, Rhode's heart was also a fog.

The plot he knew in his previous life had not yet progressed to the end, and he did not have foresight about this kind of secret information.

It's just that although he didn't know why the world would sink into the sea, he happened to know something about the news of the devil fruit that could prevent it from sinking into the sea.

The legend of the last era, the great pirate who was as famous as Roger and Whitebeard, the user of the floating fruit ability, the "flying pirate" Shiki the Golden Lion!

More than a decade ago, he became the first person to escape from Impel Down at the cost of losing his legs.

After his escape, no information related to him has appeared on the sea for more than a decade. No one knows where he is hiding or whether he is still alive.

Except Rhodes!

"Then, let's take the Floating Fruit!"