Devil Fruits are alive!
This is the conclusion that Ji Xing came to quickly after reading the artificial devil fruit research materials.
This did not surprise him, because combined with Vegapunk's research results, swords can also eat Devil Fruits and have Devil Fruit abilities, and swords are dead objects, and living things can only be Devil Fruits, otherwise where would they come from? intelligence?
This is highly similar to a demon, but the difference is that Devil Fruit is not circular DNA, but double-stranded DNA that is highly similar to humans.
As we all know, there are gene copies in human cells, which contain 20,000 genes and 3 billion pieces of genetic information, all composed of DNA letters ATCG in various arrangements.
In the later stages of Ke Xue World, the research results of Ji Xing and Xiao Ai were able to accurately find a certain gene among the billions of genes in the human body and carry out targeted modifications.
If they wanted to, they could accurately eliminate all disease recessive genes from a baby before he was born, and arbitrarily make the child have double eyelids, big eyes, a face with oval seeds...create an embryo that is beyond ordinary, a handsome boy and a beautiful girl. Beyond ordinary health.
However, because it is contrary to human ethics and can easily cause social problems, these results have been temporarily sealed by them like A medicine.
There is someone in the pirate world who has mastered this technology - Germa 66. Gaji's five children, including Sanji, were all genetically edited while they were in their mother's body, that is, bloodline factor editing, and they obtained superhuman powers. the power of.
Devil Fruit is more like a sci-fi super genetic medicine. After eating it, the gene editing is completed immediately, and the mutations are merged, giving people the ability of the Devil Fruit.
Among the three types of devil fruits, the similarity between animal type fruits and human genes is between 70% and 90%, the superhuman type is basically only 30% to 50%, and the natural type is only about 10%. It is not surprising that artificial devil fruits are all genetically similar. It's the animal department.
“This technology is a bit like the SP medicine of Behemoth in the one-person world...it’s just an imitation, and it’s actually a bit overpriced to call it an artificial devil fruit.”
Compared to real Devil Fruits that have ‘life’, Smile is just a medicine and a dead thing. It is not impossible for Ji Xing to develop it independently.
“Is it easy to cause gene mutations such as ANK3, CNCNA1C... and cause emotional deficiencies... The main body is the blood factor of people with abilities...
Oh, the skin of this devil fruit is actually just a capsule, while SAD is..."
Come to think of it, Caesar didn't think anyone besides himself could understand these things, so Ji Xing could easily memorize the method of producing artificial devil fruits in his head before looking at other things.
"Huh? The real Devil Fruit gene structure also contains many genes that affect human emotions. I'm afraid this is not a coincidence..." Ji Xing, who was reading, quickly discovered a doubt.
“Although I have never seen this structure before...but it does not look like the result of natural compilation selection...”
“Is it really a product of science and technology?”
Ji Xing thought of the two steel giants who took him to Mary Joa: "How high is the technological level of the destroyed kingdom..."
He continued to compare the genetic profiles of people before and after taking Devil Fruit, and gained a lot of knowledge that might be useful to him.
In the Demon Continent, his body also got together with Xiao Ai to study these things.
…
On the other side, after receiving a call from Ji Xing, Navy G-5 Base Vice Admiral Vergo mobilized warships as quickly as possible to set sail for Punk Hassad.
As Doflamingo's retainer, he was originally a pirate and has been in the Navy for 17 years. He was promoted to lieutenant general and transferred to the Navy's G5 base two years ago. It was also from that time that Caesar had a protective umbrella and researched Even more daring, there are people who keep track of children, and gradually there are artificial devil fruits and other achievements, which benefit Doflamingo a lot.
It is now an important puzzle piece for Doflamingo's family and cannot be destroyed inexplicably. However, the island's protective power is actually not weak. Even he has to be careful to deal with Caesar's poisonous gas troops. It can be broken by the opponent, and even Caesar has fallen into the opponent's hands. The intruder is obviously not weak and not an easy person.
Out of caution, after the warship set sail, he hid in the cabin and used an anti-eavesdropping phone to contact Doflamingo: "Young Master..."
After receiving Doflamingo's instructions, he asked his subordinates to bring snacks and tasted them slowly, waiting for the voyage to proceed.
At dusk, the warship arrived.
He led a group of naval officers to quickly head towards the research base, and ordered: "The situation in the base is not clear yet. You will surround and block all exits later, and I will go in by myself. Don't let down your guard because of the other party's one-sided words, in case something happens If you lie, you will drag me down and wait for my news.”
He did it for the convenience of movement, but the uninformed naval officers were very moved: "Lieutenant Admiral Vergo! This is too dangerous!"
“Let’s go in and have a look first!”
"Didn't you understand what I said? You are not strong enough, and you are not able to deal with the guys who can break into the research base." Vergo said.
gained more looks of admiration.
So he was able to enter the research base alone and march all the way to Caesar's laboratory.
The stab wounds on some of the base guards who fell to the ground made him look slightly sideways and muttered to himself: "The intruder is a swordsman, alone."
Rather than wait to go to Caesar's laboratory, as soon as he entered Area C, he found the person he was looking for in the lounge.
Five ordinary people sitting in the corner, four men and one woman, had strange expressions when they saw themselves, showing both pain and relaxation?
But that was not important. He looked at Caesar, who was locked in a corner by a sea tower stone and unconscious, and at the strange young man sitting in the center with a sword on his waist.
Appearance He is only in his early 20s, wearing gray clothes and a white cloak. He is tall and seems to be very powerful, but he has an unfamiliar face.
He asked in a deep voice: "Were you the one who made the previous call to the G5 base?"
Ji Xing's mind was temporarily separated from the research materials, and he also looked ahead at the tall and strong lieutenant general wearing a plaid coat and sunglasses.
"Mr. Lieutenant General is finally here." Ji Xing nodded and said, "It was me who made the call."
"You said Caesar was conducting some illegal experiments? I need to make some necessary confirmations."
He walked over to Caesar, leaned over, and gave Caesar a gentle slap. Caesar instantly woke up from his not-so-deep coma, his eyes confused and focused.
Seeing Vergo's face, he looked ferociously proud and let out a weird laugh.
“Hee hee hee hee—you finally...”
"You're finally here." Ji Xing interrupted: "Hurry up and catch that reckless kid. I'm going to conduct my latest poison gas experiment on him. How dare you kick me in the face...Caesar, what are you planning to do?" That’s what you said, right?”
Caesar paused and his eyes bulged.
“You, how did you know?!”
Virgo squinted his eyes, straightened up, and looked at Ji Xing again.
The five Ferricos looked at each other in confusion. What does this mean? The Vice Admiral...is one of our own? Are we saved? ! No...the rhetoric just sounded so familiar, as if we had it before...
Sure enough, Ji Xing motioned to them and said: "Don't get me wrong, that's not a prediction of the future, but my guess about your thoughts. You always pull one by one like this, endlessly, always thinking that the next patron will be the savior. . Let’s skip the boring part in the middle and just look at the results.
I'm Holo, the "Unknown Swordsman" who was famous in the news a year ago. Don't hide the dialed phone number in Mr. Lieutenant General's sleeve. Let me see who is behind you. Is there anyone behind you? I can't afford to offend people. "
The unknown swordsman...is the guy who killed the white lion? ! Vergo's pupils condensed.
Caesar felt something was wrong: "What, what? This guy is very famous?!"
Opposite the phone bug in Vergo's sleeve, Doflamingo, who was in Dressrosa, had been waiting to know the identity of the attacker. Hearing Ji Xing's words, his heart sank.
How could it be this guy? !
Because of the blasphemer Dunan, he has kept a very low profile during this period. He did not even take advantage of the lack of people in the human trade business to intensify the business of the Tianlong people. As a result, there is no light in the east and light in the west. People at home are in trouble from the sky. Holo, this Humans are also one of the top monsters in the sea, and they are also very difficult to deal with.
More importantly, he is good friends with the red-haired Yonko, so he probably won’t give Kaido face!
Why would he appear in a place like Punk Hassad? Why him? !
Although his face was very gloomy, he still laughed: "Fufufufufu-who am I talking about? It turns out to be the famous Chief Sheriff of Tidal Island, the newly promoted world's greatest swordsman. I This is King Shichibukai Doflamingo, have you heard of my name?"
The news of the replacement of the world's greatest swordsman did not spread widely. Doflamingo quietly showed his intelligence ability, but Ji Xing just laughed and said: "Why is it the King Shichibukai again? I and Shichibukai are pretty good Destined."
Vergo took out a silver phone bug from his sleeve. The phone bug had a funny look on its face, imitating Doflamingo perfectly: "Destined? You seem to be talking about more than just Hawkeye? Yes, it's a sand crocodile, right? I I just feel that things in Alabasta are a bit weird. If you add your presence, it would make sense. It turns out that Crocodile fell into your hands. It was not unjust."
The greatest swordsman in the world? Caesar's face was as white as paper. He tried to shrink behind the tall Vergo and whispered: "Hey, Dover..."
"Caesar, don't talk too much. I have long wanted to get acquainted with the new world's greatest swordsman. I didn't expect to be in such a scene. What, after you captured Crocodile, you wanted to control me again. What’s your business? The world’s greatest swordsman.”
"I went to Alabasta just for a trip. I was also very troubled by what happened with Crocodile." Ji Xing smiled and said, "I also went to Shannon Island for a trip, but I just noticed that your people were catching children there. , maybe I have a nosy constitution.”
"I see." Doflamingo lowered his eyes and said, "Then...can you give me a face? Just pretend that you have never seen such a thing."
"That's it, fufufufu-" Doflamingo chuckled and was silent for a while: "Virgo, it seems that I'm going to wrong you for a while. Caesar, please keep your mouth shut." Phone Bug Hang up.
He didn’t even pull Kaido out!
For a monster like that, threats from the air are meaningless. It is better to hide them and maybe increase the chances of solving trouble.
"Asshole..." Encountering this kind of thing inexplicably, Doflamingo was a little confused about where to vent his anger. He cursed and called another number: "Lord Kaido, Smile's manufacturing base is in big trouble..."
Soon, Kaido's roar came from the other side: "What?! That **** who kidnapped my son and sent him to Whitebeard's ship! I haven't caused trouble for him yet, and he has come to cause trouble for me again?!"
As for Punk Hassard, looking at the hung up phone bug, Caesar looked blank: "Asshole—Dover, what do you mean, you bastard..."
咚—
The armed-colored fist hit him **** the head, knocking him unconscious. Vergo held a black fist the size of a sandbag and looked at Ji Xing.
“Why, Mr. Lieutenant General, you want to see if my knife can cut through your iron block?” Ji Xing said with a smile.
Vergo closed his eyes, and the armed color on his fists slowly faded away. He understood what the young master meant, and knew that his 17-year undercover career, and his efforts to climb to the top, was about to be interrupted.
“No, let it happen,” he said.
Ji Xing nodded: "Then take him, let's go out and be frank with your subordinates."
"good."
“Five of you, follow me too.”
The five Fericos were in a dream. The Vice Admiral turned out to be one of their own, but the guy who caught the child and brought him here turned out to be the greatest swordsman in the world. The Vice Admiral didn't even resist him and ran away. Not even running? !
They no longer gave any hope, and followed with a smile: "Yes! Yes!"
Soon, shouts from the navy were heard outside: "What did you say?! Impossible!"
"Lieutenant General Vergo! If you are threatened, just blink your eyes!"
“Damn you guy! I’ll fight you!”
…
Admiralty Headquarters, Marineford.
Due to the incident of the Blasphemer Dunant, the Navy Headquarters has been very busy recently.
Almost without any regard for face, they announced the Mariejoia night attack and issued a reward of 5 billion for the blasphemer Dunant. Even reporting it had exaggerated benefits. The World Government just wanted to use thunder to get rid of the blasphemer. Reestablish your prestige!
But half a month has passed, and there has been no progress at all. It is about to become a bigger joke, and many people are anxious.
The Tianlong people put pressure on the Five Old Stars, and the Five Old Stars put pressure on the Warring States Period. The Warring States Period could only work hard and put a little pressure on the generals.
Even the elderly Navy Chief Staff Officer He has had very little rest in recent days. He is analyzing some intelligence information and looking for useful things from a lot of messy information.
Although most people applaud the blasphemer's act of killing the dragons, there are always all kinds of birds in the forest, and there are also many people who want to try their luck for the bounty.
These acts of chance have also added a lot of work to the Navy. Lieutenant General He is holding a document and reading: "Vera's ghost legend... There was a big pirate with a bounty of 200 million who mysteriously disappeared after landing... Vera... "
This is when a female lieutenant colonel staff officer suddenly pushed in the door with a phone: "Lieutenant General He! Urgent contact from the New World G5 branch!"
Lieutenant General He took the phone call and said, "This is the Navy Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General He."
“Hello, Lieutenant General He, I am Holo, the chief constable of Tidal Island. If you have anything to report to the navy...”
Holo? The new world's greatest swordsman?
Lieutenant General He was a little surprised, but when he heard Ji Xing's next words, he sighed slowly.
Man-made devil fruits, experiments on human enlargement, Vergo is actually an undercover agent...Doflamingo is indeed a restless guy!
Before Doflamingo became a Shichibukai, the person chasing him all over the world was Crane, and he couldn't understand Doflamingo better.
It was during the chaos that something like this happened again, and He also had a headache, but the justice in her made her smile and said: "I know, this is the Navy's dereliction of duty. Thank you, Sheriff Jolo, Thank you very much for your report. Please wait a moment while I go find Marshal Warring States."
Before leaving, her eyes hovered over the documents on the table for a moment: "Punk Hassad... seems to be very close to Vera, only three or four days' flight away?"
Soon, the news delivered by Ji Xing was known to Marshal of the Warring States Period and was passed on to Wulaoxing.
The Five Old Stars have been exhausted physically and mentally these past few days. In the past eight hundred years, generation after generation, the Five Old Stars have never been as derelict in their duties as the five of them.
Hearing this, Doflamingo continued to stir up trouble, and the five of them became furious again.
“This restless bastard!”
“Didn’t artificial Devil Fruits fail? Even Vegapunk failed. Now we are starting to study pacifists. Can Caesar Courant succeed?!”
“I guess it’s some kind of useless defective product…”
"What should we do now?"
"Let the navy **** the undercover Lieutenant General Vergo and Caesar Coulan back to the headquarters first. When this time is over, we will deal with Doflamingo!"
"Escaping a lieutenant general and Caesar Courant of the natural department. The navy is currently short of manpower. He made a suggestion..." Holy Golibacho said: "Let the peace officer..."
“Yes, I forgot about him. First he came into contact with the Devil’s Son in Alabasta, and then he went to the New World? He’s not safe anywhere!”
“However, given the current situation, he is indeed a powerful combat force that can be fought for. We must be prepared to not be able to find the blasphemer for a long time!”
In that case, the navy and the world government will have to face more top-notch combat forces, and the world's greatest swordsman, a free man, will be a guy who can affect the balance.
The five old stars looked at each other, and they all understood that the situation did not allow them to pursue the small matter of contact with the devil's son. They breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Do what He said, let's see what he thinks first, whether he is willing to do something for the Navy and the World Government. More things…”
“The swordsman is lethal enough to deal with the blasphemers. Maybe there will be a time when he is really needed…”
…
Soon, Punk Hassard.
Ji Xing heard Marshal Warring States on the opposite side of the phone saying a little tiredly: "Sorry, Holo. You must also know about the incident of the Blasphemer Dunan Isbadry. The Navy is very busy during this period and there is really no manpower to go there." Escort Vergo Caesar.
Can I trouble you a little more? Transfer them to Vera, a three- to four-day voyage, and a Navy vice-admiral will be there to meet them. "
Ji Xing thought for a while: "Vera?"
The island of Punk Hassad is not far from the entrance to the New World, and Vera is the end of Paradise. The two islands are indeed very close, and they are centrally located between Punk Hassad and the Navy Headquarters.
Are you too busy because of Dunan?
Haha, please help me, just in time to wait for Doflamingo and Kaido’s reaction.
It was inconvenient to take the initiative this time, because he had to give the impression that he came to Punk Hassad by chance, rather than a premeditated attack.
Ji Xing smiled and said, "No problem. Anyway, I'm just wandering around the world without any purpose."
Warring States breathed a sigh of relief, and then said in a deep voice: "Thank you... and one more thing. We received an ambiguous report. There is a ghost legend in Vera. There used to be a big pirate with a bounty of more than 200 million on the island. There is a mysterious disappearance, and it is suspected that this may be related to Dunan, the blasphemer.
However, we have received dozens of similar intelligence, so it is probably something else. If you are interested, please help confirm. Of course, if you don’t want to bother, you can also refuse. "
The ghost legend of Vera?
Ji Xing turned around in his mind and said, "Okay, since I'm on my way, I can go and have a look..."
“Then I’ll have a hard time with you. It’s obviously a well-intentioned report, but I’m asking you to do more. The World Government will give you adequate compensation afterwards.”
The voice of Warring States on the opposite side deepened: "In addition, if you really find traces of the blasphemer Dunan, please be sure to inform the navy!"
Ji Xing nodded slightly: "Definitely!"