Chapter 22

Even with the navy's intelligence capabilities, no useful clues could be found.

…

A few days later, the new world, Punk Hassad.

This island houses the World Government's research base, where hundreds of researchers work for the government.

Caesar Courant was one of them.

More than ten years ago, the MADS research organization unlocked the mystery of the blood factor, which was a great discovery that violated the power of God and stepped into the realm of God.

It is also called "the blueprint of life."

Then...the world government found out and forcibly disbanded the organization on the grounds that it threatened world peace.

At that time, he was captured along with Vegapunk.

Fortunately, as a scientist, even if he is caught, his life safety is still guaranteed.

They were placed in Punk Hassad and worked for the World Government every day.

"It worked! Dr. Vegapunk succeeded!"

Research Institute in Building B, a life laboratory somewhere.

More than a dozen researchers cheered excitedly around the huge glass cabin in the center.

Inside the glass cabin is a reduced natural forest. In the forest, a small red dragon with a body length of more than one meter wakes up.

"Boring, so boring!"

Caesar Courant whispered with displeasure, which was incompatible with the cheering researchers around him.

He is also one of the researchers participating in this experiment.

For Vegapunk’s artificial dragon experiments…

He was very unhappy!

It's just a man-made dragon using the blood factor theory. What's there to be happy about?

Why are we all scientists from MADS and were arrested together?

In the end, he was just a researcher, while Vegapunk became the director.

Caesar was unhappy.

"snort."

With a slight snort, Caesar turned and left.

He doesn't want to study these, he wants more gorgeous research and wants to be recognized by the world.

I want “the eyes of the whole world to look at me”!

Instead of making some artificial dragon, I don’t know what the use is!

After walking out of the Life Laboratory, Caesar ignored the busy staff in the corridor and returned directly to his lounge.

Open the door, come in, close the door.

Caesar took off his white coat and walked over to pour himself a glass of water.

Halfway through drinking water, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw two people sitting on the sofa indoors.

"Pfft...! Cough cough cough..."

Fortunately, he didn't choke to death on the water. Caesar coughed a few times and said in surprise: "Who are you? How did you enter my room?"

"Shhh."

Edie put his index finger in front of his lips, looked at Erlang's legs, and said with a smile: "Caesar Courant, my name is Edie, you can call me Dr. Edie. This person next to me is my personal bodyguard, codenamed Chenlong."

"You're not from the research institute?" Caesar immediately understood. His eyes widened with astonishment on his face: "It's impossible. There are at least a dozen levels to enter here. How did you sneak in..."

"Sneaking in? I walked in openly."

Smiling slightly, Edie raised her left hand to touch her cheek.

The next moment, his face changed. He touched it once and changed again.

Caesar was stunned.

Ability person!

He recognized these faces. They were all researchers at the institute.

"Imitation fruit?"

"You know?" Edie was surprised and changed back to herself.

"I've seen the devil fruit drawings and remembered some of the fruit's abilities." Caesar snorted.

After a pause, he asked with some interest: "You sneaked in to find me? What do you want?"

Edie got up from the sofa and walked towards the other party.

"I want to build a real island of science and am recruiting some talented scientists."

"Caesar Courant, you are one of them."

"I'm here to invite you to join my team."

Being praised by a stranger as a genius scientist, Caesar's face turned red and he touched his head a little shyly.

"Oh, you have some insight. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what next? At least let me introduce you first, where is your so-called island of science?"

Edie smiled and said nothing.

Caesar was stunned, and after a moment he said: "You won't tell me that this is just your plan, right?"

Edie shook his head and said, "Do you know the blood factor?"

Caesar: "?"

Who doesn’t know the blood factor theory?

Edie continued:

"Exists in the bodies of all living things in this world. It records the birth, growth, death and other information of life."

"When a person eats a Devil Fruit, his bloodline factors will undergo huge changes, allowing him to use corresponding abilities."

"Then, conversely, if the corresponding bloodline factors are extracted and used through some technologies to enter the life evolution process of certain fruits, artificial devil fruits can be created."

Caesar was stunned when he suddenly heard these words.

He has known about the blood factor for more than ten years, and his most recent job was to help Vegapunk create a little red dragon.

He certainly understands the blood factor.

Compared to creating a little red dragon...

"Artificial Devil Fruit!"

Caesar's eyes sparkled.

In fact, during the MADS period, he had already begun research on artificial devil fruits.

However, since MADS was disbanded by the world government and he arrived here, his research has stalled.

"I have a cooperation with Kaido, one of the Three Emperors. He is willing to provide research funds and hopes that I can help him develop artificial devil fruits."

Edie knew Caesar's pain point and prescribed the right medicine: "Your joining will make this plan successful soon. By then, you will get endless research funds, and you can study whatever you want."

This is of course a lie.

As his tool, Caesar will have to work for him honestly in the future.

After listening to the plan, Caesar was completely moved.

He had had enough of Vegapunk!

As long as he developed an artificial devil fruit, he would definitely surpass Vegapunk and become the world's number one scientist!

And Kaido is willing to provide research funds... This is really great!

"Swoosh... I promise you! As long as you can give me enough funds and let me freely choose the research direction, I will be happy to join your research team!"

After a pause, he asked again: "But how to leave here? On this island..."

Edie looked at the wall clock, and the pointer was ticking.

"5..."

"4..."

Edie counted softly: "3... 2... 1..."

Boom!

Suddenly, there was an explosion outside the room, followed by a whistling alarm.

The staff in the corridor quickly took action.

"Database No. 3 exploded!"

"It's on fire! Quick! Put out the fire! There are a lot of research data stored there!"

"My research report..."

There was a hint of despair in the tense conversation.

Caesar's face was dazed.

"Did you install the bomb?"

"Just the right time." Edie opened the door and said calmly, "Let's go. No one is paying attention to us now."

"Swoosh... Goodbye, cage!"

Caesar grinned and followed excitedly.

Not long after, the three took advantage of the chaos and left Building B.

Chapter 18 The Third Earthly Branch, [Rat] Roger

"Kai Kai Kai... Kaido!?"

Caesar was sweating profusely and his voice was sharp.

Edie stood on the head of the Azure Dragon with a calm expression: "He is not Kaido."

He did not hide the fact that he would be a tool in the future.

"He is my subordinate, Chen Long, one of the twelve earthly branches."

"Could it be that..."

Caesar's face suddenly changed, unbelievable.

"Yes, it's just what you think." Edie smiled and said, "What's so strange about cloning?"

"Knowing the theory of bloodline factors, in-depth research, and mastering cloning technology is possible!" Caesar was sweating.

For ordinary people, it may just feel magical and powerful.

But the more you know and the more you understand, the more incredible it feels.

"You copied Kaido's mythical beast fruit?!" Caesar screamed again.

"No..."

Edie shook his head and raised the corners of his mouth: "I directly cultivated a clone of Kaido who was born with the ability of the Azure Dragon Fruit!"

"..."

Gudong!

Caesar swallowed his saliva.

Isn't this more outrageous than copying a mythical beast fruit?

A natural ability user!

And first creating a clone of Kaido, and then feeding him the artificial Azure Dragon Fruit...

These two are completely different technical routes!