The Black Prince of Pirates

"Your Highness, this is the ingredient list and production method of h2s poison gas. You can use this for mass production at any time."

"...This is the manufacturing principle of biological weapons studied by the guy from Vegapunk. There is an artificial dragon on the island, locked at the bottom of the prison."

"It's a pity that part of the information on animal mechanization was destroyed. Here is only a part..."

"The experimental data on the enlargement of human beings, these... are only about one-tenth..."

On the ruins of Punk Hassad's research institute, Elus, wearing a one-piece protective suit, walked among the ruins. With the help of his newly acquired 'loyal dog' Caesar, he worked hard to excavate the remains buried under the rubble. Treasure after treasure.

A wave of large-scale land-washing attacks before Porusalino left could not completely destroy the institute. This was not because he deliberately let the water go, but because the institute's building safety level was quite high, based on the highest level of resistance. The main gun bombardment standard of a first-class battleship is built. Even if the general of the headquarters wants to destroy the research institute, it will really take a lot of effort.

And because this research institute was built for Dr. Vegapunk, in order to prevent Dr. Vegapunk's safety from being threatened, no self-destruction device was installed inside the institute.

In addition, the situation was urgent at the time. Compared with the Institute of Destruction, protecting Dr. Vegapunk was the most important task, so Porusalino did not have time to make a last-ditch attack.

then,

like this,

Under the combined effect of multiple factors,

The destruction of the institute was very incomplete. The area centered on Dr. Vegapunk's research building was the most severely damaged. The further away from the building, the lighter the damage was. Like In the area where Caesar was hiding, many buildings were still standing.

However, the closer you get to the periphery, the less important it is. Most of these places are warehouses storing some daily necessities and ordinary raw materials. The real treasures have to be excavated under the ruins.

According to the information provided by Caesar, Punk Hassad is a large research base. Vegapunk is the top person in charge of this research base. In addition to Vegapunk, there are nearly a hundred researchers including Caesar working here. So many Not all people are brought together to cooperate with Vegapunk.

At the very least, every senior researcher has his or her own independent research work. Although it will be controlled by Dr. Vegapunk, Dr. Vegapunk generally does not care about those that do not have any interest or sparkle in his opinion. Research.

The few times when power has been used, some research work with limited development prospects and low application value has been stopped.

For example, Caesar’s H2S poison gas research work.

Even after being shot to death by Vegapunk, the unwilling Caesar continued his research in secret and secretly, and then something like this happened, giving Elus the opportunity to come and pick up the leaks and dig up treasures.

"This is······"

The moonlight sword cut through the cement and steel bars, and an irregular hole appeared at the bottom of the excavated pit. Through this deep hole, you can see the smooth and flat corridor floor, the painted walls, and the hanging walls. Fire extinguisher on.

It seems,

It's quite a big space.

However, there seemed to be no lifeform activity inside, so much so that Elus's detective nerves didn't detect it. If he hadn't used his moonlight sword to dig things out in the ruins, he might have ignored them.

"Basement? Why is there a basement here?"

Caesar, who was floating in mid-air, also showed a shocked expression.

As a senior researcher, he has a very good understanding of the island's architectural layout. When he first built the base, he solicited the opinions of all their scientists, but he never knew that there was an underground research laboratory in this place.

"Vegapunk——!!"

Resentful shouts echoed above the ruins.

Thinking on his heels, he realized that this kind of basement that even he didn't know about was definitely related to Vegapunk.

"Caesar, shut up, stop talking nonsense here, and hurry up and take a look."

"Eh?"

"Hey, what the hell, get down here."

Eleus grabbed Caesar's neck with lightning speed and threw him directly from the hole.

Waited five seconds,

There was no movement. After confirming that there were no traps or anything like that below, Elus also spread his wings and flew in from the hole. The one-piece protective suit on his body did not break due to the opening of his wings. This was All the special abilities of devil fruits will not explode due to changes in body shape, which is quite humane.

The underground environment is a bit dark.

There were light bulbs on the ceiling of the corridor, but there were no switches around, and he was not sure whether the power supply system was still working. Elus flew in the air without touching the ground, and looked back and forth. Nothing seemed to matter. Difference, his eyes turned to Caesar who looked aggrieved next to him.

"Which way do you think we should go?"

Although Caesar seems to know nothing about this part of the underground space, maybe the architectural style here is the same as other buildings in the institute. Caesar may be able to tell which way to go to find the core area of ​​this underground space more easily.

"If nothing changes, you should be able to find the laboratory if you go forward."

Caesar lived up to Eleus's expectations.

After observing carefully for a while, he gave an answer.

As Elus had guessed, although this part of the underground building was beyond Caesar's knowledge, it was obvious that only that engineering team was the one who built the institute. The style here is similar to the other underground building structures in the institute. no big difference.

However, the other underground spaces were used as warehouses for storing dangerous raw materials and had little exploration value. Elus wandered around and found nothing.

Therefore, I am looking forward to this hidden underground space even more.

With Caesar leading the way, both of them were in flight mode and moved very fast. Less than 3 minutes passed before they arrived at the door of a huge laboratory. Caesar's elemental form turned into a gaseous state and passed directly through the gap. Entering the room, he found the switch and opened the door.

"here is······"

The laboratory is extremely spacious, and there are many large-scale machines and equipment placed here. There is a row of huge jars on one side of the wall, with black and yellow trefoil symbols on them. Caesar is floating in front of a console. , looking down at something.

"Did you find anything?" Elus flew to Caesar's side and asked casually.

"...It's, it's artificial, artificial devil fruit information!" Caesar's hands were shaking, his voice was a little knotted, and his gaseous body became more blurry, as if he had been hit hard, " This bastard, Vegapunk, was the one who proposed the artificial Devil Fruit experiment at the beginning, but he actually sneaked away behind my back! It’s unforgivable, unforgivable, I will never forgive you!!!”

Artificial Devil Fruit? !

Eleus was stunned for a moment.

It turns out to be this thing, artificial devil fruit... This is another great invention of Vegapunk, but unlike other inventions, Vegapunk successfully created an artificial devil fruit. I don’t know why, but he didn’t continue to study and improve it.

On the contrary, Caesar carried it forward and cooperated with Doflamingo to sell artificial devil fruits to the beasts.

But now,

This line cannot be established.

Elus picked up the messy experiment record from the console and read it from the beginning - he still couldn't understand it. Although he knew all the words on it, after being connected together, it was the same as a bible, so he didn't waste any more time. Take the time to study these things that you don’t understand at all.

He asked Caesar to collect and organize the information scattered on different test benches in the laboratory, while he wandered around the room.

If I remember correctly, the only artificial Devil Fruit created by Vegapunk was not taken away in the original experience, but stayed in Punk Hassad. In the end, it was easier for Kozuki Momonosuke to escape because Hungry and accidentally ate the artificial devil fruit of the Phantom Beast species.

To be honest, Elus has no interest in ordinary artificial Devil Fruits. He is not an animal lover like the Beasts. Compared with the Devil Fruit technology that can be mass-produced, he is now more concerned about the possibility of Vegapunk staying here somewhere. The artificial devil fruit of the phantom beast species.

That is a species of phantom beast!

When he thought of Kozuki Momonosuke who had transformed into the form of a divine dragon, Elus felt his heart heat up. He couldn't keep such a good treasure to take advantage of that pervert.

Eleus was wandering around the laboratory, looking out of the corner of his eye at Caesar who was lying on the consoles collecting experimental records. It had to be said that this guy was completely incomparable to Dr. Vegapunk. Likewise, It is an artificial Devil Fruit. Dr. Vegapunk created the first artificial Devil Fruit of the Phantom Beast species.

On the other hand, Caesar created thousands of artificial Devil Fruits in his original experience and sold them to the beasts, but they were all ordinary species. He couldn't even create an ancient species, and the transformed forms were all nondescript. Some parts of the body will change...

gap,

Not the usual big.

Of course, it is normal that there is a big gap between him and Vegapunk. You cannot deny Caesar's ability just because of this... Thinking did not slow down Elus's search. Soon, he found it on a bookcase in the corner. The glass box added to it.

There is a fruit in the box.

A pink fruit with a donut-shaped circle pattern, it looks completely different from the normal "Arabic-like" spiral pattern devil fruit, but it has an incredible "gravity" that attracts people. The power is the same as the original Devil Fruit.

So far, he has dealt with a lot of devil fruits, and he is quite familiar with this kind of fruit that doesn't look like it exists in this world.

"This is...a dragon!"

Eleus sighed.

He held the glass box and carefully admired it up and down, left and right, and an unstoppable smile appeared on his face hidden under the one-piece protective suit. Just such a devil fruit of the Phantom Beast species was already worthy of being This trip, not to mention Caesar and the numerous technical information collected.

This is truly a bumper harvest.

Caesar's movements were very quick. He collected all the information that seemed to be related to the artificial Devil Fruit as quickly as possible, and took out several standard suitcases from the lockers nearby, all of which were high-end goods from the World Government. , waterproof, fireproof and explosion-proof, it is difficult to open this kind of suitcase with a cannon.

The documents and information collected before were also packed in the same suitcase, and those suitcases were all hanging on Caesar's body!

As a user with natural gas fruit abilities.

Caesar can carry something three times his own weight and still fly in the air. Of course, as for Eleus, with his current strength, he can fly carrying a large sea king, but with his subordinates. , there is no need to make efforts on your own.

And this is also a chance for Caesar to show off!

For this,

Caesar was very honest and had no complaints.

Although this guy is extremely conceited and always confidently wants to challenge Vegapunk, he is actually a well-known bully in the scientific force and fears evil. He knows that Dr. Vegapunk will not use violent means to punish him, so Cai is always jumping up and saying that he wants to surpass Vegapunk.

But when he met General Porusalino, he was obedient and as honest as a shrinking old turtle.

He is in this state now. In front of Elus, the notorious black prince, he is too afraid to say a word of objection. He will do whatever Elus says.

"Is everything packed?"

"Put it all in here."

Caesar shook a chain of suitcases hanging from his arm.

"Then continue."

Elus held the glass box in his hand and did not hand over the fruit to Caesar. It was not because he was worried about Caesar, but because Caesar had enough suitcases hanging on him, and this seemingly fragile glass box was extremely strong. , and you don’t have to worry about accidentally destroying the box and damaging the fruits inside.

The two of them left as quickly as they could, moving quickly.

Needless to say, Elus said that Caesar did not dare to delay, for fear that he would stay in Punk Hassad for too long. If he waited for Kizaru or other admirals to come back, even if the Black Prince protected him, he might not be able to really succeed. Take yourself away.

Therefore, Caesar was even more proactive than Eleus, and tried his best to help Eleus dig out the precious information hidden in these ruins.

Wait until the sun reaches its peak,

Almost most of the area of ​​the institute has been excavated, and the remaining areas such as prisons and warehouses have not yet had time to take a closer look.

"Your Highness, are you going to the prison next? The red dragon created by Vegapunk is at the bottom of the prison." With suitcases hanging all over his body, Caesar approached Elus and asked cautiously.

"not going."

Eleus put away the phone bug.

"Leave now, Caesar, do you have anything else you need to get? If not, we'll leave now." If we don't leave, the admiral will probably be here soon.