Moving the Research Institute to the Sky

Chapter 30: The Idea to Move the Research Institute to the Sky

"Everyone, hurry, hurry, hurry! The poison gas is about to spread here. Grab the important equipment and leave the rest."

Inside the dilapidated research institute.

A man resembling a World Government official was urgently directing his subordinates, rescuing important machinery dug out from the ruins.

This was a race against time for material rescue.

As boxes of research data and precision instruments were rapidly carried out by manpower.

Along the way, explosions and fierce poison gas storms were visible everywhere.

One wrong move, and a gas mask could become useless.

Under the onslaught of the potent poison gas, anyone without a gas mask would quickly die.

But even so, personnel from the World Government and the Marines rushed into the island's interior, undeterred by life and death.

Perhaps they were forced, or perhaps they were executing their duties.

Regardless, their backs at this moment were heroic and fearless.

Roy turned into mist and searched the skies above the island.

The poison gas on the island had now severely obscured visibility.

Everything was a hazy gray, causing the World Government soldiers immense hardship.

But for Roy, this was nothing.

Using the Echo Map, Roy quickly pinpointed the research institute he was looking for.

However, the institute was currently located in the densest part of the poison fog.

Perhaps this was precisely why the World Government and the Marines had deliberately avoided this area.

Large swathes of white clouds dispersed around Roy.

As the poison gas and the clouds came into contact, the clouds acted like sponges, rapidly absorbing the surrounding toxic fumes.

A safe passage through the clouds opened up before Roy.

The pure white mist had changed its original color due to the purple poison gas.

As Roy headed towards the research institute, he discovered that these clouds, contaminated by the poison gas, could, with his deliberate manipulation, rain down drops of highly toxic liquid.

This discovery confirmed Roy's earlier conjecture.

The fusion of clouds and poison gas could indeed form a weapon of natural disaster-level power.

Looking at the purple clouds in the sky, a flash of inspiration struck him.

He took out a Cloud Shell containing Sea Cloud from his pocket.

Gazing at the ever-increasing toxic clouds gathering above him.

Roy opened the Cloud Shell in his hand, and large amounts of Sea Cloud poured out.

He manipulated the Sea Cloud to merge with the toxic clouds above.

Feeling the constant internal changes of the clouds in the sky.

Snap!

With a snap of his fingers.

Raindrops containing potent poison and Seastone particles began to fall rapidly onto the exposed rocky valley before him.

Watching the rocks corrode and emit white smoke, Roy knew a powerful weapon had been formed.

Using Observation Haki and the Echo Map to scout, Roy soon arrived at the only intact research institute entrance on Punk Hazard.

"Oh, they're still alive? It seems this research institute's seal is quite strong. Such intense poison gas couldn't penetrate inside."

Through the Echo Map and Observation Haki, Roy could clearly sense that quite a few survivors were still alive inside the massive research institute before him.

Looking at the tall iron gate.

Roy knew that the lucky survivors inside were likely just prisoners used for experiments.

If the original plot had unfolded as expected, they would have become Caesar Clown's subordinates in the future.

However, for Roy, everything here would change now that he had arrived at Punk Hazard.

"Sonic Nuclear Missile!"

He slightly opened his mouth, and compressed sound and sonic waves from his surroundings violently shot forward.

BOOM!

A violent explosion resounded.

The incredibly tall iron gate was instantly pierced.

Dust scattered everywhere under the intense attack.

The research institute, which had been sealed, was now like an opened can.

The poisonous gas in the surroundings began to spread into the research institute following Roy's retreating figure.

Roy didn't care about the lives of the white mice still alive in the research institute.

After all, they were just pirate criminals used exclusively for experiments.

Their original fate had already been a death sentence handed down by the World Government.

As the saying goes, if you go out to sea, you must have the resolve for it.

Therefore, Roy felt no pity for the consequences brought about by the invading poisonous gas.

Using the Echo Map to quickly scan the entire research facility, Roy's footsteps led him directly to his destination.

However, the spread of the poisonous gas was clearly faster than Roy's pace.

As the purplish-red gas began to seep through the various gaps within the research institute, spreading throughout its interior.

"Damn it, what's going on? Why is this poisonous gas coming in?"

"Help, help! I finally escaped the fate of being experimented on, I don't want to die here."

"Everyone, quickly, hurry to the innermost laboratory! If we stay here, we'll all die."

Noisy voices erupted in panic within the laboratory.

Those lucky survivors who had evaded the previous violent explosion frantically searched for survival supplies and fled towards the innermost part of the lab.

While Roy was searching for the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit.

He looked at the dazzling array of sophisticated instruments inside the research institute.

Roy felt that these items shouldn't be left here to rust; a high-tech laboratory was their best destination.

After all, each of these precision instruments was worth a fortune.

It would be too much of a waste to let them be scrapped here for nothing.

The thought of moving them all flashed through Roy's mind.

The next moment, Roy decided to move the entire research institute into the sky.

Caesar Clown, Roy felt he absolutely had to conquer.

And the world's second-greatest scientist surely deserved a research facility that matched his status.

Thinking about the taxes his own merchant guild had to pay regularly.

Roy suddenly felt as though he had contributed some money to this research institute.

Now that it had been abandoned by the World Government, Roy didn't mind moving it all away.

After all, he had paid his taxes.

As Roy continued to walk deeper into the laboratory.

"Huh, have I arrived?"

Through the positioning of the Echo Map, Roy quickly arrived in front of the laboratory where Devil Fruits were stored.

His mood instantly shifted from its previous calmness to excitement.

After all, this was a top-tier Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

With it, one could say he possessed part of Teacher Kai's qualifications.

"Sound Release."

The moment Roy sensed the Devil Fruit, he transformed into a blur of motion.

At this moment, he just wanted to get his hands on that Artificial Devil Fruit as quickly as possible.