Scouring the Land and the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit

Chapter 31: Looting the Land and the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit

As everyone knows, Devil Fruits are also divided into different tiers.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Logia Devil Fruits are the strongest, followed by Zoan and Paramecia.

The most fundamental reason for this is likely that the power of Logia Devil Fruits was thoroughly popularized by the Marines' Three Admirals.

As for Mythical Zoans, due to their extreme rarity, most ordinary people might never witness their power in their lifetime.

Rarity doesn't necessarily equate to power, but Mythical Zoans can be.

BANG!

A punch smashed open the thick iron door.

Smoke instantly billowed out in all directions.

Piercing sounds and red lights filled the laboratory.

Roy had undoubtedly triggered the alarm in this laboratory.

But at this critical juncture, no one cared.

Roy was currently gazing at the giant glass enclosure in the center of the laboratory with a lecherous look.

CRACK!

The hard glass shattered.

Clouds carried away all the glass fragments.

Impatiently, he picked up the strange fruit from the velvet cushion.

"Is this the masterpiece of that guy Vegapunk, an Artificial Devil Fruit that clones Kaido's abilities?"

His fingers traced the bumps and fine lines on the surface of the Devil Fruit.

Looking at this fruit, a blend of deep and light blue.

Roy knew that the minimum potential of the item in his hand could create a fighter on the level of a Yonko Commander.

The upper limit, however, was unpredictable.

No matter where this thing ended up, it would be considered an absolute treasure.

He tightly gripped the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit in his hand.

Roy knew he had struck it rich this time.

After all, this Devil Fruit had only been created not long ago.

Even Vegapunk himself didn't have absolute certainty about this Artificial Devil Fruit.

And this was the biggest reason Roy was able to obtain it.

After all, if the World Government or the Marines knew that this Artificial Devil Fruit, created by Vegapunk, could rival Kaido's fruit abilities.

Then Roy believed that no matter how dangerous this research facility was, the World Government would definitely find this Devil Fruit here.

He raised the Devil Fruit in his hand under the red alarm lights.

In the red light, its alluring appearance and the power it contained, this was undoubtedly Roy's biggest haul of the year.

"Huh? Who are you? Why are you here?"

Just as Roy was admiring the Artificial Devil Fruit in his hand.

A sudden voice interrupted his solitary appreciation.

He turned his head.

He saw two men holding weapons and wearing prison uniforms standing at the laboratory entrance.

"Oh, are you prisoners from here?

You're quite lucky; I'm in a good mood today, and I don't feel like killing anyone."

BANG!

Roy, holding the Artificial Devil Fruit, dissolved into mist and vanished.

"Where did that guy go? Why did he suddenly disappear?"

The two pirates rubbed their eyes, looking at the empty space in front of them.

"Forget it, let's not bother. Let's just say we saw things!

Hurry up, the poison gas is about to spread here."

The piercing alarm jolted the two prisoners awake.

Their panicked footsteps led them deeper into the research facility.

Roy's mood was excellent as he clutched the Devil Fruit in his hand.

With clouds clearing the path, Roy soon stepped out of the research facility's main entrance.

He looked up, still unable to see the sky through the thick, poisonous fog.

He carefully placed the Devil Fruit into an iron box cut open with a blade.

Using the Echo Map, Roy could determine the distance of the World Government and Marine personnel from their location.

After discovering that, as he had expected, no one was approaching the area with the densest concentration of poison gas.

Roy's mind stirred.

The Sky City, floating ten thousand meters above, its snow-white Island Clouds, suddenly began to plummet rapidly downwards.

Because of the constant explosions, the entire island was currently shrouded in an environment of dark clouds and poison gas.

Therefore, regarding this Cloud Island rapidly descending from the sky and absorbing the poison gas.

The World Government's personnel did not pay any attention.

A large mass of Island Clouds was currently floating above the research institute.

At the same time, Roy also created a large amount of mist, covering the entire research institute.

The poison gas was now being heavily adsorbed by the white clouds.

When Roy sensed that the surrounding poison gas levels were no longer lethal.

As another piece of Island Cloud floated down from the sky.

Albert and Torres, fully armed, were on this Island Cloud.

The poison gas previously pumped into the research institute had already forced all the prisoners into the lowest level of the institute.

At this moment, Roy controlled the poisonous clouds that had absorbed the poison gas, directing them towards the interior of the research institute.

Roy would not let go of any of the equipment in this research institute.

As Roy's command was issued, the Sky Islanders on the Island Cloud began to pour into the interior of the research institute continuously.

Small pieces of equipment were directly moved onto the Island Clouds.

As for the large assembly lines, and even more sophisticated research equipment.

Because there were some things Roy didn't know how to dismantle, he fully utilized the strength of a Great Swordsman.

Since he couldn't dismantle them, he would simply take them along with the floorboards.

In the World Government's laboratories, every piece of equipment was precious.

As Roy and his crew began working overtime to dismantle everything here.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this sole remaining research institute on Punk Hazard would be completely turned over by Roy and his crew, down to the very soil.

The dismantling speed increased.

The prisoners who had been forced to the deepest part were now, without any surprise, all Roy's captives.

Faced with immediate death or becoming a captive and losing their freedom.

This group of prisoners, treated like lab rats, decisively chose to surrender.

At the same time, Roy was able to proceed precisely because he had this group of criminals, familiar with the research institute's interior, to lead the way.

As the sun in the distant sky set, and then slowly rose again.

Gazing at the faint sunlight on the distant horizon.

After a day and night of dismantling and transport, looking at the hollowed-out mountain behind them.

A smile that couldn't be contained played on Roy's lips.

He quietly returned to the base on the coast of Punk Hazard.

The spoils from the previous night far exceeded Roy's expectations.

Based on Roy's guess, the materials stored in that research institute, and the explosion on Punk Hazard, had likely been orchestrated by Caesar Clown long ago.

Otherwise, a single research institute wouldn't have had so many materials and unopened scientific research equipment.

And all of this was starkly telling Roy.

The explosion Caesar Clown had caused was the result of his deliberate planning.

The actual situation was not an accident caused by a dispute with Vegapunk at all.