Seeing that Cavendish, who was always fantasizing about taking his position as Captain, had finally behaved himself, Alonso smiled faintly.
"Sorry to disturb you. Please continue working hard on your research. It would have been great if your results had come out a few years earlier."
If it had happened a few years earlier, Hancock, Yamato, and Tesoro under Doflamingo would not yet have grown so strong, and the cloned heart's strength could still have matched theirs.
Now, it was no longer possible. Unless Germa 66's technology improved further—but another step forward in cloning technology would mean reaching the strength of the sea's top combatants. No matter how he thought about it, Germa 66 could not possibly advance that far in such a short time, even if it was only a heart.
It could be said that improving too quickly in strength was not entirely a good thing. He had missed an opportunity to greatly raise his potential.
After leaving the research base island with his Vice-Captain, Alonso finally removed the poison threads from Cavendish's body. Cavendish immediately collapsed onto the deck and took quite a while to recover.
"Boss, wasn't that a little too ruthless? Are you really that afraid I'll surpass you?" The moment Cavendish caught his breath, he started courting death again, chattering away. "I know I'm not only incredibly handsome, but also far more talented than you, but you can't suppress your own Vice-Captain just because of that. I want two Devil Fruits too..."
"Two Devil Fruits, my ass. That heart is worth over ten billion Beli, more expensive than the heads of two One Piece Kings. If you have that much money, go order one yourself." Alonso cut off Cavendish's rambling.
"Uh... it's that expensive?" Cavendish said in surprise. "That's way more expensive than Devil