"Right now, we can only produce ordinary Zoan Devil Fruits. After all, the research specimen was only an ordinary Zoan Devil Fruit." Caesar glanced at Rob Lucci. "If we want to produce Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits, this stage may still take quite a long time."
"Set aside this stage of research for now. First, we need to consolidate the results of the initial stage, then take the first step and create a large-scale army of ability users to stabilize our overall strength." Ronglin said, "The outside world probably already knows that we're researching Artificial Devil Fruits, but they don't know we've succeeded yet. We need to keep this secret, then deploy this force in a crucial war to catch them off guard and seize control of the war's direction!"
"That won't be a problem. Leave the research to me. I definitely won't let you down!" Caesar said.
"Mm." After saying that, Ronglin sighed and silently left Caesar's laboratory.
Although Caesar had finally succeeded in developing Artificial Devil Fruits, the joy was ultimately overshadowed by the current situation. There was still plenty to do—reorganizing their internal affairs, avenging Bilida, and more.
Quite a few people outside were waiting for Ronglin to come out. When they saw that Caesar had not come out with him, they all asked what had happened.
"Caesar is probably feeling bad too," Ronglin said. "I heard that Caesar had known Bilida back when they were in the Ashil Kingdom. Bilida greatly admired Caesar as a scientist and was said to have wanted to study under him. Caesar had always looked down on Bilida's intelligence. But now that Bilida is dead, Caesar is probably feeling lost. He's actually a tsundere too. He never likes to say what's on his mind. Even when he's hurting, he'll still silently do