Imu's Experiments and Work!
In managing the World Government, Imu always felt that all he needed to do was ensure he was the strongest and make good use of his people.
The former needs no further explanation.
The latter, naturally, leverages the innate advantage of time travelers to recognize the talents who appeared in the 'original work' and place them in the most suitable places based on their personalities, pursuits, and abilities.
As for stepping forward and personally directing, he felt he didn't have the ability.
Echizen, he was neither a political bigwig nor a high-ranking military officer, and he didn't even have much knowledge of economics. With that level of expertise, he couldn't even manage a small restaurant, let alone an entire World Government.
People should have self-awareness; meddling in specific government affairs will only harm themselves.
Let professionals do what they're good at!
Judging from the footage broadcast live from Mihawk's side, the battle there has clearly entered a stalemate.
Marco and Jhin are evenly matched, like two equally matched generals, a true clash of titans!
The two are not far apart in age. Although the former's ability is the Mythical Zoan 'Phoenix' form, which is said to be even rarer than Logia abilities, the latter is only the more common Ancient Zoan 'Pterosaur' form.
However, the talent of the Lunarian made him comparable to the Mythical Zoan 'Flame Pterosaur'.
The two were about the same speed. Although Jhin's attack power was stronger, Marco's self-healing ability, which made him almost invincible as long as he had the stamina, allowed him to fight the former for days and nights.
After all, they are all Zoan users, and it's hard to say who is stronger in terms of stamina consumption and recovery. Even Imu couldn't be sure who would win in the end.
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Kaido fought all the division captains alone, and he certainly seemed to have a great time. However, with his current strength, it wouldn't be easy for him to suppress the entire crew in a short period of time.
In particular, the combined attack and defense of Diamond Jozu, Chef Thatch, Vista the Flower Sword, the Fifth Division, is enough to cause him trouble.
The duel between 'Whitebeard' and 'Big Mom', though incredibly grand and spectacular, was something everyone knew would take at least seven or eight days to resolve.
This bored Imu after a while, so he got up and played two games of tennis with Stussy, then jumped into the huge, shimmering swimming pool to enjoy the cool feeling of the water flowing over his skin.
While the outside world was engulfed in chaos, he was enjoying a peaceful life here. This was the life he wanted, at least for now.
Two years have passed since I transmigrated to this world. In the first year, in order to master the original owner's strength, I could only hide in the Moon Chamber to familiarize myself with the power.
In the second year, in order to deal with the Great Pirate Era, the World Government and the Five Elders held countless late-night meetings, and now things are finally on the right track.
His somewhat suppressed mood eased to some extent.
Half an hour later.
With a splash, Imu leaped out of the pool like a flying fish, returning to his palace refreshed. After washing up and changing his clothes, he sat on a chair in the Little Garden and began to read the documents and reports sent by the Five Elders. It was through these documents that he learned about the various processes of the World Government.
Within the Hinomoto territory of the Kabane World, Bullet's Army has already cleared it out. While it can't be said to be completely thorough, at least most areas are no longer visible.
However, this so-called 'cleanup' did not mean killing them all, but rather that they were collected and sent to the Kabane Resource Recycling Plant, which was basically completed, for management.
Next, they planned to wait for the shipyard to build a ship before heading to the western continent. According to the map, they intended to land on the Korean Peninsula, which was likely still overrun with Kabane.
"Ayame Yomogawa is requesting a Devil Fruit for her husband, Kurusu?"
Imu raised an eyebrow. Putting aside what she would offer in exchange for such a top-tier treasure, it was even unknown whether this Otherworld being could eat Devil Fruit.
Vegapunk's research on Devil Fruit clearly indicates that these things are very likely man-made, and possibly tailor-made for the genes of Sea Star Person.
"However, we could conduct an experiment. Who knows, maybe Kurusu would self-destruct after eating it? But after an ability user dies in Otherworld, will the Devil Fruit return to the Sea Star?"
In fact, he wasn't the only one who had thought of this; the Academy of Sciences had as well. However, the report clearly stated that because they currently lacked the technology to lock onto Devil Fruit, they were unable to confirm this matter at all.
After all, both the Kabane World and the Sea Star World are so vast; once someone dies, who knows where the 'demon' goes?
"Let's give them one and see if the Otherworld beings can eat it. If they can, then there's no difference between them and the Sea Star Person, especially the Paramecia."
Imu seriously doubted that the weak physique of the people of the Kabane World would make it difficult for them to provide enough stamina to use their abilities. Giving them a Zoan might have a good effect, since Zoan simply enhance physical fitness and provide a few form changes.
But he really wanted to know if his guess was right. He couldn't just give the other person a Zoan and a Paramecia for free; that would be too wasteful and unnecessary.
"Let's go with the Paramecia. Since it's experimental, it definitely needs to have sufficient experimental results. But we can't just give it to them for free. A Paramecia Devil Fruit costs between 200 Beli and 300 million Beli on the market, so let the Shogunate of Hinomoto buy it for 500 million Beli!"
Imu made annotations on the document as he thought about it.
However, they haven't started changing their currency yet, so we can owe them for now. Anyway, we're not worried about them not paying back the World Government.
As for whether Kurusu would experience any side effects after eating Paramecia Devil Fruit, that was none of his concern.
He then picked up another document.
"Dragon's Ministry of Police has already established Police Station in the capitals of the fifteen kingdoms along the first half of the Grand Line? Not bad, not bad."
But as he looked at Imu, his expression turned displeased.
The text later explains that due to a lack of high-level combat personnel, the local police struggled to suppress rioting One Piece and other dangerous criminals, often requiring Dragon to personally intervene.
Fortunately, he is Logia Hurricane Devil Fruit User, so his travel speed is quite fast; otherwise, he wouldn't have had time to transfer to a warship.
This is clearly a trick by the Marine Headquarters. Of the 10,000 naval personnel transferred to the Ministry of Police, probably not many were elites, or rather, the naval officers themselves didn't want to go.
Transferring from the Navy to the Army is at least somewhat acceptable, since both are military personnel; but what's with going to be a policeman?
"Once the Charlotte Family members are in place, we can allocate some to Dragon. The police force needs to be strengthened. By the way, it seems like Kizaru has a kid who would be perfect for being a policeman."
Imu thought for a moment and started annotating again, then put down the document and continued reading. There were quite a few documents; although not piled up like a mountain, there were still more than a dozen.
"Is Star Gate Base No. 0002 nearing completion? That's good news. The sooner it's finished, the sooner I can leave."
"Vegapunk used the power of the Munch-Munch Fruit to create Shape Memory Alloy?"
This reminded him of the Vinsmoke Combat Suit and Franky Shogun from the original story, but it would definitely take some time to develop these things.
Furthermore, Imu is more interested in the Vinsmoke Family's Genetic Engineering Biochemical Technology, since it allows people to gain extraordinary abilities without eating Devil Fruit.
However, given the current timeframe, Vinsmoke Judge should still be conducting his research, so let's not interfere with his plans for now and reap the rewards later.
"Hmm, Vegapunk asked Sakazuki to accompany him on a trip to the Future Kingdom?"
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