The Paramecia Munch-Munch Fruit!

Inside the Moon Chamber, Mary Geoise.

Imu was looking over the various reports sent by the Five Elders.

Since he had decided to personally take the helm of the World Government, this sort of work was unavoidable.

On the Drum Kingdom side, the Ice Staircase and Ice Bridge connecting Drum Peak had been completed through Kuzan's efforts.

Judging by the photographs, they were immensely grand and spectacular, glittering beneath the sunlight like miraculous works of art.

The Ice Staircase in particular stood a full five thousand meters high.

Its sheer scale was therefore astonishing, winding around nearly half of Drum Peak, with broad platforms every thousand meters.

It was said that the Administrative Department's construction crews would not only build the Medical Academy and World Hospital facilities, but also construct small buildings, pavilions, and benches on those platforms for people to rest.

Even so, the difficulty was considerable. After all, construction materials had to be transported up a five-thousand-meter mountain.

As for Jaya, it had now become a breeding base for Compass Birds.

The plan was to eventually turn it into the world's largest zoo, housing all kinds of rare animals and becoming the foremost research site for zoologists.

The Army had been assigned to the island's security, since a Marine G-Branch was nearby.

Next came the situation in Water Seven.

Imu picked up the report and read through it carefully.

Overall, everything was proceeding smoothly. Scrap Island, which had once been piled with hundreds of wrecked ships,

had now been cleared out by the Administrative Department's construction crews.

They were racing to build a new Tom's Workers and a research factory for the Sea Train.

The reason for the rush, according to the report, was that Water Seven was struck by a super tsunami called Aqua Laguna every June or July.

They therefore had to complete structures capable of withstanding the tsunami's impact and flooding before June.

To that end, the Administrative Department had even requested technical support from the Science Unit.

Seeing this, Imu furrowed his brows and murmured, "Aqua Laguna... This really is a troublesome problem."

Water Seven had previously been the main shipyard for Marine warships, and it would become the research and manufacturing center for Sea Trains.

The latter in particular concerned transportation throughout the World Government's affiliated nations, so it could not be ignored.

"We need to find a way to deal with it. Facing a massive tsunami year after year isn't sustainable."

But Imu had no ideas for the moment. He could only helplessly place the report back onto the tea table and pick up another one.

This one concerned the renovation progress of Thriller Bark.

Originally, the Administrative Department had wanted to tow it to Water Seven and hire the finest shipwrights to work on it.

However, after specialists inspected it, they discovered that its renovation had little to do with shipwrights and instead required a large number of construction craftsmen.

Thus, this super sailship—called a ship, but large enough to be considered an island—

was currently being repaired, renovated, and refitted by a great many craftsmen at a secret location pressed against the Red Line.

According to the plan, the Gothic castle complex atop it would be painted white.

The forests would also be cleared away and replaced with Marine training grounds, dormitories, and the like.

Still, the construction period was rather long. It was expected to take around six months.

This displeased Imu somewhat. The situation at sea was becoming increasingly chaotic.

Because of rumors about the great treasure, the number of pirates had clearly surged.

Several Marine G-Branch bases in the first half of the Grand Line were already overwhelmed with work.

Bounty posters in particular were being issued by the stack.

That was why this Reverse Mountain Marine branch base was so crucial.

The following reports

concerned Kureha and the many outstanding doctors of Drum Kingdom's views on Amber Lead Syndrome.

There was also Shiryu's performance after becoming Akainu's adjutant, as well as Monkey D. Dragon's letter to the Five Elders.

Shiryu's matter was insignificant. With Akainu there, there was no fear that he could not be kept under control.

Imu cared more about Amber Lead Syndrome and Dragon's matter. Starting with the former, Kureha and the others had personally examined the patients whom CP4 had secretly sent over from North Blue.

They found that the patients displayed typical symptoms of chronic heavy metal poisoning.

However, there was something strange about this "Amber Lead"—it could actually be passed down to the next generation.

Ordinarily, heavy metal poisoning should not be hereditary.

Yet it was hereditary, and not merely for one generation, but continuously.

Still, these highly skilled doctors had discovered that the Amber Lead was mainly concentrated in the patients' livers.

Kureha herself, despite being over a hundred years old, had personally performed surgery in an attempt to remove the Amber Lead from the livers through her almost miraculous surgical skill.

Unfortunately, the final results were not encouraging.

Afterward, they tried drug treatments, but none of the existing medications for heavy metal poisoning produced satisfactory results.

They would therefore have to develop a new drug specifically effective against Amber Lead.

How long that would take was entirely unknown.

"Since conventional medical methods won't work, perhaps we should try the extraordinary abilities of Devil Fruits." The first thing Imu thought of was, naturally, the Op-Op Fruit.

Wouldn't Law in the future use it to treat himself?

But who knew where in North Blue it was now?

Besides that,

there was also the Paramecia Heal-Heal Fruit, a Devil Fruit truly suited to the condition.

By consuming lifespan, it could Restore to Original both organic and inorganic matter. Even without consuming lifespan, it could heal the illnesses and injuries of all living creatures.

"Princess Mansherry of the Tontatta Tribe might not have been born yet, but CP6 could be sent to Dressrosa to look for the Heal-Heal Fruit."

Imu pondered thoughtfully. If possible, he naturally wanted such an absurdly powerful Devil Fruit in his own hands.

Moreover, the Tontatta Tribe themselves were worth befriending. They were known as the Green Managers and claimed that there was no plant in the world their people could not cultivate.

Wasn't that ridiculously overpowered? Was every one of them a Shennong?

The problem was that the Tontatta Tribe had supposedly formed a grudge with the Donquixote Family nine hundred years ago. Out of hatred for the house, they likely had no favorable opinion of other Celestial Dragons either.

That was rather troublesome.

Oh, right. Future Princess Viola's Glint-Glint Fruit could also be searched for.

What did an observation radius of four thousand kilometers even mean?

In his previous life, China's north-south diameter was 5,500 kilometers, its east-west diameter was 5,200 kilometers, and the Pacific Ocean was 19,900 kilometers wide from east to west.

It was equivalent to seeing through three-quarters of China or one-fifth of the Pacific Ocean with a single glance.

[Knock knock knock]

Just as Imu was increasingly convinced that the Dressrosa Kingdom was a treasure trove,

someone gently knocked on the treehouse door, and information about the visitor appeared in his mind through Observation Haki.

"Come in!"

A charming maid entered carrying a silver wooden box, though she only dared to stand at the edge of the doorway.

"My lord, this is something the Five Elders asked me to deliver to you. They said CP5 found the Paramecia Munch-Munch Fruit in Drum Kingdom."

"The Munch-Munch Fruit!"

Imu was overjoyed. This was an excellent thing.

He had only instructed the Five Elders to send people to search for it in secret on the off chance they might find it, yet they had actually succeeded.

On the surface, however, he remained naturally calm.

"Put it down."

"Yes."

The maid walked in, placed the wooden box on the tea table, then respectfully withdrew from the treehouse and closed the door behind her.

Imu then took out the Munch-Munch Fruit and narrowed his eyes as he examined the Devil Fruit, purple-red all over and covered in black spiral patterns, resembling a pair of biting steel jaws.

"It can perfectly fuse organic and inorganic matter together, and can even devour Devil Fruit users to obtain their abilities. If used well, this thing could benefit an entire civilization. But I need to carefully consider whom to give it to."

"But then again, now that the Munch-Munch Fruit has been found, where is that Human-Human Fruit?"

Thinking of that left Imu somewhat conflicted.

He did not know whether he hoped to find the latter or not.

Because if it were found, wouldn't Chopper be gone?

The comments suddenly started increasing. Wonderful~~~