As soon as he finished speaking, Shaka's emotionless, mechanical eyes stared intently into Gawain's eyes.
Facing Shaka's gaze and analysis, Gawain's expression remained completely unchanged, not even his pupils moved.
With an unwavering composure, he relaxed the corners of his mouth and chuckled softly as he spoke to Shaka.
"Why ask me such a question? I may understand the general trend, but I don't understand science, Mr. Shaka."
After Kaido died, he was buried on the Onigashima.
Gecko Moria's remains had already been returned to the Florian Triangle by his former subordinates.
What a pity for Hina, such a fine rear Rear Admiral. Her remains and her honor are engraved on the Navy's memorial tablet.
As for Whitebeard..."
Gawain's lips curled slightly, and his tone suddenly hardened.
"After Whitebeard died, his body was immediately taken away by his still-living sons in front of the whole world!"
So, Shaka, what reason do you and Vegapunk have to believe that their Devil Fruit will have any connection to me?
Whether it was a coincidence of fate or an unknown scientific fact, it is not something I should pursue or understand!
Scientific matters should be left to scientists.
So, I should be the one seeking answers from you!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain suddenly raised his hand and gently patted Shaka's shoulder.
Sensing Gawain's actions, Shaka remained silent for a moment, then slightly opened his mouth.
Indeed, science is science, and fate is fate, until fate can be fully understood by science.
The Devil Fruit we copy are ultimately replicas, so it wouldn't be surprising if anything went wrong.
However, I think you should understand our concerns. We are not worried about the disappearance of the Copy-Copy Fruit; what we are worried about is something that you should be more concerned about!
That is, when the Copy-Copy Fruit loses its effect, those Devil Fruits that should have reappeared elsewhere simply won't continue to appear!
As soon as he finished speaking, Shaka shook his head slightly. He and Vegapunk were always so confident; they were confident that they had the ability to control the current Devil Fruit transformations!
They were even confident that the Devil Fruit they copied would not differ significantly from the real Devil Fruit.
So, while they firmly believed that their research would not go wrong.
The disappearance of the Copy Devil Fruit has now been explained by an even more terrifying reason!
Could it be that the original varieties of those Devil Fruit no longer exist in the world?
Although this speculation is absurd, when the conclusion is deduced to the end, even the most outrageous answer can only be the correct one!
So...?
So this is what Gawain is most worried about!
Long before the dead Kaido was transformed into a puppet, and Gawain was able to use Kaido's abilities through the Xianyang Palace.
Gawain already had a little bit of worry in his heart!
Now that Kaido has brought his powers to the Xianyang Palace, is it possible for the Mythical Zoan, the Azure Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, from the Pirate World to appear on another fruit?
However, Gawain was merely worried about it.
He couldn't even send someone to verify his concerns.
If this were to come true, the impact would be enormous, and it would be a negative one at that.
But reality has proven that Gawain's fears have likely come true.
Kaido's possession of a Devil Fruit might just be a coincidence.
Perhaps that Devil Fruit simply fell in some hard-to-find place.
But if you add many other examples, things become very clear.
Although Gawain hasn't been to the Xianyang Palace recently, Gawain still knows clearly whether it's Whitebeard, Moria, or Hina.
After they die, they are destined to go to the Xianyang Palace.
Although they had only been dead for a short time, Vegapunk's judgment was by no means unfounded. Even the Copy-Copy Fruit disappeared with the death of its host, so how could the original Devil Fruit possibly survive?
Imagine if the whole world knew that Gawain had a way to make Devil Fruit disappear completely.
Even if Gawain wasn't the Light, Imu would probably have to find a way to kill Gawain.
After all... Devil Fruit are the most important material in Imu's entire plan!
With sufficient combat power, Gawain could only be considered a threat to Imu, and because he was Celestial Dragon, that threat quickly became a minor one.
Gawain, who possesses the ability to sever the inheritance of Devil Fruit...
He's a huge threat!
So, no matter what!
I absolutely must not let anyone associate this with me!
Even if someone understands it.
We must also make them only dare to watch, not dare to speak!
Thinking this, Gawain's smile became even more amused.
Looking at the faint smile on Gawain's face, Shaka pondered for a moment and then nodded gently.
"Even without Devil Fruit, humans are still the most intelligent of all beings, and the expansion of wisdom is endless."
Therefore, regardless of who or what method is used to gradually eliminate Devil Fruit, it may not be all bad for them at present.
On the contrary, I am more worried about the person who made everything disappear.
When there is no longer any power derived from luck in the world, order becomes more important, and the establishment of order becomes simpler.
However, this was before that order was fully established.
I'm afraid that person will become the enemy of the whole world, a true enemy of the whole world.
At this point, Shaka sighed softly.
Then, he turned to look at the Dark Bird Ship and nodded appreciatively.
"Your ship is very large, Gawain. It seems that Vegapunk's brain can thrive on your ship."
In my opinion, your body is already under some strain. Perhaps we should give you some space so we can get down to business.
Your health is the most important thing; Franky and I should get started too.
What do you think?
"Good."
Gawain nodded slightly, indicating that Shaka and the others could leave, and Shaka and his party immediately departed.
Not long after, a cacophony of curses and the sounds of machining came from the direction of Franky's workshop.
The sound of machining was not unusual; Franky was working with Vegapunk's brain to carry out a series of metal modifications on the Dark Bird Ship's hull.
He has always been ambitious in scientific research. He is not satisfied with just curing Gawain's problem. What he wants is to take this opportunity to expand Gawain's understanding of electromagnetic effects and capacitance!
Therefore, he plans to further modify the Dark Bird Ship, adding the effect of a supercapacitor to the Dark Bird Ship while it already possesses electromagnetic amplification.
Ideally, an area should be created on the Dark Bird Ship to simulate natural weather, thereby connecting with weather-related lightning to further reduce Gawain's electromagnetic and physical exhaustion.
Shaka had no objection to this; he didn't feel there was any work he couldn't do.
But Caesar was far from satisfied. Caesar wanted to live a good life, and all he wanted to do now was to cure Gawain!
Franky's plan is certainly good, but it's too time-consuming and unstable.
Caesar didn't want anything to cause him and Gawain to die together!
As for Stussy...
Although Stussy inherited Miss Bakkin's intelligence and knowledge, all she has studied over the years has been pornography and the scheming, despicable nature of human nature.
She was speechless about scientific research; she could only wait for the real Miss Bakkin to arrive before speaking.
But will Miss Bakkin still be able to get there?
Three days later.
In the Dark Bird Ship seas, the coated Moby Dick emerged from the seabed and approached the Dark Bird Ship.
Rob Lucci stood at the edge of the Dark Bird Ship, staring intently at the approaching Moby Dick, hatred brewing in his eyes.
Alas, Kaku's death was a huge blow to Rob Lucci. He was his right-hand man with whom he had worked closely for many years!
Even a dog develops a bond after being together for over a decade, let alone a person!
Kalifa was also heartbroken, but Kalifa hadn't participated in that war and hadn't returned.
The various commercial activities undertaken in Dressrosa now account for at least one-third of the Dark Bird Ship's revenue, Kalifa cannot do without.
The remaining two-thirds of the revenue came from the casinos in the Sabaody Archipelago and the shipyards in the Iceburg.
It can only be said that Iceburg is a real money-making elite; he and his former secretary directly supported all the income of the Dark Bird Ship.
As for the real Finance Department Nami.
Nami's talent lies in the digital processing provided by Little Button, not in commercial activities like open source.
At this moment, facing the ever-approaching Moby Dick, Lucci really wanted to rush in and wreak havoc.
But in the end, he restrained his hatred and made the handover gesture to the Moby Dick.
Then.
Glug!
The two ships gently came together, and the people from the Moby Dick, led by Araki and Bullet, boarded the ship.
As soon as Bullet stepped onto the Dark Bird Ship, he felt a numbness in his feet and looked into the distance in surprise.
In his eyes, the core that numbed him was the grand hall behind the scenes of working overtime!
At this very moment, countless gold threads are being engraved on the deck in a unique arrangement, eventually converging inside the palace.
And that palace...
That palace gave Bullet a feeling of... extreme danger!
Bullet took a deep look at the palace, pursed his lips, and then turned with Araki to look at Gawain in the distance.
At this moment, Gawain was lying in the swimming pool, lazily playing in the water with Shirahoshi.
Uta, dressed in a little girl's swimsuit, straddled Gawain's neck, trying to push Gawain into the water.
Shirahoshi used her tail to protect Gawain, allowing Gawain to play happily without choking on water.
Not far from Gawain, Madame Shyarly gently wagged her tail, directing her gaze toward the approaching Blackbeard.
Looking at Blackbeard's grinning face, Madame Shyarly sighed thoughtfully.
Was that the source of darkness I had once witnessed, the one that had plagued half the world?
He is indeed a fearsome person.
Fortunately, that future did not materialize after he met Gawain.
Otherwise, I would probably have already started running away by now, right?
Across from him, Blackbeard also looked at Gawain with great interest.
He clearly saw that while Gawain was playing in the water, Hancock would occasionally pick up a towel and gently wipe Gawain's seven orifices.
Blood welled up in Gawain's eyes at the slightest provocation, and his ears were stained with a few red marks.
For a moment, the smiling Blackbeard's smile vanished!
He suddenly realized that the danger of his journey had increased many times over!
Because he had gone from facing a ferocious tiger to facing a wounded tiger, a tiger in dire straits that could launch a final, desperate attack at any moment!!!
So Blackbeard quietly suppressed his smile and made himself look more serious.
But his seriousness didn't last long before Marco beside him interrupted him.
Marco looked on in astonishment the moment he saw Gawain!
Marco had seen Roger back then, and he immediately recognized Gawain's situation!
As one of the world's best doctors, Marco, who could keep Pops at 80% of his fighting strength even when Whitebeard was on the verge of a heart attack, how could he not see Gawain's condition with the help of the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Phoenix!
So he immediately took two steps forward, bracing himself against Jinbe's extremely wary gaze, and squatted down by the pool near Gawain.
"Hey, what's going on here?"
As they were talking, Marco unceremoniously grabbed Gawain's hand, which was resting on the shore, and gently felt Gawain's pulse.
Beside him, Jinbe's right hand twitched; he really wanted to punch Marco and send him flying.
After all, just ten days ago, they were enemies who were fighting to the death!
However, he ultimately held back, because Gawain casually raised his hand and ruffled Marco's pineapple-shaped hair.
"Dude, what are you worried about? I'm the guy who killed your Pops, okay?"
"Tch, stop talking nonsense. Pops wasn't sad when he died. He longed for that kind of epic battle, he had been longing for it for a long time!"
Besides, you're someone he approves of. Pops probably be quite happy to die at your hands.
Although I do hate you to death sometimes, you are one of the inheritors of Pops's will, and the guy who defeated Pops and took away the world's number one throne. Pops's hope still burns in your body!
How could someone like you just die so inexplicably?
In my opinion, you won't live another week!
As they were talking, Marco pulled Gawain out of the pool.
The next moment, the blue flames that surged from Marco's body rushed into Gawain's body and circled around.
After one lap, Marco nodded.
"Although you are on the verge of death, all your organs are functioning perfectly. Someone performed an excellent surgery on you; was it that young man named Luo?"
As for your excellent aura and the degree to which you preserved your combat strength, well, Crocus is indeed Roger's ship's doctor; he's got some skills.
As for your body, there's not much I can do, so consider this a gift to you!
As he spoke, blue flames surged up instantly, burning some of the black energy out of Gawain's body.
Marco then released Gawain and shook his head sadly.
"The flames of the Phoenix have temporarily replaced your organs and can burn for you for a while. I think you can live for another two or three months."
Honestly, he's Celestial Dragon, yet he messes around just like Roger.
This is so troublesome.
My Pops and I had a long talk with Roger before he turned himself in, and we knew very well how he treated himself.
That's all I can do. Consider it a gift to make Pops happy.
In the next few months, you should go find the other person who helped Roger survive.
His name is Vegapunk, and that guy's brain is more suitable to replace your consumption than my flames!