The green-haired, bespectacled snow woman Monet had become Caesar's secretary, responsible for supervising and urging him to complete Doflamingo's assignments.
The technology of fusing a Zoan Devil Fruit ability with an object alone had been enough to open her eyes.
However, looking at that somewhat dim-witted Poison Slime, the technology did not seem very practical.
Using a Devil Fruit worth over a hundred million to create a Devil Fruit weapon with little intelligence was somewhat of a loss.
After all, if a reasonably talented human ate a Devil Fruit, the combat power they could unleash would be far greater than that of a Devil Fruit weapon.
Of course, if Artificial Devil Fruits succeeded, they would no longer lack Devil Fruits and could use them however they pleased.
Caesar specialized in researching large-scale toxic gas weapons, but through Vegapunk's influence, he had also learned some Artificial Devil Fruit technology, though it had certain flaws.
For now, however, he first had to prepare the raw materials and extract the animals' bloodline factors. Those S Zoan Bloodline Factor materials would later be used to grow Devil Fruits.
No one knew how many months it would take for the first Artificial Devil Fruit to mature.
It would have been even better if he had a large number of Zoan Devil Fruit Users. Perhaps he could create more perfect Artificial Devil Fruits like Vegapunk, ones as powerful as Experiment Subject 88's Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit.
Knowing how powerful the poison gas bomb that had destroyed Punk Hazard was, Caesar planned to restart his poison gas bomb research while helping Doflamingo create Artificial Devil Fruits. He would call it the "Death Nation Plan"!
Out at sea.
As Dongye Huanglong watched Punk Hazard draw closer and closer, unpleasant memories surfaced in his mind, and a flash of brutality crossed his eyes.
"Boss! Calm down!"
Capone Bege sensed that terrifyingly brutal aura and immediately shouted. He was afraid he would be knocked unconscious and fall straight into the sea.
"..."
Dongye Huanglong reined in his aura, accelerated, and continued charging toward Punk Hazard.
"I hope you're already there!"
Caesar, who had been directing the Donquixote Family underlings at work, suddenly felt a chill down his back.
"What is this?"
Caesar looked around, searching for whoever was making him uneasy, before finally turning his gaze toward the snow woman Monet.
Doflamingo had really gone all out, actually sending over a Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit User.
"Beauty, call Doflamingo and have him capture as many Zoan Devil Fruit Users as possible."
Caesar cast aside his other thoughts and spoke to his beautiful secretary, but the next moment, he sensed an aura that filled him with immense terror. It left him deeply unsettled.
Above Punk Hazard, Dongye Huanglong gazed excitedly at the island, where the poison gas had grown thinner.
"Caesar, you bastard, you really did come back here!"
Dongye Huanglong rapidly descended, the purple patterns on his body writhing as they absorbed the surrounding poison gas and created a safe atmosphere.
Yet Capone Bege, the Mafia boss, still cautiously put on the gas mask Vegapunk had prepared.
"Boss God, there are many humans on the island. More than a hundred."
Enel's Mantra electromagnetic waves swiftly spread across the island, sensing every living thing upon it.
"Move. Kill them!"
Without another word, Dongye Huanglong charged in to slaughter them. Enel transformed into lightning and followed, while Capone Bege and the people inside his body castle temporarily remained on the shore.
Along the way, whenever they saw members of the Donquixote Family, they directly blasted them to death with lightning, giving them no chance to send a signal.
Punk Hazard had yet to establish a complete surveillance system, so Caesar and Monet had no way to flee in advance.
Only when the screams of the prisoner patrols outside the laboratory and the Donquixote Family members rang out did Caesar and Monet discover the enemy invasion.
When Dongye Huanglong kicked the laboratory doors apart, Caesar's face swiftly turned pale.
"It's him!! How can it be him?! Why is it Experiment Subject 88?!"
Caesar screamed in panic, immediately turning into gas and fleeing in desperation.
When the snow woman Monet saw Dongye Huanglong appear, she froze as well. They had met again so soon after leaving Dressrosa.
"Caesar! You can't escape!"
Dongye Huanglong grinned as brutal Conqueror's Haki erupted. Black-red lightning spread at incredible speed, forcing the fleeing, elementalized Caesar out. A laser swiftly pierced Caesar's thigh, sending blood splattering.
"Don't kill me!! Huanglong! Aren't you still alive? You even obtained the poison factor and the transparency factor. You should be thanking me!"
Tears and snot streamed down Caesar's face from the pain as he screamed in terror. Dongye Huanglong's killing intent filled him with boundless fear.
Moreover, these guys' Armament Haki was even more terrifying than Doflamingo's Conqueror's Haki. They could actually force him directly out of his elemental form.
Just as the snow woman Monet wanted to speak, a bolt of lightning instantly appeared before her. A pair of dead fish eyes that seemed to look upon ants terrified Monet into retreating several large steps.
Logia-types could ignore physical attacks, but they could not ignore elemental attacks like lightning.
"That is true. I should thank you for blowing up Punk Hazard. Otherwise, I really would not have had the chance to escape.
But one thing is one thing, and another is another. That does not affect my desire to kill you. After all, you killed me once."
Dongye Huanglong walked step by step toward Caesar, looking down at him with a sinister smile.
Back then, Caesar had been the one looking down on Dongye Huanglong, treating him like a lab rat and toying with him.
But now, their positions had reversed. Caesar was the one kneeling before Dongye Huanglong like an ant, begging for mercy.
"Don't kill me! I can transplant bloodline factors like Spark Red and Electric Blue into your body.
You are the most perfect test subject. You will definitely succeed again. I can turn you into the strongest creature, surpassing Kaido of the Beasts."
Caesar shouted frantically, hoping to survive at Dongye Huanglong's hands.
"And I have already reached a partnership with Doflamingo. If you kill me, you will be offending him."
Like a drowning man, Caesar tried to seize every possible chance to live.
"Doflamingo? I raided his territory just a few days ago. He can't save you!"
Dongye Huanglong laughed and drove a fist into Caesar's stomach, instantly silencing him and bending him over like a cooked shrimp as blood sprayed from his mouth and nose.
"Lord Huanglong, please spare Caesar for the sake of my Young Master. We are willing to pay money and Devil Fruits to buy Caesar's life back."
Seeing Caesar nearly beaten to death, Monet forcibly suppressed her fear and shouted with a trembling voice.
This scientist, Caesar, was an important target Doflamingo had entrusted to her. She had to do everything she could to preserve his life.
"For Doflamingo's sake? You are my spoils now too. With you and Caesar, two Logia-type Devil Fruit Users, what does he have that can buy you back?"
Dongye Huanglong looked at the green-haired beauty with her curvaceous figure and smiled teasingly.
Sorry, Doflamingo. I'm taking another one of your female officers!
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