New World, Punk Hazard.
Sephiroth, dressed in a special white protective suit with Black Wings spread behind him, circled endlessly through the skies above the island, searching for the location of the Marine research laboratory.
The entire island of Punk Hazard was shrouded in corrosive poison gas. It was the result of a leak from Caesar's mass-destruction chemical weapons, which had killed every living thing on the island and turned it into a deserted wasteland.
Since the accident had happened only a few days ago, the poison gas on the island was incredibly dense. Purple toxic mist, visible to the naked eye, lingered throughout the air.
With Sephiroth's current physical constitution, most ordinary poisons could no longer kill him. At most, they would merely make him feel somewhat unwell.
However, considering that this poison gas had been created by Caesar, a mad scientist specializing in biological weapons research, Sephiroth still put on protective gear out of caution, lest he capsize in a ditch.
Before long, Sephiroth found a research institute bearing a sign that read "PUNK HAZARD."
He immediately drew the Butcher Blade at his waist and split open the institute's alloy doors. He entered the metal, sci-fi-styled facility and began wandering through its corridors.
Finally, after violently breaking through yet another room door with his blade, he saw a fruit inside a glass container. It resembled an apple and was covered in yellow concentric-circle patterns.
Artificial Devil Fruit: Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form!
This was the objective of his trip.
After years of research into Lineage Factor, Sephiroth had already mastered the technology to create ordinary Zoan-type Artificial Devil Fruits with a one hundred percent success rate.
However, due to certain technical problems, he had yet to create a Mythical Zoan with special abilities!
In fact, once