After Gild Tesoro finished experimenting with the Artificial Devil Fruit, everyone's expressions became enthusiastic.
Just as advertised, it can create Zoan Devil Fruit users.
"While it has the drawback of making people lose their emotions, it's actually an advantage if it's for subordinates."
Many Underworld rulers were very satisfied with the effects of the Artificial Devil Fruit.
It doesn't matter if they're slightly inferior to normal Devil Fruit; as long as the quantity is sufficient, the amount is still considerable.
Making people lose their emotions isn't a big problem. The subordinates only need to fight; it's better to leave the enjoyment of emotions to the leaders.
"The first Artificial Devil Fruit was obtained by the Gild Tesoro Gild Tesoro, and I'm sure everyone has already seen the results. But it's always better to experiment with these things more, don't you think?"
"Furthermore, only one person was able to capture footage of Artificial Devil Fruit Technology today. The rest of you big shots might be able to research something using this fruit."
Morgans spoke with a smile, his tone carrying a seductive charm.
"That makes some sense."
Even bigwigs like Pieklo, the king of assassins, were tempted.
After seeing that Gild Tesoro's experiment was complete, they didn't want to buy those ridiculously expensive Artificial Devil Fruit anymore.
But if we could learn something from Artificial Devil Fruit, that would be incredibly valuable.
There can only be one winner in Artificial Devil Fruit Technology, and they can't compete with Gild Tesoro and Du Feld.
Even if they try to steal it later, their strength is no match for the likes of Katakuri.
If we could deduce the technology directly from Artificial Devil Fruit, that would be incredibly rewarding. Although the possibility is extremely small, people just have to dream.
Even if we can't develop the technology, finding the weaknesses of Artificial Devil Fruit would be quite good.
Seeing the interested looks on the faces of the bigwigs, Morgans revealed a smug expression. "The starting price for the second Artificial Devil Fruit is also 100 million Beli, with each bid increasing by no less than 10 million!"
Soon, Pieklo and the others, who had just complained about the high price of Artificial Devil Fruit, started bidding against each other.
"130 million!"
"140 million!"
"150 million! Any higher?"
"180 million! The King of Assassins, Pieklo, has offered 180 million. It seems he's used all his savings!"
Morgans made a passionate offer, not forgetting to kick Pieklo, who had just been uncooperative.
"That damn birdman!"
Pieklo's face immediately darkened, and he glared at Morgans through gritted teeth.
He criticizes me no matter what I do, he buys from me and he criticizes me again. Does he have no dignity left?
The only good news is that no one else is competing with him for this one.
"Congratulations to the King of Assassins, Pieklo, for acquiring the second Artificial Devil Fruit with 180 million Beli!"
Seeing that no one else bid, Morgans had no choice but to regretfully announce that Pieklo had won the auction.
The three Artificial Devil Fruits that followed were also sold for around 200 million Beli each.
The five Artificial Devil Fruit brought Luo Wen a profit of one billion Beli, far exceeding their original value.
On the stands, Luo Wen and Gion watched the show together, enjoying the spectacle. Since the people who entered were a mixed bag, some were bound to be naive. He had already arranged things for Nami, Robin, and the other women, leaving only Gion by his side.
"Luo Wen, they're willing to spend 200 million Beli to buy Artificial Devil Fruit. Do they really want to deduce the technology from these Artificial Devil Fruits?"
Gion found it somewhat laughable.
It's important to know that the first Artificial Devil Fruit was the perfect version developed by Vegapunk. Later, Caesar, using an artificial Mythical Zoan that was almost identical to Kaido's except for its color, painstakingly created his own flawed version.
Won't these people, researching with defective products, end up creating a pile of garbage?
"The Artificial Devil Fruit to develop counter-technology is just a tiny, insignificant hope for them. Their primary goal is to discover its fatal weakness so they can launch a countermeasure."
"Luo Wen explained calmly."
These kings of the Underworld are all shrewd and calculating individuals, definitely not opportunistic gamblers.
Or rather, these guys should be heartless bosses who make gamblers lose everything, even their underwear.
Therefore, Luo Wen believed that they would not place their hopes on reverse engineering, but would instead focus on finding weaknesses.
Because the underground king who has obtained Artificial Devil Fruit Technology will inevitably expand his power, thereby squeezing out the power of others.
"Is that so? That does suit their status."
Gion agreed with Luo Wen's statement.
As a former Admiral candidate in the navy, she had dealt with these guys quite a bit, and their willingness to plan ahead was a perfect description of them.
They are always the first to react to any movement in the world.
This time, however, these guys didn't seem to see a deeper threat.
"What are mere Artificial Devil Fruit? You are the source of all the turmoil on the seas!"
"Are they waving money at you because they want to buy themselves a nicer grave?"
Gion spoke softly to Luo Wen.
Luo Wen, who established the Neo Marines and the Illuminati, undoubtedly harbored ambitions to rule the world.
After spending a long time together, she also realized that Luo Wen would not tolerate the existence of these Underworld kings like the World Government would.
The reason these Underworld kings don't think this way is probably because they are too confident in their own abilities and status, and they don't believe that Luo Wen can defeat the World Government.
Gion, however, saw it very clearly: with Luo Wen's methods, it was only a matter of time before everything was inevitable.
"You see things very clearly."
Luo Wen touched Gion's hair and said with a smile.
As Gion had imagined, in his eyes these underground kings bidding for the prize were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter.
When the time is right, when his power is large enough to completely take over them, that will be the time for Luo Wen to make his move.
The match in Dressrosa made Luo Wen realize the importance of this point even more.
A person can eat as much as their stomach can hold.
Doflamingo's global empire was not taken over precisely because of a lack of manpower.
Now that he's practically invincible, there's no need for him to wolf down his food, which leads to a lot of waste.
"Then they're in for a world of trouble."
Gion smiled slightly and said with a sigh.
These powerful figures who usually dominate the Underworld are, in Luo Wen's eyes, nothing more than piggy banks.
They probably never imagined that anyone would regard them as so lowly.
"Let them live a few more days, and when the time comes, we'll harvest them all together. It will be a very large harvest then."
"But then again, they're spending my money to buy my things."
Luo Wen has already regarded all the kings as his own property.
He's so kind; he actually allows people to use his money to buy his things.
That's an interesting way to put it.
Gion couldn't help but chuckle. If the people in the audience knew what he was doing, who knew what kind of chaos they would cause.
"Let's keep watching. The five Artificial Devil Fruits are just a small appetizer. Our main character is coming in last."
Luo Wen said calmly, then looked down.
Five Artificial Devil Fruit sold for a staggering one billion Beli.
So how much money could Caesar, who possesses expertise in Artificial Devil Fruit Technology, fetch?