Experimenting with Methods of Stripping Devil Fruits (3)

Before long, Rob Lucci followed Ye Chen to a side hall. Judging from its size, it should be a storage room, because most of the contents were gold.

"Eat it."

Turning around, Ye Chen handed Rob Lucci a Devil Fruit from a shelf.

"Devil Fruit?"

Looking at the strangely patterned fruit in Ye Chen's hand, Rob Lucci took it and frowned.

"This is what they stole from Enies Lobby?"

"Indeed, the Devil Fruit you possess is one of the Devil Fruit I desire most. If you develop it well, reaching the strength of Four Emperors) will be a piece of cake."

Ye Chen's words Rob Lucci's pupils shrink. He hadn't expected that this Devil Fruit was so precious, and that if developed properly, it could rival the Four Emperors.

"What kind of ability is this?"

His heart was racing; Rob Lucci was somewhat excited.

"The Paramecia Door-Door Fruit is a Devil Fruit that involves spatial abilities. I think you should understand the power of this Devil Fruit. Here is the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia; you can take a look."

Picking up the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia from the side, Ye Chen handed it to Rob Lucci and continued, "Make the most of it. I think you should know about me. Like you, I was once a slave. In this world, the strong prey on the weak. Avenge the pain you've suffered with your own hands!"

After patting Rob Lucci on the shoulder, Ye Chen left the storage room.

"Thanks!"

Just as he was about to leave, Ye Chen heard a voice behind him, and a smile crept onto his lips.

"I hope you won't disappoint me." After leaving those words, Ye Chen disappeared.

As Rob Lucci looked at the Devil Fruit in his hand, his cold expression slowly turned ferocious. He then opened his mouth, bit down, and swallowed the entire Devil Fruit, skin and all, while enduring the urge to vomit.

"Celestial Dragons."

Each word was deliberate and ruthless, Rob Lucci exuding an astonishing killing intent.

A few minutes later, at Blueno's restaurant, several figures clinked their glasses together heavily.

They gulped it down in one go, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Kalifa, thank you so much. If you hadn't persuaded us back then, would we be so relaxed now?"

Gathered around a large table, the Kumadori at Kalifa with heartfelt gratitude.

"That was your own decision." Kalifa smiled gently, a smile spreading across her face.

"Regardless, congratulations on becoming one of the highest authorities in the country."

Jabra raised his glass.

"Cheers!"

"I'm so glad I made that decision. Compared to P9, this place is so much freer and more relaxed. I don't have to scheme against people or have to be subservient to them."

The Fukuro grinned and sighed.

"This is real life."

"When the boss asked Kalifa and Reiju to jointly govern the country, I was stunned. You know, in this country, besides the boss, only Reiju has the most power. I never thought Kalifa would also be in charge of the country in the future."

"And our intelligence department, they can get whatever they want now, and they have a lot of freedom."

"You can't let your guard down." Just then, Rob Lucci walked in from outside, looked at his childhood friends, and said coldly.

"Brother Rob Lucci, what did the boss just ask you to do?"

That night, they all got drunk; it was the most relaxed night they had ever had.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen arrived at Caesar's research base. During a previous meeting, he remembered a topic that those beasts in the group had been discussing, and now, he decided to give it a shot, even if it seemed hopeless.

If any of those methods succeeds, it will be absolutely crucial for the country.

"Boss, what brings you here?" The meeting had just ended, and Ye Chen arrived right afterward, which surprised Caesar.

"I have a few ideas about stripping away Devil Fruit that I'd like to test."

Without mincing words, Ye Chen said, "Take me to the testing ground."

"Yes." Caesar was somewhat skeptical. He had been researching these things for the past few years, but without any progress. He didn't believe that Ye Chen outsider, could do it.

The two arrived at the area where the demons were stripped away, where there were more than a dozen scientists; clearly, this research was their project.

"Your Majesty."

Upon seeing Ye Chen appear, everyone bowed in greeting.

"Go, bring over some Devil Fruit User and ordinary people." Standing on high ground, Ye Chen looked down at the laboratory through the glass and saw some people cleaning up human organs and bits of flesh, obviously having just finished an experiment.

As for Devil Fruit User, there are many in the research lab, with all sorts of identities; they are all experimental subjects.

Before long, outside the research lab, a dozen or so ability users and ordinary pirates were being escorted.

"Pick out a user with an ability and feed them a Devil Fruit."

"Boss, one person can't eat two Devil Fruits, it will cause an explosion." Caesar stood next to Ye Chen, stunned for a moment.

I want to see.

"Alright!" Caesar shrugged at Ye Chen's capricious request and gave the order directly.

Immediately, in the research lab, someone forcibly restrained a Devil Fruit user, tied him to a bed, and shoved a Zoan Devil Fruit into his mouth, doing so with remarkable skill.

Clearly, they had conducted this experiment more than once before Ye Chen arrived.

Ye Chen, who was high up, could see everything clearly through the transparent glass.

"Bang"

Not long after consuming the Devil Fruit, the test subject's body began to balloon out like a balloon. No matter how much he roared, it would explode with a bang once it reached a critical point.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere. On the glass in front of Ye Chen, pieces of broken liver or intestines could be seen sprayed onto it.

The research lab was a scene of carnage, like hell, with severed limbs, mangled flesh, and viscera—a truly nauseating sight.

Watching all this indifferently, Ye Chen frowned slightly. He had been observing with his Observation Haki from beginning to end. In the end, he discovered that when the test subject ate the second Devil Fruit, two kinds of energy appeared in his body. Regardless of their strength, they were like opposite magnets, unable to mix. In the end, they kept pushing against each other, which began to support the test subject's body, and finally exploded.

However, the explosion was somewhat powerful, barely enough to detonate the experimental subject, not a fraction more or less, as if it were right on the critical line.

This puzzled Ye Chen, because he had initially thought the explosion would be very powerful, but to his surprise, it was only slightly more powerful, barely enough to burst the experimental subject.

"Take one ability user and one ordinary person in, quickly remove the ability user's heart, and feed it to the ordinary person."

With a relaxed brow, Ye Chen gave another order.

After a slight pause, Caesar seemed to understand something, and immediately gave the order through the microphone.

The next moment, two teams entered the research lab and tied the two test subjects to the beds. Ignoring their struggles, one scientist took up the knife and cut open the heart of the ability user.

The forced transfer of the heart of a power user to a powerless person—everyone is waiting.

In a second or two, the ability user whose heart was ripped out died; while the ordinary person who ate the ability user's heart remained unchanged.

Ultimately, it failed.

"BS, it failed."

Caesar, who had been full of expectations, immediately looked disappointed, feeling that he had been excited for nothing.