Whoosh-
Carol vanished from the secret chamber beneath the ruins of Oden Castle.
No one knew what had happened here. Only a corpse that would slowly rot remained, making the place look like a crime scene...
Egghead Island, New World.
Inside the secret laboratory among the clouds.
Carol appeared, carrying the Devil Fruit Reclaimer.
He headed straight for Vegapunk's usual laboratory.
As expected, he found Vegapunk conducting an experiment.
Carol walked in.
"Dr. Vegapunk."
Only at the sound did the absorbed Vegapunk turn and look at Carol.
"Ah, Carol."
"You brought it back already?"
His gaze settled on the Devil Fruit Reclaimer in Carol's hand.
Carol shrugged.
"He wasn't anyone formidable."
"Once I found him, getting it was easy."
He handed the Devil Fruit Reclaimer to Vegapunk.
After all, with an ability like the Teleportation Fruit, ordinary people really had no defense against Carol's assassinations.
Vegapunk shook his head with a smile and took the Devil Fruit Reclaimer.
"Come with me."
"The material is ready."
He turned and led Carol toward the Cultivation Room where the Seraphim were kept.
Inside the Cultivation Room.
There were many tanks of different sizes filled with green nutrient fluid.
But most of the bodies replicated and cloned inside belonged to Jinbe and Edward Weevil (Whitebeard II). As for the reason...
Their toughness was the main factor...
Vegapunk walked up to the cultivation tank containing a cloned Jinbe Seraphim and pressed a button.
The Jinbe Seraphim inside snapped his eyes open, then sprang forward as though diving into water, plunging straight into the bottom of the tank and disappearing.
Splash-
There was a rush of water.
The cloned Jinbe Seraphim leaped out of the floor in front of the tank and stood before Vegapunk and Carol.
A flicker of admiration crossed Carol's eyes.
"The