"I'm back."
Only after spending over a year in the One Piece World and acquiring plenty of good things did Karn return to the Marvel Universe.
The most numerous were the Sky Island Dials. He planned to have his researchers analyze how they worked, then enhance their capabilities or alter their shapes.
There was also flesh from Sea Kings, to be analyzed for medicinal properties or whether it could be made into a genetic serum. However, Karn had set aside plenty for cooking, because Sea King meat really did taste excellent. Even a little cooking brought out its superb texture and flavor.
Moreover, Sea King meat was exceptionally effective at restoring stamina. If it were made into an energy supplement, it could probably restore all of Pietro's stamina in a few dozen seconds; this meat worked better than stimulants and did little harm to the human body.
Aside from these, the most valuable things Karn had obtained were the Sand-Sand Fruit ability serum and the Lineage Factor Monet had extracted from Monet herself.
He could not strip people of Devil Fruit abilities too frequently, either. If something happened to Monet too, someone might guess something; the One Piece World had no shortage of clever people. If they learned that Karn could strip away even Logia abilities, he would probably become everyone's target.
He also wanted to research replicating Devil Fruit abilities. Failing that, developing a temporary ability potion would do as well-using an ability user's blood to produce a short-duration ability serum. Karn had already assigned this research project.
His Biological Research Center now had over a hundred researchers, divided into five teams working on different research projects; once the underground Hive was completed, they would all relocate there.
Karn reckoned the war against Wakanda was about to begin. Given