Getting Something for Nothing (continued)

"Is it really that bastard Vegapunk?"

Queen immediately became restless, reacting just as fiercely as Caesar had done before, "Are you kidding me! How could that guy's skills possibly reach that level!"

"Shut up, Queen!"

Kaido snapped at him, then looked at Naito with a grim expression, "So that's the ability possessed by that Lunarian Tribe over there?"

Naito shrugged.

"Damn it! The World Government! Vegapunk!!"

Kaido was furious.

But then he remembered his business.

His gaze towards Naito was now burning with fervor. "The business you want to discuss with me is about these Artificial Devil Fruits?"

"We did obtain some information about Artificial Devil Fruit from Punk Hazard."

When Naito said this, Kaido's eyes almost lit up. "But data is data, and practice is practice. Even Vegapunk himself would probably have a hard time replicating a Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, let alone us."

Kaido's eyes dimmed slightly, but his expression remained excited. "If Mythical Zoan don't work, how about Ancient Zoan? Paramecia? Logia?"

"Vegapunk hasn't even cracked the Paramecia yet, let alone the Logia, which is even harder to replicate than Mythical Zoan,"

Naito also seemed a little disappointed. "I'm not sure about Ancient Zoan, but Vegapunk shouldn't have any problems with ordinary Zoan."

"Ordinary Zoan?"

Kaido frowned slightly.

Compared to Mythical Zoan, ordinary Zoan are simply no match for them.

But.

"That works too!"

Kaido asked, "How many do you have now?"

Ordinary Zoan aren't powerful enough, but if you could build a Beasts Pirates, that would be formidable enough!

"I told you, Vegapunk shouldn't be a problem."

Naito picked up a piece of pufferfish meat with his chopsticks. "It's surprisingly delicious," he said. "My scientists aren't Vegapunk; they can't do that."

"..."

Kaido moment.

Before he could say anything, the reckless Jack had already stood up, sword in hand, and angrily pointed at Naito, shouting, "Boss Kaido, he's playing you! Kill him!"

Almost the next instant.

Buzz!!

Its ferocious aura instantly shook heaven and earth!

Dark Inazuma burst forth from Kaido's body!

The entire building was shaking violently, and the solid floors and walls were cracking.

Wow, that's terrifying! Conqueror's Haki cause physical destruction simply by unleashing its power?

Naito calmly raised his glass, but the geishas were pitiful, one after another fainting instantly.

Hanafuda's two children also fainted. The future Flying Six were just two kids now; how could they withstand Kaido's power?

"Brother Kaido!"

Hanafuda couldn't help but speak up to dissuade them, "The children can't handle your temper!"

At this moment, Kaido just stared intently at Naito, "So, you're playing me for a fool?"

Naito put down his glass. "A true Zoan can't be made, but a slightly inferior one is fine."

One sentence instantly cleared Kaido's eyes, and his surging Conqueror's Haki subsided. "A little lower quality? What do you mean?"

"It means,"

Naito said, "Since copying Zoan Devil Fruit won't work, let's use animal Lineage Factor as a basis and find another way to create a fruit that allows humans to directly fuse with animal Lineage Factor."

This refers to the SMILE Fruit created by Caesar in the original work.

Caesar had mastered this technology long ago, but he hadn't paid much attention to it. After all, it had too many drawbacks and its strength was just so-so. Caesar felt that he would rather develop more poison gas viruses or something than mass-produce this thing.

"Its quality certainly can't compare to a real Zoan Devil Fruit, and it also has quite a few drawbacks, but it has one advantage,"

Naito held up one finger. "It can be mass-produced."

Moreover, mass production should be simpler than in the original work.

In the original story, Caesar was the only one involved, but now, with both Caesar and Buckingham, Caesar can secretly seek advice from Vegapunk.

Kaido fell into a brief silence.

Then, the man slowly spoke, "To what extent can you do it?"

"It has at least half the enhancement effect of a regular Zoan Devil Fruit,"

Naito said, "The success rate might be a little lower when eating the fruit."

Well, one-tenth is still a bit low.

"Half?"

Kaido picked up the wine glass and took a swig.

Then, he slammed his glass down on the low table in front of him. "Fine, how much can you provide now?"

How much?

Naito shrugged. "We haven't even started yet."

The entire room fell silent.

"Boss Kaido! That bastard was definitely playing you for a fool!"

Queen slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Let me kill him! I have nine ways to kill him! Nine ways!"

Even Jin's hand was already resting on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Kaido stared intently at Naito, black arcs of electricity crackling around his body once more.

"The purpose of my visit is simply to ask if you can make payment in advance."

Naito Te pretended not to see it, saying, "After all, we don't have the money, equipment, or raw materials right now. It's difficult to Artificial Devil Fruit."

Upon hearing this, Hanafuda gritted his teeth—gritting his gums, Queen's fat jiggled, and Jack wanted to chop someone up, even pulling out half of his Ember Blade.

This guy's trying to get something for nothing!

You have one more sentence.

Kaido's tone was calm.

But the murderous intent contained within it was almost overflowing.

So Naito said, "In exchange, I can give you a piece of information about the Celestial Dragons' ultimate secret."

"... Celestial Dragons?"

Jin was slightly taken aback.

"Go on."

Kaido said.

"You've all seen the God Valley twenty-nine years ago, haven't you?"

Naito spoke with great interest, "That twisted monster, that shadow that can't be killed no matter how you attack it."

Everyone immediately turned to look at Kaido.

Here, he is the only eyewitness to that earth-shattering event.

Kaido stared intently at Naito, "Do you know who that guy is?"

"Eight hundred years ago, among the twenty kings who founded the World Government, there was a fellow named Nerona Imu."

Naito said slowly, "That guy has lived from eight hundred years ago until now."

"What?"

Queen exclaimed in disbelief, "How is that possible! What are you talking about! Giant Tribe don't even live for eight hundred years!"

"Don't you know that there's a power in this world called Devil Fruit?"

Naito smiled.

"So, that guy was the original king?"

Jin hesitated before speaking.

In any case, this news is quite alarming.

"Not the first king, but the King of the World."

Naito said, "For eight hundred years, he has been ruling the world from behind the scenes. The Five Elders are his puppets, the God's Knights are his henchmen, and the Navy is merely his watchdog."

Of course, in reality, Imu- chan is a homebody who spends his days hiding among the Flower Room playing with butterflies. The Five Elders, Saturn, deceives him, and even the God's Knights dares to shift the blame onto him.

"The Five Elders and the God's Knights have all signed some kind of contract with him, thus gaining immortality, but they can only be controlled by him."

"Besides that, he also possesses a certain ability to forcibly control others, Kaido, you've already seen that, haven't you?"

"Domination?"

Kaido nodded slowly.

So, was Rocks's attitude back then a sign of being dominated?

That idiot didn't say a word, and he ended up like that—he deserved it!

"How are you, Kaido?"

Naito chuckled, "Are you satisfied with this news?"

How do we know you're not just making things up?

Queen immediately questioned this.

"Shut up, Queen."

Kaido snorted.

He gave Naito a deep look. "If you want money, you have plenty of resources. Why are you coming to me?"

Of course, it's because contacting you was just a bonus; the real purpose has already been achieved. I just want to get something for nothing again—why not take advantage of any opportunity to profit?

But what Naito said was, "Sooner or later, we'll overthrow the throne of the King of the World. There aren't many people in this world who dare to do that, and you're one of them."

Kaido paused for a moment, then...

"Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!!"