Pirates of the Holy Light Sword

Chapter 198 Artificial Devil Fruit

It didn't take long for Vegapunk to complete the writing and drawing that left Wright in a daze.

"Completed! Teleportation reminder..."

Vegapunk raised his head from the blueprint and said with satisfaction: "The teleportation process takes about three seconds. If you remind me two seconds in advance, you won't be surprised!"

Turning his head, Vegapunk patted his head: "Oh! Lieutenant General Wright, I didn't realize it was you just now! Sorry, sorry..."

"It's rare for A Tao to go out, and I'm a bit ignorant of my surroundings when I'm working..."

"Uh... Doctor, you're welcome, I think the doctor's idea is very good - there are too many people using it, and it really needs to be reminded in advance."

Wright, as the "only" person who could use the Lightforged Beacon at will, didn't pay much attention to it, but if more people use it...

"I wonder if the doctor can add some other things to the Lightcast Beacon?"

Vegapunk became interested: "For example?"

"Now that the Beacon has a dialing function similar to that of a phone bug, can you add a caller ID...well, I mean, the ability to display the number and location of the sending party?"

"The ability to teleport requires confirmation from the other party. It's best to be able to choose it... After all, this is something that needs to be placed in the naval base, and safety still needs to be considered."

"Well... that's true, the surprise of space transmission made us ignore these points."

Vegapunk touched his chin: "It seems that we need to extend the test time, but it's not a big problem—"

"Clap clap clap!"

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Vegapunk, who was about to continue talking, was interrupted by a noise.He looked towards a corner of the laboratory.

This corner is quite special, and it is a bit out of tune with the surrounding technology - it seems to be a place to keep pets.

"Do you still have pets, Doctor?"

Wright wanted to laugh a little. Could it be that the genius scientist Vegapunk is a shit shoveler?
"Well... this is a small thing that was researched a while ago."

Vegapunk scratched his head: "This is... a by-product of my previous devil fruit research."

"Anyway, it's still young, and it's quite interesting to watch, so I used it as a pet."

"Lieutenant General Wright, come and take a look!"

Vegapunk walked towards the corner where the sound was constantly being made, and Wright followed curiously——

A by-product of a devil fruit?Vegapunk's pet, could it be...

In the corner is a large cubic cabinet. According to Vegapunk, the lower part is a thermostat.

The front of the cabinet is made of transparent materials, and the upper half is a complete set of pet accessories——

Feeders, drinking fountains, brackets, runways, rockeries, pools, gravel-covered ground...

There is also the indispensable, a cage that cannot be seen inside.

Vegapunk pressed the button on the cabinet, and the cage that was still making a "crack" sound opened, and a strange creature flew out.

Well, it flew out.

This little thing has small forelimbs, a big belly, thick hind limbs, and a powerful tail flicking happily.

It has a big ugly face and a big mouth full of sharp teeth, spewing out one or two lines of fire from time to time, and a pair of small wings are flapping behind it.

"This is... a dragon?"

Wright cut Kaido's dragon form, but the "giant dragon" in front of him is obviously a different creature.

"Well, this is a legendary form of a giant dragon... The basic characteristics are matched, but the proportions seem to be out of sync..."

Vegapunk looked at the red "dragon" in the cabinet flopping around, feeling a little helpless:
"When researching artificial devil fruits, the experimental body used was much better than this one, but its intelligence was also low, and it was much more irritable than this one. That fruit still failed."

"This one, let's keep it first, and try again after researching a animal with at least a normal sane standard."

Having said that, Vegapunk slapped his hammer: "Lieutenant General Wright, I heard that you killed Kaido..."

"The next time you cut it, help me get some blood. It would be even better if you cut off a scaly claw or something!"

"With ready-made blood factors, the success rate is even higher!"

"..."

Wright was speechless for a while—is it so easy to cut off Kaido's claws?The scales are hard...

"Dr. Vegapunk, I will pay attention to Kaido when I get a chance..."

"But what did you say before? Man-made devil fruit? And a dragon?"

The corner of Wright's mouth twitched: "You didn't create a Phantom Beast Devil Fruit, did you?"

"That's right, but the failed product was left in the previous laboratory, so it didn't come here... It doesn't matter, it's a failed product anyway."

Wright had a bad guess: "That fruit, where is the failure?"

"Hmm... Ordinary animal-type devil fruits, if you eat them, you can transform into three stages, human form, human-beast form, and animal form. It has no effect on intelligence."

Vegapunk explained:
"But that fruit, although theoretically it will give the eater a strong physique and recovery power like a phantom dragon, but it may be related to the experimental body, and the eater's transformation ability and intelligence will be affected."

"Theoretically, it is difficult for this fruit to transform into a human-animal shape at the beginning, and only part of the body can be transformed into a beast."

"As the degree of animalization increases, even the mind will become a beast—this is too serious compared to normal animal-type devil fruits that only affect part of the personality of the eater."

"Probably when it is completely animalized, it will become a tyrannical beast..."

"And the cost of transforming is much higher than that of ordinary animals——it will consume even more to transform into a human-beast form."

Wright has completely matched these characteristics with a figure in his mind, and couldn't help complaining:
"You just...throw away such a dangerous fruit?"

"I forgot to bring it!"

Vegapunk emphasized embarrassingly: "Next time I make this kind of fruit, it won't be like this!"

"All right……"

Wright looked at the "Giant Dragon" flying happily, and asked: "You said before that after completing the project of the Lightcasting Beacon, you will start to study the project specified by the above?"

Hearing Wright's question, Vegapunk's expression darkened and he sighed.

"That's right, if we continue to study, the large-scale object transmission and multi-person collective transmission of the Lightcast Beacon will definitely be successfully studied."

"That's when the Lightforged Beacon comes into play! But..."

"The world's ZF finally lost their patience. They forced me to start researching one of the taboo projects - the gigantic human body!"

"It seems that CP has hit a wall again on the side of the giants?"

Wright snorted—in recent years, the world's ZF has never given up fighting for the strength of the giant race, and even deceived two giant crew members from the original "Giant Soldiers Pirates" to guard the gate of Judicial Island.

After "that incident", CP's infiltration of Elbaf never stopped—it just never succeeded.

Therefore, the ZF of the world put its idea on Vegapunk - if you can't win the giants, then create giants!
Although the kind Vegapunk procrastinated in every possible way, the research and development of the Lightforged Beacon finally made them unable to bear it any longer.

"But that's okay."

Vegapunk said with a smile: "Squeezing time to do research and development outside of the project is one of the necessary skills for scientists-of course I am more proficient!"

"Compared with the kind of research that violates human nature, the light-forged Beacon has more strategic significance!"

"It's because the strategic significance is too strong..."

Wright smiled: "Doctor, these can be delayed, but you must protect yourself..."

"Oh? Zhan Taomaru seems to be here, let's talk about business?"

"okay."

(End of this chapter)