Devil fruit in comics

Chapter 171 Human Fruit·Phantom Beast·Devil Form

New York in the 40s was far from being able to match the super metropolis of later generations.

Among other things, just looking at the current traffic conditions, you can have a very obvious feeling.

Although the automobile industry of this era has been fully formed, it is far from the exaggeration of the later stage.

After wandering on the street for more than ten minutes and getting a taste of the New York style of this era, Roger met the first taxi.

"Go to the bar you think is the best!"

After getting in the car, Roger said to the young driver who seemed to be in his early twenties.

In this era, young people in the United States, especially young men with no background, will basically choose to join the army as their first choice.

This also leads to a very interesting phenomenon, that is, there are significantly fewer young men than women on the streets.

"Okay, sir!"

The young driver looked back at Roger, looked at his outfit curiously, and then started the car and drove towards the bar.

Roger ignored the driver's gaze, silently thinking about the next itinerary.

Nearly two years is enough for him to do many things.

If he wants, he can even use his own power to promote the technological development of the entire world in one fell swoop.

But this idea was quickly rejected by him.

He's not here to lead the times, and he won't be around for long.

When the final stop time comes, whether he wants to or not, he will return to the original era.

Car shock absorbers in this era are really bad!

Roger silently complained about the automobile industry of this era.

Fortunately, New York in this era is not the city with extremely terrible traffic jams in later generations.

More than ten minutes later, Roger came to the door of the best bar in the eyes of young drivers.

After leaving $10 for the driver, he opened the car door and walked down, looking at the bar that didn't look like much in front of him.

For him who has traveled to Xandar and Attilan, let alone a bar in the 40s, even a bar in the 21st century would look a bit outdated.

However, when he stepped into the gate of the bar, he found that he had underestimated the bar.

Although the decoration of the bar is very 40s, the service staff inside, especially the waitresses, have a special flavor.

Not to mention the lack of clothes on her body, but the bunny girl look alone is worthy of praise.

It's not that Roger hasn't seen hot bunny girls in bars, but I have to say that although they are all bunny girls, bunny girls of different generations obviously have different flavors.

More importantly, because of the craftsmanship and the aesthetics of the times, the bunny girls of this era gave him a unique feeling.

I'm starting to like time travel!

Although some so-called retro styles appeared from time to time in the later era, no matter how good the retro style is, it can't compare with the real original flavor.

For some reason, after seeing these bunny girls in the 40s, Roger unconsciously came up with Peggy Carter in military uniform, heroic and with beautiful curly brown hair.

Judging from the time, Peggy Carter should be only 24 years old now, and she is in the best period of a woman's life.

"Give me a bottle of vodka, and tell me about the latest interesting things in New York?"

Roger sat on the bar and handed $100 to the bunny girl inside.

"What interesting things do you want to know?"

The bunny girl with blond curly hair took out a bottle of vodka from the wine cabinet behind her, lowered her upper body and placed the vodka in front of Roger.

The thick bottle body can't block the deep gully on the bunny girl's chest. It expresses what is called "when you are staring at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you" with practical actions.

Roger's eyes stayed on this bottomless ravine for a few seconds, and then he continued: "Anything is fine, as long as it is interesting to you."

"Howard Stark's 'Tomorrowland' Expo is tomorrow night, does that count?"

The bunny girl spoke slowly with the alluring voice of a mature woman.

"Forget it, is there anything else?"

……

Perhaps it was because of the charm of the US dollar, or maybe Roger's own charm. After more than ten minutes, he had a general understanding of the recent situation between New York and the United States.

By the way, I know the off-duty time of the bunny girl in front of me.

Although these are just some well-known information, for Roger, a newcomer, it still has a lot of reference significance.

If he remembers correctly, Steve Rogers was spotted by Dr. Abraham Erskine at Howard's fair, and eventually injected with "super soldier serum", from a sickly skinny chicken to a The well-known Captain America in later generations.

"I still have half an hour to get off work."

Taking advantage of the opportunity of pouring the wine, the bunny girl gently brushed Roger's palm with her finger.

Roger didn't say anything, silently withdrew his right hand, picked up the glass and drank it down.

Under the expectant eyes of the bunny girl, he left a tip of $20, and then left the bar without looking back.

From the point of view of ordinary men, this bunny girl is indeed very attractive.

But for Roger, the bunny girl clearly isn't on his minimum diet yet.

More importantly, he didn't want to contract a disease when he first came to this world.

"Ai, it's a big deal, warts are nothing serious, the chance of winning the lottery is drenching!"

Whoever believes this kind of words is an idiot!
What's more, the concept of security measures in this era is far inferior to that of later generations.

Even if he really wants to experience the beautiful women of this era, at least it must be a female character like Peggy Carter who is difficult to conquer.

After leaving the bar, Roger took a room in a nearby hotel and spent all the dollars he didn't have left.

Although he became pauper again, he didn't worry about his future life at all.

After nightfall, he left the hotel and wandered around, bringing back a box of loot.

Although the United States is now in a period of war, gangsters will not give up their jobs because of the war.

With the friendly support of these gangsters, Roger quickly got a second living fund.

In order to make himself look less different, he also specially ordered a few suits and clothes in line with this era.

There was no accident on the first night after the time travel, and I passed it peacefully.

Before going to bed, Roger turned on the system and took a look at his current wanted index.

"Wanted Index: 5%!"

Just like when he first shuttled here, his wanted index has not changed at all.

This also means that his series of actions today have not attracted the attention of the Time Variation Administration.

This is a good phenomenon!

The next morning, after enjoying a breakfast in the hotel that could not be compared with the 21st century, he left the hotel and continued his wandering.

The wandering around now is completely different from the wandering around last night. He has no intention of targeting gangsters at all, and appreciates New York in this era like a real tourist.

…………

In an alley near a movie theater, Roger stood on the roof of a nearby building, condescendingly looking down at Steve Rogers who was being beaten in the alley.

Although the current Rogers is only over 160 centimeters tall and weighs only about 90 kilograms, Rogers still recognized him at a glance.

The thinness of the figure did not affect Rogers' appearance too much, it just made his face look relatively small.

If he remembers correctly, after being injected with the super soldier serum, Rogers weighed more than 210 kilograms and his height grew to 188 centimeters.

A dose of serum changed Rogers from a weak chicken visible to the naked eye to a tall and strong man. Dr. Abraham Erskine is indeed the top biochemical scientist of this era.

Unfortunately, Dr. Abraham Erskine was assassinated before he could see Rogers transform into a superhero.

After being knocked down again and again by the scoundrel in front of him, Rogers still didn't give up, and picked up the lid of the trash can beside him.

However, the trash can lid didn't do him any favors.

The next second, he was hit in the head by the scoundrel again, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Courage is commendable, but the brain is not very good!

Roger witnessed the whole process of Rogers being beaten, but he had no intention of helping Rogers at all.

He came to this era on purpose, not to help Rogers.

"You just never give up, do you?"

When Rogers stood up again, the rascal in front of him said viciously.

"I could spend the whole day with you!"

Rogers raised his hands and said in a boxer's stance.

When he uttered this "classic line" that Roger has long been familiar with, Roger finally received the bounty task given by the system.

"Bounty task: Captain America's blackening; task reward: human fruit · phantom beast species · devil form; task progress: not completed!"

The moment he saw the bounty mission, Roger was slightly taken aback.

Human fruit, phantom beast species, devil form?
What kind of fruit is this?
In his memory, there are only the common species, the human form eaten by Chopper, and the phantom beast species, the Buddha form, eaten by the Warring States Period.

Has the current system evolved to the level of original fruit?

If it was before the system upgrade, Roger would definitely think that there was a bug in the system.

But now, his first reaction was that the system was getting more and more advanced.

Although he still doesn't know what kind of fruit this devil-shaped human fruit is, he has to admit that this fruit has completely aroused his curiosity.

After withdrawing his thoughts from the fruit of everyone in devil form, he browsed the details of the bounty task called "The Blackening of Captain America".

In order to make it easier for him to understand the task, the system kindly gave some hints.

Captain America symbolizes the absolute justice of the American style, and is the incarnation of American justice to a certain extent. The requirements of the task can be said to be very simple or very complicated, that is, to completely blacken Captain America.

As for the extent of the blackening, the system did not say clearly, but judging from the description of "gaining Captain America's absolute trust and giving him despair", this should be a task that made Captain America Rogers fall from heaven to hell. .

To put it simply, it is to let him experience the feeling of being personally betrayed by the person he trusts the most.

It has to be said that this kind of mission matches the rewards given by the mission very well.

First assist the target to realize the dream, and then personally destroy the target's dream when the dream is about to be achieved or just when it has been achieved, and give the target the most tragic and extreme pain.

This is completely the routine operation of the devil.

Although the mission appeared, Roger still had no plans to go down to help Rogers.

How to gain the trust of the target is a science.

Unprepared appearance and help will not only fail to gain the target's trust, but will arouse the target's vigilance.

If I remember correctly, after Rogers said the famous saying "I can spend the whole day with you", his good friend Bucky will make an appearance and save him like an angel.

Sure enough, just when Rogers was about to be beaten again, Bucky in military uniform came to the alley and grabbed the rogue who was trying to continue to educate Rogers.

"Don't be a bully!"

Bucky flicked hard, and the rascal who beat Roger was pulled away by him.

Then, a simple uppercut landed the scoundrel in the face.

"Sometimes I think you just like being beaten!"

After chasing away the rascals, Bucky took the newspaper and came to Rogers who just got up.

"I'm going to beat him!"

Rogers said unwillingly.

"How many times is this?"

While speaking, Bucky picked up Rogers' medical card from the ground.

When Bucky appeared, Roger used the "flash" of the fruit of the door and left the roof.

The show is over, and the task is done, so the next thing is naturally how to complete this devil's task.

If he remembered correctly, Bucky would take Rogers to Howard's Fair tonight, where Rogers would meet the destined Dr. Abraham Erskine.

Now that he knew where they were going, there was no need for him to continue following them.

He didn't need to stop Rogers from meeting Dr. Abraham Erskine.

This is what Rogers was destined to do.

He also doesn't need to participate in the training camp that is apparently an assessment, but has actually already selected candidates like Rogers.

What he needs to do is to join the Strategic Science Corps, the predecessor of S.H.I.E.L.D., so as to create an impeccable and perfect background for his meeting with Rogers.

For ordinary people, it is not an easy task to join this strategic science corps that does not exist on the surface.

But this is not a big problem for Roger.

Although he doesn't know Loki's phantom magic or mind magic that controls people's hearts, he has his own advantage, that is, the undoubted absolute force.

For the US government in a time of war, he is definitely a talent worth wooing.

When night fell, Roger came to the expo site with the lady he casually picked up on the side of the road.

Just because he won't stop Rogers from meeting Dr. Abraham Erskine doesn't mean he won't come to the fair.

In addition to Dr. Abraham Erskine, there is another person in the fair who can give him smooth access to the Science Strategy Corps.

Iron Man Tony Stark's father, the founder of Stark Industries, the absolute protagonist of this expo, Howard Stark!
(End of this chapter)