The most courageous pirate hunter

That's the charm!

People in the One Piece world buy into this: if you trust me wholeheartedly, I'll do anything for you, but there's a prerequisite: absolute strength.

You must remain strong enough.

Without powerful forces, everything is just castles in the air, beautiful but useless.

Chapter 468 [Trying to Eat a Third Devil Fruit?]

It received Hermes' approval.

Enel and Borsalino were itching with excitement, but also incredibly excited.

The banquet was a great success, and by the end everyone was quite drunk, except for Hermes, Borsalino, and Enel, who remained relatively sober.

Hermes didn't drink himself to death because he had other things to do.

Borsalino and Enel are different. As we all know, a person's drinking capacity depends entirely on the atmosphere. Normally, they might pass out after drinking five bottles, but they can drink ten bottles when the atmosphere is good.

Then, drunkenly, he put his arm around her shoulder and started looking at the Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

They could choose from a wide variety of Devil Fruits.

However, if the two want to eat a second Devil Fruit, they need to capture Trafalgar Law first.

the other side.

Hermes went alone to a mountainside near a hot lava field. He had made progress in the past three months, but it was slow and not as significant as that of Lucci and Guyram.

Hermes has already reached his limit, his strength has reached a bottleneck, and it is difficult to make progress under such circumstances. He can only rely on time to hone his skills little by little.

However, the world of One Piece is different because of the shortcut that is the Devil Fruit.

Keep in mind that the Big and Small Fruits and the Teleportation Fruit haven't even awakened yet, and are still a long way from the level of development Hermes envisioned. The Life Return alone is enough for Hermes to study.

"How exactly do we awaken the large and small fruits?"

Hermes pondered this question carefully: why was it so easy for other ability users to awaken their powers, while he hadn't even seen a shadow of one? As for the Teleportation Fruit, forget about it.

This fruit is clearly the kind that is particularly difficult to awaken.

In fact, there are signs of fruit in these three months, just like feelings and inspiration. They often happen in an instant, and once missed, they are gone.

Hermes' current task is to deepen those feelings and inspirations.

The development of fruits of different sizes can be categorized into two main directions: first, developing them into larger or smaller varieties; and second, conceptual development. These two directions are like two large trees, and Hermes' task is to extend these two trees into more branches.

However, Lucci gave him a lot of inspiration this time.

It seems that the Big-Small Fruit can be developed like the Multiply Fruit. Since the Multiply Fruit can multiply concepts such as strength and speed, why can't the Big-Small Fruit do the same?

Isn't increasing strength also doubling it? And what about speed, and so on?

The concept of the size of the fruit has not yet been developed. It only touches on the idea of ​​making wounds bigger or smaller. The early ideas for development are wounds, Haki, energy, and lifespan.

Skull hurts!

There's also the teleportation fruit.

During this time, Hermes thought of the Flash he had seen in his previous life. That guy could travel through time and space. Lightning couldn't possibly be faster than teleportation, right? And the movement trajectory of teleportation is similar to spatial transfer. If we study and develop it in depth, it might really be possible to break through the spatial barrier.

It goes without saying that it's difficult to achieve.

Difficult!

In comparison, Life Return and Dual-Color Overpower are more reliable and easier to improve.

During these three months of training in the gravity field, the greatest progress has been made in Life Return and Two-Colored Haki, since it is a physical improvement that is easier to feel.

Hermes had a feeling that he didn't need the Fruit of Surgery and pure gold to achieve immortality; he could simply develop life to a certain extent.

By continuously dividing and regenerating cells, and maintaining constant metabolism, one can break through the limitations of the physical body and achieve a different kind of immortality.

Even if only a piece of flesh remains, it can regenerate and reproduce. At that point, there will be no fatal flaws. The only way to kill it is to completely obliterate its body. So here's the question.

The physical body can achieve immortality and rebirth through life return, but the pirate world has souls! What if we travel through interstellar space in the future and discover other cultivation worlds, and what if we are attacked by souls?

Although domineering aura is a panacea, it can be depleted just like physical strength. Or, in special circumstances, one's soul might leave the body, which would be disastrous.

Therefore, you need to eat a third Devil Fruit.

Then another problem arose.

How do I eat the third Devil Fruit?

If one could eat a third Devil Fruit, then regarding the soul-related Devil Fruit, Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit would undoubtedly be the best choice.

Think for a moment.

Hermes had a sudden inspiration: perhaps he could try eating a second Devil Fruit. Why hadn't he thought of that before? Why not just add one more thing to his body?

If this method really works, wouldn't that mean we can eat a fourth or fifth Devil Fruit?

On second thought, it seems somewhat unrealistic; there must be an upper limit to the mystery behind it.

The initial research on Blackbeard was too hasty; it should have been more in-depth.

Do it when you think of it.

With a single thought, Hermes instantly conjured a communication device in his hand, which then contacted Caesar from his room.

It's worth mentioning that this communication device wasn't a Den Den Mushi (snail phone), but rather a high-tech invention developed by Caesar, incorporating holographic projection technology, which is why a virtual screen appeared in front of Hermes.

"Whoosh~"

"Good evening, Boss!"

Caesar's large face appears, looking somewhat unkempt, suggesting he's been busy with research these past few days. In the background, you can also see Quinn and Judge, who are quite busy.

"Have Mansherry and the others capture Trafalgar Law. After that, you guys test the steps for eating the second Devil Fruit, modify the clones more, and see if you can eat the third Devil Fruit."

Caesar was taken aback as soon as Hermes finished speaking, but after thinking about it seriously, his eyes lit up. "Why didn't you think of that before? Why didn't you copy more of the necessary conditions?"

If I succeed, wouldn't I be able to eat a third, fourth, and even a fifth Devil Fruit?

"That's normal. Often, a simple invention can take hundreds or thousands of years to be discovered and created. As a scientist, you should know this well."

Hermes felt it wasn't too late.

Sometimes that's how it is; everything needs a little inspiration. None of them thought of this at the time. If he hadn't been thinking about how to continue to become stronger today, this possibility and idea might have been shelved forever.

"Also, investigate where Vegapunk is and capture him as well. The progress of interstellar travel is still too slow!"

"The path of science and technology should not be underestimated."

"Whoosh~"

"I'll go notify you right away."

"But Boss, there's no need to capture Vegapunk!"

Caesar really didn't expect Hermes to suddenly be interested in Vegapunk. If that guy joined Monarch, wouldn't his number one position be taken away?

"Caesar, if you want to become the world's number one scientist, you can't just run away. You need to show your courage and vision, and use your real skills to surpass others, instead of deceiving yourself. Besides, Vegapunk may not be any better than you."

"Understood, Boss!"

After the call ended, Hermes continued to ponder other questions and practice his cultivation.

Caesar hesitated for a moment but still contacted Tesoro and the other two.

"Capture Trafalgar Law and Vegapunk?"

This is a new world.

Mansherry, Tesoro, and Hody Jones, who had defeated Zephyr, did not immediately return to God Island, but instead continued to investigate the whereabouts of the Blackbeard Pirates.

Just now, Caesar called to say that the BOSS wants them to capture Trafalgar Law.

"Yes, the BOSS wants to test whether he can eat a third Devil Fruit?"

"what?"

"what do you mean?"

The three women, Mansherry and her companions, were initially taken aback, but then they realized something.

Caesar didn't even need to make it clear.

"How could I not have thought of that back then? If we just added one more condition—eating a second Devil Fruit—we could have tested whether we could eat a third, fourth, or even a fifth Devil Fruit."

"This is my biggest mistake as a scientist."

Caesar felt a slight pang of regret, then continued, "Don't forget about Vegapunk."

"Okay, got it!!"

Chapter 469 [The Knights of God will arrive to provide support immediately]

three days later.