One Piece Talk King: Starting with Commentary on Devil Fruits

Koby pretended to be optimistic in front of his friend, eating the food that was brought to him one by one, but tears of grievance were already welling up in his eyes. Even though this boy had a thousand grievances in his heart, who could he tell them to?

A dark thought crept into the boy's mind: why was the light barrier framing him? He had no grudge against the person behind the light barrier; was it really that difficult to just become a Marine? What would he do if the label of Marine traitor were placed on Helmeppo?

"Mr. Garp is out there working hard for you. You haven't done anything wrong. Even a light screen can't slander people without reason." Bellmare stood up for his friend, firstly because he was dissatisfied with the Navy's handling of the matter, and secondly because he couldn't stand the bald look he would have five years later.

Helmeppo now has a head of blond hair. While he's not exactly handsome, he's at least better looking than his bald look five years later. Plus, with his broad shoulders and thick waist, could this be a side effect of eating the Arhat Fruit?

Coby's friend was able to come and go freely because Helmeppo's background was much cleaner. He was the son of Marine Captain Morgan. When he was young, he relied on his father's rank to bully others. After his arrogant and domineering attitude was extinguished by the Straw Hat Boy who happened to be passing by, he had no choice but to join the Marines to make a living.

Morgan was a terrible father who tricked his son. In order to escape from the Navy, he kidnapped Helmeppo as a hostage. In the end, this small matter was resolved by Vice Admiral Garp. However, Morgan disappeared completely after that.

In the light screen, Bellmare became the admiral's second-in-command, and his rank rose all the way to commodore, surpassing that of his biological father, Morgan. This promotion speed was comparable to a rocket's ascent. It's hard to know what kind of achievements he will make in the future to be worthy of his commodore status.

After leaving the Navy mess hall, Garp went to Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office. After closing the door, the two best friends had a fierce argument. The Navy hero could no longer tolerate the unfair treatment his apprentice Coby had received.

"What did he do wrong? What did Koby do wrong? You have to give me an answer today."

"You've only known that kid for a few days, and I had the inspection team investigate thoroughly, all to protect your reputation. Garp, are you trying to drive this old man crazy?"

The two old men were at odds, each with their own opinions. Garp believed that what was happening on the screen was just speculation, something that hadn't happened yet and therefore didn't count.

Sengoku carries the weight of the entire navy on his shoulders. The situation at sea is currently turbulent and unpredictable. If the pirates find a loophole, the entire navy could pay an unknown price. Sacrificing Koby's freedom in exchange for the safety of the entire navy is a deal that is well worth it for the Fleet Admiral.

Not only is Koby, a nobody, under suspicion, but everyone at the G5 naval base is now in a state of panic. The Navy Headquarters has dispatched an investigation team to investigate what's happening inside the base, and they expect to get feedback soon to verify the content of the images on the screen.

"Garp, get out of here! You're not welcome here. I have enough to do as Fleet Admiral. Get out of here, I don't want to see you!" Sengoku had lost patience with his best friend. He called a few Marines on guard outside and pushed the Marine hero out of the office.

He did not put up any resistance during this time. If Garp really did not want to leave, these soldiers would not have been able to drag him away. He came here only to test the attitude of the Fleet Admiral, but he did not expect things to become so serious.

Garp, looking worried, bumped into his deputy Bogart in the corridor. The man, who loved to pose, comforted him, "You're still worried about Koby? Don't worry, I'll always be on your side. As long as that boy is okay, I believe he'll be out soon."

Unfortunately, Kuzan, as Garp's disciple, is currently out capturing the Devil's Child. If this Marine Admiral were here, perhaps he could speak up for Koby, preventing the Marine hero from being so passive in front of the Fleet Admiral.

Admiral Akainu's actions were truly extreme. He wanted to skip the review process and sentence Koby to death directly, as this would save the most time. His "better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free" mentality made some moderate Marines uncomfortable, and everyone knew that they must not let such an extremist rise to power.

Although Artoria's appointment as acting marshal was a product of compromise, it might not have been a bad choice.

Chapter 131 Secrets of the G5 Branch

As a new day begins, the screen displayed images of fire all night long. Dressrosa's famous red-light district was reduced to ruins. Thanks to the efforts of the Donquixote Family executives throughout the night, the area has returned to peace.

A brand-new stone building has sprung up, replacing the original damaged buildings. The explosion only had a minor impact on Dressrosa; the main event tonight is the music and dance performance.

More tourists landed in Dressrosa today than ever before, with the coastline packed with boats requiring extensive port staff to manage them. Naval vessels were also among the crowds.

The scene shifts to the ship's cabin, where Admiral Akin the Blue Serpent and Admiral Smoker the White Horse are enjoying breakfast together. Beside them is the fleet's military cook, who is preparing not ordinary food, but the two admirals' favorite dishes.

Admiral Akin eats fried rice, and Admiral Smoker eats smoked chicken. Such treatment was unthinkable before. Now that we have money, the Navy's food allowance has been greatly improved, and junior naval officers can eat meat every three days.

"Do you have any inside information about last night's explosion?"

"The navy personnel have all been evacuated from the island, but I received an additional piece of information."

Smoker ordered his men to bring over a newsbird. To Akin's astonishment, it was truly amazing that this seemingly ordinary bird could suddenly speak in front of everyone.

This is the news bird whose body has been taken over by the Ada parasite. The parasite controls the bird's brain and actively modifies its vocal organs, allowing it to briefly speak human language: "CP0 mission failed and captured. Doflamingo Group has big problems, big problems..."

Before Ada was hardened and sealed away, this woman manipulated the parasitized news bird to change its target, making it fly to the sea to find the Navy and transmit this brief intelligence so that the friendly forces could prepare.

The news bird kept repeating the same question. After sharing the intelligence with Arkin, Smoker signaled his men to take it away. "Any thoughts?"

"Doflamingo, that former Celestial Dragon, is a real problem. No wonder Fleet Admiral Artoria sent me here. I guess the other Marine Admirals thought he was a tough opponent and chose an easier Shichibukai target to deal with."

Admiral Kin's subsequent words led viewers watching the screen to make a preliminary guess: abolishing the Shichibukai system led the Marine Headquarters to deploy seven Marine Admirals to deal with the pirates one-on-one.

"But are you sure you're okay with not going to deal with Bucky the Clown?"

Smoker had an indifferent expression, but he looked down on the clown from the bottom of his heart. "He just did a live broadcast of the Marineford War and got involved with Shanks. It just so happened that there was a vacancy in the Shichibukai position, so the World Government made him fill the spot. He's too weak."

The reason he went to Punk Hazard alone was because he received a tip-off Den Den Mushi from Smoker's old subordinate in the East Blue. Although the call was brief, it revealed that Punk Hazard was conducting evil experiments and that there was a high-ranking mole in the G5 base.

Smoker entrusted the task of capturing Bucky the Clown to Tina and several other lieutenant generals. Little did he know that his careless act would cause Admiral White Horse to regret it for the rest of his life. This is the background to the outbreak of the Iron Blood War.

“Let’s go see those spies on the ship. Doflamingo has really prepared a lot of surprises for me,” Smoker invited Gin to his flagship to meet some prisoners.

The scene shifts, and the two generals find themselves in a prison inside a warship. There, two people are chained up with sea stone, along with three strange-looking creatures.

A man three meters tall with ram's horns on his head, his face bruised and swollen, had been badly beaten before being brought in. As soon as he saw Admiral Smoker appear, he hurriedly pleaded, "Lord Smoker, I was wrong, please don't kill me! My scientific talents are still somewhat useful, and I am willing to continue serving the Navy."

Character Notes: Caesar Clown, former member of the Navy Science Unit, is a Logia-type Gas-Gas Fruit user.

“Smoker, you’ve arrived. We’ve reached Dressrosa, haven’t we?” The man in the plaid shirt had lightning-shaped sideburns on both sides of his face, and a grain of rice was stuck to his right cheek. He was treated a little worse than Caesar Courland, as he was bound by several layers of chains.

Character Notes: Vergo, Commander of the Navy's G-5 Branch Base and a member of the Don Quixote Family.

Akin was quite surprised to see this result in the prison. He didn't expect that Punk Hazard would be so lively. "A scientist who was expelled and fled, and a vice admiral. I didn't expect that they were both Doflamingo's men. Smoker, I congratulate you. This time, you have achieved great results."

"Thanks to the intelligence sent by my old subordinate before he died, otherwise this sinful place would never have been exposed."

Smoker gave Arkin a general description of what he had seen and the general course of events.

Kaiser Clown was originally a member of the Naval Science Unit and a former colleague of Vegapunk. However, this gas-wielding man had a rather wicked style of doing things, often secretly conducting human experiments behind the scenes. As a scientist, he only knew how to cheat research funding and could not produce better scientific research results, so he was kicked out of the Navy.

Later, Caesar Clown caused a scientific weapon explosion on Punk Hazard, which led to him being wanted by the Navy. After being arrested, he escaped from the Navy prison ship and became acquainted with Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The two hit it off and began a scientific collaboration.

Vergo, who had been an undercover agent of the Donquixote Family in the Navy for more than ten years, was transferred to the G5 branch base as the base chief. He provided cover for Caesar Clown's evil experiments, and the business chain of evil scientist-Shichibukai-Beast Pirates was linked together. His main job was to supply the Four Emperors' pirate crews with a large number of artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

"A Zoan-type artificial Devil Fruit? This cowardly guy actually managed to make something like this. Is it a perfect Devil Fruit?"

Akin is particularly concerned about this point. If there are no side effects from eating artificial Devil Fruits, how much has the Beast Pirates' strength increased over the years through their transactions? Are all the crew members Zoan-type Devil Fruit users?!

Smoker approached Caesar Courland and trampled the coward under his feet, saying, "Repeat what you said to me in Punk Hazard to Akin."

"Ouch... Admiral, please step on my face gently, it hurts..." With his hands and feet bound by seastone, Caesar Clown's body couldn't transform into an elemental form, so he could only fully experience the sensation of the naval boots on his old face.

Chapter 132 Physical Skill Assassin

The commander of the G5 branch of the Navy has the rank of Vice Admiral. This guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, Vergo, is actually an undercover agent for Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He revealed a shocking secret through the mouth of the future Smoker.

After more than a decade of planning, this evil scientist, whose name is not widely known, was ultimately paved for Caesar Clown's scientific career. However, his former colleague Vegapunk is famous on the high seas.

Even if he can't compare to the big name Vegapunk in terms of scientific research, since they've worked together, Caesar Clown probably still has some skills and isn't too far behind. The fact that he was able to create a Zoan-type Devil Fruit using scientific research methods is truly a strange story on the high seas.

Caesar Clown, beneath Smoker's feet, was a cowardly man who wept bitterly under the admiral's boots, revealing the secret of artificial Devil Fruits: "I developed SAD myself. Using SAD as a raw material, and combining it with various animal system factors, we can create SMILE artificial Devil Fruits at the SMILE factory in Dressrosa."

SMILE artificial Devil Fruits are not perfect. They are nominally artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruits, but after being eaten, they are completely different from real Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

Taking an early SMILE artificial Devil Fruit was a gamble, with the probability of losing far outweighing the probability of winning. Losers would not only lose their Zoan-type Devil Fruit abilities, but would also have their human emotions stripped away by the SMILE, leaving them with only the emotion of laughter. Even if their own parents died in front of them, losers could only laugh and would not show any sadness. Such people were known as Pleasure-takers in the Beasts Pirates.

Those who successfully gain power from the SMILE fruit are called Gifters in the Beasts Pirates. These are a very small number of lucky individuals. They will grow a part of a beast on their body. This is all random, and they cannot freely switch between human, beast, or human-beast forms. Sometimes, the animal that grows on their body will even oppose the user. To say that artificial Devil Fruits are half-finished products is really giving Caesar Clown too much credit.

Hearing this explanation, Admiral Akin felt much more at ease. Artificial Devil Fruits sounded impressive, but their actual combat power was still a bit worrying. "If they're only half-finished, they're more like finished products. The Gifters are probably not much stronger than pirates who haven't eaten Devil Fruits. If the Zoan-type army of the Beast Pirates is only this strong, then they're really nothing to worry about."

Caesar Clown looked at the somewhat arrogant Marine Admiral, speechless. This guy, whose mind was only filled with violence, had never understood the charm of science. He had only said half of what he had just said. "I admit that the SMILE Devil Fruit had some flaws three years ago and could not replicate the Ancient Zoan and Mythical Zoan types. Through my continuous research over the years, I, Caesar Clown, have finally cracked the secret of Devil Fruits and lineage factors. Zoan types are trash. Logia types are the strongest."

Smoker, unable to tolerate this arrogant guy, kicked Caesar Clown in the face. The scientist was sent flying and crashed into the ship's wall, howling in pain. He had really wasted that Logia-type Devil Fruit; his physical abilities were really too poor.

"Is what he said true?" Akin still didn't quite believe that the idea of ​​replicating Logia-type Devil Fruits was too outrageous. If Caesar Clown really kept up his nonsense and every pirate had a Logia-type Devil Fruit, then the Navy might as well give up and go to sleep.

"He sounds impressive, but like Smile, he's only half-finished. I can handle three of them by myself," Smoker said confidently.

The screen thoughtfully presents viewers with the most exciting battle scenes from Punk Hazard, with three magical sea creatures making a dazzling appearance in the White Horse General's memories.

"Smoker, you shouldn't have come here. If the Admiral is killed on Punk Hazard, won't the Acting Fleet Admiral be heartbroken?"

"Vergo, you damned spy, you have no right to discuss Marshal Artoria!"

Admiral White Horse and the G5 branch base commander are fighting shirtless in a factory scene. The two men have become terrain destroyers, and they are about to demolish the factory area. Caesar Cullen is hiding in the shadows, his heart bleeding.

Vergo is not a Devil Fruit user; he is more skilled in dual-type Haki. He uses a bamboo stick as a weapon and applies Armament Haki to it, allowing him to attack Logia-type Devil Fruit users.

A vice admiral was able to fight a newly promoted admiral for more than ten rounds without being at a disadvantage. Vergo looked down on Smoker's strength, saying, "The Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit should be the weakest gas-gas fruit, right? It doesn't have any offensive capabilities. Caesar Clown's Gas-Gas Fruit can even create explosions. Smoker, how did you become an admiral?"

Under the naval spy's fierce physical attacks, it seemed to outsiders that Admiral Smoker could only barely defend himself with Armament Haki. Just as Vergo said, it was impossible to tell whether Admiral White Horse's Smoke-Smoke Fruit could cause any damage to his opponent.

"What's going on... Ugh... Ugh..." Vergo, who was so arrogant just now, was kneeling in front of Smoker, clutching his neck in great pain. He was clearly breathing through his mouth and nose, but the feeling of suffocation wouldn't go away. His brain was in a state of extreme oxygen deprivation, and he couldn't even maintain his Armament Haki.

"How does it feel to be poisoned? The Smoke-Smoke Fruit is too easy to deal with you guys who are obsessed with physical skills. Every one of you will be affected," Smoker said with a mocking expression. He wouldn't let go of this opportunity to finish you off.

"May you have a good dream," the admiral said, raising his right foot, which was covered in Armament Haki, and instantly stomping Vergo's entire head into the floor. The floor cracked in all directions from the defeated man as the force of the impact.

As for the traitor Vergo, his head was embedded in the ground, and he was completely unconscious and motionless. The person he was supposed to protect, the scientist Caesar Clown, stepped out of the shadows and applauded the admiral. "I didn't expect the Smoke-Smoke Fruit to have such an ability. Admiral Smoker, when you said poisoning, you meant Vergo's carbon monoxide poisoning, right? Your ability is simply a physical killer."

"A scientist is a scientist. You saw through my secret at a glance. Caesar Courant, are you coming out to turn yourself in?"

Smoker knew that the Smoke-Smoke Fruit was weak in terms of physical attack. After five years of hard work, he figured out how to use the Gas-Gas Fruit and the Marine Admiral embarked on the evil path of creating poisonous gas.

The smoke emanating from his body now is no longer the ordinary white gas, but the more lethal carbon monoxide gas. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is almost insoluble in water and can cause death by suffocation.

Under normal circumstances, the carbon monoxide content in the air is very low, only 0.002%. If the carbon monoxide content in the air increases, poisoning caused by inhaling excessive carbon monoxide is called acute carbon monoxide poisoning.

Enemies cannot perceive the danger in the air during combat. One way is to allow carbon monoxide to enter the lungs through normal breathing, and another is for the gas to seep into the blood vessels through skin tissue. Each move is difficult to defend against. No creature that needs oxygen to breathe can escape, and sooner or later they will all suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning.

The fact that Vergo has been able to hold on this long shows that he is physically fit as a vice admiral; an ordinary person wouldn't have lasted even a few minutes.

Chapter 133 The Fake Three Generals

The highly scientifically literate Caesar Courant explains the workings of carbon monoxide poisoning to the audience through a light screen.

Through some human experiments, he learned that blood is composed of red blood cells, which are mainly responsible for transporting oxygen. Carbon monoxide has a much higher affinity for red blood cells than oxygen, which is also a gas. Furthermore, carbon monoxide is not easily broken down in the human body.

Even in well-ventilated spaces, if carbon monoxide levels rise, it can quickly cause discomfort to those who inhale it. The first symptoms are oxygen deficiency, such as shortness of breath, dizziness, and confusion. The second stage is stress symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and chest pain. Finally, the third stage is brain damage, such as coma and loss of consciousness. In short, carbon monoxide is an extremely threatening gas.

Smoker discovered this colorless and odorless gas by accident while training his Smoke-Smoke Fruit powers. He found it to be very useful in combat, causing those who fought against it to suffer excruciating pain as if poisoned. However, it was too troublesome to control and could easily injure his own allies if not handled carefully.

The admiral was hearing the term "carbon monoxide" for the first time. "So that's what it's called. It's a lesson for a roughneck like me."

All living things need to breathe; this is determined from birth. With Vergo's physique honed through years of training in Haki, he lost his fighting ability after a few moves and a few breaths of carbon monoxide. Caesar Clown, a scientist whose physical abilities are comparable to those of an ordinary person, would be even more helpless.