One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

Sengoku and Green Bull were blindfolded in their cage.

All that could be heard were orderly footsteps and deep, powerful commands.

Zhan Guo's heart sank slightly.

This place doesn't have the lax and chaotic feel of a typical pirate crew's base; instead, it resembles a well-trained military fortress.

Is this really a pirate's lair?

After passing through several heavy iron gates and long corridors, the group entered the interior of the joint experimental base.

All experimental equipment was operating at full capacity, and the high-energy particle accelerator was humming loudly.

Various biological samples are immersed in the transparent culture chamber, and a dense stream of data is jumping on the screen.

Vegapunk was frowning and deep in thought as he looked up when he heard footsteps.

"Roy, you're back."

His gaze shifted from Roy to Sengoku and Green Bull, who were being escorted in.

Those eyes lit up instantly.

"Two live subjects, both at the level of generals, and still conscious..."

Vegapunk put down the data panel in his hand, circled the cage halfway, and his eyes showed a pure and extreme research enthusiasm.

"You never disappoint me, Roy."

Green Bull has passed out.

However, the Warring States period was still lucid.

He watched all of this through the gap in his blindfold.

Vegapunk, that mad scientist, is actually on Beehive Island.

And it seems even more enthusiastic than rumored.

Roy smiled:

"Analysis of these two individuals' bloodline factors, cell samples, Devil Fruits, and in-depth testing of their physique and Haki."

We can take our time making it; if we run out of materials, we can always have new ones delivered.

He paused.

"But now, I'm more curious about the progress of something else."

Upon hearing this, Vegapunk adjusted his glasses.

"You mean the Replica Fruit, right?"

Roy nodded.

Vegapunk said nothing more and turned to walk deeper into the laboratory.

He stopped in front of a metal wall and pressed a spot on it.

The wall slid open silently.

Soft light shone through the dark compartment.

What comes into view is an entire wall of storage cabinets.

From top to bottom and from left to right, the individual culture chambers are densely packed together.

In each incubation chamber lay a Devil Fruit of various shapes and colors.

Each fruit has a label attached to its bottom.

Paramecia-type Devil Fruits: Op-Op Fruit, Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Teleport Fruit, Door-Door Fruit, Barrier Fruit, Hobby-Hobby Fruit...

Logia-type: Glint-Glint Fruit, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Flame-Flame Fruit, Cloud-Cloud Fruit, Sand-Sand Fruit, Gas-Gas Fruit...

Mythical Zoan types: Azure Dragon Fruit, White Tiger Fruit, Great Mouth God Fruit, Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit, Vampire Fruit, Cerberus Fruit...

Hundreds of top-tier Devil Fruits were neatly arranged, emitting a faint glow.

At the top row, there are a few fruits whose shapes are not yet fully stable; they are obviously unfinished products, slowly taking shape in the cultivation chamber.

Yamato somehow found himself behind Roy.

Her eyes widened and her mouth gaped open.

"These...these are all..."

Vegapunk crossed his arms, his face showing the satisfaction and pride that only a scientist could have.

"After countless experiments and screenings, combined with bloodline factor samples collected by Luo Yijun from all over the world."

Beehive Island now possesses the world's most complete Devil Fruit gene bank.

Each fruit here retains the purest Devil Fruit power, waiting to be consumed.

This entire system is already more complete than we initially planned.

Roy's gaze slowly swept over the fruits.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes.

He couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He was able to control his emotions while on Ghost Island.

But at this moment, in Vegapunk's laboratory, facing an entire wall of Devil Fruits, Roy could no longer suppress his joy.

Laughter echoed through the laboratory, causing several empty culture chambers to tremble slightly.

This was the first time Yamato had ever seen Roy smile like that.

She had been by Roy's side for so many years, and she had seen him kill people, set up schemes, and casually scheme against the world, but she had never seen him laugh so recklessly.

But she didn't find it scary.

On the contrary, I feel that Roy in this state is more like a real person.

Meanwhile, Sengoku's expression had completely changed inside the cage.

Through the gap in his blindfold, he stared intently at the entire wall covered in Devil Fruits.

Cold sweat slid down his forehead and dripped into his collar.

These fruits...

If all the core members of Beehive Island were to eat the second and third Devil Fruits...

What will this pirate crew become?

A monster army whose combat power has doubled?

Sengoku's heart skipped a beat.

"impossible……"

His lips were pale, and his voice sounded like it was being squeezed out of his throat.

"This technology...even world governments don't possess it..."

Upon hearing this, Vegapunk turned and glanced at him, his tone flat:

"Of course your world government won't let me do it freely."

The Warring States period was speechless.

He knows this guy.

Vegapunk, the only true "super brain" in the world government for hundreds of years.

Now it's in Roy's possession and has become the sharpest weapon on Beehive Island.

Green Bull woke up too.

He groggily opened his eyes and saw the entire wall covered in Devil Fruits. His pupils contracted sharply, and he froze in the cage, forgetting even to breathe.

"This...this is..."

No one cares about him.

Roy stopped laughing.

He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and solemnly thanked Vegapunk.

"Doctor, you've done so much for Beehive Island."

Roy's tone was sincere, without a trace of politeness.

"I will unconditionally meet any of your research needs in the future."

Funds, supplies, experimental subjects—anything is acceptable.

Vegapunk smiled and adjusted his glasses.

"Roy, you are the only person in this world I can study to my heart's content."

We look forward to continuing our fruitful collaboration.

Roy nodded.

Then he raised his hand, opened the storage bag, and used his telekinesis to wrap up the Devil Fruits in the storage cabinet one by one and put them inside.

Hundreds of fruits, not one was missed.

After harvesting the fruit, Roy did not stay in the laboratory for long.

He led Yamato away from the experimental base and took a vehicle towards the central hall of Beehive Island.

It was already evening on the island.

The orange-red sunset pressed down on the sea, bathing the entire Beehive Island in a warm hue.

Yamato followed Roy and stole a glance at him.

"You were laughing like that just now, were you holding it in for a long time?"

"A little."

Roy looked at the distant sea.

"The Navy has been driven out of the New World."

The next step is to make everyone on Beehive Island stronger than they are now.

"These fruits will come in handy."

Roy pushed open the office door and walked to the window.

A fruit appeared in my hand without my noticing.

The surface has spiral patterns and a faint blue sheen.

"The Navy has already ceded the New World."

He muttered something under his breath, tossed the fruit up, and caught it again.

"What follows is the truly great era."