The Legendary Family of One Piece

Chapter 213 The Terrifying Potential of Science

Although not many upheavals occurred during this period.

But it cannot be denied that the entire Heberfeller family has unleashed astonishing potential.

The scientific research department of Hibernian, in particular, yielded astonishing results.

Inside a massive scientific experimental base!

Charlotte, scientist Odysseus, Ashie, Saga Jarre, and others sat around the screening room's viewing area.

"Hee-ho-ho-ho, everyone, look!"

Caesar Couran let out a grating laugh as he pointed a stick at the image projected by the projection bug.

——SAD

Charlotte tilted his head slightly. He didn't understand science; he just wanted to see the result he wanted.

"Stop keeping me in suspense, just tell me."

Caesar Courren's smug smile vanished abruptly.

Although he didn't understand why Charlotte was always so unfriendly to him and couldn't figure it out, fortunately, his research funding was never short.

Besides, he's someone you can't afford to offend!

So he quickly explained, "Lord Charlotte, it's like this: Zoan-type Devil Fruits can be produced using SAD as a raw material!"

Dr. Odyssey, a scientist who had once been one of Vegapunk's assistants, also spoke to Charlotte.

"Mr. Charlotte, Dr. Courrant is right. This SAD is one of the applications of the 'Bloodline Factor'."

Charlotte nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, you've made great progress."

Caesar Courland felt an immediate sense of relief upon receiving Charlotte's affirmation.

"Hehehe! This is naturally inseparable from Lord Charlotte's full support!"

Charlotte continued, "What were the results of the experiment?"

That's what he's really concerned about. Being able to manufacture something and being able to use it are two different things. He doesn't want his domestically produced military equipment to break down or crash every now and then, like some Indians do.

Upon hearing this, Caesar Clown clearly hesitated. To be honest, the current artificial Devil Fruits are not yet mature and there are indeed problems.

Looking at Caesar Courland's expression, Charlotte had already anticipated the outcome; of course, such matters couldn't be rushed.

Tell me the details!

Despite being drenched in cold sweat, Caesar Courland forced himself to speak.

"After feeding the artificial Devil Fruits we created to the captured pirates for experiments, we discovered..."

His voice grew softer and softer until it was barely audible.

Odyssey simply couldn't stand it anymore.

This usually loud and arrogant scientist becomes incredibly timid in front of Mr. Charlotte. Is Mr. Charlotte really that scary? How could that be? He's such a kind person!

He took over the conversation.

"Mr. Charlotte, while the artificial Devil Fruit can be considered a success, it is, in fact, incomplete."

An incomplete success?

Charlotte listened carefully to what he heard, while Caesar Cullen visibly wiped away his cold sweat, looking rather guilty.

"In our experiments, we discovered that the success rate of artificial Devil Fruits is very low, and even if successful, it only results in a permanent half-human, half-beast monster, without the ability to freely switch between the three forms of a true Zoan-type Devil Fruit. Therefore, we call them half-beasts."

Orc?

Charlotte knew very well that this was the ultimate result of Caesar Clown's creation of Devil Fruits.

Most of Kaido's Beasts Pirates are monsters like this.

Orcs? That's interesting.

Unfortunately, this thing was of little use to the Heberfeller family.

Odyssey continued, "And we discovered that it has significant side effects, even in those remaining, failed Devil Fruits..."

Charlotte became interested as the Odyssey paused.

"That is to deprive a person of all emotional expression, leaving only laughter. Whether crying or sad, one can only laugh, so we call it the SMILE fruit."

This time, Charlotte finally understood completely.

"So, this artificial Devil Fruit—no, that SMILE Fruit—is a complete failure!"

Caesar Courland immediately became anxious upon hearing Charlotte's statement.

If Charlotte had deemed him useless, he probably would have been stuck here today.

"Lord Charlotte, it's not like that. Successfully becoming a half-orc grants one the power of animals and allows one to develop abilities similar to those of animal Devil Fruits. This is enough to create a powerful half-orc army."

Charlotte remained silent, which suggests that the members of his Hippefeller family had no need for such an incomplete artificial Devil Fruit.

They have a strong foundation and can make up for it in other ways. Using SMILE fruit would be a losing proposition.

He could absolutely accept a Devil Fruit like Vegapunk's.

After all, Vegapunk's Devil Fruit, apart from being different in color and temporarily unable to transform into a human-beast form, is otherwise...

Its human and beast forms can transform, and when developed, it is no different from the abilities of a normal Devil Fruit.

In his opinion, this was an absolute success!

Compared to this, Caesar Clown's artificial Devil Fruit is simply a pile of shit.

Only Kaido would buy so much of this junk in order to form the Beasts.

"Is this all your research?"

Charlotte's voice was somewhat cold, and Caesar Cullen's legs trembled for a moment.

"Um, um... this is only temporary, just temporary."

"Mr. Charlotte, this is already very good. After all, the difficulty of creating artificial Devil Fruits is too great. Dr. Clown's results are still gratifying."

Odyssey spoke cautiously, for as Vegapunk's former assistant, he was all too aware of the difficulty involved.

Of course, there were also valuable experimental records that the Hibernian family had stolen from Punk Hazard; otherwise, it would have been impossible to make such great progress in just over a year.

Charlotte was well aware of the difficulties involved.

He was fairly satisfied with Caesar's research progress, but he wanted to intimidate him to prevent him from becoming complacent and doing something irrational.

However, he was still not quite satisfied; this time, his harvest left him feeling rather disappointed.

"Anything else you've learned?"

Odyssey instantly took Caesar Clown's place and spoke in a deep voice, "Mr. Charlotte, I have already equipped the cyborg's body with laser attack technology!"

Charlotte was startled by what she heard. Caesar Clown sat down slowly, and Odyssey activated the projection Den Den Mushi.

The scene shifts to footage of laser experiments, showing that the destructive power of the attacks looks quite good, probably similar to that of a regular artillery shell.

"sure!"

Charlotte couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, and Dr. Odyssey smiled, but couldn't help but admire again.

"I only found it in Dr. Vegapunk's experimental data. It was something like a laser that he developed casually when he was modifying mechanical animals in his hometown of Baltimore."

Charlotte was stunned; he hadn't expected Vegapunk to have started researching this so early.

No wonder, he was somewhat surprised that its power seemed to have diminished considerably.

Charlotte remained silent.

This thing is probably just a low-level version of Borsalino-Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit ability, a laser attack. Its power is no problem for ordinary pirates; it's just like a regular gun.

The powerful destructive force of the pacifists' subsequent laser attacks was probably due to the improvements made after they came into contact with Kizaru!

It still needs improvement.

It's worth noting that the original Pacifista (PX-I) was powerful enough to suppress a Supernova pirate with a bounty of over 100 million when it first appeared.

Moreover, there are even more powerful and iteratively updated models in the future, such as the PX-II and PX-III, and perhaps even more powerful series.

The most terrifying of all is the even more powerful new PX-S series, namely the Seraph S series, S-Snake, S-Eagle...

Therefore, we need to continue researching. If we can really create a human weapon similar to the pacifists, then we won't have to worry about military strength at all!

(End of this chapter)