One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

In fact, the total number of surgical personnel jointly selected by the Navy and the World Government was less than one hundred.

With V's current technology and the resources of the control room, if extreme efficiency is pursued, the entire process can be completed in just a few hours.

However, he deliberately extended the entire process to a week.

During this week, V also requested an astonishing list of supplies from the Sengoku Marshal, which included a large number of rare resources.

Some of them can't even be found inside the navy.

In the end, the World Government had to step in and forcibly mobilize a batch of resources to allow V's surgery to continue.

Of course, in the end, V used the power of the Gluttony Fruit to eat all these materials, turning them into "experience points" to strengthen his prosthetic body.

All of this is to create the illusion that the reconstructive surgery is "technically complex and extremely costly."

He needs the world government to misjudge his true capabilities.

After all, if the Five Elders knew that he could mass-produce nearly a hundred formidable combatants in just a few hours...

This terrifying productivity is enough to trigger excessive vigilance or even direct intervention at the highest levels.

V didn't want to perform too well and cause the Five Elders to personally come to Marineford and "invite" him to the Holy Land to "cooperate with research."

Therefore, he deliberately slowed down the pace of the operation during the surgery.

Appearing vulnerable and imperfect is the best way to protect himself.

However, V did not expect that even after such a dismal performance for a week, the results he displayed would still greatly shock Satan, the God of Scientific Defense who was far away in Mary Geoise and closely monitoring the matter.

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"This is incredible!"

The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

An agent who had completed his transformation on the third day of the surgery stood before Satan Saint, continuously demonstrating his various prosthetic abilities.

In order to earn more trading points, V didn't hold back when dealing with these agents.

He exchanged almost all of his organs that were available for trade.

Then use the exchanged points to buy a regular prosthetic body at the mall at half price or even one-third price, and install it on the prosthetic body.

Of course, he didn't forget the World Government's requirements and equipped those who needed additional Devil Fruit abilities with prosthetic badges.

As a result, he was in a state of absolute loss at the trading point.

But considering the resources and privileges provided by the World Government, and the 15 Devil Fruits quietly waiting for him to open and inspect them...

V waved his hand and directly paid for the cost of the Demon Badge out of his own pocket.

Chapter 157 Take this!

The light in Satan Saint's personal laboratory was dim and solemn.

The agent, dressed in a black suit, completed the final demonstration of the prosthetic body's functions.

His arm transformed into a high-speed rotating drill, leaving a perfect round hole in the specially made alloy test plate.

He withdrew his powers, stood respectfully with his head bowed, and awaited the highest judgment.

“Not bad.” Saint Satan sat upright in his large chair, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest. “This level of modification is no weaker than a typical Devil Fruit ability.”

His gaze, greedy as a dragon's, swept over the faint silver patterns on the agent's body. But on this CP0 elite, these patterns were intricate and complex, covering almost sixty percent of his skin.

Each one represents a mechanical prosthetic implanted in the body.

"Continue the demonstration," Satan Saint's voice was calm and unwavering.

"Yes, Your Majesty Satan."

The agent took a deep breath, and his body began to undergo dramatic changes.

His bones cracked, his muscles bulged, and thick, gray-black hair grew wildly from under his skin.

Its body swelled several times in just three seconds, its suit was torn to shreds, revealing a giant bear body that was three and a half meters tall and muscular.

Zoan type, Bear-Bear Fruit, Grizzly Bear form.

This was the agent's original Devil Fruit ability.

Knowing this, Satan Saint clearly did not want to see this.

But then—

The massive, wild-looking grizzly bear's body, like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser, quickly blurred and faded, disappearing completely from Satan Saint's sight in less than a breath!

Not only that.

Satan Saint's incredibly sharp perception, honed over countless years, was also severely disrupted in that instant.

This is clearly the power of the Devil Badge: Invisibility Fruit!

The power of the Invisibility Fruit not only allows for optical concealment of one's physical form, but it can even affect one's aura.

It's practically one of the most suitable abilities for a secret agent!

Therefore, V exchanged invisibility fruit abilities for every openly known agent.

after all……

This is also one of the cheapest abilities in V's ability library.

A few seconds later, Saint Satan spoke slowly, his voice still steady, but the rhythm of his tapping on the armrest seemed to quicken imperceptibly:

"Disable ability."

"Yes."

With a response, the giant bear's figure reappeared in the same spot like the receding tide, then quickly shrank back to the agent in the tattered suit.

Satan leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, as if processing everything he had just witnessed.

It's really happened... a mass-producible dual Devil Fruit user!

This thought echoed repeatedly in Satan's mind, exploding like a thunderclap.

As one of the highest-ranking officials in the World Government, he understood better than anyone what "two Devil Fruit users" meant—it was a taboo that could overturn the existing power system.

The real power doesn't come from having two Devil Fruits, but from mass production!

You should know...

Vegapunk, on whom the World Government has placed high hopes, is still unable to even mass-produce Ability Users.

After planning for so many years, using resources and the blood and genes of powerful individuals, all they ended up with was the Seraphim Project.

However, they have yet to see the results of that project.

And this V, who appeared out of nowhere, actually made such a big fuss.

"No, I have to remind Sakazuki again!"

Satan Saint suddenly opened his eyes and dialed the Den Den Mushi that directly connected to Akainu.

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Hey.

A large, steaming hand held the Den Den Mushi tightly in its hand.

Akainu's face was gloomy, and no one knew what he was thinking.

He never expected that the Five Elders would repeatedly give him instructions for the sake of a pirate's life.

He even said something absurd: if that pirate died, he would be willing to die with him!

He has done so much for the World Government over the years, yet in Satan Saint's words, he is not as important as a pirate.

This inexplicable sense of absurdity made him feel extremely irritated.

But... Akainu still stood up, a red glint flashing in his eyes, and walked towards the underground laboratory he already knew about.

There's nothing we can do... what can we do when he's the World Government's most obedient—loyal dog?

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The operating room on the third basement level was filled with the unique smell of disinfectant mixed with metal coolant.

V stood in front of the control panel, his gaze behind his glasses calmly sweeping over the last batch of physiological data scrolling across the screen.

All 98 "patients" have stable vital signs, and the synchronization rate between the implanted prostheses and the nervous system has reached the preset standard.

In fact, he already knew the information of each patient the moment the surgery ended.

He deliberately left this data here for the world government to see.

The purpose is to hide the powerful functions of their system as much as possible.

He reached out and turned off the main control panel. The pale blue light went out from the center of the room, leaving only the faint illumination from the emergency light strips on the walls.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. V."

Peacock's voice came from behind. She had changed into a smart naval combat uniform, but the newly formed silver lines on her arms and neck were faintly visible in the dim light.

That was a modified prosthetic body she had requested to be installed a few days ago, which allowed her to extend an extra arm to complete the activation ritual of the fruit's power when she couldn't pose in the Flower Flower Fruit form.

"All patients responded well after the surgery, and there were no cases of rejection or mental disorders."

"Marshal Zhanguo asked me to convey his...gratitude."

"It's my duty." V ​​turned around, a faint smile playing on his lips.

But the next second, his gaze passed over the peacock and landed on the heavy alloy isolation door behind her.

"I didn't expect you to choose this time specifically. Was it intentional or accidental?"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking—

boom!!!