One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

Luffy's right leg slashed down like a battle axe, the high-temperature steam wrapped around his feet combining with Armament Haki, bursting out with a piercing friction sound the moment Crocodile raised his arm to block.

Click!

Crocodile's golden hook, covered in Armament Haki, was slightly bent by the kick, and his knees sank, causing the sand pit beneath his feet to collapse again.

"It's not over yet!"

Using the recoil, Luffy flipped in mid-air, stretching his arms backward to their limit.

"Rubber rubber... JET machine gun!!"

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—! ! !

Luffy's fist transformed into a crimson afterimage, pouring down like a storm.

Each punch carried the scorching heat of second-gear steam and the weight of Armament Haki, slamming heavily onto Crocodile's hastily raised golden hook and arm.

The sandpit beneath Crocodile's feet continued to collapse and expand under the constant impact, with charred sand flying in all directions like waves.

Damn it!

Crocodile gritted his teeth, alternating between his golden hook and right arm to block, but he was still forced to retreat step by step by the dense barrage of punches.

Each impact sent a tearing pain through his already injured arm.

What alarmed him even more was—

The Armament Haki wrapped around Luffy's fist was becoming thicker and more solid at a visible speed.

"Getting stronger during the battle?!"

Crocodile's pupils dilated violently.

That straw hat kid is a monster!

"It's not over yet!"

High in the sky, V's figure swooped down once again.

His arms have all entered a completely new form.

The right arm is a high-speed rotating chainsaw, with pale smoke particles wrapped around the saw teeth;

The left arm transformed into a three-barreled laser cannon, with a dangerous red light accumulating deep within the muzzle.

"White Trial: Duet!"

V grinned maliciously.

Just as Luffy's attack began to weaken, his chainsaw slashed fiercely towards Crocodile's nape.

Three high-energy laser beams simultaneously erupted from the three cannon barrels.

Crocodile was instantly in dire straits!

"Damn it!!!"

At the critical moment of life and death, Crocodile's eyes were bloodshot.

He suddenly threw his head back and roared, his whole body spewing out sand in a final struggle.

However, having been severely injured, he had long since lost the right to continue fighting.

The moment the chainsaw cleaved through the yellow sand, pale smoke particles suddenly exploded, and three blazing laser beams simultaneously pierced his charred and mangled body.

Blood and sand mingled in the air, forming a mournful rain. Crocodile's screams abruptly ceased, and the burning ambition and rage in his eyes were suddenly extinguished, leaving only an empty darkness.

"Damn it..."

He tried to shout again, but the sound could no longer come out of his throat.

In the end, he could only fall straight down from mid-air, filled with endless resentment, like a puppet without its tether.

But before he could fully sink into his own sea of ​​sand, V's figure appeared beside him as if by teleportation.

With a single hand raised, Crocodile's figure vanished instantly.

"Containment... Successful!"

Upon landing, V, unable to wait any longer, casually tossed Luffy a bottle of nutritional supplement, gave him a few words of advice, and then...

The person vanished instantly.

Chapter 81 Ace, let's fight! (Please continue reading~)

One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit user, the mastermind behind Baroque Works, and a powerhouse in his prime comparable to a top Yonko commander...

If it weren't for the fact that he held all these identities, V's control room would probably be almost full.

"In the first half of the entire Grand Line, there probably isn't any material more valuable than Crocodile, right?"

V stared at Crocodile, who had lost consciousness on the operating table, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his lips, a glint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

Although Enel of Skypiea is also quite strong, his heavy reliance on his Devil Fruit means he can only play in low-level matches where he can easily defeat weaker opponents.

Once he arrives in the new world, there will be countless powerful beings who can defeat him.

In contrast, Crocodile.

Although in the story it seems that he was defeated by the inexperienced Luffy with a water-soaked fist, it was more because his years of planning and ambition had been in vain, which made him disheartened and lose his will to fight.

This can be seen from the fact that he refused to escape and voluntarily allowed himself to be imprisoned by the navy later on.

He was at least one of the pirates who could withstand Hawkeye's slash with his bare hands during the Marineford War, so it was a 50/50 fight...

With such a great physique, if V doesn't make good use of it, she'll slap herself in the face.

"Next, it's time for the much-anticipated harvest."

The cold, shadowless lights suddenly turned on, illuminating Crocodile's charred body in every detail.

With a light tap of V's fingertip, two surgical robotic arms slid silently down from the ceiling and hovered precisely on either side of the operating table.

He took off his coat, which was stained with sand and blood, and put on a spotless white coat, then skillfully put on sterile gloves.

"Then, let's begin..."

The sharp scalpel sliced ​​through Crocodile's charred skin, precisely avoiding major blood vessels and nerves, and followed the muscle texture.

……

……

After half an hour.

Crocodile, who was seriously injured, has successfully escaped danger.

At the same time, V's experience points also increased by more than 20,000 points. He is still 400,000 experience points away from becoming a Tier 5 Prosthetic Doctor.

Of course, these are all just small, insignificant gains.

What truly excited V was... the fresh heart he was holding in his hands.

[Detected: Human Heart (Level 8)]

[Transforming...]

[Conversion successful.]

[Obtained: Bloodthirsty Demon Badge (Sand-Sand Fruit)]

[Rank: 8]

[Description: A demon badge formed from the heart of a Logia-type "Sand Sand Fruit" user, containing a rich reserve of Armament Haki.]

After implantation, one can directly master the "Sand-Sand Fruit" ability and release a large amount of Armament Haki active factors.

The body can be elementalized into sand grains, freely manipulating sand and dust, causing droughts, creating sandstorms, and acquiring corresponding levels of Armament Haki.

This prosthetic body has been added to the prosthetic body shop, priced at 35.

"Crocodile, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!!!"

Inside the operating room, the cold light of the operating lamp illuminated the dark gold heart badge in V's hand.

The badge's surface is covered with sand-like patterns, and one can vaguely sense the dryness, desolation, and overwhelming Armament Haki contained within.

"An 8th-tier Demon Badge... which also comes with a certain amount of Armament Haki..."

"As expected of a veteran powerhouse who retired from the New World, I acknowledge you!"

V stared at Crocodile's exposed chest and laughed with delight. The blue light in his eyes kept flashing, which was enough to prove how excited he was at this moment.

Without much hesitation, he casually pulled out a prosthetic heart and had the robotic arm implant it into Crocodile's body to prevent him from dying without his heart.

V lay directly on another operating chair, and his chest was immediately opened wide.

This is a function that he deliberately evolved for himself after absorbing other prosthetic bodies.

This is so that it will be easier to freely change badge-type prosthetic bodies in the future.

However, for hygiene reasons, he still tries to complete the assembly surgery in the operating room.

An 8th-tier prosthetic body requires at least a 6th-tier brain-computer interface and cannot be equipped with any other prosthetic body in order to be used.

However, for V, what is brain-computer interface capacity? I have no idea!

Forget about this and that, let's install it first.

In the blink of an eye, the prosthetic body, worth 35 trading points, was successfully installed in V's body.

At the same time, an unprecedented sense of power surged from his heart, spreading through his modified circulatory system to his limbs and bones.

—That is the active factor of Armament Haki belonging to an 8th-tier prosthetic body.

"I felt it... Is this what power feels like?"

V slowly clenched his fist.

Although it reached the 8th tier only because it coexists with the Sand-Sand Fruit ability, the amount of Haki brought by the Blood Demon Badge is still far greater than that of the previous 6th tier Blood Core.

V conservatively estimates that this is at least at the peak of Tier 6 or even Tier 7.

Furthermore, with the accumulation of power from the two powerful cybernetic bodies, he has become a complete master of power.

His physical combat ability is now on par with, or even surpasses, his Devil Fruit ability!