I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 238, Section 237: The Electric Yellow Duck!
"Hey, hey, hey. He's still useful."

Hanafza tried to speak, but Hancock ignored him completely, so she looked at Moses:

"Can't you do something about her? It's just that she glanced at you twice."

As he spoke, Hanlu flew out from behind him, and after two loud bangs, the two stone statues shattered and scattered from their chests.

Moses blinked, looking at him somewhat blankly, then chuckled:
"Sorry, but I kind of hate guys who have no principles. Besides, can't you just say it already?"

Hanafza's lips twitched, looking at the rubble scattered on the ground with some regret.

Hancock watched as Moses tilted his head, and Moses raised his left eyebrow at her. Hancock instantly understood—Moses was protecting her!

So happy!

Moses looked at the neatly tended IQ flower field and smiled:

"You all know what that guy, who's already shattered into pieces, said just now. It's pretty much the same as what I said before."

However, his technique was lacking; he could only be used to inject wild animals.

"However, the stuff is good. There's about 300 square meters of IQ raw materials here. Anyone who needs it can just say so; otherwise, I'll take it all."

Hanafza immediately scratched his head and laughed, "Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'll take a portion of this stuff; it can induce evolution in living beings!"

Mihawk glanced at it and said indifferently:
"I don't need this, Mercer. You can have mine, but if you make a finished product, can I buy it from you?"

Crocodile laughed back, "You said before that you got your hands on it. We're collaborators, so I'll give you mine too. I want priority in purchasing."

Shanks winked and grinned, "I'll give you mine too, but my family is a doctor. Could you give me a few of these IQ plants and some seeds to take back as a gift?"

Oh, and by the way, if you manage to produce something worthwhile, don't forget about me!

Hanafza's lips twitched. A bunch of cunning old foxes, but he still had Quinn on his side, so he wasn't really at a disadvantage.

Moses nodded and said:
"There are six groups of us in total, divided into six portions."

As she spoke, Moses looked at Hancock:

"Can I have your share too?"

Hancock blinked, somewhat bewildered, and asked, "Does she count as me? Shouldn't we be counted together?"

Upon hearing this, Shanks and the others twitched at the corners of their mouths, and Moses rolled her eyes and said:
"Are you stupid? Of course we should split the spoils when it comes to this kind of business, otherwise we'll suffer a huge loss. You're a Shichibukai, the captain of Kuja."

Hancock puffed out her cheeks slightly. "Oh! I see. But I don't have to be Captain Kuja. I can just follow you from now on."

“If you run away with me now, that old lady will definitely come and fight me to the death.”

Moses said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Hancock's eyebrows shot up:

"Her? She dares!"

After cursing, Hancock said with some disappointment, "It's a pity that I can't leave Amazon Lily yet, as a suitable successor hasn't been found."

"I cannot be so willful."

Hanafzai and the other two Shichibukai twitched their lips at the same time. The Empress actually said she wasn't willful. This woman is joking!
Mercer smiled and said, "Then you can take one of these IQ Hanafzas, and I'll take the remaining five."

No problem, right?

Hanafza nodded.

After wandering around the cultivation chamber, Mercer and his companions soon arrived at a downward staircase at the very back.

After going down the stairs, at the very back there is an open metal door.

Mercer went in first.

This is a large laboratory with a semi-circular dome a kilometer in diameter. The floor is made of silver-white metal and has an independent power generation device with a dense network of cables. Inside are columnar culture chambers.

It contained sliced ​​animal limbs or live animals.

The group wandered around aimlessly.

Using his Observational Color perception, he instantly understood the entire layout of the laboratory.

They went straight to a data room.

The layout inside resembles an office area.

He casually picked up a stack of documents from a table.

The rustling sound of pages turning filled the air.

Mercer raised an eyebrow. As he continued to flip through the documents, he gained a general understanding of their contents, which were mostly data from animal evolution experiments.

Useful, but not much.

Shanks and his group wandered around until they reached Moses. Upon seeing Moses, Shanks said:
"I discovered that all the staff here have been murdered."

"But I found this little thing, and it looks quite interesting. It's mine now. I'll take it back to Uta as a playmate."

Mercer looked at the strange duck-like creature he was holding in his arms. It had a yellow body, a red comb, and thick, long orange tail feathers.

It is about one meter long.

He has a pair of clear, black and white eyes.

It looks kind of cute and innocent.

"This is?"

As soon as Mercer spoke, the little yellow duck spread its wings, and golden arcs of electricity burst from its body, bilibili~. Shanks immediately burst into laughter:
"This little guy can generate electricity. The unique golden current conducting through the body feels quite comfortable."

Shanks praised, and the little yellow duck smiled, its eyes crinkling. It nuzzled Shanks' chin with its head, and Moses blinked and laughed:
"Not bad, let's give it a name."

Shanks winked and smiled, saying:
"Let's call it the Yellow Duck, because its body is both yellow and has some earthy brown color."

Mercer's lips twitched: "Then you might as well just call him Billy, he's all about electrifying."

Shanks pouted, looking unhappy.
"Billy doesn't sound as good as the Yellow Duck. Don't you think so, Yellow Duck?"

The little yellow duck tilted its head and looked at him blankly.

Mercer snapped his fingers, and a water crystal floated on his fingertip. He brought it close to the little yellow duck, and the little yellow duck was immediately attracted.

Moses waved his finger in front of it. "Your name is Billy. Your name is Billy. Your name is Billy."

Mercer began chanting incessantly, while the water sprite was held in front of its mouth, constantly being pulled closer and then moved away.

The little yellow duck was teased until it turned cross-eyed.

A dozen seconds later, Moses shouted with a smile:
"Billy?"

The little yellow duck looked at Moses blankly:

"duck?"

"Billy?"

"duck."

"Billy is such a good boy."

Mercer chuckled as he fed the water spirit into its mouth, and Billy's eyes widened suddenly as it began to struggle in Shanks' arms.

Shanks stared at Moses with a twitching mouth. "Can't you have any shame? Aren't you cheating? You're cheating."

Mercer looked at Billy Duck and called out again, "Billy?"

Billy immediately raised his head.

He stared longingly at Moses.

"Yeah, good boy."

Billy Duckface was thoroughly enjoying stroking Crow's head.

Moses glanced smugly at Shanks, making Shanks' lips twitch with anger.

"duck?"

Billy looked at Mercer ingratiatingly, nuzzling his head in Mercer's palm. Mercer, well-versed in training, took out another water spirit to feed him.

Shanks looked at Moses with a puzzled expression:

"Didn't you say this thing is very rare? How come you just take it out and feed it to it like that?"

"Oh! It is very rare, but I'm in a good mood today, and Billy is also very rare. It's not easy to find a little yellow duck that can generate electricity."

Upon hearing this, Shanks looked at Moses warily:

“Let me tell you, Billy, I’m not giving this to you. This is for Uta.”

Moses rolled her eyes at him. "Don't worry, I don't want to. I'm not going to fight with Uta for it. I have two bears, a deer, and a family of crows. Hancock also has a snake."

To put it bluntly, I don't like it. Unlike you, with only one monkey, it's rather pitiful.

Mihawk chuckled. "Speaking of animals, I also have a group of baboons that mimic humans."

Crocodile: "Same here, a bunch of banana crocodiles. Hmm, banana crocodile meat is delicious. I'll treat you to some when you come to my place sometime."

Hanafza's lips twitched. He felt a bit out of place. He didn't have any animals at home, and he wondered if Zoan-type Devil Fruit users would be considered Zoan-type users.

Seeing that they had all come over, Moses looked at them and said, "These documents aren't worth much, so I'll take them all. You can take whatever else you want."

The others raised their eyebrows but acquiesced. Hanafza opened his mouth but then closed it again.

To put it bluntly, he was able to obtain that batch of IQ plants only because of Runti and her brother.

Otherwise, even if the weakest of you can get some meat, that's another matter. People should be content, or they'll become disliked.

YAYA!!

Billy was lying comfortably in Shanks' arms, moaning, his body crackling with dense, swaying, branch-like golden lightning.

Shanks' muscles twitched instantly, and as a reflex, he quickly put Billy down.

His red hair stood on end.

"Hiss! This guy's voltage has increased significantly since you fed him the water essence. It even affects me."

Mercer crouched down and pressed his hand on its head, sensing its internal condition.

Flesh and blood, bones, and hair.

The gray fog spread.

A thumb-sized, golden-brown earth spirit appeared in his hand, which decomposed into energy and merged into Billy's body.

I sensed that its skeletal structure was becoming more stable and resilient, and the electrical current and voltage emanating from its body were also becoming more stable.

"What is that crystal of Messer's?"

Moses: "Guess."

Shanks scoffed, "Tell me if you want, or don't."

Glancing at Crocodile, Moses's gray mist enveloped him. "Don't resist. While we have a moment, I'll fix your hand."

It devoured him instantly.

The two were in a state of near fusion. Mercer sensed the fluctuations in his body frequency, and the concept of super-fast regeneration, along with a mass of C+ grade flesh essence, was used as a consumable to merge into his body.

It devoured the parts of the arm that had already healed.

A bloody mess.

Bone regeneration, flesh and blood weaving.

"Want some unusual hands, like dragon claws? Or crocodile claws? I can sculpt them for you for free. Or maybe I can even transform your head into a crocodile's head?"

"No, just be yourself. I think it's better to be a human being. I don't want to become something weird."

By the way, wasn't that earth-gold crystal-like thing similar to water crystal?
Thanks to my nature-based abilities, I can sense a special kind of energy, like that of the earth.

"By the way, can you infuse Devil Fruit power into weapons? Could you make me a special weapon too?"

"What, you want to use another Devil Fruit ability to make up for the shortcomings of your Sand-Sand Fruit?"

Actually, it doesn't have to be that complicated. I can just extract your Sand-Sand Fruit power while you're still alive, and then you can just eat another one that doesn't have too many drawbacks.

Crocodile: "."

"Seriously, are you even human?"

There's an inquisitive look in their eyes, a kind of probing.

"Hahaha! That depends on how you define humanity."

People like us, who can easily kill hundreds or thousands of ordinary people, do you think we can still be considered human in the eyes of those people?
Just like drugs made from IQ that allow organisms to evolve multiple organs and special abilities, can they still be considered ordinary animals?
Is this what Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits are like? Animals with special abilities?
In reality, as long as a person retains the basic human form, they can be called a human. It's not that complicated; at most, it's just a matter of adding a prefix.

Giants, Lunarians, Fishmen—frankly, they're all just like that.

Crocodile chuckled:
"But other people may not think that way."

"Whether I'm human or not is none of their business! My own happiness is the most important thing. I'm just an ordinary person with power."

Crocodile's lips twitched, but he agreed with what Mercer said:
"You still haven't answered my question, the golden-brown crystal?"

Moses looked at his now-recovered hand, tossed it aside, and went back outside. Crocodile was somewhat exasperated.
"Don't worry, you'll get the Devil Fruit. I'll bring it to you as soon as possible."

Moses said calmly:
"If you dare not give it to me, I'll break your legs."

Crocodile's lips twitched.

Glancing at them, Moses said, "Let's go, we've seen everything here, let's go outside."

Everyone nodded.

Shanks picked up Billy and followed the others.

Upon entering the palace complex outside, one must admit that the Golden Lion certainly knows how to enjoy life; the interior is built with extreme luxury and grandeur.

Sensing Erii and the others' presence with their Observation Haki, the group soon arrived at a rather secluded and spacious storage room.

What you see.

"Oh?" Mercer laughed. "You've struck it rich."

Here are piles of gold, various jewels, and rare minerals.

"Gudong!"

The sound of swallowing saliva could be heard.

Mercer said calmly, "This time it's a little different from before. We'll divide it into nine portions, one portion for each person."

Logically speaking, in a treasure-sharing process like this, where there are different factions involved, there will definitely be someone who jumps out and acts like a fool.

but.

Aside from twitching lips, no one else stepped forward to act as a clown.

"Hehehe. It seems the treasure at Golden Lion Village is no less than what we got from that tomb in the desert last time."

Hearing this, Moses was a little curious:
"Did you guys have another fight after I left last time?"

Crocodile laughed:
"There was no fighting, but the vice admiral got the smallest share."

Hawkeye didn't take any extra.

Mihawk said calmly, "I live alone, so I only need enough money."

As he spoke, he looked at Moses and said, "Last time I had Crocodile help me exchange a batch of Berries. Tell me, how many useful things can I exchange for my share of the treasure this time?"

"The treasure here is worth about 10 billion Berries in total, and each of you will receive about 1.1 billion Berries."

We weren't originally planning to let you exchange your treasure for supplies, but since our Cross Guild has been established and you're a shareholder, that's a good thing.

Later, some low-quality water crystals will be auctioned off as the grand finale.

Therefore, I can pay you ten high-quality water spirits and ten high-quality earth spirits.

What do you think? "

Mercer turned his head to look at Mihawk.

Mihawk's lips curled up. "So, in other words, my treasure can be exchanged for roughly two decent Devil Fruits?"

At this moment, although he had never eaten any water or earth spirits, Hanafza's lips twitched as he heard their exchange rate:
"It takes 1.1 billion Berries to exchange for two Devil Fruits? You can usually buy one for around 100 million Berries. It would be worth at least three, right?"

Mihawk glanced at him indifferently, as if looking at a blockhead, too lazy to waste words on him.

Moses laughed when he heard his words: "I'll give you 10 billion Berries, and you buy me 30 Devil Fruits. If you can really bring them to me, I'll give you another 1 billion for your trouble."

Hanafza's lips twitched, and he immediately shut up. Thirty coins? He couldn't buy them even if he were killed, unless he went to the World Government to buy them.

But they would never trade with him for those strategic resources.

Runti walked over, looking at her silly father speechlessly. Sure enough, eating an animal-type food had ruined his brain.

"By the way, Messer, you can have all of mine. Just give this silly father of mine one water spirit and one earth spirit."

"Let him broaden his horizons, so he doesn't act like a country bumpkin, only embarrassing me here."

His words were sharp, but the content he expressed was full of protectiveness.

The treasure here is supposed to be distributed per person, but she knows she won't take a single piece.

Having already received their share of the family's wealth, they neither coveted the treasures here nor considered them necessary.

Why should I ask for anything if I haven't contributed anything?

Hanafza's lips twitched. This little devil deserves a beating.

Messer shook his head: "I'll give you what I said I'd give you, but since you're going to give him the water spirit and earth spirit, I'll deduct it from the share I gave you."

As soon as he finished speaking, two streaks of light, one blue and one gold, were thrown towards Hanafza.

Simultaneously.

Mihawk also threw supplies at him.

Mihawk: "How do you use this earth spirit? Is it also swallowed?"

Mercer: "Yes, once you swallow it, it will spontaneously dissipate and integrate into your body."

Mihawk tasted a grain of earth spirit, closed his eyes, and sensed the subtle changes in his skeletal structure. After a moment, his eyes flashed with amazement:

"Good stuff, thanks."

Shanks winked and grinned, saying:
"Mihawk, how does it taste? Would you like me to try one for you?"

As he spoke, he looked at Moses with a grin:

“Uta and I will also have our supplies replaced with these kinds of materials.”

Uta and Erii were teasing Billy the Duck, completely ignoring Shanks' words.

Crocodile's eyes flickered slightly, and he spoke as well: "Me too."

Runti looked at her stinky old man who was hesitating while holding water and earth spirit, pouted, but didn't say anything more.

Looking at the water and earth spirits in his hands, he swallowed the water spirit first, and then swallowed the earth spirit a few seconds later.

A few minutes later, he looked at Moses with a smug grin:

"Um, I want to change mine too."

Runti secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't think this stinky dad is that stupid.

If you don't know how to use this connection, then you deserve to be beaten to death by someone outside.

Moses nodded and exchanged these supplies for them.

After all the twists and turns, what's yours will always be yours.

Hancock looked at Moses and blinked. "Want to?"

Moses shook his head:

"The Nine Serpent Treasures are not abundant, so keep yours for yourself."

As for things like crystal, you'll have everything you need.

Hancock smiled slightly and said nothing more, because this was Moses's little stash of money.

He looked at Moses with delight.

The gray fog spread out, sweeping away all the treasures here.

Soon,
Upon arriving outside the palace, amidst swirling gray mist, unconscious figures were thrown out one after another; these were all Golden Lion's subordinates.

There were also many meteorologists from various regions wearing white coats.

They were captured by the Golden Lion from various places.

To prepare for severe weather.

Once bitten, twice shy.

He didn't need to worry about those things. He used his Observation Haki to sense the destination, and after some time, the floating island group arrived at Ohara.

In an instant, more than a dozen islands formed a semicircle, surrounding Ohara, and fell from the sky.

The bases of the islands crashed through the clouds and fell from the sky.

Large swaths of shadow blocked out the sun.

this moment,
An incredibly spectacular yet oppressive scene unfolded.

(End of this chapter)