Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

The reason why ES is a banned drug is that although it can temporarily enhance physical strength, users also have to bear huge side effects while gaining power.

This side effect is that it depletes a lot of life force. If taken in excess, the final result will be like what happened to Hody Jones and the others.

At first glance, this ES drug seems to have the same power as Wood's "Heart of God," but in reality, its effects are far inferior to Wood's.

Both involve sacrificing one's life force to gain combat power, but Wood's "Heart of God" amplifies combat power exponentially, while the so-called ES Elixir, consuming the same amount of life force, can only increase combat power by a maximum of five to ten percent.

Furthermore, unlike ES drugs, Wood's "Heart of God" will not affect his mental state, such as making him more violent.

However, it is not a coincidence that the ES drug is similar in power to Wood's "Heart of God". After Hody Jones and his gang were imprisoned, Wood and King Neptune finally learned the origin of this dangerous drug through severe torture.

According to Hody Jones, he obtained these ES drugs from the underworld. The seller was quite mysterious, and Hody Jones had no idea who he was. However, he remembered the seller's distinctive laughter, which sounded like "whoosh who ...

Just hearing Hody Jones' description of the laughter was enough for Wood to almost identify the man.

In the world of One Piece, there are only a handful of guys with unique laughs, and some of them are already dead. In Wood's memory, there is only one person who can develop the ES drug and also has a laugh like "Shoo-lo-lo-lo-lo"—that is Caesar Clown!

Kaiser Clown, along with scientists such as Vegapunk and Vinsmoke Judge, initially belonged to the illegal research group MADS, where they conducted weapons research.

He later joined the World Government's science class along with Vegapunk, ranking second and known as the "supreme authority on weapons of mass destruction".

However, because he was always dissatisfied with being dominated by Vegapunk and arrogantly believed that his talents far surpassed Vegapunk's, he later left the World Government Science Unit and chose to cooperate with Doflamingo.

Caesar is a user of the "Gas-Gas Fruit," a Devil Fruit that grants him exceptional skill in using poison gas and a high level of expertise in drug research.

The so-called "ES drug" was actually a product that Doflamingo commissioned him to develop.

Because he always considered Wood his most formidable enemy, Doflamingo had been studying Wood extensively, since a clearer understanding of one's enemy is essential for a higher chance of victory.

During the Marineford War, Wood's combat power was fully exposed. The power of "Heart of God," which consumes life force to gain combat power, was also discovered by Doflamingo and some top bosses.

As for Wood's "Heart of God" power, whether it belongs to the power of a Devil Fruit or a special physique like Kaido's, the people on the sea do not know, but it is undoubtedly a powerful force.

Kaido's "Beasts Pirates" wanted to gather all the "beasts," so Doflamingo created artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

Big Mom wants to expand her "All Nations" and achieve the so-called gathering of all races, but because of her past, she is hated and rejected by the giants. So she joins forces with Caesar to carry out "giantification research".

Now, Doflamingo has also seen the business opportunity in Wood's "Heart of God" power, and he also covets such power. So he naturally commissioned Caesar, an expert in this field, to conduct research, and the so-called "ES Elixir" was eventually created from this.

Of course, Doflamingo was not satisfied with the "ES drug" developed by Caesar and considered it a failure.

Doflamingo's ideal experimental product was a super drug that could achieve the same level as Wood's "Heart of God," or even a transcendent product that could compensate for the loss of life force.

Even if it costs him a little bit of life force, he can gain powerful combat strength. Doflamingo will not be stingy with his lifespan. After all, his current situation is not good. If he is facing a desperate situation, who would care about a little bit of life force?

However, the crux of the problem lies in the fact that the "ES drug" developed by Caesar based on the "Heart of God" is of extremely poor quality.

While this thing can indeed enhance combat power to some extent, the side effects are simply too great.

The life force consumed is not proportional to the increase in strength gained, and it also has fatal side effects such as losing one's mind and becoming ferocious.

As we all know, once a person loses their mind, no matter how strong they are, they are nothing more than a beast.

Doflamingo has attended Big Mom's tea party more than once or twice. In her normal state, Big Mom, while not necessarily a shrewd strategist, is still quite intelligent among the pirates on the high seas who only know how to fight with their muscles.

However, once she falls into "food craving syndrome", her IQ will instantly drop to zero. In that state, although she is stronger than usual, Doflamingo finds her much easier to deal with.

After all, dealing with a cunning and shrewd Big Mom is incomparable to dealing with a mindless beast.

While the effects of the "ES drug" developed by Wood's "Heart of God" were somewhat unsatisfactory, it wasn't entirely ineffective. Although Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family wouldn't use such a flawed drug, that didn't stop them from making money from it.

Furthermore, within the Donquixote Family, Doflamingo only treated the executives as his family, while the other minor characters were nothing more than cannon fodder.

Even cannon fodder has its uses, so Doflamingo distributed these failed experiments as a form of welfare to his cannon fodder subordinates, claiming that if they ate this stuff when in danger, their strength would increase dramatically, allowing them to kill their enemies.

The Donquixote Family cannon fodder, who knew nothing about this, not only had no doubts about it, but were even grateful to their young master Doflamingo, and even cried and said that they would be loyal to their young master for life.

As for the remaining "ES drug," Doflamingo, upon learning that the fishmen of Fishman City were planning a rebellion, had Caesar sell the drug to the New Fishman Pirates at a low price, practically giving it away.

Now everyone in the ocean knows that the ancient weapon Wood and the fishmen on Fishman Island are so close they're practically inseparable.

Since the fishmen of Fishman Street want to be the masters of Fishman Island, Doflamingo, as Wood's "old friend," naturally doesn't mind giving his fishman brothers some more strategic resources to increase their chances of winning.

Because of the accusation that Wood wanted to become one of the "Four Emperors," it's almost a certainty that Wood will come after him. In that case, Doflamingo wouldn't mind causing Wood a little more trouble.

Even if this doesn't affect the overall situation or even harm Wood in the slightest, Doflamingo is still willing to do it to buy himself more time and annoy Wood.

"Captain, are we going to Dressressa next to settle scores with the Joker?"

After learning about the ES poison, Robin, being intelligent, could basically guess that Doflamingo was behind it.

So, with the matter on Fishman Island settled and after attending a three-day banquet held at Ryugu Palace, Wood politely declined King Neptune and Queen Otohime's invitations and prepared to leave Fishman Island.

"No, let's go to Punk Hazard to find Caesar first. That guy is quite capable."

I'm thinking of trying to recruit him to Dark Island; if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.

There is a severe shortage of scientific research talent in the One Piece world, especially elite talents like Caesar, who are extremely rare.

Although the other party is arrogant, Caesar does have the means to be arrogant. Looking across the entire ocean, only Vegapunk can surpass him in the field of scientific research, and that is because the other party ate the special Devil Fruit "Brain-Brain Fruit".

People in this world only know how to fight with their muscles, unaware that in the event of an explosion of war, science is the most terrifying weapon.

Putting aside personal factors, Wood actually admires Doflamingo quite a bit. The fact that Doflamingo possesses "Conqueror's Haki" is not accidental, but rather because he truly has the aptitude for it.

With a powerful background, ambition, vision, intelligence, strength, and charisma, Doflamingo had already recruited a talent like Caesar while others were still fighting tooth and nail for the so-called "One Piece."

If it weren't for Luffy's protagonist aura, Wood would even think that Doflamingo is the true protagonist of this world. If it weren't for the script killing, Wood would think that Doflamingo might be one of the most powerful people in the future.

Just as Wood and his crew were preparing to leave Fishman Island, the Straw Hat Pirates' Log Pose, having also stored its magnetic field, was also ready to leave.

As far as Wood knew, their next island to land on should be Punk Hazard, so the three of them simply hitched a ride.

With the abilities of Wood and his two companions, they could reach Punk Hazard even if given a small boat; Wood and Robin also possessed considerable seafaring skills.

But by joining the Straw Hat Pirates, Wood could hitch a ride on their ship and enjoy high-class meals, so there was really no reason for him to work hard to sail to Punk Hazard on his own.

To be fair, Wood is now a big shot on the high seas, but his meals on Dark Isle are only so-so.

About 80% of the residents of Dark Isle are fishmen and mermaids. They love all kinds of seafood and usually eat it raw. Wood can accept this kind of diet occasionally, but he can't stand eating it all the time.

He was rich and powerful, so hiring a good chef shouldn't have been a problem for him. However, Wood had asked Robin for help for many years, but there was still no result.

Wood was also puzzled. Robin usually handled other jobs quite well and was extremely efficient, but he had been busy for so long with such a simple job as a cook.

Whenever Wood asked about this, Robin would say that good cooks were hard to find, or that although a cook had been found, he felt that Dark Isle was too dangerous, and that the large number of fishmen living there meant that no matter how high the salary was, they would not be willing to come and work there.

Therefore, Robin has always been in charge of Wood's meals.

Chapter 575 Arrival at Punk Hazard

As far as secretarial work goes, Robin is truly capable, that much is undeniable, and Wood believes that you could search the entire ocean and find few personal secretaries more capable than Robin.

However, even such a perfect mature woman is not without flaws, such as Robin's cooking skills.

The cooking skills of a dark-style girl... even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you can probably guess.

It is said that Ruth once had the honor of dining with Wood, and the meal he ate was prepared by Robin himself.

Russ, who had a "full meal" back then, now shudders whenever he mentions the situation. He even says that if he weren't an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit user with a strong enough life force, he probably wouldn't have been able to enjoy the food Robin made.

From that day on, whenever Ruth went to report to Wood, he would try to avoid going during mealtimes, because he was afraid of being called over by the "enthusiastic" captain to share the food.

Wood ate Robin's "death cuisine" for nearly ten years, to the point that his body now has a certain resistance to toxins.

Over the past decade, Wood has repeatedly told Robin that she is the second-in-command of Wood Weapons Company and doesn't need to do everything herself. Small things like cooking can be left to others.

Even if the chef isn't particularly skilled, Wood can accept anything cooked by anyone with even a little basic culinary knowledge.

However, Robin ruthlessly rejected this request, and with a smile, she said that Wood was currently the most important person on the island and the backbone of Wood Weapons Company, so his daily food naturally needed to be carefully prepared.

And since it's something you put in your mouth, what if someone with malicious intent poisons it?

After all, even the strongest person isn't invincible; their internal organs aren't impervious to weapons. So, this task can only be done by someone trustworthy.

To put it simply, Nicole Robin is the most trustworthy person, so naturally, she takes care of Wood's meals.

"This is real food!"

Onboard the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hat crew, who were gathered together eating, looked at Wood, who was eating a plate of fried rice with tears streaming down his face, with somewhat puzzled expressions.

They admitted that Xiangzhi was quite skilled as a chef, but in any case, Wood's performance was simply too outrageous.

You're a big shot comparable to the "Four Emperors," and you're getting this emotional over a simple plate of seafood fried rice? Anyone who didn't know better would think you haven't had a proper meal in ages.

When Wood was simulating life across multiple worlds, he naturally enjoyed the delicacies of other worlds as well.

But don't forget, each time he simulates life across multiple worlds, his body is not the same.

In other words, his body in the One Piece world has truly and thoroughly consumed Robin's terrible cooking for nearly ten years. It's not entirely incomprehensible that his taste buds would suddenly be moved to tears by dishes like Kaji's.

At the dinner table, it was the first time the Straw Hat crew had ever seen someone who could rival Luffy in eating skills, or even surpass him.

With the two of them devouring the food, the others barely had a chance to pick up their chopsticks before the table was a complete mess of dishes and cups.

Luffy: "As expected of Wood, he's so good at even this aspect."

"Spicy, is there anything else to eat? I'm not full at all; that guy Wood ate most of the food."

Wood: "As expected of a top chef at the sea restaurant, would you like to consider becoming a chef on our island? I can offer you a position as an executive in our weapons company."

By the way, when do we have dinner? Does your pirate crew have a habit of eating late-night snacks?

Seeing the guy in front of him with an appetite like a monstrous beast from the abyss, Xiangzhi dropped the cigarette he was holding between his fingers in fright. Because of the guests arriving on the ship, the amount of food he had just prepared was enough for fifty people!

Of course, thirty of them were prepared for Luffy, the big eater, all by himself.