One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

After shouting, Vegapunk rushed to the control panel, pressed a red button, and the glass dome slowly descended.

The solution inside the glass dome had completely evaporated in the previous high temperature, leaving only the artificial Devil Fruit inside, its surface still emitting rising heat.

When the transparent glass dome finally fell, a magical scene unfolded. The white, hot air that had been floating around seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, gradually rising and gathering above the fruit, transforming into the shape of a white dragon before completely dissipating into the air.

The scene was truly terrifying. Vegapunk trembled as he reached out his hands and carefully took out the artificial Devil Fruit, examining it closely in front of him.

Anyone who saw that focused expression would hesitate to disturb him.

Gigg flashed and instantly appeared next to Vegapunk, grabbing the Devil Fruit in his hand.

Vegapunk was startled again. After calming down a bit, he looked at his empty hands, slowly turned his head, and looked at Giger with a resentful gaze. Anyone who didn't know better would think that Giger had done something heinous to him.

Giger ignored it completely. He held the fruit in front of his eyes, observing it, and then asked,

"Vegapunk, are you sure this experiment was successful?"

Vegapunk immediately perked up upon hearing this. He was currently in the midst of the excitement of the successful experiment, and he interpreted Giger's words as a lack of faith in his abilities!

After mentally criticizing Gigg, Vegapunk smiled smugly and pointed to a pile of apples in the corner, saying...

“Gig Saint, look at those fruits. Compared to them, isn’t this fruit a success?”

Gigg glanced in the direction Vegapunk pointed. The fruits were bizarrely shaped, their surfaces covered with disgusting spots and bumps, as if they had been eroded by some strange force.

Only a few of them looked somewhat like normal fruit.

Judging from its appearance alone, the one in Giger's hand can be considered the most successful in terms of both color and shape.

Gigg tossed the fruit in his palm repeatedly, while Vegapunk, gradually calming down from his excitement, stroked his chin thoughtfully and muttered to himself.

"Of course, we can't judge solely based on this. We still need to conduct final experimental tests to determine if it's a qualified Devil Fruit. The person who eats it should gain abilities as powerful as Kaido! If it succeeds..."

Swish!

Before Vegapunk could finish speaking, the Devil Fruit in Zig's hand vanished as if by magic. He glanced at Vegapunk and said,

"I'll accept this fruit for now, and I'll take care of the rest of the testing."

"Forehead....."

Vegapunk inwardly cursed Gig's banditry, but outwardly he chuckled and said...

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Jigsel. Please be sure to let me know the test results later."

Jiger waved his hand and said,

"Well, let's not talk about that now. I came to see you about something else. I need you to give me a physical exam."

As he spoke, Giger ripped open his black shirt, revealing his muscular upper body, with particularly noticeable red veins on his chest.

Vegapunk blinked a few times, laid Giger down on the lab table, and then picked up a few tubes and attached them to Giger's body.

The instrument screen beside him immediately began flashing various data. Vegapunk looked at it and asked questions.

"Gig Saint, have you been feeling unwell lately? Is there anything wrong with your body?"

Giger responded:

"No, I just feel sleepy occasionally."

Vegapunk nodded and said,

"All your other health data are normal, but your blood pressure is abnormally low, which is probably the reason you feel sleepy."

Okay, low blood pressure can cause drowsiness, which is indeed very scientific.

The problem is, given his physical condition, why would he have low blood pressure, especially considering he also possesses the power of the Blood-Blood Fruit!

Vegapunk was also puzzled, because Giger's blood pressure had dropped to an alarming level. An ordinary person would have gone into shock long ago, let alone "occasionally feeling sleepy." How could Giger look so lively and energetic?

He couldn't help but ask,

"Gig Sheng, do you have any other symptoms, such as fatigue?"

Giger shook his head decisively and said,

"No."

He had just been tethering several sea kings, each over 5,000 meters long, like dogs, and he didn't feel any fatigue at the time.

Vegapunk frowned and pondered for a moment, then said,

“That’s strange, Giger Saint. You should be more careful these days because your blood pressure is too low. If it continues to drop like this, even you could be in danger of shock or even death.”

Giger narrowed his eyes slightly, then began to manipulate the blood in his body to flow wildly. His skin turned extremely red, and this redness deepened until steam began to rise from it, making it look like a red-hot iron block.

On the instrument next to him, the data representing Giger's blood pressure also began to fluctuate wildly, which completely stunned Vegapunk.

Giger is now an indisputable patient with hypertension.

A red exclamation mark appeared on the screen, and Vegapunk cried out in alarm.

"Enough, enough, Jigsel, please stop right now!"

Giger breathed a sigh of relief, and his agitated blood immediately calmed down. The numbers on the screen plummeted until they returned to the level of "low blood pressure".

Vegapunk felt a bit confused. Just now, Giger's blood pressure had been extremely high, but Giger remained very calm.

Based on this situation, even if his blood pressure is too low, it shouldn't have a significant negative impact on Giger's life.

Seeing that Vegapunk couldn't come up with a solution either, Giger slowly got up from the experimental table, then took out a new black shirt from the Dark Bible and put it on.

Glancing at Vegapunk, who was still questioning his existence, Zig said calmly,

"Don't think about it anymore. Low blood pressure is fine. I'm very satisfied with the Devil Fruit you cultivated. I'll allocate you a large sum of research funding when we get back."

This time, Vegapunk didn't seem to care much about the budget, but instead spoke with a serious expression.

“Gigshen, you said at first that you sometimes feel sleepy. Perhaps after a while, you will enter a state of hibernation.”

Chapter 196 Roger's Low Profile

Considering Giger's physical condition, the only consequence Vegapunk could think of for low blood pressure was that Giger would go into hibernation.

Giger was not worried about Pegg's speculation. If he really suffered from "low blood pressure" during the battle, he could simply increase his blood flow.

When he really had to sleep, he would find a safe and secluded place to get a good night's rest. Whether it was the main camp or the Figarando territory, there was no place in the world safer than those two.

Without lingering any longer, Giger used his divine power to leave the research institute.

After wandering around for several months, he returned directly to the Navy Headquarters.

During this period, the various pirate forces at sea were much more obedient than before, mainly because the Navy had fought against and won the battles between the two pirate crews of Roger and Whitebeard.

Roger and the Whitebeard Pirates were undoubtedly two of the leading forces among pirates. Their defeat was a devastating blow to the pirate community.

After that battle, the Whitebeard Pirates returned to their territory and, like a wounded beast, silently licked their wounds.

The Roger Pirates, on the other hand, have become much more low-key and their whereabouts have become increasingly elusive. It is said that someone once saw their pirate ship, the Jackson, in the Blue Sea, saying that the Jackson was swept into the sky by a violent ocean current, and that it may now be destroyed and its crew dead.

Of course, most people would think this is nonsense. First, they don't believe there could be any ocean current that could send a ship into the sky. Second, even if there were, it wouldn't really threaten the Roger Pirates.

That being said, the Navy Headquarters has been keeping a close watch on the movements of these pirate crews. If the opportunity arises, the Navy would naturally like to take advantage of the pirates' weakness and strike them while they are down.

After Giger returned to headquarters, apart from Lucia and Ginny, the happiest person was Sora.

This admiral personally brought a huge stack of documents to Giger's office and, to Giger's bewildered surprise, piled them on the desk.

Just as Kong was about to speak, his nose suddenly twitched, and he said in a puzzled tone,

"Gig, has no one cleaned your office? It smells weird!"

Giger coughed twice. His office was of general-level quality, with enough orderly staff to form a platoon. How could it be that no one cleaned it?

Moreover, his adjutant Lucia is a diligent person. She often comes over to help Giger clean, and she spent the whole morning there today, for example.

Kong didn't dwell on the smell. He pointed to the documents on the table and said to Giger,

"These are the intelligence reports we've gathered recently regarding several major pirate forces at sea. Study them, especially the ones about Roger; he's been unusually low-key lately."

Giger glanced at the mountain of documents piled up in front of him, rubbed his forehead, and said,

"General Kong, actually, for someone like Roger, you could just give me his location directly."

Kong sighed helplessly and said,

"If I knew Roger's exact location, I would definitely tell you directly. The problem is that he is too well hidden, and we can't find his whereabouts at all."

The Roger Pirates were the only one of these great pirate crews that followed an elite route and basically didn't have a fixed territory, which was one of the biggest headaches for the Navy.

Furthermore, due to the small number of crew members, the World Government could not easily plant spies on the Jackson.

If Roger didn't deliberately cause trouble, it would indeed be difficult to find their whereabouts.

Giger tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his mind replaying things about Roger.

According to the original work, it is now the year 1496 of the Haiyuan calendar, and there are less than two months left until 1497.

Roger arrived at Loughlin Road in 1497, so he should still be focused on finding the Road Poneglyphs. Only by collecting all four Road Poneglyphs can he find the exact coordinates of Loughlin Road.

Of these four regions, Roger has already visited Fishman Island, and now with the addition of Oden, a member of the Kozuki family, Roger has most likely also analyzed the Zou and Wano Country regions.

That leaves only the piece in the old lady's hand.

Based on this, Giger deduced that Roger would definitely go to Whole Cake Island, where Big Mom was, next.