After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"Oh!"

The Little Harem docked at the pier, and Martin and his companions went down the stairs. The island's harbor was very large and had a deep draft, but there seemed to be very few ships coming and going. They didn't see many ships in the harbor, and the few that were there were only the kind that could only sail in the near sea.

"Let's go! Free time," Martin said, waving his hand.

"Long live the captain!"

The group scattered with shouts, even the usually composed Bonar. They'd been in the New World for a long time, but none of them had really had a chance to play. The first island they reached was a deserted area, devoid of anything but some strange animals. The second island was a pirate stronghold, fraught with danger, and no one was in the mood for fun.

In the blink of an eye, a large group of people disappeared without a trace, leaving only Izzy and Smoothie by Martin's side.

"Smoothie, why aren't you going to play?"

Smoothie looked around and said to Martin, "I'll just stay with you. There's nothing fun here."

“Alright, you can stay by my side then,” Martin said, taking a step forward and putting his arm around Smoothie’s slender waist.

He wasn't entirely sure of Smoothie's feelings. Although Smoothie had sided with him, this beautiful woman was at most just admiring him; it might border on love, but there was no real emotional foundation between them.

Moreover, the other party's abilities are simply too powerful. If I were to be squeezed dry while doing this, I would probably be drained of everything.

Not far from the port is a mountain town. The entire city is built on the mountainside, with various buildings of different heights arranged in a staggered manner. People come and go on the streets, constantly greeting each other, creating a particularly peaceful atmosphere.

Martin was about to find a tavern or something to inquire about the island when he suddenly saw a tall figure emerge from the city.

"Oh!"

A girl was playing in the street when she bumped into a man, fell to the ground, and looked at him in fear.

"You dare to defy the great genius scientist M. Kaiser Courant, you will pay for it. My experiment is short of experimental materials, so you'll be the one."

"No, no, Lord Caesar! The child is just being innocent, please don't take him away!" A woman hugged the girl and kept begging for mercy.

“A child, a child is just right. I need a child. She openly attacked World Government personnel, which is a serious crime. Arrest her,” Caesar said with a smile.

"It's Lord Caesar."

The two henchmen were about to go and grab a girl.

"Sir, sir, please spare my child. If you must arrest someone, arrest me instead."

"Why are you being arrested? We are from the World Government, we can't just arrest people like this." Caesar pointed, and the woman who was pleading fainted.

"I was just looking to do an experiment but didn't have a subject, and I didn't expect to find one while I was out."

While organizing scientific data, Caesar discovered a document that turned out to be an experimental record—an experimental record that could cause organisms to grow to gigantic size.

If the experiment succeeds, he will surpass Vegapunk and become the world's greatest scientist.

"Oh hahaha! Oh hahaha!"

Thinking of this, Caesar looked up at the sky and let out a series of strange laughs.

"Oh!"

Caesar had barely chuckled when a sudden punch flattened his cheek, sending him flying and crashing into the wall before coming to a stop.

Caesar's henchmen were terrified and at a loss for what to do. That was Caesar, the great scientist and an important figure in the World Government. If anyone found out that he had been injured in front of them, they would be doomed.

"Who are you to dare openly attack a World Government official? Surrender now!"

"Bang bang!"

Two more blows, and Caesar's two henchmen passed out.

"Damn it, who is it, who dares to attack the great Caesar?"

Caesar cursed and his body became elemental, floating in the air as he viciously attacked Martin.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Bang!"

As soon as Caesar finished cursing, he found a large hand grabbing his neck, and his elemental body materialized as he was forced to the ground.

Tell me where this is?

"Punk Hazard, this is Punk Hazard!"

"It really is Punk Hazard."

Martin thought of the island when he saw Caesar appear, and both the geographical location and Caesar's appearance proved this.

"I never imagined Punk Hazard could be so beautiful."

Martin pressed Caesar down hard a few more times. Thinking about how this guy's experiment would turn such a beautiful island into a deserted island a few years later, Martin was full of resentment. Judging from the state of the island, there should be tens of thousands of people living on it.

"Bang bang bang!"

Thinking of this, Martin punched Caesar hard a few more times.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Caesar, lying on the ground, thought that was the end of it and was planning to find someone to teach the boy a lesson when he was free. However, he was hit a few more times and howled in pain.

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me! I'll give you anything you want, please stop hitting me!" Caesar pleaded repeatedly.

Seeing Caesar pleading for mercy, Martin's anger subsided considerably. At least the accident hadn't happened yet, and there was still something he could do.

Creating Hades required Caesar's brilliant mind.

Chapter 214 Creating Devil Fruits

"I'm asking you, were you secretly conducting poison gas experiments in the lab?"

Caesar stared wide-eyed at Martin. That was his biggest secret. Since becoming a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, Caesar discovered that he was not only immune to poison gas, but could also purify and use it.

So he thought of creating a high-powered poison gas bomb, but his proposal was rejected by Vegapunk. He had no choice but to experiment on his own in secret. Only he knew about this, and he never told anyone else. He even secretly purchased the raw materials here.

"How...how did you know? No, it's impossible. I've never told anyone else."

"So you're really conducting poison gas experiments. Do you know how many people you're going to kill by doing this?"

"Oh!"

Martin punched Caesar in the head again.

"Ah oh!"

Caesar covered his slapped face with both hands and looked at Martin with fear in his eyes.

Martin raised his hand again, and Caesar quickly covered his face with his hands and dodged backward, repeatedly shouting, "Don't hit me, don't hit me, if you're going to hit someone, don't hit my face."

Seeing Caesar's cowardice, Martin grabbed him by the neck and headed towards the Little Harem.

"What do you want to do? Let me go! Let me go!"

Caesar struggled to break free from Martin's control, but no matter how hard he struggled, it was all in vain. Although he was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, he never trained and his strength was only enough to deal with some henchmen.

"Caesar, I'm giving you a chance. Do you want to live, or do you want to die?" Martin lifted Caesar up.

Seeing Martin lift him up, Caesar struggled incessantly, not knowing what this terrifying man intended to do to him.

"You are a Devil Fruit user, but he is not just a Devil Fruit user. He is also a scientist, a very outstanding scientist."

Caesar thought to himself, "Is this kid crazy?" He stammered, "I am an excellent scientist. My goal is to surpass Vegapunk and become the world's number one scientist."

"Hahaha!" Thinking of this, Caesar burst into laughter again.

Just as Caesar finished laughing, he realized that Martin had actually thrown him out.

"What do you want to do? What are you going to do to me?"

Caesar remembered that he was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user and wanted to become an elemental in the air, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't use his Devil Fruit ability at all, as if he had lost his Devil Fruit ability.

"How could this be? What happened to my Devil Fruit power?"

"Oh!"

As Caesar yelled, he had already landed on the Little Harem, falling through the opening. He quickly closed the opening and then calmed down.

It turns out that Martin put seastone handcuffs on the other party. Although Caesar is evil, his scientific ability is undeniable. If Hades is to be built, then Hades must be used.

"I need to take control of these high-tech talents; I still need to do some big things."

"Caesar, listen to me. There's so much high-tech information inside. Find a way to learn it."

"Otherwise, don't come out at all."

Martin gave the order.

"What do we do? What do we do? Lord Caesar has disappeared!" Not far away, Caesar's two servants stared blankly, anxiously asking.

"Has Lord Caesar been kidnapped? Quick, let's go back to the graduate school and report to Lord Vegapunk!" B shouted after hearing A's words.

“Wait, let’s run away. I don’t want to go back to the base. If the World Government finds out we lost Lord Caesar, we’ll be in big trouble,” A said to B.

Then, A and B exchanged a glance, and then both of them took a step and disappeared down Punk Hazard Street.

After completing an experiment, Vegapunk walked out of his laboratory. He had been feeling that something was missing for the past few days, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Lord Vegapunk, Lord Caesar has disappeared."

Oh right, it's Caesar. Something's always been missing here. It's because Caesar hasn't come to cause trouble. Vegapunk finally remembered.

"Quickly send someone to bring him back."

"It's Lord Vegapunk."

Martin was resting on the deck when Caesar suddenly appeared on the deck and shouted beside him.

"I've finally finished analyzing it, hahaha, now I can surpass Vegapunk."

Martin poured cold water on the excited Caesar, saying, "Don't be too happy yet. Vegapunk will definitely get back the data you've analyzed."

“That’s impossible. I’ve been with Vegapunk and I’ve never seen him do this kind of research.”

"Caesar, what do you know? The data you just analyzed was researched by Vegapunk decades ago."

After hearing Martin's words, Caesar was stunned. His greatest goal in life was to surpass Vegapunk, but after seeing this information, he felt that he had no hope for the rest of his life. The technology in this information was already in the realm of gods, and it was impossible for humans to achieve such results.

"Oh!"

Caesar collapsed to the ground, completely losing his will to fight; his former arrogance had vanished without a trace.

Martin looked at Caesar, who had lost all fighting spirit, and nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he had deliberately told Caesar these things so that he would work harder to study the technology here, and not let him become arrogant because he had mastered a little bit of it.

Looking at the increasingly dejected Caesar, Martin said, "Actually, there is a way to surpass Vegapunk."