Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

"Then what are you still dawdling about?"

Wearing a mask with a wild beast pattern, CP0 cursed angrily, then gestured for Lucci beside him to follow Sentomaru. He then turned around angrily and returned to the elevator, leaving the research institute.

"Smack smack~~"

Sentomaru smacked his lips, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied with CP0's reaction to the beast-patterned mask, and muttered something under his breath.

"I was trying to keep your secret out of kindness, and you're still angry."

Lu Qi, who heard those words clearly, couldn't help but twitch his usually cold and arrogant expression.

"Tsk..."

Immediately, Sentomaru took out a bracelet from his pocket and handed it to Lucci, saying...

"To ensure Mr. Vegapunk's safety, please wear this Seastone bracelet. Besides its electric shock and explosive functions, it can also monitor your physical data for the upcoming experiments..."

Before Sentomaru could finish speaking, Lucci took the Seastone bracelet and put it on his wrist expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Sentomaru couldn't help but smile and said, "I like men who are decisive, unlike those bastards who dawdle and hesitate."

"Come with me..."

Immediately afterward, Sentomaru turned around and led Lucci into the laboratory.

After Sentomaru led Lucci through several security doors, they entered a room filled with various scientific instruments that Lucci couldn't understand. Inside, a man in a white lab coat was fiddling with something.

Sentomaru then announced loudly, "Mr. Vegapunk, Lucci has arrived."

Upon hearing this, the man who had his back to Lucci paused, turned around, and looked at Lucci and Sentomaru.

After Lucci saw Vegapunk's appearance clearly, he felt as if he had seen this man somewhere before, and the image of a seemingly younger man kept flashing through his mind.

I... I feel like I've seen this man in some photo before. No, my mission is... to make contact with Vegapunk!

In an instant, a large number of sealed memories rapidly resurfaced in Lucci's slightly dilated pupils.

Chapter 650 The Man with the Tightest Lips

[Chapter 650. The Terrifying Power of Vegapunk]

While Lucci was slightly stunned, Vegapunk, who was thin and somewhat unkempt, had already walked up to Lucci and asked.

"Rob Lucci?"

A smile appeared on Lucci's face as he looked at the man in front of him and said, "Yes, it's an honor to meet you, Mr. Vegapunk."

Vegapunk didn't pay much attention to Lucci's seemingly flattering words, and instead spoke directly.

"Well, let's start with some routine checks. I'm also eager to learn about the power of the so-called 'Lord of Hueco Mundo'."

"it is good."

Lucci immediately cooperated fully, answering Vegapunk's various questions while watching Vegapunk use various instruments to scan his body.

In less than half a day, Vegapunk had already obtained a stack of documents containing Lucci's physical data.

Vegapunk frowned slightly as he flipped through and compared the documents in his hands.

Seeing this, Sentomaru asked, "Mr. Vegapunk, is there a problem?"

“The problem is that, on the surface, there’s nothing wrong with it,” Vegapunk said.

"what?"

Sentomaru was somewhat surprised to hear this.

After all, the Hueco Mundo organization is renowned throughout this ocean.

It is said that every member who joins the Hueco Mundo organization after obtaining the power of the "Lord of Hueco Mundo" can instantly gain extraordinary power. The power of the "Lord of Hueco Mundo" is a super treasure that is far more exaggerated than the "Devil Fruit".

As for this result, Yann, who was far away in the G-9 branch, was not surprised at all.

Or perhaps, Luo has done this level of examination on himself countless times, yet he has never been able to obtain any useful data.

That's why Yann felt comfortable letting Lucci into Vegapunk's laboratory.

Vegapunk then pondered for a moment, drew a vial of blood from Lucci, and continued fiddling with some particularly exaggerated device.

Time continued to pass, and Lucci waited calmly. Arn's attention was focused on Sentomaru, in addition to observing Vegapunk.

This guy has been staying here the whole time, making it quite troublesome to even try to probe or communicate with Vegapunk. He might inadvertently repeat all the conversations outside.

At this moment, Yan even suspected that the World Government had deliberately arranged for this guy to be Vegapunk's bodyguard in order to prevent Vegapunk from deliberately hiding any secrets from the World Government.

However, from an angle that Yann could not see at all, Vegapunk, who was operating the instrument with his back to Lucci, had an extremely shocked expression on his face.

"It can't be wrong..."

Vegapunk muttered to himself, and it took him a long time to regain his composure.

Vegapunk then turned to look at Lucci, then at Sentomaru, and said, "Sentomaru, go prepare dinner."

"Hmm? Are we having dinner early tonight?"

Sentomaru casually said something, then turned and walked out the door.

After Sentomaru left, Vegapunk turned around and busied himself in the laboratory for a while before preparing a vial of medicine, which he then poured into a syringe. He then walked over to Lucci and said...

"Lucci, don't move..."

Immediately, Vegapunk almost impatiently grabbed the syringe in his hand, intending to plunge it into Lucci's arm.

However, before the syringe could be inserted into Lucci's body, Vegapunk's wrist was grabbed by Lucci, who stared sharply at Vegapunk and asked.

"Mr. Vegapunk, is it merely to examine why something was injected into my body?"

Vegapunk, having been exposed, struggled in pain, only to find that even with the Seastone bracelet suppressing Lucci's physique, his strength was still terrifyingly great.

After several unsuccessful attempts to break free, Vegapunk completely gave up on the so-called struggle and turned to look at Lucci in front of him.

"For the sake of the sea, you must die..."

"what?!"

Upon hearing Vegapunk's words, not only was Lucci stunned, but even Yone was extremely surprised.

Originally, Yann thought that Vegapunk had noticed Lucci's abnormality and was planning to conduct some in-depth research on Lucci, such as dissection, so he was secretly injecting Lucci with a sedative. He did not expect that Vegapunk's idea was to kill Lucci directly.

Seeing Lucci's surprise, Vegapunk stared intently at him and said...

"Stop pretending. Do you think I don't know about the soul hidden inside Lucci?"

At that moment, far away at the G-9 branch, Yann suddenly stood up, his face revealing an undisguised look of horror for the first time.

What kind of monster is Vegapunk?

How did he figure that out? The World Government and CP0 were completely unaware. Did he figure it out just from those seemingly simple checks?

Immediately, Lucci, his face a mixture of shock and gloom, pondered for a moment, then simply took complete control of Lucci's body and spoke.

"How did you know?"

Vegapunk spoke slowly.

"Everyone's bloodline factors and soul are perfectly matched, which ensures the body's compatibility with the soul. The most likely reason why Lucci's bloodline factors have undergone a change that is completely different from those of a Devil Fruit is that his body has taken in a new soul."

Upon hearing this, Ya'en was quite surprised.

This is enough to show that Vegapunk's research in the field of lineage factors far exceeded Caesar's imagination. It would be absolutely impossible to achieve this level without having a thorough understanding of lineage factors.

Luo and Caesar's research on lineage factors was far inferior to Vegapunk's!

Just as in the study of mathematics, while Roosevelt and Caesar were still trying to understand the meaning of each number and symbol in mathematics, Vegapunk was already able to detect errors and changes in certain formulas in mathematics.

"wrong……"

Yann, who was controlling Lucci's body, narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

"If that's the case, why did you kill me? Did my existence threaten your research? Threaten the ocean?"

Vegapunk stared intently at Lucci for a moment, then spoke.

"Although I don't know how you did it, you have indeed threatened the sea. Your existence will cause this sea to stagnate forever. You should not exist."

After a pause, Vegapunk continued, meeting Lucci's somewhat puzzled gaze.

"No matter who the soul currently occupies this body is, if you still have a shred of compassion for this sea, then please die quietly, so that the bloodline sequence within you may be buried forever without anyone knowing."

Chapter 651 The Terrifying Power of Vegapunk

[Chapter 651. Vegapunk's Stance]

"What do you mean? My bloodline factor sequence will threaten this ocean?" Yern asked, speaking in Lucci's body.

"That's right!!"

Vegapunk answered in a resolute tone.

"Although I don't know how you did it, perhaps it was a mutation with an extremely small probability, or it was caused by the special power of the 'Lord of Hueco Mundo', but if your World Government obtains the bloodline factor sequence in your body, then this ocean will be forever stagnant."

While Yann was slightly startled, he also sensed a different meaning in Vegapunk's tone.

Vegapunk wanted to secretly kill Lucci in order to prevent the World Government from obtaining Lucci's genetic sequence.

"An interesting statement. As the World Government's chief scientist, you're actually trying to prevent the World Government from obtaining my bloodline factor sequence," Yann said with a playful tone.

Vegapunk gritted his teeth and said angrily, "You have no idea what it means if the World Government gets your bloodline sequence..."

“What does it represent?” Yann asked.

Vegapunk's pupils trembled slightly as he stared intently at Yone, saying, "Countless demons will awaken!"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Yann instinctively paused while controlling Lucci's body.

In this situation, Vegapunk doesn't seem to be joking.

"A demon? What demon?"

Vegapunk hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you know the true nature of Devil Fruits?"

Before Yone could answer, Vegapunk seemed to already know that Lucci's knowledge and intelligence were insufficient to know, and spoke directly instead.

"The essence of a Devil Fruit is a 'devil' that can combine with the soul of a living being. The moment a living being eats a Devil Fruit, the 'devil' within the Devil Fruit will use this as a bridge to combine with the living being's soul, and gradually influence the living being's body, causing various changes."

"Then why are Devil Fruit users countered by Seastone and seawater?" Yann asked.