I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

Figo: "What do you mean, 'almost'?"

Audak stood up and laughed, "The Central Star Region's Python Star is a rare planet with a behemoth of brightness equivalent to the fourth level of a lamp. It has dozens of giant snakes with a body length of over 5,000 meters. It is a forbidden zone for humans, but also a treasure trove of nature."

There is a very special toxin that is colorless and odorless. Even the strongest body can be affected. You don't need to hold on any longer. It's not enough to kill you, but you have to stay here obediently for at least half an hour, or don't blame me for being impolite!

Damn it...we have to move again!

He struggled against the chains binding him.

Stunned.

Didn't break free?

Figo asked, "At most, what level of physical strength has that poison been tested on a physical master?"

"...Third level of brightness."

“Have you ever thought that I might be a little bit stronger than that?” Figo laughed.

Odak paused for a moment, forced a smile, and sat back down, saying, "I was just joking."

Figo exerted a little force with his right foot, shattering the ground beneath his feet with a thud. A strange thread snapped and broke, the latter half quickly retracting.

"Stop joking all the time."

[Prisoner: Odak]

[Rank: UR8]

[Status: Detained]

Crime Index: 285

[Participation rate in the arrest: 100%]

[Optional Income: Scientific Research, Sculpture, Poison Science, Medicine, Devil Fruit Development, Airship Manufacturing, Beautician]

[Characters and Events: Omitted]

One of the scientists who stood at the pinnacle of the previous generation was indeed formidable. If it weren't for his advanced age and the lack of available materials, UR8 might not have been able to hold him off.

Figo easily defended against both ambushes. Audak knew that Figo could easily take down his old bones without much effort. He sighed, "As expected of the King of Qinghai. Since you haven't contacted Ares immediately... tell me, what are your conditions? How can you let me go?"

“You said it yourself, our Qinghai navy prides itself on justice. Tell me why Ares is hunting you down. If I think you are innocent, then maybe I will just let you go.”

Odak was stunned: "That's it?"

"that's it."

He looked intently at Figo: "I hope what you're saying is true. It's a memory I don't want to recall, that turned me from a scientist of renown into a criminal hated by everyone."

"About 130 years ago, I refused the Celestial Dragons' offer to recruit me and instead sold my research results to them, becoming one of the most famous scientists in the cosmos, enjoying unparalleled fame. But my joy turned to sorrow, and I was targeted."

"To this day, I still don't know who the masked guy who kidnapped me was. I was taken to a remote, desolate planet and threatened with my life to complete a special experiment called: 'The Project to Create a Powerful Progenitor of the Demon Race'!"

Figo's eyes narrowed slightly as he listened while activating the character events of Odak.

The scene then transitions to the past of Audak.

"They claimed to have discovered the secret of the Demon Progenitor, asserting that pain and evil could increase the Demon Progenitor's power, and that they wanted to artificially cultivate the strongest Demon Progenitor. At that time, there were only two of the three Demon Progenitors, and they wanted to create a third, or even a fourth or fifth one, to control the power of the Demon race!"

"More than 20,000 children were sent there, of various races. They may have been bought from the slave market or smuggled from some planet. They were all around five years old. They were intensively taught all kinds of knowledge, even the skills of killing. They were divided into groups and trained until they were seven years old..."

Then, they engaged in a fierce battle.

“Children who could barely run were strictly ordered to pick up swords and kill their peers. Their opponents might have been their closest playmates or roommates just yesterday. Those who hesitated were killed by the administrators. In a single day, corpses littered the ground. Of the more than 20,000 children, only about 10,000 remained.”

Can you imagine that scene?

Figo narrowed his eyes.

I'm watching it now.

“That caused me great pain, but I was powerless to do anything about it. I even had to become an accomplice, treating the injured children and monitoring everything they did.”

Odak paused for a moment, then continued, "Seven-year-old children are already somewhat sensible. Since then, the children have all become silent. Even if they live together, they find it difficult to open up to each other, because they don't know if today's friends will fight to the death tomorrow, and only one can survive."

When they were nine years old, another massacre began, but this time in a different form: every hundred people fought each other, and only ten could survive.

By this time, the children had developed some fighting ability, but in a small space, no one could fight 99 against 1. The clever children immediately teamed up and fought together.

Some were betrayed by their comrades, others survived by banding together—friendships forged in the crucible of life and death. They finally had true friends again…and then, at age 11, their friendship was shattered by that masked guy!

Figo had already seen and understood.

"Is Ares one of them?"

"Ah, he was always very thin, but he was more ruthless than anyone else. He survived until the very end, until more than 20,000 children were reduced to only ten."

Odak said, "At that time, they were 15 years old. They had experienced all kinds of betrayals and plots, and killed countless close friends. They had completely turned into killing machines. Although they had not been taught the Six Star Techniques, if they were not careful, people who were close to the level of the lamp wick would die at their hands."

Next, they will engage in one final battle, and the three survivors will be transformed into the progenitors of the demon race!

"You saved them?"

"Well, those guys who kidnapped me underestimated me and my Devil Fruit ability. At that time, the Celestial Dragons had finally digested my research results and created a highly intelligent machine race. Through the machine, I contacted the Celestial Dragons, but unfortunately the information was too simple, and the Celestial Dragons did not pay enough attention to it and did not send out their generals."

Seeing the situation was dire, in the chaos, I only had time to take three children with me, including Ares. While hiding from the group to avoid being discovered, I gathered materials to build a machine to contact the Celestial Dragons, and also looked after the children.

He sighed deeply: "After 10 years of companionship, even though they were some cold-hearted children, I had developed some feelings for them. I thought I could gradually change their minds and influence them with my actions."

Until that day, I woke up to find Ares covered in blood, smiling as he said to me…

A blue-haired boy appeared before Figo, his face covered in blood, but his smile was pure. He asked, "Grandpa Odak, I've killed them both. Did I do a good job?"

“Like a nightmare, it’s the same no matter how many times I think about it,” Odak said. “I gave Ares a good scolding and told him that the nightmare was over and he should be a normal person!”

He was sensible and intelligent; otherwise, a frail child couldn't have survived to the end. He repeatedly confirmed with me until he believed the experiment was truly over and he was saved.

"He didn't cry tears of joy, nor did he lose his composure; he simply drew his knife to kill me."

Figo could still see images in his mind.

The blue-haired boy pointed his knife at Odak and said, "I was so close to victory! I was so close to becoming the powerful progenitor of the demon race! Why did you save me?"

Odak said, "He was no match for me back then, but I didn't have the heart to kill him. Looking back now, that was the worst decision I ever made. Ares... is getting mad more and more."

【Character Event 1 (Activated): A moment of soft-heartedness led to the creation of Ares, the king of the cosmic pirate plague who wreaked havoc on the starry sky. This was the decision that Odak regretted the most.

Event Requirement: Have Audak or help Audak kill Ares, the Plague King!

Chapter 214 (number)

"So how did you become a wanted criminal? Weren't you coerced?"

“Hehe, actually being coerced into participating in that experiment was secondary; informing the Celestial Dragons of their location was the main thing.” Odak shook his head and said, “I exposed that I could contact the mechanical race created by the Celestial Dragons at will, and I left a hidden trick when trading technology with them.”

"It's because I exposed that experiment, and because I've kept a low profile all these years, that the Celestial Dragons haven't really gone after me. Hiding under their search is much more difficult than avoiding that little bastard Ares."

Figo nodded slightly. A crime index of over 200 didn't make him a good person, but he wasn't a great villain either. If that experiment had been applied to him, the score might not have even reached 1,000.

With the confirmation of the person and the event footage, this mad scientist should be quite wronged, having put himself in a lose-lose situation.

“Alright, I’ve said everything I needed to say. Take me to see Ares.” Odak raised his head and said, “If that kid goes berserk, your Qinghai won’t be able to hold him off, and the entire Eastern Universe Sea will suffer.”

"Provoke me?" Figo asked.

“No, no, I’ve lived for over 180 years. Even if I ignite the flame in my body and modify myself, I probably won’t live for more than a few decades.” Odak said, “It’s really time to settle things with the past. That little bastard’s actions made me doubt myself for a time.”

After all these years, he should have matured by now. I need to ask him face to face: should I really not have saved them? Should I have let them fight to the death, leaving only three who would then be transformed into the progenitors of the demon race?

I also want to know if any of the remaining seven children are survivors, and if so, whether they can return to a normal life!

[Character Event 2 (Activated): Ares's behavior made Oddak doubt his decision to contact the Celestial Dragons to rescue them. Event Requirements: Have Oddak or help Oddak confirm whether there are any survivors among the other seven children, and confirm their experiences.]

The slightly overweight old man sitting there suddenly exuded an aura, as if he had rediscovered the pride of his former status as a top scientist in the cosmos!

But only for two seconds, when he noticed Linda's concerned gaze not far behind him, his momentum faltered, and he hesitated, weakly saying to Figo, "Could you give me a few more days so I can say goodbye to my wives and fix Linda?"

Figo nodded: "Alright, let me see your research results while I'm at it."

"The Eastern Universe Sea is too barren; I have nothing left to use."

The old man was quite Versailles-like; he had nothing left, referring to plasma guns capable of melting ordinary bodies, special materials that could interfere with precognitive mental networks, and drugs that could improve physical abilities to a certain extent without side effects, etc.

Figo accepted the gift without hesitation, sent it to a naval branch on a nearby planet for transport back, and then intercepted Odak's spaceship in interstellar space.

"Where are you going? Are you already eager to see Ares?"

Odak, who had sneaked away, stared at Figo with a look of utter disbelief. What method did he use to find me in the vast expanse of space?!

"...Never mind, maybe this is my fate." He gave up struggling.

Ten days later, the Celestial Dragons guarding the border between the Eastern Cosmic Sea and the Central Star Region outside the Chaotic Star Region reported that Figo and an unfamiliar old man had entered the Central Star Region in a passenger spaceship.

……

"Moshi Moshi, I'm sorry, this is the Qinghai Naval Branch stationed on Yesai Star. His Majesty the King of Qinghai left the Den Den Mushi here beforehand because he was worried that entering the Central Star Region might damage it for some reason. If you need to contact me, you can leave a message here..."

The Den Den Mushi hung up with a beep, and the Seventh Divine General, Ryuko, looked very displeased.

"This guy remembered my warning..."

“You were never sincere to begin with, weren’t you? Your reminder is helpful.” Flavo said with a smile, “The King of Qinghai is no fool.”

Long Huyue said, "...The mad scientist Odak is involved in those kinds of experiments. If they are leaked, those demons might try them on their own. And that madman Ares, we can't predict what he might do. Why didn't we pay enough attention to this matter before?"

After discovering she couldn't find detailed information about Odak, she went to the Second Divine General for inquiries and now knows the details. Such secrecy is enough to prove that the 'experiment created by the powerful progenitor of the demon race' likely had a certain probability of success.

She even suspected that Beelzebub was a product of the experiment, only his age didn't quite match up. Beelzebub should have been about 10 years older than the children who underwent the experiment.

“It’s alright. Ares, that madman, is more likely trying to kill Odak. If he wanted to leak information about the experiment, he would have done so already,” Flavor said. “Let’s just wait and see.”

Long Huyue did not make a statement. Beside the two of them was a divine general.

The Eighth Divine General, Divicevan.

As early as 14 years ago, during the Battle of Qinghai, he noticed Figo, who was being watched by Beelzebub. However, since Figo had not entered the Central Star Region in recent years, he had put some of his thoughts aside.

But this time...

“I’m going,” he said. “To ensure the mad scientist’s death, and to give that King of Qinghai a warning. He shouldn’t have ignored the Seventh General’s orders like this.”

Flavo shrugged: "Whatever you want."

After the Eighth God General left, Flavo smiled at Long Huyue and said, "That guy is too arrogant. The King of Qinghai has never been our subordinate. Little Yue, you'd better go too, otherwise I'm afraid he'll be made too embarrassed by Ares and lose face for us Celestial Dragon God Generals."

Long Huyue looked at him: "The Second God General told me more than just that... It's because of you that Audak has survived to this day, and it's also because of you that those documents were classified as top secret. You didn't even go there yourself? B6."