One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

"But the records before Caesar..."

Monet was a competent secretary.

After turning on the room light, he took out a notebook from behind the door and flipped through it for a while.

"Failure Product 65: A replica of the Azure Dragon form of the Fish-Fish Fruit, carrying an unknown wish and faint signs of demonic activity."

A pink, fish-scale-shaped Devil Fruit was placed in the center of the room.

It was covered by a glass dome, making it very conspicuous.

In the original storyline, Momonosuke, who traveled from twenty years in the past, was captured by the Donquixote Family and taken to their research institute as an experimental subject.

By chance, he ate this fruit and gained the same ability as Kaido, but it was more like a counterfeit product.

"Wait, there's also a note from Dr. Duan Beiga Punk here."

Monet turned to another page and found a line of text at the end of the journal.

"Mythical Zoan types possess a strong dominant will, which is stronger than the weak will within Paramecia-type Devil Fruits."

"Note: Animal-type only have instincts, so awakening is easier for them."

Question: If the will within a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit could achieve the same effect, would it become a Mythical Zoan?

"Questionable; the abilities of Mythical Zoan species cannot be simply summarized."

"Could it be formed by the fusion of more than one Devil Fruit?"

"The formula for creating an artificial Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit might be: one or two Paramecia-type Devil Fruits + one Zoan-type Devil Fruit + a will sufficient to replace the original Devil Fruit = Mythical Zoan?"

"I have a feeling that the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit holds the greatest secret of all Devil Fruits."

"It would be great if we could obtain more bloodline factors from mythical beast ability users."

Sure enough, Bucky wasn't the first to realize the existence of the demon.

Berserker's research on Devil Fruits is also very in-depth, after all, even artificial Devil Fruits are based on the research of the other party's bloodline factors.

But do we need to add a Zoan type?

He felt it wasn't necessary; he hadn't received any fruit or undergone any test of willpower.

While playing, the Demon Clown just appeared out of nowhere.

It claims to be a mythical beast, but its actual abilities are still the same fragmented kind.

So this guy is most likely a new or castrated version?

Bucky held the fish-scale fruit in his palm, and could vaguely feel the surging will within it.

It was extremely faint, even fainter than the artificial Devil Fruits created by Caesar.

If the success rate of artificial Devil Fruits is fifty percent, this fruit's success rate is probably less than ten percent.

No wonder Vegapunk categorized it as a failure.

But it suits Bucky quite well.

He doesn't want the skills involved.

I simply use this as a minor tonic.

With a slight exertion of his fingers, the Azure Dragon Fruit was divided into more than ten pieces.

It looks no different from ordinary fruit.

However, thanks to his familiarity with demons, Bucky could still sense a pink shadow lurking within.

It will not split open as the fruit splits.

This aligns with the common understanding of Devil Fruits.

By eating just one piece, one can gain the full power of a Devil Fruit.

"Mr. Clown, eating two Devil Fruits will cause you to explode and die."

Seeing Bucky's eager expression, Monet couldn't help but say something.

But the next second, his mouth involuntarily opened wide.

Bucky suddenly revealed his demon clown form, with black flames swirling around his shoulders and his skin bearing the patterns of a fruit.

His bloodshot eyes were filled with longing.

Like savoring a delicacy, take a gentle bite of the fruit.

Delicious, delicious to a demon.

It seems that those who swallowed the Devil Fruit should have been demons in the first place.

With a bang, Bucky's body suddenly swelled into a ball.

Sometimes fish scales appear on the skin, and sometimes fruit peel patterns appear.

Two forces collided violently within Bucky's body.

"Mr. Clown!?"

Monet looked panicked, his hands outstretched as if he wanted to do something, but he didn't know how to start.

But in the blink of an eye, the power of the Demon Clown easily overwhelmed the will within the Azure Dragon Fruit.

It devoured that will completely, leaving not a trace.

If it were a normal Devil Fruit, the Devil Clown might not have been able to achieve this level of skill so easily.

If the collision continues, it might actually explode.

Such devouring seems to stem from demonic instinct; they are like powerful, lord-like animals that, upon their territory being invaded, will immediately slaughter the invaders.

However, if he were to accept a second Devil Fruit, he would have to suppress the clown's instinct.

After all, he didn't have a special constitution like Blackbeard, allowing a second or even third place for a demon to reside.

What will ultimately be born is the true demon clown, not just a dark red clown that can only be torn apart and exude a demonic aura.

"It's just a small experiment, don't worry."

Bucky let out a soft breath, his eyes unexpectedly brightening.

The curls on his skin obediently faded away, and the replenished demon clown finally didn't look so shriveled.

He was able to provide more support to Bucky.

Ba has never practiced or refined his skills for a single day.

Aside from playing games for fun, the rest of the time is spent either researching scientific advancements and miscellaneous articles about the world, or developing new toys.

We've come this far only thanks to the devil's efforts in carrying the burden and taking drugs.

So he is now preparing to take it a step further.

Give the devil drugs!

After the Devil Fruit markings faded, faint fish scale marks remained on Buggy's skin, tinged with pink, which matched his bright red lips quite well.

This was an unexpected bonus.

Bucky grinned.

Although the demon was absorbed directly, it retained some of its power.

He had already tasted the artificial Devil Fruits on the Sea King ship; those were just ordinary Zoan-type fruits with no special abilities.

There might be a slight increase, but Bucky didn't feel it. He could only replenish the Demon Joker's body so that it would be easier to cut him again next time.

Where are your finished products stored?

Monet first pressed on him with surprise, as if he were wearing a very thin layer of leather armor.

Then he looked up and replied:

"There aren't many finished products here. It takes about three weeks to cultivate SAD, and once it's formed, it will be sent to the SMILE factory in Dressrosa for further processing."

"However, sometimes some are left behind for experiments."

"Please come with me."

After he finished speaking, Monet led the way.

There are surveillance cameras along the entire route, with no blind spots.

It seemed to be a declaration that the research institute still had a true owner.

But nobody cares.

Bucky smiled at a camera in the corner.

"Should I kill all these outsiders, Mr. Joker?"

Monet turned his head to the side, his eyes conveying a sense of eager anticipation.

In her view, apart from herself and the clown, everyone else on the island was an outsider, while Mr. Clown and she were family.

“Monotonous killing is boring.” Bucky chuckled, then tilted his head. “Um…I think I’ve said that to someone before.”

"However, it won't hurt to say it again."

"Generally speaking, I like to see them kill each other, you know?"

His face was smiling, and his tone seemed very gentle, but his eyes revealed a hint of wanting to stir up trouble.

This is somewhat similar to Doflamingo.

However, Doflamingo prefers to stay in his kingdom and family, and then keep adding fuel to the fire.

Bucky, on the other hand, poured oil directly into the fire, and when that wasn't enough, he even jumped into the fire himself.

Caesar had been keeping a close eye on the Joker's actions.

He had already laid traps and poisonous fog along the path to the control room.

But neither of them even glanced at it.

They went straight to his lab, chatting and laughing, completely ignoring him!

As for Doflamingo's request, Caesar didn't take it to heart at all.