One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

The greatest "treasure" in these archipelago has actually been delivered to our doorstep!

Indigo.

Shiki the Golden Lion's right-hand man, the scientist of the Flying Pirates, and the person in charge of the IQ Project.

Although his abilities cannot be compared with those of scientists like Vegapunk, he is definitely a rare scientific talent.

V's lips curled into an uncontrollable smile.

In retrospect, he has met quite a few of the world's top talents during his voyage.

In the medical field, there's Kureha, the "witch" of Drum Kingdom, and Crocus of Twin Capes; in construction, there's Iceberg and Franky; in music, there's Brook; in history, there's Robin...

However, there is a persistent shortage of high-level talent in scientific research.

Although V himself is able to conduct high-level research and development thanks to his prosthetic body and knowledge base, he is ultimately a cheat code user and cannot be considered a true scientific researcher.

If we could have a talented researcher, combined with the resources they possess, perhaps...

It's quite possible that they could create something extraordinary.

Chapter 187 Evolution

The sudden Golden Lion incident caught the Straw Hat Pirates completely off guard, disrupting their leisurely vacation plans.

Originally, the Going Merry was simply intended to test sail in the waters around Water 7, enjoying a rare moment of leisure. However, it unexpectedly encountered an attack by legendary pirates, forcing it into a fierce battle in the sky. But fortunately…

The final result was good.

"So... this is all of you?"

On the deck of the Going Merry, V adjusted his glasses and glanced at the remnants of the flying pirate crew before him.

There were about thirty people, except for Dr. Indigo, the leading scientist, who was wearing his signature blue and white striped research coat. The rest of them were all wearing the same dark blue uniform and were standing nervously at the front of the deck.

“Yes, yes…” A middle-aged man who looked like a minor leader swallowed hard, his voice trembling. “The Flying Pirates originally had more than 300 people, but most of them were on various islands doing maintenance and experimentation.”

"When the island crashed just now... we were right in the core area of ​​the main island, so..."

He didn't continue, but his meaning was already quite clear.

If the Straw Hat crew hadn't intervened in time to stabilize the island, probably less than a tenth of the Flying Pirates would still be alive.

It was the Straw Hat crew who saved them from their predicament.

As for where water and fire came from?

Then don't worry about it.

Where is Lord Shiki?

Bound and restrained, Dr. Indigo tried to remain calm, but his voice betrayed a barely concealed anxiety. "What have you done to him?"

Instead of answering directly, V asked in return, "What do you think we'll do to him?"

Indigo remained silent for a few seconds, his eyes, hidden behind his comical makeup, gleaming with a complex light.

“If you wanted to kill him… you could have done it during the battle just now,” he said slowly. “But you didn’t. Not only did you not kill him, you also saved everyone on the island.”

“So…” Indigo took a deep breath, “what exactly do you want?”

On the deck, the Straw Hat crew also gathered around.

With his mouth still full of meat, Luffy mumbled, "V, who's this weirdly dressed guy?"

“Dr. Indigo, the scientist and right-hand man of the Golden Lion,” V explained. “He is also the person in charge of all the scientific research projects of the Flying Pirates over the past twenty years.”

"A scientist?" Nami's eyes lit up. "Isn't that amazing?"

“In a way, yes.” V nodded. “The IQ Project he was in charge of was a special plant research project that could stimulate the ferocity of animals and enhance their fighting abilities.”

"Although the direction is somewhat... unorthodox, his ability to complete this scale of research on his own has already proven his capabilities."

"If we can get his help, it may be of great help to our subsequent shellfish farm and the upgrading and transformation of Labu."

Indigo's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard V's assessment of him.

He hadn't expected the other person to know him so well.

“So…” Indigo spoke again, this time with greater caution, “you want to… recruit us?”

It's not about 'incorporating' them.

V corrected him, his gaze sweeping over Indigo and then over the members of the Flying Pirates.

It's 'cooperation'.

He was willing to give a certain amount of respect to these capable individuals whose abilities could not be replaced by prosthetics.

"Cooperation?" Indigo was taken aback.

“That’s right.” V walked to the edge of the deck and looked at the archipelago formed by the falling sky islands in the distance. “Although the Golden Lion lost, it doesn’t mean that what he insisted on was completely wrong.”

"Biological evolution is always a question worth exploring in depth."

“Oh, right,” V suddenly added, as if remembering something, “Golden Lion didn’t die either; I’ve imprisoned him in a mysterious place.”

"If you still have any loyalty to him, I can assure you that as long as you work for me obediently, I can guarantee the safety of the Golden Lion."

"Damn it!" Indigo cursed under his breath upon hearing this, though his voice was soft, it still reached V's ears.

He chuckled softly and replied in a similarly quiet voice, "Likewise~"

……

……

Ultimately, Indigo accepted V's "cooperation" proposal and sent all the IQ data to V.

After Nami and Robin sorted and transmitted the data, V obtained a complete and systematic "IQ Project File".

It includes not only cultivation data of "violent plants" and records of animal gene enhancement experiments, but also core information on various biological modification projects carried out by the Golden Lion in the Sky Islands over the past twenty years.

V flipped through the data stream displayed on the brain-computer interface, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.

"Natural plants that enable animals to evolve further can not only perform elemental attacks such as breathing fire and generating electricity, but can even make animals grow organs that were not originally theirs..."

"As expected of something that only appears in theatrical versions, the effect is truly extraordinary!"

"but……"

"Animals induced by the SIQ drug will completely lose their minds within seventy-two hours, turning into berserk beasts that only know how to destroy..."

"There's no need to watch this kind of garbage."

He skipped over the SIQ potion that the Flying Pirates had spent twenty years developing and began to observe the effects of naturally growing IQ plants.

Although he had no intention of utilizing the Flying Pirates' research findings, his understanding of IQ plants was still very thorough.

The original IQ potion, developed from IQ plants, is also much gentler.

The only drawback might be that the direction of evolution is not fixed and the effects are too slow.

V stood in the laboratory of the Going Merry—a newly added area after the ship's hull was modified. The walls were inlaid with translucent data panels, and various instruments gleamed coldly under the dim blue light.

His prosthetic eye scanned the complex formulas and experimental records with the highest resolution.

"The main component of the IQ serum is a special enzyme complex extracted from the root and stem of the 'violent plant'..."

"This enzyme complex can penetrate the blood-brain barrier and act directly on the pineal gland and hypothalamus regions of the brain..."

"Mechanism of action: Stimulates the 'environmental perception-adaptive feedback' circuit of neurons, causing the brain to generate the illusion that 'the current environment is not suitable for survival,' thereby activating the organism's inherent evolutionary potential..."

V's brow furrowed slightly.

"Using the brain to control the evolution of the entire body?"

He muttered to himself, his voice unusually clear in the quiet laboratory.

"It sounds somewhat reasonable, but it makes no logical sense at all."

"But this is the world of One Piece..."

"...So anything is possible."

"It acts on the biological brain, allowing the brain to control the whole body to adapt and evolve in response to the environment..."

V's fingers rapidly tapped on the virtual keyboard, bringing up the molecular structure model of the IQ serum.

"What if..."

His thoughts began to wander.

"I used a brain-computer interface to record the entire process of the IQ drug taking effect—from the drug entering the bloodstream, to penetrating the blood-brain barrier, to stimulating specific brain regions, and then to the organism beginning to exhibit evolutionary characteristics..."

"Then, brain-computer interfaces simulate specific 'environmental signals' and input them directly into the brain..."

"Is it possible to achieve... directed evolution?"

Chapter 188 Dominating the Seas and Dry Goods... are one and the same thing.

Once the thought appeared, it spread like wildfire in V's mind.

He immediately accessed the deep functional modules of the brain-computer interface.

Don't misunderstand.

He certainly wasn't going to experiment on himself, but rather to create a completely new brain-computer interface based on the fundamental data of the brain-computer interface.

after all……

Nothing sold in prosthetic shops is actually effective on animals.

"One of the side effects of IQ serums is that they take effect slowly..."

V flipped through the experimental records.

"The Flying Pirates' tests show that after ordinary animals take the Primal IQ Serum, it takes at least three months to observe obvious evolutionary characteristics, and more than a year to fully evolve."

"For small animals with short lifespans, this time is enough for them to die naturally before they complete their evolution."

"That's why the Golden Lion had no choice but to develop SIQ—a potent drug that forcibly accelerates the evolutionary process, but at the cost of losing its sanity."

V swipes his finger across the data panel, bringing up data on "biological time perception".