The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

and many more!

The Iron Squirrel that exists in Elbaf is the one that ate the Ratatosk-type Devil Fruit!

As the guardian of the Devil Fruit passed down through generations in Elbaf, Tere must have existed many years longer than Vegapunk.

In other words, the super technologies such as green blood and feeding Devil Fruits to non-living beings are not Vegabank's!

All of Bergabank's efforts were merely an inevitable consequence of fate in the face of that already destroyed, vast kingdom.

"I think you should be 39 years old, and a replica of someone who ate the Mirror-Mirror Fruit."

What are you saying?

Begabank looked at John with a puzzled expression, not understanding what was wrong with him.

John laughed self-deprecatingly.

"It's nothing, just pretend I'm rambling."

Chapter 93 The Destruction of Branch G-5 (Part 1)

Begabank, not wanting to get bogged down in trivial matters, said seriously:

"With this information as a guide, I will soon be able to create artificial Devil Fruits and implant them into non-living entities."

"But before that, I need materials!"

What material?

John's headache returned.

It's obvious that what Bergabank asked him directly for were items that are very difficult to buy in the underworld.

This means he will have to run errands again.

Begabank operates the instrument; the characters on the fluorescent screen are magnified, and he points to them:

“The artificial demon is cultivated by having plants absorb lineage factors to produce fruit. I think the best plant for this is the Adam Tree from Elbaf.”

"Of course, I'm not asking you to actually move the Adam Tree over here, you couldn't do that anyway. I'm just asking you to find a way to get some roots and I'll cultivate it back into a sapling myself."

"The underworld does sell the wood of the Adam Tree, but I need the roots, so I'll have to trouble you to make the trip."

"Okay, I'll go when I have time."

John felt as if he had become a beast of burden, destined to toil.

Time always slips away quietly in the midst of our busy lives.

The World Conference, held every four years, was convened, and the proposal to deploy more troops in the latter half of the Grand Line was unanimously approved by King Riku and other kings.

Correspondingly, the kings need to agree to allow the navy to establish branch bases within their kingdoms, provide a certain amount of manpower support, and increase the amount of money available in the sky.

The kings and the Five Elders debated for a long time about how much the celestial amount would be increased, and finally agreed that it would be between 200 million and 500 million Berries based on the size of the territory.

As the proposal was put into effect, John was transferred to Dressrosa to serve as the newly established G-10 branch base commander.

They were given the authority to recruit 3,000 soldiers.

While the base was under construction, John secretly went to Elbaf and stole a small section of the root of the precious tree Adam without anyone noticing.

It's worth mentioning that Harald is still alive and works as a henchman for the World Government, fighting against great pirates like Whitebeard and Big Mom in the latter half of the story.

Afterwards, John also went to Alabasta and Skypiea to copy the Poneglyphs and forcibly took away the gold from Skypiea.

Meimei made a fortune!

Taking advantage of this naval expansion, they discovered the research institute hidden on an island in the latter half of the island and found Jhin, who was forced into hibernation in the bio-pod.

Two vials of blood were successfully extracted from Jhin!

John had also considered taking Jin under his wing, since the kid was at his most vulnerable right now, and if he could save him, Jin would follow him wholeheartedly.

With Jhin acting as Vegapunk's bodyguard, his life will be much easier.

However, considering that the characteristics of the Lunaria race are too obvious, having Jhin guard Vegapunk's side would be like stacking buffs.

If discovered, it will definitely touch a nerve with the World Government.

At that point, it's very likely that the Five Elders and the Knights of God will join the fray!

Moreover, Jhin didn't have much combat power at this time, so he couldn't be of much help.

Helpless, they had no choice but to give up.

In the year 1485 of the Sea Calendar, a full year had passed since the God Valley Incident.

Punk Hazard

Beside the clear, tranquil lake, John sat cross-legged, holding an ordinary sailor's knife and constantly infusing it with an aura of dominance.

As the domineering aura was infused, the sailor's knife visibly turned pitch black, as if it were wrapped in a thin film.

But as soon as the domineering aura subsided, the black film enveloping the blade gradually dissipated, like winter snow meeting the spring sun.

"What do you mean by maintaining a state of overwhelming aura, which allows you to forge a weapon into a black blade!"

John threw the knife on the ground and scratched the back of his head in annoyance.

The method for forging the black blade was also deciphered from the historical texts, and compared to various bizarre technologies, it was only mentioned briefly.

He didn't want to forge a black sword as a weapon; rather, the artificial Devil Fruit was about to ripen.

Since the goal is to feed an artificial Devil Fruit to a suit of armor, it's only perfect if the armor is first tempered into black armor using Haki.

At that time, even the Ironclads of Elbaf will have to step aside!

"Your new body is almost complete. Are you sure you don't need to adjust the dimensions of certain parts?"

Begabank walked to the side with his hands behind his back and raised an eyebrow at John meaningfully.

By having Judge, who was far away in the North Sea, research bloodline factors as a financial backer, and thus sharing the workload, progress was extremely rapid.

John glared at him, annoyed.

"No need! Besides, that body is only temporary. My ultimate goal is a body equipped with green blood!"

That's what he said, but he still couldn't help getting excited.

Once he has a body with the blood of the Lunaria clan, he will be able to go toe-to-toe with Roger, Newgate, and Garp.

No need to hide anymore!

Then you can chase them down, beat them, and extract their blood!

"Green blood... well, you'll have to wait. I haven't fully researched the clones yet."

Vegapunk's eyes flashed as he remembered Judge's combat suit technology.

During the technical exchange, Judge proposed the idea of ​​a combat suit that would allow the wearer to become invisible, fly, and defend themselves.

Vegabank wanted to integrate this combat suit into the clones' skin, giving them innate invisibility abilities.

Furthermore, replacing the green blood into the clone's body requires optimizing the clone's internal structure.

"No rush. With an endless supply of new bodies, we'll have an endless lifespan. We have plenty of time to slowly wear ourselves down."

John lowered his gaze, picked up the sailor's knife again, and began to infuse it with domineering energy.

This step had to be done by him personally; he didn't believe that the likes of Ryoma and Mihawk could do it, he couldn't.

Brubru

The Den Den Mushi in my pocket suddenly rang.

As the call connected, a solemn voice from the Warring States period came through.

“John, the marines of G-5 have been slaughtered by Barlowley Clydefield, and he’s now fleeing toward Dressrosa. You must stop him!”

"Escape? Redfield is injured?"

John frowned, having grasped the key point.

"He's been poisoned. This is an extremely rare opportunity for us to capture him. Even if you can't defeat him, you must hold him off!"

"I'm already on my way, I must hold them off!"

"..."

John hung up the phone and lit a cigarette, puffing out clouds of smoke.

He remembered that it was still several years before Redfield was arrested, so how did that old guy end up in such a desperate situation?

"The massacre of G-5 branch, could it be that Bishop and his men did something?"

To be honest, John didn't really dislike Bishop and his gang; those guys hadn't really caused him any trouble.

Therefore, he did not specifically use "MindNet" to eavesdrop on Bishop and his group's thoughts; he only knew that their actions were not entirely clean, but he had no idea what they had done.

"Since it's not time for Redfield to be arrested yet, wouldn't it be asking for trouble if I went to intercept him?"

John stubbed out his cigarette, picked up the Den Den Mushi, and called Reed.

After his honeymoon, the young man rushed to Dressrosa to become his secretary and handle all his affairs.

Thanks to this, he had time to come to Punk Hazard to study how to temper the black blade.

As soon as the call connected, John got straight to the point and gave the order:

"Send out all the warships of the G-10 branch to intercept Barlowley Clydefield towards the G-5 branch."

Next, let me add one more sentence.

"By the way, you shouldn't go. Let's prepare for the next recruitment."

Chapter 94 The Destruction of Branch G-5 (Part 2)

Let's go back to one day ago.

Kingdom of Einberg, Buffalo Town.

A man and a woman walked side by side down the street, the warm sunlight casting a warm glow that added a touch of romance to the air.

The man wore a red cloak, had fair skin and elegant manners, and when he smiled, there were faint crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, which did not make him look old but added to his composure.