Man-Made Devil Fruit

After all the chores were done, only then did Will have the time to visit this experimental base. 

"This is the Lineage Factor laboratory!"

Vegapunk took Will into a huge research room.

The facilities and equipments here were complicated and many types of samples and books were displayed on the shelves. 

"Almost most of the research is carried out based on the Lineage Factor, including human body enlargement experiments, Devil Fruit research, life factor research, etc. "

Vegapunk named a whole bunch of projects.

While listening to his explanation, Will was secretly speechless.

This Lineage Factor is probably one of the greatest discoveries in the One Piece world.

Vegapunk finished his explanation and looked at Will.

"I'm very interested in your genes, can you let me study it?"

As if afraid that Will would not agree, he explained first: "I don't need to study you, I just need a little blood sample, or skin, hair tissue, or even dead tissue from you!"

"Let's talk about this later!"

For Vegapunk's proposal, Will did not immediately agree.

After all, it is better to be more cautious when it comes to your own genetic issues. 

To this, Vegapunk just nodded, not particularly disappointed.

Then he took Will to other labs.

When they passed by a random room, they were attracted by the movement coming from inside and stopped.

"What's going on here?"

Will asked curiously. 

"This is the place to put some items that don't really work."

Vegapunk's tone was casual, but he was also curious about who would be inside at this time.

The two looked in at the door and saw that surrounded by a couple of people in white clothes, a little blond girl was standing in the middle. 

"Olga?"

Will called out suspiciously.

Olga, who was rummaging through things inside, froze, turning her head stiffly as if she had been found out for doing something wrong.

"Will.., Boss Will? What are you doing here?"

Will and Vegapunk entered the room and found it a mess.

It's like it has been robbed. 

"Boom!"

"Ouch!" Olga covered her head and looked at Will pitifully.

"Boss Will, why are you hitting me on the head?"

Will said angrily, "Who told you to rummage through things and make such a mess here!"

"You damn girl, you're really not afraid of death, this is a laboratory, some things are not to be touched randomly!"

For this, Olga said with an unhappy face: "Hmph, it's your fault. You don't take me when you go out, I'm almost tired of staying in Wano country!"

"I just want to see what's interesting on this island to relieve my boredom."

Will warned: "If you want to go to sea, there will be opportunities in the future. Now, what you should do is to learn, enrich yourself, make yourself stronger and not just mess around all the time. "

"Look at Robin, Yamato and the others. Is any of them doing what you're doing? They are all training."

"I know, I know!"

Olga was a little depressed after being scolded badly. 

Meanwhile, Vegapunk on the side picked up a bitten fruit from the ground.

Looking at the glass jar that was opened aside, his expression was slightly startled and he was silent for a moment.

Holding up the fruit, he asked Olga: "You, have you eaten this?"

Olga looked at it, and suddenly showed a disgusted expression.

"That food doesn't taste good at all, it's disgusting!"

Will frowned, and was also stunned when he saw the fruit in Vegapunk's hand.

Why does this fruit look familiar?

"This is?"

Will asked with a sigh. 

Vegapunk pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and replied with an inexplicable look in his eyes: "This is artificial Devil Fruit!"

"Artificial Devil Fruit?"

Will suddenly remembered.

Isn't this fruit the Devil Fruit that Momanosuke eats?

But it seems like this artificial Devil Fruit was a failure?

Anyway, before Will came to this world, this plot hole was not filled.

As for whether it is a failure or not, directly ask Vegapunk!

"That's right, this is the world's first man-made devil fruit!"

Will saw Vegapunk's expression was a bit strange, and there was obvious pride and complacency in the other party's eyes.

"I heard that this is a failure?"

"Huh?" Olga's eyes widened.

"What? It's a Devil Fruit and it's still a failure! Oh no, I'm going to die, I'm going to die. "

Scratching her hair frantically, she started spinning in circles.

Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at Will pitifully.

"Boss Will, help me! Woohoo..."

Will glared at her before looking at Vegapunk.

Vegapunk waved his hands, with a sad expression on his face.

"This Devil Fruit is the first Devil Fruit I successfully made after researching Kaido!"

"Actually, strictly speaking, this is not a failure!"

The expressions of Will and Olga changed suddenly.

It's not a failure!

"But..."

Vegapunk's subsequent words, however, made their hearts go up again.

"It wasn't a success either. "

"Oh, I'm dying of anxiety, can't you finish talking all at once?"

Olga was a little mad.

"Don't worry!" Vegapunk laughed,

"I'm saying this because this Devil Fruit has undergone changes during the manufacturing process!"

"Its final data is a little bit different from what I originally envisioned."

"Moreover, since its origin comes from Kaido, so its ability is also a dragon-type Devil Fruit."

"But because of the mutation, whether it has weakened or strengthened its ability, no one knows because it has not been eaten!"

"It is precisely because of this uncertainty that when I reported it to the world government, it was said in the report that the experiment had failed!"

"This Devil Fruit was also designated as a failure by me. "

Immediately, Will looked at Olga with curiosity.

"Come on, use it's ability to see the effects."

"Oh!"

Olga blinked dumbly, then under the gaze of the two, after posing a series of poses, she shouted.

"Transform!"

Will : "... "

Vegapunk: "...."

Are you teasing us? 

"Boom!"

He mercilessly rewarded her with a head-scratching blow.

Will looked at her with black lines all over his face: "After eating the fruit, isn't there anything extra in your mind or instinct?"

Olga shook his head aggrievedly: "No!"

Will and Vegapunk looked at each other, eyebrows raised.

"Strange, if I remember correctly, after Momanosuke ate it in the anime, there was no problem in transforming, right?"

Will thought in his heart. 

Olga's small face was also a little sad and she rubbed her chin as if thinking.

Suddenly, Will grabbed her by the collar and threw her up.

The height of this room is not low, and Olga was directly thrown to a height of more than ten meters.

"ah!"

She yelled in horror: "Boss Will, help!"

"Boom!"

Amidst the screams, a ball of flames exploded under Olga's body.

Then her body changed too.

Dragon scales, dragon horns, dragon claws, dragon head...

In the end, what appeared in front of Will and Vegapunk was a pink cute and loveable dragon.

Her four dragon claws are stepping on a ball of flames, giving a bit of a sense of déjà vu.

"Huh? Can I transform?"

Olga's surprised voice came from the young dragon.

Then she writhed in the room excitedly.

Will suddenly looked at Vegapunk with strange eyes.

Maybe, this artificial Devil Fruit is not what Vegapunk says it is!

The other party probably already knew that this man-made devil fruit was a success!

With his research on Devil Fruit, he knows very well that the lower limit of this man-made Devil Fruit is very low!

So low that it is not even as good as ordinary Zoan Devil Fruit 

But similarly, the upper limit is also high, even faintly surpassing Kaido's fruit abilities!

That's why Vegapunk made an excuse not to turn in this artificial Devil Fruit to the World Government, and at the same time also taking this opportunity to tell the World Government that artificial Devil Fruit technology is not mature yet!

Otherwise World Government's overall strength would have risen by leaps and bounds with mass production of artificial devil fruits.