Nico Robin's Adventures: Part 1*

On an isolated island in West Blue, Jan 1, 1515

Nico Robin dressed in a violet tank top, shorts, a white hat, socks, and combat boots sprinted through the ruins of some civilization. She carried two Beretta 92 pistols tied to a hostler on her thicc waist along with a small travelling bag on her shoulders containing all her archaeological equipment. During her exploration, she discovered that the island was filled with a wild growth of plants and wild animals. 

Two years ago, while she was investigating clues for the true history of the World, she accidentally found clues about the possible location of poneglyphs in the West Blue. Since then she has been on a mission to look for them before heading to the Grand Line. There are a total of three types of Poneglyphs scattered across the world; Historical Poneglyphs, Instructional Poneglyphs, and Road Poneglyphs, unlike her previous assumption that all of them contain the history of the lost ancient kingdom. 

Using her observation haki she tracked the pack of 15 giant praying mantis chasing her down through the dense forest. After running and trying to evade their attacks she suddenly came to a halt, in front of her was a huge cliff with a thick forest at the bottom and the centre of it was a huge stone pyramid structure in ruins.

*Snarl* The pack of giant carnivorous mantis quickly surrounded her to prevent their food from escaping. Robin didn't panic, swiftly turning towards the insects she drew the Berettas and fired the bullets.

*Bang Bang* 

Loud gunshots rang through the forest startling the birds and animals nearby. The entire mags of 14 bullets were cleared and the mantis dropped dead like flies with only the four of them surviving. 

Robin casually looked at the dazed survivors before suddenly jumping off the cliff with a sprint. She quickly activated her powers sprouting many hands behind her back like petals which combined further to create a pair of wings as she glided towards the ruins. As Robin touched down near the ground, she gracefully retracted her wings, allowing them to dissipate into the air like petals. 

The stone pyramid loomed ahead, its weathered surface revealing the passage of centuries. Robin's sharp eyes caught glimpses of ancient inscriptions and religious symbols, hinting at the potential presence of a Poneglyph within. 

"Victor, come to my location ASAP." She said after pressing a small earpiece.

"Voice mail has been delivered." A mechanical voice came from the other end as her shadow began to move unnaturally.

Robin rummaged through her bag and retrieved a small handheld device. Upon powering it on, she navigated through a few basic applications such as messaging, calling, music, and notes. She eventually selected the camera feature. The device was still in its prototype phase and was being developed by Victor. It was called a "smartphone". 

***

Meanwhile a few minutes ago in an underground lab:

Trafalgar Law and Victor watched the screen of data intently as four of Victor's clones operated on the huge machinery. This was a secret base away from BlackRock and the goal was simple, clone devil fruits. 

"Will this even work? It sounds ridiculous that devil fruits can also be cloned." Law voiced his doubts.

"It's possible kiddo, it'd be groundbreaking if we did it first." One of the clones in a white lab coat ruffled his hair much to his annoyance. "We did clone organs for your surgeries and it worked."

"Old man, stop messing with my hair. I am worried, do you remember what happened last time? I'll tell mother if you mess up again."

In response, Law received a fist of love from Victor, "Brat, who are you calling old man? I am still in my 20's. Now, let's not waste time, put the Devil Fruit in the Duplicator."

'Hmph' Law rubbed his injury before carefully taking out a briefcase containing the Shiro Shiro no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to become a living fortress, making the user a Castle Human. Sofia's men discovered the fruit in the kitchen warehouse after Bege's defeat among a pile of pineapples. It was stone grey in colour with spiral patterns on it.

One of Victor's clones touched the fruit and gave a thumbs-up, he will use the power of clone clone devil fruit like last(n) times to clone the devil fruit, what he discovered during previous times was that he lacked the energy to clone the Devil Fruit so he built a stabilizer of sorts which would draw the excess energy externally. 

Victor's main body pressed the main switch and he felt a familiar sensation as he saw the clone's POV. The screen started to show various graphs and data as the other tube lit up with a burst of shadowy smoke and electricity. Both of them watched with anticipation as the smoke slowly dissipated, finally revealing an exact clone of the Shiro Shiro no Mi. At the same time, Victor felt a burst of energy within him as a lot of information flowed inside his head. His clone clone fruit powers have crossed a bottleneck after so many trials and errors and he suddenly felt as if he has reached the pinnacle of his DF powers. His Clone Clone fruit has finally awakened.

"Did it work?" Law asked curiously.

"It did finally," Victor said with an evil smirk. "The cloned devil fruits can be eaten by anyone irrespective if it's a devil fruit user. The only drawback is the same, the user will lose the power if he falls into the sea or is touched by a seastone."

Law was shocked by the revelation, "It means we can have multiple devil fruit users?"

"Yes, according to my theory, one person should be able to eat one cloned fruit along with their original devil fruit. Crazy isn't it?" This was his greatest discovery in this world. His superhuman IQ and photographic memory put him in the same league as the brilliant minds in the world. 

Dr. Vegapunk, Ceaser Clown and Vinsmoke Judge had already disbanded the MADS group with Vegpunk currently working for the World Government. He knew that cloning devil fruit was possible, and his fruit was a hack in this regard completely bypassing many complex steps. What he didn't reveal to Law was that he could also erase the cloned ability if he wanted.

"It breaks all the preconceived rules of nature if true." Law looked at the cloned DF with awe.

Suddenly a mechanical voice emerged in the lab, [Voicemail from My Wifey: "Victor, come to my location ASAP."]

"Well, I gotta go! Law, take the cloned fruit and head home. Contact Sofia and send her this cloned DF, it'll be very useful for her." With that, a pentagram appeared under Victor as he vanished with a *pop* sound and residual black smoke. 

It was a technique called "Shrouded Leap" that enabled him to teleport long distances to others who had his imprint on them. Well, the worrying part was that this ability was pretty lewd, he had to exchange bodily fluids in order to complete the imprint be it blood, saliva, sweat or c**. He can't freely teleport anywhere beyond his observable range as he requires an 'Anchor'. The major drawbacks are the time it takes to teleport is not instantaneous.

*Sigh* Law looked at the clones working hard before packing up the cloned fruit. Sometimes he doubts if his 'father' has a split personality, in the five years he has seen him go from a bloodthirsty monster to goofy ass simp in seconds whenever 'mother' is involved.

*Room-Shambles~* He also disappeared from the underground lab while carrying the clone DF with him.

***

Ryugu Palace, Fishmen Islands

Queen Otohime sat on the throne as she looked at the three fishmen bowing before her. Fisher Tiger, Jinbei and shipwright Tom. Victor's involvement has caused a few butterfly effects since Fisher Tiger sent the Sun pirates to prevent Hody Jones from killing Otohime under the orders of the mysterious 'Agent Harbour'. At the same time, he rescued Tom from being executed by the CP5 head Sapndam's plot. Cutty Flam, Tom's apprentice has gone missing after he was struck by the speeding sea train causing the latter immense guilt that he had not listened to Fisher's warnings.

"Fisher Tiger, thankfully you returned back home with another talented fishmen. Hody Jones and Arlong defected with their men after that event and now their whereabouts are unknown." Queen Otohime said almost bursting into tears as she remembered how Hody Jones tried to assassinate her and blame it on the humans. She has also realised her dreams of letting the fishmen share the same sun with humans were unrealistic when they are having internal civil strife.

"Queen Otohime, I will protect the Fishmen Islands from the shadows but unfortunately, I cannot stay here any longer. The World Government has increased my bounty to 520,000,000$ ($ = Belli symbol) after my involvement with CP5 and if they detect my presence here then Fishmen Island will be implicated unnecessarily. I trust Jimbei to take the role of the protector and I suggest creating an alliance with the Whitebeard Pirates for now." Fisher Tiger said with a serious expression.

"Whitebeard Pirates?"

"Yes, One of the four Emperors of the sea and strongest man in the World. I believe Fishman Islands will be safe under his protection. Trust me Queen Otohime, your dream will become reality in the future." He said with confidence, in these past few years his ideology has taken a little shift,

"How can you be so sure?"

"I have a mysterious ally who knows the future, he's the one who told me about Tom and Your supposed untimely death in advance." He said very seriously causing the others to look at him with disbelief.

"Is that true brother?" Jimbei and Tom asked simultaneously.

"Yes, I can't tell anything more because his identity is very mysterious even to me."

Queen Otohime was also shocked, it seemed like she had a mysterious lifesaver. "I am curious to meet him one day. Do you think he's trustworthy?"

"Yes, 100 percent. He holds no malice towards our race." Fisher Tiger answered firmly.