Chapter 129: Surgeon

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Chapter 129: Surgeon

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Negan killed the CP-0 agent, and the agent was someone I was familiar with too. Rob Lucci, the one who used to be in CP-9, has been promoted now. Though it didn't matter anymore since he was dead now.

I went back to the ship and our journey to Punk Hazard continued. But my mind went into many different thoughts in my head, so I couldn't help but contemplate some things. Today, I would have died if I hadn't been cautious. 

I need more power.

There were two Devil Fruits that I wanted right now, but it was quite hard to get my hands on them. Because the seas were big and finding them was very tricky. Even though both Devil Fruit users were in the New World by now. It was still as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. 

But without those Devil Fruits, the situation can only get bad and then even worse. 

There was a high probability that I would die if I confronted the World Government right now. Why? Because I suspected that those guys probably had some secret weapon in their possession. I don't know for sure since I never read the Manga that far, but it wouldn't be surprising if they did have at least one Ancient Weapon in their possession.

Taking that into account then the situation became way more dangerous than initially thought and that was why I didn't want to push them into a position where they are forced to use it against me. Though eventually they will and this has now become a race against time until I can either get the Devil Fruits I wanted first or the World Government eventually kills me.

Though now that two of their Admirals were dead, the situation had become a little more spacious and there weren't many people out there who could stop me from getting what I wanted.

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On Mariejois, the Five Elders stood at the meeting table, each of them with an angry expression on their faces as they had lost contact with two Admirals.

"That brat!" Yelled out the bald Elder in anger, the circular glasses dropping out of his eyes and shattering on the ground. "He can take on two Admirals?!"

"Why didn't Kizaru's deception work? The poison should have been unnoticeable and he even warned him about Akainu during the Marineford War. So this should have been easier." Calmly said the tall and thin bearded elder with long white hair.

"He is strong. Beyond what we had imagined, I doubt even Akainu could take him on." The blond-haired and bearded elder concluded. "If only he wasn't so unruly, he would be the perfect Marine."

The big white mustached elder snorted. "It feels like all our problems these days have Max's name attached to it."

"We must take care of him at all costs," the elder with a scar to his eye spoke. By now Max had become too much of a problem for them to handle alone. "What about Shanks? He could help."

"He won't fight with Max, to him, what Max is attempting to do is replace us. Do you think Shanks cares who sits on the throne? No, as long as there is order he won't care. Whether it's us or someone else who keeps the order it doesn't matter to him." 

The Five Elders continued talking and trying to get rid of Max now, no matter the cost…

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-Max POV-

When I arrived in Punk Hazard, the island was nice and had green plants everywhere. Though there still stood a purple miasma around the island, showing that the air was still poisonous.

Akainu and Aokiji hadn't fought here unlike in the original story. But this place wasn't that safe still, as Caesar had some experimental accidents and the air was very poisonous. 

I put on a gas mask and went toward the lab alone, and I arrived in front of a huge steel door in one of the mountains. In front of it stood Trafalgar D Water Law, one of the Warlords of the Sea. He had pulled the hundred hearts trick here too, going to Marineford with 100 pirates still-beating hearts. The World Government loved that so much they made him Warlord.

After all, who wouldn't fear a man who does something like that. Not me, obviously. But many Pirates did so and that was perfect for the World Government. Though it gave a bad name to the Marines for putting some butcher like that in a position of power.

Law stared at me before nodding. "Caesar has been waiting for you."

I smiled and walked towards the steel doors that opened. Standing next to Law for a second, I couldn't help but take this chance.

I put Haki on my finger and like a drill, it shot towards Law's unsuspecting head.

<Shigan>

He looked at my attack and his eyes widened.

[Shambles]

Fwish!

He immediately changed positions with a rock, and my finger had pierced straight into the hard stone. I smiled at him while looking a small distance away. "Wow~ you dodged that?"

"What are you trying to pull here?" He asked, trying to act calm but I could sense his nervousness and fear. By now he probably planned to escape.

Sadly, Negan was quite fast and wouldn't let Law get out of the island. Most people when fighting me always assumed that they only needed to escape me to get away. Negan could travel faster than me over long distances. 

So at the end of it, escape was next to impossible. Law didn't know that and still held hopes, but sadly for him, I wanted his Devil Fruit.

I transformed into my bear hybrid form and kicked off the ground over a hundred times in a split second, making me dash forward at incredible speeds.

<Soru>

Within an instant, I was in front of him, he was already ready.

[Shambles]

His body was replaced with a log, but with my Future Sight, I foresaw this and had already approached Law in his new position.

<Shigan> 

He attempted to dodge again, but my finger imbued with Haki sank in his forehead like a hot knife in butter. His eyes lost the life in them and his body dropped to the ground, dead.

What a shame, I liked him too. As a Manga Character of course. But since this was the real world, I had to act with what was beneficial to me.

Well, the Ope-Ope No Mi will probably reincarnate on this island. I will have my trusted subordinates search for it later. Right now there was another problem I had to deal with.

Walking back into the secret lab, I saw many people come out to greet me. They were all wearing yellow hazmat suits. 

"""Hello, Max -sama!!""" They greeted me respectfully.

"Shirorororo~" Caesar came out too, in his usual outfit and cloak made out of gas. "Max, you won't believe what I just got access to. Also, the World Government has requested me to make some poison weapons. I can't say no, but if you increase my funding..."

I stared him in the eyes and smiled. "Of course…"

<Soru>

Within an instant, I was in front of him and I punched straight through his body. Killing him instantly. Compared to the monsters out there, Caesar was nothing in comparison. "Sadly, you outlived your usefulness."

The other people tried to react, but with a burst of my Conqueror's Haki, I knocked them out and everyone else in the facility.

Caesar wasn't someone trustworthy. So he had to die, his Gas-Gas Fruit was best used by someone like Reiju. Plus I knew he also had some backdoor deals with the World Government.

**

After that, I went around and killed everyone unconscious. Ending their lives and also taking all of the research notes lying around.

When I came back to the ship, Negan had a huge smile on his face. He probably sensed what I had done and his bloodlust was clearly visible. "You don't have to tell me Boss-man, I am already searching for where the Devil Fruits will be reincarnated."

This was why I liked Negan, he knew what needed to be done before I even needed to say it.

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