Unforeseen Development (1)

Okami teleported right beside Glen and reprimanded him, "You should have known by now that using Thrash against multiple enemies is a big no-no. Tell me what happened earlier."

Glen sighed before answering, "Well, I want to create a big impression on my students. To ensure killing those toupards in one hit, I slowed them down with Scary Face before buffing myself with Dragon Dance and chose Thrash because of its high physical power. Too bad, my luck was not good and I was only able to attack twice before getting confused."

"And you dare to use Thrash and Dragon Dance together? Hitting yourself with high physical power attack will surely cost you a few days of hospitalization."

"I'm not worried because I am with you, Boss. Chansey's Softboiled will do the trick, right?"

Okami snorted. "Promise me that you won't be that reckless again."

Glen nodded his head slightly. "Sure, Boss."

"Right on." Okami absorbed Mr. Mime and Tentacruel and cast intermediate Barrier on Glen for three times. When he was sure that Glen was sturdy enough to endure some beatings, he said, "Go on and do your stuff."

Unlike the Pokemon games, Confusion state in this world was different. When under this condition, the best and fastest way to remove this status was to execute either Pokemon Moves or strong physical attacks. Through this, the psychic energy that was affecting the nervous system was slowly eliminated. The only downside was the possibility of hurting himself through his own Pokemon skills or attacks.

If the afflicted would rather not attack to prevent damaging himself, then it required an hour or more, depending on the body strength, to stay motionless until the abnormal condition disappeared.

Glen knew that Okami did not like wasting time so he used his weakest skill, Splash, and started flapping on the ground. Luckily, he only hurt himself once throughout his attempt, and his condition became normal once again.

The other Gyarados reached the seashore and stooped their heads. At once, Luffy and Ace jumped down and rushed straight to them.

Glen recalled his three Gyarados into his Pokeballs and said, "That was a good exercise." He then shifted his attention to the two kids and continued, "You better be ready for your training. Call me Sensei."

Ace flexed his arms on his chest. "Why should we call you Sensei?!"

Luffy nodded his head. "That's right. We should call you Old Fish instead because your last move reminded me of those fishes when it lands on the soil."

Okami chuckled. "Now, now. Glen's a master in his own right, so you better call him Sensei. Don't you know that the pirates and marines are scared of him in East Blue? There's a reason as to why his nickname is 'Terror Dragon'."

Luffy and Ace stared at each other before laughing out loud.

Glen's mouth twitched when he noticed the two kids' reaction. He sideglanced at Okami and asked, "Can I do anything?"

Okami nodded his head. "They're used to torturous training so do not hesitate and do your worse."

Glen smirked and grabbed the two kids' collars and brought them towards the forest.

"Put me down!" Ace shouted as he tried releasing himself from Glen's tight grips but to no avail.

Luffy swung his hands. "Old Fish! Wait until I master my Pistol attack!"

Glen ignored their complaints and went straight to the deepest part of the forest.

"Poor kids. They will come to know why I choose him to train them but I know they'll get by, considering Old Garp is also as unreasonable as him." Okami activated his Observation Haki and searched the area. Soon, he detected a large number of auras at the eastern side of the forest. Even then, he did not rush to the location and strolled through the forest like he was just visiting a park.

He encountered several monsters on his way to his destination but they were quick to avoid him like a plague. "Why are they acting like that?"

After several minutes of trekking, he reached a clearing and saw that there were several toupards living on the rocky elevation. He counted them all and knew that he was about to get a good number of preys. "Even though fifty is not high, it's enough to satisfy my current needs."

Okami intended to train both his Altered Ninetales and Altered Haunter form. With careful planning, he created his schedule for the entire month.

As for the Bug-Bug fruit he received from his trade with Dragon, he planned to give it to Michael because he was a Bug Pokemon Trainer. He guessed that this Devil Fruit would enhance his Scyther transformation.

He summoned Mr. Mime and instructed him to create some barriers to prevent them from escaping. At once, Mr. Mime complied with his commands and covered the surroundings with overlapping barriers.

After everything was done, Okami started his slaughter.

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Meanwhile, somewhere in the New World, an island called Punk Hazard was still lush and full of life. The explosion accident prior to the original storyline had not happened yet and the World Government used this island to research chemical weaponry. It was the home of hundreds of researchers, the most famous being Dr. Vegapunk and Caesar Clown.

Burning Lands and Ice lands did not yet exist because the duel between Admiral Aokiji and Admiral Akainu did not yet happen.

The eastern half of the island housed the island's main port and a military base of the World Government while the western part contained numerous laboratories and underground facilities which were being used in chemical warfare research headed by the Government's leading scientist, Dr. Vegapunk. The labs stretched across the mountainsides.

Unbeknownst to the public, the island also held prisoners who were brought to the island to be used as guinea pigs for their inhumane researches.

Inside the laboratory, a certain glass container of about six feet housed a pink, bipedal Pokemon with mammalian features. Its large blue eyes scanned the surrounding from time to time. Even though it could easily escape the glass prison, it did not do so because it willfully let itself be captured by Dr. Vegapunk. As for its true purpose why it surrendered itself, nobody knew.

An elder man wearing a white lab was tinkering with the electronic panels as he looked at the screen. "Such an interesting Pokemon."

He ejected the air pressure and began pumping the glass container with life-enhancing solution. After he was sure that the set-up was properly secured, he approached the glass container and asked, "Mew, thank you for coming here. I don't know what your intention is but I'm just happy that you volunteered to be a part of my study on Lineage Factor. The blueprint of life is such a marvelous thing."

[No problem, Dr. Vegapunk. It's been two years since I've come here. I only have a few years left before I return to the other world. You must make use of the time.]

Dr. Vegapunk smiled vibrantly. "Of course. With these, I can alter the growth of a lifeform and give them new characters. As long as I can fully implement my findings, I can even fuse Devil Fruits into Pokemon and nonliving objects. Think of all the possibilities...modifications, even cloning will be a near reality."

[Are you going to clone Pokemon?]

Dr. Vegapunk nodded his head. "If it's possible, why not? Well, would you agree if I create a clone of yours?"

[If you can do it, then do so. The Lord of the Pokemon allows you to do so. Remember, you only have a few years left to successfully create a clone.]

"Hah! I won't let anyone surpass me when it comes to creating a revolutionary existence."

[So be it.]

"See you later, Mew." Dr. Vegapunk left the laboratory and went straight to the hallway when he met another scientist with shorter hair that was more rounded and wore a polka dot patterned shirt beneath his coat. "Hey, Caesar, you look so pleased with yourself."

Caesar Clown laughed as he puffed his chest. "I've had some success with the H2S poison gas weapon. After a few more experiments, I daresay that it will be completed and be made available to the marines."

Dr. Vegapunk frowned. "I warn you, Caesar. Your experiment is very harmful. What if it harms any innocent people?"

Caesar snorted. "You're just jealous that I am succeeding for once. Don't stop me." He then proceeded to one of the rooms as he laughed out loud.

Dr. Vegapunk clenched his fists as he uttered to himself, "Don't blame me if I veto your proposal once you submit this to the marines, Caesar."

With a heavy heart, Dr, Vegapunk walked towards the Documentation Room and approached the personnel in-charge. "Rico, please prepare the files that I need. The result of the Lineage Factor study about pokemon is enough. We're ready to proceed."

"Sure, Dr. Vegapunk." Rico searched the cabinets and took out several folders. Once he had the files, he gave it to Vegapunk and asked, "How will you call this experiment?"

"Since our first sample is Mew, then we're gonna call it Project: Mewtwo."

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At the same time, a strange event was about to unfold in Tottoland. It was a massive archipelago with Whole Cake Island, Big Mom's base of operation, in its center, and 34 subsidiary islands, arranged roughly in concentric circles.

Inside Big Mom pirates' headquarters, a young man was on his way to present his gift to Charlotte Linlin.

An extremely tall, large, and muscular man happened to see this particular young man who was carrying a black box. Cautious, he blocked his way and asked, "Ramil. What are you doing here?"

Ramil bowed his head and replied, "Good day, Katakuri. Our team is just back from our excavation and we want to gift Big Mom a piece of art whom we suspected to be an artifact of some sort."

Katakuri activated his Observation Haki and sensed no danger coming from the box. He was confident with his Observation Haki, which also gave him the ability to see a little bit into the future and avoid many troubles. After he checked that everything was safe, he said, "Let me join you. I'm also interested in your gift."

Ramil followed behind Katakuri as they headed straight to Charlotte Linlin's throne room.

Once they arrived inside the throne room, Ramil knelt as he raised the box and declared, "Big Mom, may you accept the simple offer from Ramil's Excavating Team."

A round, obese old woman for about 29 feet tall stood up and looked down. "I love gifts but I detect something malevolent inside the box. Since I have eaten the Soul-Soul fruit, I am very sensitive to souls. What are you trying to do, Ramil?"

Ramil felt the chills on his back and quickly bowed. "Please don't take offense, Big Mom. I just wanted to offer this gift to show you that our team is producing some results."

Big Mom laughed and urged him to open the box. Ramil quickly uncovered the lid and a cone-like gray object was unveiled before them.

Big Mom's heartbeat went faster when she sensed that something was urging her to come forward. She did not waste her time and picked up the object. At once, she detected much evil presence gathering toward the odd object.

"How come there are many souls that are gathering here. I can feel...fifty...no, it's 108 spirits!"

Big Mom's entire being was in ecstacy as she felt her Devil Fruit powers merging with the soul conglomerates gathered on the object. Swirling mass of lights appeared around them and rushed inside her body. This strange scenario went on for an hour before everything went still. Finally, a voice whispered inside her mind.

[Are you my partner?]

Big Mom was surprised when she heard the soft voice. She suspected that it was the souls that had talked to her and asked in return, "Who are you?"

[Spiritomb.]