Pirates: Dark Smoker, never lose three times in a row

The more you eat, the more you will lose.

Hearing this data, Smoker was shocked.

"What? 30%?! That's the most?! Isn't that a pure failure?!"

Vegapunk shrugged.

"Isn't that right..."

"I've done animal experiments. After eating this devil fruit, there is only a 1 in 20 chance of gaining power."

"Even if you gain power, it's not like a normal animal-type ability user who can switch between three forms, but a permanent deformed half-human beast!"

"What's worse is that whether you can gain power or not, there will be a side effect of losing control of your emotions!!"

Smoker: "..."

Isn't this Caesar's smile? !

It's just that the success rate has doubled, and the side effect of losing control of emotions has become just laughing...

Vegapunk naturally didn't notice Smoker's psychological changes, and continued to popularize science.

"Smoker, you don't know..."

"The power of the devil fruit is transmitted through the bloodline factor."

"And the so-called artificial devil fruit is to extract and copy the bloodline factor in the devil fruit and stabilize it in the form of a fruit!"

"But the bloodline factor is extremely fragile and can be easily affected by the outside world. Whether it is copied or extracted, it will cause mutation and collapse."

"Therefore, the success rate of artificial devil fruits is very low. Even if it succeeds by chance, it is accompanied by strange mutations!"

"And the most critical indicator for measuring the quality of artificial devil fruits is the restoration of the bloodline factor!!"

Smoker suddenly realized that he didn't feel it when watching anime,

but According to what Vegapunk said, it is indeed extremely difficult to cultivate artificial devil fruits...

"But you still raised the restoration degree to nearly 100%..."

Vegapunk's face fell: "That's not my credit, but the credit of the devil fruit..."

"Devil fruits have wills, and different fruits have different bloodline factors!"

"The bloodline factors of each fruit are basically the same as the animals they represent. The biggest feature of Qinglong is its unparalleled toughness."

"It is precisely because of this characteristic that the bloodline factors can withstand the impact of experiments over and over again, allowing me to continuously improve my technology!"

Smoker expressed his understanding.

Research requires a large number of samples.

Other devil fruits are as brittle as soap bubbles, and they break at the touch, so what's the point of research.

Only Kaido's fruit is strong enough to support experiments over and over again, so enough data can be accumulated.

From this point of view, Caesar doesn't seem to be such a waste.

Look at what the prototypes of his smile are, there is not even an ancient species...

Suddenly, Smoker thought of something.

"You said that the reason why this artificial devil fruit has a high degree of restoration is because the bloodline factor has the toughness of the blue dragon, right?!"

Vegapunk nodded: "Yes, that's right."

[As expected of a vice admiral, his brain is much stronger than that of ordinary navy...]

"Don't look at the fragility of the bloodline factor of ordinary animal-type fruits. Compared with the superhuman and natural types, it is already very stable!"

"The superhuman devil fruit is much worse, but at least the form is stable and can be captured."

"Although the natural type is the most powerful, it has no fixed form at all, and the bloodline factor is naturally the most unstable, and even extraction is difficult."

"So, so far, only the animal-type artificial devil fruit has made a breakthrough..."

"Is that so..."

Smoker, stroking his chin, paced back and forth.

"Dr. Vegapunk, in fact, to make the bloodline factor resist erosion, it is not necessary to rely on toughness, recovery should also be possible, right?!"

Just like Wolverine in Marvel.

Although the adamantium metal has been eroding his body, he can completely ignore it because of his self-healing ability...

Vegapunk was stunned at first.

He quickly ran to a computer and picked up the keyboard to type.

He muttered to himself while typing.

"Yes, yes, this is also an idea..."

After typing for a while, the screen suddenly flashed green light, and there was a huge "YES" in the middle.

"Success, the deduction was successful!"

Vegapunk jumped up excitedly at first, but then calmed down.

"No, Qinglong is also the most powerful existence among the mythical beasts, and his recovery is naturally excellent. Where can I find a sample with higher recovery than it..."

Smoker walked to his side and took out a

A photo.

The photo shows a young man with a yellow pineapple head, but his arms have turned into wings wrapped in blue flames.

"Whitebeard Pirates, Phoenix Marco..."

"In terms of recovery ability alone, he is better than Kaido!"

To say he is better than Kaido is a bit modest.

In terms of self-healing, Phoenix is ​​far better than Azure Dragon.

In the Battle of Onigashima, Kaido's injuries recovered in minutes, while Marco recovered in seconds before his physical strength was exhausted...

The blue bar does not disappear, and the red bar does not decrease...

"Dr. Vegapunk, do you want to use the Bird-Bird Fruit·Phoenix Form to try this experiment again?!"

Smoker thought Vegapunk would agree immediately, but he didn't expect him to fall into deep thought instead.

After a long while, he slowly shook his head.

"Sorry, Smoker-kun, I choose to refuse..."

"First, according to the existing data, it is enough to prove that artificial devil fruit is a road to failure. Even if the bloodline factor of the Phoenix is ​​used to successfully create an artificial devil fruit, it is only a special case and is not replicable. Once other samples are replaced, the result is still the same."

"Second, when extracting the bloodline factor, the ability user must remain awake. What does this mean? The other party must either cooperate obediently or have been arrested. I can't imagine that Marco, as a pirate, will cooperate with us, and kidnapping is even worse. This is tantamount to declaring war on Whitebeard..."

It was better when I was young.

At that time, in MAD, there was only one ship, and we would move to another place after firing a shot.

Even if we really offended Whitebeard, the worst thing would be to run away directly. We would be as timid as we are now!

It's different now. With a big family and a big business, he doesn't want to destroy his old nest for a project with no prospects...

After listening to Vegapunk's words, Smoker couldn't help but frown.

He couldn't refute it, because every word Vegapunk said made sense...

But...

Phoenix, it's very tempting! !