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Calm Belt.
On Camarea Island.
"Woohoohhoo~~~"
Snow fluttered, and the biting wind made people shiver uncontrollably.
"Ah!!!"
A piercing scream echoed through the dark forest.
"Roar... Ouch..."
Countless fierce birds and beasts that hadn't hibernated were startled, and waves of hair-raising roars continuously came from the depths of the forest.
Ichiji, bare-chested, let the snowflakes fall on his body.
His strong physique lines were perfect. Block after block of muscles, though not exaggerated, were full of powerful force and distinctly contoured, intertwining like coiled dragons. His entire body contained unimaginable terrifying explosive power, and wisps of strange black smoke continuously overflowed!
If one observed carefully, they would almost miss the faint but shocking scars covering his body.
Bloody, frozen corpses lay on the snow, all dead in horror, their expressions filled with resentment and despair. Two corpses were still dripping blood, indicating that these people had not died at the same time.
Next to them lay a pile of fruits of various shapes: pineapples, oranges, cantaloupes, pomelos, bananas, mangoes, etc.
"Did it fail again…?"
His right hand, transformed by darkness, withdrew.
Looking at the pile of fruits that hadn't changed at all, Ichiji frowned: "My control over Dark Gravity is not perfect enough. The 'devil's' power dissipated before I could transfer it…"
Niji and the others stood to the side, uncharacteristically not engaging in high-intensity training.
These past few days, Ichiji had been constantly attempting ability-plundering experiments, and they naturally wouldn't miss it.
"Kyahahahaha, eight ability users, and only four Devil Fruits obtained. It seems the success rate is around fifty percent!"
Shiki, wearing a white greatcloak, with golden hair scattered behind him, a face somewhat similar to Cavendish but appearing more mature and arrogant, burst into raucous laughter.
"Hehe, but even so, this probability is already terrifying enough!" Yonji said, biting an apple, somewhat indistinctly.
"You know, over the years, our Germa science team has been continuously researching this aspect, and based on the conclusions from continuously and secretly capturing some Devil Fruit users for experiments, if you simply place a pile of fruits next to an ability user and then directly kill the ability user, the probability of the Devil Fruit ability reattaching to a nearby fruit is not high…"
Niji, also craning his neck and crossing his arms, nodded from the side and grinned, "According to Father's estimations, the World Government's Marine Science Unit must have already discovered this point, but they deliberately blocked the news. Heh… presumably, they're afraid the world would fall into chaos!"
How could an ambitious scientific organization like Germa not be interested in Devil Fruit research?
The previous generation Paramecia-type Clone-Clone Fruit user was once an intelligence agent from the Cipher Pol intelligence agency who infiltrated Germa. After imprisoning them, Germa also tried to seize their ability, but unfortunately, the probability was too low, leading to failure.
It was Mr.2 Bon Kurei of Baroque Works who was fortunate enough to obtain the re-emerged Clone-Clone Fruit on a certain island.
Back then, after dozens of experiments, they only obtained a mere two or three Devil Fruits, and none of them were powerful abilities, so they were directly given to Germa's warriors by a somewhat disappointed Vinsmoke Judge.
Now, Ichiji, having continuously developed the Dark-Dark Fruit's abilities these days, can directly raise this probability to fifty percent through Dark Gravity. Niji could easily imagine that if this news got out, the World Government would surely not sit still.
They would either force Germa to serve them or directly destroy Germa!
"Shiki, go and capture more ability users…"
Ichiji ignored their discussion, turning directly to Shiki and saying indifferently, "I need to try and raise this probability to one hundred percent in the shortest possible time!"
As his control over Dark Gravity continued to strengthen, a few days ago, he had Shiki continuously capture ten to eight ability users. Those with relatively good Devil Fruit abilities were directly imprisoned, while ordinary Zoan-type and Paramecia-type ability users were directly used to attempt to seize their Devil Fruit abilities.
The obtained fruits were once again fed to the captured pirates, and then the experiment was repeated. After several rounds, all of them had been consumed.
He didn't want to waste too much time on this.
"Still need to catch ability users? What a laborious fate…"
Hearing this, Shiki couldn't help but shrug, complaining, "Powerful abilities, Your Highness, you're reluctant to waste directly. Including Gecko Moria and that skeleton from headquarters, aren't there already three or four hundred ability users imprisoned?"
These days, he had put in a lot of effort to bring back those ability users. After all, he still had to hide his identity to avoid being discovered by the World Government.
"Those relatively good abilities are all for Your Highness to cultivate strong individuals in the future, so of course, they cannot be wasted like this!"
Isabel, in a smart military uniform with golden hair flowing behind her, looked heroic, graceful, and charming, said with a light smile.
"Notify Bogard (Crocodile), Jenny (Blackbeard), and T-Bone (Jinbe the Knight of the Sea) from Fish-Man Island to try and capture more ability users, but do it discreetly. Also, kill more ordinary pirates as a disguise. Don't provoke anyone too strong, to avoid attracting the attention of the World Government and other forces…"
Considering that relying solely on Shiki would be a bit slow, Ichiji directly added.
With Felt Hoz himself, plus Germa's constantly expanding intelligence network, and Crocodile's transitioning Baroque Works, finding ability users in the Grand Line, a sea where ability users gather, was not a problem at all.
"Lahahahaha, if this probability can truly be raised to one hundred percent, that would be truly exciting!"
"Alright, everyone, continue cultivating. Don't waste time!"
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[Regarding the issue of Devil Fruits regenerating on nearby fruits after an ability user is killed, everyone doesn't need to be too concerned. Many things in the original work cannot be self-consistent and don't stand up to scrutiny. We can only try to make them as complete as possible. I think this setting should be acceptable to everyone, right? The protagonist will definitely be able to perfectly plunder Devil Fruit abilities; the current fifty percent probability is just a transition, so don't worry about it.]
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