"Report, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"The new Nuclear Bomb has been successfully developed and is ready to launch at any time!"
"The latest batch of Monster Cells has also been successfully developed and sent to our Admirals and Vice Admirals!"
"The second Seraphim Overlord has also been successfully completed! Dr. Leon is currently debugging it."
"The third Devil Fruit has also been successfully mass-produced and is being distributed. These are the two you requested."
Hearing the news, one report after another, Sengoku was overjoyed.
"Very good!"
Each of these represented a massive improvement in the Marines' strength.
How could he not be happy?
"Also, sir," the sergeant continued, "the task you ordered to collect powerful Devil Fruits has made some progress."
"Hm?!" Sengoku's eyes lit up. "Really? What did you find?"
"Look!" The sergeant presented a strange, black Devil Fruit that resembled a turtle's back.
"Fleet Admiral, after identification and comparison with the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, it is confirmed that this is the Mythical Zoan, Turtle-Turtle Fruit, Model: Black Tortoise." (Genbu)
"A Mythical Zoan!" Sengoku couldn't help but exclaim, an indescribable surprise in his eyes.
He immediately recognized it.
"So it's this fruit!"
The Turtle-Turtle Fruit, Model: Black Tortoise was an extremely powerful Devil Fruit that granted the ultimate defensive power, as well as terrifying control over water and ice.
"Hahahahaha, not bad! This fruit is just right for Garp!"
"Are you giving me something, Sengoku?"
Suddenly, Garp's laughter came from outside the door as he stepped in carelessly, still eating a rice cracker.
His eyes looked over, but the next moment, he froze.
"A Devil Fruit? Are you going to let me eat a Devil Fruit?"
"That's right, Garp!" Sengoku grinned. "You've seen it yourself. The overall strength of the Marines is soaring, and with the appearance of the second and third Devil Fruits, a single ability is no longer enough to dominate the battlefield. If you gain a Devil Fruit ability, then you can have a second and a third one after another! In this way, you strength will keep increasing!"
Garp raised his eyebrows.
"To put it simply, this is to improve my combat power so I can continue to serve the Marines, right? No way, no way! I'm going to retire soon!" Garp shook his head like a drum.
"This is a Mythical Zoan," Sengoku said hastily.
"So what? This is the era of the youth! It's none of our business anymore, Sengoku! We're old!" Garp curled his lips with a look of indifference.
"GARP!" Sengoku's expression turned serious.
"I know you don't pursue these things, but the pirates will definitely make a comeback. You can't bear to see the Marines fall like this, can you? If the Marines are destroyed, countless ordinary people will live in dire straits."
Hearing this, Garp stopped shaking his head.
"Honestly, you really won't even let an old man like me retire peacefully."
Seeing this, Sengoku cracked a smile.
"Your retirement will only be meaningful if the World Government and the Marines are stable! Come on, this is a powerful one!"
Garp, no longer caring, directly grabbed the Devil Fruit and took a bite.
"Ugh—it's really disgusting!" His face turned green, but the next moment, a powerful force emerged from his body.
His body began to change, transforming into a huge giant turtle, and on its back was a terrifying snake full of hostility.
It was exactly the image of the legendary Black Tortoise, Genbu.
"This... this is..." Looking at his huge body, Garp was stunned.
"This turned out to be the Turtle-Turtle Fruit, Model: Black Tortoise?!"
"Hahahaha, that's right!" Sengoku had a look of envy in his eyes.
"How about it? This is an extremely top-tier Devil Fruit ability! If Kaido's Azure Dragon form has the ultimate physique, then this Black Tortoise form has the ultimate defense! It can be called the best in the world!"
"Sengoku, how the hell you get your hand on this fruit ?" Garp's face was full of shock.
"Hahaha, as early as when the second Devil Fruit was developed, I secretly asked my subordinates to search for it," Sengoku said, looking like he had succeeded in a grand plan.
"Garp, you are one of the top fighters in the Marines. Naturally, I can't let your strength be left behind!"
Seeing his brother of several decades grow in strength, Sengoku was naturally very happy.
"Come here! Offer the second and third Devil Fruits to Garp!"
Soon, two more Devil Fruits appeared in front of Garp.
"Sengoku, you've really got this all planned out," he said, shaking his head speechlessly.
"There's no other way. The Marines need you now," Sengoku replied.
"We must quickly improve our strength. If we can destroy the pirates while their at their weakest, maybe the Great Pirate Era can be completely ended."
"Hm..." Garp nodded. "Okay. This old man will accompany you in to the end."
With that, Garp ate the two Devil Fruits one after another.
Immediately, two more abilities appeared on Garp.
"It's actually these two abilities!"
Seeing the new powers Garp had gained, Sengoku laughed from ear to ear.
Although the two abilities were not overwhelmingly powerful on their own, they were very suitable for Garp.
It meant he could quickly apply them to his existing fighting style without needing to develop new moves.
Everything could still be based on his legendary iron fist.
"Hey, I really like these two new abilities!" Garp showed a dangerous smile.
"I never thought you'd be able to awaken those two abilities. They are very suitable for you," Sengoku smiled.
He immediately picked up the remaining Devil Fruit.
"Since you've grown stronger now, I can't fall behind. Let me try my luck!"
With that, Sengoku bit into the fruit.
"Hm?"
Carefully feeling the new power in his body, a weird look appeared on Sengoku's face.
"I didn't expect it to be this kind of ability... Although it can't directly enhance my strength, it is quite in line with my identity as Fleet Admiral."
"Hey, Sengoku, what Devil Fruit did you gain?" Garp asked curiously.
He knew his old partner wouldn't gain a useless ability.
"It's the Paramecia-type Luck-Luck Fruit," Sengoku explained, a bit of eccentricity in his tone.
Although the fruit couldn't directly improve his combat ability, something as mysterious as luck could play a decisive role at a critical moment.
'As long as I make contact with my opponent, I can take away their luck,' he thought, rubbing his chin.
'This could be very useful in battle.'
As he and Garp continued to discuss the Marines' next arrangements, a crisp voice rang in their ears.
"Vice Admiral Garp, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I've had a new breakthrough!"
Following the sound of the familiar voice, both Sengoku and Garp stood up excitedly and rushed toward Leon at the door.
For the current Marine Corps, the best possible news was hearing that Leon had made a new breakthrough in his research.
"Little Leon, what did you invent?" Garp asked, handing the boy a rice cracker from the bag in his hand.
After taking two casual bites, Leon led them towards a hidden laboratory deep within Mariejois.
The moment they stepped inside, they saw a Seraphim that looked exactly like Akainu with surging hot magma in its hands.
"What?! Leon, have you figured out how to infuse a Devil Fruit's into an ordinary Seraphim?" Sengoku asked, looking at the boy in surprise.
"I discovered that there is a dormant Devil Fruit element within the Seraphim's lineage factor," Leon explained, letting the Akainu-type Seraphim continue to display its new ability.
"But that power isn't concrete enough to be fully displayed yet. I still need a large number of experiments to verify my ideas."
At this time, Garp and Sengoku looked at the Seraphim on the field with expectant eyes.
It was not impossible for the Marines to now have a Seraphim that could wield one, two, three, or even more Devil Fruit abilities.
They could catch the pirates by surprise with their newly upgraded machines.
Sengoku's eyes flashed with anticipation.
He knew this was just the beginning for the talented boy.
At that moment, Leon injected a tube of a new lineage factor into the Seraphim.
Under the watchful crowd, this machine, which could previously only use physical attacks, had now mastered a brand new Devil Fruit power.
Its body, exuding hot magma, instantly grew bigger, gradually becoming like a giant dragon.
"That's... Kaido's Mythical Zoan, the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon!"
After carefully looking at the transformed Seraphim, the usually calm Sengoku also took a deep breath.
He knew that when these Seraphim could reliably carry a second powerful fruit, the Marines would no longer have so many scruples.
After all, Seraphim were more like high-end consumables, just like cannonballs.
What the Marines needed now was not to worry about the budget; what they needed to do was to defeat the pirate alliance in the shortest possible time.
*****
In the Mirror World, at the same time.
Big Mom's ear-piercing laughter resounded through the entire space.
"Mamamama! Judge, Caesar, Queen, you've all done well! To have discovered the Devil Fruit ability within the Seraphim's lineage factor in such a short period of time. Now that the Seraphim under our Pirate Alliance have mastered the ability of Devil Fruits, what will the useless machines on the Marine side have to fight us with?"
At this time, Kaido also held up a huge jug of sake, pouring it into his mouth.
"The Marine side is not ready yet, but the strength of our pirates has risen to a terrifying new level. Next, we should seize this opportunity, Linlin! Before the Marines can develop the fourth Devil Fruit, we will give them a head-on blow!"
While shouting arrogantly, Kaido also turned his attention to the exit of the Mirror World not far away.
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