One person, yet a hundred beasts?
Kaido became interested, and the annoyance he felt about Yamato's defiance lessened quite a bit.
So many years had passed, and he knew Yuri was a very practical person. He trusted that Yuri wouldn't brag or lie.
"Oh? What's this watch for?" Kaido looked at Yuri, who slowly replied, "The Omnitrix. It spontaneously collects the bloodline factors of Devil Fruit users, allowing the wearer to gain corresponding abilities. As long as it keeps collecting, the person with the Omnitrix will essentially possess all the Devil Fruits in the world."
"Well, it's not *all* of them, exactly. Bloodline factors for Logia-type fruits are very hard to replicate. But for Zoan and Paramecia types, collecting them is absolutely no problem."
Kaido was surprised and immediately said, "Can we try it out?"
Yuri smiled faintly. "Of course. And besides collecting bloodline factors, my brilliant scientists have programmed in ten initial transformation forms. Each initial form is just like a Devil Fruit user's transformation."
As he spoke, he walked over.
He gently pressed a button, and the glass cover immediately opened. Yuri walked over and put on the Omnitrix. Normally, the Omnitrix would bind to a specific person, but now Genichi could program it to choose its wielder.
For example, Yuri was the Omnitrix's first user.
After putting on the Omnitrix, Yuri thought about it and immediately transformed into a skinny monster with a tail and sharp, backward-pointing protrusions on its head.
After transforming, Yuri's voice changed. He said, "This is one of the ten initial transformations. I call it the Speed Star."
"Speed Star? Is its speed very fast?" Kaido understood the meaning of transformation from the name and asked, "Is it very fast?"
Yuri nodded. "Of course. Even a normal person transformed into the Speed Star could reach speeds close to 500 kilometers per hour, and when driven by their Haki or something else, the speed will be even faster!"
The combat laboratory was vast, incredibly vast, as I mentioned before. Even a single room inside was enormous!
The room housing the Omnitrix was as big as a huge basketball court. After transforming into the Speed Star, Yuri ran around the room at extreme speed, quickly reappearing before Kaido.
Kaido clicked his tongue in amazement because he knew Yuri himself wasn't that strong.
Although Yuri had some special powers, he couldn't be called a powerhouse. However, his subordinates' legions were enough to make any power in the world tremble.
Yet, with the Omnitrix's enhancement, Yuri could now achieve such incredible speed. It was unbelievable! If this Omnitrix could be mass-produced, then without exaggeration, Yuri could use this watch to conquer the world!
What World Government? What Pirate King? They would all be no match for Yuri's army!
Yuri already possessed the most advanced military forces in the world: airplanes, cannons, tanks, warships. An army armed with this technology was truly fearsome.
But unfortunately, while this army was formidable, it wasn't invincible.
Because it had a fatal flaw...
That is, it lacked top-tier fighters.
While Wano Country's army could be invincible in large-scale group battles, if they encountered an unreasonable top-tier fighter, even airplanes, tanks, and cannons would be of little use. This was partly because Wano Country had a large amount of Seastone, which allowed them to deal with Logia-type users.
However, if the Omnitrix could be mass-produced, all these problems would be solved.
Kaido praised, "Brother Yuri, I didn't expect you to already have such powerful technological items!"
Yuri, now back in front of Kaido, smiled faintly. "It can't be called just a technological item. The development of the Omnitrix itself was a very coincidental event, and it consumed a great deal of our nation's effort. Before technology could be updated, my people couldn't mass-produce it."
"Even if there's only one, it's an extraordinary item," Kaido continued, but he felt a sense of relief internally.
If Yuri could truly mass-produce such a monstrous item, he would feel pressure.
"What about the other transformations? Weren't there supposed to be ten initial transformations? And I assume you called me here to collect my bloodline factor, right?" Kaido asked curiously, looking at Yuri, who was currently the Speed Star.
Yuri shrugged. "No, this is just a trial version. While the Omnitrix allows transformation, it consumes energy. Without actively supplying energy, the transformation can only be maintained for about ten minutes, and you can only choose one form."
Kaido frowned. In that case, the Omnitrix wasn't quite so invincible.
But this was still just a prototype. Yuri would probably perfect it later, right?
Ten minutes passed, and Yuri returned to his original form. He placed the watch back in its spot, and the glass sphere covered it again.
"Once we can mass-produce the Omnitrix in the future, this world will be in our hands," Yuri chuckled. "So, Kaido? Are you interested in recruiting more members?"
"Of course, I'll gather more Devil Fruit users to join. But... how is my SMILE project coming along?"
The SMILE project. This was the foundation of Yuri and Kaido's cooperation.
That is, the 'Artificial Devil Fruit Project'! This was Yuri's initial concept. By studying the bloodline factors of Devil Fruit users like Kaido, they could create artificial Devil Fruits. Although artificial Devil Fruits had side effects, and they might not actually grant abilities, if successful, they could turn a useless person into a powerful Devil Fruit user. This was extremely attractive to Kaido because it meant he could build the strongest Devil Fruit user army.
Paired with Yuri's advanced weaponry, Kaido could become the strongest pirate, and no one could compete with him for the treasure Roger left behind.
"It's still in development. You don't need to rush. Caesar will give us a satisfactory answer."
Caesar Clown. Before being taken away by the Marines, he was a member of the research group MADS along with famous scientists like Vegapunk and Germa 66's Judge. Later, when Vegapunk was taken away, MADS disbanded.
Caesar Clown would have gone to the World Government's research base with Vegapunk, but now Yuri valued him and brought him to Wano Country's combat laboratory to conduct research on artificial Devil Fruits.
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