In Navy Headquarters, Marineford, in the Fleet Admiral's office, Kong was holding a wanted poster, which showed a comically-looking curly mustache, who was none other than the future Pirate King Gol D. Roger, except he was currently using the name Gol D. Roger.
Looking at the staggering number on the wanted poster: 1,900,000,000 (1.9 billion) Berries, Kong couldn't help but slam the table. A major threat, a major threat!
Why didn't this kind of person come to be a Navy soldier?
And Roger actually clamored to become the Pirate King! Finding Laugh Tale? Don't be ridiculous. The Navy wouldn't agree.
But it wasn't all bad news. "The Devil's Heir" Douglas Bullet had actually left the Roger Pirates and started his own crew.
Knock knock knock...
Hearing the knock, Kong barely suppressed the anger in his heart. "Come in."
Three government employees wearing black suits saluted Kong and said: "Fleet Admiral Kong, please come to the Science Research Institute. The government has a major event to discuss with you."
"Hmm? The Science Research Institute?"
Kong's face tightened. It wasn't a small matter for the government to personally look for him. Without any extra thoughts, Kong got up immediately.
The World Government was very satisfied with Kong, this Navy Fleet Admiral. He did whatever they told him to do. He was the most obedient Navy Fleet Admiral in history, as obedient as a...
About half an hour later, in a laboratory built entirely of steel, Vegapunk, wearing a white coat, was standing next to several high-ranking government officials.
No, they weren't high-ranking officials, but the highest owners of government power, the direct agency of the Five Elders - CP0.
"Even these guys have been dispatched? It must not be a small matter!" Kong thought to himself. He ignored the people from CP0. He didn't have anything to communicate with the government's lackeys, even though he was one of them.
Walking to Vegapunk, Kong crossed his arms in front of his chest and asked in a very arrogant manner: "What's going on?"
"Chara rarararara!" Vegapunk let out a very joyful laugh. "It's more interesting to see in person than to hear it said. Please come and take a look, Fleet Admiral Kong and everyone from the government."
Under Vegapunk's lead, Kong and the three CP0 people next to him came to a large area of specially thickened glass panels. Looking inside, they saw a huge pit below, or rather, a combat experiment site.
After Vegapunk pressed a button, the inner door inside was opened. First, what came out was a giant beast with huge fangs and a height of more than seven meters.
"That's... the Saber-toothed Tiger Nemea?"
Kong said intently. It had a huge body and teeth that far exceeded those of the extinct saber-toothed tiger. The beast's fur was impenetrable by knives and guns. It had been captured by Navy Rear Admiral Kuzan in a recent field training exercise and was being observed as a jailer beast.
If he put a bounty on it, his strength should be at the level of 20 to 30 million.
"What he's fighting is that one!" Vegapunk pressed another button, and from the opposite side of Nemea, another door of the combat room was opened. This time, what appeared made even CP0 couldn't help but be moved.
What was that thing? Although it wasn't as huge as Nemea's body, about three or four meters, its hideous facial features, bright red body, and sharp claws didn't look like a creature from this world.
If Grimm and the Navy soldiers who had witnessed the battle of Saint Poplar saw this scene, they would definitely recognize it, because they were so similar to Elmer Ty, who had been successfully infected by the Blood Plague.
Under the witness of the high-ranking government officials of the Navy, the two monsters fought together. Next, a shocking scene happened. The Saber-toothed Tiger Nemea, whose flesh couldn't be hurt by ordinary attacks, was instantly defeated in front of the claws of this monster that looked neither like a human nor a ghost!
The sharp claws pierced Nemea's skin and pierced his heart. In less than a minute, everyone saw Nemea's huge body fall down and quickly die.
And this monster, after tearing open Nemea's stomach, began to devour his internal organs, roaring to the sky as if it wasn't satisfied.
Just as Kong and CP0 were curious about this monster, Vegapunk took the initiative to explain: "This thing, we named it [Contender]. It was something made from the mutated corpse of a pirate from Saint Poplar that the government sent over before."
"I've heard of this!" Kong nodded. "According to the memories of the vice admiral who was there, that mutated guy seemed to have a connection with someone called Tirion D. Grimm!" At that time, Vice Admiral King didn't care about the matter of this monster and let Grimm and the others go, but the more he thought about it later, the more strange it became. It seemed that this monster was created by those two guys.
"Grimm?" Vegapunk was shocked in his heart. The last "Holy Light Particle" experiment was also related to him. This guy really had a lot of secrets hidden on him!
Vegapunk continued: "There are very few experimental bodies that can withstand these attacking cells. Even if a few animals succeed, very few can survive for more than thirty seconds!"
"In the end, I finally submitted an application that was approved by the government, and I took out a few prisoners held in Level 4 from Impel Down and completed the experiment. Then, after a series of improvements, I got the results I have now."
Vegapunk said without any scruples. Although this kind of human experiment seriously violated humanity, government approval was enough.
"How many of these monsters have you created?" Kong said solemnly.
"There are a total of six of this level. In terms of strength, I think they can reach the level of an average lieutenant commander. The rest are animals that were successfully experimented on. At least they can reach the level of that Saber-toothed Tiger, a total of five. Finally, there are five seabirds that were successfully infected, but they didn't turn into this kind of animal. Instead, they turned into something like bats that suck blood. They don't have much offensive power, but they are the most difficult to deal with, because they can fly freely in the air, and their flight speed is extremely fast!"
Vegapunk excitedly showed everyone his experimental results, but then he said with some regret: "But unfortunately, these successful experiments are already the limit. Those experimental cells can no longer be extracted no matter what."
Vegapunk sat aside, tapped on the table full of experimental props, and after a long time asked: "If this mutation is really related to that Tirion D. Grimm, can we capture him?"
"Wait, I still want to ask you, these monsters cannot be freely controlled, right?" Kong suddenly asked coldly.
Vegapunk didn't hide anything and said: "That's right. After a successful infection, although they won't kill each other, they will become monsters that extremely crave flesh and blood. They won't feel pain, or even care about the slightest pain, and they won't be killed unless you directly destroy their brains. And as time goes by, the wounds can regenerate. In essence, they are very similar to that pirate hunter named Grimm."
After a pause, Vegapunk continued to ask: "If we put them in a place where pirates are about to arrive and then let them out, what would happen?"
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