"What fruits do we have that we can use now?"

On the Zhanye Detachment warship, Skyler was holding a strange purple fruit with a very strange smile on his face, but Nurkic was a little puzzled by her question.

Although he didn't understand what his superior meant, Nurkic quickly replied: "All we have left now is a superhuman staring fruit.

Of course, because of Drake's matter, the headquarters assigned us a fruit before, but we never went to connect. "

"Staring at the fruit? Was it confiscated when the Don Quixote family was cleaned up?"

Skyler asked, and Nurkic nodded. In fact, several Devil Fruits were seized at that time, but Zhanye Detachment did not leave all of them, except for the Golden Fruit, and the Staring Fruit.

The rest of the fruits were handed over to the headquarters. At that time, the Jinjin fruit was named by Skyler to be kept. When Nurkic asked if he needed to leave other fruits, Skyler just said that he didn't want the animal department.

At that time, there were only two non-animal Devil Fruits left in the Don Quixote family. city ​​jail.

And Skyler thought for a while after hearing Nurkic's confirmation, and then said: "Tell me about this, and bring our fruit here.

By the way, ask Deborah if there is a way to change the shape of the Devil Fruit, but it won't be checked out, at least... the kind that can't be checked out if you don't eat it. "

Hearing this, Nurkic was even more puzzled. He didn't know what Skyler wanted to do, but he didn't immediately ask. After all, no matter what Skyler wanted to do, it seemed to have a premise.

That is... "plastic surgery" of the Devil Fruit. If this can't be done, then no matter what plan Skyler has, it probably won't go smoothly, right?

"Yes, sir, then I'll ask Deborah first. If possible, I'll contact the headquarters?"

Nurkic tried to ask, after all, if his conjecture is correct, if the devil fruit cannot be "plasticized", then there is no need to ask for the devil fruit from the headquarters.

Skyler nodded, and Nurkic was right. After all, there seems to be no demand for Devil Fruits in the Zhanye Detachment. If anyone wants it, they can tell Hamilton at any time.

Over the years, the Zhanye Detachment has not only captured a pirate group with remaining Devil Fruits from the Don Quixote family, but the Devil Fruits are not attractive to Skyler, so they are directly turned over and distributed to everyone. Bailey is better.

Under such circumstances, it is actually a very strange thing for the Zhanye Detachment to ask for the Devil Fruit from the headquarters. After all, the Devil Fruit is a rare and precious existence no matter which faction it belongs to.

If it's just for storage... The headquarters may not say anything because of this matter, but it is inevitable that there will be some criticism, such as thinking that Skyler doesn't trust the headquarters enough, just like the big family can't trust the bank.

Although it is just some criticism, it cannot have any substantial impact on Skyler and Zhanye, but as the adjutant of Zhanye Detachment, Nurkic still needs to consider for the commander and the detachment.

After confirming, Nurkic turned and left, went to his wife and asked if Skyler's plan was possible.

Deborah did not stay at home to take care of her and Nurkic's children, but handed it over to the Lau Welsh couple. After all, Deborah's domineering energy transformation project has not been completed, and she does not want to give up easily.

Of course, if you stay in the headquarters, you can continue to carry out research, but... at that time, you will need to find some domineering and powerful people as volunteers... It is estimated that there are not many people who can meet Deborah's requirements.

And most of those people have their own military affairs, and it is impossible to cooperate with Deborah in research, so they stay in the Zhanye Detachment and use their husband as the first volunteer, which is very helpful for Deborah's career. .

However, Deborah has also endured some bad words. For example, Nurkic is getting old so fast because he consumes too much domineering, resulting in a loss of his body or something.

But for the sake of science... Deborah accepted the gossip, and she had regular physicals on Nurkic and found nothing unusual.

Nurkic is getting old, on the one hand, because of his age, on the other hand... maybe his appearance is prone to premature aging.

When Nurkic found Deborah and explained to her the requirements of Skyler, a top party A, Deborah did not feel relieved, because...she had participated in some research on Devil Fruits.

Deborah did not ask Nurkic to tell the story, but found Skyler by himself. Because it was just an affiliation, Deborah and Skyler were not really subordinates, but the military rank was a little different.

When Skyler saw Deborah coming, he also beckoned and let her sit in the seat next to him, and then asked, "Should Nurkic tell you? About the Devil Fruit?"

Deborah nodded and said, "Lieutenant General Skyler, I want to ask, how much do you know about Devil Fruits?"

Hearing this, Skyler was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he still said: "A kind of prop that can change the bloodline factor of the user and make it have special abilities?"

After listening to Skyler's answer, Deborah nodded first, then shook her head, and said, "Lieutenant General Skyler, you are right, but... it's not complete.

Devil fruit is not entirely a prop, according to the research of Dr. Vega Punk... Devil fruit is likely to be a special existence with consciousness. "

"Ok?"

Skyler raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled, and Deborah didn't talk too much, but said: "Among the animal fruits, you can see this sign the most.

I participated in a study by Dr. Vegapunk before, that is, combining inanimate objects such as swords with animal-type devil fruits, the result is... whether it is a weapon or other objects, it will produce a consciousness.

Not only animals, we have conducted experiments and observations on superhuman fruits. There are some superhuman devil fruit users who will develop skills that are very similar to the previous ones.

Even...similar to their ability to activate the action will be the same, you know, they have not even met, which further proves the existence of consciousness in the devil fruit.

However, this consciousness is too unstable, people or other animals swallow it, and even oneself cannot perceive the existence of consciousness in the Devil Fruit.

So, Devil Fruits can't be imitated perfectly, there's more than one way to tell Devil Fruits apart, so...I'm not sure if you can get the kind of result you want. "

After listening to Deborah's narration, Skyler showed a "terrifying" expression. She knew very little about Devil Fruits, but when she digested what Deborah said, she also frowned.

Then... asked tentatively: "If a person has only read the Devil Fruit Illustration, can you transform a Devil Fruit that they can't check?"

Skyler made his needs more precise, and Deborah thought for a while after hearing the words, and said, "If it's just the Devil Fruit Pokédex... then I don't think there's any problem."

In Deborah's view, the Devil Fruit may not be directly imitated. After all, this is a problem that even Dr. Vega Punk will be stumped. Before she left Pang Island, Vega Punk had not conquered it.

But... if it's just camouflage, it can still be done. It's definitely not possible to directly create a fruit with the same shape, because the devil fruit is a very special existence.

It will make everyone who sees the devil fruit have an idea of ​​possession. In everyone's eyes, the temptation brought by the devil fruit is different, but it is extremely similar.

That is, the devil fruit will arouse the desire in people's hearts, or fame or fortune or everything else. When the devil fruit is placed in front of a person, this desire in his heart will be mobilized.

Of course, there are many people who can resist this temptation, for example, their minds are firm enough, for example, there is no desire in their hearts to shake them.

For example, the Reed family has hidden a fruit for many years. The reason why it was not taken until Nurkic's generation is a very direct reason, that is, other ancestors... they don't like it very much.

After all, the Reed family has been educated since childhood, that is, strength does not need to be too strong, it is enough, it does not have to be strong, so... the temptation of power brought by the devil fruit is immune to the Reed family.

As for other temptations...such as tricks and talents, the people of the Reed family are very proficient. They can do it by themselves, so why do they need devil fruits?

If Nurkic is not assigned to the Zhanye Detachment, then this fruit may continue to be hidden in Reed's house until an ambitious but incompetent descendant finds and consumes it.

Those whose ambitions cannot match their abilities will be seduced and shaken by Devil Fruits, but as long as their abilities are sufficient, the temptation of Devil Fruits will become inconspicuous.

Just like now, Deborah's eyes still look at the dark fruit on the table from time to time, but Skyler doesn't care. For her, this fruit is not as attractive as a plate of barbecue.

Of course, there are some people who are not tempted by Devil Fruits, such as Natural Stay.

But whether it is strong ability, lack of desire or natural stupidity, such people are in the minority, and most people can feel the attraction of devil fruit, which is the most difficult part of imitating devil fruit.

But if you just want to disguise the fruit and turn one fruit into the shape of another fruit, it's actually not that difficult. If you don't use special tools, most people can't check it out.

And when Skyler heard Deborah say it could be transformed, Skyler smiled and said, "At that time, how long will it take you to transform a fruit for me?"

Deborah thought for a while and said, "Within a month, after all, appearance is not enough, and we have to imitate the taste of devil fruit that can only be sensed through the sense of taste and cannot be sensed through the sense of smell and the nose... It's still difficult."

Skyler nodded to show his understanding. After all, Devil Fruits are not plasticine, and they definitely cannot be directly rubbed into the desired shape, so there is a high probability that they are covered with an extra layer on the outside of the fruit.

Moreover, the shape of the devil fruit is different and irregular, so the thickness of the cover is not expected to be too thin. Therefore, how to make people not notice the abnormality when taking it is the difficulty of plastic surgery for the devil fruit.

Skyler was a little surprised when Deborah said that it could be done within a month. She personally felt that it was not unacceptable in a year and a half, and it was beyond imagination that it could be done within a month.

"Okay, then it's hard work for you. Let's study the materials first. When the devil fruit arrives, you can help me change it."

"No problem, then I'll go back first, the sun on the deck is a bit dazzling."

After Deborah finished speaking, Skyler also held up his sunglasses and showed his complete equipment. Deborah smiled and shook his head, turned and walked towards the cabin.

Seeing this, Nurkic, who came over, took the initiative to say: "Then I will contact the headquarters here to see what fruits can be selected."

"Well... by the way, if there is a particularly weak or particularly funny fruit, it will be given priority."

Skyler showed a very **** smile, even Nurkic, who had followed Skyler for many years, shuddered at this time, good guy, I don't know which lucky person will receive this copy from Skyler. "Gift".

Nurkic contacted the headquarters to select the inventory of the headquarters, and Deborah also started the transformation of the devil fruit, but her work had to be interrupted after a week.

Because her first experiment failed, she developed a special food-grade substance that perfectly replicates the taste of devil fruit, but it has great flaws.

That is... can smell it.

For a while, there were various speculations in the detachment. Some people suspected that the pipes in the toilet had blown up, but after checking, the pipes were intact, not blocked, and not damaged.

And Skyler, Nurkic and the few who knew about it had to choose to return, so that these navies would not continue to investigate.

After returning to the G-5 branch, Deborah and Leon borrowed a large-displacement range hood, and made some magic changes, so that the smell was discharged into the sea.

According to the report of the submarine team, after this day, there were almost no "indigenous residents" in the waters of the G-5 branch.

Another week passed, and the headquarters finally delivered the Devil Fruit that Skyler had chosen.

As the supervisor of transporting this Devil Fruit, Tina, the commander of the Black Threshold Force, was a little... strange when she saw Skyler who was smiling.

Because the Zhanye Detachment applied to the headquarters for a fruit that no one chose after being stored in the headquarters for a hundred years - the superhuman-type fruit.

This is a fruit that can make the user's whole body be armed with teeth, but... that's it, there is no other usage of this fruit recorded in the Devil Fruit Pokédex.

So much so... the headquarters has kept this fruit for more than a hundred years, without any application from the Navy, and the World Government has not recalled it, so it was lying in the warehouse of the Navy headquarters in embarrassment.

It was not until half a month ago that the Zhanye Detachment asked the headquarters for the list of Devil Fruits stored by the headquarters, and then a week ago, the Zhanye Detachment suddenly chose to apply for this fruit.

I heard that this matter was directly alerted to the Warring States Marshal. The Warring States Marshal even used the phone bug to contact the Zhanye Detachment. After confirming again and again, he agreed to the application of the Zhanye Detachment.

Then the logistics staff of the headquarters took five days to find the fruit again from a pile of rotten collections, which allowed Tina to transport the fruit.

"Lieutenant General Skyler!"

Skyler approached, Tina also temporarily put down her doubts, raised her hand to salute, Skyler nodded, did not return the salute, but asked eagerly: "Fruit, where is the fruit."

Seeing Skyler's appearance, Tina was even more puzzled, but she still turned around and said, "In the cabin, Lieutenant General Skyler, please come with Tina."

Skyler nodded, followed behind Tina, and walked towards the cabin of the main ship of the Black Threshold Force.

Although it is a fruit that no one wants, but... the devil fruit, no matter how low it is, it is still 100 million Bailey, so it is still well protected.

After passing through the layers of guards, opening door after door, unlocking lock after lock, after ten minutes, Skyler finally saw the fruit she had missed for a week.

However, when Tina opened the lid and Skyler saw the fruit, her face became disgusting, without him... This fruit is really ugly and ugly.

The fruit is beige in color, and the skin looks extremely hard. It also has the spiral pattern on the appearance of the devil fruit, but... these spiral patterns are arranged through some twisted "teeth".

"Crack~"

Tina had just opened the box, and her hand had not even left the box when Skyler suddenly reached out and closed the box containing the Fang fruit.

"Hmm~"

Skyler clenched his teeth and pressed his tongue against his teeth, resisting the urge to vomit. Seeing the fruit reminded Skyler of countless teeth-cleaning videos he had seen in his previous life.

And the degree of visual disgust brought by this tooth fruit... is probably the disgusting degree of the teeth cleaning videos from the whole network in the previous life.

"This fruit... I think if you don't take it and show it directly, the lethality should be greater than after taking it."

After finally adjusting, Skyler said with some emotion, Tina didn't know how to answer, but nodded awkwardly.

Skyler didn't complain much, but said: "That's it, you will bring someone to meet Nurkic to access the library."

"Tina understands."

Tina nodded, Skyler had already walked outside, and Skyler breathed a sigh of relief until he walked out of the cabin, and then left the warship without looking back.

Tina, who followed in Skyler's footsteps, didn't know what to do at this time. Skyler's style of doing things was just too...casual.

Fortunately, Nurkic came over at this time and took the initiative to start docking with Tina, and Tina was relieved.

The first person Tina knew from the Zhanye Detachment was Chief Skyler, but after so many years, her familiarity with Skyler was still at the recruit stage.

But Nurkic and Hamilton are both familiar to Tina. After all, the work of material replenishment needs to be connected with Hamilton.

The handover of special items like today, or the transfer of pirates, is handled by Nurkic, so after Tina saw Nurkic, the familiarity in her heart made her breathe a sigh of relief. .

"Colonel Nurkic, long time ago."

Tina greeted Nurkic with a smile, and Nurkic also smiled. I have to say that since his hair began to turn white and he grew a beard, Nurkic laughed like a kind old grandpa. , at best not that old.

"Colonel Tina, it's hard work. I went alone for a fruit. Just in our base, there are still some pirates that have not been dealt with. You can take them back together later."

Hearing Nurkic's words, the smile on Tina's face became brighter and brighter. Transiting pirates seemed to increase the workload, but in fact, it was Tina's achievement, and it would be considered a success and honor at that time. Bailey.

As a commander of a non-combat detachment, Tina's promotion is actually slower than that of a commander of a combat unit, because she does not have to add a lot of merit for catching a pirate.

You can only get promoted through trial by passing through the transfer tasks again and again, accumulating your merits little by little, and then going through qualifications, and one mistake may make years of hard work in vain.

Nurkic asked her to transport some pirates back, which is also the number of helping Tina to improve her performance~lightnovelpub.net~ Thank you so much for Tina, Colonel Nurkic. "

"You're welcome."

"Colonel Nurkic, please come with Tina, some procedures still need to be done."

"Understand."

Working with Nurkic is the most relaxing time for Tina, because Nurkic is more familiar with her workflow than she is.

If it wasn't for Tina's signature and seal, Nurkic could complete the self-service process. Tina sometimes couldn't remember where her various forms were placed, but Nurkic could remember. And find it out and fill it out.

Today is no exception, escorting devil fruits, in Tina's naval career in the past ten years, has experienced very few times. When she was a little overwhelmed, Nurkic had found all the forms in her office.

After filling out and binding each copy, Tina, the chief of the Black Threshold Army, signed one name and one chapter under the guidance of Nurkic, and finally completed the docking of the task.

After the documents were finalized, Nurkic first sent the tooth fruit to Deborah's laboratory, and then took Tina to the imprisoned pirates.

Tina didn't expect to go through the whole set of workflow so quickly. She looked at the adjutant of her own detachment and was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.

The same is an adjutant, why is the gap so big?

The Black Threshold troops did not stay in the G-5 branch for too long, and left after the work was completed.

And Skyler waited for more than a week, and finally waited for a tooth fruit that was no different from the dark fruit.

At this time, there are only a few days left until the new year, Skyler looked at the tooth fruit in his hand, and said with a smile:

"Now...it's time to find an owner for it."