Chapter 140
1514 year of the Haiyuan calendar.
Time flies, and more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Dressrosa, Technology Development Agency.
“Manager Urahara, if you call me over early in the morning, shouldn’t you just be chatting with me?” In the research room full of instruments, Liuyun sat on one side of the coffee table and drank tea.
“Why, it sounds like you don’t want to talk to me.” Kisuke Urahara smiled heartily: “As a crew member, I don’t dare to tease the captain at will.” ”
“Gee, the store manager Urahara is as optimistic as ever, it seems that there is a surprise?” Liuyun had a faint smile on his face.
“There are good news and bad news, which one are you going to listen to first?” Kisuke Urahara smiled slyly.
“Bad news?” Liuyun frowned: “Manager Urahara, after waiting for more than a year, shouldn’t you be going to tell me that the plan to create a demon fruit failed?” ”
“It’s really worthy of being a captain, I guessed it at once!” Kisuke Urahara deliberately made a face and said with a solemn face.
“Your sister’s! Tell me such bad news early in the morning? Liuyun spewed out a sip of hot tea, and instantly turned his face full of black lines.
“Alley, I am also sorry that there was an accident in the experiment.”
Kisuke Urahara shook his head, sighed heavily, and put on a look of “what can I do, I’m desperate” too.
“Alas, it seems that this path will not work after all, and it is still necessary to collect Devil Fruits all over the world.” Thinking of the fear of being dominated by the search for the Devil Fruit, Liuyun’s heart suddenly cooled by half.
For a while, the atmosphere became dignified.
The laboratory of Nordic University became silent, and I was most afraid that the air would suddenly be quiet!
“Alas, Urahara store manager, I don’t blame you for this, I know you tried your best.” After a helpless sigh, Liuyun forced a smile.
“Oh hehe, Captain Liuyun, I finally saw your disappointed look.” Kisuke Urahara shook the folding fan triumphantly, and a gloating smile appeared on his face.
“What do you mean!” Liuyun’s eyelids jumped.
“Captain Liuyun, if you are serious, you will lose, I just deliberately intimidated you just now.” Kisuke Urahara said with a smile: “The plan to create a demon fruit has not failed, after more than a year of research, I recently created an animal line demon fruit!” ”
“What?!”
Hearing this news, Rao Yiliuyun’s determination couldn’t help but exclaim.
After waiting for a long time, the legendary artificial devil fruit was finally born?
This is great news!
“So what was the bad news you just said?” Liuyun wondered.
“Ahem… It is stated in advance that I have opened up and throttled, but the research funds of nearly 1.5 billion Bailey have been used up! Urahara Kisuke helplessly spread his hands.
“……”
Liuyun’s heart twitched slightly, and it was really a problem of research funding.
Part of the three billion Baileys received from the World Government in the past two years was used to transform Dressrosa, while the other part was used to purchase four Devil Fruits at auction.
Excluding these two parts, Kisuke Urahara’s research fund is less than 1.5 billion Bailey. The seemingly huge amount of money was far from enough for the cumbersome artificial devil fruit plan.
After all, the initial period of the experiment is often the most difficult stage.
Being able to start from scratch and successfully get the first artificial devil fruit is a perfect result.
This means that Kisuke Urahara has opened a mysterious door!
“If there are enough raw materials, I am confident that I will be able to mass-produce artificial devil fruits, of course, this is supported by large sums of money!” Kisuke Urahara deliberately accentuated his tone, if you want to obtain a large number of Devil Fruits, you must have enough research costs.
In addition, Kisuke Urahara plans to innovate production technology to reduce the cost of making Devil Fruit.
As the technology matures, the manufacturing cost will also decrease, even lower than the price of the Devil Fruit auctioned outside.
In this way, Liuyun’s biggest trouble will be solved. As long as there is enough money, the Devil Fruit will be endless, and he can summon more companions!
“In addition to these two things, there is also news about pterosaur eggs.” Kisuke Urahara pulled his throat and said with a mysterious smile.
“Could it be… Did you hatch that egg? Liuyun held his breath, his heart racing.
“What do you call me brooding!” Kisuke Urahara’s face was full of black lines: “To be precise, I used sophisticated scientific research technology to awaken the life inside that egg.” ”
“That is… The precious Draco species was born in Dressrosa! Kisuke Urahara pressed the button on the controller, and one of the stone walls sank, revealing a hidden dark room.
“This is… Pterodactyl?! ”
Staying in the middle of the darkness, Liuyun suddenly found a little guy.
Crimson body, furry wings, cute head.
The little guy in front of him, who couldn’t even walk, looked like a miniature version of the pterosaur beast on Okeanos Island!
“Moo-moo…”
The red dragon beast twisted its little head and came to the edge of the guardrail with a milky voice, staring at Kisuke Urahara blankly.
It is still in an ignorant childhood, and due to the first moment when he opens his eyes he sees Kisuke Urahara, it is out of biological nature, and it has a natural affinity for the store manager.
“Manager Urahara, it seems to treat you as a relative.” Liuyun said with a smile.
“Oh hehe, it’s also a good experience to be a daddy while immersing yourself in research.” Urahara smiled wickedly, “It should be a good feeling to think about riding an adult pterosaur beast across the great voyage in the future!” ”
“It’s a long day away.” Liuyun’s voice changed: “Manager Urahara, after chatting for so long, it’s time for me to see the most precious artificial devil fruit, right?” ”
“Captain Liuyun is really anxious, I still want to hang your appetite.” Urahara put away the folding fan, and his expression became serious.
“Come with me!”
Led by Kisuke Urahara, Rukumo soon arrives in a hidden basement under the institute.
After coming to the basement, Liuyun scanned around and found that there were various instruments around, and even many drawings and research materials.
It is clear that this secret basement is where Kisuke Urahara conducts research on artificial devil fruits!
Kisuke Urahara picked up a remote control device on the table and pressed it lightly, and a square pillar rose in the center of the floor, on which was placed a glass cover covered with a black cloth.
The gaze stayed on the glass cover, and Liuyun’s heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.
“Captain Liuyun, the long-awaited artificial animal line devil fruit is inside.” Kisuke Urahara forcefully pulled off the black cloth, revealing the inside of the glass cover.
Liuyun’s pupils shrank suddenly, and at the end of his line of sight, a dragon fruit with a strange surface covered with strange patterns, a strange shape, and a dark red body was placed flat in a glass cover.
The world’s first artificial devil fruit!
What surprised Liuyun even more was that the moment the artificial devil fruit appeared, the system’s prompt sounded.
“Warning, warning.”
“The presence of a Devil Fruit nearby has been detected!”
This prompt suddenly made Liuyun’s big stone hanging in his heart fall.
This means…
He no longer had to go to great lengths to collect the Devil Fruit!