Chapter 496 Looks Like Shit, Tastes Like Shit

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

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

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

Of course, the headquarters assigned us a fruit because of Drake before, but we never went to pick it up. "

"The staring fruit? Was it confiscated when the Don Quixote family was cleaned up?"

Skyler asked, and Nurkic nodded. In fact, several devil fruits were confiscated at that time, but the Zhanye detachment did not keep all of them, except for the golden fruit and the staring fruit.

The rest of the fruits were all handed over to the headquarters. At that time, the golden fruit was named by Schuyler to keep. When Nurkic asked if he needed to keep other fruits, Schuyler just said that he did not want the animal type.

At that time, the remaining non-animal devil fruits of the Don Quixote family were only these two, and the others were consumed by their members. Of course, those devil fruit capable users of the Don Quixote family were advancing at this time. City serving sentence.

After hearing Nurkic's confirmation, Skyler also thought about it, and then said: "Tell the headquarters, and send our fruit over.

By the way, ask Deborah, if there is a way to change the shape of the devil fruit without being detected, at least not eating the ones that cannot be detected. "

Hearing this, Nurkic was even more confused, not knowing exactly what Skyler wanted to do, but he didn't ask immediately. After all, no matter what Skyler wanted to do, he seemed to have a prerequisite.

That is. "Face-lifting" the Devil Fruit. If this cannot be done, then no matter what plans Skyler has, it probably won't be able to proceed smoothly, right?

"Yes, sir, then I will ask Deborah first, and if possible, I will contact the headquarters?"

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

Skyler nodded, and Nurkic was right. After all, there doesn’t seem to be any demand for Devil Fruits in the Zanye Detachment. If anyone wants it, they can tell Hamilton at any time.

In recent years, the Zanye detachment has not only caught a pirate group of the Don Quixote family with leftover devil fruits, but the devil fruits are not very attractive to Skyler, so they are directly handed over and replaced by real ones and distributed to everyone. Bailey is better.

Under such circumstances, it is actually a very strange thing for the Zhanye detachment to ask the headquarters for devil fruits. After all, no matter which faction they are placed in, devil fruits are rare and precious existences.

If it was just for storage, the headquarters might not say anything because of this matter, but it is inevitable that there will be some criticisms, such as thinking that Schuyler does not trust the headquarters enough, as if the big family cannot trust the bank.

Although it was just a few criticisms and could not have any substantial impact on Skyler or Zanye, as the adjutant of the Zanye detachment, Nurkic still needed to consider for the officer and the detachment.

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

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

Of course, staying in the headquarters of Marin Fando can also continue to carry out research, but... At that time, we 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.

Most of those people have their own military affairs, and it is impossible to cooperate with Deborah in research. Therefore, staying in the Zhanye Detachment and using her husband as the first volunteer is very helpful for Deborah's career. .

However, Deborah also endured some bad words. For example, Nurkic aged so quickly because of too much domineering consumption, which led to a lack of health.

But for the sake of science, Deborah also accepted these rumors, and she performed regular medical examinations on Nurkic, and found nothing unusual.

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

When Nurkic found Deborah and explained to her the requirements of Skyler, the top party, Deborah did not feel relaxed, because... she had participated in some research on devil fruit.

Deborah didn't ask Nurkic to tell the story, but found Skyler himself, because it was just affiliation, so Deborah and Skyler are not really superiors and subordinates, but there is a difference in military rank.

When Skyler saw Deborah coming, he beckoned and let her sit in the seat next to her, 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 that, 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 so that it has special abilities?"

After listening to Skyler's answer, Deborah nodded first, then shook her head and said, "Lieutenant General Skyler, what you said is correct, but...incomplete.

Devil fruit is not exactly a prop, according to Dr. Vegapunk's research. Devil fruit is likely to be a special existence with consciousness. "

"Um?"

Skyler raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled, and Deborah didn't make too much of a joke, but said: "This kind of sign can be seen most among the fruits of the animal family.

Before, I participated in a research by Dr. Vegapunk, which was to combine inanimate items such as swords with animal-based devil fruits. The result is that no matter whether it is a weapon or other items, it will produce a consciousness.

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

They are even so similar that their actions to activate their abilities will be the same. You must know that they have not even met each other, which further proves the existence of consciousness in the devil fruit.

However, this consciousness is too unstable to be swallowed by humans or other animals, and even they themselves cannot perceive the existence of consciousness in the devil fruit.

Therefore, devil fruit cannot be perfectly imitated, and there is more than one way to distinguish a devil fruit, so I am not sure whether it can achieve the result you want. "

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

Then he asked tentatively: "If a person has only read the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book, can you transform a Devil Fruit that they can't detect?"

Skyler made his needs more precise, and Deborah thought about it after hearing the words, and said, "If it's just the devil fruit illustration, then I don't think there is any problem."

In Deborah's view, the devil fruit may not be directly imitated. After all, this is a problem that even Dr. Vegapunk would be stumped by. Before she left Pang Island, Vegapunk hadn't overcome it.

But if it's just a disguise, it can still be done. It is 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 that the devil fruit brings to people is different, but they are very similar.

That is, the devil fruit will evoke the desire in people's heart, whether it is 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 also many people who can resist this kind of temptation, for example, their minds are firm enough, for example, there is no desire in their hearts that can shake him.

For example, the Reid family has hidden a sap fruit for an unknown number of years. The reason why they didn’t take it until Nurkic’s generation is a very direct reason, that is, other ancestors don’t think much of it.

After all, the Reid family has been educated since they were young, that is, strength is not required too much, as long as you have it, you don’t 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 scheming and talent, the Reid family are very proficient. They can do it by themselves, so why do they need devil fruits?

If Nurkic hadn't been assigned to the Ye Zhan Detachment, then this fruit might have continued to be hidden in Reed's house until an ambitious but incompetent descendant found and took it.

Only those whose ambition cannot match their ability will be swayed by the temptation of the devil fruit, but as long as the ability is sufficient, then the little temptation of the devil fruit will become inconspicuous.

For example, 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 also some people who will not be tempted by devil fruits, such as natural beggars.

But no matter whether they are capable, have no desire or are naturally stupid, such people are a minority after all, and most people can feel the attraction of devil fruits, which is the most difficult part of imitating devil fruits.

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

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

Deborah thought for a while, and said: "Within a month, after all, appearance alone is not enough, and it is still quite difficult to imitate the taste of devil fruit that cannot be perceived through the sense of smell and the sense of smell behind the nose. of."

Skyler nodded to express his understanding. After all, the devil fruit is not plasticine, and it must not be directly kneaded into the desired shape, so there is a high probability that it will be 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 coverage is estimated not to be too thin. Therefore, how to make people not notice the abnormality when taking it is the difficulty of plastic surgery for devil fruits.

Deborah said that it could be done within a month, and Skyler was still a little surprised. She personally thinks that a year or so is not unacceptable. It is beyond imagination that it can be done within a month.

"Okay, I'll thank you for your hard work. First study the materials. When the devil fruit arrives, you can help me modify it."

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

After Deborah finished speaking, Skyler also adjusted his sunglasses and showed that he was fully equipped. Deborah smiled and shook his head, then 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 fruit that is particularly weak or particularly funny, priority will be given."

Skyler showed a very bastard 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 gift from Skyler "Gift".

Nurkic contacted the headquarters to select the inventory of the headquarters. 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 food-grade special substance that perfectly reproduces the taste of devil fruit, but there are huge flaws.

That is. can smell through the sense of smell.

For a while, various speculations arose in the detachment. Some people suspected that the toilet pipe had blown up, but after inspection, the pipe was intact, not blocked, and not damaged.

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

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

According to the submarine team's report, after this day, there were hardly any "indigenous residents" in the waters of the G-5 branch.

Another week passed, and the headquarters finally delivered the devil fruit that Skyler had selected.

As the person in charge of transporting this devil fruit, Tina, the commander of the Black Threshold Force, was a little strange when she saw the smiling Skyler.

Because the Zhanye detachment applied to the headquarters for a fruit that had been hoarded in the headquarters for a hundred years and no one chose it—Superhuman-Yaya fruit.

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

So much so that the headquarters has stored this fruit for more than a hundred years, without any application from the navy, and the world government has not recalled it, and it just lies in the warehouse of the navy headquarters in such an embarrassing manner.

Until half a month ago, the Zhanye Detachment asked the headquarters for a list of the devil fruits stored in the headquarters, and then a week ago, the Zhanye Detachment suddenly chose to claim this fruit.

I heard that this matter directly alarmed the Marshal of the Warring States Period. The Marshal of the Warring States Period even contacted the Zhanye Detachment with a phone bug. After repeated confirmation, he agreed to the application of the Zhanye Detachment.

Then, it took five days for the logistics staff of the headquarters to find this fruit out of a pile of rotten collections, and then let Tina transport this fruit over.

"Lieutenant General Skyler!"

As Skyler approached, Tina temporarily let go of her doubts and raised her hand to salute. Skyler nodded and did not return the military 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 Heishan Army.

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

After going through layers of guards, opening doors one after another, and unlocking one lock after another, after ten minutes, Skyler finally saw the fruit she had been missing for a week.

However, when Tina opened the lid and Skyler saw the fruit, her face showed a look of disgust. Wuhe's fruit was so 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 a devil fruit, but these spiral patterns are arranged through some twisted "teeth".

"Crack~"

Tina had just opened the box, and before her hand had completely left the box, Skyler suddenly reached out and covered the box containing the Fang fruit back.

"Well~"

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

And the degree of nausea that this Yaya Fruit brings to people's vision is probably the degree of nausea added together by the teeth cleaning videos of the whole network in the previous life.

"This fruit. I think if you don't take it and show it to people 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 too much, but said: "That's it, you will bring someone to connect with Nurkic and put it into the warehouse."

"Tina understands."

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

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

Fortunately, Nurkic came over at this time and took the initiative to start a matchmaking 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 is still at the recruit stage.

But Tina is familiar with Nurkic and Hamilton a lot. After all, the work of replenishing supplies needs to be connected with Hamilton.

The handover of special items like today, or the handover of pirate transfers, is done by Nurkic, so after Tina saw Nurkic, she was relieved by the sense of familiarity in her heart. .

"Colonel Nurkic, it's been a long time."

Tina greeted Nurkic with a smile, and Nurkic also smiled. I have to say that since his hair started to turn gray and he grew a beard, Nurkic smiled like a kind grandfather , at most not that old.

"Colonel Tina, thank you for your hard work. I ran alone for a fruit. It happens that there are still some pirates in our base that have not been dealt with. You can take them back together later."

Hearing Nurkic's words, the smile on Tina's face became even brighter. Transshipping the pirates seemed to increase the workload, but in fact, it was Tina's achievements, and it would be counted as a success and a reward. Bailey.

As the leader of a non-combat detachment, Tina's promotion is actually slower than that of the leader of the combat unit, because she doesn't have a lot of merit for catching a pirate.

You can only pass the trial and be promoted through repeated transfer missions, accumulate your own merits little by little, and then gain qualifications, and one mistake may make years of hard work in vain.

Nurkic asked her to transfer some pirates back, which can be regarded as helping Tina improve her performance.

"Thank you, Natina, Colonel Nurkic."

"You're welcome."

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

"Understand understand."

Working with Nurkic is when Tina feels the most relaxed, because Nurkic is more familiar with her workflow than she is.

If it wasn't for Tina's signature and stamp, Nurkic could complete the self-service process. Sometimes Tina couldn't remember where she put all kinds of forms, but Nurkic could remember. And find out and fill in actively.

Today is no exception. In the past ten years of Tina's naval career, Tina has rarely experienced escorting Devil Fruits. When she was a little devastated, Nurkic had already found all the forms in her office.

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

After the documents were completed, Nurkic first sent the Yaya Fruit to Deborah's laboratory, and then took Tina to hand it over to the imprisoned pirates.

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

It's also an adjutant, so why is there such a big gap?

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

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

At this time, there are only a few days left before the New Year, Skyler looked at the changed shape of the Yaya Fruit in his hand, and said with a smile:

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