One Piece: Master of Genes

"Then what is your name?" Vegapunk asked Mio with a smile.

"Kurokawa Mio." Mio also responded with a smile.

"Then Mr. Mio, let's have a cup of black tea." Vegapunk picked up the black tea next to the instrument, poured himself a cup, poured another cup for Mio, and looked at Erica.

"Does this lady need a cup? Although it's not a very good black tea, it's still delicious."

Hearing this, Erica shook her head.

Vegapunk shrugged, took the teacup and handed it to Mio. He also took a sip of the teacup and said with a smile, "Mr. Mio, is there anything yoi want from me?"

Vegapunk did not appear to be too nervous in the face of Mio, or even very calm, even if Erica just showed good combat effectiveness.

"Of course, I have heard of Mr.Vegapunk's wisdom, and it may be a bit tacky to say it, but I am indeed here to make you my friend.

After all, I think the World government has noticed your existence, right? If I don't make friends now, I may not be able to make friends in the future.

I got some good news from you."

Mio said with a smile.

"Mr. Mio is really straightforward." Such directness at least made Vegapunk have a good impression of Mio.

Smiling, Vegapunk looked at the equipment in the basement and said, "You're right, the World government did notice me, but I have been resisting joining the World government before."

"So now?" Mio asked curiously.

"Now?" Vegapunk shrugged. "Of course I joined, I don't have a second choice, do I?"

With Vegapunk's wisdom, how could he not know how valuable he is. Therefore, it is also clear that the World government is bound to gain him, and if they fails to obtain him, they will destroy him without hesitation.

He does not have enough ability to deal with the World government.

If he wants to continue researching what he wants, he can only join the World government.

"That's what I said." Mio nodded, and then asked curiously, "If I remember correctly, Mr. Judge just now should be the king of the Germa Kingdom?"

"Yes." Vegapunk nodded and said with a smile, "Mr. Judge conducted a research with me before. He came just now to invite me to help Germa develop weapons, but I refused."

As he said, Vegapunk shrugged, looking helpless, but his tone was extremely honest.

"To be honest, you may not know. Although I have a little interest in developing weapons, I am not very interested, because in my opinion, developing weapons is too boring.

What I am most interested in at the moment is the descent factor which is a really fascinating thing."

"By the way, Mr. Mio may not know what the lineage factor is.

The lineage factor can be called a life design diagram.

You can think of it as a gene-like existence, and the lineage factor can change the gene.

Not only that, but it can also be used to study Devil Fruit, or even clone Devil Fruit's abilities, but this may take a long time to study."

When it comes to lineage factor, Vegapunk has a crazy look in his eyes.

He told Mio all his knowledge of lineage factors, perhaps because he was a scientific researcher, so he wanted to tell others about the great discoveries he had, in order to satisfy his little vanity.

For Vegapunk, the heart may only show off the results in this area, and other things may not be worth showing off.

Mio is naturally aware of the lineage factor, but at this time he also pretends not to know.

After listening to Vegapunk's words, Mio asked with a smile, "Mr. Vegapunk, are you interested in genes?"

"Of course."

Vegapunk nodded without hesitation, excitedly? "Although I am a research scholar, I have no resistance to power, and even my research is related to the development of my own power.

And genes are undoubtedly a good research direction, and it is precisely because of this that I discovered the existence lineage Factor."

"Then I think we might be able to be friends." Mio smiled slightly, then after thinking about it, he thought that he didn't seem to have said enough. "Friendship maintained by 'interest'."

"Oh?" Upon hearing the words, a strange expression appeared in Vegapunk's eyes, and then disappeared.

Friend?

"Do you want me to become your intelligence spy in the World government after joining the World government?" Vegapunk asked.

From his point of view, the friend relationship mentioned by Mio's mouth is nothing more than this.

"Almost." Mio nodded slightly, not only wanting Vegapunk to become his intelligence spy in the World government, but also wanting Vegapunk to develop something for himself in the future.

"Aren't you afraid that I will refuse?" Vegapunk asked curiously, Mio's face was calm, as if he was certain that he would agree.

"I believe Mr. Vegapunk will agree." A confident smile appeared on Mio's face. Perhaps he would not have been so sure before, but the conversation with Vegapunk just now gave him the confidence now.

With that, Vegapunk took off Erica's hat.

Erica's face was revealed before Vegapunk's eyes.

Looking at Erica, Vegapunk was taken aback for a moment, but then he set his eyes on the tentacles on Erica's forehead. "This is... Devil fruit power?"

"No." Mio shook his head. "Erica is not Devil fruit power."

"How is it possible? Is it a special race?" Vegapunk asked in surprise.

Without the tentacles on the forehead, Erica would look exactly like a human being.

"I'll tell you this, Erica is an upgraded ant, but because of some special reasons of mine, she became a human, and at the same time she can talk to the ants, and even manipulate the ants. You can think of this as my Devil Fruit ability." Miao explained.

Upon hearing this, Vegapunk suddenly sighed, his eyes glistening, "Can you give me a drop of her blood? I want to see what this lady's genes are like, maybe it can bring me some unexpected surprises."

Just finished speaking, Vegapunk suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Mio with a dazed expression, and then said, "So that's it. You are right, I really won't refuse you."

He understood why Mio was not afraid of rejecting it. Facing the peculiar existence of Erica, he really couldn't refuse, and even couldn't wait to want a drop of Erica's blood to study Erica's genes.

"It looks like Mr. Vegapunk agreed?" Mio chuckled lightly.

"Yes." Vegapunk nodded without hesitation, and said sincerely, "But I hope that in the future, I can study other genes that are as strange as this lady. If Mr. Mio agrees, I don't mind helping Mr. Mio get the information he wants in the future."

"Okay." Hearing this, Miao couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, showing a smile.

"Since Mr. Vegapunk has agreed, then I don't mind giving Mr. Vegapunk another good news."

"Oh? Please say." Vegapunk looked at Mio with interest.

"If there is a chance in the future, I think I can bring a piece of blood from Poseidon to Mr. Vegapunk. Well, Poseidon, one of Ancient Weapon."

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