One Piece: My Crew is from Other World-Chapter 678: Replica!

Chapter 678: Replica!

Half an hour later, Kaido’s attacks finally began to slow.

Doflamingo, Enel, and Ulz all saw it at the same time.

Kaido was at his limit.

The instant the opening appeared, the three moved together and launched a coordinated strike at the berserk dragon in the sky.

Their attacks rained down.

Even in that mindless, rampaging state, Kaido could not endure it anymore.

His massive body fell, crashing heavily to the ground.

Before Doflamingo and the others even had time to descend and confirm the result, the dragon on the ground had already lost its breath.

"Kaido’s dead."

Ulz stared at the corpse, a strange unease creeping up his spine.

Not long ago, they had been drinking and training together on the ship.

Now, because of those people, Kaido had died right here.

To Ulz, it felt like a comrade had been sacrificed.

"Notify the captain first," Doflamingo said, walking over with a weary expression.

"Things are getting weird."

"I was wondering why the captain said Kaido had become Momonosuke’s subordinate."

"It looks like the captain knows something."

At this point, it was too late to argue about feelings.

They had to handle what needed handling.

Enel nodded.

"Contact the captain."

He pulled out the Dragon Hunting Token.

...

"Kaido... is he dead?"

Ryuunosuke’s voice came through, and even he sounded puzzled.

Before this, he had only suspected Kaido had joined Momonosuke for some special reason.

But now, because of Momonosuke, Kaido had been defeated directly.

That did not look like some complicated bargain.

It looked like Kaido had simply been used and thrown away.

"Alright, I understand," Ryuunosuke said quickly.

"Keep searching the surrounding area."

"Do not make a move unless Blackbeard gets close to Whitebeard and the others."

"As for Kaido’s body, find a decent island and bury it there."

"He spent time on our ship, after all."

"Understood, Captain."

Enel ended the call.

Doflamingo glanced at Enel and Ulz.

"The captain already knows. He’s issued new orders."

"Ulz, where are we burying Kaido?"

Ulz looked down at the corpse for a long moment.

"Right here."

"He’s a pirate. The sea is the best grave."

Then his brows tightened.

"But I have doubts."

"Why would they abandon Kaido?"

"Even if Kaido completely obeyed Momonosuke, they did not even try to take his Devil Fruit."

Ulz’s confusion deepened as he reached behind him and pulled out a fruit that looked like an apple.

Strange patterns had already formed across its surface.

Doflamingo’s eyes widened.

"This is..."

Enel’s gaze sharpened.

"The Fish Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type: Azure Dragon."

Doflamingo had heard of it, of course.

That Devil Fruit belonged to Kaido, captain of the Beasts Pirates, one of the Four Emperors.

But the moment he saw it, another thought struck him.

Kaido had once commissioned Doflamingo to cultivate artificial Devil Fruits.

And Momonosuke’s own fruit, the one he used when he escaped, had also been artificial.

Was it really that easy to create Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits?

Or had Caesar gotten his hands on a true Mythical Zoan sample and used it as a reference?

Either way, the implications were ugly.

Doflamingo voiced the guess he could not swallow.

"You mean..."

"This Kaido might not be the Kaido we know."

"A replica."

"And they even replicated the ability?"

Ulz looked completely bewildered.

Even in his mind, a clone should not be able to copy everything.

Even if the Devil Fruit was artificial, how could Kaido’s training, his Haki, his techniques, be copied?

Even a clone needed time to grow.

Yet what they had just fought felt like the real Kaido.

Doflamingo narrowed his eyes, remembering someone.

"Unless they have a way to accelerate growth..."

Then he said it out loud, almost reluctantly.

"It sounds like they do."

Shinobu.

A subordinate under Momonosuke.

The user of the Ripe Ripe Fruit.

She had not appeared in this battle, but her ability could force growth to happen quickly.

If that was involved, the chance of this being a replica rose sharply.

Ulz exhaled, fatigue weighing down his voice.

"Don’t overthink it for now."

"Bury Kaido first."

"Then report the intelligence to the captain."

"I’m tired."

In this moment, Ulz genuinely felt like his thoughts had stopped working.

They could only move forward and wait for what Ryuunosuke decided next.

Of course, if Kaido was truly only a replica, Ulz would feel relieved.

At least the Kaido he knew had not changed.

"Alright," Enel said, then began handling the rest.

...

They quickly finished what needed to be done.

The intelligence was also passed on.

At this moment, Ryuunosuke was standing on the deck.

The instant he received the news, his first thought was one person.

Vegapunk.

After all, the artificial Devil Fruit technology Caesar used had originally come from Vegapunk.

So Ryuunosuke went to him immediately.

When he arrived, Vegapunk had already heard the report.

Ryuunosuke looked him straight in the eye.

"Did you hear?"

"I want to know if this has anything to do with you."

Vegapunk did not dodge the question.

"I really don’t know what happened."

"But their guess is very likely correct."

"With the right combination of a special Devil Fruit, you can achieve an effect like that."

Ryuunosuke’s gaze grew colder.

Vegapunk was not someone who could be trusted on pure words.

So Ryuunosuke pressed further.

"Then, Vegapunk."

"If I give you enough resources, including ability users..."

"Can you do it?"

Vegapunk fell silent.

Minutes passed.

Then he finally spoke.

"If there are enough materials and the right abilities, there shouldn’t be a problem."

"But anything made that way will have serious flaws."

"Flaws?"

Ryuunosuke’s brows furrowed.

From Enel’s battle report, that Kaido was not weak.

If anything, it felt even more violent than the original.

So what flaw could possibly be big enough to matter?

Vegapunk’s tone turned flat, almost indifferent.

"It won’t have human intelligence."

"It will only exist as a simple killing tool, or some other kind of tool."

He paused, then added quietly.

"Back then, some nobles even copied beautiful women to use in trade..."

He had seen too many similar cases.

To him, this kind of manufactured existence was already commonplace.

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