One year had passed after the poisonous gas spread across the Punk Hazard island, devastating the island's ecosystem and killing all life on it. Many of the survivors were evacuated in time, but the prisoners were left behind.
Caesar Clown, the perpetrator of this incident, also escaped but was later captured and imprisoned for his actions. It was at this time that the Marines and the World Government shut down Punk Hazard.
One year after his imprisonment, Caesar escaped and returned to Punk Hazard, where he had been working on the island, purifying it with his Devil Fruit to improve the environment. In addition to this, he continued his usual role as a scientist, conducting research on various topics.
As a genius scientist, Caesar never lacked anything, and many people would seek him out despite what he had done to the island, which had caused many people to die.
Still, for every great invention, a sacrifice was necessary!
Yes, many would think that he was evil, but he didn't think so, as he felt it was for the greater good of the future.
Regardless, while he said that, it wasn't so easy to gain budgets and people to trust him, especially when every experiment required a lot of money.
Fortunately, he was in luck and he met Doflamingo, who wished for his help to develop an Artificial Devil Fruit, a man-made Devil Fruit, something that was born from the hands of a human instead of naturally appearing like the original.
Naturally, the artificial type wasn't like the original, as it depended on luck, and instead of gaining a new power, the eater of this type of Devil Fruit might end up in failure and gain the weakness of the Devil Fruit and other bad disadvantages.
As for the ones who were successful, what they gained was just the power of the Zoan-Type Devil Fruit, and their bodies became non-human, and their transformation wasn't as natural as the real Zoan-Type Devil Fruit.
Yet, despite all of those failures, in Caesar's genius mind, he had successfully created this artificial Devil Fruit, in the better version than what Vegapunk had created despite the fact that he created this Devil Fruit by mimicking what Vegapunk's record, he didn't think that all of those drawbacks were failures. Instead, he felt that those drawbacks were simply due to unlucky factors instead of acknowledging his incompetent mind. Moreover, instead of trying to do research on the Artificial Devil Fruit, it was better for him to do a better experiment on a better issue!
So, what kind of important experiment was more important than the Artificial Devil Fruit that made a lot of money?
Naturally, it was the topic of life and women!
Yes, women, by using all the money that was given by his collaborators, Caesar went to the famous pleasure district to have fun with women and spent all of the experiment's money there!
"Shurororororo!"
Caesar laughed lewdly as he wrapped his arms around all the beautiful women who surrounded him. Unfortunately, his good days ended when he lost his money, but fortunately, with his genius mind, everyone wanted to give him money, and he got a job from Big Mom to create a project to turn normal people into giants!
Naturally, he accepted!
After all, by then, he would get more money!
So, after he received the money, he immediately had another party, having fun before he returned to Punk Hazard, and was still feeling dreamy about the softness and warmth of those beautiful women.
"Shurororo~! They smell so good~!"
As he laughed happily, a woman's voice was heard as if trying to remind him. "It's good that you are happy, but don't forget about your experiment, Caesar, or do you want to be targeted by the Big Mom Pirates?"
"Shurororo! You don't have to worry, Monet! With my genius mind, I can turn those children into giants! Instead of urging me, you should collect more children for me! Guinea pigs are needed for every experiment! The more the better! You are sent here by Doffy as my assistant, so you should work to your best!"
"Okay, okay."
A beautiful young woman with light green wavy hair let out a helpless sigh, but she didn't try to stop Caesar's wish to kidnap more children for experiments. Fortunately, many countries and kingdoms in the New World weren't part of the New Government, so it was easy for them to kidnap, rob, and fool those people and take their children by saying that those children were sick.
As for the Marines, who were the dogs of the World Government, as long as they didn't attack the countries and kingdoms that were part of this organization, it was fine, but even if they did, it didn't matter since their boss was the future of the Pirate King, Donquixote Doflamingo!
"By the way, tell Doffy to add more budget for my experiment! I believe that the artificial Devil Fruit can be better! No, it will definitely improve, so tell him to get me more money!"
"Okay, okay."
Monet smiled sweetly, ignoring Caesar's lewd smile.
"Shurorororo! I can't wait to go to the pleasure district! No, I mean, I can't wait to do my experiment! Yes, an experiment!"
Yet, even so, Caesar's smile was so vulgar that he couldn't hide the fact that he tried to rob to get more money for fun with women.
Still, that said, he had to say Money was attractive, but as this woman was part of Doflamingo's pirate group, he wasn't so stupid as to touch her, as he was afraid that he would be killed.
Yes, he might be lascivious, but he wasn't stupid!
Instead, he was the smartest man!
Vegapunk?
That guy didn't even reach his fart!
As Caesar thought so, he thought to get more budgets, so that he could show the world that he was the best scientist in the world!
"Shurororo! My future is bright!"
Shaking her head, Monet didn't intend to talk with Caesar anymore and reported everything to Doflamingo, her hero and the one who would become the Pirate King. "Come on. Let's get more guinea pigs." Before that, she still needed to get more kids so that they could do more experiments.
Only the group of people in the hazmat suit didn't move and just stood in place until all of a sudden, one of them, who stood near Caesar, formed his hand into that of a spear as it was clad in black armor-like Haki, to which, stabbed and crushed Caesar's heart cruelly!
"Cough!"
Caesar coughed up a lot of blood, as his consciousness became dizzy, realizing that he was being assassinated!
'W-What is happening?'
Why did he see his own heart?
Why did he feel such intense pain?
Why did a hand stab into his heart?
He was a fucking Logia-type of Devil Fruit user!
How could he die?
Yet, due to desperation, Caesar, who wanted to run away, turned his head, trying to see who had killed him, but unfortunately, his killer was covered in the hamzat suit before everything turned dark, and he died.
"CAESAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!"
Monet screamed in a panic, yet several hands emerged on her joints, twisting her body!
Unfortunately, she was the user of the Yuki Yuki no Mi, a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allowed her to turn her body into snow.
"YOU BASTARD! YOU WILL DEFINITELY REGRET THIS! YOUNG MASTER WILL DEFINITELY KILL ALL OF YOU!"
As Monet's body turned into that of snow, all of a sudden, a gunshot echoed!
Bang!
"It's meaningless! Bullets won't work on me—"
Before Monet finished her words, she screamed in pain!
"MY LEG!"
Instead of passing through her snowy body, a bullet hit her smooth leg as she screamed in pain before her body was wrapped in hands again as her joints were broken by Robin!
"Argghhh!!!"
Monet knew that she had to report to her Young Master.
If not, then—
Still, despite many people in hamzal suits standing nearby, no one moved even if Monet kept screaming, asking all of them to attack her attackers.
"W-Why my power won't work?!"
While Monet wondered why she grew weaker as she couldn't use her power, Carina ignored Monet and looked at Shinra while asking, "Can I take off my hamzal outfit?"
"Go ahead."
"It's so hot..."
As Carina took off her hamzal outfit, Robin also removed hers, as she asked, "Did you get something?"
"Yup."
Shinra also took off his hamzal suit as he said, "I really got a lot in this place."
Throwing away the trash in his hand, Shinra cleaned up his arm from the blood as he gained his new power, as he was glad that he had come to the world of Kaiju No. 8 first.