Under the watchful eyes of Sengoku and the others, Buggy suddenly began to twitch, the veins on his body popping out as if he were enduring great pain.
"This... Is this a failure?!" Sengoku asked, his expression serious.
Leon simply smiled and shook his head.
"Just watch."
The next moment, Buggy's aura instantly soared.
A powerful gust of wind erupted from his body.
"It was a success?!" Sengoku exclaimed.
He could faintly sense Buggy's new power—it was no weaker than an elite Vice Admiral.
"Hahahahahaha! What a powerful force!" Buggy looked at his own hands in surprise.
At this moment, he felt his entire body was filled with a strength he had never experienced before, as if he could destroy anything.
"Buggy, at your current level, who among the Marines do you think you can match?" Sengoku hastily asked.
Buggy showed a ferocious smile, about to answer with a wild laugh, but he caught a glance of the Five Elders, Sengoku, Garp, and the three Admirals all looking at him.
His heart instantly froze.
'Can't afford to provoke any of them.'
Although he felt incredibly strong, each of the men in front of him inspired a deep sense of dread.
"I... I might be stronger than a Marine Vice Admiral," Buggy replied timidly, shrinking his head.
"Alright. Onigumo, you go and test him," Sengoku ordered.
"Good," the Vice Admiral nodded and walked out.
"Life Return: Eight-Sword Style!" His hair instantly spread out, grabbing six swords to go with the two in his hands.
"Bring it on!" Buggy said, a confident look on his face.
"Die!" Onigumo roared, waving all eight swords at once and slashing toward Buggy with incredible speed.
But what he didn't expect was that Buggy, without even seeming to try, dodged every single attack.
"Hahahaha! A Marine Vice Admiral is nothing special after all!" Buggy taunted ruthlessly while dodging lightly.
Then, with one hand, he effortlessly grabbed the back of one of Onigumo's swords and, with a vigorous shake, used it to block the other seven blades.
Immediately after, he pushed forward with his other hand.
BOOM!
Onigumo was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing hard into the wall.
"Hiss..." Vice Admiral Momonga, watching from the side, couldn't help but gasp.
'A good thing they didn't call on me,' he thought.
"So powerful, so fast!" Sengoku's eyes lit up.
Garp and the three Admirals also looked shocked.
They could see clearly that Buggy hadn't used Observation or Armament Haki.
He had simply relied on his newfound, overwhelming physical powers to crush Onigumo.
"Hahaha! Now you know how powerful I am!" Buggy's face became wild with arrogance.
Sengoku nodded and looked at the Admiral-class Seraphim beside him.
"Your turn. Go fight him."
"Yes."
The Admiral-class Seraphim stepped forward, its body immediately crackling with Conqueror's Haki.
Like a cannonball, it shot toward Buggy.
Its powerful, Haki-clad fist flew forward.
Buggy, not to be outdone, met it with a punch of his own.
BOOM!
The two were thrown back in unison.
"Such powerful force... But i'm still stronger, hahahaha!" Buggy was surprised, then immediately grinned and charged at the Seraphim again.
In his mind, a Seraphim of this level was an enemy he could never have hoped to match before.
But now, he had the strength to contend with it.
How could this not make him ecstatic?
"Tempest Kick!"
A slicing blade of wind shot from the Seraphim's feet.
Buggy didn't even dodge.
His first Devil Fruit was the Chop-Chop Fruit, after all.
He had no fear of being cut.
He simply split his body in two, and his upper half flew forward to attack the Seraphim again.
At the same time, his lower half suddenly transformed into a huge mammoth and smashed toward the machine.
The Seraphim backed away, firing several laser beams in succession.
"Hahahaha! After my physical power was improved, my defensive power has also been greatly enhanced! Coupled with the insane defense of my mammoth form, your attacks do barely any damage!" Buggy laughed.
The battle between the two was fierce and for a time, they were evenly matched.
"What a powerful physique! I know this clown and he never had such great strength before!"
"Yes, it must be the effect of the Monster Cell. His strength, speed, and defense have all been improved," Sengoku marveled. Garp was stunned.
To be able to permanently improve a person's physical power in such a short period of time... what a heaven-defying invention.
Akainu was already looking at Leon with a fanatical glint in his eyes.
If he had this Monster Cell, he was confident he could even take on the three-fruit Kaido.
"Hahahahahaha! Who else can fight this uncle?! I, Buggy the god, am invincible!" Buggy put his hands on his hips, laughing arrogantly.
"...Overlord, go wake him up," Leon said calmly.
"Yes."
WHAP!
With just a single slap imbued with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, the Overlord moved with a speed that Buggy couldn't possibly dodge and hit him directly in the face.
"AHHH!"
With a scream, Buggy spun a few times in the air before collapsing to the ground, stars circling his head.
It wasn't until some time later that he came to, his entire face swollen like a pig's head.
"Still invincible?" Sengoku asked calmly.
"I... I am not invincible," Buggy shook his head again and again, shrinking his head like a quail as he quickly replied.
"I'm weak..."
He glanced at Buggy disapprovingly, then Sengoku turned to look at Leon.
"Leon, do you still have any of these Monster Cells?"
"Yes," Leon replied. "I developed two this time. One was for testing."
He then took out another pulsating cell.
"Good," Sengoku said, looking at Akainu. "How about it, Akainu? You can have this one."
Akainu's face lit up with happiness as he walked up.
"Excellent!"
Immediately, he swallow it in one gulp.
The second after he consumed the Monster Cell, Akainu began to tremble all over his body, as if experiencing great pain.
Sengoku and the others showed worried expressions.
"Don't worry, it's fine," Leon said with a smile.
The Monster Cells from the original work had been successfully improved by his system; they would no longer turn the user into a literal monster.
After a moment of trembling, a majestic momentum surged out from Akainu's body.
The glass of various instruments around them burst in unison, and wooden shelves cracked under the pressure.
"This... this is Conqueror's Haki!" Sengoku's pupils shrank as he exclaimed in disbelief.
"It really is Conqueror's Haki!" Kizaru, Aokiji, Garp, and Tsuru all looked on in shock.
Conqueror's Haki was an innate ability; you were either born with it or you weren't.
It was thought to be impossible to acquire later in life.
However, the facts before them had just broken that impossible miracle.
The fact that it could cause direct physical damage proved its level was incredibly high, perhaps even comparable to Shanks's.
"Truly incredible," Tsuru said, full of amazement.
"To think these Monster Cells help people unlock their latent potential... I never expected that could even include Conqueror's Haki."
The Five Elders were also shocked, but their surprise quickly transformed into ecstatic joy.
"Very good! I thought it would only enhance physical power, but I didn't expect such a surprise! With the Monster Cells, our most powerful and promising agents will definitely see a massive increase in strength! The World Government and the Marines will surely suppress those pirates once again!"
Gradually, the wave of Conqueror's Haki converged, flowing back into Akainu's body.
"Hah... hahahahaha! I never thought that while my body was being enhanced, I would also awaken Conqueror's Haki!"
Feeling this newfound power, Akainu couldn't help but laugh.
He was now full of pride and couldn't wait for another chance to fight Kaido.
He suppressed the fighting spirit in his heart and turned to Leon.
"Thank you, Dr. Leon!"
"It's okay. It's my job," Leon replied with a smile.
"Very good, Leon. You have made another great contribution to our Marines and the World Government!" the Five Elders marveled.
Just then, a message came to one of the Five Elders.
They looked at each other, and the smiles on their faces grew even bigger.
"Hahaha, today is truly a day of double happiness! The results of the World Conscription are in. We have recruited two monster-level super-powerhouses! You all wait a moment."
With that, the Five Elders immediately exited through a door.
They returned shortly after, appearing with two other men.
One was a tall blind man with black hair, wearing a purple yukata and holding a staff, with crossed knife scars over his closed eyes.
The other was also a tall and burly man with long, curly dark hair.
Leon was startled but immediately recognized them.
'Aren't these the two new Admirals from the original story, Fujitora and Green Bull?'
"Sengoku, Garp, Leon, let me introduce you," one of the Five Elders said.
"These two are the most powerful fighters we found during the World Conscription. This is Issho, a user of the Paramecia-type Gravity-Gravity Fruit." He gestured to the blind man.
"And this is Aramaki, a user of the Logia-type Forest Fruit."
Sengoku nodded toward the two of them.
Issho bowed slightly in return.
Aramaki, on the other hand, looked at the people in front of him with disdain.
"So, you're the Fleet Admiral and the current Admirals? You don't look like much," he said while curling his lip.
"Hm?!"
In an instant, Akainu's face sank.
A majestic wave of Conqueror's Haki surged out from him, rushing toward Aramaki.
"What?!" Aramaki instantly felt an unrivaled force sweeping toward him, like a raging wave or a mountain crashing down.
His face changed drastically.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he was forced to grit his teeth and use all his power just to barely resist the pressure.
"Hmph. Well done, Akainu. That should teach him" Sengoku said.
He was the Fleet Admiral; he would not allow anyone to be so arrogant in his headquarters, especially a future subordinate.
"Hmph," Akainu snorted coldly, retracting his Conqueror's Haki.
"Haaa... haa..."
Feeling the pressure dissipate, Aramaki breathed a heavy sigh of relief, his whole body trembling.
A look of lingering fear was on his face.
He immediately looked at Akainu, his eyes now filled with deep admiration and awe.
He couldn't help but bow down with a flattering smile on his face, as if he had instantly become Akainu's biggest fan.
Akainu just gave him a cold look and paid him no further attention.
"Hahahahaha, very good!" the Five Elders laughed.
"Alright, from now on, the two of you will be under Fleet Admiral Sengoku's command. For now, you will act as provisional Admirals. And since you are joining the Marines, you will need codenames."
Then, they all turned to Leon.
"Dr. Leon, how about you grant them their codenames?"
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