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After extreme training. Law, panting, sat casually on the ground.
"All the abilities of the Op-Op Fruit from the original story have been developed. All the knowledge that can be mastered in medicine and surgery has been learned. It's just a pity there are no real corpses to study, which is somewhat regrettable." Law, accustomed to being busy, suddenly found himself with nothing to do. Without real corpse research, medical skills were difficult to improve further, but recruits clearly couldn't get prisoner corpses to study. All the Devil Fruit abilities shown by Law in the original story were learned. The improvement of strength and physique required daily training. He was a bit idle.
"It seems it's time to develop Devil Fruit abilities." Law was by no means satisfied with the abilities displayed by the Op-Op Fruit in the original story. Although many were good, they were still not enough. He struggled even against Doflamingo, let alone reaching the peak. He needed more powerful and practical abilities.
"I've thought a lot about how to develop abilities over the years." Law focused all his scattered thoughts from these past few years.
"Now I already possess a Gamma Knife, whose principle comes from gamma rays. Rays also include X-rays, alpha rays, beta rays, neutrons, ultraviolet light, and lasers. If gamma rays can develop a Gamma Knife, can other rays develop offensive abilities?" Law tried hard to recall his limited knowledge of physics.
"X-rays should possess extremely high penetrating power, like a high-energy electromagnetic cannon, right?"
"Alpha rays, whose alpha particles can reach several mega-electronvolts, are also related to electric and magnetic fields."
"Beta rays and neutrons are both highly related to nuclear reactors and atomic nuclei."
"Ultraviolet light has various functions like sterilization,透视 (perspective/X-ray vision), and medical applications."
"Lasers can even be directly used as offensive means."
This almost exhausted Law's limited knowledge of physics. But knowing was one thing, developing it was another. This could only serve as a clue for development. Developing Devil Fruit abilities, the first condition was daring to imagine, to derive new abilities from basic ones. How to derive required imagination. Due to the limitations of their respective knowledge, imagination naturally varied. But for Law, these were not problems. For any ability, he could conceive of the most terrifying derived abilities. He had lived in an era of information explosion; the last thing he lacked was imagination. But thinking of the distance from concept to execution, it was still a long, long way.
Besides developing Devil Fruit abilities based on the principle of rays, Law thought of many derived abilities: "The Op-Op Fruit's spatial cutting isn't a physical attack; it leans towards dimensional cutting, right?" Cutting and dissection were the basic abilities of the Op-Op Fruit, which Law naturally mastered best and understood most deeply.
"If I could develop a Dimensional Slash from this, that would be insane." Law couldn't help but fantasize: "If not only objects could be warped and teleported within space, but also non-physical entities, then true teleportation could be achieved. That would put me in an invincible position. If I could use my ability without manifesting a ROOM space, then the ability would be unstoppable."
"I already possess the ability to transfer others' minds and bodies. If I could directly attack souls, or even tamper with and delete others' memories, that would mean I could control anyone, like an emperor."
"With my current medical skills and ability, I might already be able to modify others' genes and bodies."
"With my current strength, I should be able to perform the Immortality Operation." Law smiled. Sacrificing himself to empower others—he wasn't that noble. But thinking in reverse, he couldn't help but get excited: "If I can grant others eternal life, can I also seize others' life force to grant myself eternal life?" Such an ability was what Law desired most. Strong individuals possessed power and women. But even strong individuals couldn't live forever. If one was both strong and could live forever, that would be a god. Law's current goal, or eternal goal, was to become an immortal strongman. No matter how difficult, he had to develop such an ability.
"I wonder what kind of abilities I'll have when my Devil Fruit awakens?" His mind wandered. Law admitted he was tempted by his own thoughts. Others spent their entire lives trying to conceive of a single derived ability, while Law's problem was thinking too much, having too many ideas, and not knowing where to start.
"Start with the abilities that are easier to develop." Overambition was a big taboo, and Law certainly knew that. What he needed more now were Devil Fruit abilities with powerful offensive capabilities; he needed to increase his strength. So his initial focus was on developing offensive-type abilities.
"ROOM." The space warped. The blade in his hand shimmered with electric arcs—a high-frequency surgical knife.
"X-rays are related to high-energy electromagnetic cannons." Law looked at the blade in his hand, which flickered with electric arcs: "But how do I develop it?" He was completely perplexed. Although he knew some physics, he didn't understand the fundamental principles of these rays. Perhaps only physics experts would know? There was nothing he could do. He could only explore step by step, from various angles.
"Hiss, hiss." The electric arcs on the blade grew thicker. The current and voltage continuously increased. He was now experimenting to see if increasing the current and voltage would lead to a qualitative change.
"Bang." The final result was that the iron sword in his hand shattered.
"Still no clues. Again." Law switched to another method, continuing to experiment. Luffy's Gear Second, Third, and Fourth weren't strictly derived abilities. They should be categorized as an enhancement of basic Devil Fruit abilities, a combination of the basic fruit and other capabilities. The abilities Law was currently developing were true derived abilities, almost completely unrelated to the basic abilities, with only the most subtle connections. To develop derived Devil Fruit abilities through such extremely minute connections was incredibly difficult. Once developed, it would be equivalent to possessing completely different abilities. Effort and reward were directly proportional.
"Bang." Another iron sword shattered. The ground was littered with fragments. For a day and a night, he experimented almost constantly, but with no progress.
"Again." Undiscouraged, Law never expected to develop it quickly. He was prepared for a prolonged battle; what he lacked least now was time.
"Bang." The iron sword shattered again.
"Law, what are you doing? Training?" Law frowned, looking at Ain in the courtyard: "Ain, why are you here?"
"I've been here for a long time," Ain rolled her white eyes. "You were too focused on training, so you didn't notice me."
"Is that so?"
"How strange, Law. What are you training?" Ain picked up the fragments of blades scattered on the ground.
"Just random training." On the Grand Line, one's abilities were one's trump card. Law didn't want others to know about the abilities he was developing, even though he hadn't actually developed them yet. His perfunctory reply caused Ain to pout and roll her eyes. He's trying to fool me.
"What? Has recruit camp training ended?" Law changed the subject.
"Oh, right!" Ain suddenly exclaimed: "It's already the comprehensive recruit camp assessment, and it's already started! I came to call you."
"Uh?" Law looked up in surprise at the rising sun on the horizon. A night passed without me realizing it? I was too focused?