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OPI Chapter 102: The Birth of Kabane Warriors
🕑 Added 2024-01-28 00:25:19 +0000 UTCEveryone's eyes were focused on Gus, who acted very indifferently. After watching two examples in a row, he has relaxed and probably already has a clear understanding of the virus.
"Let's move on." Dr. Fritz urged.
The procedure was the same as before. Gus groaned, feeling the pain in his chest as if he were being consumed by fire, but he managed to endure it by gritting his teeth.
Finally, the process came to an end. The heart was completely transformed, and the skin on the chest became a transparent steel membrane. The intense pain disappeared, leaving a sensation of warmth throughout the body and a palpable strength in every muscle.
"Concentrate, your life or death will be determined next, try to stop the blood from the left carotid artery from invading the brain!" Dr. Fritz recalled out loud, attracting Gus's attention.
"Good!" Gus's eyes suddenly focused. He tilted his head and peered at the left carotid artery, immersing his awareness in his own body.
He began to try to control the left carotid artery and the high-temperature blood in it and found that the process was not difficult.
Even though the arteries had strengthened into steel membranes and the blood boiled like hot water, they were still blood vessels, and the blood was still under the control of the Seimei Kikan.
"Did he make it?"
From the perspective of Dr. Fritz and other people outside the cell, as soon as he said the reminder, the expansion of the bright light on Gus's body stopped at the collarbone and remained motionless.
This did not affect his eyes or brain, but a large amount of sticky black threads were secreted from his body, quickly condensing into a shiny armor on his bare chest.
This is a biological exoskeleton!
"I think it should be okay, please help me loosen it." Gus raised his head and showed a bright smile of joy. He survived!
The only one among the three test subjects who survived!
"Hahahahahaha!"
Dr. Fritz was overjoyed when he heard this. He hugged Senior Director Addison beside him and shouted: "Our Kabane warriors succeeded!"
"Yes, I didn't expect it to be possible. We have achieved a great feat." Addison looked at Steve Gus, who stood up slowly, and sighed. "You must master the Seimei Kikan in order to adapt to the Kabane virus. This condition is a bit high."
“No, that’s not right!” Dr. Fritz intervened, and with an excited smile still on his face said: "The first test subject demonstrated that the negative emotions of the Kabane virus can be suppressed as long as the willpower is strong enough."
"And Gus showed that blocking the left carotid artery can prevent the virus from reaching the brain. This can also be achieved physically, such as with a leash."
At that moment, Steve Gus came out of the cell. The bright blue light on his chest and the networks of glowing blood vessels were a beautiful sight to Dr. Fritz.
"Doctor, there is actually another problem, and that is severe pain. Most people can't bear that kind of pain. Once they lose consciousness, it will be useless even if they master the Seimei Kikan." Gus said in a deep voice.
"In fact." Dr. Fritz nodded in approval. Although he had not experienced it, he could imagine how painful it would be to have fire or lava flowing in the body.
"It also helped me awaken Haki. The ability to sense the breathing and emotions of people around me. I guess it's Kenbunshoku Haki, right?"
…
While Imu reviewed the documents that were sent to him by the Five Elders for approval. He found a report that caught his attention.
Due to the huge number of new construction projects, the Building Department requires too much manpower. Although they have the help of various machinery, workers are the main force in construction. But where could the Building Department get so much labor at once?
So Director Maxwell of the Construction Department submitted an application to transfer people from Tequila Wolf.
However, the problem was that the Tequila Wolf matter had been established by Imu shortly after the founding of the World Government. The Five Elders, who knew this story, did not dare to make decisions on their own and simply sent him the report.
“Hey, I’m still looking for a chance to let them go.” Imu looked at the report and smiled helplessly. In his opinion, it was too much to arrest everyone in a country just because they couldn't pay the heavenly tribute, and then sentence them to life in prison and hard labor until death.
However, his idea was to free only ordinary citizens; members of royalty and nobility were excluded. When the time came, he would allow the World Government to elect a suitable new king.
According to the memory of the previous Imu, the mermaid princess eight hundred years ago made a great prophecy.
She had predicted that the East Blue would be devastated by a tsunami that sweeps away all the kingdoms and islands, much more terrifying than the Aqua Laguna in Water 7.
Therefore, the previous Imu had decided to connect most of the East Blue islands with a large bridge to quickly evacuate the population in case the tsunami arrived.
According to his memory, it was not out of compassion towards the commoners, but simply from the ruler's point of view. If all the people of the East Blue were wiped out, the losses for the World Government would be enormous.
But no matter how he thinks about it, Imu now feels that this is a great good project, and there is no guarantee that it will really save the lives of all the people in the East Blue in the future.
Although the future must have undergone irreversible changes, who knows whether this world-destroying tsunami was artificially caused or caused by nature?
As for questioning the authenticity of this great prophecy, don't be ridiculous. Imu has the ability to see the future for a short period of time, so why should there be doubt that anyone can make prophecies?
Predicting the future is a real power in this world.
"Although releasing most of the innocent people from Tequila Wolf may alleviate the pressure on the labor shortage, but where will the labor that will be needed for the Department of Construction's future large projects come from?" Imu was lost in thought.
“Since the laying of the Maritime Train rails is one of the main projects that requires more labor, and is carried out at sea, the fish-men and merfolk should be able to help a lot. It's always more efficient than human workers, right?"
"Since the relationship between the world government and Fishman Island was so good, there would be no problem paying them to help lay the tracks in the sea, right?"
Imu kept this idea in his mind, ready to order the Five Elders to act later.
"As for the shortage of manpower for other projects..." Imu continued to reflect for a moment until an idea flashed in his mind. "There are hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Impel Down, wasting resources day after day under torture in the underground dungeons, feeding and watering them. It's a complete waste of resources "
"Those prisoners with a bounty of more than 100 million cannot be moved. Anyway, the vast majority are still the prisoners on the first four floors with a bounty of less than 50 million."
"Coupled with Taklama's devil fruit ability, one could have hundreds of thousands of absolutely obedient prisoners to be reformed through labor."
To Imu, the prisoners of Impel Down and the citizens of Tequila Wolf were totally different.
For the latter, as a person who has transmigrated from a modern world, he was willing to show some mercy, but for the former, he would use them mercilessly, even to death.
At this moment, Imu suddenly remembered a person.
“Speaking of construction, I remember that Doflamingo seemed to have a member in his group who could help a lot in this regard.”
Now Imu actually found Doflamingo very useful. He not only provided information about the Underworld to the World Government and oversaw the construction and management of weapons factories in the North Blue, but he could also provide talents.
…
[Whoo-whoo! Whoo-whoo!]
The sound of the whistle indicating the departure of the train rang again in the ears of the people, as it slowly left the city.
On both sides of the tracks, there were still a large number of people cheering and saying goodbye to the Karikatashuu members and Amatori Biba.
They had all witnessed yesterday's battle or heard about it. When the Karikatashuu had returned victorious after facing the Kabane in the field and defeating them, the respect they already felt towards them was transformed into even greater admiration.
“Ah, are you Europeans? It’s really rare.”
In the last carriage of the Koutetsujou, the passengers were surprised to see a couple, a man and a woman, who although they were wearing thick cloth kimonos, their facial features and hair were clearly different from those of the Orientals.
“Yes, we are going to visit relatives in Kongoukaku, so we decided to go on this train. The main reason is that we are escorted by the Karikatashuu, which makes us feel safe.”
The beautiful blonde woman spoke while showing an admiring expression, causing general agreement among the other passengers in the carriage.
“That’s right, that’s right. I really didn’t expect that Mr. Biba would be willing to escort us. He is indeed the son of the Shogun, and his heart is kind!”
With just a word of praise for the Karikatashuu, the two stowaways, Marta and Laskey, were easily accepted by the others and integrated.
In fact, they did not expect things to develop like this. The Kokujou of the Karikatashuu actually took the lead and offered to escort the Koutetsujou they were on.
But no matter what, this is indeed a good thing for the two of them. In this way, all the key goals are on one train.
The most critical point is that the Koutetsujou is not fully militarized like the Kokujou. There are a large number of civilians, giving the two a chance to infiltrate.
They created an identity for themselves as a Japanese resident and a survivor of Europa. After everyone was almost on the train, they quietly entered the carriage avoiding the inspection of the soldiers.
For the civilians, if someone was inside the train, it meant that they had been searched, so they did not suspect the two.
Once the train started moving, even if the soldiers came to patrol later, they would only assume that the two had been inspected by others and would not stop the train to expel them.
In this way, Laskey and Marta can finally have a comfortable place to rest, and because the carriage is at the end, it is very convenient for them to move in secret.
But the bed was made of iron, which made them feel uncomfortable even when sitting.
Due to the bustle of the crowd, the two were unable to talk about important matters, so they simply stayed in their bunks, with Laskey lying there resting, while Marta chatted and laughed with the people around.
Not to mention, maybe she is good at obtaining information through communication. Marta really found out some useful information in a few hours of communication.
For example, there were two people on the train who were clearly Kabane, but they are normal and rational and call themselves Kabaneri.
When these young men were mentioned, the eyes of those around them showed a certain disgust or, rather, a more pronounced fear.
'I see, those people with the aura of Kabane are called Kabaneri?' Laskey, who was still closing his eyes, thought to himself. 'A half-human, half-Kabane existence looks nothing more than that.'
