CHAPTER 262: [262] : [BONUS] - THE MADS REUNION! THE STRONGEST SERAPHIM, WHITEBEARD! MOMONOSUKE!

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"WORORORO!"

A booming laugh echoed from the soul.

"The ’joy of the battlefield’... what a fine phrase," Kaido’s soul resonated.

"I thought that, being dead, I would never again see those lofty rulers dragged onto the battlefield. I didn’t expect you could even pull a soul from the underworld into the real world, Sky Sovereign Rowen. AS EXPECTED OF THE MAN WHO KILLED ME,"

Kaido’s soul laughed without restraint.

When Rowen found him in the underworld, Kaido had agreed to his terms with almost no hesitation.

WAR WITH THE WORLD GOVERNMENT??

TO START AN EPIC WAR??

THAT WAS HIS DREAM!

To be able to fulfill that dream even after death... even for a man like Kaido, this was the ultimate pirate’s romance.

"Vegapunk truly is a genius. A user of the Brain-Brain Fruit—to use the technology left behind from the Great Kingdom to create a super-weapon like the Seraphim..."

Rowen commented, looking at S-Hawk and S-Bear in their containers with some admiration.

The combat power of the Seraphim was incredibly formidable.

S-Bear’s combat strength even surpassed that of a top-tier Yonko Commander, capable of suppressing King the Wildfire and the others.

Not to mention the strongest of the Seraphim—S-Hawk—who possessed absolute Admiral-level combat strength.

For a man-made humanoid weapon to possess the peak-level combat power of this sea, Admiral-level strength... it was simply unbelievable.

It wasn’t just because of their ’Green Blood’, which allowed these Seraphim to replicate Paramecia Devil Fruit abilities.

It was also because these Seraphim all possessed incredibly strong Haki.

That’s right—this was the reason Rowen needed to create new Seraphim.

Seraphim could use Haki, because their bodies were real flesh and blood, created by infusing the bloodline of the so-called ’God Race’, the Lunarians.

Even Vegapunk’s assessment of these Seraphim wasn’t the Strongest Weapons, but—The Strongest Form of Humanity

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These Seraphim were artificially created super-humans, possessing the Lunarian bloodline and replicated Paramecia Devil Fruit abilities.

It was because they had super-strong Haki that their combat strength was so outrageous.

And the elemental Homies created by Rowen with the Soul-Soul Fruit, because they had no flesh and blood, couldn’t use Haki.

They could only wield the power of their element.

Kuzan, for example, whose soul had already mastered the "Desire to Freeze" within the Ice-Ice Fruit, could unleash the power of its awakened form through his new ice body.

But using Haki, or any form of martial arts, was impossible for him.

Like Conqueror’s Haki—a simple release required no physical support. Even Joy Boy, dead for 800 years, could still, through a ’knot’, release his Conqueror’s Haki across time.

But to use Haōshoku Coating for attack, required stamina and physical energy as support—that is, human flesh and blood.

Flesh and blood, and bloodline, were the foundation of humanity, containing the miracle of this life form.

Kaido, in life, was a user of the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Azure Dragon. After his death, everything was plundered by Rowen.

Kaido had forever lost his Azure Dragon body and the physical energy he had trained for years.

This was something no Devil Fruit could recreate—not even the combination of the Soul-Soul Fruit and the Revive-Revive Fruit could forge a new Azure Dragon body.

Rowen could, of course, send Kaido into battle right now. After all, the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Azure Dragon granted its user the ability to control natural elements.

Kaido’s control over fire, lightning, and hurricanes was very powerful.

Though Rowen didn’t have the power of hurricanes—he could use either the Flare-Flare Fruit or the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to create an elemental Homie body for Kaido.

With Kaido’s soul piloting it, he could still exert Admiral-level combat strength.

Especially a Flare-Flare Fruit elemental Homie, because he also had the Heat-Heat Fruit, Rowen could raise the temperature of this flame elemental Homie to a maximum of 10,000 degrees.

For Kaido to use such a body, the combat strength he could exert would be astonishing.

(Of course, heating it, the higher the temperature, the more of Rowen’s stamina it would consume—making it not so cost-effective.)

So the best way was still to create a Seraphim body for Kaido. A body that would allow him to once again wield his own terrifying Haki.

In Rowen’s vision, the Seraphim body for Kaido could be infused with a replicated Heat-Heat Fruit ability.

This fruit’s upper and lower limits were vast—Oven, because his martial arts and Haki were too weak, couldn’t effectively engage in close combat, thus appearing so powerless.

But Kaido... even if the Seraphim couldn’t yet replicate Conqueror’s Haki, his Armament Haki and Observation Haki were top-tier.

Plus, Kaido’s combat IQ was also top-tier, perfectly suited for a Devil Fruit like the Heat-Heat Fruit, with extremely high stats but relatively poor mobility.

Even if it couldn’t replicate his peak strength, a Seraphim Kaido would be far stronger than a regular Admiral.

Unfortunately, creating a new Seraphim at present was still not possible.

"If it’s research you need, I can help too," a tiny, timid voice said.

Little Hancock, S-Snake, fidgeted, her cheeks flushed as she refused to look directly at Rowen.

During the great battle, the moment she had laid eyes on him, the lineage factor inherited from the real Hancock had activated, making Little Hancock fall completely in love.

In that war, Little Hancock had barely taken any action afterwards.

After the battle, Rowen had plundered the control Trait that bound her, and she had willingly joined his side.

"You just need to be this cute. That’s enough," Rowen said, fondly patting Little Hancock’s head.

The little Empress was indeed adorable, her appearance exactly like Hancock’s as a child.

Of course, Rowen wasn’t that kind of man. He only felt a protective affection for the young-looking girl. Whether the Seraphim could age and grow, he would verify later.

If not, Rowen would find a way to make Little Empress grow.

"C-Cute..." Little Hancock covered her face, blushing, full of happiness.

"How unbelievable... the emotion of love can be inherited through the lineage factor. It seems there are still many things we haven’t discovered about the lineage factor—" Queen commented, looking at Little Hancock with a sense of wonder.

"Kaido-sama... you’ll just have to wait a little longer," King said, his face full of guilt.

FWOOSH!

A terrifying flame rose. Under the power of the Flare-Flare Fruit, a flame body appeared.

WHOOSH!

The Soul-Soul Fruit’s ability activated, and Kaido’s soul entered this flame body.

"WORORORO! DON’T LOOK LIKE THAT, KING! YOU—ARE MY RIGHT HAND!" Kaido laughed heartily.

For a flame body, Kaido had no discomfort at all.

After all, his Strongest attack, Flame Dragon Torch, had involved fusing his Azure Dragon body with flames.

Just that in this form, Kaido couldn’t use Haki, so his combat strength was no different from Kuzan’s.

Unless Rowen was willing to expend a large amount of stamina to heat Kaido’s flame body to a higher temperature, but the cost-effectiveness was clearly not high.

Comparatively, creating a new Seraphim was the best way to maximize Kaido’s power.

Whitebeard was the same.

This man’s Observation Haki and Armament Haki were also top-tier, but in the Summit War, due to the excessive deterioration of his physical functions, they were not brought to bear at all.

To create a Seraphim body for Whitebeard, infuse a replicated Tremor-Tremor Fruit into it, plus his Armament Haki and Observation Haki—

—Even if it couldn’t replicate his peak strength, the combination of full-power Haki and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit would make him even more terrifying than he had been at the Summit War.

A Seraphim Whitebeard, with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, would still be an Emperor-level threat.

He would absolutely be the Strongest Seraphim.

This was why Rowen was so intent on researching them.

As for Queen and King?

The moment they saw Kaido’s soul, they had immediately pledged their allegiance to Rowen.

To fulfill Kaido-sama’s dream was also their dream.

They had thought that with Kaido’s death, this dream could never be fulfilled, but now there was a new chance—of course, they had to give it their all.

Queen was also a member of Vegapunk’s research institute MADS, and had also studied the lineage factor. And King’s Lunarian bloodline was key to researching the Seraphim.

And the last of the three All-Stars...

"KAIDO-SAMA! ROWEN-SAMA! I’VE BROUGHT THIS GUY OVER!" A full-throated roar sounded.

"K-Kaido??"

The newcomer, shackled with Seastone cuffs, his eyes bulged upon seeing Kaido.

"Yo, Caesar. Long time no see," Queen looked at Caesar with a villainous expression.

It was one of the core researcher from Vegapunk’s MADS laboratory.

User of the Logia Gas-Gas Fruit, Caesar Clown.

"So the only core member of MADS left is Vegapunk himself," Rowen smiled.

And Caesar had also brought Rowen a gift.

Kozuki Momonosuke.

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