One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 303

Chapter 303: [303] : The Drums of Liberation, The Ancient Robot Awakens, Seraphim Whitebeard

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I know, I know... I’m surprised too!

But I did promise we’d finish this. The time is uncertain, if it were up to me, I’d have already dropped the remaining Chapters. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

One more thing: I’ll be dropping the new fanfic ’Marvel’ today. it is so good, and if you enjoyed The Strongest Trait, you’ll definitely enjoy this one.

Best regards.

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In the New World, at the headquarters of the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet.

Two new islands now flanked the central island that Rowen had chosen as his main base. One was the sea-level island of Egghead, and the other was the man-made Sky Island that housed Vegapunk’s laboratory.

With the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit, Rowen’s current strength allowed him to easily move—Egghead, Vegapunk’s lab—and even Punk Records to his new headquarters.

The traitor among Vegapunk’s satellites—York—had been executed.

Afterward, Vegapunk had not created a new vessel for his desires.

After this incident, Vegapunk had come to a clear understanding. To separate a person’s desires and concentrate them into a single vessel—even if he created a new desire satellite, it would inevitably betray him in the end.

York, driven by her desire to become a Celestial Dragon, to stand above all others, had chosen to betray the other satellites and trade with the Five Elders.

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The title of "Celestial Dragon" was an identity.

In the 800 years since the founding of the World Government, it wasn’t just the descendants of the original twenty kings who were Celestial Dragons. Just as Doflamingo’s father and Vivi’s ancestors, once they renounced their status and left Mariejois, were no longer considered Celestial Dragons—the World Nobles also absorbed others into their ranks.

Some members of the God’s Knights, for example, were powerhouses handpicked by the World Government from all over the world, then elevated to the status of Celestial Dragon.

In reality, who was a Celestial Dragon was a matter of Imu’s word. The entire World Government was under Imu’s complete control.

Anyone Imu acknowledged was a Celestial Dragon. And anyone Imu disowned, along with their entire family, would be stripped of their status.

York—as one of Vegapunk’s satellites—naturally knew this.

It was because of this that York had intended to trade Vegapunk’s research—the Mother Flame and his studies on the erased Void Century from Ohara—in exchange for the status of a Celestial Dragon.

This wasn’t even about whether York was good or bad—it was the inevitable outcome of her being a vessel for Vegapunk’s desires. As the vessel for all of Vegapunk’s desires, with the passage of time, those desires would inevitably swell.

As the saying goes, a man’s heart is never satisfied.

Human desire is constantly expanding.

But that was for ordinary people. York was completely different... As Vegapunk’s desire satellite, York was the manifestation of Vegapunk’s desires—her entire being, body and soul, was nothing but desire.

In such a state, it was naturally impossible for her to control her own desires. She would only, as her desires expanded, choose to completely fall.

This was an inevitable process, something that could not be changed by any technology or method.

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While the separation of his mind into satellites had its advantages, it also brought a variety of hidden dangers.

Even Vegapunk, with his profound research into Devil Fruits, couldn’t have fully understood this without experiencing it firsthand.

York was the vessel for his desires, but she was ultimately a part of himself.

How could a person harm themselves?

It was because of this that Vegapunk, after creating the satellites, had no guard up against York.

After this incident, Vegapunk understood.

Once desire reached a certain level, it could betray even oneself. Especially a desire that had been separated and was no longer under one’s control.

So, after arriving here, Vegapunk did not create a new desire satellite.

Instead, he placed his desires back into his brain.

Though this meant that he and his other satellites would once again have to complete various physiological activities like eating, which would delay some research time—compared to the terrifying side effects, this was completely acceptable.

If York had been given more time, who knew to what horrifying extent her desires would have swelled, what crazy things she might have done.

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At this moment, Vegapunk was studying the latest Seraphim.

Codename: S-Whitebeard.

Using the Lunarian Lineage Factor he had already stored, and the latest Lineage Factor from King, plus Whitebeard’s own Lineage Factor and the Lineage Factor of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, they had jointly created this Seraphim.

(Whitebeard’s Lineage Factor was extracted from Whitebeard’s body by Rowen before his burial.)

With these elements, the latest Seraphim created would have the appearance of a young Whitebeard. And the Green Blood could replicate the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and integrate it into the Seraphim, S-Whitebeard’s body.

Like the other Seraphim, this body could also use Armament Haki and Observation Haki.

As for Conqueror’s Haki, like Kaido, Rowen’s Conqueror’s Haki also contained the portion that belonged to Whitebeard. He just needed to cut this part off, and Whitebeard would be able to use Conqueror’s Haki.

Big Mom’s Seraphim—S-MAMA—was also under construction.

Because it was also a Paramecia Devil Fruit.

Once these two Seraphim were successfully created, whether it was S-MAMA or S-Whitebeard—they could both replicate the combat power of the original Whitebeard and Big Mom!

And like Kaido, Whitebeard and Big Mom had experienced life and death, and their spiritual power had undergone a qualitative change.

Their Haki would be stronger than in their prime.

Big Mom’s Haki was not her strong suit—she relied on her terrifying stats to fight, a stat monster with poor combat ability.

Her Haki, among the Four Emperors, was undoubtedly at the bottom.

Now, after experiencing life and death, Big Mom’s Haki had also improved, at least largely compensating for this shortcoming.

Though because of her poor combat intelligence, in actual combat, she still couldn’t fully exert the combat power represented by her stats, just as when she was alive.

But as long as she could fully use Conqueror’s Haki and the Soul-Soul Fruit’s ability—S-MAMA’s combat power was that of a peak Admiral level.

S-Whitebeard was even more terrifying.

If he could break this boundary, combined with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit—Whitebeard would undoubtedly become the second Legendary-Class powerhouse in the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet after Rowen.

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The Strongest Trait System could easily check the Traits possessed by this Ancient Robot.

Haki Knot (Apex Gold) (One-time use): "A Conqueror’s Haki knot stored by Joy Boy across time and space. Once opened, it can erupt with Joy Boy’s Conqueror’s Haki. Because Joy Boy is already dead, his Conqueror’s Haki has no source to support it. It can only be released once, then it will completely dissipate."

To tie Conqueror’s Haki into a knot, store it, and then release it, Rowen had been able to do it for a long time.

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