Chapter 447 - 286

Chapter 287: Gamma Knife!Caesar stared fixedly at his own heart, which was being held tightly in Law's hand."I'll talk... I'll tell you everything!"His voice was sharp with pain and fear."Doflamingo... Joker! He had me presiding over the production of 'SMILE' raw materials here!""SMILE?"Law's brow furrowed imperceptibly; the word instinctively made him think of a certain twisted "SMILE.""It... it's the Artificial Devil Fruit!""The real core isn't the finished fruit! It's 'SAD'!""A type of life essence synthesized through a special biochemical process! It's the key culture medium that allows ordinary fruit to be 'infected' and mutate into imitation Devil Fruits!"Monet closed her eyes and let out a painful sigh, not because her heart was being held, but out of despair.The Young Master's secret, one of the family's lifelines, was being stripped bare by a traitor and an enemy."Where is the factory?" Law's voice was as cold and hard as iron.Caesar with difficulty raised a trembling finger, pointing toward an alloy secret door deep within the laboratory that almost blended into the wall."Over... over there!""Open the entrance."Law commanded, slightly loosening his suppression of Caesar's heart, though it remained firmly in his grasp.Caesar scrambled to the control console, completing the fingerprint, iris, and voice verification in one go."Sir... I've done everything! Can... can you give me back my heart?" Caesar pleaded.Law did not answer. He stood up and sealed the two hearts into two small, instantly generated transparent ROOM force field spheres, which hovered by his side.He glanced at Monet, who was also looking at him, her golden eyes filled with a resolute death wish and a hint of... almost liberating peace."You can choose suicide!!"Law said to Monet, his voice flat."Or, stay alive and see all of this end with your own eyes!!!"With that, he picked up the nearly limp Caesar with one hand as if he were a piece of experimental equipment and stepped into the secret passage.The passage was extremely deep, winding downward.After about five minutes, the path ahead suddenly opened up.A massive underground void appeared before them.The sight was a combination of hell and a factory.In the center of the void stood several transparent cylindrical culture tanks over ten meters high, filled with a viscous, constantly color-shifting liquid—the SAD raw liquid.Countless pipes of various thicknesses extended from the tanks like blood vessels and nerves, connecting to complex centrifugal, filtration, and catalytic equipment all around.Dozens of workers in fully sealed protective suits were busy among the machinery, completely unaware of Law and Caesar's arrival."De... destroying any one of the main tanks here will paralyze the SAD production line for at least half a year!"Caesar tremblingly pointed to a giant tank labeled "Main Reactor.""But, but the tank itself is made of high-strength composite material and the internal pressure is extremely high. Forcing its destruction will trigger a massive explosion and toxic gas leak; this entire Ice-Fire Island might..."Law released Caesar, letting him collapse to the floor.He stepped forward a few paces, his right hand resting on his sword hilt and his feet apart, as his aura became even more piercing."ROOM."A whisper fell.An unprecedentedly massive, pale blue hemispherical force field expanded outward with him as the center!In an instant, it enveloped the entire underground factory, encompassing all the culture tanks, equipment, pipes, and even the terrified workers and the slumped Caesar!His gaze was as sharp as a scalpel, performing a thorough "scan" and "diagnosis" of the entire factory."Amputation: Gamma Cut!"The moment the words fell, a dazzling blue light suddenly flared within the factory."—Swish!!"The entire factory, along with the majestic snow-capped mountain outside, was instantly sliced in two!Chemical reactions ceased.Energy cycles collapsed.The roar of the factory rapidly diminished into a dying murmur before falling into a dead silence. Only the emergency red lights began to rotate and flash, emitting a piercing alarm.Law lowered his blade. The massive ROOM force field slowly contracted and dissipated.He glanced at the ashen-faced Caesar.Without a word, Law turned and headed back the way he came.The small force field sphere hovering by his side, containing Caesar's heart, silently shattered and annihilated with a snap of his fingers.Behind him, the slumped Caesar's eyes suddenly widened as he clutched his chest; after a few violent convulsions, he fell silent forever.In the passage leading back to the laboratory, Law's footsteps were steady.Law raised his hand, looking at the other heart in the force field sphere in his palm—the one entwined with snowflakes, still pulsing slowly."Next..."He murmured to himself, the cold light in his eyes undiminished... the Frozen Zone!That mountain peak, hundreds of meters high and covered in eternal frost, now displayed an absolutely smooth, mirror-like circular cross-section.The section shimmered with a faint, fleeting ghostly blue residual light.Immediately after, the massive upper half of the mountain slid slowly and steadily down that perfect cut, detached, and finally crashed down!"Rumble—!!!"Hundreds of millions of tons of rock and ice smashed onto the frozen ground below, triggering secondary collapses and a violent shockwave. The entire island seemed to tremble slightly under the impact.On the other side, the Volcanic Zone!!"Wow! This dragon steak is awesome!"Luffy's mouth was stuffed with fragrant, oily roasted dragon meat, a giant rib in his hand, his eyes crinkled in a wide grin.Zoro leaned against a rock, slowly eating a relatively refined slice of dragon tenderloin and drinking wine he'd found from somewhere, his gaze occasionally drifting toward the depths of the island.Chopper and Usopp were arguing over which part of the meat was tastier, while Robin and Utawatched the boisterous figure ahead with affection in their eyes.Just then—Boom!!!The distant roar and the tremor arrived simultaneously!"Uwah!"Luffy nearly choked on the meat in his mouth and jumped up, looking at the massive pillar of dust rising from the center of the island."What happened? A new monster? Or an even bigger dragon?!"Zoro instantly gripped his sword hilt, his sharp gaze fixed on the direction of the smoke and dust.In both their eyes, a strange red glow flashed and vanished!!Zoro stood up, sensing the faint but peculiar vibration in the air that made his blades hum."Tsk tsk, that guy... seems to have done something incredible."...Sea Area · Steel WarshipThe observation soldier on the lookout tower spoke with a voice full of terror and disbelief:"Report! In the center of the main island of Punk Hazard, an iconic mountain peak has suddenly... suddenly fractured and collapsed! The cause is unknown!"On the deck, everyone had already been startled by the earth-shattering roar and the visible pillar of dust.Zephyr stood at the bow, his white cloak dancing wildly in the airwaves from the blast, his mechanical arm's fingers tightening with the sound of metal grinding."It's not shelling, nor is it volcanic activity..."His eyes narrowed at the abnormally smooth mountain cross-section shimmering through the dust."That kind of cut... is it an extremely sharp'slash'? Or a Devil Fruit ability?"Kuzan had stood up from his lounge chair at some point, his sleep mask pushed to his forehead, completely awake.He stared at the island, his gaze seemingly able to pierce through the smoke."Arara... that kind of clean and efficient feeling is quite rare. It's as if a piece of space itself... was cut away."He murmured to himself, thinking of a troublesome possibility.Smoker bit down on his cigars, his expression grim.Cold, precise, with a scalpel-like chill, and a unique vibration that controlled space.This feeling... "Trafalgar Law..."Smoker ground out the name between his teeth, his cigars becoming deformed from the bite.Then, an even more scorching thought erupted like a volcano.If Law was here, then... "straw hat... Luffy!!!"The roar burst from his throat! Smoker's entire body instantly erupted into billowing smoke, his lower half completely elementalizing!"Vice Admiral Smoker?!" Tashigi exclaimed nearby."They're on the island!"Smoker didn't have time to explain; the obsession formed over years of pursuit drove him to turn into a straight white pillar of smoke, blasting off the deck and streaking across the sea at incredible speed toward the coast of Punk Hazard!He was going to personally capture that Straw Hatkid who had slipped away time and again and was now called an Emperor!"Wait! Vice Admiral Smoker! It's too dangerous! The situation on the island is unclear!"Tashigi was frantic; without any hesitation, she slammed her foot against the deck."Moonwalk!"Her figure took to the air, the atmosphere beneath her feet exploding in rings of airwaves as she pursued Smoker's smoke with all her might.But how could the speed of her Moonwalkcompare to the full-speed sprint of a Logia elementalization?The distance rapidly widened, and she could only watch as the white smoke vanished into the dust and steam permeating the island."That impatient idiot!"Zephyr snorted coldly but gave a decisive order."All troops, prepare for landing! Follow Smoker! Maintain high alert!""What a mess."Kuzan sighed, but his body began to emit a piercing chill, frost condensing on the deck beneath him."Well... let's go see the show."