Fruit of the Judgment

In the happy atmosphere of talking and flirting with a particular mad scientist, Longinus soon met the one, Dr. Vegapunk, the legendary ultra-scientist who preceded human intelligence by five hundred years.

With an ordinary, unexceptional face and a clean-cut outfit, it's hard to imagine that the person in front of you is a legendary figure like Vegapunk just by looking at his appearance.

"Vice Admiral Borsalino." Vegapunk gave a slight nod as a greeting.

Borsalino knew the other man's personality and didn't care, introducing him warmly, "Dr. Vegapunk, this is Commodore Longinus, our marine superstar, who will also be in charge of some of the base's escort duties in the future."

"I know, Gorosei have told me." Vegapunk shoved his hands in his jacket pockets and turned calmly, "Come with me."

"Vice Admiral Borsalino, this is?" Longinus followed in his footsteps, asking questions to the side.

"Doesn't Commodore Longinus know yet?" Borsalino smiled crookedly, "It's the government's reward for your outstanding contribution in the last incident, the Devil Fruit item."

"Devil Fruit items?" Longinus couldn't help but focus on the figure in front of him, "I knew about this, I just didn't realize that Dr. Vegapunk had already developed it?"

"It's not a great technology, but it can be done by ordinary people if they understand the principles." Vegapunk said without looking back.

"The ordinary people that Vegapunk speaks of are probably referring to the category of Caesar and Judge!" Longinus thought speechlessly.

It has to say that the base filled with so much science fiction that for a moment, Longinus wondered if he had traveled into the future.

"Actually, the Science Force's base is not the only one," Polusarino walked as he gave Longinus a lecture, "After all, there are many things that the government wants to study, and even a genius like Dr. Vegapunk can't touch God's forbidden zone in every field."

"God's forbidden zone?"

"Have you heard of the Lineage Factor? That kind of power is the forbidden zone of God!"

"Here we are, have you thought about what kind of fruit to pick as an addition to your power?" Vegapunk paused in his tracks and asked.

"Fruits?" Longinus takes stock of the room, which is beyond the color of time, and then asks, "What fruits are there that I can acquire?"

"To your credit Commodore Longinus, most of the fruits of the headquarters and government inventory will be open to you." Borsalino took out a list and handed it over.

Longinus took the list and browsed through it roughly, looking up and asking, "No Logia?"

"It's not just Logia, neither is Mythical Type." Borsalino spread his hands, "If it's Commodore Longinus yourself who wants to eat it, that's naturally fine, but it's a bit too excessive just for Devil Fruit items."

"That's true, I was the one who took it for granted." Longinus nodded in understanding that strategic goods like Logia and Mythical Type were scarce even for headquarters and the government.

When he finished, Longinus looked down.

"Dr. Vegapunk, are there several studies you're currently conducting that you need my assistance with?" Seeing that Longinus was in deep thought, Borsalino asked the bespectacled Vegapunk.

"It's too weak, the experimental material is too weak." Vegapunk put his hands in his pockets and said indifferently, "Ordinary death row prisoners can't handle the power you have."

"So I'll go to Impel Down and bring you some powerful death row inmates?"

Vegapunk shook his head and said, "Too powerful for us to control, that research may have to stop for a while until we find a strong man who can be voluntarily transformed!"

"Oh~ That is indeed not a good idea." Borsalino didn't care; he had done what he was supposed to do anyway, so he left the rest to Gorosei to worry about that.

"As for the other human giganticization study, it will be taken over by Caesar."

"Dr. Caesar?" Looking at Caesar, who was not linked to dependability by any means, it filled Borsalino's voice with distrust.

"This is the kind of research that only the world's number one scientist can do, and he, Vegapunk, still knows his place!" Caesar laughed like a pig. "Shurororororo!"

"That's a shame, losing you Doctor, I wonder how long that study will be delayed again!"

"Science isn't magic, and even if that group of politicians couldn't wait any longer, I wouldn't be able to conjure up that technology for them any time soon."

Borsalino got it, and it seemed that it was that idiot Caesar who had made assurances that were beyond his capabilities.

Politicians who don't know anything about anything are the ones who eat this crap, they only care about results and time, and feasibility is never their concern.

"These two bastards, how dare they completely ignore this genius!" Caesar was roaring madly inside, "Unforgivable, unforgivable!"

"That's it, Fruit of Judgment!" Longinus's voice sounded at the right time, interrupting several people's conversations.

"The fruit of the judgement?" Borsalino's face darkened sharply, "Why did you choose this fruit, Commodore Longinus?"

"Of course because it's strong enough, a weak power I don't despise." Longinus smiled.

"Even the fruit that has been named Devil, this Fruit of Judgment, as usual, is as those devil swords are among the famous swords, demonic and nuisance to the owner!" Borsalino said seriously.

"The Devil Fruit is one that affects the minds of the capable to a certain extent." Longinus spoke freely, "This Fruit of Judgment, on the other hand, is the best of the lot, and those who have eaten of it have become immensely reverent of justice because of that unknown power."

"Or even, you could say, to extreme justice."

"Any slightest bit of evil will suffer the absolute punishment of the ability user, and in the end, the ability user will even judge itself along with it because it cannot endure the evil within itself!"

"You could say it's an extreme double-edged sword!"

"That's right, no one in this world is absolutely righteous, and no matter how perfect a person is, there will still be times when they make mistakes." Borsalino warned, "Even though it's made into a devil fruit item, there's a high probability that you'll need to suffer inner torture every time you use that power."

"So, your decision now is ...."

"Try it." Longinus sprinkled an easy smile, "It's not like eating the devil fruit, so if it really doesn't work, just use it as little as possible in the future."

"Besides, if I would be easily influenced by the devil fruit, it means I'm only a man of that level."