The "Human Beyond" Project

Inside the empty room, there were only two figures.

Silver-white mechanical bed, occasionally bursting out a few jumping sparks and arcs of electricity.

"What an amazingly perfect body, Vice Admiral Longinus, are you really not going to consider my suggestion anymore?" Looking at the data on the instrument statement, Vegapunk lamented mixed with a little longing asked.

"It's better to dispense with it." Longinus got up from the mechanical bed and put on his coat of justice, finally isolating the glaring eyes of Vegapunk, "I am quite satisfied with my human identity, and have no intention of changing it for the time being."

"The more powerful humans are, the more they will fail at unpredictable things, such as disease, or time, like that Pirate King Roger, who falls on the most unlikely of diseases, isn't it? You can change all this unless ..." Vegapunk persuaded undyingly, "beyond the human!"

"That's fine." Longinus smiled gently, "When I can't live any longer, I'll come back to seek your help, Doctor!"

"Okay." Vegapunk also no longer insists, "even without mechanical transformation, with your talent, it is entirely possible to achieve our 'human beyond' plan!"

"So, I've come to see you, Doctor, haven't I?"

"What you brought back this time does verify some of my suspicions." Vegapunk picked up the incubator on the lab table beside him and put it in front of his eyes; inside were pieces of flesh and blood, still squirming and stretching disgustingly.

"Something like Haki is an innate talent of all humans, but its role should never be as simple as a weapon, more so, it should be to achieve a leap in the level of life!"

"A leap in the level of life?"

"For example, Busoshoku Haki. The strengthening of the body will promote the growth of Busoshoku, and when Busoshoku grows to a certain stage, it can in turn stimulate the evolution of the body."

"Just like these pieces of shredded flesh you brought back, obviously have lost all life activity, but under the stimulation of life force, it can grow and recover on its own, this ability has almost exceeded the scope of human beings."

"Doctor means that the owner of this piece can recover from a fatal injury if she gets enough life force is?" Longinus asked with narrowed eyes.

"I know, you want to ask BIG-MOM right?" Vegapunk pondered for a moment and said, "It seems to me that she should indeed be dead."

"These shreds of flesh do not recover very quickly, and with that kind of devastating injury, her consciousness would quickly disappear and perish." Vegapunk used tweezers to remove a small fragment from the petri dish, and the flashlight-type instrument held in his left hand projected some light on the shredded flesh into mid-air.

It is a stereoscopic projection of the minced flesh magnified countless times, in this case, to see the slow growth of the minced flesh vaguely.

"That is, even if her body could eventually recover, it would be nothing more than a shell without a soul, and the best outcome would be to become what is usually medically referred to as a vegetative person."

"A vegetative person?" Longinus was slightly relieved and then asked curiously, "So does the Doctor know about Kaido? Is his immortality also the result of Busoshoku Haki feedback itself?"

"Scientific research is based on rational speculation and feasible verification, and unless you can bring me back information about Kaido's life, I can't give an accurate answer." Vegapunk's eyes glanced searingly at Longinus.

"I can defeat BIG-MOM is pure luck, I will not be arrogant to think that I can really surpass Kaido and Whitebeard above!" Longinus shook his head while his heart was secretly thinking. He can defeat BIG-MOM mainly because of the other party's weaknesses. If he wants to attack Kaido, do we have to take advantage of his fondness for drunkenness?

"Just because it doesn't work now, doesn't mean it won't work later." Vegapunk smiled steadily, "The biggest advantage of a scientific researcher like me is also patience!"

"Then I'll try to find the opportunity later, I guess."

"By the way, Doctor." Longinus suddenly asked, "Is the steel balloon-like talent I mentioned to you before also the result of Busoshoku Haki transforming itself?"

"Should not be." Vegapunk frowned and replied, "Haki for the body's transformation that is permanent, is the genetic level, just like this shredded flesh, even from the master's body, can continue to recover with the help of external energy."

"But you said that the steel-like defensive power would temporarily disappear after leaving her mind. That means that this ability was actually triggered by her voluntarily."

Vegapunk pondered for a moment, suddenly asked, " Vice Admiral Longinus, how do you usually use the energy of Busoshoku Haki?"

"Probably ... imagine it as invisible armor over the body, developed to an advanced stage, but also to make this armor move like running water." Longinus expressed in organized language.

"Then can you incorporate this armor into your own body?"

"I could, but it's too difficult!" Longinus explained, "Change Busoshoku Haki into armor over the body, you would need to control only the output and distribution of Haki to do so, but to incorporate this armor into the body, it is necessary to fuse each strand of Haki with muscle bundles, bones and blood."

"To do this, it is only possible with full concentration on manipulating Haki, and in battle, there will be no such energy to ..." Longinus took a deep breath and said, "I see, BIG-MOM's Steel Balloon talent turns out to be such a thing?"

Vegapunk nodded, "It seems that I was not wrong in thinking that she should have the talent to use two minds at once!"

"Two minds in one?" Longinus looked odd and whispered, "If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about, just in case she's ..."

"Hmm? What did you say?"

"Huh? It's nothing." Longinus quickly changed his smile and asked, "Doesn't this mean that if I can also do 'two minds in one', that's a talent that I can actually master?"

"I'm not sure about that, from your previous description, it should only be possible with the highest level of one-mindedness, but ..." said Vegapunk, "if it's you, maybe it's indeed possible ."

"Like I didn't finish at the beginning, Busoshoku Haki strengthens the body, then, Kenbunshoku Haki develops the brain field. With your Kenbunshoku Haki, it will indeed be much easier than the average person to master to one mind."

"My bottom line is actually ... three minds in one is right! I just don't know, BIG-MOM can do this, because it has the same characteristics as me?" Longinus secretly pondered, while his mouth asked, "What about Haoshoku Haki?"

"It should be ... psychic it is!" Vegapunk sighed uncertainly, "Haki is indeed a very peculiar power, but unfortunately I also only comprehended Kenbunshoku Haki."

"Otherwise, there would be no need to always bother you, Vice Admiral, to cooperate with me in my experiments!"

"As long as you dispel that horrible idea, Doctor, I'll actually be happy to cooperate with you in your experiments." Longinus laughed.

"That's a shame!" Vegapunk sighed.

"By the way, Doctor." Longinus asked, craning his neck, "Where's Caesar?"

"Ran away." Vegapunk replied succinctly.

"Heh! He is quite smart." Longinus didn't care; it was just a minor character.

"If that idiot is really smart, he should not be arrogant to make promises." Vegapunk said disdainfully, "As for seeking the help of the BIG-MOM Pirates when you can't get results, it's even more stupid!"

Published in Qidian, June 15, 2019