Dragon Sorcerer In One Piece

Chapter 45 - The Mad Scientist

Next day, Giberson's Island,

"So, Giberson. What do you have for me?" Hades (David) asks Giberson as he gave a bottle of expensive rum to Giberson. After Hades got all the information about Cipher Pol from Stussy yesterday, Hades wanted to cover all the internal matters with other emperors before going on a personal mission to take out CP agents.

"Ah yes, I have what you asked of me to find last time you contacted me through Red Den Den Mushi," Giberson said to Hades and snapped his finger, signaling his servants to bring three small boxes and present it in front of Hades. After servants left the room Hades opened the three boxes to see the content within. Inside there are three different masks, a Murasaki the leader of Razor Khans, Midori the leader of Sumo Khans and Orenji the leader of Squid Khans. Hades took each mask and put it away into his backpack which he put it into his inventory. Giberson finally spoke after seeing Hades retrieve all three masks he gathered for him.

"My apology for being unable to find the other three masks but I have to ask due to my curiosity. Why do you seek them? They are just simple masks you can buy in the market." Giberson said with genuine curiosity as he grabbed the bottle Hades brought to drink. For Giberson, alcohol is the priority but after that is learning the true value of goods due to his natural sense of calculating the value.

"These masks are special to me, I have been collecting them ever since I learned their history. Each of the Oni masks is the representation of Oni generals in folklore and they all serve Tarakudo, the Lord of all Onis. Don't you think it is fitting for me, the head of the Underworld gathering the generals of Tarakudo?" Hades sat down on the chair as he asked Giberson about it. He was telling a half-truth but in Giberson's point of view who doesn't know the true nature of Oni masks, it makes sense for him why Hades collects them.

"I kinda understand what you mean. Just like how I collect rare alcohols, you collect masks. I will keep searching for the other three since you and I have similar hobbies." Giberson said to Hades as he opened the bottle to drink from it. Suddenly, Giberson remembers something important and speaks to Hades with a serious face.

"Your majesty, do you remember when you told me to put a bounty on the man named Blackbeard and cut their access to black market goods? It seems you made the right decision because the Blackbeard Pirates caused a few uproars on Paradise. They even attempted to attack a few of my warehouses, but thanks to the bounty you put on them they ran away before stealing the goods." Giberson said with an irrational tone when he mentioned 'Blackbeard', it seems he had few problems with Blackbeard Pirates when they went independent ahead of schedule thanks to Hades's little trap.

"Thank you for the update on those fools, if it helps please increase the bounty, so more bounty hunters will focus on them. I promise you that they will be handled when the time comes, but for now, keep in track of their movement and let me know if you need my help when they threaten you or others." Hades insures Giberson and then leaves the room with his backpack. With the current situation and strength of Underworld, Blackbeard is nothing more than a small group of pirates that can be easily repelled if they show their fangs against Hades and his emperors.

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One Hour Later, World Economic News Headquarters,

"Your majesty, thank you for coming here in person. I can't wait to spread the news of you to the world, after all, you will be the face of the Underworld." Morgans welcome Hades with big open arms (Wings?) as his staff members are busy setting up for the interview.

"Thank you for welcoming me, Morgans. I have to admit, you do love your job as a reporter and owner of the biggest newspaper in the world." Hades compliments Morgans as he gives a present to the big bird. When Morgans opened the box, he was surprised to see an expensive-looking ink pen with gold and sapphire ornament in it.

"Your majesty, is this what I think it is?" Morgans asked with shock as he held the ink pen in his hand (Wing?).

"You are correct, that is the Blue Sapphire pen, only 30 pens are created each year and I managed to get one from Giberson when I met him. I know it is presented to the famous novelist and historian as a reward but the way I see it, you are the best in the world when it comes to informing history. I hope you will use that to write about my interview." Hades said to Morgans as he walked towards the chair for the interview.

"You won't regret this my king. I will write a masterpiece and make you famous second to Gol D Roger." Morgans made a promise to Hades as he sat down and started the interview of the century with the King of the Underworld.

When the interview was over, Hades made sure Morgans would release the newspaper when Hades approves to do so when the time came. There are still things to do before Hades comes out from the shadow and announces his existence to the world, of course, it will be before a certain straw hat kid starts to make noise in the sea. With the last internal matter finished, Hades teleports himself above the middle of the ocean he once traveled before.

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In the New World,

Hades was looking for a certain island to talk to one person who will make faulty artificial fruit in the future. The infamous Caesar Clown, the scientist and creator of the various chemical weapons in the world.

Currently, he is working in Punk Hazard as an assessment scientist for Vegapunk and hasn't destroyed Punk Hazard yet. So for now, Hades is going there to infiltrate the Navy science base and gain the knowledge of the chemical build-up of artificial devil fruit from Caesar Clown.

Hades is certain that Caesar Clown is in the Punk Hazard as he learned the location thanks to Du Feld's memory, but unfortunately, the location or identity of the Vegapunk is unknown as the Navy keeps it top secret. This means Vegapunk does not stay in one place for a long period of time as he travels from base to base with heavy Navy escorts.

'For now, I will learn what I can from Caesar Clown and any research material from Vegapunk.' With that Hades flew towards Punk Hazard using a snake, rabbit and rooster talisman.

It took Hades two hours to find the Punk Hazard due to the island not having a 'log' so Hades had a problem finding the island. But, thanks to his Haki, he was able to sense the life aura of thousands of scientists and Navy soldiers on the island and was able to locate the island without the need for log pose.

Before the chemical explosion and two admirals went full Mortal Kombat for the whole 10 days, Punk Hazard is just another normal island with tropical weather and full of life. For this reason, Hades had a second guess when he first saw the island as it was very different from the anime.

'Ok, so this is Punk Hazard, very different from what will turn out to be in the future. Now, where is that crazy scientist?' Just about when Hades was about to summon an army of Ninja Khans to scout the whole island, an explosion can be heard from the western part of the island.

'Ok, I guess that is where Caesar Clown is. He is incompetent and reckless when it comes to making a gas weapon until he consumes the Gas Gas fruit.' With that in his mind, Hades flies towards the west part of the island as it starts to smoke purple-colored gas in the air. A few minutes later, to avoid being contaminated by the poison gas and carrying its poison in his clothes, Hades decided to walk halfway through the west side of the island as he descended to the ground. Thanks to his snake and rabbit talisman, Hades easily found the research building and located hundreds of scientists outside, working on the decontamination process as they started to handle fire and emerging poison gas.

"Get the fire hose to the left, we have fire spreading in that area. Make sure you guys wear masks and watch out for any poison gas."

"Hey, we need a medic here, I have three scientists who need antidotes!"

"Do not approach the gas unless you have a full hazmat suit."

Hundreds of scientists with various lab coats or hazmat suits can be seen as they work to prevent poison gas from spreading further into the island. Seeing the chaos, Hades uses this opportunity to put on a hazmat suit and blend in with the crowd. Using his ShadowKhans, Hades manages to locate Caesar Clown inside a safe room within a destroyed lab engulfed with poisonous gas. Because of this, Hades now has plenty of time to have a little chat with the mad scientist before his colleagues and Marines can rescue him (About a few hours to clear the gas and the whole lab).

"So, you are the scientist Caesar Clown, you sure are a disappointment to your colleagues, especially for Vegapunk," Hades said to the unexpected Caesar Clown as he appeared from his shadow.

"What? How did you get here without getting yourself killed by the gas? And what do you mean disappointment? This poison gas is my latest masterpiece, I just need a little more funding to perfect it in time." Caesar Clown yelled out loud when he saw Hades, but immediately went on defense when he heard an insult from the young man.

"Nope, you are a disappointment. Smart but have a very poor taste when it comes to making scientific breakthroughs." Hades told Caesar Clown as he waved his hand to put the mad scientist into sleep.

Using his sheep talisman, Hades had no problem retrieving the information he needed to learn about chemistry and other scientific knowledge from Caesar Clown. At the same time, he also manipulated the memory of the scientist to prevent him from having an idea about creating an artificial devil fruit (Unless someone introduces the idea to him). After returning to his own body, Hades uses the tiger talisman to separate the scientist into two people; one good and another bad.

With the second part done, Hades commands the Ninja Khans to take away the good Caesar Clown to a safe location while Hades once again uses the tiger talisman to re-balance the bad Caesar Clown. It won't be good if bad Caesar Clown goes on a complete rampage and goes off from storyline, after all, Straw Hats need a pirate alliance with Law to take down Doflamingo in the Dressrosa.

'Ok, it seems I'm done with Punk Hazard, I'll just leave a few Ninja Khans to collect Vegapunk's research and research materials for my use. Oh yea, I also need to mark this one just in case if he goes off the script.' Hades gave final orders to his Ninja Khans and teleported away to where the good Caesar Clown was located. With this, the Punk Hazard arc remains somewhat the same as Straw Hats and Law form an alliance to prevent Doflamingo from producing chemical weapons instead of SMILE.

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