Aokiji sensed for a moment,
and discovered many presences distributed around the area, faintly surrounding this reception room.
It was only normal.
Trust wasn't that easily earned.
Especially with a high-IQ scientist who believed all humans besides himself were merely unintelligent animals.
It was quite normal for him to be suspicious and wary.
"Mr. Aokiji, what exactly do you mean by the cooperation you mentioned?"
Dr. Genus brought up the business at hand, looking very interested.
Taking a sip of tea, Aokiji said flatly:
"It's nothing major, I just hope to use your technology to help me mass-produce Monsters."
Dr. Genus nodded:
"So that's what it is..."
?
??
???
Confusion was like quantum entanglement, ignoring time and distance.
It arose in everyone's hearts simultaneously.
Wait, you're a hero, right?!
And the benchmark figure currently being heavily promoted by the Hero Association!
How can you say something like 'mass-producing Monsters' so nonchalantly?!!
Genus and Clone No. 91 froze.
Mosquito Girl, who was pouring tea, took a few steps back.
Beast King and Armored Gorilla, who were on guard in the next room, looked at each other.
Seeing the bewildered, ugly faces of one another, they finally confirmed they hadn't misheard.
"Haha," Dr. Genus gave two awkward laughs, "Mr. Aokiji's joke has quite a contrast."
Everyone nodded at the same time.
Yeah, it must be a joke.
Aokiji leaned lazily against the back of his chair:
"I've brought all the Materials, so how could it be a joke?"
"Materials?" Genus paused again and said hesitantly, "The Monsters in the ice outside?"
Aokiji nodded.
Genus adjusted his glasses, his heart thumping.
He seems serious... Could it be that this hero, who is given such great expectations by society,
is actually an extremist like me?!
Does he intend to assemble a Monster army, destroy the current world, and forge a world only for Espers?
Dr. Genus guessed Aokiji's goal based on his own plans.
His palms began to sweat.
In his view, since Aokiji was hiding things so deeply, if he didn't agree to cooperate, he would surely be silenced.
And the fact that the other party dared to say it so calmly,
clearly meant he had sufficient confidence that if he refused, Aokiji would have the ability to wipe them out.
The pressure
had never been so heavy.
Even in the past, when Genus performed rejuvenation surgery on himself, he had never felt this way.
I'll agree for now.
I'll get through the immediate crisis first, then consider other things.
"No problem. With my abilities, mass-producing Monsters isn't a difficult task. However, if you have requirements for the Monsters' combat power... there can't be a Breakthrough in improvement for the time being."
"It doesn't matter, quantity is the priority."
Aokiji threw out another sentence.
"Anyway, they're just for killing for fun."
"Eek—" Mosquito Girl made a strange sound of fear, and the blood sac behind her tightened slightly.
Ki-killing for fun?!
To Mosquito Girl, hearing this was no different from facing a billion or even nine hundred million murderers!!
Up until this moment,
Aokiji hadn't even released any pressure of a strong person.
Yet he had already made her feel a sense of terror toward this man.
Dr. Genus picked up his cup, wanting to take a sip of tea to calm his nerves, but he couldn't swallow it no matter what.
He's even more extreme than me?!!
If Aokiji's goal was to destroy the current world
and create a world of Espers,
he would only treat Aokiji as a competitor with similar ideals but different goals.
Genus's own goal was to create a world of New Humans.
But just to kill Monsters for fun.
The danger Rank of Aokiji in his heart immediately rose several levels.
No wonder the news about Aokiji always described how active he was in fighting Monsters, which was completely different from his lazy temperament.
It turns out it's just his way of having fun!!
"Don't be so nervous." Aokiji glanced at the trembling Mosquito Girl.
"You still have to protect my dear business partner, I won't kill you."
"Of course, if you go outside and cause trouble, I won't let you off... After all, I am a hero."
Hero?
Really??
The meaning of this word has already become muddled in my head.
Mosquito Girl could only nod timidly.
Her glazed-red pupils didn't dare to meet Aokiji's gaze.
Her slender yet curvaceous body tightened as much as possible, trying to reduce her presence.
Speaking of which, if Mosquito Girl's figure were placed in the One Piece world, it wouldn't feel out of place at all.
A body length of 2.6 meters, and her legs were really over 1.8 meters long!
In this cowering state, she was actually a bit cute~
Seeing Mosquito Girl, one of the House of Evolution's current top combatants, acting like this,
Dr. Genus also understood that he couldn't refuse Aokiji's request for the time being.
The pent-up arrogance in his heart was suddenly let go.
Since he couldn't resist, he would comply for now.
Dr. Genus began to discuss the details with Aokiji.
"Your plan is to mass-produce Monsters by breeding Monsters with rapid recovery abilities and using their flesh and blood to transform organisms..."
He repeated the Monster farming plan.
Dr. Genus asked cautiously:
"Then the range of organisms selected for Monsterization is?"
"Pests and the like, such as mosquitoes..." Aokiji saw Mosquito Girl shudder again out of the corner of his eye.
"Cockroaches, rats—creatures that can reproduce in large numbers and have no benefits."
The difficulty in this lay in the fact that
the smaller the organism, the weaker its vitality, and the slimmer the chance it could withstand the influence of Monster flesh.
Conversely, even if a strong person ate a Monster raw, they would at most get diarrhea.
Orochi, who has special modification abilities, and the glutton Pig God cannot be viewed with common logic.
The selected range of organisms presented a challenge.
Dr. Genus didn't feel pressured; instead, he was somewhat relaxed.
To him, increasing the success rate of Monsterization for small organisms wasn't an insurmountable problem.
"The chickens outside are the first batch of Materials; their strength is in the lower-middle Demon Level, and their abilities and lives are formed from resentment."
Aokiji reminded Genus.
He told them to remember to replenish the resentment regularly to avoid losing the Materials.
"Genus, are all the artificial modified beings of the House of Evolution here?" Aokiji suddenly asked.
What did this mean?
What else did he know?
Genus wasn't surprised that Beast King and the others had been discovered.
Even when they were hidden inside the mountain before, they were pointed out one by one.
Staying in the next room, it was naturally even more impossible to hide.
Aokiji's words were clearly not meant to assign blame.
The hidden meaning... Genus felt his skin crawl.
Could it be that the other party even knew about Asura Rhino Beetle, which was not yet finished and known only to himself?
"...All completed experimental subjects are here."
Genus called Beast King and the others over.
Beast King's crimson eyes were full of scrutiny and wariness.
As the House of Evolution's current top combatant,
he was full of confidence in his own strength.
But similarly,
he also trusted Dr. Genus, who had given him this power.
Since the Doctor said that even if they worked together, they were unlikely to defeat the man before them,
Beast King believed this judgment.
But in his heart, there was still a bit of defiance.
Aokiji glanced over them roughly.
There was no difference from the lineup in his memory.
Except for Asura Rhino Beetle, who could fight Superalloy Darkshine for fifteen minutes before losing, wasn't there.
It probably hadn't been completed in this time period.
"I'm leaving now. I look forward to your results, Dr. Genus."
...
(Throw some stones)