"roger (clon)... Is my name roger (clon)?"
"Heavenly Father, since my prototype is Roger, why not just call me Roger?"
roger (clon) felt that Edie was very kind, like a blood father.
This feeling, engraved in his Lineage Factor, gave him absolute obedience and trust in Edie.
"Calling Roger is unlucky, the name of a dead man. roger (clon) is one of the Twelve Earthly Branches, and you have two predecessors."
Edie introduced Kuzo and Oden Clone 1 to him.
"Understood, from now on I will be called roger (clon)."
"Kuzo, take the new compatriot around and let him get familiar with the environment."
Handing roger (clon) over to Kuzo, Edie left the laboratory.
He went to the living area on the second floor, to Lady Toki's detention room.
As soon as he entered, he saw her two children playing, making the room a mess.
Lady Toki herself sat smilingly to the side, doing needlework in her hands, seemingly knitting clothes for the children.
"Mr. Edie." Lady Toki quickly greeted him.
Kozuki Hiyori hurriedly threw herself into her Mama's arms, still feeling scared of Edie.
Perhaps feeling suppressed in such a small room, Momonosuke, seeing Edie, said angrily:
"Hey, let us out quickly! I am the son of Kozuki Oden, the Daimyo of Kuri, a man destined to become the Shogun of Wano!"
This child's words startled Lady Toki, and as a mother, she immediately scolded him sternly:
"Momonosuke! Don't talk to your Uncle Edie like that!"
Her palms were sweating from fear.
Edie frowned.
Had he been too kind to these people, causing this child to misunderstand the situation?
"Your father is dead."
Momonosuke froze in place, unable to accept reality:
"No... No way, how could Father die! Mother?"
He looked at Lady Toki in shock.
Lady Toki bit her lower lip; she had lost contact with the outside world and could not determine Kozuki Oden's fate.
Edie shook his head and said, "Not only Kozuki Oden, but Orochi was also killed by Kaido. The current Shogun of Wano is Kaido."
"..."
Lady Toki's eyes dimmed, but she quickly became strong.
She pulled Momonosuke over and slapped her son hard, scolding him:
"Apologize to Uncle Edie!"
Momonosuke was first struck by the news of his father's death, then slapped by his mother, leaving him completely dazed.
He burst into tears.
He felt he had lost his father's love and his mother's love, and what Uncle Edie... forcibly kept him in this room!
The 8-year-old brat naturally couldn't understand that his mother Lady Toki was trying to protect him.
Now their whole family depended on Edie's protection.
After some thought, Edie suddenly had a good idea: simply send Momonosuke away.
"The current situation has changed; Kaido has completely controlled Wano."
"I can't protect you for long. You and your daughter are one thing, but Momonosuke, as Oden's son, Kaido will kill him sooner or later."
"So, to avoid unnecessary trouble..."
At this point, Edie paused.
Sons and daughters were different.
Although this might sound politically incorrect, in this world, at least in Wano, it was like this.
"Wait! Mr. Edie, are you going to hand us over to Kaido?" Lady Toki was shocked.
"I will send Momonosuke out of Wano, to prevent Kaido from bothering me."
Edie shook his head and said.
Upon hearing this, Lady Toki breathed a slight sigh of relief.
People always compromise.
If he were to hand Momonosuke over to Kaido, Lady Toki would rather die resisting to prevent it.
But if he only sent him out of Wano, Lady Toki felt it was acceptable.
"The New World is the territory of the Three Emperors. I will send someone to escort him to Paradise Sea."
Saying that, Edie cast his gaze towards Momonosuke: "When you go to the Paradise Sea, if you still want to reclaim Wano, then work hard."
"No... I don't want to! Mother! I don't want to leave here!"
Momonosuke cried anxiously.
He was still a child, why should he leave his mother and live alone?
Lady Toki couldn't bear it and pleaded:
"Mr. Edie, is there no other way?"
"The place I'm sending him to is the territory of the Revolutionary Army. If he can rise to a high position in the Revolutionary Army, he can sooner or later lead people back to Wano and reclaim everything he lost."
This was the truth.
Edie walked over, grabbed Momonosuke, and took him away.
Momonosuke's cries grew louder.
Seeing that things had come to this, Lady Toki quickly made up her mind, saying with tears in her eyes:
"Momoko... No, Momonosuke!"
"You must remember your identity, and be strong no matter what difficulties you face."
"In 20 years, everything will undergo a change!"
"Mother! I don't want to leave! Mother!"
The crying Momonosuke was led out of the room by Edie.
He came downstairs.
Edie called Kuzo: "Send this child to the 'Kama Bakka Kingdom' in the Paradise Sea."
He handed a sea chart and Momonosuke to Kuzo.
Kuzo grabbed Momonosuke with one hand, and seeing him struggle, asked:
"Heavenly Father, this child is very noisy, can I knock him out?"
"Edie! Uncle Edie! I'm sorry! Don't send me away!"
At the last moment, Momonosuke finally remembered to apologize, crying and begging him.
Edie calmly said, "Kid, your father is dead, no one can protect you. When you go to Kama Bakka Kingdom, you can find a way to join the Revolutionary Army. Maybe, there will be a day when we meet again in the future."
"Send him away, and remember to be discreet."
Kama Bakka Kingdom, also known as the Okama Kingdom.
Perhaps when they met again, Momonosuke wouldn't be called Momonosuke anymore, but Peach Beauty Aid?
Edie could only wish him good luck.
...
Time flew by, and it was now 1503.
The research on artificial Devil Fruit was going very smoothly.
Edie occasionally paid attention, and Caesar had already completed the development of the fruit tree cultivation liquid, SAD.
After that was the process of cultivating fruit trees and making them bear artificial Devil Fruit.
Thanks to Caesar, in the past six months, Edie's scientific research prestige had also grown rapidly.
He gained another simulation attempt.
But Edie was not in a hurry to use it, or to clone anyone.
During this time, he had been learning Haki.
Whether it was roger (clon), Kuzo, or Oden Clone 1, all three subordinates were Haki masters.
Observation Haki, Busoshoku, Haoshoku, all three types of Haki were complete!
With these three subordinates assisting him, Edie's progress was incredibly fast.
In just half a year, he had mastered the basics of Observation Haki and Busoshoku.
As for Haoshoku...
This Haki cannot be obtained through training; it is innate, a qualification of a king.
It's like math, if you don't know it, you just don't know it.
Edie also didn't know if he had such a qualification.
But he carefully studied the Haoshoku of Kuzo, Oden Clone 1, and roger (clon), and he did gain something.
Combined with what he already knew...
Ace awakened Haoshoku...
Luffy awakened Haoshoku...
Doflamingo awakened Haoshoku...
Everyone awakened it through a mental stimulus, under intense emotional fluctuations, accidentally bursting forth.
This indicates that the awakening of Conqueror's Haki is traceable and follows a certain pattern.
Since that's the case, there's a way to study it through scientific means.
Secondly, one thing Eddie was rather curious about was...
What exactly is the "aptitude" in the so-called Conqueror's Haki aptitude?
Is it bloodline?
If the parent generation has Conqueror's Haki aptitude, does the offspring have a high probability of having it?
Does that mean this aptitude is hereditary?
If it can be inherited, then is this aptitude hidden within the Lineage Factor?
"I'm very curious!"
In the laboratory, Eddie flipped through his recent research, a slight smile on his lips.