Biological Chip

Charlotte Pudding went limp like the strange slime on her shoulder and collapsed onto the deck.

"I’m so tired, it hurts so much. I can’t even move a single finger now."

This was the greatest drawback of the Rapid Training Method: while it consumed stamina at an astonishing rate, it also drained every last bit of one’s strength to the absolute limit. As a result, its exhaustion was several times worse than that of normal training methods.

"Pudding, are you okay?" Violet asked as she looked at Pudding, who was drenched from head to toe as though she had been soaked in water.

"How could I possibly be okay? I feel like I’m one breath away from death! Captain is practically a devil!"

Yota, who had just gone to stuff himself full, walked over while picking his teeth. "Didn’t you say you wanted your body to train itself? I fulfilled your wish quite nicely."

"Besides, the Biological Chip I installed in you isn’t some ordinary thing. With it, it’s like automatically mastering Life Return at the highest level. In an emergency, even if you’ve lost consciousness, it can perform all kinds of first aid for you."

"Even an ordinary person, with the help of this Biological Chip, could easily train up to the level of a Marine Headquarters colonel within a year or two. You can imagine how valuable it is."

"Wah, but training like this is way too miserable! What I wanted was to train my body without feeling anything at all!"

Yota rolled his eyes. In truth, achieving that would not have been difficult. He only needed to use the Biological Chip to cut off the brain’s nerve signals, but that would reduce the training’s effectiveness by at least half.

After all, aside from physical strength, the Pirate World also had things like Haki. Haki was a combination of a person’s will, killing intent, and other such things.

It went without saying that the pain and hardship of training were also a way to strengthen Haki. This kind of forced training through a chip had already weakened the role of willpower considerably. If Pudding could not even feel pain, then her Haki would probably remain stuck at a third-rate level forever.

Before Yota could say anything, Ulti’s voice came from the doorway. "What kind of joke is this? You’ve got something this good, yet you’re still whining so much. Are you even a pirate?"

As she spoke, Ulti walked in and looked at Yota. "Captain, if Pudding doesn’t like it, give that Biological Chip to me. I’m not afraid of hard training."

Ulti had been trained in the Beasts Pirates and had always placed great importance on physical strength. With just one look, she saw the immeasurable benefits a Biological Chip could bring to training and combat.

If Ulti had possessed a Biological Chip back when she was in the Beasts Pirates, she could have taken an All-Star position. She could even have aspired to the level of an Emperor Vice-Captain.

After hearing Ulti’s words, Charlotte Pudding, who had looked half-dead a moment ago, gritted her teeth and stood up. "Who said I was giving the Biological Chip to you, you violent woman? I was only complaining a little! I’ll train properly every day!"

"Damn it, Three-Eyes! Are you trying to pick a fight with me?"

"Haha! You only figured that out now, Hammerhead?"

"Watch me beat you up!"

"Hehe, I wonder who it was that got fooled by my illusion last time and jumped straight into the sea?"

Seeing the two of them arguing more and more fiercely, Yota helplessly gave each of them a chop to the head. "Enough, stop arguing! I have plenty of Biological Chips. I’ll give each of you one!"

For some reason, Ulti and Charlotte Pudding simply could not get along.

Basically, every time they met, the two would get into a huge argument. Of course, Charlotte Pudding, who seemed gentle on the surface but was black-hearted underneath, always came out ahead. Then, when Ulti could no longer restrain herself and resorted to violence, Pudding would toy with her using illusions.

Naturally, Pudding occasionally suffered a setback as well. Once, Ulti shut her eyes and wildly attacked using Observation Haki, beating Pudding until the bumps on her head swelled several times over. It was only after Pudding began learning various ninjutsu from Yota that she gradually regained the upper hand.

"So Captain already had so many Biological Chips. Why didn’t you give them to us earlier?" Ulti complained, rubbing her head.

Because Ulti had eaten the Pachycephalosaurus Fruit, her head’s defensive power was astonishingly strong. Pudding’s physical constitution, meanwhile, was not exactly frail, but in the New World it could only be considered barely adequate. Yet the bumps on their heads were now exactly the same size, showing just how exquisitely Yota controlled his strength.

Yota rolled his eyes. "Enough nonsense. Do you want one or not?"

"Of course I do! Oh, and Little Page needs one too. Violet, do you want one? Kyros should get one as well, right?"

In fact, Biological Chips also possessed the ability to self-destruct automatically. Yota had previously always treated them as a means of control.

Even without the self-destruction function, the mere fact that a Biological Chip could manipulate the human body was already terrifying enough. That was why Yota had never brought them out before.

But now it seemed that these One Piece people really did have big hearts—or rather, they were all rather simple in nature and had enough faith in Yota. Instead, it made him seem like he had worried over nothing.

Yota had still underestimated them. It was not just Ulti who was drooling over Yota’s Biological Chips; Page One, Kyros, and Violet were all extremely interested as well. Even Charlotte Pudding, who kept complaining about how tiring it was, only grumbled a little. She had never once suggested that Yota take the chip back.

These people had all seen their share of grand scenes before, and their desire for strength was etched into their bones. In the Pirate World, even artificial Devil Fruits with all kinds of side effects had hordes of people fighting to eat them. How could Yota’s Biological Chips be any different?

After having the Biological Chips installed, the group immediately began using their abilities to train and fight.

People like Kyros, Ulti, and Page One, who trained regularly and already had some proficiency in Life Return, only needed the chip to coordinate their body’s strength to raise their combat power by thirty to forty percent.

As for people like Violet and Charlotte Pudding, who trained less and had always coasted on their support abilities, their strength nearly doubled outright.

After only watching Charlotte Pudding train earlier, no one had known just how much the Biological Chips could enhance them. Now, after testing them out, everyone understood just how powerful the chips truly were.

Just as the group trained while adapting to their enhanced strength, the outline of the Red Line appeared in the distance.