Punk Hazard

"Yota, join our pirate crew!"

A certain Rubber Man’s eyes gleamed with golden light as he pounced before Yota like a puppy and spoke.

Just moments ago, Yota had used his Munch-Munch Fruit ability to completely heal Zoro in an instant. Then Luffy had rushed over, hoping Yota would join the Straw Hat Pirates.

Yota easily punched him, leaving a bump on his head, then said, "Sorry, I’ve already joined a pirate crew."

"Ooh…" Hearing Yota’s words, Luffy spoke listlessly. Though he was exceptionally persistent, he had never taken the initiative to poach someone from another crew.

"Besides, you should be very familiar with my captain. His name is Ace," Yota continued.

"What?! Ace!" Luffy immediately perked up and clung to Yota, firing off questions. Yota explained Ace’s current situation to him one by one.

"So Ace ended up joining the Whitebeard Pirates?" Luffy said, scratching his head.

"That’s right. He’s one of the Four Emperors’ subordinates now. And let me tell you something else: Red Hair Shanks is also one of the Four Emperors of the New World!"

"The New World…" A look of yearning appeared on Luffy’s face. "Just wait. I’ll get there soon!"

"Oh, right. If you’re looking for a doctor, I can introduce you to one," Yota said to Luffy. "And he’s a very interesting doctor, too!"

"Really?" Luffy became excited again. "Where is he?"

"Well… he’s in a very distant place right now." A mysterious smile appeared on Yota’s face. "I can take all of you there to have a look!"

Punk Hazard.

"Hmm, the Artificial Human-Human Fruit really is far more useful than ordinary Zoan-types."

"That’s right. Those so-called laughers hardly ever appear anymore. After all, it’s a Human-Human Fruit, and every person has 100% compatibility with Devil Fruits."

"The only flaw is…"

"These guys look just like Hairy Men and Snowmen!"

Inside the laboratory, the two scientists, Queen and Caesar, discussed the test subjects who had eaten the Artificial Human-Human Devil Fruits.

The test subjects they were discussing retained their original forms, but every one of them was covered in yellow fur after eating the Human-Human Fruits.

The light of Flying Thunder God flashed, and Yota arrived with the Straw Hat Pirates.

"Boss Yota!"

Upon seeing Yota, Queen and Caesar hurried over with eager expressions. Yota closed his eyes and directly accessed the Brain Chips in their heads, quickly obtaining all the details of their experiments.

"Good work! It looks like the Artificial Human-Human Fruit is fully mature now."

"But…" Queen said with a frown, "the fur on their bodies…"

Yota rolled his eyes. There was no need to guess—the yellow fur was obviously a side effect caused by Chopper, who had eaten the Human-Human Fruit, being a reindeer.

"It’s fine. If it comes to it, can’t they just trim their fur every day?" Yota answered directly. "Get them some top-of-the-line electric shavers!"

"Uh…" Queen and Caesar looked at each other. They had not expected Yota to come up with such a solution.

Still, after thinking about it carefully, it really was not much of a problem. Compared to growing all sorts of strange limbs, having to shave their body hair twice a day was already an extremely minor side effect.

"Oh, right. I found you a new test subject." Yota pulled Luffy over. "This is the user of the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, the Nika Fruit! He can cooperate with your research."

"Cooperate with research?" Luffy scratched his head and laughed cheerfully, not caring in the slightest that his Rubber-Rubber Fruit had somehow become the Nika Fruit. "Hahaha, that sounds amazing! I wonder what research I need to do?"

"Having Luffy do research? What kind of joke is that? Are you trying to blow up the whole research base?" Usopp, currently the only Straw Hat Pirate with even a little research ability, said.

"Be researched," Yota said bluntly.

"Oh, be researched. Wait, doesn’t that mean you’re using Luffy for experiments?" Usopp said with a grin before finally realizing it.

"It’s fine." Yota waved his hand. "At most, they’ll draw some blood for testing, and besides…"

"After every blood draw, you’ll get a super nutritious meal! Every kind of meat from the sea, enough for you to eat your fill!"

A rustling sound rang out as everyone looked toward Luffy, whose expression now resembled that of a zombie. His mouth hung wide open, and drool streamed onto the floor like water.

"All the meat from the sea… enough to eat my fill!"

"I’ll do the experiments!"

With a bang, Nami slammed a fist into Luffy’s head. "Wait a second! Didn’t we come here to find the ship’s doctor called Chopper?"

"Is someone calling for me?"

At Nami’s words, a cute voice suddenly came from beneath the table. Then Chopper walked out from under it.

It could not be helped. Both Queen and Caesar were exceptionally large, so the laboratory had been specially built for them. Chopper walking through it was like walking through a land of giants.

That was why the Straw Hat Pirates had not noticed Chopper at first.

"What a cute raccoon dog!" Nami’s eyes turned into stars. She immediately abandoned her idiotic captain and looked at the adorable little Chopper.

"Hehehehe, idiot! Even if you say I’m cute, I won’t be happy about it, hehehehe! Also, I’m a reindeer, not a raccoon dog… hehehehe!" Hearing Nami’s words, Chopper refuted her while twisting his whole body like a pretzel.

"Isn’t he obviously thrilled? He’s way too easy to read," the Straw Hat Pirates immediately complained.

"Wait, you’re Chopper? Does that mean you’re the ship’s doctor Yota introduced to us?" Nami said in surprise.

"Before that, shouldn’t the fact that a reindeer can talk be more shocking?" Usopp shouted, eyes wide.

"Because I’m a reindeer who ate the Human-Human Fruit, so I have human intelligence and language abilities." Chopper lifted his little head.

"Although my medical skills can’t compare to Yota’s or Dr. Kureha’s, I was still considered a famous doctor in Drum Kingdom."

Unlike the original story, Dalton, the current king of Drum Kingdom, was very tolerant toward doctors and would never hunt them down. Thus, little Chopper had already practiced medicine in Drum Kingdom for some time and knew that his medical skills were indeed quite good.