Training and “Rewards”

After fooling the Tontatta, Yota had nothing to do for the moment, so he simply continued training his body and physique.

After multiple modifications, Yota’s physique was now no weaker than anyone else’s, and his potential even surpassed that of Four Emperors-level figures. He was still in a period of rapid growth.

Especially after implanting the Brain Chip, his training efficiency had increased dramatically. He could grasp any martial arts technique at a glance and master it as soon as he learned it.

After all, a computer’s learning speed was incomparable to that of the human brain. Combined with his precise control over his own body, he could learn anything after seeing it once, unless it was a physical technique based on unique bodily traits or combined with a Devil Fruit.

Although physiques in the Pirate World seemed capable of growing without limit, bottlenecks would actually appear once a certain level was reached.

Training methods and principles in the Pirate World were quite simple—work the body to exhaustion, then digest food to replenish energy. The only difference was their varying efficiency.

Yet all training methods eventually ran into the same problem: as one’s physique improved, their efficiency gradually declined.

As everyone knew, to break through one’s limits, one first had to completely exhaust their physical strength. Only when recovering afterward could they tap into greater power.

The top powerhouses of the Pirate World were often stuck at the stage of exhausting all their strength. It sounded unbelievable, but thinking about it made it obvious—when Akainu and Aokiji fought over the position of Fleet Admiral, they battled for ten days and ten nights!

Those were two evenly matched opponents going all out. Though it had not been a fight to the death, they had certainly given everything they had, and it still took ten days and ten nights to determine a winner.

With normal training, it would be impossible to reach one’s limit in less than half a month. Being able to undergo extreme training only once every half month made the low efficiency obvious.

And besides training, were you supposed to do nothing else? What if an enemy came knocking while you had exhausted all your strength from training?

Therefore, being able to undergo this sort of extreme training two or three times a year was already considered a lot. That was also why the top powerhouses of the seas were all roughly on the same level. At that point, improvement was simply far too difficult.

Recently, however, Yota had developed a new high-efficiency training mode using Biological Chips. The chips directly vibrated and twisted every muscle fiber in his body. Though he appeared not to be moving, the actual effect far surpassed the rate at which even intense exercise depleted physical strength.

Combined with high-purity Sea Stone, the rate at which he exhausted his strength could be accelerated further. He could complete an extreme training session in almost just three days.

Well, that still sounded rather exaggerated. Yota was also considering whether he should build something like a gravity chamber. Relying on weighted Sea Stone alone no longer seemed sufficient for his training needs.

Just as Yota finished two rounds of grueling training, that fat man Queen arrived with a guy who looked like a ghost.

"Boss Yota, this guy is Caesar!"

Yota turned to glance at him. "You’re Caesar? You made all those artificial Devil Fruits!"

Caesar’s eyes rolled rapidly. "That’s right, I’m the greatest genius scientist, the pioneer and inventor of artificial Devil Fruits… Ow!"

Queen blew on his fist and said to the dazed Caesar, whom he had knocked senseless with a punch, "Quit bragging here! Greatest genius scientist? Where does that put me?"

Yota was utterly speechless. These two really had no shame. He would have liked to ask Queen where he thought Vegapunk ranked.

Perhaps this was the hierarchy of contempt among scientists… Though Yota felt that if Vegapunk actually stood before them, neither of them would dare say a word. Still, in front of outsiders, they both dared to run their mouths.

"Enough, stop babbling." Yota waved a hand. Black mist swept out and instantly swallowed Caesar, before extracting his Devil Fruit.

To put it bluntly, the Gas Fruit was truly wasted in Caesar’s hands. Though it was called the Gas Fruit, it could not only control gas, but also manipulate air. It could completely be called the Air Fruit.

Logically speaking, even if this Devil Fruit could not compare to light, ice, magma, or lightning, it was no worse than the Sand-Sand Fruit or Flame-Flame Fruit. Yet the combat power Caesar displayed with it was pitifully weak. He could compete with Monet for the title of weakest Logia-type Devil Fruit user.

Of course, Yota was not some demon. Since he had taken Caesar’s Gas Fruit, he naturally had to give him some compensation.

Well, he gave Caesar a Biological Chip for his brain, along with a Tongue Severing Curse.

The Biological Chip could help Caesar conduct research more effectively. Naturally, it could also report his memories and emotional state at any time, allowing Yota to care for his physical and mental health.

The Tongue Severing Curse could help Caesar talk less, while also cultivating his loyal character.

Yota felt he had treated him far too well! Look, after hearing his explanation, Caesar was so happy that tears streamed down his face. He even swore that he would obey Yota’s orders from now on!

Queen stood nearby with a broad smile. A villain like him, after suffering misfortune himself, naturally wanted everyone else to suffer alongside him.

That was also why Yota felt he could not play favorites. Queen, as a scientist, already had his own Electronic Chip. Caesar claimed to be an even greater scientist than him, so how could he possibly lack such a useful aid?

Now there was one more person wearing the same miserable expression as Queen. The Tongue Severing Curse was merely a physical restraint, but now even what he thought in his head could not be hidden from Yota!

After casually sending the two away, Yota calculated the time. That traitorous Vice Admiral should be arriving soon, right?

The traitorous Vice Admiral Yota referred to was naturally Vergo.

Before Yota had even taken control of Monet, she had already contacted Vergo through a Den Den Mushi.

Naturally, Yota could have remedied the situation afterward. As long as he had Doflamingo make another call, he could easily smooth the matter over.

But Yota wanted to control that Vice Admiral as well, so he naturally would not stop him. He was waiting for Vergo to arrive so he could give him a Kotoamatsukami.

However, after receiving the information, Vergo clearly had not acted rashly. After all, Yota was a super powerhouse who had wiped out the entire Doflamingo Family by himself. Though Vergo was among the strongest members of the Doflamingo Family, he did not believe he was Yota’s match.

But as Doflamingo’s fiercely loyal subordinate, he naturally could not remain indifferent to Doflamingo’s current situation.