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Chapter 227 You're right!

"Kyle, Big Bear, Bonnie, first round..."

Vegapunk, who had just stepped out of the laboratory, suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Only because

The scene before him was slightly different from what he had seen before entering the laboratory.

He remembered there were two standing before, so why are they now...?

Both of them are lying down?

only……

Kyle was lying on a deckchair, but Big Bear was lying on the ground, his clothes tattered and he was completely still.

"What's wrong with him?"

Vegapunk looked at Kyle with curiosity.

He said he wanted to see how high the sky was, so I took him to see it!

Kyle spoke softly.

???

Vegapunk was completely bewildered. Even with his unparalleled brain development, he couldn't quite grasp the meaning of Kyle's words.

However, he didn't pay much attention to it and directly said:

"Bonnie's first phase of treatment is complete; the stones on her face caused by Jade Scales have disappeared!"

"However, this doesn't mean her illness is cured. It just means she looks like a normal person. As mentioned before, a complete cure will take about six months!"

"I know!"

Kyle nodded, then spoke:

"Then I'll leave my teammates in your care for the next while I return to Marine Headquarters!"

"Just call me via Den Den Mushi if you need anything!"

"I'm telling you right now, with me here, even the World Government can't touch you!!"

Kyle's tone was full of confidence, and there was also an unconscious air of dominance about him.

"Um?!"

Vegapunk let out a soft "hmm," his brow furrowing slightly as he looked at Kyle.

"What's wrong?"

Kyle asked.

"You seem... different!"

Vegapunk spoke uncertainly.

"Oh? What's different?"

Kyle smiled faintly.

"You seem more confident, more...arrogant!"

Vegapunk remained silent for a long time before speaking.

Kyle used to seem confident, and occasionally a bit arrogant.

But now that feeling is even stronger.

At least the Kyle of the past wouldn't have said things like "even the World Government can't touch him" in front of him.

Vegapunk was certain that he wasn't saying that because he had healed Bonney.

Rather, it's because Kyle himself has undergone some kind of change.

Don't ask him why he's so sure. Just answer him with one sentence!

This was his intuition as the world's number one scientist!

Thinking of this, Vegapunk couldn't help but speak:

"Although I don't know what changes have occurred in you, give me some more blood to study!"

"Come on, let's bleed you out!!"

After saying that, Vegapunk pulled a test tube out of his pocket and threw it at Kyle.

……

Kyle caught the test tube, completely exasperated.

"You're really not being polite!"

Despite saying that, Kyle still raised his hand, and purple lightning appeared in his hand, slashing towards the palm of his other hand.

A bloodstain appeared, and bright red blood seeped out from it, which Kyle then introduced into a test tube.

The next second, the wounds on Kyle's hands healed at an extremely fast speed, returning to normal in an instant, with no trace of the wounds left.

Kyle's regeneration ability can be controlled. By default, it regenerates automatically, but Kyle can also control it to not regenerate.

Otherwise, the injury would have healed before the blood even flowed out.

Kyle casually tossed the test tube containing his blood to Vegapunk, saying as he did so:

"Remember to let me know when you get the results!"

"I'd like to see what kind of androids are modeled after me!"

"That's unlikely to happen that quickly!"

Vegapunk put the test tube in his pocket, shook his head, and looked at Kyle with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Your bloodline is problematic; it's not so easy to crack!"

"Eh? Eh? Eh!"

"Don't blame the road for being uneven just because you're not good enough. You can't just say I have a bad bloodline because you're incompetent. How can you call yourself the world's number one scientist?"

Kyle picks his nose in his classic pose, with a look of utter disdain.

(╬▔盘▔)╯! !

"The problem lies with your bloodline. I can perform preliminary analysis of the bloodlines of your teammates, but I can't analyze yours. It's like a rock in a latrine—stinky and hard!!"

Kyle would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned this, but he couldn't stand it when Vegapunk was mentioned.

It was a straight burst of output.

Several years ago, Vegapunk had already obtained the blood of each member of the Canglan Squad for bloodline factor research.

Vegapunk's bloodline factors could at least break through some defenses of the other members, but Kyle's was completely different. With his current technology, he couldn't do anything to Kyle's blood.

That's really strange!

No one else does it, only you do. If the problem isn't with you, then who is?

Seriously, how dare they doubt the merits of this great, world-leading scientist?!

That's incredibly bold!

However, Kyle still looked at him with disdain and used the most offensive reply grammar.

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right! You're absolutely right!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Kyle didn't give Vegapunk a chance to refute him. His figure transformed into purple lightning and disappeared from the spot in a flash.

!!!

Vegapunk's eyes widened, his chest heaved violently, and he made a "hoarse" sound.

After a while...

"Kyle, you little bastard!!!!"

……

-

Meanwhile, Kyle returned to Marineford not long after leaving Punk Hazard.

He could sense that the people in the back mountain were still sweating profusely, but Kyle had no intention of going there.

They also had no intention of training on their own.

He's not the kind of hard-working genius who says he can't waste a single second.

Especially now that we have made such a big improvement.

For him, taking a break from salting fish for a while and making himself feel happy is the most important thing.

With his current strength, he can say with certainty that no one except Im is his match.

But he didn't know exactly how far he was from Im.

After all, Im has never shown his true fighting strength.

In the original work, he used other people's bodies to fight several times, and his own body never took action.

But that doesn’t stop Kyle from placing him in a very high position.

After all, over eight hundred years has passed; even a pig would have become a spirit by now.

However, there's no need to be too wary, firstly because he doesn't currently belong to Im's opposing camp.

At least that's how it seems to Im.

Secondly, while Im is strong, he shouldn't be much stronger than he is now.

Judging from Im's constant apprehension and fear of Joy Boy in the original work, if he were truly exceptionally strong, there would be no reason for him to be so wary of Joy Boy.

At this point, some people might ask, "But Joey Boy also didn't know how strong he was!"

Yes! Kyle doesn't really know, but he can speculate.

In the original story, when the ancient robot released Joy Boy's Conqueror's Haki on Egghead Island, it directly sent the Five Elders back to Mary Geoise, and also frightened Im so much that he turned pale and even knelt down.

In the memories of the ancient robot, it is also said that Joy Boy sealed his strongest Conqueror's Haki within it.

Kyle certainly hasn't reached that god-level Conqueror's Haki level yet, but—

It seems there are already some signs~

……