Chapter 374: Raid On The Ice And Fire Island
A few days later, Punk Hazard.
It has been less than a year since the poisonous gas on this former technological island disappeared. Not long ago, an earth-shattering battle between two Marine Admirals completely changed the climate of this island.
In one half of the island there is a world of fire formed by high-temperature magma, while the other half is an extremely cold world filled with ice, and in the middle of the island there is a terrifying giant crater left by the battle between Akainu and Aokiji.
A huge sea-connected lake has now formed, separating the world of ice and fire.
There are only one or two secret experimental bases left on the island of Punk Hazard, and Caesar Clown has been frightened twice after the Summit War.
One time, the new Yonkō Daddy Basire passed by Punk Hazard. Not only did he kill the red dragon on the island for barbecue, but he also extorted him out of the artificial fruit left behind by Vegapunk.
However, Basire did not take action against him that time, so Caesar Clown and Punk Hazard escaped a calamity.
Not long after, he was frightened again by the decisive battle between two Marine Admirals for the position of Fleet Admiral.
That horrific battle lasted for ten days and ten nights.
It was like Punk Hazard was hit by an earthquake for ten days nonstop, damaging many of his machines for making SAD and causing serious losses.
Fortunately, his secret base was not in the center of the island, otherwise it would have turned into a huge pit by now.
He was shivering in fright for the whole ten days, praying for his life.
When the Marine Admirals left the island he came out from his base tremblingly and realized that the world had changed.
The secret base was already in the middle of a world full of ice and snow, which made him completely stunned.
He originally thought that the ice would melt in a week or two, and the world of fire on the other side would be extinguished.
Unexpectedly, more than a month or two have passed, and the ice and flames are still there, showing no signs of weakening.
Punk Hazard actually became a permanent island of ice and fire.
It took him nearly half a month to repair all the production machines so that the artificial devil fruit raw material machines can continue to operate and continue to provide SAD for Doflamingo.
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At this time, in the secret research base of Punk Hazard, Caesar Clown has returned to his former leisurely life. Now that the island has become an Ice and Fire Island, it seems safer and more private.
There are no pirates or marines who would come to this idle island of ice and fire.
However, he recently heard that Doflamingo and Basire seem to have fallen out. Doflamingo's original identity as a Celestial Dragon has made Kaido a little unhappy, and there seems to be some problems in business.
As a man who has some political sense, or that's what he likes to think, he already wants to find a new backer.
The most important thing is that Big Mom is also urging him to carry out the experiments to make giants, but he knows that the experiment will not succeed at all, and even Vegapunk has failed.
He has even used most of the research funds provided by Big Mom to go out for food, drinks and women.
He has already made up his mind to make some random failure reports to fool Big Mom.
The Beasts Pirates are also frantically urging the production of artificial devil fruits, and seem to be preparing to squeeze as much as they can from Doflamingo during the final cooperation period to produce more artificial devil fruits.
So Caesar is also working overtime, day and night, at full capacity to produce SAD.
"Who should I take refuge under after Doflamingo falls? How about joining Kaido directly, so that there is no middleman like Doflamingo taking a cut from my profits."
He entered a state of deep thinking. He wouldn't be able to go to the World Government. After all, he still has a bounty of 300 million beris on his head.
He can't go to Big Mom's place either. His gigantization experiments have failed, and he also cheated her out of a lot of money. He is afraid of being skinned alive by her.
Needless to say, there is no possibility of cooperation with Red-haired Shanks. And there is a bit of danger with Basire, but it's hard to say.
For now, the Beasts Pirates is indeed his best choice.
But when he remembered that the bastard Queen was the third-in-command of the Beasts Pirates, he felt very unhappy.
Back then, they were all members of the MAD team and had equal status. Now he had to submit to Queen, and he was a little reluctant.
But compared to the other candidate which is the Big Daddy Pirates, the Beasts Pirates are probably more suitable.
Although he will be a little angry by working under Queen, at least his life will definitely be safe.
He planned to take another look at the situation before deciding. If Doflamingo fell too quickly, he would immediately contact the Beasts Pirates and join them.
Just as he was planning his escape, a yellow submarine approached Punk Hazard.
A transparent blue circle of light quickly expanded from the submarine and five figures suddenly appeared on the icy snow.
Trafalgar Law, Penguin, Shachi, Bepo and Van Augur stepped on the snow at the same time.
"Your devil fruit ability is as useful as Penguin's teleportation fruit ability."
Van Augur, who was carrying a sniper rifle and had begun to grow a beard, said to the two of them appreciatively.
"Augur aniki, your float fruit ability is amazing. The current size of Hachinosu is all thanks to you."
Penguin immediately started to flatter him. Van Augur was one of the Imperial Fists, a valued cadre of Basire, and had the same status as the Imperial Shichibukai.
In the Big Daddy Pirates, the status of the veteran crew member Van Augur is even higher than that of the newcomer Trafalgar Law.
"Captain Basire's order this time is to capture Caesar Clown alive and transport his research base back. Let's do it quickly!"
Law said with a serious face. It was finally time to take action against Doflamingo. After they settled Caesar Clown, they would fly directly to Dressrosa to participate in the battle.
Basire and the others should have arrived at Dressrosa by now and surrounded the Donquixote Family.
Van Augur also knew that Basire's plan could not go wrong, and they immediately went to Caesar Clown's secret base.
The last time they came to Punk Hazard to extort the artificial dragon fruit, they had already determined the location of the experimental base, so now they went straight to their destination.
Although Aokiji changed the appearance of the environment into a land of ice and snow, its general location has not changed.
With Law's and Penguin's devil fruits, they teleported all the way to the vicinity of the experimental base.
When Caesar Clown saw their figures on the monitor, they had already found the experimental base and teleported directly inside.
This scared Caesar to tears. While running away, he quickly took out his den den mushi to call Doflamingo for help.
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