Morin’s ability was extremely simple and brutal.
After devouring a beast, Morin created five giant eggs half the height of a person.
Although these Chimera Ants had yet to be born, their auras were already much stronger than the beasts used to create them.
“How long will it take before these Chimera Ants can move normally?”
Looking at the eggs before him, Golden Lion’s expression was extremely complicated.
In order to develop a drug that could make the ferocious monsters of Merveille obey him, Golden Lion had tried countless methods over the past few years.
Unfortunately, even now, he had gained nothing.
And Morin?
Morin had merely eaten a random Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, and he had solved Golden Lion’s greatest problem.
For a moment, the way Golden Lion looked at Morin became extremely complicated.
“About six hours.”
Morin had created many Chimera Ants before.
For ordinary soldier ants like these, it usually took around twelve to twenty-four hours.
If Morin deliberately accelerated their maturation, their birth time could be shortened by two-thirds.
The stronger the Chimera Ant, the longer the gestation period required.
The Kunpeng had taken a full three months to be born.
And that was only a squadron leader-level Chimera Ant.
Morin had yet to create Chimera Ants of an even higher level.
Golden Lion had already waited this long.
For six hours, he had more than enough patience.
Just as Morin said, after about six hours, these Chimera Ants were born from their eggs.
They obediently stood before Morin, like soldiers waiting to be inspected.
Some of these Chimera Ants had tiger-like stripes growing across their bodies, while others had tiger heads.
These traits came from the tiger Morin had used to create the Chimera Ants earlier, and some of the Chimera Ants had also grown organs unique to that tiger.
“So Chimera Ants are monsters created by mixing other species with ants?”
“In that case, as long as Morin wants to, he can create countless different types of Chimera Ants.”
When Golden Lion saw these Chimera Ants clearly, he also guessed the essence of Chimera Ants.
“Indigo, release the most ferocious monsters we currently have!”
Golden Lion took out a Transponder Snail and spoke.
“Pffft, pffft, pffft, pffft!”
With a series of sounds like someone farting, a man dressed like a clown in a white coat walked out.
Morin recognized this man.
He was Golden Lion’s deputy and ship doctor.
For all these years, he had been responsible for developing the IQ drug.
The moment this man appeared, he began dancing and gesturing wildly on the spot.
“What is he doing, Morin?”
Boa Hancock looked at Indigo’s gestures in confusion and asked Morin curiously.
“They’re probably communicating about something?”
Morin said with some uncertainty.
“It doesn’t matter.
Right now, I want to test the Chimera Ants’ combat power.
The more ferocious and uncontrollable the monsters, the better.”
Golden Lion had actually understood him and spoke to Indigo.
“All right.
Bring those monsters over.”
Indigo also took out a Transponder Snail and began speaking.
“So he can talk!”
Sandersonia and Marigold complained in unison.
As several large iron cages were placed on the shore, several red-eyed beasts were released.
There was a bull with swollen muscles all over its body, a spider whose eight legs had transformed into blades, and three strange beasts whose species could not be identified.
Clearly, these beasts had already evolved into monsters under the effects of the IQ drug.
“Go.
Feed.”
Looking at the monsters already pouncing toward Morin and the others, Morin gave the order to the Chimera Ants.
As Morin’s voice fell, the Chimera Ants charged forward at high speed and collided with the five monsters rushing toward them.
Squelch!
The instant the Chimera Ants and those monsters collided, blood splattered everywhere, and the sound of bones cracking could even be heard.
Among the five beasts, only two managed to let out death cries before they were torn apart on the spot by the Chimera Ants.
The scene was extremely bloody, and the three Boa sisters had already turned their heads away.
“This is the ideal weapon I’ve been searching for!”
Golden Lion looked at the scene before him, so excited that his eyes had begun to faintly redden.
“Morin, humans are also made of flesh and blood.
Can humans be made into Chimera Ants?”
“If humans can also become Chimera Ants, wouldn’t the Chimera Ants become even smarter?”
Golden Lion looked straight at Morin and suddenly asked him this question.
Golden Lion was a pirate after all.
At this moment, his vicious nature was directly exposed.
“Cannon fodder doesn’t need reason.
They only need to fear no death.”
Morin spoke faintly.
Morin had never used humans to make Chimera Ants, but he knew that humans could be used to make Chimera Ants.
In Morin’s plan, only squadron leader-level Chimera Ants and above were qualified to be created using Devil Fruit users.
“Morin, your appearance came at just the right time!”
“Indigo, prepare the fine wine.
We’re holding a banquet!”
The way pirates celebrated was often simple and unadorned.
Morin had eaten roasted meat for several years already, and he had long since grown tired of it.
As for the three Boa sisters, they had experienced four years of slave life.
Their lives had been even worse than Morin’s.
During this evening banquet, Morin’s group ate to their hearts’ content.
“Looks like aside from a navigator, I also need to find a chef.”
This was Morin’s first thought while eating.
After sending Morin away, Golden Lion walked toward the rear of the palace.
Behind it was his research facility.
Iron cages were everywhere, and inside them were beasts that had been injected with drugs.
“Has the research made any progress, Indigo?”
After Golden Lion observed the monsters for a while, he looked toward his deputy, who wore a white coat and clown makeup.
“Lord Shiki, the current monsters have already completed their second evolution, but as for the control drug…”
When Indigo reached this point, he was too embarrassed to continue.
They had already been here for five or six years, but they still had not made any progress on how to use drugs to control these monsters.
Golden Lion no longer cared about that.
With Morin’s Chimera Ants, those drugs were no longer important at all.
“Indigo, temporarily stop working on the drug to control beasts.
You can try researching a drug that can control the minds of humans.”
Golden Lion looked at Indigo, and at that moment, his gaze became incomparably deep.
“You mean to…”
Indigo’s expression froze.
He immediately realized what Golden Lion wanted to do.
“A person like Morin will never cooperate with me.
Only by finding a way to control him can I threaten the East Blue and threaten the World Government.”
Looking at the clear night sky, Golden Lion spoke in a low voice.
Unlike Whitebeard, who pursued family and stability, what Golden Lion wanted was to dominate the world.
Although he was now half-crippled, his ambition had never diminished in the slightest.