One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

"Henshin!! Germa 66!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Reiju spun the technology canister in her hand.

With a dazzling light, specially crafted shape-memory armor instantly covered her graceful body. Giant butterfly wings unfurled behind her, and pink poisonous gas surged forth like a tide.

"A cloud of deadly poison!!"

call--!

The purplish-red, highly toxic smoke instantly engulfed the entire port ruins, not only obscuring visibility but also possessing a strong corrosive effect; even the surrounding stones were hissing.

"Hmph! A mere trick!"

From the center of the poisonous fog came Cracker's disdainful snort.

As a seasoned general, what kind of situation hasn't he seen?

"Biscuit Crushed!!"

Cracker slammed his hands together.

The cookie soldiers instantly disintegrated, turning into a sky full of fine cookie dust.

These cookie dust particles have extremely strong adsorption properties. They absorb the poisonous gas released by Reiju like a sponge absorbing water, and then turn into heavy waste that falls to the ground.

"What?!"

Reiju's expression changed. She hadn't expected her poison gas to be neutralized in this way.

"Walk!"

While Cracker was clearing the poisonous fog, Reiju grabbed Goss's shoulder, and the thrusters on her back spewed out eerie blue flames, carrying him toward the Saint Germa anchored on the shore.

"Go to hatch number 2!"

The wind whistled in his ears. Goss clutched his chest and, using Reiju's momentum, sprinted forward.

He didn't speak, but just glanced back at the dissipating poisonous fog and the terrifying figure.

They've successfully infiltrated Germa! With Cracker's timely help.

The two sped along and finally landed on a hidden deck platform on the side of the Saint Germa.

As Reiju pressed down, the heavy, airtight door slowly opened, revealing a metal passage leading into the depths.

"Go in."

Reiju pushed you into the passage, then quickly closed the hatch and locked the three defensive bolts.

Only then was the noise outside completely shut out.

Under the dim emergency lights, only the rapid breathing of the two people could be heard.

Goss leaned against the cold wall, slid down, and gasped for breath.

He looked up at Reiju, who had her back to him: "Cough... Thanks. If it weren't for you, I would have been dead just now."

Reiju did not respond immediately. She stood in the shadows, her shoulders heaving slightly.

A moment later, she slowly turned around. Her charming eyes, however, held no trace of a smile, only a chilling coldness.

She walked step by step up to Goss, looking down at him: "You told me the news, and I saved you. We're even."

"Even? Ha..."

Goss gave a bitter laugh: "I guess so."

"but."

Reiju's voice suddenly turned cold.

She suddenly bent down, grabbed Goss by the collar, and lifted him off the ground. Their faces were so close that Goss could see his reflection in her pupils.

"I can't completely trust you."

Reiju stared into Goss's eyes and said, word by word, "While it seems you're telling the truth, and Cracker's pursuit proves it, your appearance is too coincidental, and you know far too many secrets."

"Germany is currently on the brink of collapse, and I cannot gamble the fate of my family on someone of unknown origin."

Goss paused for a moment, about to explain.

Reiju didn't give him a chance to speak at all. Without warning, her lips, painted with bright red lipstick, pressed against his.

Well.

Two seconds later, Reiju released her grip, and Goss slumped back onto the ground. He subconsciously touched his lips, feeling a slight tingling and numbness spreading rapidly.

"This is..." Goss frowned.

"A passionate kiss is deadly poison."

Reiju straightened up, resuming her elegant yet aloof posture, and looked at him coldly: "This is a neurotoxin I made. It has already entered your bloodstream through the mucous membranes of your mouth and will spread throughout your body within ten minutes."

"Without my antidote, your heart will stop beating in three hours."

Goss's pupils constricted sharply, and he gritted his teeth: "You... is this how Germa treats their saviors?"

"This is insurance."

Reiju gave him a complicated look, then turned and walked deeper into the building: "If you really did this to save us, I will give you the antidote and apologize to you after this is over."

"But if you dare to play any tricks... this will be your death warrant."

After saying that, Reiju didn't turn back, leaving only one sentence: "Don't run around, stay here and don't move."

Watching Reiju's figure disappear around the corner.

The anger and pain on Goss's face slowly receded like the tide.

He leaned against the wall, feeling the toxins surging wildly within his body.

As Reiju's footsteps faded into the distance, the medical room fell into a deathly silence.

"Ugh...!"

Goss clutched his chest abruptly, veins bulging on his forehead, cold sweat pouring down his face.

Reiju, Germa's greatest masterpiece, possesses a "Hot Kiss" poison that combines hundreds of the world's deadliest biological toxins and chemical nerve agents.

Once this terrifying mixture of toxins enters the body, it's like countless tiny, rusty saws frantically cutting through Goss's blood vessels, corroding his nerves, and attempting to turn his internal organs into blood.

Let alone forbidding him from wandering around, even if we didn't forbid it, he wouldn't be able to move much on his own.

"Ha...ha...that's awesome..."

Goss leaned against the wall, his muscles spasming from the excruciating pain, but his eyes shone with a terrifying intensity.

If it were an ordinary person, their heart would have already stopped by now.

Meanwhile, Gossna's prized honey badger physique is engaged in a fierce battle.

The body's powerful detoxification antibodies were fully activated, like a well-trained army, frantically rushing towards the invading pink toxins.

But this time, the opponent was too strong.

Despite the honey badger's formidable antibodies, it was still at a significant disadvantage against Reiju's terrifying weapon, which possessed a multitude of poisons.

But under the cruel laws of the Asura Path, Goss's antibodies are constantly being strengthened.

Initially, those antibodies were pitifully weak and crumbled at the slightest touch.

But through repeated contact with the deadly poison, and through repeated destruction and recombination, those newly formed antibodies... changed.

They begin to memorize the structure of the toxins and start adjusting their own form.

The first batch of antibodies died, so the second batch became stronger. The third batch, the fourth batch…

Each painful pulse means that the body is learning about the toxin at an alarming rate.

Gradually, that heart-wrenching feeling changed.

The first change is the burning sensation caused by neurotoxins.

One second ago, Goss felt like he was being roasted in an oven; the next second, the burning sensation began to subside.

Next came the deep-sea frost poison. The chill that could originally freeze the blood gradually became less piercing as the antibodies evolved and strengthened, eventually feeling like a cool breeze.

Goss leaned against the wall, his rapid breathing gradually calming down. He could clearly feel that the originally deadly poison was gradually losing its fangs.

His body no longer rejected or feared them. As the antibodies increased exponentially, those toxins that once caused him excruciating pain now flowed in his bloodstream as blandly as plain water.

Ten minutes later.

Goss slowly opened his eyes.

The excruciating pain of being devoured by a thousand ants has completely vanished, replaced by a deathly stillness.

call--

He exhaled a breath of stale air tinged with a faint pink hue. It was the natural metabolism of his body after it had completely assimilated and become immune to these deadly toxins.

The excruciating pain inside my body disappeared. In its place came an unprecedented sense of clarity.

Goss clenched his fist, feeling the new life force coursing through his veins.

After being exposed to Reiju's world-class poison and subjected to the brutal forging of the Asura Path, his body has undergone a qualitative change.

"Immune to all poisons..."

Rumble—!!!

The massive tremor caused the entire Saint Germa to shake violently, and the overhead lights flickered on and off.

Even through the thick soundproof walls, one could faintly hear Cracker's furious roar from outside: "You despicable Germa!! Come out and fight me one-on-one if you dare!! What kind of skill is setting traps?!"

It seems that Cracker is enjoying the highest level of defense system provided by Germa.

Cracker launched a frontal assault, and the Saint Germa's defense system was already operating at full capacity.

This means that in order to deal with attacks at the level of a Sweet Commander, Reiju must concentrate all her energy on defending against Cracker.

Internal surveillance and patrol forces will be reduced to a minimum at this time.

This is the only window of opportunity.

If you want to uncover the secrets of Germa Technology, now is undoubtedly the best opportunity.

Whoosh. Goss's figure vanished from the medical room like a ghost.

Relying on his memory and the complex signs in the corridor that he only had the mind to look at at this moment, Goss avoided the patrolling clone soldiers and made his way to the deepest part of the ship's core.

After passing through the weapons research and development area and the clone cultivation area, Goss finally stopped in front of a heavy metal door with a double helix DNA symbol.

[Bloodline Factor Integration Laboratory]

"Found it."

Goss's eyes lit up.

Buzz buzz! Static electricity danced on his fingertips as he slipped through the crack in the electronic lock.

Accompanied by a burnt smell of short circuit, the heavy door clicked open and slowly slid open.

Cold. That's the first impression a laboratory gives.

The vast space was filled with countless complex instruments and petri dishes, and the green fluorescent light made it look like a ghostly realm.

This is the root of Germa's dominance in the North Sea, and also the culmination of Gaji's life's work.

Goss didn't touch the conspicuous documents because he couldn't understand what they said.

His eyes quickly scanned the finished products that looked ready to be used immediately.

Suddenly, Goss's gaze fell on a black helmet-shaped device that had been carelessly tossed in the corner of the lab table.

The thing was oddly shaped, connected by many broken tubes, covered in dust, and looked like a piece of junk.

But the label next to it caught Goss's attention:

Project Number: H-099

【Name: Brainwave-Powerful Aura-Assisting Induction Device】

[Status: Development Failed/Abandoned]

"Domineering... support?"

Goss's heart skipped a beat. He quickly picked up the dusty notebook and flipped through the experimental log below.

"...Experiment Log X Month X Day: Attempting to forcibly induce the organism to release potential domineering energy by stimulating the cerebral cortex with electrical waves."

In theory, this device could allow ordinary soldiers to perceive and master the basic fluctuations of Armament Haki and Observation Haki in a short period of time, shortening their training time by several years.

"...Experimental result: Complete failure."

"Analysis of the cause: The essence of domineering aura is the aura generated by the outburst of strong will and emotion."

The cloned soldiers and princes, modified by bloodline factors, had their emotional centers suppressed and erased. They lacked anger, fear, and most other emotions, making it impossible for them to generate the domineering aura that could be channeled by the device.

"Conclusion: This is useless junk for a perfect Germa warrior. Shelved."

"Haha...hahahaha!" After reading the log, Goss couldn't help but burst out laughing.

In his pursuit of absolute obedience and power, Jāchi deprived his sons of their emotions, but in doing so, he also personally stifled their potential to become top-tier powerhouses—their domineering aura.

"Trash in your eyes..."

Goss stroked the black helmet with obvious delight, his eyes practically brimming with excitement: "For someone like me, with my emotions, desires, and ambitions, this is a godsend!"

Just as Goss was about to put the contraption on his head.

Whoosh! The laboratory's red light suddenly flashed, and a piercing alarm blared.

"Warning! Intrusion detected in the restricted area! Warning!"

……

At the same time, in the main control room.

Reiju, who had just operated the defensive barrier and used the hydraulic trap to temporarily imprison the rampaging Cracker in the alloy cage, hadn't even had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw a red dot flashing wildly on the screen.

"The Bloodline Factor Laboratory?!" Reiju's expression changed drastically. That was her father's most valued forbidden area! How could someone have gone in? Could it be Cracker's clone?

"Damn it!" Reiju didn't have time to rest. Her pink figure rushed out of the control room and sped towards the laboratory.

Bang! The laboratory door was violently kicked open by Reiju. Covered in highly toxic powder, she roared menacingly, "Who goes there?! How dare you…"

However, when she saw the figure standing in front of the lab table, the rest of her sentence caught in her throat. Those eyes, which were always calm, were now wide open, as if they had seen a ghost.

"?"

Goss was leaning casually against the lab table, fiddling with the discarded helmet in his hand. When she rushed in, he showed no panic whatsoever; instead, he raised his hand and greeted her like an old friend.

"Oh, Miss Poison Butterfly. You missed me so soon?"

Reiju was completely stunned. She stared at Goss in disbelief, then glanced at the time on the wall. Less than twenty minutes had passed since she left the medical room.

"How...how could you possibly stand up?!"

Reiju's voice trembled; this completely defied her scientific understanding: "After being poisoned by my passionate kiss, you should be paralyzed on the ground, writhing in agony! Why... why are you wandering around here like nothing's wrong?"