Who made him the Pirate King?

Any scientific research requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

Let alone the world's number one scientist like Vegapunk, whose "science and technology are five hundred years ahead of the times and eight hundred years behind the times"!

Storm had previously considered recruiting Vegapunk, but he had not yet taken action.

One of the most critical reasons is that——

Storm does not have enough resources for Vegapunk research!

Without resources, just to raise a Vegapunk, do we have to rely on the "world's largest brain" to build a nuclear reactor by himself?

If Storm remembers correctly, someone tried to recruit Vegapunk more than ten years ago.

——Not Lou Feld, the king of loan sharks.

The MADS organization funded by the loan shark king Lou Feld, that is a story from a long time ago...

More than ten years ago - to be precise, the year O'Hara was destroyed by order of the World Government.

Vegapunk went to O'Hara to pay homage to Dr. Clover, and then met Monkey D. Dorag on O'Hara Island, who had not yet formed a revolutionary army.

The current revolutionary army had not yet been established back then. At that time, there were only "volunteer armies".

Monkey D. Dorag was the captain of the Volunteer Army at the time.

Dorag also wanted to recruit Vegapunk back then and offered an olive branch to the world's number one genius. He wanted to use the mind and technology of the world's number one genius to change the world.

But at that time, Vegapunk also rejected Dorag without hesitation.

The fundamental reason is also this——

In a poor army like the Volunteer Army, even with Vegapunk's knowledge and technology, they can't produce anything useful at all!

But it's different now.

Storm defeated Charlotte Lingling, nearly destroyed the entire Big Mom Pirate Group, occupied Totland of All Nations and took the wealth of this pirate kingdom into his own hands.

In addition, Tianyaksha, the loan shark king, the big-handed mortician, the warehouse industry veteran, and the shipping king who were defeated by him successively... the two remaining kings of the dark world, the Queen of Happy Street and the Big News Bird, became his subordinates.

In addition, the Golden Emperor is about to become the new king of the dark world...

Storm's current power is roughly equivalent to the original Big Mom Pirates plus the entire Dark World!

This does not include the golden wealth in Shantora, the golden city on the "Sky Gaya Island" above the paradise in the first half of the Great Line!

With Storm's current power and territory, it can be said that it is more than enough to support one Bega Punk!

After hearing what Storm said, Vegapunk looked extremely shocked.

He is a scientist who doesn't hear anything outside the window and only wants to do research.

But even such a scientist knows what the Big Mom Pirates represent!

"you……"

Vegapunk couldn't help but ask.

"You defeated Big Mom?"

"It's not 'defeat', it's 'kill'."

Storm smiled and corrected.

"Charlotte Lingling is dead. If you want to see the evidence..."

Storm pulled it to the side, and a space door opened. He reached inside and fished out the Emperor's Sword Broken Blade Napoleon.

The moment he saw the broken sword, Vegapunk immediately realized——

Big Mom, one of the Yonko of the New World, has indeed been defeated!

An exclusive weapon is of great significance to pirates.

Just think about it.

If someone suddenly takes a weapon such as [Ace], [Cong Yunqi], or [Yazhaijie], and the weapon is damaged, and goes to the navy, saying that he defeated Roger, Whitebeard, and Beasts...

Even if "you can't see a living person, you can't see a dead body", the credibility of this statement is still very high!

'If Bailong's words are true...'

‘The power and wealth of the Big Mom Pirates, and the wealth of the Golden Emperor! ’

‘Then should I follow Hakuryuu’s advice, leave the World Government, and join this pirate…’

Vegapunk fell into deep hesitation.

To be honest, he was dissatisfied with many of the World Government's actions.

Just like Vegapunk is obviously a peace-loving scientist.

But the world government always wants him to research some weapons of mass destruction.

Vegapunk's dream is to solve the energy problem of the entire ocean.

But in Punk Hassad, he couldn't even think about how to realize this dream...

If you are under the command of pirates...

Should it become a little more "free"?

However, Vegapunk and White Dragon are not familiar with each other.

Today is only the second meeting between the two parties.

Vegapunk was very worried that he had just escaped from the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den again.

"if……"

Vegapunk was silent for a long time, hesitating to speak, but in the end he did not express his position directly, but changed his words.

"What do you think of 'the world'?"

"world?"

Storm raised an eyebrow.

"Division, poverty, backwardness, ignorance, chaos. That's about it."

The Red Continent and the Grand Line completely divided the world into several pieces.

The level of development varies among the islands, and poverty runs through the lives of the vast majority of ordinary people.

The development level of some islands is exactly that of the primitive era, and cannot be called "development" at all.

Not to mention ignorance and chaos.

In the Great Pirate Era, thousands of ships competed and hundreds of boats competed.

Countless people dreamed of becoming the Pirate King.

But the one who was destined to become the Pirate King was a destined god.

A world that only wanted to wait for a savior, and a divine savior to solve all problems, was really too sad.

Especially...

Can that divine savior really save the world?

Vegapunk did not expect that Bailong's cognition of the sea would be so "unique". He looked at him deeply.

"So, your dream is to change the world?"

"No, my dream when I was a child was to be a king, the kind of dragon king who raised a large number of dragons."

Storm shook his head and answered very seriously.

"As for changing the world? I don't have such a great dream.

"If possible, I just want to change the living environment around me.

"I always believe that science and technology are the primary productive forces."

At this point, Storm briefly described the world he had lived in.

People live and work in peace and contentment, science and technology are booming, and everyone can enjoy the fun brought by science and technology.

In short, it is -

modern society.

Storm was so excited that he used his [Clay Fruit] ability to make clay models one by one.

From small refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions, telephones...

From large cars, ships, airplanes, rockets...

Since the alternative product of "train" already exists on the sea - sea train.

So Storm did not give the example of train, he just used [Clay Fruit] to make a square mobile phone.

"If possible, I hope Dr. Vegapunk can help make one of these things - I call it a 'smartphone'."

God knows how long it took Storm to overcome the "mobile phone deficiency syndrome" when he first came to the sea.

Vegapunk reached out and took the white cube handed by Storm, looked at it carefully, and couldn't see anything special...

"I roughly understand what you mean."

Vegapunk put away the clay cube and looked at Storm seriously.

"Will you apply technology to war?"

Technological war?

Storm looked at Vegapunk strangely, and then he looked up at the sky.

"Dr. Vegapunk, everyone says that your knowledge and technology are 500 years ahead of the ocean. What I want to ask is... can your technology lag behind the ocean by 800 years?"

Eight hundred years ago, the huge kingdom stood proudly on the ocean.

Many of Vegapunk's technologies are called "inventions", but in fact they are "archaeology".

And many of his technologies are not as good as those of the ancients...

Liliyuanshangpu.

Under normal circumstances, Vegapunk's intelligence is still online.

He clearly heard what Storm meant by the "eight hundred years" in his words.

Science and technology from eight hundred years ago!

Vegapunk shook his head.

"Probably not..."

Storm looked at this "world's first brain" and continued to ask.

"So, can your technology, or the most powerful science and technology, be comparable to [Uranus], [Pluto] or [Aquaman]?"

Three ancient weapons.

[Uranus] and [Pluto] are both the kind of beings that can destroy an island with one shot.

Not destroying the surface of the island.

But completely destroying the island!

As for [Sea King].

Calling on the abilities of all sea kings in the entire ocean, on this planet where the ocean occupies an absolute dominant position, it can also be called a strategic-level weapon.

Vegapunk's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly.

"No."

He still hasn't figured out the ancient technology!

The three ancient weapons are the highest crystallization of ancient technology!

How can Vegapunk's current technological level compare to the ancient kingdom?

Storm's last words came over.

"Then are you still worried about your technology being used in the war?"

How to say it?

Storm thinks the so-called "war" on the sea is actually quite a joke.

Of course.

The small-scale wars between islands and countries don't count.

Storm just thinks the so-called "war" between the real top forces is quite a joke.

For example, when the Straw Hat Pirates sailed to Fishman Island.

Luffy, the Straw Hat Boy, used a [Conqueror's Haki] to stun 50,000 soldiers of Fishman Island.

What level was Luffy's [Conqueror's Haki] at that time in the New World?

At most, it was just on par with Doflamingo, right?

A strong man who is proficient in [Conqueror's Haki] can completely keep war away from ordinary people.

The top [Conqueror's Haki] can even stun strong men at the level of Vice Admiral of the Navy and Seven Warlords of the Sea.

What kind of war is this?

In the final analysis.

On this sea.

Personal power is beyond technology.

Unless Vegapunk's technological productivity has developed to the point where it can easily manufacture the three ancient weapons.

Otherwise.

The influence of technology in the so-called "Pirate War" is still too weak.

Vegapunk was silent for a while.

"So, you won't put technological power into the war?"

"Of course not!"

Storm shook his head and said directly.

"If it's just a normal equipment upgrade, such as replacing cold weapons with hot weapons...of course I won't stop it.

“But I won’t specifically ask you to produce any weapons of mass destruction.

"Of course, if Dr. Vegapunk tells me one day that you can create [King of Heaven Uranus], or you can create a [spaceship], please don't hesitate."

"U-spaceship?"

Bega Punk stuttered a little.

He still hasn't figured out what the "airplane" that Storm just mentioned is about.

Why has it jumped directly into the "spaceship" era now?

"Let's talk about this later..."

Vegapunk touched the back of his neck and made a quick decision.

"Actually, I don't have a good impression of the World Government either... Then let's leave Punk Hassad together now!"

What Storm just said.

What Vegapunk is most concerned about is the scene of "modern society" mentioned by the other party.

That scene was as real as if Bailong had really lived in modern society...

As a scientist committed to peace, Vegapunk is very concerned about a society where everyone enjoys the fun of science and technology.

And put aside these "dreams".

The thing that impressed Vegapunk the most was... in fact, he had no choice.

White Dragon is known to have defeated Big Mom.

And on Punk Hassad Island, can anyone resist Big Mom?

The answer is zero.

Vegapunk is unwilling to allow Punkhassad Island to suffer meaningless destruction.

So choosing to "surrender" directly now is undoubtedly the best solution.

Anyway, even if the World Government pursues it later.

Vegapunk isn't worried either.

This is what scientists are like who rely on knowledge and technology.

What's more, Vegapunk's scientific and technological productivity ranks first among the sea faults!

"Then welcome Dr. Vegapunk to join us!"

Storm smiled and stretched out his right hand, shook Vegapunk's hand, and then asked again.

"Doctor, there shouldn't be any special research secrets hidden under Punk Hassad Island, right?"

"Down below?"

Vegapunk was slightly startled and looked at Storm in confusion.

"I don't quite understand what you mean."

Storm raised his right hand and waved, and a blond figure slowly floated down from the blue-eyed white dragon.

“What I mean is, if there is any secret laboratory established under the island of Punk Hassad Island, or any other technological product, you’d better tell me in advance.

"Because, I want to take this island away directly!"

If only Storm had kidnapped one Vegapunk.

Then when he returns to Totland of All Nations, he will still need to spend a lot of time and energy to help Vegapunk re-establish a new research island.

What a waste!

As early as the moment when he decided to abduct Vegapunk.

Storm had already thought about it.

He wants to take Vegapunk and Punkhassad away with them and the island!

This is Storm's real revenge plan!

Begapunk subconsciously looked at the newly appeared blond figure.

Golden Lion II Lane.

The contemporary [Piao Piao Fruit] ability user!

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