"What's that?" asked the Castle Legion and Hearts, pointing to a humanoid sheep standing behind Vegapunk that was more than four meters tall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Vegapunk had obviously gone in empty-handed before, but after half a day of coming out of the submarine, there was a strange creature following him? And where did this creature come from?

"Baa~!" After the humanoid sheep let out a sheep cry, everyone looked at it speechlessly.

"Hehe, don't worry, this is just a boat in the form of a sheep that has eaten the fruit of a sheep!" Vegapunk explained disapprerovingly, although his explanation only seemed to ease the surrounding atmosphere, but it seemed to make everyone fall into confusion.

"Where did you get the boat and the Devil Fruit?" Trafalgar Rowe asked disapprehantly. Not to mention the rare Devil Fruits, there are other ships here besides the Hearts submarine?

"Boat, Devil Fruit?" the people of the Castle Legion seemed to guess something when they heard that the humanoid sheep standing behind Vegapunk was actually a ship in the form of a sheep that had eaten the Sheep Fruit.

"That's right, it's the sheep-headed boat!" Seeing the puzzled expressions of the Castle Legion and the Red Heart, Vegapunk said bluntly, "And I just saw that you have a sheep fruit, and my hands ・・・・・・・are itchy for a while."

"So, this guy is the Merry?" Bao Zai and the others looked at the mini Merry who had turned into a humanoid sheep with some incredulity.

Vegapunk, who entered the castle space, discovered that the engine used by the Lost Merry actually used his technology, and he happened to discover that one of the ten Devil Fruits William had obtained was a sheep fruit.

Vegapunk's original purpose was just to upgrade the equipment from the castle space and improve William's strength. Vegapunk learns that William used the Pacifist's laser cannon launcher during the Overhead War (the three pacifists borrowed by the Draconians were not returned, and the Ministry of Science will definitely guess why), and then heard that William had freed a large number of slaves in the Holy Land of Mary Joy.

For whatever reason, Vegapunk didn't want William to die or be caught. When he discovers that William is still alive, he can only use his own skills to improve William's strength (upgrade the equipment in the castle space). Of course, it was impossible to go out and transform in just half a day just by relying on Vegapunk's strength alone, so he only did two things in this half day.

The first thing he did was to draw up the drawings for the transformation, and he believed that with the basic technology that William had mastered in the Ministry of Science, it would definitely be possible to complete the transformation according to the blueprints, as can be seen from the engine technology used by the Mini Merry and the technology used to modify the laser cannon equipment (Vegapunk did not know that these were done by Usopp and Carter French, and William was only responsible for providing the technology).

The second thing was for the Mini Merry to eat the Devil Fruit. Although Vegapunk didn't know what the Merry meant to the Straw Hats, it was clear from the Lost Merry that they missed their former ship. And it just so happened that the Devil Fruits that Li Fengzi got from the Draconians were all thrown in the castle space.

"Old man, are you kidding? Even if the Merry could eat the Devil Fruit, it wouldn't have become so big, right?"

"Have you heard of Devil Fruit Awakening?" Vegapunk didn't explain, but even Trafalgar Rowe was shocked. Trafalgar Rowe couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You mean Devil Fruit Awakening?"

"That's right, but at the moment, our science department has only found a way for the animal-based devil fruit to awaken!" Although Vegapunk said these things very flatly, everyone, including Trafalgar Rowe, was shielding their breath for fear of missing a word.

Even though the Hearts don't have animal-based Devil Fruit abilities for the time being, what Vegapunk said is still very important information. However, Vegapunk did not say the risks behind the current technology, and of course he will not announce this technology to the public!

The four prison beasts in the undersea prison are the ones with the ability of Devil Fruit Awakening, but because of the immaturity of the awakening technology, they can only remain in the awakened form. It is precisely because of this shortcoming that the World Government and the Navy have not popularized the awakening of animal-based Devil Fruit abilities, and of course, there is another important reason that Devil Fruits are very rare.

Although the Straw Hats already have two animal-based Devil Fruit Awakening abilities, Chopper has only awakened through drugs for the time being and is unable to keep his consciousness awake for the time being. And William also awakened the Devil Fruit ability through the action of external forces, and then it was only by chance that he was able to freely control the awakening form so as not to let himself fall into a crazy rampage.

Everyone looked at the Merry, who was second only to Bartholomy Bear in size, and although the Merry was the same as Pinault, they were both "objects" that had eaten Devil Fruits, but their IQ was not half as bad. Unlike sheep and sheep fruits, the human fruit itself has the ability to improve intelligence.

Although the Mini Merry ate the Devil Fruit, it can still float on the surface of the sea as long as he transforms into a ship form (just like Luffy can float on the surface of the water when he inhales into a rubber balloon, but it will still be affected to some extent).

"I'm almost going back, or I'll be in trouble if someone finds out!" Vegapunk found himself sneaking out for almost a day, and if he didn't go back, someone else would find out that he wasn't in the Ministry of Science. If it is known that Vegapunk is still in contact with William, it will not be a good thing for William now. Before leaving, Vegapunk turned back to Bao Zai and said, "Tell that kid, I have prepared a gift for him and put it on Chambord Island!"

Although William is no longer safe for the time being, no one knows when he will wake up, especially Vegapunk, who sneaked out, and it is even more impossible to wait for William to wake up here. Vegapunk sat on Bartholomy Bear's arm, and in the blink of an eye, the two of them disappeared without leaving a trace.

"The old man seems to have said that he has a gift for the boss, what could it be?" asked Oji Lin curiously. Although she didn't know about William's relationship with Vegapunk, why did he have to put it on Chambord Island if he wanted to send something to William?

"How do I know!" Kella, though she was a little worried about what kind of gift Vegapunk was going to give to William, had just learned the whereabouts of the other companions from Bartholomy Bear (she had only been in contact with Nami before, and only Nami had a phone bug in her hand among the missing companions).

Especially when Kerra learned that Nicole Robin's whereabouts were near a branch of the Revolutionary Army, Kella immediately contacted the Revolutionary Army headquarters and asked them to send someone to protect Nicole Robin. As for the location of the other partners, they are not in the World Government's sphere of influence, with the exception of Carter French's Future Kingdom (Begapunk's hometown).