Punk Hazard, Inner.

Institute for the Future.

The wonderful inventions of Vegapunk can be seen everywhere here.

But due to the impact of the situation, Vegapunk has not had the opportunity to take everyone to visit one by one, which is a pity.

However, among the many people present, there are always activists who "don't need instructions".

For example, the two of them—

Lindsey & Uta.

Taking advantage of Vegapunk's treatment of the Peach Pill, the two wandered around the neighborhood and were soon attracted to a practical invention.

It's called: Unmanned Blender!

It's an automatic cooking machine, and as long as the ingredients are in place, 500 kinds of dishes can be prepared in less than a minute.

Uta listened to the melody of the machine, found the start switch, and the two of them feasted on the spot.

Lindsay took a few sips of wine, her facial muscles habitually lost control, and she squinted and smiled.

.

"Haha!"

No matter how many times he watched it, Uta found Mr. Lindsay's drunken reaction amusing, clutching his stomach and laughing.

……

“……”

Looking at the two people not far away, Sentomaru fell silent for a while.

With a bounty of 2.2 billion berry, the outlaw who sits on the name of the [Demon], it doesn't look like what the world government advertises.

Seems a bit ...... Too casual?

While receiving treatment from Vegapunk, Sentomaru asked casually:

"Are they too excited? Or is it always the case? ”

"Always."

Crocodall on the side spoke, lit himself a cigar, thoughtful.

The gloomy gaze glanced at Vegapunk and asked:

"What exactly is the 'ancient machine' you just mentioned?"

It is not difficult to see from the attitude of the world government that anything related to "antiquity" is extraordinary.

Historical texts, ancient creations, ancient weapons, and now "ancient machines......

There is a lot of information about the above, and the mere "knowing" will be erased!

What exactly is the world government hiding?

Crocodahl's purpose has always been one.

That is: to establish an "ideal township" that is not held hostage by any force.

In order to achieve this goal, its own "military power" is indispensable, and the plan to pursue ancient weapons was born.

But combined with the information he heard from Vegapunk, Klokdahl had another conjecture.

[Ancient Weapons] may be the pinnacle of the military power of the ancients, but at the same time, the military power of the ancients is far more than that!

Whether it is the revived primitive man, or the current punk Hazard chaos, it proves this from the side!

What did the ancients really do?

What were the ancients dealing with?

“……”

Looking at Klockdahl's eyes, Vegapunk already knew that the other party was a smart and dangerous man.

Vegapunk is a kind and generous man, and he doesn't want to see his technology used for evil.

Therefore, in normal times, he would never reveal information to Klockdahl, but the current situation is a little different.

Because "he"—

An arm was placed on Klockdahl's shoulder, and several pizzas were served.

Klockdahl didn't want to eat it, but he didn't want to entangle with the primitives, so he had to take a piece.

After a while, everyone also got a hot piece and began to chew.

“……”

"Is it because of the [Demon]?"

Vegapunk's heart muttered to himself:

"Careerists, revolutionaries, archaeologists, adventurers, and even naval ......"

"The reason why this group of people were able to get together to eat pizza is probably because of the [demon] there, right?"

In this case, there is no need for Vegapunk to hide it

As he munched on the cheese, he recalled:

"Remember what I said earlier? Caesar Kurang privately explores the waters of O'Hara's ruins, and is eventually discovered by the World Government. ”

"In fact, after that incident, I also became interested in the situation on the O'Hara side."

"I secretly returned to O'Hara without telling the World Government, and it turned out that I really found something that I hadn't noticed before."

Vegapunk Road:

"At the bottom of the ocean near O'Hara, I found a batch of mothballed 'Ancient Machine Blueprints'!"

"The scholars in O'Hara are very good at archaeology, but not very good at the technical stuff, so they just treat the plans as 'documentary materials.'"

"I brought them back to Punk Hazard and secretly studied them without telling the World Government."

“……”

"Sealed blueprints?"

When Robin heard this, he slowly analyzed, "There must be a reason for this, maybe those things are dangerous." ”

"Beibeibei, I'm blindly worried, but I can't let science progress!"

Vegapunk laughs and explains, "As long as you have enough awe, it's not a big deal to take risks. ”

“……”

Robin thought for a moment and felt that there was some truth, "Indeed, there must be enough awe. ”

Vegapunk also nodded: "Yes, enough awe......"

“……”

With that said, it is not difficult to guess the following.

Klockdahl raised an eyebrow, "But, someone who 'has no awe' is here, isn't he?" ”

"That's true."

Vegapunk's face straightened, and he said in a deep voice:

"Caesar, that guy has obviously been kicked out of the institute by me, but he still hasn't given up."

"He has been obsessed with the research of weapons of mass destruction, even without regard for the lives of innocent people, and I have warned him many times, but he still insists on going his own way."

"Caesar secretly returned to Punk Hazard this time in order to take away his research materials and prepare to make a comeback elsewhere!"

"In the process of stealing research materials, he discovered the 'ancient machine' that I had restored, and then activated it without any preparation......

“……”

This is where it all began.

The Ancient Machine was activated, then went berserk out of control, usurping the supreme authority of the Future Institute at breakneck speed.

Vegapunk was in the middle of it, and he didn't even have time to send a signal for help, so he was trapped in place!

Caesar himself is a natural Devil Fruit ability and can easily get out of it with elementalization, but Vegapunk can't do it at all.

"There's ...... about that ancient machine"

Vegapunk explains:

"I'll call it 'Copy Cloning Machine'!"

"It is able to use machines to copy and clone the information it collects about its personal body."

"The more information you collect, the more relevant the 'machine' will be!"

"The small number of navies left here are not the opponents of the copying robots at all, and they can only keep retreating, but there are more and more copying robots."

"Under the vicious circle, Punk Hazard became what he is now......"

Vegapunk sighed helplessly.

"The point is, I haven't figured out the 'upper limit' of the ancient machine."

"What is the limit of the power of those copying robots? To what extent can you copy an object? How can they be replicated? ”

"I don't know any of that!"

"So my advice is to avoid contact with those replication bots for the time being."

“……”

Everyone listened quietly on the sidelines, and also sighed in their hearts the "bizarreness" of the truth.

It's an ancient creation hundreds of years ago, but it's a bit unbelievable that it stumped a group of modern people.

Robin wanted to know more, so he asked Vegapunk, "Do you remember the 'ancient text' on the ancient blueprint?" ”

"Of course."

After all, Vegapunk has the world's best brain, and it is effortless to reproduce.

And looking at some of the "ancient words" written by Vegapunk, Robin's face also became solemn.

"You can't fight a copy bot – that's the right judgment."

Robin paused and translated:

"The core meaning of these ancient texts is that this machine is capable of 'auto-evolution' through contact and combat with others."

"Theoretically, the ultimate limit of the strength of those copying robots will be infinitely close to 'me'!"

“……”

(End of chapter)