In the huge core basement, the sound of "ding ding dong" echoes.

A group of people gathered and looked at the "machine" in front of them.

A replicating robot with the Vegapunk bloodline factor, A-0.

Compared to A-1 and A-2, which are deranged in pedigree, A-0 is perfect from a certain point of view.

It has the "body" of Vegapunk, and it has also successfully obtained the ability of "brain fruit".

But at the same time, this is also a huge "mistake".

The "load" brought by the Brain Fruit is completely different from other Devil Fruit abilities.

Combined with Vegapunk's own genius, it will only overload A-0's mech, and it will not work properly at all!

This also leads to a result -

After the A-0 was manufactured, it was loaded with the command to "drag everyone to their deaths".

But at the same time, A-0, which is a "Vegapunk", also began to think.

After high-speed thinking beyond the limit, A-0's mechanical head was unable to withstand the high-voltage load, eventually causing the brain to explode.

And in the moments before the self-detonation, A-0 came to a conclusion.

The original order was wrong, "hope" must not be abandoned, and the A-0, as a "Vegapunk", must create hope!

From this, A-0 began the operation.

He stayed in the core basement, using everything in the basement to finally piece together the "ancient ship" in front of everyone.

……

“……”

The crowd looked at A-0 at work.

Even if you don't understand mechanics, you can deduce a general idea, that is, A-0 no longer has a "program" to think about.

After all, the "mechanical head" is gone, so what do you think?

Uta listened to A-0's voice, then her pupils shrank and she murmured:

"It's dead......"

True, as a "replica robot", A-0 is dead.

However, the "characteristics" of being a robot allow A-0 to barely function even if it has no head, and the rest of its body parts.

The parts were put together and continued to execute the "thought results" of A-0.

i.e. –

Give up the original plan to end up together and work hard to create hope!

“……”

What does this mean exactly?

For a while, everyone was a little confused.

Everything in front of me is too strange and bizarre to be inferred by common sense.

And if you want to understand the reason, you can only use the same "bizarre" ideas to make bold guesses!

Who can?

【Demon】Aven Lindsay.

The tall body sat down cross-legged, and then hugged the Vegapunk deity beside him, and laughed:

"The pedigree factor represents the 'person'."

"In other words, if you were born in ancient times and faced the same predicament as ancient machines, you would make a similar choice, right?"

“……”

Vegapunk was silent and did not answer.

If you nod decisively, you will be suspected of boasting.

But it is undeniable that no matter when, where, no matter how desperate the situation is, Vegapunk will not choose the ending of "ending together".

The A-0 has the Vegapunk bloodline factor, and thus inherits the ideas of Vegapunk.

If he could, Vegapunk would really want to talk to A-0.

What exactly did "antiquity" face? Why are ancient ships called "hope"?

But alas, that opportunity is no longer available.

A-0's mechanical brain blew itself up, making it impossible to communicate.

The energy in its body was also depleted from the previous intense thinking, and its movements became more and more sluggish.

Ding Ding Dong!

A-0 installed the last metal plate, and the sound of tapping and fixing slowed down.

Ding-ding-ding-knock...... Boom......

Click!

A-0 fell to his knees, arms hanging to the ground, half of his head drooping.

It shut down completely.

Undoubtedly, it was a complete death, and all those present were witnesses.

And watching "himself" die, Vegapunk's gaze was complicated, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

Only one person—

Or Evan Lindsay.

He clapped his hands and smiled even more.

"Isn't that a novelty?"

Lindsay opened her arms and grinned, "Imagine it, endless possibilities!" ”

“……”

Vegapunk looked back at Lindsay, and the rest of the group also focused their eyes.

Undoubtedly, Vegapunk did have many wonderful ideas, but all his ideas were based on rational "science", and there are traces to follow.

Evan Lindsay is different.

All the characteristics he exhibits have nothing to do with "rationality", but an extreme "sensibility", purely from the heart.

Because of this, Lindsay was able to perceive more, a realm that even Vegapunk could not see.

"The answer is 'what if'!"

Lindsay's hands were clubbed on his knees, and he analyzed in a deep voice:

"The A-0, created by the Ancient Machine, has the 'Mind of Vegapunk' and the 'Instructions of the Ancient Machine'."

"In other words, if Vegapunk had been born in ancient times, what choice would he have made when faced with the problems of that time?"

"The answer is A-0!"

The more Lindsay talked, the more interesting it became.

"As 'Vegapunk', A-0 will categorically reject the strategy of ending up together, and instead use his life to create hope!"

"Even if he doesn't have the ability of the brain fruit, he will still choose to do this and sacrifice everything for the sake of 'science'!"

“……”

Lindsay's words are undoubtedly unconventional inferences.

But no one else can argue with that, because it does sound like the truth.

"It's fate...... Is it? ”

The voice of the big bear came.

There is such a thing as "fate", and the big bear has heard too much.

Whether it was from my parents, the legend about the sun god Nika, or the various things I heard when I traveled around the world.

In this world, there is a so-called "destiny".

But this kind of ethereal thing is also extremely elusive and incomprehensible.

What exactly is "fate"?

Is it fate that the [Demon] named Aven Lindsay appears on this sea?

Vegapunk, who was born a genius, has eaten the fruit of the brain, is it still a kind of fate?

Big Bear looked at the wreckage of A-0 and muttered:

"Fate has never 'decided' anything......"

"Yes, that's right!"

"Even if Vegapunk was not born in this era, and even if he didn't have the ability to have a brain fruit, he would still choose to create hope!"

“……”

When Lindsay heard this, she grinned and said:

"What people call 'ability', or 'talent' or 'bloodline', is just a by-product of life."

"It's like Vegapunk, it's like A-0!"

"What kind of life you want to live can't be decided."

"Without a life of sufficient weight, even if you have a noble bloodline and powerful abilities, you can't go to the end of your fate!"

Lindsay's eyes narrowed, and he always felt a lot more happy.

"Fate can't decide us."

"It was we who decided our own destiny!"

“……”

Lindsay's words put forward an interesting theory.

Everyone was thoughtful when they heard this.

At the same time, Crocokdal next to him frowned, as if he was thinking about something else.

Robin noticed this and wondered, "Mr. Crocodile, what's wrong?" ”

"I always feel like something is wrong?"

Klockdahl took a puff on his cigar and said quietly, "We seem to have overlooked something, and it's important, or it's troublesome." ”

Robin couldn't think of an answer, so he could only be silent.

At the same time, in the microphone of the wheelchair robot, the shouts of one of the Vegapunk clones, [Evil] Lilith, were heard.

"Hey, have you done it, A-1 can't stop it!"

Before the words fell, only a roar was heard behind the crowd.

Rumble!

A-1's alien form broke through the gates, burrowed through the passage and into the underground, and roared before the crowd.

"Quack, roar, roar!"

A piercing roar of machinery resounded throughout the underground space.

But to everyone's surprise, the first target of the A-1 was not the people present, but went straight to the ancient ship.

Vega Punk suddenly felt bad and exclaimed:

"He wants to eat that ancient ship!"

(End of chapter)