Terrible Zephyr

Vegapunk's words saved him quite a bit of trouble.

The enormous brain, along with Bullet Island's valuable research materials, was transported back to the West Sea through portals.

As for the less important things, they could simply be discarded. Once they reached the West Sea, they would have all the resources they needed to rebuild.

The Straw Hat Pirates still had to continue their adventure, so Nami could only part with Lin Qi reluctantly.

Although Luffy no longer wanted to become the Pirate King, he still wanted to give the dream he had held since childhood an answer—to give the deceased Usopp an answer—and lead everyone to Final Island.

Lin Qi set aside a plot of land beside his West Sea laboratory specifically for Vegapunk, allowing him to freely build the laboratory he wanted to house his brain.

Hopefully, he would get along well with old colleagues like Judge.

The Mother Flame and various other technologies obtained from Vegapunk were also handed over to Judge and the others for gradual research.

The next day, Lin Qi had Vegapunk perform forced "craniotomies" on the Seraphim, removing the control chips from their brains.

To repay Lin Qi, S-Bear and S-Shark voluntarily stayed behind.

S-Snake was even impossible to drive away.

It had to be said that the cloned Seraphim had exactly the same personalities as their originals.

With the intervention of their respective originals, the remaining homeless Seraphim successfully settled in the West Sea.

As for the captured Saori Palace, Lin Qi had initially intended to brainwash her into becoming one of his own.

However, he discovered that due to her Devil Fruit, her telekinesis and mental strength were incredibly powerful. One careless move could result in mutual destruction and leave her an idiot.

That meant the matter of Saori Palace had