Returning to Punk Hazard, Vegapunk's Genius Technology
When the warships arrived at Punk Hazard, the image of the Mother Flame still kept flashing through Ortolan's mind.
According to Ortolan, in this world, a strong military force is one of the cornerstones of maintaining rule, while personal power is the foundation for guaranteeing one's own rights and status.
Only with great strength can one control a sufficiently large army, and only with a sufficiently large army can one effectively safeguard one's territory and interests.
Otherwise, it's meaningless Whitebeard so strong, the money they all make might not be enough for a single day of Ortolan's life.
If you don't have enough subordinates and troops to protect your interests, if something happens in your territory today, you'll have to deal with it. If something happens in another territory a few days later, you'll have to run away again. At that time, do you think you're going to be an emperor or a babysitter?
This is why, even though Ortolan knew that the world could be considered to have 'great power returning to itself' to some extent, he still held high hopes and expectations for the army.
As for the Mother Flame, such a devastating attack was, in Ortolan's view, something completely beyond the bounds of what was expected.
A single strike can destroy a nation; in other words, a single strike can wipe out the accumulated strength of countless people, numbering in the hundreds.
Furthermore, it also possesses the potential to destroy a massive military base in a single strike, which is indeed a threat to Ortolan.
"Will it take at least 18 months to research it?" Ortolan pondered this statement to himself.
In the original story, the Mother Flame was first put into experimentation after 1522 of the Marine Era. The target of the experiment was the Rulusia Kingdom, and the result was a great success. However, at that time, the World Government still could not fully master this weapon and still needed Dr. Vegapunk to continuously provide the 'fusion reactor' needed to activate this weapon, which triggered a great war on Egghead Island.
It is currently the 1505th year of the Marine Era, and there are still more than ten years until 1522nd year. Ortolan will not rely too much on his past memories, because this world has already undergone many unknown changes due to his arrival.
Shanks, Luffy's mentor, is already about to be reincarnated, so why the hell are you still thinking about the original timeline?
Original memories can only serve as a reference or as a basis for intelligence analysis.
The situation on Punk Hazard is completely different now. In the original story, the Mother Flame was supposed to be something Dr. Vegapunk created on his own, but now, there's a large group of experts and scholars on Punk Hazard who specialize in studying ancient artifacts.
Borsalino's claim of 1800 might just be a limit.
It is very likely that the Mother Flame will be resurrected within 18 to 10 days!
If the Mother Flame is resurrected in the hands of the World Government, it will be a great threat to Ortolan.
Therefore, Ortolan was also thinking about how to deal with this matter.
The best-case scenario is that after the research on the Mother Flame is completed, we can seize the research results; however, we cannot place all our hopes on this direction.
Ortolan is always meticulous and thoughtful, and rarely does anything like putting all your eggs in one basket.
On the one hand, we must prepare to seize the fruits of the Mother Flame; on the other hand, we must be prepared to turn against the World Government within eight months!
In other words, before 1512 of the Marine Era, Ortolan must complete his plan to sweep across the New World, use the Marines as the main force to control the entire New World, and begin to confront the World Government head-on!
At this point, the Mother Flame should no longer fall into the hands of the World Government. Who knows, Ortolan might even use it to create another great smoke storm for Mary Geoise.
With this in mind, many things need to be accelerated. Although Ortolan's original plan was to have the strength to make Mary Geoise respect the Sengoku Grand Marshal, it was still somewhat insufficient.
Lost in thought about all sorts of things, Ortolan followed Borsalino off the warship and then saw Rear Admiral Nico Orbia waiting to greet him.
"Welcome to Punk Hazard, Admiral Bane!" Orbia stepped forward and warmly shook hands with Ortolan.
Perhaps it's because the living conditions here are very comfortable, or perhaps the Science Unit has some special secret formula? In any case, Orbia seems unaffected by the passage of time, and her charm remains undiminished.
Ortolan shook hands with Orbia, saying with some emotion, "The first time I met you, you were an unlicensed scholar; the second time I met you, you were a colonel in the Punk Hazard Science Unit; and now, when I see you again, you're Rear Admiral in the Science Unit. Time really is a magical thing..."
"Yes, when I first met you, you were already Rear Admiral in the Marines. The second time I met you, you were Vice Admiral Marines. And now, you are Admiral Marines. As you said, time is a magical thing. But I still thank you for taking care of me all this time," Orbia said with a sigh.
On the way here, Ortolan had heard from Borsalino about the students' situation. The students' leader, Professor Clover, was now too old, his energy was not as good as before, and his health was not good, so he had retired from the front-line research.
As for Orbia, after Professor Clover stepped down, he officially became the leader of the academic community and also took over Professor Clover's rank of Rear Admiral General.
If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the highest level that students can advance to in the Marines physical education group.
At least that's the case for Orbia and her generation of students. Perhaps decades from now, when this group of students grows old, the new group of students who have truly grown up within the Marines will be able to fully integrate into the Marines and become a trustworthy group.
Only then will the invisible shackles hanging over their heads be removed?
"I've already heard about the Sleepy Ancient Town Devil Fruit Borsalino. Thank you so much for personally going to the trouble for me," Ortolan said with a smile.
"I've always wanted to find an opportunity to repay your kindness. I should be the one thanking you," Orbia said earnestly.
Looking at this expression, Ortolan clearly understood that what Orbia was talking about wasn't entirely about being Ohara's daughter, but also because Robin had always been treated like a daughter by him, raised and cared for.
Speaking of which, Borsalino had previously taken Robin to live with him in Punk Hazard for a while.
The group chatted as they walked toward the Punk Hazard research base.
A moment later, Ortolan saw Dr. Vegapunk, with his large head, walking towards them. As soon as he saw Ortolan, he said happily, "I was going to greet you at the port, but an experiment went overtime. Sorry, sorry."
"I'm fine with Borsalino taking care of me, why would I need to trouble you?" Ortolan laughed and joked with Vegapunk.
Borsalino's face twitched, wishing he could shoot Ortolan, that bastard, to death with a laser.
"When Lieutenant General Gion returned Vice Admiral Gion last time, he took some medicine from me that could suppress your manic state. I wonder if you had the chance to try it later?" Dr. Vegapunk asked curiously.
"I did try it once, and it was very effective. As soon as it was injected into my body, I was able to regain my senses in a few seconds. Thank you so much for your care, Doctor," Ortolan said gratefully.
"It's good that it works." Dr. Vegapunk nodded first, then added, "However, I still suggest you try to avoid using it..."
"I'd like to say that I'm actually able to control this mania now. It might only take another year or two at most before I'm completely cured," Ortolan said with a chuckle.
"That's good, that's good..." Dr. Vegapunk nodded happily, then said, "Speaking of which, didn't I take some blood from you last time and conduct research within your permission?"
"Speaking of which, Teacher Zephyr has told me many times that when I have the chance to meet you, I should thank you properly. His asthma has indeed improved a lot." Ortolan said happily upon hearing this.
Dr. Vegapunk exchanged a few words with Ortolan about Zephyr's matter, then said, "I already said that this blood sample would be used in fields such as biomedicine, but recently my research in this area has been somewhat affected. The serum produced from your blood has the effect of treating trauma... but... all the test subjects have more or less developed madness. Since you are confident that you can heal your previous symptoms on your own within a day or two, I would like to ask you to provide me with another blood sample after you are completely recovered, is that alright?"
"Of course, no problem." Ortolan nodded, then said, "We're good friends, Doctor!"
"Haha, thank you very much." Dr. Vegapunk was very happy after receiving Ortolan's affirmative reply, and then he was about to take Ortolan to see some of the novel technologies he had recently developed.
Ortolan was also quite interested in Dr. Vegapunk's various technologies.
He had always believed that it was extremely foolish for the World Government to insist on forcing Vegapunk's genius research abilities toward military applications while ignoring and disregarding other areas of technology.
Many of the technologies developed by Vegapunk have very promising prospects, especially the Island Cloud and Sea Cloud that simulate Skypiea, which can be used in the Blue Sea. In other words, it is even possible to open up a risk-free 'highway' from the Blue Sea to Skypiea based on these two materials at any time.
This will directly break down the millennia-old barrier between the Skypiea and the sea, bringing about the integration of culture, resources, specialties, and other aspects, and generating enormous economic and political benefits.
There are also island-wide climate air conditioning, artificial organs, automatic cooking machines, holographic projection, artificial objects, and so on. If these technologies could be put into use, they would be an endless source of economic resources!