Sakazuki: Looks Like You'll Have to Suffer a Little, Ortolan!
Soon, Ortolan and Sakazuki, along with a group of others, arrived at the port.
At this moment, on the open ground of the port, a huge warship's main cannon was placed on a specially made trailer, bathed in sunlight. The steel reflected light, making people feel the ferocity of this Ancient Weapon.
There were many Marines officers watching, but none of them knew what it was.
"Such a big cannon? It's almost as big as a warship!"
"It's not that exaggerated, but it's definitely huge. What is this thing?"
"I don't know, maybe it's the Admiral's trump card?"
"Are we going to take this to the Red Line?"
"The Admiral! The Admiral!"
As soon as Ortolan and his men arrived, they immediately dispersed the Marines who had been watching the spectacle.
Then, Ortolan climbed onto the huge trailer and personally touched the main cannon of the Ancient Weapon, Pluton Pluto, his hand feeling icy cold.
Master Tom, who had been waiting for some time, stepped forward and explained, "The energy furnace's reserves are low right now; it seems the last few hundred units have naturally dissipated. I checked the blueprints, and based on the remaining energy, this main cannon can fire a maximum of four more times. But don't get your hopes up too high; three times is more realistic..."
"How powerful is it?" Ortolan patted here and there, pretending to know what he was talking about, and casually asked.
His action startled Sakazuki, who was standing nearby. Wasn't this thing supposed to be self-destructible? What are you taking pictures of here?
If this thing were to be smashed, the guys on Mary Geoise would probably laugh their heads off.
To be honest, Ortolan's question stumped Master Tom.
Master Tom's face twitched a few times before he spoke, "I have no idea about its power, but since it's called an Ancient Weapon and is rumored to be able to destroy the world, one shot like this should be able to destroy an island, right? But ultimately, practice makes perfect... If we really want to know how powerful it is, we'll have to fire a shot and see."
Upon hearing this, Ortolan agreed, saying, "That makes sense. Practice makes perfect. In that case, let's fire a shot and see!"
Sakazuki standing to the side?
Master Tom was also completely bewildered.
No, so you didn't hear me when I said we could only fire three or four shots?
"Hey, Ortolan, since we can only use it three or four times, I think we shouldn't use it recklessly, especially at crucial moments..." Sakazuki quickly interjected to stop him.
"Yes, Admiral, we don't have enough energy, and we've never done this before. What if we use up all our energy in one shot?" Master Tom also chimed in to dissuade us.
Ortolan laughed and said, "Energy? How is energy generated?"
Seeing this, Master Tom quickly pulled Ortolan to the other side of the main cannon, where there was a huge energy furnace with an interface device on the outside.
Master Tom pointed to the interface device and said, "Admiral, this is the energy input port. We need to continuously input massive amounts of energy at a stable rate. Currently, both thermal and electrical energy can be input. It has an internal conversion device that can convert the input energy into the special energy required by Pluton. However, according to the blueprints, this energy conversion is extremely costly. For example, if we input 100 units of energy, only about 10 units will ultimately be converted into the special energy that Pluton can use. The loss rate is 90%..."
"Such high losses?" Ortolan was also somewhat surprised.
"Yes, so to recharge Pluton, a special technology is needed. This technology should be the energy technology that was once used to match Ancient Weapon. Now that it has been passed down, it is a very difficult thing to recharge Pluton ..." Master Tom shook his head and said.
"Could it be that Pluton also needs the Mother Flame, the Mother Flame?" Ortolan wondered to himself.
After all, the Mother Flame that Vegapunk later developed was also a revival of ancient technology, and it's highly likely that Uranus, the Uranus, was powered by this thing.
Pluto, another Ancient Weapon, may, like Uranus, require the Mother Flame to power it.
Judging from such a massive energy conversion loss, this must have been deliberately created by those who made the Ancient Weapon. Their purpose was to use the technology of controlling the Mother Flame to curb the potential for Pluto and Uranus to spread and ultimately destroy the world!
With these thoughts in mind, Ortolan placed his hand on the energy input interface and asked, "Can I input electrical energy now?"
When Ortolan spoke, both Master Tom and Sakazuki were taken aback.
Well???
Huh?
Yeah, that guy Ortolan is a user of the Goro Goro no Mi! Theoretically speaking, as long as his stamina is strong enough, the amount of electricity he can provide is unlimited!
Sakazuki was the first to react, exclaiming in surprise, "You really want to fire a shot?"
"Of course, let's fire it straight up into the sky, and show off our muscles to the Mary Geoise scum." Ortolan said matter-of-factly.
If he wasn't mistaken, Uranus, the Uranus the heavens, must be on Mary Geoise Uranus, and like Pluto, the Pluton, he was probably constrained by a lack of energy and unable to use it freely.
However, there's no guarantee that they won't use the Uranus forcibly in this final battle. Therefore, to avoid this situation, Ortolan decided to first intimidate the World Government.
Don't fucking think you're the only ones with Ancient Weapon, I have them too!
After regaining his senses, Master Tom said excitedly, "Yes, as long as you maintain a stable output rate of electrical energy from here..."
Following Master Tom's instructions, Ortolan began to gradually exert his power, and lightning emanated from his eyes. He continuously channeled a steady but enormous stream of energy into Pluto's energy conversion device through his palms.
About half an hour later, when Ortolan felt that he had inputted a huge amount of electrical energy and his body was beginning to feel some fatigue, a green light finally lit up in the energy converter.
"It's lit up! It's lit up!" Master Tom exclaimed excitedly. "The energy converter has been activated. It seems that as long as you continue to output power here..."
As he spoke, Master Tom leaned closer to the data display area of the energy converter, examined it carefully, and then said somewhat awkwardly, "With continuous output for three months, it can charge about 10%..."
Upon hearing this, Ortolan nearly lost his footing. He was currently mobilizing an extremely large amount of electrical energy to continuously output, which, in a battle, would be no less than continuously using a powerful energy-level attack like the Heavenly Bull.
If he could continuously output this level of energy for even a day, he'd be practically dried up. And to do it for three months straight? That's only charging him to tenth of his energy level?
No wonder! No wonder the World Government didn't choose to use this energy-based Devil Fruit to replace the Mother Flame. It turns out it wasn't that they didn't want to, but that it was simply unrealistic.
Of course, it's also possible that Uranus's conversion device was damaged?
"I admit, I was too loud just now. Let's not fire this cannon..." Ortolan said, his face twitching.
He thought that with his strength, he could charge Pluton like a fast-charging power bank in no time, but now it seems he was too naive.
"Admiral! Admiral, wait!" Master Tom, who had been reluctant to test the cannon just moments before, now grabbed Ortolan's arm, his face full of anticipation, and said, "Admiral, this 'tenth of the tenth' doesn't refer to the tenth of the main cannon's capacity, but rather the tenth of the capacity required for the entire Pluton Transport! Don't get the concept wrong!"
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Ortolan perked up and said, "I see. So, how many shots can '10' fire?"
"Uh... I don't know, but with you here now, we can at least recharge. So, it's perfectly reasonable to fire a shot and try it out..." Master Tom quickly said.
Sakazuki chimed in, "Yeah, since it can be charged, let's give it a shot. If it's powerful enough, it can further boost our morale..."
Mainly, he was also curious!
Looking at their expectant eyes, Ortolan gritted his teeth and said after a moment, "Then let's give it a try!"
Sakazuki and Master Tom were both delighted to hear this. "That's right, give it a try. At most, it'll just be a hardship for you, Ortolan!"