"What?!?"
"Voice of All Things?!?"
"Sri Lanka No. 1!!!"
"Wow, that's impressive, sir!"
"Ha?"
"Wasn't that you, sir, bored out of your mind, using an electric current to make the sound from downstairs ring in our ears yesterday?"
One gasp of surprise after another rang out, and one after another, eyes widened in astonishment.
While surprised, Gawain couldn't help but look at Jinbe, who spoke last.
"Jinbe, in your eyes, am I really such a boring person?"
"Why?"
Jinbe was taken aback; it seemed he was the only one who thought the adults were being boring...
Jinbe shook his head weakly, chuckled, and then patted his stomach.
"No, no, I was just so surprised. How could you be bored, sir?"
Voice of All Things, that's the same ability as Roger's! But you're already more outstanding Roger, so it's alright if Awakening it!
As he spoke, Jinbe gave Gawain a thumbs-up.
At the same time, Hancock, holding her severed hand, asked curiously.
"My lord, I have heard that Voice of All Things allows one to communicate with the entire world, and not just humans, but also animals and even plants."
So, darling, did you really hear the sounds of plants and animals?
"Certainly."
In response to Hancock's question, Gawain smiled and nodded, then listened attentively for a moment.
After a moment, Gawain asked softly.
"Dark Bird Ship, what are your dreams?"
"Gawain, all I want is to fly to the sky!"
"I see."
Nodding slightly, Gawain smiled and addressed the crowd before him.
"I just chatted with our ship, and I asked it what its dreams were."
He said he only wanted to fly into the sky as a ship.
What a magnificent dream! Even a ship at sea can aspire to the sky!
However, I can even talk to boats, so talking to animals is even easier... Wait, why are you all looking at me like that?
What's wrong? Is there something on my face?
Halfway through his speech, Gawain suddenly realized that everyone was looking at him with extremely frightened eyes.
So he quickly checked, and sure enough!
My nose is bleeding again!
Even the corner of his eye was bleeding...
"Grown ups!!!"
Gion suddenly pounced over and quickly wiped away Gawain's blood.
At the same time, as if they had just realized something, the people who had been marveling all lowered their heads with silent expressions.
Seeing everyone speechless, Gawain shook his head helplessly.
"Look at you all, so dejected, this won't do."
There's nothing wrong with my health; I just happened to catch Roger's illness.
As long as he doesn't end up like Roger, there's no big problem, haha, it's just a minor illness, he can be cured.
I made a foolish mistake a few days ago. I thought that as long as I kept the news under wraps, you wouldn't know and wouldn't worry about me.
But in reality, our ship is only so big. If anything happens, like when Sister Shakky was domestically abusive towards Grandpa Rayleigh again, everyone will know about it immediately...
So there was no way I could hide it from them."
As they spoke, Gawain took the handkerchief that Gion had used to wipe him and placed it aside.
Holding Gion's hand, Gawain sat back in his rocking chair and waved to the crowd.
"Look at the forced smiles on your faces, you were probably just putting on an act for me."
No need. It was my fault for not telling you sooner. I won't keep it from you like this again and cause you unnecessary worry.
As for now, don't worry, I've already had Madame Shyarly make a prophecy for me.
I can live a long time, at least until I'm closest to my dream.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain waved to Kaya, signaling Kaya to fetch him another bottle of wine.
Seeing the heat, Kaya hesitated for the first time at Gawain's command. It wasn't until Hancock gently nudged her that Kaya hurriedly went to get the drinks.
Gawain took the wine, smiled, took a sip, and then said.
"It was only after Awakening the ability to Voice of All Things that I realized that Roger's so-called terminal illness was not a disease at all."
That's just the consequence of Voice of All Things.
Imagine being able to communicate with every fish, every seaweed, and every cell in the ocean.
My head was already feeling incredibly congested.
However, everyone should try to relax as much as possible.
Every problem has a solution; a problem that couldn't be solved thirty years ago doesn't mean it can't be solved now.
Moreover, Roger and I have very different identities.
Just because Roger couldn't solve a problem doesn't mean I can't.
If I heard correctly, in about two minutes, the person who can temporarily stabilize and heal me will arrive on our ship!
At this point, Gawain turned his head and looked southwest.
Just now, during his brief Voice of All Things, he happened to hear it.
Vegapunk had finished negotiating with Kuma and the others, and then dispatched a clone, with Kizaru's help, carrying his brain, to charge towards the Dark Bird Ship!
A day earlier, in Egghead.
A yellow light carrying two figures landed near the door of Egghead.
Egghead's defense forces did not react to the light, because they were all Borsalino's direct subordinates and were all too familiar with the light.
Only Sentomaru rushed towards the spot where the light had landed.
As a follower, Sentomaru still holds Borsalino in high regard.
By the way, Sentomaru did not participate in the great battle six days ago.
When the war reaches that scale, one more Sentomaru won't make a difference, and one less won't Sentomaru either; he's not a necessity for the war.
As for now.
Sentomaru approached Borsalino, holding his axe, and looked at the Kuma and Issho behind Borsalino with a puzzled expression.
The Kuma was fine; after all, it was practically Egghead's master.
Before Kuma joined the Dark Bird Ship, he appeared in Egghead as Vegapunk's favorite modified character.
Furthermore, Kuma and Vegapunk have other connections to the Revolutionary Army and Dragon.
Gawain sometimes even suspected that sooner or later, Vegapunk's clones would defect to the Revolutionary Army's side, just like the Seraphim he created.
After all, the Navy and Mary Geoise have such a luxurious lineup: the Three Admirals, Tsuru, Garp, Garp, Sengoku, the God's Knights, the Five Elders, Imu.
How many monsters are mixed in here?
Is everyone a monster?
Thinking about it this way, without sufficient reinforcements, Luffy's dream of overthrowing Mary Geoise is simply a pipe dream...
However, all of the above is just Gawain's own judgment. As for Vegapunk's true stance and principles, as well as the final stance and position of the ultimate perfect weapons such as Seraphim, that remains to be seen.
That's still up to fate.
As for the present...
Sentomaru glanced at it and smiled, then pouted.
"Sir, what's going on? Why is that rude blind man here again?"
Is Gawain going to collaborate with Vegapunk again on Devil Fruit extraction?
"No, this situation is a bit special. Sentomaru, you just need to keep a close watch!"
After giving Kizaru brief answer to Sentomaru's question, Kizaru immediately led Kuma and Issho toward Vegapunk.
Gawain was close to death at this point, and Kizaru desperately needed help from Vegapunk.
As for exchanging pleasantries with Sentomaru?
Not now!
Behind him, he watched Sarutobi advancing figure and Huang Yuan's completely serious expression, which was even less lewd.
Sentomaru shuddered violently.
Over the years, Admiral Kizaru has only shown this expression on a very few occasions!
And that incident... that incident was the Buster Call!
So, what exactly happened to the Admiral this time?
The ocean, having just emerged from a major battle, won't it immediately descend into chaos again?
Just as Sentomaru was lost in thought, Kuma, following behind Kizaru, whispered to Issho.
"Rest assured, Vegapunk is the world's number one scientist, and his technology is at least five hundred years ahead of its time."
I believe he definitely has the ability to solve adults' problems!
Must!"
"I understand, but, Kuma, the fact that you're emphasizing this proves that you're actually the one who's more nervous."
He smiled and responded with a stern face, then looked into the distance.
He said he was looking, but he didn't have eyes; he was just pointing his face in one direction.
Just a few seconds after Issho seemed to realize something, Kizaru's Observation Haki finally detected something, and he frowned in confusion.
"Vegapunk came to pick us up, how interesting."
Did he know we were coming all along?
But how did he know all that? Could there be some unseen conspiracy hidden behind the adult's dying moments?
Could it be...?
"Let's not dwell on all the difficulties. It's good that he's here to pick us up. What we need is to focus on finding a solution, not figuring out who's behind it all!"
Even if there really is a mastermind behind this, we must temporarily agree to some of their conditions, because the lives of adults are of paramount importance!
The future cannot do without adults as its helmsmen!
Even if it means death, or losing myself, I must find a way for adults to survive!!!
Kuma abruptly interrupted Borsalino, then looked resolutely in the direction Vegapunk had come from.
A moment later, whoosh!
With the sound of air being pierced and trees and soil being sprayed, a robot wearing a black and white spliced hooded oversized sweatshirt, with a machine head and the words "01 Ziyang" sprayed on its face, stopped in front of Kizaru and his two companions.
As soon as it stopped, the robot looked at Kuma with a concerned tone.
"Bartholomew Kuma, you've come after all. That's not good news."
You should know that once you join that plan, you will lose everything.
As a friend, I sincerely hope you don't end up in that situation.
Even if Vegapunk and the other five all like you as the perfect test subject, I still stick to my own opinion.
Kindness should not be buried, and love should not become a weakness that is manipulated and controlled by evil people.
So please leave, Bartholomew Kuma.
Go to a safer place!
As soon as he finished speaking, the robot looked solemnly at the Kuma.
Looking into the robot's empty eye sockets, Kuma took a deep breath and shook his head.
"Shaka!"
He suddenly spoke to the robot.
"Thank you for your concern, but the reason I've returned here is not to cooperate with Vegapunk's experiments."
Don't forget, after receiving Gawain's protection, even Mary Geoise stopped threatening me with Bonney.
However, I know very well that Lilith and York still greatly admire my body and Devil Fruit abilities.
No one else can eject all the erroneous experimental records that acted on my body like I can!
I've returned here with a request, and I hope you and your blood brothers will grant it!
I originally thought that I would give everything I had to ask, and if they wanted, I wouldn't leave, as long as they gave me the answer I wanted!
At this point, the Kuma stared intently at Shaka.
Faced with the Kuma's resolute, iron-like gaze, Shaka Zhang mechanically spoke, then shook his head helplessly.
"I understand, Bartholomew Kuma. Since you've come here with a request, then... at the very least, Lilith will make the request you made."
However, I must tell you, do not accept any promises from Lilith.
You are a living person, not just a piece of experimental equipment!
Regarding your request...
At this point, Shaka pondered for a moment, then Kuma addressed the bear with his hands in his pockets.
Tell me your request first, and I will judge whether I am capable of doing it.
If I can do it myself, I won't mind the hard work. I want you to know that while you're trying to save others, you also have friends trying to save you.
No one can be without hope.
After saying this, Shaka put his hands together in prayer and then silently waited for the Kuma's reply.
Seeing this, Kuma glanced at the two people beside him.
Kizaru remained noncommittal. He knew the extent of Shaka's abilities. Although Shaka's computational power was not as great as Vegapunk's Brain-Brain Fruit, as one of Vegapunk's clones, Shaka possessed most of the knowledge that Vegapunk himself had!
Beside him, Yixiao looked slightly bewildered.
"Borsalino, and Bartholomew Kuma, what's going on?"
What adults need is Vegapunk, not some so-called Shaka!
We must never easily trust another person in the face of such a crisis!
"Don't worry, Yixiao, Shaka is Vegapunk!"
Upon hearing Xiao's words, Kuma gently patted Xiao's arm.
"Vegapunk created six different clones for himself, each possessing Vegapunk's own memories and some of his knowledge."
Perhaps Shaka really could do it, and compared to Vegapunk himself, I'm more inclined to believe in Shaka.
Because what Shaka represented and embodied was all the integrity Vegapunk possessed throughout his life!
After explaining things to Yixiao, Kuma immediately looked at Shaka and then said decisively.
"Shaka, Gawain has just Awakening the ability to Voice of All Things, but the human brain cannot handle countless sounds and information!"
The adult is now suffering from the same disease that comes from the highest level of Observation Haki, just like Roger.
Therefore, just like Roger back then, we need a piece of Vegapunk's brain!!!