"Oh."
After receiving the answer from the Kuma, Shaka was visibly surprised for a moment. Even though he only had a mechanical face, that surprise was directly revealed from his metal casing.
He slightly raised his hand, clenched his fist, then relaxed it, and finally placed his hand on his chest.
"Excuse my bluntness, Bartholomew Kuma, the Gawain you speak of, isn't he a Celestial Dragon?"
Before Kuma could respond, he shook his head.
"The Celestial Dragon Awakening the same abilities as Roger, which is not a good thing, even if Borsalino were here I would still say so."
This is not a good thing!
Shaka Buddha paced around in circles, lost in thought, as he continued to meditate and speak.
"However, Celestial Dragon who can gain Bartholomew Kuma's approval seems to be worth Vegapunk making certain sacrifices for."
But I really don't want the Celestial Dragon to... never mind.
Forget it, I shouldn't think about those things. Kindness shouldn't be mixed with calculations of self-interest, and whether something is just or not shouldn't be judged by gains or losses.
In short, having just heard the voice of all things, he needs help because the mortal brain cannot contain and process the sounds and information of the entire world.
Now I think I understand why you were willing to save him.
Because what is most advantageous to him is not Vegapunk's brain, but his Brain-Brain Fruit.
However, the Celestial Dragon Gawain did not seem to have any intention of plundering.
Or perhaps you had plans but ultimately restrained yourself, which is even more commendable than not having any plans at all.
In the face of power, refraining from abusing it is actually more difficult than pursuing power itself.
Although I only heard Gawain's name briefly from you.
But I think I would admire someone like him, and I'm willing to offer any help I can!
As soon as he finished speaking, Shaka nodded slightly to the three Kuma.
"Gentlemen, please come with me. Although I am willing to offer assistance, I am clearly unable to meet your needs."
Vegapunk was extremely careful about protecting his brain because he saw himself as a recorder of the entire world.
Therefore, to obtain a part of his brain that has not been used, his consent is required.
Rest assured, I will stand by your side and do my best to persuade Vegapunk.
Come with me.
As he spoke, Shaka gestured for the crowd to follow, and they immediately followed in Shaka footsteps.
As they walked, Kuma turned to Yi Xiao and whispered an explanation.
"It is not surprising that Shaka is willing to help us, because among Vegapunk's many incarnations, Shaka is the one who symbolizes righteousness."
Luckily, it was him we encountered; otherwise, if we had met the one symbolizing desire or evil...
"Then we might really have to resort to some means to get to Vegapunk."
"I understand."
Facing the Kuma, Yixiao nodded slightly.
"Although it is incredible, it is not surprising that a world-renowned scientist like Vegapunk can do anything."
He separates his chaotic thoughts and creates clones to carry them, allowing him to conduct scientific research without any worries after eliminating the chaotic thoughts.
Such people deserve respect, it's just a pity that they are unlikely to become our scientists.
After a brief discussion, the two followed Shaka to the place where Vegapunk was conducting his experiments.
With none of the other clones present, Shaka easily led the group to Vegapunk's location.
From afar, Yixiao finally grasped the true nature of Vegapunk.
The feedback from his Observation Haki told him that Vegapunk had an incredibly tall and long brain, truly befitting the host of the Brain-Brain Fruit.
Seeing everyone, Vegapunk was a little surprised. He turned around, put down the experimental records in his hand, and smiled as he spoke to the group.
"Long time no see, Bartholomew Kuma. Have you finally been driven to the brink by the World Government?"
If so, please rest assured that no matter how high the World Government's demands are, I will be more lenient and at least leave you the opportunity to store your memories.
So, what brings you here? Are you here to cooperate with me, or to continue our work on the Devil Fruit with the Dark Bird Ship?"
"For the sake of others."
The Kuma raised its head and spoke to Vegapunk expressionlessly.
"I need a part of your brain, a blank brain, like the one you gave Roger."
My lord Awakening the ability to Voice of All Things, so you should be able to understand now!
Wow!
Compared to his clones, Vegapunk is clearly more active. He has indeed stripped himself of many negative emotions, but he wouldn't abandon positive emotions like joy and excitement.
As for the sentiment of integrity...
In most professions, integrity can be considered a positive emotion.
But for a pure scientist...
If Vegapunk, an expert in biology, continued to have a sense of integrity, he would feel immense guilt and disgust towards his experiments!
As for emotions that were detrimental to his experiments and science, Vegapunk considered them all negative emotions!
After his initial shock, Vegapunk laughed so hard his tongue lolled out, shaking his head repeatedly as he laughed.
He continued speaking, shaking his large head.
"Tsk tsk, I knew I was right. A long time ago, when Roger and the others talked to me about so-called prophecies and fate, I knew they had fallen into a trance."
Even the Pirate King couldn't escape the fate of falling into ignorance.
In the prophecy he saw, the next person qualified to Voice of All Things should be a young person who is kind, honest, and optimistic enough, and who is also qualified to bring joy to the whole world.
But now, what has clearly Awakening is a young person who is not so kind or happy, but is willing and dares to bring order to the world.
This was far from what Roger believed.
However, in any case, since a life capable of Voice of All Things has encountered difficulties, all things should provide this life with whatever help they can.
After all, without a genuine intention to help or even save all things, one cannot Voice of All Things.
I am also a part of all things; how could I stand idly by while those who sincerely want to save me stand by?
So, I will be performing brain separation surgery later.
Wait, what's that?
Suddenly, Vegapunk couldn't help but turn his gaze to the surveillance Den Den Mushi in the room.
In the scene played on the Den Den Mushi, a steel machine was speeding across the sea, about to reach the island in the blink of an eye...
Upon seeing that scene, Kuma pursed his lips speechlessly, while Yellow Root let out a lewd snort.
Hearing those voices, he smiled and nodded thoughtfully.
"It seems that Brother Franky has arrived. Perfect, I'll go and meet him now."
After all, he had previously emphasized that he disliked Mr. Borsalino's method of teleportation.
And speaking of which, Franky's speed is actually quite fast!
As he spoke, he smiled and turned to leave, while Kuma continued to explain to Vegapunk.
"Please forgive me, Franky is the chief scientist of Dark Bird Hao. He is very interested in you, and the research materials you left behind back home have also ended up in his hands. He is very talented."
"I can tell!"
Hearing Kuma's explanation, Vegapunk nodded quickly, then said with a face full of praise.
"Look at his body, it's amazing, he's actually turned himself into a mechanical structure!"
Although he utilized some of the properties of the Munch-Munch Fruit Devil Fruit, I can tell that he had already modified his body before consuming the Munch-Munch Fruit, and the modification must have been very successful!
Because he practiced internal circulation, which made him no longer human!
This level of skill... is truly astonishing. Even if Queen himself were to operate it, he probably could only achieve this level!
And he is still very young!
Unlike me, who relies on the Brain-Brain Fruit, he's a purer and more promising genius!
I already want to see him!
And so, a few minutes later, Franky and Vegapunk, who had just arrived on the island, began a friendly discussion.
Half an hour later, Vegapunk cut off a piece of his brain and solemnly handed it to Issho.
Feeling the tiny brain, no bigger than an apple, in his hand, he smiled and asked in surprise.
"Mr. Vegapunk, according to Crocus, the brain you left Roger must have been quite enormous, right?"
Otherwise, the adults wouldn't have sent me to deliver it!
"The adult's situation is far more dangerous than Roger's. How could your brain, which is even smaller Roger's, possibly provide enough help to the adult!"
Cang Lang Lang!
With a smile, he suddenly drew his Cane Sword.
"Do you perhaps think my knife is dull?"
"Well..."
Seeing the smile that was full of anger, Vegapunk helplessly patted his big head.
"Please don't think that way, Mr. Yixiao. I have no intention of looking down on you or Gawain."
The brain I gave Roger back then was only this size initially.
I am a user of the Brain-Brain Fruit. My brain instinctively expands continuously to contain and process more information after receiving enough data.
So, after you take this brain back, it will grow bigger on its own.
Don't worry, I will ask Shaka to go back with you, partly to teach you how to use my brain.
On the other hand, connecting my blank brain to the Dark Bird Ship did indeed require considerable mechanical assistance. We had to manipulate electromagnetism to assimilate my instinctive brainwaves into Gawain's neuroticism.
This is something I, staying here, cannot do; only Shaka can do it after meeting Gawain himself.
However, with Franky by your side, I believe that Shaka and Franky will be fine together."
At this point, Vegapunk gave Shaka a deep look, Shaka immediately nodded slightly.
Immediately afterwards, Vegapunk turned to Franky and laughed.
"As for now, Franky, come with me."
You have accepted my gifts and made good use of that knowledge, so you can be called my half-disciple.
Although you don't like my strongest subjects, chemistry and biology, I've improved quite a bit in mechanical engineering over the years.
I will make a copy of that knowledge and then give it to you, and I will try my best to teach you some hands-on skills.
"Gawain, you still have plenty of time left. Let's go back together after you've made progress."
On the Dark Bird Ship, sensing the approaching group, Gawain thoughtfully took a sip of wine.
Nearby, others gradually sensed the return of the group.
Immediately, everyone's faces lit up with anticipation.
Two minutes later, Kizaru and the others arrived at Gawain's side.
From a distance, he smiled and raised his brain, which was protected by a cloud of air, in his hand.
"I have successfully retrieved Vegapunk's brain, my lord. In addition, Mr. Vegapunk's clone, representing the upright Mr. Shaka, has also come along!"
"I see."
Gawain stood up decisively and then walked towards Shaka with a smile.
Facing the serene figure of Shaka, Gawain reached out and gently pulled up Shaka's mechanical hand.
"It is an honor to meet you, Mr. Shaka. I have long admired your name."
"Me too, Gawain. After meeting you, I am very relieved that I did not see the violence of the Celestial Dragon in your eyes."
However, if I may be so bold, Vegapunk himself told me something before I arrived.
At this moment, we have a question that we don't understand, and we hope to get the answer from you!
As he spoke, Shaka gently released Gawain's hand, then looked at Gawain with a serious expression.
Franky, standing to the side, rubbed his head in confusion.
"What's going on? Why didn't you say there was a problem before?"
"Sir, you're not a scientist. I'm the smartest person on this ship. Just ask me if you have any questions. Why bother sir?"
"Fine."
Gawain raised his hand to stop the dissatisfied Franky, then looked thoughtfully at Shaka and gently waved his hand.
"Is it convenient for you to raise your question here? If not, we can discuss it privately."
"Whether it's convenient or not depends on whether you find it convenient to answer. In short, what Vegapunk and I want to ask you is..."
Shaka looked at Gawain with unusually deep eyes. Gawain opened his mouth with melancholy, and then asked, word by word.
"As you should know, we and Vegapunk have been conducting research on Devil Fruit and Lineage Factor."
In the realm of Devil Fruit, Vegapunk and I have already achieved something... replicating Devil Fruit!
Although the replication process wasn't perfect, we did indeed replicate more than one precious Devil Fruit.
But... just a short time ago...
To our astonishment, we discovered that some of the Devil Fruit we copied had suddenly and completely lost their Devil Fruit powers!
And those nodes Devil Fruit loses its power..."
At this point, Shaka raised his hand and began to gesture, little by little.
"Initially, the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon we copied, which is Kaido's Devil Fruit, was the first to lose its power!"
At first, we thought it was an isolated incident, or that our research had some flaws in terms of its duration.
But then, just a week earlier, after that war had begun!
Whether it's the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, the Fence-Fence Fruit, or even... Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
They have all lost their abilities!
And all the Copy-Copy Fruit that have lost their Devil Fruit powers...
Apart from a few who are pirates, all those people are your subordinates!
Regarding this...
Gawain!
How are you going to explain this?!