Upon arriving at the Holy Land garrison grounds, Commander Kong had already been waiting for quite some time. Seeing that Tsuru was there as well, his expression flickered with surprise for a moment before he ignored it and gave a military salute.
"Five Elders, the calibration is complete. Please inspect them!"
"Mm, it is indeed necessary to see whether their actual combat power is as miraculous as Vegapunk claimed."
Longbeard Five Elder nodded and swept his gaze over the vast drill grounds before suddenly asking, "Strange. Wasn't Vegapunk supposed to come too? Why isn't he here?"
The Pacifistas involved Devil Fruit transfer, human cloning, intelligent identification, and the most complex weapons and energy technologies, among other things. The technical personnel they had assigned at most understood one category individually; when it came to the whole picture, only Vegapunk truly understood it.
These outsiders knew nothing about any of it. Without him present, they could only watch the spectacle.
"He was originally going to stay, but he suddenly received a call saying that the latest batch of Railguns sent to the front lines had encountered a problem..."
Kong knew the Five Elders would certainly ask about this, so he answered, "Considering that the Navy has recently been preparing a counterattack and the situation on the front lines cannot be treated lightly, I let him return."
"Tch, so even the World's Greatest Scientist makes mistakes? I thought only we were incapable of covering every detail?"
Longbeard Five Elder made a self-deprecating joke, exchanged glances with his colleagues, then looked at Kong.
"Then let us begin! Today, we will only test their actual combat power. There is no need to concern ourselves with the rest."
Mechanical creations not only needed to be operated; they also required far more extensive and complicated maintenance, upkeep,