One Piece: Starting with the Water Drop, Fighting Admirals to a Stalemate
Chapter 2

Celestial Dragons Building a Lab? These Dunderheads Know How to Do Scientific Research?

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50 billion Beli of budget—this was estimated by the system.

How much was the bounty of the King of the Pirates? A mere 5.5 billion, showing that for ordinary people, this was an exceptionally massive amount of capital.

Yet do not forget, Lynn was not merely a Celestial Dragon; although his status was at the bottom, he was still the sole surviving seedling of a World Noble family. With the accumulation of Heavenly Tribute allocated every year, he was already rolling in wealth. This was also one of the reasons he was frequently picked on by the Roswald Family.

The Figarland Family had only a single seedling; guarding wealth without spending money, everyone was just red-eyed with envy.

Admiral-level, meaning the degree this technology can achieve is at the level of the World Government's highest combat power bursting forth, not the perfect-grade Droplet technology.

Lynn asked the system what so-called Admiral-level meant, and from it obtained an explanation of the levels.

Yet even Admiral-level belonged to an exceptionally formidable degree. Once manufactured, Lynn, who controlled the Droplet, would possess Admiral-level destructive power. How terrifying!

One had to know that an Admiral was precisely combat power standing at the very peak layer of this world, comparable to a natural disaster!

Sitting on the sofa, Lynn digested everything he had obtained with a smile. After a good while, he completely accepted it and laughed heartily.

"Someone come, call the people of the CP Force over for me."

When the time was about right, Lynn directly let out a shout.

"Understood, Figarland!"

Outside the door, someone immediately ran over to respond.

As for calling the people of the CP Force, Lynn actually had an idea.

"Since I've awakened the system, I should take action right away. However, to manufacture the Droplet, I still need a specialized laboratory."

During the waiting period, Lynn was still pondering the things he needed to do.

Technology required a specialized research ground. Not only did the Droplet technology need to be realized, but in the future there would certainly be even more technology, so he had to plan ahead.

Similar to Vegapunk, who even had an island dedicated to conducting research, it was also very necessary for himself to get an island exclusively used for conducting technology.

"That's right, islands are the things the pirate world lacks the least. The Holy Land of Mary Geoise has always been unsuitable for this kind of technological stuff."

Therefore, Lynn muttered as he planned, incidentally starting to take pen and paper to write down the required materials.

Before long, three men in black suits and respectful expressions entered from outside the door, respectfully half-kneeling before Lynn: "Greetings, Figarland."

The people of the CP Force, especially those in Mary Geoise, treated the Celestial Dragons like gods, showing the utmost reverence and respect.

"You three, do something for me."

Lynn had no superfluous words either, directly starting to instruct: "You go and withdraw 100 billion from my Figarland Family's Heavenly Tribute. I have a list of materials here; go find them in the black market or through other channels and buy them all for me."

"You go find a deserted island, a larger island. I want it."

"And you, go to Marineford, ask Marine Fleet Admiral Sengoku for manpower, and come with me to build a laboratory."

The three CP personnel were given instructions by Lynn in turn, and there was no need to brief them on any confidentiality matters.

"Yes!"

"Wait a moment. When you go to Marine Headquarters to ask for people, you need one Admiral and three Vice Admirals to serve me for a period of three months. This point must be handled clearly, and everything must be fast. Understand?"

Just as the CP personnel were about to stand up, Lynn suddenly emphasized, emphasizing it very seriously.

"Yes! Understood."

The three men of the CP Force had no emotions displayed on their faces.

Withdrawing so much money to buy materials was nothing to the Figarland Family. Demanding manpower and islands was just a matter of a single sentence for a Celestial Dragon. But demanding Admirals and Vice Admirals—on this point the three of them still couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help feeling astonished in their hearts, especially when seeing the material list, which gave them a somewhat peculiar feeling.

Aside from wanting an Admiral, they also wanted to build some sort of laboratory? Were Celestial Dragons also starting to play new tricks? Messing with science?

To put it bluntly, Celestial Dragons were "good-for-nothings".

Astonishment and some doubts existed, but the command of a Celestial Dragon was an oracle. They would not refute it, let alone give it extra thought, and after their feelings flashed by for just a moment, they honestly went to execute it.

Seeing the three men of the CP Force depart, Lynn nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, secret agents handling chores are indeed efficient. The concept of the supremacy of the Celestial Dragons is truly deeply rooted."

The feeling of having someone go handle things with just a single sentence was truly exhilarating, and Lynn was no exception.

He really was quite suited to dabbling in technology; this identity was simply too convenient. Next, he only needed to wait some time before he could begin.

However, just as Lynn had finished ordering the CP Force to handle things,

In Pangaea Castle within the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, inside the Room of Authority,

five elderly men were sitting upright on the sofa in the middle. One had his ten fingers crossed, one was embracing a long saber, and one was furrowing his brow.

They were precisely the highest authority of the World Government, the Gorosei who controlled the World Government!

"This time let's still discuss the matter regarding the 20 Families, whether to pick one out from the nations below to join the ranks of the World Nobles."

The voice of the Great Elder carried strictness and solemnity as he initiated a discussion with the remaining four elderly men.

Celestial Dragons could be joined, but ever since the Nefertari Family refused to settle in the Holy Land, it had always been 19 families, and the new entrant had never been finalized.

"Right now the kingdoms in the world indeed have many choices. Judging from influence, strength, and the benefits that can be brought to the World Nobles, I'm afraid we still need to wait and see."

The Third Elder stroked his long white beard that almost reached his navel and said helplessly.

Not only regarding the selection of the nations below, but to the 19 families in the Holy Land, this was also a matter of utmost importance. However, having been instructed, they still needed to consider filling the 20th family.

This family had to be a national royalty with greater influence and strength to join.

At this time, the other few elderly men all nodded slightly, still considering how to speak.

However, a Den Den Mushi call came in, answered by the sword-embracing Fifth Elder. The message transmitted by the call was precisely the report on Lynn's actions.

"Figarland Lynn—he took money, bought an island, and demanded people. Is he going to build a laboratory to research technology?"

The report of the Den Den Mushi was followed by a hang-up, but the Gorosei present had all heard it.

This series of actions couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help but make the Gorosei somewhat puzzled. Ordinary World Nobles would never personally go and dabble in such matters.

Besides, who would believe it if it was said that a Celestial Dragon was building a laboratory to research technology? Could they research anything out?

What was the little fellow up to? However, the Gorosei did not stop Lynn; treating it as child's play, they instead wore pensive expressions.

Moreover, what they paid attention to was not Lynn's own actions.

"The Figarland Family—only he remains as a single seedling."

Suddenly, the Fifth Elder uttered a remark like this, causing the eyes of the four present to twitch slightly.

To the World Nobles, the Figarland Family truly was a huge piece of cake.

"Perhaps we can just happen to consider a dignified demotion... Figarland Lynn."

The thoughts of the Gorosei turned out to be remarkably uniform. It could be said they had all thought of this aspect.

If Lynn were demoted, not only would the Figarland Family's wealth and power be released, but two vacancies would open up among the 20 Families!

Coupled with allowing royal families of more powerful kingdoms to join, this was definitely a good thing for the nobles in the Holy Land.

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