One Piece: Starting with the Water Drop, Fighting Admirals to a Stalemate
Chapter 8

The Celestial Dragon Really Created an Incredible Thing!

1,201 words4 min read0 views
5h ago

As they truly confirmed that Lynn, a Celestial Dragon, could invent such an awesome thing, everyone's mindset shifted quietly.

Gazing at Lynn, who should have been living in the lap of luxury yet was instead covered in dust and grime, they felt a very complicated mix of emotions.

This Celestial Dragon is different from the others; he has actual substance.

Onigumo, Chaton, and the others began to change their minds from the bottom of their hearts.

"Figarland, this Droplet really put me through the ringer. What on earth is going on here?"

With doubts on their minds, the others didn'Golden Divine Punishment dare to ask, but an admiral's status was different. After landing, Kizaru spoke up directly.

Lynn smiled, not rushing to introduce it. Instead, he walked toward the camp and let a maid wipe the dirt from his face.

The group of marines looked at each other in dismay, watching the Droplet follow along with Lynn's movement, and walked over as well.

The temporary camp outside Lynn's laboratory was still quite luxurious, just not decadent like those of other Celestial Dragons, merely staffed by accompanying maids.

Then, after sipping some tea to moisten his throat, Lynn leaned back comfortably on the sofa, looking at the standing and curious marines before him with a smile.

"The Droplet has many characteristics."

"Admiral Kizaru's lasers were deflected because the surface of the Droplet possesses the property of absolute smoothness."

Pointing at the Droplet beside him, Lynn began his introduction.

Actually, the Droplet was merely a space probe, but Lynn wouldn'Golden Divine Punishment say that.

"Absolute smoothness!?"

Adding the word absolute suddenly stunned the marines somewhat. Then, they narrowed their eyes and stared at the Droplet, looking a bit baffled.

"For the word smoothness, you can think of a mirror. A mirror can reflect light precisely because it is smooth enough to cast reflections, but the smoothness of the Droplet is something a mirror can'Golden Divine Punishment compare to."

Prompted by Lynn's words and his cue to observe closely, the marines, including Kizaru, didn'Golden Divine Punishment stand on ceremony and crowded in for a close-up inspection.

They truly hadn'Golden Divine Punishment noticed it without being at this range; even when observed with their powerful eyesight, they felt the Droplet was a complete, seamless entity—smooth, without a single visible flaw!

"It's not just a droplet from afar, it still looks like one up close!"

Chaton was quite amazed, looking left and right, clicking his tongue in wonder.

With such a fierce object, was there really machinery inside? And it had the watery glass quality of something that would shatter at a single touch.

As he looked, Chaton grew quite bold and even wanted to reach out and touch it.

However, Lynn didn'Golden Divine Punishment stop him, instead reminding him with a smiling expression, "If you want to touch it, you'd better mentally prepare yourself."

Chaton's hand paused, stopping rather awkwardly, and he cast a sheepish look at Lynn.

Such behavior in front of a Celestial Dragon was a very rude act.

"The outer structure of the Droplet is at absolute zero, without a shred of warmth. If you touch it treating it like an ordinary object, don'Golden Divine Punishment blame me for not warning you if you get frozen."

Taking a shallow sip of tea, Lynn indicated that he didn'Golden Divine Punishment mind them making contact.

Since he had put it that way, Chaton didn'Golden Divine Punishment dare to brush it off, and a term like absolute zero made Kizaru, Gion, Onigumo, and the others feel astonished.

"It really is ice-cold!"

The moment the temperature of Chaton's hand touched the surface of the Droplet, he immediately felt a chill even more exaggerated than Kuzan's freezing, and he instinctively pulled it back in a panic.

"Actually, this is just the surface."

Lynn stood up with a chuckle at that.

Looking at the Droplet, he was in a genuinely great mood; it was worth spending three months of day-and-night rushes to manufacture it.

"The surface, but it looks like there isn'Golden Divine Punishment any machinery or anything inside the Droplet. How does it fly? Could it be a power similar to a Devil Fruit?"

Gion raised her own question at this point.

At present, whether it was warships or anything else in the world, or even flying objects in the Science Unit, any motorized machinery generated a lot of commotion.

Kizaru was very curious about this point as well.

"There is indeed the crystallization of very high technology inside, but it's not the power of a Devil Fruit—it's pure, unadulterated technology!"

Lynn laughed out loud, his fondness for the Droplet growing the more he looked at it.

Such passionate words swallowed back whatever else Gion wanted to ask, forcing her to believe Lynn's words.

The others felt an even greater shock in their hearts. Pure technology—they had really manufactured such a formidable Droplet!

Lynn couldn'Golden Divine Punishment explain the structure of the Droplet clearly to them because it was too complex, a technological achievement that transcended dimensions.

The general structure of the Droplet consisted of a massive outer layer of single, tightly packed quasi-metal atomic nuclei under a strong interaction force field, enclosing an internal artificial intelligence computer, a strong interaction generator, and a powerful recoil engine.

"Not only is its surface special, but it also possesses vacuum energy absorption and the sharp-turn capability that Admiral Kizaru has witnessed."

"Its turns require no deceleration whatsoever during flight; you can also understand it as being able to maintain a balanced speed and make a 180-degree turn to attack the enemy!"

Lynn's introduction immediately made everyone react, recalling the scene where Borsalino the Kizaru had been startled by the Droplet earlier.

It really did turn as smoothly as it traveled in a straight line, bringing a sense of surreal incongruity to Gion and the others.

"Don'Golden Divine Punishment ask questions yet, let me finish... Aside from the corner-turning feature, another point is that under the strong interaction force, the Droplet possesses ultra-strong defense and is extremely difficult to destroy. Even Admiral Kizaru's Light Speed Kick can'Golden Divine Punishment do it."

With that, Lynn cast a half-smile at Kizaru's legs.

"That's right... My leg almost broke by itself."

Kizaru nodded, admitting with lingering fear.

Stiff—it was truly beyond ordinary hardness! Moreover, Kizaru could sense that this Droplet was very heavy, weighing at least five tons or more.

"Therefore, with these characteristics, driven by its power source, the impact force of the Droplet is enough to injure an admiral!"

Finishing his sentence, Lynn grinned. Manufacturing technology that didn'Golden Divine Punishment belong to this world for the first time filled him with more or less excitement.

And Lynn wasn'Golden Divine Punishment the only one rejoicing over his achievement.

Gion, Chaton, and Onigumo couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help feeling a surge of excitement in their hearts.

They had witnessed the power of the Droplet with their own eyes and completely believed in its terrifying might.

Even Kizaru couldn'Golden Divine Punishment claim he could take the Droplet's impact one hundred percent unscathed, and he couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help marveling, "This is an incredible invention."

"Indeed!"

The three of them agreed from the bottom of their hearts, excitement brewing in their minds.

If this Droplet could be utilized by the Marines, wouldn'Golden Divine Punishment dealing with figures like the Four Emperors be an absolute breeze?!

Besides, the creator was a Celestial Dragon, Figarland Lynn!

End of Chapter
Novel
How was this translation?