Vegapunk explained:
"The Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit's Spore Bomb can only be fired once every ten years."
"Normally, that shouldn't make sense."
"After all, once someone eats a fruit, they're the one controlling its powers."
"But according to all known records, every previous user of the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit could only fire this Spore Bomb once every ten years."
"So it's very likely that the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit's Spore Bomb needs some nutrient from the human body to form."
"And that process takes a full ten years."
"I'm very interested in finding out exactly what it needs, but I don't have time to research it."
"With this Pacifista, though, things are different."
As he spoke, he looked at the little girl with white hair and dark skin:
"Unlike the Pacifistas in the government's plans, which involve turning people entirely into machines."
"This Pacifista was grown from scratch."
Carol raised an eyebrow:
"Grown... a robot?"
Vegapunk nodded:
"That's right, a robot."
"A living robot of flesh and blood."
"I owe a lot to the research data from Judge that Enel sent over."
"After integrating all that data..."
"I created her using lineage factor editing technology, along with some ideas Sakazuki and I discussed."
"Because she was grown, the possibilities are limitless."
"Theoretically, she could even incorporate the innate abilities of certain rare races, or Devil Fruit powers."
"But progress on that front hasn't been very smooth. The different cells clash too strongly."
"So for now, she's only the most basic first generation, grown from the flesh and blood of that Love-Love Fruit user."
"She has exceptional natural potential, but most importantly..."
"Her growth period can be greatly shortened."
"Like Judge's cloned soldiers, which take only five years to grow into elite adult soldiers of twenty."
"With some improvements of my own, I've shortened that to