Future Island...
Jewelry Bonney, who had turned into a five-year-old child, skipped up to the innermost door and pushed it open.
"I'm back, Vegapun..."
Before she could finish, the sight inside made her pupils quake. Pointing at the container in disbelief, she stammered, "Th-this... what is this? Why is there someone who looks exactly like Liu Qing, the World's Strongest?"
Hearing her voice, Vegapunk turned around. "Oh~~ little Bonney is back. Why did you come back instead of hiding outside? Don't you know the World Government has eyes everywhere here?"
Jewelry Bonney spoke earnestly. "Dr. Vegapunk~ I... I want to know everything about my father, Bartholomew Kuma. Also, do you have any way to restore him?"
Hearing why Bonney had come, Vegapunk fell silent. But looking at the little girl before him, he couldn't help saying, "Six years ago, I moved my laboratory here from another island. During that time, the World Government's watch over me had grown lax. I don't know where your father learned about me, but he secretly came to my room, carrying you unconscious."
As he spoke, Vegapunk went over to a chair and sat down, then continued, "Kuma reached an agreement with me. He would provide blood for my research, and I would cure your illness. Everything had already been settled, but what I hadn't expected was that Jaygarcia Saturn Saint of the Five Elders had installed a Surveillance Den Den Mushi in my laboratory. He overheard my deal with your father."
"The next day, Jaygarcia Saturn Saint came to see Kuma. He demanded that Kuma become one of the Shichibukai and undergo a complete modification, giving up his thoughts and sense of self to become a humanoid weapon for the Navy. He was also forbidden from seeing you before the modifications were complete."
"I