Usopp was surrounded by air currents that lifted his body up.
His gaze was fixed intently on what was below.
Suddenly, two red lights appeared, and the rusty ancient robot suddenly 'opened' its eyes.
"!!!"
Usopp's face instantly showed surprise upon seeing this.
"Boom!"
With a resounding thud, the ancient robot slowly rose to its feet, much to Usopp's astonishment.
He slowly glanced around, then his gaze fell on Usopp, and an electronic voice rang out from him.
"Target to be detected!"
"The target shows no hostility; it is determined not to be an enemy. Do not attack!"
After saying that, it stood still for a while, and finally its gaze fell in a certain direction, and an electronic voice came out again.
" Joy Boy's scent!"
" Joy Boy... is back! I'm going to find him!"
After saying that, it slowly walked in a certain direction, each step it took causing a slight tremor in the ground.
" Joy Boy?"
Usopp, flying through the air, muttered something to himself, then, as if remembering something, said:
"Isn't that Luffy?"
Xia Chen had previously explained some information about Luffy's Devil Fruit to them, and of course, he also told them what he knew about Joy Boy.
Joy Boy died eight hundred years ago, so if anyone mentions Joy Boy now, they're referring to Luffy.
Or perhaps it should be said that he is the one who Awakening the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika!
"This robot seems to have some connection with Joy Boy; from what it said just now..."
"If I'm not mistaken, he's probably heading to find Luffy now. In that case, let's go check it out!"
Having said that, Usopp immediately made a decision and slowly flew away behind the ancient robot.
He wanted to see what this robot was up to.
--
On the other side, after some time, the group, led by Shaka, arrived in front of a huge building with a high-tech feel.
As Shaka walked, he explained:
"This is the main control room on the island! It controls all the intelligent facilities on the island!"
"Your captain and pet have been taken inside by the main body; they're waiting for us there!"
Upon arriving at the door, Shaka scanned his face, and the door automatically recognized him, opening directly.
Led by Shaka, the group slowly walked inside.
They all looked left and right, filled with curiosity about the place.
After walking for a long time, the group finally passed through a long passageway and arrived at a huge hall.
Their arrival immediately attracted the attention of those inside.
"Hey everyone! You guys are so slow!"
Luffy and Chopper waved to the crowd together.
We've only been here for less than ten minutes!
An aged voice rang out, drawing everyone's attention.
The moment they saw the old man, everyone knew who he was.
Vegapunk, the world's greatest scientist!
The true Vegapunk!
"Hey! Uncle Vegapunk, why did you expose me? We need to say things that make them feel a little guilty!"
Upon hearing Vegapunk's words Luffy immediately curled his lip and said...
"We must always be honest, Luffy!"
Vegapunk shrugged.
" Luffy, we wouldn't feel guilty even if you waited here all day. After all, how many times have we waited for you?"
Sanji looked at Luffy and said calmly.
They've waited for Luffy's personality for ages.
"Tch~"
Luffy pouted.
Xia Chen stepped forward and looked at Vegapunk, asking:
" Dr. Vegapunk, can you tell us now why we brought Law here?"
"Oh! This must be Xia Chen the Sovereign? He's truly young and promising!"
Hearing Xia Chen speak to him, Vegapunk turned his gaze over, his tone tinged with admiration.
He analyzed many of Xia Chen's combat videos.
The final conclusion was that this human was outrageous!
It's as if they shouldn't even exist in this world!
To possess such overwhelming power at such a young age is somewhat surreal.
Then Vegapunk turned his gaze to Law on the other side and spoke again:
"This must be Trafalgar Law, right? The current Devil Fruit User!"
"Looks like Kuma actually did it!"
At this point, Vegapunk couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.
"Doctor! As far as I know, shouldn't Kuma have lost consciousness long ago? Why would he do something like this?"
Xia Chen looked at Vegapunk and asked curiously.
Although in the original story, Kuma also disobeyed orders, it was his instinct to protect Bonney that drove him to do so.
Under normal circumstances, Xia Chen couldn't think of anything that could bring the Kuma back to consciousness.
Perhaps only Vegapunk, who modified him, knows the answer to this question.
Upon hearing this, Vegapunk looked around at everyone and then said slowly:
"This secret was originally meant to be known only to me and Kuma!"
"But now that the final moment is approaching, saying it now seems pointless!"
"I implanted a program into the bear when I was modifying it!"
"That means, whenever we encounter a user of the Op-Op Fruit, we should try to send them to me!"
"So Kuma didn't actually regain consciousness; rather, an implanted program was controlling his behavior!"
"His consciousness was indeed completely erased!"
"Um?!"
Why send the user of the Op-Op Fruit here?
Before Law could even speak, Nami couldn't help but ask.
Vegapunk didn't immediately answer Nami's question, but instead looked at everyone and asked:
Have you ever heard of the Great Kingdom?
" Great Kingdom!!"
The moment Vegapunk finished speaking, a horrified voice rang out.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Robin looking horrified, his pupils dilated, and a bead of sweat trickling down his forehead.
" Robin, you've heard of him?"
Nami looked at Robin and asked curiously.
Robin took a long time to slowly nod and said:
"Our Ohara was targeted with the Buster Call by the World Government precisely because we were researching this related history!"
"I only know a little bit. Dr. Clover, who knew more, died at Spandine's hands!"
Upon hearing this, Vegapunk couldn't help but sigh and said softly:
"You Ohara shouldn't touch anything about the Void Century!"
"That's a taboo that the World Government absolutely forbids to be touched!"
"If you touch them, they will definitely not allow you to continue existing in this world!"
"..."