CHAPTER 275: [275] : VEGAPUNK: "I’VE BEEN SO EAGER TO MEET YOU, SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN!"

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K-CHUNK!

The cockpit of the massive robot hissed open, and a figure stepped out.

She was a beautiful young woman in her early twenties with short yellow hair and pink eyes. A black communications headset was fitted over her left ear, and she wore a futuristic, form-fitting suit with "PUNK 02" printed over her left breast.

This was Lilith, One of Vegapunk’s six satellites who embodied his "Evil."

"A LADY!" Sanji’s eyes immediately turned into hearts.

"MAY I SEE YOUR PANTIES?" Brook’s old habit flared up again.

"Hey, you two, don’t you sense something’s off about this woman?" Zoro’s hand, however, was already gripping the hilt of Wado Ichimonji, his eyes gleaming with the intensity of a predator that had spotted its prey.

She was within his striking range...

Zoro was confident he could kill her in a single blow from this distance.

As for his code about not cutting women? His instincts were screaming that this person wasn’t a woman at all.

Something was very wrong.

"Off??"

Sanji and Brook focused their gazes.

"SHE LOOKS LIKE A PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL LADY TO ME!" Sanji’s heart-eyes only intensified.

"This idiot... I really want to cut him down," Zoro muttered, a vein throbbing on his forehead.

"TO DO THIS TO MY SEA BEAST WEAPONS! THE RESEARCH BUDGET IS ALREADY TIGHT AS IT IS!" Lilith shrieked, utterly furious.

The Sea Beast Weapons were marine combat units developed by Vegapunk, modeled after Sea Kings, designed to protect the Future Island, Egghead. They possessed the size and strength of Sea Kings but were also equipped with advanced weaponry like torpedoes and missiles.

Combined with their home-field advantage in the sea, these Sea Beast Weapons were incredibly powerful in naval combat.

But no matter how strong they were, they were meaningless against the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit. They had been instantly frozen solid by Ice Age.

These weapons were incredibly expensive to build. Having them frozen meant all that funding had just gone down the drain. This enraged Lilith, who was already struggling with an insufficient budget.

Lilith was the representative of Vegapunk’s "Evil," her personality impulsive, irritable, and reckless.

"Hand over all your valuables!" Lilith pointed at the crew and demanded loudly.

"..."

The crew looked at each other, then blinked.

"How long has it been? How long since someone tried to rob us??" Usopp was so moved he was almost in tears.

"This is more like a real pirate adventure!" Chopper said, acting like an adult, hugging his little hooves and nodding his cute head.

Rowen’s reputation was just too immense.

Ever since Alabasta, other pirates basically ran at the first sight of them. This was completely different from the pirate life Chopper had heard about from Dr. Hiriluk.

"Oh? You’ve got some nerve," Zoro said with a grin.

"I am the super-genius scientist specially employed by the government, Dr. Vegapunk!"

Lilith declared, her self-important tone clashing bizarrely with her youthful appearance as she flashed a wicked smile.

"VEGAPUNK?? You’re that Vegapunk??" Franky’s eyes widened.

"A beautiful woman! The legendary Vegapunk is a beautiful woman!" Sanji was ecstatic.

A BEAUTIFUL SCIENTIST!

WHAT A DIVINE SETTING!

"Please tell me the color of your panties!" Brook was also excited.

A genius beautiful scientist... he had never met one before. He wondered what kind of panties such a lady would wear.

"I admire you so much, Vegapunk! I studied at your research institute in your hometown, Karakuri Island! I have so many things I want to show you!" Franky was also excited.

"A GIANT ROBOT! SUGEEEEEEEEE! VEGAPUNK! VEGAPUNK!!" Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp excitedly chanted Vegapunk’s name.

"Vegapunk?? You’ve got to be kidding," Bonney said, frowning at Lilith.

"Wait, I’ve never heard that Vegapunk was a woman," Robin’s beautiful eyes narrowed.

"Speaking of which, Vegapunk is said to be the man with the World’s Greatest Mind," Brook also recalled this description.

"Of course not! I’m not the main body!" Lilith huffed.

"Main body?"

Everyone looked over curiously.

"That’s right! I am PUNK-02! Evil—Lilith!" Lilith’s smile, just like the evil she represented, was filled with malice.

"Hey, Lilith, what are you doing now?" Just then, a deep male voice came from Lilith’s headset.

"Huh? The usual, of course," Lilith said impatiently.

"Robbing again? Can you have some dignity as a scientist?" the voice said.

"Dignity? Can dignity pay for research? These guys dared to freeze all the Sea Beast Weapons. The Ice-Ice Fruit... what a troublesome ability! Wait a minute, this ability... wasn’t it Kuzan’s, then stolen by Sky Sovereign Rowen?" Lilith pinched her chin, her expression fierce.

"You’re a bit slow on the uptake, aren’t you? The one in front of you... is the World’s Strongest, Sky Sovereign Rowen."

Hearing the words from her headset, Lilith’s gaze turned to Rowen, who was watching her with interest.

"Looks like they’ve recognized Rowen. They’ll probably apologize properly now," Usopp spread his hands.

"SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN! THE WORLD’S RICHEST PIRATE!" Lilith’s eyes turned into Beri symbols.

Compared to titles like ’World’s Strongest’, Lilith cared more about this one.

The World’s Richest Pirate!

In terms of wealth, no pirate in this era could be richer than Rowen, who had absorbed the treasures and territories of the three former Emperors—Whitebeard, Big Mom, and the Beasts Pirates!

"HOW ABOUT IT? WANT TO INVEST SOME FUNDS IN ME? THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL HUMANITY!" Lilith, though representing Vegapunk’s Evil, was not stupid.

From a scientist’s perspective, there were no factions—discussing cooperation was still possible!

"An investment? Investments require a return. What can you offer me in return?"

Rowen asked Lilith with interest.

"Return... Hmm... I’m a genius scientist employed by the World Government. Though the funding is insufficient, the World Government is definitely richer than you, and I can’t give you any overly groundbreaking results. But I can’t beat you and take your treasure, either. Argh! This is so frustrating!"

Lilith scratched her hair in frustration. Representing Vegapunk’s evil side, she became extremely irritable when faced with problems.

"Her personality is just awful," Nami commented, a dark cloud over her head. No wonder she was called Evil Lilith; the name fit perfectly.

"Stop embarrassing yourself there. Let them in," the male voice said.

"Huh? This is a government island! Let them in? Are you kidding me, Shaka?" Lilith pressed her headset.

"What does it matter if it’s a government island? If that man wanted to, this place would have been completely flattened long ago. He is, after all, the World’s Strongest," Shaka, the satellite representing Vegapunk’s ’Good’, stated calmly.

"What are you talking about?? This place has the most advanced civilization, here..."

Lilith subconsciously wanted to refute loudly. This place had the most advanced weapons and technology, its defense was very strong.

But Lilith looked at the completely frozen Sea Beast Weapons...

And as one of Vegapunk’s satellites, Lilith also knew about the Strongest humanoid weapons they had created, hailed as The Strongest Form of Humanity—the Seraphim who had suffered heavy losses in the war against Sky Sovereign Rowen.

The three Seraphim deployed had all been taken by this man, their fate unknown.

He could also control space.

Egghead’s so-called super defense, the Frontier Dome’s laser interception system, which only a Glint-Glint Fruit user could pass through by turning into a light element—was completely meaningless before a man who could completely control space.

"Shaka is at that location, is he?" Rowen looked towards Vegapunk’s laboratory.

"EH?? HOW DID YOU KNOW??" Lilith was stunned.

"Calm down... With the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and his unparalleled Observation Haki, nothing on this island can be hidden from him," Shaka was not surprised at all.

As the scientist who had researched Lineage Factors, created artificial Zoan Devil Fruits, and even developed Green Blood that could replicate Paramecia abilities, Vegapunk knew better than anyone just how powerful and miraculous Devil Fruits were.

Especially the Logia Devil Fruits, whose principles he had so far been unable to decipher and interfere with.

And this man possessed so many super-strong Logia Devil Fruits.

Fire, lightning, ice.

All these super-strong Logia Devil Fruits were possessed by this man and mastered to their peak.

He was a living embodiment of nature itself.

"Besides, we’ve been very eager to meet him, Sky Sovereign Rowen," Suddenly, many excited voices came from Lilith’s headset.

Vegapunk’s other satellites...

"I GET IT! FOLLOW ME!" Lilith looked at Rowen and shouted, somewhat resignedly.

"EH?? CAN WE RIDE THE GIANT ROBOT??" Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp were ecstatic, shouting.

"Rowen, should we go?" Zoro and Ace both looked towards Rowen.

"Since there’s an invitation, why not? Besides, I’m also very eager to meet the World’s Greatest Scientist," Rowen smiled.

CRACKLE!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Rowen, transformed into lightning, instantly appeared beside Lilith.

"Pleased to meet you, Lilith," Rowen smiled.

"The Rumble-Rumble Fruit... what a powerful ability," Lilith’s eyes darted around.

"You’re thinking it would be great to install this ability into a Seraphim, right? Its attack power would be even greater than the Glint-Glint Fruit’s lasers,"

Rowen finished the thought Lilith hadn’t voiced.

At this close range, his Human-Human Fruit ability could easily analyze what she was thinking.

"UGH! YOU’RE SO SCARY!" Lilith covered her mouth, looking at Rowen in terror.

"Rowen is an Ultimate Human—no, a Human-God! Your thoughts aren’t something you can hide from him!"

Nami said proudly.

"Hmph! Follow me," Lilith grumbled after the rest of the crew had boarded the giant robot. She activated it, and they began to fly towards the Island of the Future, Egghead.

"Kamui!"

VMM!

A huge Air Door opened on the side of the Merry, and a devouring ability deployed, sucking the Merry into the Door-Door Fruit’s alternate dimension.

"SUGEEE! THE GIANT ROBOT IS FLYING!"

Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp’s eyes turned into stars.

In the original story, Luffy and Chopper were blown away by a storm and rescued from the sea by Jinbe, missing their chance to ride the robot.

Usopp, who rode it, was very regretful, really wanting Luffy and Chopper to see it.

But now, because of Rowen’s Ice-Ice Fruit ability, the Sea Beast Weapons that had caused a lot of trouble had not caused them any problems.

Luffy and Chopper were having the time of their lives.

"Future Island, Egghead."

Along the way, Lilith also introduced the facilities on Egghead to everyone. Looking at this island of technology 500 years ahead of the world, Nami and the others were utterly amazed.

Rowen was also very interested.

The technology on Egghead was even more advanced than on Earth.

Like holographic projections, which you could even interact with using special gloves, and those advanced various robots, were many years ahead of Earth’s technology.

To say it was 500 years ahead of other islands in the One Piece world was no exaggeration at all.

Soon, under Lilith’s guidance, Vegapunk’s laboratory was reached.

"SUGEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

An astonished cry came from the mouths of Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp, the curious trio.

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