One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 115 How does an egg break a stone?

"What a great choice, Mona. You are worthy of being my daughter."

Ross's words of praise came from Den Den Mushi, which made little Mona a little excited. Her father's praise far exceeded her happiness.

"Of course! By the way, Dad, what are we going to do with those guys next?"

"Well, ask Tokos to call me and I'll discuss it with him. Although Roger and his gang are pirates, they are relatively reasonable."

"Okay then, I'll hang up first!"

"Uh-huh."

"Click——"

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Mona looked at Barrett beside her, then floated over to his shoulder and sat down very naturally.

"Come on, Barrett, let's finish the task quickly. We agreed to customize a set of clothes for you today. It's rare to have a fashion designer from the West Sea come here!"

"Ah."

Barrett smiled and walked away.

Fortunately, the gate of Rossburg is four meters high, so even if Mona sits on his shoulders she won't hit her head, otherwise he would have to squat down to pass through the gate.

【snort………】

A weak voice sounded angrily in my mind, but I just snorted and ignored it.

Barrett paused, then returned to normal.

When he first met Roger and his group, the voice kept shouting "fight, fight, fight". If Mona hadn't been sitting on his shoulder, he might really have lost control and wanted to invite the other party to a fight.

Unlike when he met Ross, something in Roger and Rayleigh made him unconsciously arouse his fighting spirit.

It's like, I'm really eager to be stimulated by that kind of thing.

...............

"Please, Bucky, give me some of your Baileys. That roller coaster over there looks like so much fun! It's made of clouds!"

In the amusement area, Shanks grabbed Buggy's arm with a pleading look on his face, his eyes fixed on Bailey in the other's arms, while occasionally glancing at the amusement facilities in the distance.

It was a track made entirely of processed clouds, powered by sea clouds similar to water currents. It was hundreds of meters high and covered a vast area.

Tourists sit on a specially made wooden boat, which rises to higher altitudes along with the water flow, and then rushes down on various complex tracks. It's very exciting just to watch!

Roger didn't give them any pocket money. Their Bailey was what they snatched from pirates and navy every time they fought.

But unlike Buggy, Shanks always spends money lavishly, just like ordinary pirates, spending whatever he has without keeping any.

But Buggy is different. Not only is he very lucky and able to find a lot of Bailey every time, but he also likes to hoard Bailey. On the ship, even some regular crew members don't have as much Bailey saved as he does.

Many crew members liked to make bets with him to cheat Bailey, but they always lost more than they won, and ended up losing both the wife and the army.

Over time, Buggy became quite rich. Under the protection of the three big leaders of Roger's pirate group, Gold, Silver and Bronze, all the Baileys were stored in his room and no one dared to touch them.

"Hehe, Shanks, just watch me play! I won't lend you Bailey again this time!"

Buggy had a very proud look on his face. This was one of the few places where he could outwit Shanks, and he enjoyed himself.

Holding the small box containing Bailey, he left Shanks and went to a place selling snacks. He bought a string of marshmallows in front of him and started licking it.

"Damn it... it's so despicable!"

Shanks looked at Buggy eagerly and muttered to himself, then he put on a smiling face and was ready to swallow his pride and beg his good friend for help.

But then, he glanced and saw a kid of the same age sitting with his legs crossed, holding a magazine that looked quite explosive just by looking at the cover, and was quietly admiring it with a calm expression.

He sat alone in a secluded corner, his temperament was out of tune with the people around him, and the most important thing was that his face was similar to the young lady he had met a day ago.

It’s like they are a pair of siblings?
"Hey, Bucky, look over there!"

"Hahaha, since you've asked me for help, Shanks, I'll be merciful and give you some!"

Shanks caught up with Buggy and grabbed his shoulder, but unexpectedly the other party turned around and talked to himself, took out a gold-cast Bailey and handed it to him.

That is a pure gold coin that can be directly converted into 100,000 Baileys.

"Ah? Thank you, Buggy, but I didn't ask you for it. I'll take it anyway!"

Shanks took the gold Bailey with a smile on his face. It was enough for him to have fun for two days. He was indeed his friend, so generous!

One hundred thousand Baileys are given to you at will!
"Hmm? Shanks, give me back my Bailey! Damn it!"

Buggy reacted with an angry look on his face. Damn it, why is it like this again! The naturally hateful Shanks always interferes with his thoughts. Could it be that he ate a devil fruit?

Shanks dodged Buggy and snatched back Bailey's hand. He immediately put his arm around Bailey's shoulder with his nimble figure, and then silently put Bailey into his trouser pocket.

"No, look at that kid over there, does he look familiar?"

He pointed forward to change the subject.

Although Buggy was annoyed, he couldn't help but look over, and then exclaimed:
"That's not the one from yesterday? No! Shanks, you said..."

"Yes, that's what you're thinking of! How lucky! Let's go over and get to know each other first, maybe we can help the captain."

"Really, Shanks? Captain Roger would be very happy if he knew! Come on, you are the best at socializing. If you succeed, I will treat you to fun activities for ten days or half a month. Have fun!"

Bucky looked extremely excited. If it was really what he thought, maybe he could really help Captain Roger.

Although they didn't know why Captain Roger came here, it must have something to do with the little sister's father. If the child over there was her brother...

Forget it, let’s make friends first.

"A word is settled!"

Shanks shook his left hand vigorously, let go of Buggy and ran towards the boy over there.

Soon he ran over and stood in front of the boy, smiling.

The shadow covered the sunlight. Walter, who was reading hard, raised his head and looked at Shanks who was smiling.

"you are?"

After seeing that it was a child like himself, Walter asked politely.

"My name is Shanks, that's my good friend Buggy over there, what's your name?"

"My name is Walter. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Walter replied calmly, his emotions seemed to be as calm as an ancient well, without any movement.

"Can we make friends?"

"why?"

"Huh? No reason. I just want to make friends with you."

"No."

Walter shook his head and stood up, ready to leave immediately.

The biggest reason why he came out to read was that he didn't want to meet people of his age who didn't study hard during their prime years and just spent the whole day trying to find ways to have fun.

Although the amusement area was filled with noise and joy, at least no one would disturb him, except...

It seems that I have to find a new place. How about asking Dad to help me build an island? But how can I get in and out safely without Dad?
Walter began to conceive in his mind, and his thoughts began to spread. First, it was a simple ladder, then a fixed up and down current, to a platform that used thrust to move up and down, and finally it was combined into a... water ladder?

But how to create upper and lower ocean currents?

The frame is easy to solve. Use processed clouds to build a hollow cube, fill it with sea water, and then put a smaller hollow cube inside.

The method of entering the square hollow body is also simple. The only difficulty is how to control the water flow to rise and fall.

Never mind, I'll write it down first and wait for dad to come back and ask him to give me the money to try.

Walter suddenly stopped and took out a small notebook to write down his wonderful ideas.

This book contains many of his wonderful ideas, but many of them have been proven to be impossible to achieve. There are also some that can be done, but there are simpler ways.

He has failed many times, but he still enjoys it.

Walter believed that creative ideas were the prerequisite for invention. If one did not even dare to think and could not withstand hundreds or thousands of failures, he might as well not study and concentrate on building muscles to become a soldier.

"What are you doing? Sea current ladder? Automatically ascending and descending? What a brilliant idea!"

Shanks looked over and exclaimed in surprise.

I don't understand it, but it looks so cool just by looking at it!
Varta was a little annoyed by Shanks's noise, and glared at him before continuing to record his ideas.

He had a strong feeling that this experiment was very important to him and that he might discover something quite extraordinary, which was unlikely to happen in the past, so he took it particularly seriously.

His father once told him that everyone's strong feelings are not without reason. They may not be accurate, but one cannot help but believe them, especially on this sea full of mysteries.

Intuition is sometimes the truth.

Shanks stopped talking after being glared at by Walter. Instead, he covered his mouth and quietly looked at some records in his little notebook.

[When an egg hits a stone, why does the egg always break? Is there any way to make the egg break the stone? ]

Shanks looked at these questions and fell into deep thought.

Yes, why must the egg be the one that breaks? Is there any way to make the egg break the stone?

"Hey, Shanks... wooooooooooo!"

Buggy didn't know when he got behind the two of them and looked at the two people standing there in a daze. When he was about to ask Shanks about the progress, his friend covered his mouth directly.

After a long while, Shanks slowly let go of his hand.

"Shanks! That guy has gone far away, what on earth are you doing!?"

Buggy was a little angry, pointing at Walter who was walking away and yelling at Shanks.

Shanks shook his head and asked an irrelevant question:
"Bucky, what do you think is the best way to make an egg break a rock? Is it a harder eggshell, or a stronger impact, or using an external object?"

"What the hell, you're not good enough to do anything, but you're always causing trouble, you bastard Shanks!"

"Bucky, I think I understand!"

"You know nothing! All I know is that you ruined our chance to make a contribution!"

The greatest discovery of mankind is knowing how to boil water

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(End of this chapter)