Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 276 New Ark!
As Vegapunk gave orders, the huge command room was silent, with not a single sound. Everyone put on earmuffs and sunglasses, and stared at the big screen intently.

It looked like a diagram of the structure of the sky fortress, and the small square at the bottom, representing the power room, was red.

"I think……"

Ron opened his mouth, wanting to say that he didn't have earmuffs or sunglasses yet.

But at this moment, Vegapunk gave an order.

"ignition!"

next second...

hum! !

The catheter in his hand struggled like crazy as if it had come alive, and a frightening electric current erupted from inside. The specially made catheter kept rising in temperature and softening in front of the electric current. Ron used his Armament Haki to hold it tightly, his fingers embedded in the surface, leaving a mark that was clearly visible even with fingerprints.

Zizizi!
Suddenly, an electric current extended from the conduit and quickly spread across the ground. The strong voltage of the current reminded Ron of the day when he was struck by lightning on Hell Island. He was electrified and could only stand there without being able to move.

However, Vegapunk seemed to have been prepared for this. He reached out and pressed the operating panel, and an insulating wall rose from the ground, separating Ron from the rest of the command room.

The entire screen was filled with blue electricity and deafening thunder was heard in his ears. Ron stood there with his eyes rolled up, thinking about a problem.

I just came here to recharge my weapons, what's going on now?
Fortunately, as the electric current rushed through the conduit, the sky fortress soon began to vibrate with a very rhythmic sense, which was exactly like when a car started its engine. The overwhelming power brought by the steel and fuel boosted the spirits of the people in the sky fortress!
"Success!!"

"Ignition was successful at one go!"

"Hurry, now! Have someone put in the replacement parts!"

Vegapunk jumped up with joy, and the command room was filled with jubilation.

Below the structure diagram of the sky fortress on the wall, the red pattern was replaced by blue, and a big "SAFE" was printed next to it. A group of people excitedly came to the other side of the wall to wait for Ron to appear, and when they saw him, they rushed up and shook hands repeatedly.

"Thank you for your help, Vice Admiral Ron! It really helped a lot!"

"It was a success, all thanks to you, Lieutenant General Ron!"

"Yeah! We thought there was no hope after Vice Admiral Garp broke the catheter, luckily you were here!"

It turned out to be him!!
Ron was so angry that his teeth were itching. He knew there must be something fishy going on when Garp wanted to switch shifts with him!

Five Kage... Ugh!
Although the five vice admirals of the headquarters cannot take down Jhin together, it will not be as dangerous as Garp said. Jhin has little chance of killing any one of them, let alone five of them together.

There's no need for him to rush down to take over!

But now that things have come to this, he can't go down and fight Garp to the death, or Sengoku will definitely not let him go.

Laughing, Ron slowly walked out of the crowd and said to Vegapunk, "Mr. Vegapunk, I'm here to charge the railgun."

Railgun!

This is the ultimate weapon that the navy has prepared for this war!
Escorted by Garp himself, to ensure that nothing goes wrong!
It won’t cost you anything to try, but what if something goes wrong?!
Kaido is a piece of shit and the most troublesome one among the Four Emperors for the Navy. How nice it would be to kill him!

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot something!"

Vegapunk slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

"You guys continue checking, I'll take Vice Admiral Ron out for a while!"

"understand!"

……

In the corridor, Ron looked curiously at the crisscross passages around him. Behind the intricate passages was a wall with vaguely visible metal fittings. The tubes flashed blue electric light and kept shrinking and rising, as if they were breathing.

"Is this what Mr. Vegapunk has been busy with lately? What about the pacifists?"

Since the last meeting in the South China Sea, Vegapunk has never contacted Ron again. And that was just a simple meeting. After handing him the sea chart, Ron didn't even enter the base.

All in all, a whole year has passed since Ron started following Zefa's supervision in practical training!

"The Pacifist has entered the late stage of research and development. Upgrading is not an easy task... Currently, the PX-3 model is sufficient for use. The cost of the PX-4 cannot be reduced, so it will not be deployed on a large scale for the time being."

These things were not secrets to Ron, who was a high-ranking lieutenant general in the headquarters. Vegapunk did not hold back and explained them to him in detail. Just like Caesar's railgun was rejected by Sengoku, the new version of PX-4 also had the problem of high cost. Caesar was previously laughed at by Vegapunk for making a useless toy, but he encountered the same problem in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, as the top scientist most valued by the World Government, even if there is no need to develop PX-5 for the time being, Vegapunk cannot rest, and he was soon transferred to another major project.

That is the sky fortress beneath their feet!!
"The production of shellfish on Sky Island has a growth cycle. With the mobilization of the G10 branch, it soon became insufficient to cover expenses... Gan Fowle had to trade a new airship structure diagram obtained from the Bika royal refugees with the navy in exchange for more Bass."

Gan Fowle must have known how much attention the birth of the Golden City of Shandora would attract. Even after being threatened by Ron, "War Ghost" Webber would not reveal it on his own initiative, and as a ruler, he would not give up.

Vegapunk explained as he walked. He glanced at Ron and said, "The design was left by the ancestors of the Bika people hundreds of years ago, but the design on it is far beyond the limitations of the times... Previously, the World Government suspected that it was related to ancient weapons and was reluctant to allow it to be built."

"Then things took a turn more than half a year ago... The Nibelungen family stepped forward and approved this plan. Together with many officials in the government who supported ending the Great Pirate Era by controlling ancient weapons, they provided funds and arranged for me to be in charge of the construction."

"So there was this sky fortress called the Ark!"

"Ark? Proverbs?"

Ron recalled the wooden spaceship in the original book that could even reach the moon, and nodded.

It is normal for the world government to be wary of the appearance of the Ark.

In terms of technology alone, it certainly shouldn't be a product from hundreds of years ago!
If it was so easy to build an airship, Vegapunk would not have started designing it after Crane led his team to find Sky Island. Only a fool could not see how great the advantages of air-to-ground warfare were. The fact that it has not been realized can only be attributed to the limitations of technology.

The relationship between the Nibelung family and himself is unclear, and if you calculate the time, half a year ago?

While they were building the sky fortress, Li Risk seemed to have led a team to the Seven Water City... A few days later, news came that Mayor Iceberg had been assassinated.

As for the Seven Water City, few people in the government don’t know that they are related to the ancient weapon Pluto!
There are many people in the One Piece world who hold big secrets, and Ron just doesn't want to interfere with them and ruin the original work, which would make his plot advantage disappear. But the accident with Iceberg still made him realize that his appearance has affected the plot.

Ron didn't check whether Franky would stay in the Water City of Seven. He believed that after the death of Iceberg, his every move would be regarded as some kind of signal from the Nibelungen Family.

In particular, his battle with Lyrisk is widely known.

It’s confirmed that Tianlongren No. 1 is a lackey!

Ron didn't think too much about it, but Vegapunk looked at Ron unexpectedly and said meaningfully.

"Lieutenant General Ron is very well-informed!"

"We contacted many old scholars on Sky Island to successfully decipher the name 'Proverbs'. Although they are not forbidden ancient knowledge, they are completely different from Qinghai characters. Many senior archaeologists have never seen them before."

Ron: "..."

Oh open!

There is indeed a difference between the Sky Island language and the Qinghai language. When he read the original book, it was translated into a font that he could understand, so Ron kept it in mind and never took it seriously.

But in the reality of the One Piece world, Vegapunk couldn't help but doubt that someone could understand the Sky Island characters, and even the Sky Island people themselves hadn't used the ancient Sky Island font for hundreds of years!
"If I said... I'm an alien, would you find it weird?"

Ron spoke with a twitching face and laughed.

Vegapunk looked at him deeply, stopped in front of a big door, and nodded.

“Yes, but I believe it!”

"The more I get to know you, the more I feel there's something strange about you... People often say that the more you know, the more ignorant and insignificant you feel. I used to scoff at this statement!"

"But since I met you, I began to believe this sentence."

Crunch...!
The metal winch began to slowly rotate, driving the door to open slowly to the left and right.

Ron widened his eyes in shock as he looked at the ferocious and domineering cannon behind the door, which had undergone some kind of transformation.

"What's this?!"

"I thought you would give me an answer, Admiral Ron..."

Vegapunk stepped into the room, and the sticky feeling under his feet gave him goose bumps all over his body.

(End of this chapter)