I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 219, Section 218: Clockwork and Gear Technology!

"Wow!"

Runti leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at the magnificent and beautiful view below, which was simply unbelievable.

"Yamato, look! Is that a wind-up car down there? And a wind-up road track too."

"Yes, it's definitely a wind-up toy."

"Ha! Foolish Yamato, I thought you would say something different from what I said."

"Big boobs, no brains."

Yamato's lips twitched. Sure enough, Runti deserved a beating.

With a loud thud, an elbow strike landed squarely on Runti's side. Runti's eyes widened in pain, and she clutched her waist as her legs buckled, causing her to kneel on the ground.

Waaah! What a blunder! I never thought that idiot Yamato would actually learn to be smart.

Runti felt terrible, and her lips twitched violently from the pain.

Yamato said with a grin:

"Little Runrun, why are you kneeling down to admit your mistake? Big sister Yamato forgives you."

Yamato felt extremely relieved. Robin was indeed a good person, and this was exactly how to deal with Junti.

If you can't win an argument, can't you at least beat someone up?

At this moment, Ya Dabao landed at the entrance of the town inside Clockwork Island. Amidst the vigilance of the townspeople, through spatial ripples...
The shadows of people rose and fell.

When Messer came to the outside world, he saw a handsome couple in white coats in the crowd opposite him. They were the mayor and his wife of the island.

He is also a doctor from Clockwork Island.

The authority of Clockwork Technology.

Although Moses had never been here before, the crows often delivered newspapers here, so Moses knew them.

"Dr. Clockwork, I've heard so much about you. Don't worry about us, we're not pirates, just travelers here for a visit."

The mayor glanced at Sabo next to Mercer with a twitch at the corner of his mouth, but then moved away without making a sound.

Even the Poker Card Pirates themselves couldn't handle it, let alone this group of unknown and mysterious guys who wiped them out.

I feel the same way.

"Hello, I am the mayor of the island. Thank you for your help. Is there anything you need? If it is possible, we will do our best to help."

Anyone can say nice things; no matter what, you can't hit someone who's smiling at you.

Moses laughed:

"I've long admired your reputation. I'm very curious about the clockwork technology on the island. I wonder if you could teach me?"

"If there's a need, things will be easier," the town mayor thought with a slight movement, and smiled.
"Sure, but learning the clockwork technique is quite complicated, and I don't know if you can learn it."

However, I will do my best to teach you whenever you need it.

"Thank you so much."

"Not at all, this is just a small token of my gratitude for your help."

After a while, seeing that Moses meant no harm, the atmosphere among them became more harmonious.

"Would it be convenient for you to show us around this town?" Mercer asked with a smile.

The mayor nodded and smiled, "Of course, then please come with me."

The mayor led the way, and Moses and his group followed behind, touring the magical island.

Various ingenious clockwork mechanisms were on display, and even Kureha came out, looking around with great interest.

Inside the town's castle at the highest point of the island, he toyed with an exquisite automatic watch with a mechanical spring in his hand, using his Observation Haki to sense the intricate components inside.

Mechanically powered gears, with unique clockwork technology.

Listening attentively to the mayor's explanation, Mercer would occasionally ask a question or two.

The mayor looked at Mercer with some surprise. Mercer understood immediately and had incredibly nimble hands, easily disassembling the wind-up watch into parts and then reassembling it under his guidance.

genius.

The mayor and his wife also became interested and began to teach and explain continuously.

Yamato and the other underachievers listened with squinting eyes, then all slipped away without looking back.

In the blink of an eye, darkness fell. Moses was still somewhat reluctant to leave. The technology of clockwork gears was profound and complex. They spoke earnestly, and Moses also shared with them the gear power technology on the Ark Maxim.

One to two to go.

Their relationship immediately became closer.

"Dr. Mercer, it's getting late. We've prepared a bonfire feast with fine wine and delicious food. Come on over."

"Okay, I'd completely lost track of time if you hadn't mentioned it."

Outside, on the top floor of the castle, in a spacious banquet hall.

The table was already full.

People come and go.

Crowded.

The mayor gave a speech, thanking the people of Mercer for their help. The various unique island delicacies and wines were served at the end of the lively dinner.

They declined the mayor's accommodation offer.

A large ship landed on the open ground below the mayor's castle.

laboratory.

Looking at the Great Bear King enveloped by the surgical field, Kureha helplessly withdrew her field.

"Even if you can control everything within the domain, the power of the Devil Fruit is still a bit too much for you."

I can't separate myself from it right now.

Moses stroked his chin and nodded. "Then let's merge together. I'll give it a try."

Kureha smiled with great interest; she was quite intrigued by Messer's "device" that could accelerate learning.

The gray mist swallowed and merged it, giving the face a neutral appearance.

With their consciousnesses connected, Kureha conveyed her understanding of developing the abilities of the Ope Ope no Mi (Surgery Fruit).

"I understand. Also, your body has been replicated using Germa 66's genetic technology through the Ope Ope no Mi. You now possess all the physical characteristics of a cyborg."

"Well, using the Op-Op Fruit will consume a lot of physical strength, and insufficient physical strength will also consume life force. Such a convenient technology should definitely be used on myself."

What about you? Should I get you some modifications too?

Mercer said, "Not at the moment. Those technologies aren't very useful to me."

"Identification"

Strength rating: C+
This is Kureha's current physical strength, which is already quite good. She can also sense the existence of abilities such as steel skin, powerful regeneration, fire generation, electricity generation, and invisibility.

"Didn't you ask Piper, Robin, Ace, Sabo, Chopper, Law, and Bepo?"

"I'm so busy, I don't have time to ask them. But if you need it, I can help them with biological modifications at the bloodline factor level."

"Well, you can ask them when the time comes and see if they're willing to volunteer. Steel skin and super regenerative abilities are quite useful."

We have sufficient funds, and helping them with the renovations won't cost too much.

"You really are rich and powerful. If Judge knew, he would be green with envy."

The surgical field has expanded.

Enveloping the giant bear king in front of him, Moses sensed the power of the Devil Fruit and used the power of the Op-Op Fruit to extract the power within his body.

Very troublesome.

It's not easy to extract at all.

The power of a Devil Fruit is integrated into the user's genes, much like a natural talent, and is extremely difficult to remove while alive.

The gray fog spread.

Swallow.

The Great Bear King was swallowed into the Devouring Space, in a state of being neither fully integrated nor completely integrated with Moses. Gray mist enveloped and devoured him, seeping into his body inch by inch, pushing out and expelling the Devil Fruit power within him.

The power of the Op-Op Fruit followed immediately by the extraction of this Devil Fruit's power.

It was completely separated.

The surgical field scanned the body of the Great Bear King.

"After the Devil Fruit power is extracted from a living organism, its genes will collapse. If it is not treated, it will probably die in less than an hour."

Kureha reached this conclusion in her mind.

Moses said, "Yes, although Devil Fruit powers have a unique mechanism similar to 'reincarnation,' when combined with a user, they still undergo deep genetic fusion."

Moses manipulated the gray mist to crush the Paste-Paste Fruit, squeezing the Devil Fruit's power into the Great Bear King's body, whereupon the fruit's ability merged with his body.

At this moment, Kureha spoke up in surprise:
"The genetic collapse actually stopped, and was actually repaired by the power of another Devil Fruit? That's amazing."

"With a unique perspective within the surgical field, I can see that the Great Bear King's body is already recovering," Kureha exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, although I have recovered, I am not fully recovered. I will be weak for a long time."

Well, it varies from person to person.

He once again used his ability to separate the power of the Devil Fruit and merge it into the two fruits.

Kureha was both surprised and unsurprised by what she saw, as she could sense that her Ope Ope no Mi (Op-Op Fruit) ability could also achieve a similar effect.

He thought to himself, "No wonder it's a treasure worth 5 billion."

"No matter how valuable it is, it can only have a unique effect when used on the right person. If it is obtained by someone who knows nothing, it is nothing more than a toy to be cut and pieced together."

"Can you sense my thoughts?"

"This is acceptable."

"Tch! Let me out."

"Shouldn't I train my Ope Ope no Mi (Op-Op Fruit) abilities a little longer? I'm quite interested in this ability to completely control everything within its domain."

"Hmm! Not bad. You really have a good grasp of the concept of Devil Fruit abilities. You even managed to awaken Pepe's ability."

After an unknown amount of time, the Devouring Space absorbed the Great Bear King's soul crystal.

……

The next day. After breakfast.

Mercer and Ace arrived at the forge, and Mercer asked him:

"It's decided, from now on we'll use these brass knuckles as weapons?"

Ace nodded seriously, then grinned and said, "Okay, we'll use this one." "Alright, then I'll reforge it for you."

The gray mist devoured Ace, fused with him, manipulated the growth of his nails, fused them into a life alloy, hammered the molten iron crystals, and reshaped them with the Poneglyph knuckles and various other alloys, adding the phenomenal veins of lightning.

The final product consisted of two brass knuckles covered in lightning patterns.

Moses incorporated the demonic power of the Steel Fruit into a brass knuckle, adding a unique spiral "arabesque" pattern to it.

The gray mist spread, separating Ace, who tossed him two exquisite yet rugged brass knuckles.

Ace thanked him with shining eyes, then picked up the brass knuckles that had been infused with the power of a Devil Fruit and put them on his right hand.

A special feeling of being connected by blood and flesh arose.

Furthermore, as Ace's breathing rose and fell, the steely luster spread from his knuckle dusters to his arm, and then his entire arm turned bright red and hot. Then, with a series of crackling sounds, blue and white arcs of electricity burst forth.

Steel, high temperature, electric current.

Three elements come together in one weapon.

Ace's lips curled up like an AK that had gone off accidentally. Hehehehehe, he swung his right fist forcefully through the air and punched out. Whoosh! Crackling arcs of electricity danced in the raging flames.

Ace suddenly pounced on her, hugging Mercer's neck tightly, jumping and skipping with extreme excitement:
"Hahaha. Mercer, if you were a girl, I would definitely marry you."

The next moment, Mercer pried Ace's arms off, turned around, lowered his waist, and swung his elbow.

Boom!
Ace suddenly bent over, his eyes wide open, his cheeks flushed red.

He knelt on the ground, groaning in pain, his eyes filled with unusual resentment as he looked at Moses, his lips twitching as he stared at him. Moses looked on with displeasure.
"If you keep talking such nonsense, I will definitely find a drug that can turn boys into girls and turn you into a girl."

I think it would be better if your younger brother became your younger sister instead.

Upon hearing this, Ace's eye twitched. He quickly waved his hand, stood up abruptly, bowed ninety degrees, and shouted earnestly:
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, brother. Please forgive me this time, you're a magnanimous person."

Ace's lips twitched as he thought, "With that amazing guy Mercer, he might actually be able to do it."

Although becoming a woman doesn't feel like anything special, it's better to avoid it if possible.

If I were a woman, they would laugh at me for the rest of my life.

It can be described as a permanent social death.

It would definitely be more disastrous than being forced to kneel by Pepe's negative ghost.

After saying that, Ace immediately straightened up, turned around, and ran away. Mather curled his lip.
"Frizzly."

Moses took out a piece of steel alloy and continued forging. His daily work involved forging 150 bullets, 100 of which were ordinary, and the rest were all engraved bullets.

Moser's goal was to have enough bullets to last for at least ten days and ten nights without any surplus.

Forging complete.

Pepe and the others strolled and played on the island, while Mercer learned about advanced clockwork gear technology from the mayor and his wife.

It seems they forgot about the deal with Crocodile.

A month later, Moses sat at a desk by the window in the library, looking at the island's collection of books with Robin.

After finishing the last page of a book titled "Advanced Wind-Ups and Gears Science," Mercer rubbed his temples.

Leaning back in my chair, I sorted through the knowledge in my mind.

I noticed a hint of weariness on Moses' face.

Robin stood up and came behind Mercer, pressing her soft yet strong hands on Mercer's temples.

Use gentle, kneading motions.

He was relieving Mercer's physical fatigue.

In my consciousness, a brand new gift that has not yet been truly manifested appeared in the Gift Ability section of the light screen panel.

[Clockwork and Gear Technology]

Moses opened his eyes, grasped Robin's arm, brought her to him, looked at her delicate face, and smiled:

I'm a little thirsty.

Robin rolled her eyes at Mercer, then skillfully leaned down and offered her passionate red lips.

A few minutes later.

The sound of footsteps rang out as Reiju came up the stairs, holding a Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) in her hand.

The secretary is very diligent in her work.

My eyes searched around.

"Uh!" Reiju's eyes twitched violently when she saw her boss being held in a man's arms.

"I can't do this secretary job anymore," he roared in his heart.

With a face that looked like she was about to cry, Reiju said quietly:

"Messer, Crocodile is looking for you."

Without looking to the side, he stiffly approached Mercer, placed the Den Den Mushi on the table, and stiffly turned to leave.

Robin stood up, wiped his lips, and said in a calm tone:
"You'll sleep with me tonight."

Reiju's lips twitched, her eyes widened slightly, and her entire back looked somewhat desolate as she silently said, "Okay."

Robin rolled her eyes at Moses. "You two talk, I'll be going now."

Mercer wiped his lips with his thumb, picked up the microphone, and said, "What is it?"

Crocodile, standing at the bow of his ship and looking at the port city opposite, twitched his eye and said calmly:
"I've arrived, Lasgapp. When will you arrive?"

Moses thought for a moment and said, "It will definitely arrive within a week."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

"By the way, if you have any free time, could you help me find a permanent pointer to the Ohara ruins? I'm quite interested."

"I am not your little brother."

Crocodile said in an annoyed tone.

Mercer laughed and said, "Give me a hand, it's a piece of cake for you anyway, so let's do it."

Click!

hang up the phone.

Crocodile's lips twitched as he looked at the Den Den Mushi that had been hung up, then glanced at a quiet, monk-headed young man standing to the side.

"Come out with me."

"Ok."

He's a silent, unassuming person.

……

Moses looked at the mayor and his wife in front of him; after a month of getting to know each other, they had become friends.

The mayor's wife was holding a baby in her arms; it was their newborn son.

"Are you leaving already? Or won't you stay a little longer?"

Mercer smiled and shook his head: "Thank you for your hospitality during this time. I hope we can meet again sometime."

After saying goodbye, Ya Dabao, who was standing to the side, retrieved Messer and spread his wings to fly into the sky.

Before long, they were far away from Clockwork Island.

This place is relatively close to the Calm Belt. Following the road, a day later, Moses and his group arrived in Loguetown to resupply.

After spending a day here, Ya Dabao crossed the Inverted Mountain and entered the West Sea.

The large ship landed on the sea amidst the gray fog, and Moses and his men appeared on the deck.

Ace had been avoiding Mather these past few days, but today he felt it was time, so he came over mysteriously.

"Mercy, I've discovered something, do you know what it is?"

Moses said irritably:
"Speak your mind."

Ace chuckled mysteriously, toying with the Devil Fruit knuckle duster in his hand:
"I named him 'The Crusher. The Iron-Willed Straight Man.' I also discovered that if I pay close attention, I can sense a subtle connection between us, and I can instinctively know which direction you are in."

Mercer shook his head and said, "Because it was originally made from the materials of life cards, this life weapon is equivalent to the combination of our two life cards."

Isn't it normal that you can vaguely sense my direction?

Ace's face fell; he had thought it was some kind of magical connection between brothers.

Unexpectedly, she couldn't help but look at Moses with resentment: "Tch! What a waste of my feelings."

Mercer hardened his fist and said with a forced smile, "Are you itching for a beating again?"

Ace turned and left without looking back. His steps were quick.

Mercer shook his head. What he didn't say was that he could easily block out this faint connection.

Watching Ace show off his "Iron Man" brass knuckle duster to his friends again.

He punched out flames, mimicking Sabo's "Fire Fist," which made Sabo's mouth twitch in anger.

Waving his steel arm and shouting "Thunder Flame Strike," Sabo was deeply provoked.

Life at sea was full of fun, especially since these guys were so silly. A day later, an island appeared in the distance.

Lasgap.

Standing on the deck, Robin gazed calmly at the scene, having once again come to the West Sea and arrived here once more.

“Completely different from last time. Last time I was captured by you in a sorry state, but this time I’m coming back in a very open and aboveboard manner.”

A smile graced her delicate face as she covered her cheeks with her hands. After the pink and white petals fluttered by, a handsome, slightly androgynous face with a strong, heroic air appeared.

"Melo" appeared, looking at Mercer with a smile and saying:

"I still think our combined face is the best-looking. It combines all the best features of both of us."

Moses' lips curled up slightly.

"I'm glad you like it."

But it won't be long; sooner or later, you'll be able to walk openly and proudly on the street with your own face.

Robin chuckled and shook his head. "That kind of thing isn't important. I don't feel wronged at all. I'm content as long as I can be with you."

Moses said calmly, "You can be even more greedy. You have my back. My fist can smash all the shackles on you."

"But your fists aren't at their hardest yet."

"That's enough. How dare you undermine me like that?"

"Watch out, or I'll beat you up tonight."

"Come on if you dare."

(End of this chapter)