Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Kizaru remained silent.

As a naval admiral, he knew at least as much as Kuzan.

He also saw the darkness hidden beneath justice, the secrets that could not be brought to light.

He simply chose not to think about it.

But Kuzan chose a different path.

“Really,”

Kizaru scratched his head. "You're all like this. Sakazuki just became Fleet Admiral and you all ran away, leaving me here to do all the hard labor."

His tone carried a hint of complaint, as if he were venting to his colleagues about how tiring his work was.

Kuzan couldn't help but laugh. "Borusalino, you're still the same as ever."

"You're the same old Kuzan."

Kizaru said, "We just chose different paths."

Both of them fell silent, knowing that a battle was inevitable.

Compared to that radical guy Akainu, Kuzan and Kizaru can at least exchange a few words.

The surrounding vice admirals exchanged glances, unsure whether they should intervene.

One is a current general, and the other is a former general.

If they were to intervene in a battle of this magnitude, they probably wouldn't even be able to withstand the aftershocks.

......

Inside the energy shield.

As soon as Franky entered the laboratory, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"This place is amazing."

This laboratory was more advanced than anywhere else he had ever seen.

The floor was covered with glowing wires, the walls were covered with display screens, and the entire space was filled with various sophisticated instruments and devices.

The most eye-catching thing was the group of people standing together in the center of the laboratory.

They're all Vegapunk.

To be precise, it was six Vegapunks.

They stood in a row, watching Franky and Bonnie enter.

"welcome."

The elderly Vegapunk in the very center spoke up, "I am Vegapunk's true form, Shakya."

Then he pointed to a green machine next to him, numbered 03, "This is the thinking, Vegapunk Edison."

"Hello, everyone!"

Edison floated up and greeted them.

He appeared to be a man in his thirties, wearing a black helmet with a yellow "01" printed on it and a dark blue jacket.

"This is Zheng, representing the upright Shakyamuni."

Then there are Lilith, representing evil; Pythagoras, representing wisdom; Atlas, representing rage; and York, representing desire.

Begabank's six clones share one brain, and their daily experiences and knowledge are synchronized once through Bank's records.

Although I had heard about it before, I was still amazed when I actually saw it.

"Six, six Vegapunks?"

"Yes."

Vegapunk smiled and said, "In order to conduct research on multiple projects at the same time, I used the power of the Brain-Brain Fruit to divide my consciousness into six parts and create six clones."

This is also the power of the Devil Fruit; Vegapunk brought the Brain-Brain Fruit to its fullest potential.

But Bonnie wasn't interested in any of that.

She stepped forward, staring at the familiar yet unfamiliar man before her. "Vegapunk, tell me what happened to my father. Why did you do this to him?"

Clearly, we're all friends.

Regarding this matter, Vegapunk glanced at Kuma with some emotion, "If things had gone according to our plan, he should be in Mary Geoise by now. I didn't expect the Straw Hat crew to be able to restore him to this state... Did you do it?"

Vegapunk immediately saw the condition of the bear.

Compared to his worst-case scenario, the bear still has a chance to regain consciousness.

The "he" Vegapunk was referring to was naturally Franky.

This is like an idol calling out someone's name! Franky nodded excitedly upon hearing Vegapunk's words, and then explained how he had dealt with Kuma.

“This is all thanks to the documents we left behind in your hometown,” Franky said.

The laboratory in my hometown?

Vegapunk hadn't expected this connection, but Franky's ability to figure it all out was truly impressive.

Seeing Bonney's sullen expression, Vegapunk smiled wryly, "Let me explain this to you properly. We didn't expect things to turn out this way."

Actually, Big Bear initially wanted to keep this a secret, but since there's a possibility that Big Bear might regain consciousness, that's another story.

Shakyamuni also greatly admired the bear, saying, "He was a kind person, so kind that he was willing to give up his own freedom to protect everything he wanted to protect."

"What do you mean?"

Bonnie's voice trembled.

"You have a rare disease."

Shakyamuni said, “Blue scales are an incurable disease that causes blue scales to grow on the patient’s body and eventually takes their life. When your father came to me, you were already very ill.”

Bonnie's body jolted violently.

She remembered.

Those fragmented memories.

"In order to save you, Bartholomew Kuma agreed to the World Government's conditions."

Shakyamuni slowly said, "Use your own body as a test subject to allow me to conduct experiments on modifying human weapons, in exchange for the technology to heal your Jade Scales."

Bonnie's eyes widened suddenly.

"what?"

"Artificial Devil Fruit ability transplantation, mechanical modification, personality erasure..."

Shakya's voice was calm, but every word was like a knife, piercing Bonnie's heart: "Your father, step by step, gave up his own body, his own consciousness, his own freedom, just so that you could live a healthy life."

Bonnie's tears welled up.

"No, no, that's not it..."

She always believed that the World Government had persecuted her father and that he had been forced to become an experimental subject.

She never knew that all of this was done voluntarily by her father.

for her.

"Father! Father!"

She hugged the big bear and cried loudly.

The bear's body remained stiff, and his eyes remained lifeless, but his enormous hand slowly rose.

It landed gently on Bonnie's head.

Just like many years ago.

Bonnie cried even harder.

She never imagined the real truth would be like this.

Franky stood by, silently watching this scene. Even this tough guy had tears welling up in his eyes.

But the most important thing right now is...

Franky crept up to Vegapunk and voiced Stussy's guess. The old man gave him a surprised look, and then...

"Let's get started."

York was still sizing up the group of people in front of him, considering what to do, when the next second several Vegapunks shouted and rushed at him.

Wow!

York burst into tears.

Don't talk about martial arts!

......

Mary Geoise, Pangaea.

Between power.

There were five figures in the huge room.

The Five Elders, the highest authority in the World Government and the pinnacle of the Celestial Dragons, are gathered here.

"Wow, come save me!"

York's voice came from the Den Den Mushi, and the Five Elders immediately understood that their mole had been caught.

If it's really useless.

Figarando Greene pressed the Den Den Mushi button and looked at his colleagues, "Straw Hat Luffy has landed on Egghead Island, and Shamrock has prepared the magic circle. What do you all think?"

Impel Down, Dressrosa, Wano Country... their presence can be found in every place.

Since Wano Country, the World Government has adopted a strategy of avoiding the Straw Hats when they travel.

It turns out that the more you try to avoid it, the more likely you are to run into it.

The new world is only so big, and the world government will inevitably encounter obstacles when it tries to take action.