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Chapter 35 When Devil Fruits Meet Hextech Cores

Seeing Quinn acting strangely, Kate pointed to her head. After so many years together, she and Oran had developed a lot of tacit understanding, and the meaning was clear.

Is this guy crazy?

Meanwhile, Kate had already taken the specially made gun from her back into her hand. Quinn's erratic behavior made her uneasy, and she felt that there was some kind of conspiracy.

"What's wrong with you? Did the failed experiment damage your brain?"

Oran's eyes were full of disdain, but he still gestured for Kate to put the gun away first. He wanted to see what Quinn and his men were up to this time.

"Quinn! You bastard, have you forgotten what we agreed on?"

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Oran, I've always admired your skills. It was that bastard Judge who lied to me, which led to this misunderstanding!"

Ignoring Judge and Caesar's anger, Queen seemed to be cutting ties with them as if he wanted to righteously distance himself from them.

However, Oran didn't believe a single one of these words. He wouldn't be surprised by anything these shameless guys did.

"It's about funding. Before Du Feld left, he said the funding would double, but how to handle that doubled portion is entirely up to you, Oran."

Would you mind if I used some too? Although I'm not as specialized as you, I have a lot of interest in science.

Bakini provided the answer by the door: Du Feld was a businessman, and in his eyes, Oran could generate more profits for him, so he handed over all the distribution rights of this part of the funds to Oran.

This was something Du Feld suddenly thought of before he left, so he didn't specifically come back to tell Oran, but everyone on the ship knew about it.

"Let's focus on making your own parts valuable first. If you're really capable of researching something of great value, we don't mind giving you a larger share."

Oran neither directly rejected nor agreed to any of them, but left an open-ended answer before leaving with Kate. His experiment was not yet finished.

The remaining few people didn't react too strongly; at least Oran left them an opening. But shortly after Oran left, Quinn and the others started fighting again.

The conflict originated from Caesar mocking Quinn for abandoning his principles without receiving payment, which ultimately enraged Quinn and sparked a new round of conflict.

Time passed, and while Du Feld promoted the achievements of MADS and prepared to run for the Iber Prize, the research on MADS did not stop. In Oran's laboratory, a humanoid body had been completed.

Compared to Blitz, this robot has a more slender body and looks more like a human.

As the gears rotated, the robot's joints began to move. Blitz, standing nearby, kept glancing at the unborn life, sensing that this life, yet to be "born," was a family member with whom he had a closer relationship.

The gears continued to turn, and the clanging of the metal clips was the most beautiful sound to Oran's ears.

"Kate, do you remember what I didn't finish saying a while ago?"

"Do you remember the story about the Grey Lady? I remember it. It was interrupted by Quinn's crazy behavior."

You said we should temporarily borrow these resources to prepare for the future.

Scratching her chin, Kate roughly repeated Oran's words.

"Yes, just like the gears in this machine, they are all interlocked and work together as a whole. If one of them gets stuck..."

Oran picked up a wrench and jammed a tiny, inconspicuous gear, but the entire gear mechanism stopped working at that moment.

"The entire system will stop operating. The world government today is such a machine, and a machine with powerful military force. It would be very difficult for just a few of us to confront it head-on."

Therefore, we must temporarily disguise ourselves as ordinary cogs, "understand" them, integrate into their group, become an integral part of their interest group, and then, at the right moment, reverse our direction.

As the gears inside the machine reversed their direction of operation, the machine made completely different movements.

"At that time, we will reshape this system. Truth always lies on the edge of the sword. When this sharp sword is unsheathed, that will be our time to reap the rewards."

"That cat is your sharpest sword. No matter what happens, the cat will always stand firmly by your side!"

The Mink tribe is a very persistent race; to put it bluntly, they are prone to stubbornness. Once they've made up their minds about something, they won't give up.

Driven by gratitude and a desire for revenge, Kate and Oran are now bound together.

"Blitz, too."

Seemingly feeling neglected, Blitz extended his large hand to express his own attitude.

The creation of the body is only part of the process. With the help of MADS equipment, this new body is in no way inferior to Blitz, which is basically made by hand. Both have their own advantages. The key point is always the core.

Whether it's Blitzcrank's core or Kate's heart, both belong to Hextech Type I in Oran's plans, but today is the time for Oran to test the upgraded version.

MADS has many topics, one of which is to give inanimate objects the abilities of Devil Fruits.

Sometimes, a research project is just missing a single line of thought, and Oran's memories happen to fill in those gaps, such as the unique characteristics of Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

The exact nature of Paramecia and Logia-type Devil Fruits is still unknown, but it is certain that Zoan-type Devil Fruits possess their own independent consciousness, thus enabling them to fuse with weapons and transform them into sentient weapons.

Vegapunk accomplished this not long ago, while Oran is making another attempt.

Whether Paramecia-type Devil Fruits possess consciousness is still inconclusive; perhaps they do not, perhaps they do, but it is not as obvious as that of Zoan-type fruits.

Putting that aside, Hextech Cores do have the ability to imbue machines with consciousness. So when these two are combined, what is born is the Hextech Type II Core, which can ultimately achieve the same effect as a weapon that has eaten a Zoan-type Devil Fruit.

"But Oran, where are you going to install her core? Isn't this core the size of Blitzcrank's?"

Oran has now completed the first step, performing a special fusion of the fruit and the core. However, after comparing it with the machine on the test bench, Kate couldn't figure out how to install the core. Oran didn't seem to have reserved any installation holes.

"Hextech is a very special science. Sometimes it goes against common sense, for example, the core may not necessarily be inside the body."

The core was installed on the prepared metal handle, and the whole thing looked like a special warhammer. As the current began to surge on the experimental table, the core at the hammerhead also began to shine.

"Open your eyes and see this new world, Frankenstein."

(End of this chapter)