Pirate: My Piltover technology is far ahead!

Chapter 38: Seeing him succeed is more painful than my own failure.

"By the way, Punk, you just said the ship's wiring is being repaired, right?"

"Yes, the lines closest to your lab are basically unusable, and even the ship's main power room was affected."

"The reaction after combining the Devil Fruit and the energy core is bigger than I expected. It's a good opportunity to upgrade the circuitry, but you should make them stop for now, otherwise all their work will have been for nothing."

Oran's gaze remained fixed on Frankenstein and Caesar on the deck, but Vegapunk understood Oran's meaning: since the previous research had ultimately created Frankenstein, the power Frankenstein unleashed would likely be even greater.

"I understand what you mean."

Vegapunk picked up the Den Den Mushi and issued new instructions, while signaling the researchers watching the commotion to retreat, giving them a more open battleground.

With this warning, most people obediently found cover. MADS had been at sea for quite some time, and ordinary researchers were already aware of the destructive power these people on board could cause.

They may not be particularly strong individually, but the things they research are all incredibly dangerous.

Some people weren't too far away, like Queen and Judge. They might have complained, but they knew their abilities were far inferior to Oran and Vegapunk's.

Especially after Oran also gained control of a sum of money, the already fragile alliance between the three instantly crumbled, and their goal shifted from fighting together to securing third place in the team competition.

Moreover, they only dislike people, not technology; Vegapunk and Oran's research has always been one of their learning and reference goals.

"Judge, is there anything you'd like to comment on?"

"The size of the machine is too small. It's supposed to be a mechanical android, but this size already limits the internal space. Oran himself has locked the upper limit of this creation. If it were me, I would have made it bigger."

"Don't you think this size is the most suitable for his energy core? Besides, you can't build it anyway."

Even a jack-of-all-trades has his own area of ​​expertise, and Oran's core technology is the Hextech Core. No one but Oran can understand how this device is powered, not even Vegapunk.

In particular, the idea of ​​giving machines a high degree of intelligence was a step ahead of MADS, but Judge did not agree with Quinn's point of view.

"I think it's just to cater to his own aesthetic sense. He even made his hair color similar. He's just like Vegapunk. They both have that strange obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Vegapunk is a severe perfectionist. When replicating something, he will judge it as a failure if there is even a difference in color. Judge and the others don't know if this is true or not, but Vegapunk has already established this persona for himself.

Oran, on the other hand, has a somewhat peculiar aesthetic sense, and it changes at any time. It may not be beautiful or handsome; even something ugly-cute is acceptable, but it must be pleasing to the eye.

"How can I use something happily if I find it ugly?"

These were Oran's original words: if he created something he himself didn't like, it would definitely be a version for external sale.

"Wait, you're taking Oran's side? Have you really lost your mind?"

"Hmph, you know I've always been a staunch supporter of Oran. It's just that I was tricked by you before, which is why I acted irrationally."

"You've really lost all sense of shame for money."

"Actually, what I find even more unacceptable is that Caesar, that bastard, managed to get his hands on a Logia-type Devil Fruit! That jerk was clearly just out to play around with women; it's a miracle he didn't catch any diseases, and now he's gotten the fruit? How dare he!"

When a wealthy person earns more money, most people don't experience much emotional change; they mostly just sigh a couple of times.

But when a beggar saw that the beggar next to him had found a windfall, he immediately felt resentful.

Queen can accept that Vegapunk's technology is better than his, and he can accept Oran finding a Devil Fruit, but that person cannot be Caesar.

You should know that before Caesar went to Oran, he made a point of showing off to him.

"So what are you doing now?"

"I am sincerely praying that Caesar will be severely beaten so that I can feel at peace."

At this moment, Quinn clasped his hands together in a very devout gesture. However, for some reason, Judge suddenly felt that what Quinn said made a lot of sense, and in the end, he also joined the camp.

Meanwhile, a new battle has begun on the deck.

call!call!

Frankenstein swung his warhammer with wide, sweeping motions, each swing creating a whooshing sound as it pierced the air. However, this was of little use to Caesar, as pure physical attacks could not strike a nature-type body.

"Whoosh, all you can do is brute force? That's all Oran's inventions are capable of. It's a shame it's a robot."

The toxicity of gas is also an important part of Caesar's Devil Fruit power, but Frankenstein is different from humans, and his special structure makes the toxicity of gas completely ineffective.

"If I break you, Sidiriel can't really say anything in this situation. Burning type 'Miokvas'!"

Caesar flew into the air, a flaming stick appearing in his hand. The moment it touched the air, tiny sparks flew off, and at the same time, a large amount of gas was sprayed towards Frankenstein under Caesar's control.

As the spark ignited the gas, a tidal wave of flames surged toward Frankenstein, turning the deck into a sea of ​​fire.

"So what if it's a machine? I'll see just how high a temperature your machine can withstand!"

Not far away, Vegapunk put on a pair of sunglasses and observed the situation inside the arena through the firelight.

"Orlan, it seems your inventions are not quite effective against Logia-type Devil Fruit users."

"No, she's just analyzing the other person's specific situation. And Punk, don't forget, Frankenstein is also an 'Ability User.' The problem with this kid right now is that he's a bit too frugal."

boom!

Before Oran could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a thunderous roar. The flames Caesar unleashed were like a fleeting moment, instantly absorbed by Frankenstein's warhammer and vanished without a trace.

After absorbing the flames, several bolts of lightning shot out from the top of the warhammer and struck Caesar, who was floating in mid-air.

Frankenstein already possesses the ability to actively release lightning, and the Accumulate-Accumulate Fruit integrated into her core, in addition to absorbing external energy as recorded in the encyclopedia, also has the power to transform it.

Humans can only convert the power into physical strength when they eat it, but Frankenstein can release this power in another form without consuming his original energy, achieving his own alternative "perpetual motion" through external force.

This conclusion was drawn after Frankenstein's warhammer swept across Caesar's body, absorbing the spilled gas, and it is also the source of Oran's assessment of thrift.

She waited until Caesar helped her recharge before releasing those bolts of lightning.

Physical attacks couldn't touch Caesar's body, but lightning was different. Caesar's fire attack just now utilized the gas jets to prevent the flames from reaching his body.

However, Frankenstein's lightning directly ignited his body, instantly turning Caesar into a man of fire.

"Ah! You bastard, the Void World!"

Caesar waved his arms, frantically absorbing the surrounding air, quickly creating a vacuum without oxygen, and using this principle to extinguish the flames on his body.

The pain from the burning had caused Caesar to fall to the ground. During the time he was extinguishing the flames, Frankenstein rushed in front of him again. The void had no effect on Frankenstein, who did not need to breathe.

Caesar wasn't afraid of the swinging warhammer, since he still possessed a nature-based body. However, before the hammer even touched his body, a suction force suddenly appeared and locked him in place.

Command: Shockwave.

The Accumulus Fruit converts absorbed energy into kinetic energy and releases a powerful shockwave through the Hextech Core in the Warhammer.

Under the influence of this force, Caesar's body entered a special high-pressure environment. The gas under this environment changed and could no longer be elementalized like the original gas.

boom!

Without his elemental powers, Caesar was just an ordinary man, and faced with Frankenstein's hammer, he was sent flying with a single blow.

(End of this chapter)