Pirate: My Piltover technology is far ahead!

Chapter 62 Five Black Team, Marine Headquarters

Many things are born by chance, and Zach is no exception.

A pool of leaked venom flowed through the cracks in the alchemy facility into the underground trenches of Zaun, where it accumulated into a puddle deep within a secluded crater.

It was in this environment that Zach developed consciousness and began to respond instinctively to external stimuli.

An alchemical cabal took notice of it and brought it back to its laboratory.

Through experimentation, they discovered that this gel exhibits a certain psychological tendency. Simply put, it can mimic the types of stimuli it receives. If treated with care and kindness, it will respond with childlike joy and playfulness.

However, if you inflict pain or provoke it, it will retaliate.

A refining baron named Takeda Saito wants to research more weapons, but two researchers disagree with this view.

The two tried to counteract the violent teachings given by the other group members. They wanted Zach to distinguish right from wrong, so they had him experience firsthand acts of selflessness and generosity.

Their efforts paid off. Zack did not become a brutal killing machine, but a gentle being who regarded the two special researchers as family.

Finally, they took the opportunity to escape the laboratory with Zack, which naturally aroused Takeda's dissatisfaction, and he began to order people to hunt them down. When they were desperate, they were taken in by Oran, and Zack was thus given a new place to live.

Although Zach's birth was an accident, Oran was the one who knew it best.

The unique nature of Devil Fruits somewhat compensated for this unexpected situation, ultimately creating Mercury Zach.

"Independent combat form".

The mercury gel detached from Oran's exoskeleton and solidified into a humanoid creature beside him.

Terminator, Venom, Blacklight Virus, Lunar Elixir, Bio-Mage—this new Zack is more like a complex fusion, possessing a more comprehensive set of abilities.

However, this creation has a drawback: Zack is currently the least intelligent of all of Oran's creations. He has poor self-awareness and his actions are entirely dependent on commands.

"Come on, Zach, put this together."

Oran gave Zach a small educational toy: a box with holes of different shapes, surrounded by various similar-shaped objects.

At first, Zach was completely clueless and didn't understand how to do it, but after Oran demonstrated it once, Zach was able to quickly and skillfully replicate Oran's movements.

"Your learning ability is up to par, so there's no problem. Now you can go into standby mode and grow slowly."

Zach's body began to shrink and eventually merged back into Oran's exoskeleton.

"I've somehow managed to put together a decent lineup for the Rift, and it seems pretty good?"

Top lane Sett, jungle Zac, mid lane Orianna, AD Zarya, support Blitzcrank.

Although it includes two juveniles and two modified melee versions, the lineup is quite solid, and it even manages to assemble an elemental dragon.

While Oran was testing Zach, Tsuru had already met Kate and Frankenstein, who had come to greet them.

"Your father is very busy right now. He will come to find you after he finishes his experiment. Please come with us first."

Frankenstein's tone was devoid of emotion; she always spoke to strangers in this manner. As for Kate, she was somewhat reluctant to speak. She hadn't thought there was anything wrong with it before, but seeing the navy still filled her with a sense of disgust.

The word "justice" on the coat, in particular, disgusted Kate.

She knew that you can't generalize and condemn an ​​entire group, but she didn't have the patience to analyze each person's situation, so it was hard for her to feel any goodwill towards this group.

"Sister He, why do I feel like they don't welcome us?"

One was expressionless, the other remained silent; anyone who wasn't a fool could sense that something was off about the atmosphere.

The two people leading the way were more than twenty meters away from the navy team. Sensing something was wrong, Gion whispered something in Tsuru's ear.

"That's not important. What's crucial is Sidier's own attitude. Are all these scientists so eccentric?"

The Navy isn't like Pele; it's not something everyone likes. In the New World or some remote parts of the Four Seas, the Navy, like pirates, is a negative term.

However, Tsuru couldn't quite figure out what Oran was thinking. Tsuru was also present during their phone conversation, and overall it was quite pleasant. But now, the person who called Oran "father" was acting very coldly.

Previously, when someone went to see Vegapunk, he kept them waiting outside for three days until the experiment ended before they finally met him in person.

[Trying to gain more control of the conversation? What exactly is this person trying to achieve?]

If it were Garp, he wouldn't care about this at all and would just pretend he didn't see it. But Tsuru is the Navy's chief strategist, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, so she started to fill in the blanks in her mind.

In reality, Oran was just casually asking Kate and the others to handle some tasks at hand. At that time, Blitz was accompanying Leriana to boxing practice, and Oran had no other trusted confidants available. It was just a pure coincidence.

Crane was even prepared to wait a day or two, after all, Frankenstein had made it clear that Oran was conducting experiments, but Oran arrived here in the evening.

Without wasting too much time, Oran left the household affairs to Kate and Blitz, and then, along with Frankenstein, followed Crane's warship to Marineford.

Even as the warships returned, He still couldn't figure out what Oran was really planning.

It takes some time to travel from Bean Island to Marine Headquarters. Oran didn't show any signs of aversion along the way, but Frankenstein kept a cold expression on his face.

The ship of Crane was filled with female soldiers. Oran rarely left his room during the voyage, usually spending his time instructing Frankenstein and Zach, leaving all contact with the outside world to Frankenstein.

This made some of the female soldiers feel very awkward. Fortunately, the voyage did not last long, and their mission naturally ended after they arrived in Marineford.

But at this moment, the crane received some additional information.

"What did you say? We encountered pirates and got delayed? We'll be a few days later?"

Oran came here to provide technical guidance and discuss technical upgrades, but the military doctors who were to learn surgical techniques got caught up in a battle with a group of pirates on their way, causing them to miss their journey.

"Dr. Siddirell, it looks like I'll have to keep you for a few more days. The sea is not calm, and that's an uncontrollable factor."

"It's okay, I understand."

"You can stay here for the next few days. We'll take care of everything. Don't worry about safety; Marine Fendo is one of the safest islands right now."

After arranging Oran's accommodations, He left. As the chief strategist, she couldn't stay idle.

"Father, something's not right with those people."

Frankenstein didn't believe the crane's claim of safety and instead personally inspected the situation. She did indeed discover several people behaving strangely, as if they were deliberately avoiding something.

Oran was not familiar with the terrain here. If the naval commanders saw this, they would realize the problem. The direction those people were heading was exactly where the family of the current Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Black Arm Zephyr, lived.

(End of this chapter)