From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

Chapter 87 Inviting Vegapunk

Beltz assigned Lucia to District 33.

Islands 30 through 39 are all soap bubble parks, so there's not much danger there. Beltz felt relatively at ease leaving Lucia there.

Of course, Rukia herself is quite capable, and even if something happens, ordinary petty thieves can't deal with her.

Beltz himself, of course, went to Island Seventeen.

Following the directions of the numbers, he arrived here relatively quickly.

This scientific conference brought together renowned scientists from all over the world, making it a grand scientific event. Unfortunately, this grand event was initiated by the underground world.

In this lawless zone, troublemakers indeed increased, and there were even many pirates.

The Sabaody Archipelago is also a necessary route to the New World, and many pirates from the first half of the Grand Line gather here.

But Beltz's goal wasn't to target pirates.

"What—how did that guy get here?!"

He was about to go find Vegapunk when he overheard pirates discussing something in a panic.

"Looks like he's here to find someone. Good heavens, this guy coming to the Sabaody Archipelago is a big deal! If the Marine Headquarters finds out, they'll probably send an admiral!"

"The Rocks Pirates have been wiped out, so their threat shouldn't be that great anymore, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense! That's Shiki the Golden Lion! Even without Rocks, he's still the most ferocious pirate!"

The golden lion did indeed arrive.

Beltz wasn't surprised, after all, Shiki dared to trespass into the Marine Headquarters, and apart from Roger and Whitebeard, he probably didn't take anyone else seriously.

Rocks' death ended an era and ushered in a new one. The vicious pirates who had been suppressed by him scattered to the four seas, became stronger, and laid the foundation for the future Four Emperors.

However, before the Great Pirate Era, there were very few pirates like Shiki who were not afraid of the Navy.

Even Roger and Whitebeard's first reaction upon hearing that the Navy was coming to chase them was to run.

After all, the navy is connected to the armed forces of the member states, which number in the tens of millions.

If we keep getting entangled with the navy, it will truly never end.

It wasn't until the Great Pirate Era, when pirates were no longer ordinary sea robbers but became emperors of the sea, that the Navy dared not harass them.

Golden Lion had grasped the essence of the future Four Emperors ahead of time, and was already thinking about building his invincible fleet before the Great Pirate Era even began.

I still need to meet with Shiki, but not now.

Beltz's immediate priority is to find Vegapunk.

but----

That bastard Shiki, he better not provoke the Admiral.

With that thought in mind, Beltz had already found out where the scientific conference was starting.

With his abilities as a psychologist, getting questions out of other people is the simplest thing for him.

There were indeed many guards here, but Beltz simply used a psychological invisibility on himself and swaggered in.

Psychological invisibility is the ability to subconsciously ignore oneself. It is not true invisibility, but one can still move freely.

Is this somewhat similar to Doraemon's stone hat?

In short, Beltz asked questions as he walked, and soon arrived at Vegapunk's residence.

Vegapunk is a brain-man who ate the Brain-Brain Fruit, so his head is extremely large. At this moment, he is hunched over a table, diligently drawing blueprints for something.

Beltz didn't disturb him, but sat on the bed and watched him design.

This design alone will take half an hour.

"Ah! I have so many ideas in my head, I just can't use them all! If only someone could share my burden!"

Finally, Vegapunk completed his mission, but he complained somewhat, saying that as a top-notch genius scientist, Vegapunk often lamented that there was still too little time.

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Beltz suddenly spoke up at that moment.

"Who is it?!"

Vegapunk was startled when he suddenly heard Beltz's words. He turned around and saw Beltz sitting on the bed.

"Who are you?!"

"Wait, let me think. You're the one Dr. Clover introduced, aren't you?"

"Oh? How did you figure that out?"

Vegapunk relaxed considerably. He had a long tongue that even protruded from his mouth, but it didn't affect his speech.

"Dr. Clover once told me about your physical characteristics; men like you are quite rare."

Most people in the One Piece world are big and burly, so Belz, this delicate boy from the world of Bleach, is indeed somewhat out of place in this world's style.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Doctor, you really trust me."

"Because no matter who you are, you all need my brain," Vegapunk said with considerable confidence. "Whether it's you, the World Government, or even Du Feld now, none of them would want to kill me."

"I have no problem serving you, but you have to prove yourself. Otherwise, I'd rather work for the World Government."

Vegapunk's research capabilities are already very famous, and the World Government wants to recruit him into the Navy.

He believed that Beltz would never use force to coerce him, because his value lay in his intelligence. If Beltz used force to coerce him, would Beltz really dare to use what he made?

Besides, he was introduced by Dr. Clover, so regardless of others, he trusted Dr. Clover's character.

The person introduced by Dr. Clover is by no means a bad person.

"I have trillions of yuan in funding at my disposal."

Beltz immediately made his financial resources clear.

"Trillions?" Vegapunk was stunned. "Are you kidding me?"

This isn't just hundreds of billions or trillions, it's trillions!

He suddenly began to doubt his previous judgment.

Could it be that Dr. Clover really recommended a big liar?

But Beltz stated with certainty, "Yes, trillions."

"I don't know how much you know about the God Valley incident, Doctor, but the Celestial Dragons took away treasure worth hundreds of billions of Berries from God Valley, and all of that treasure is now in my hands."

Upon hearing this, Vegapunk recalled the World Government's report that the dragon had taken away treasures worth hundreds of billions.

He knew Beltz was the dragon, but that was only a few hundred billion, far from a trillion.

Beltz continued, "Besides the Celestial Dragons' financial reports, I also know where Shandora's gold is located."

The Gold of Shandora, that was once a widely circulated story.

Legend has it that the land of gold was discovered by Rolando, a city built of gold, but no one else discovered it except Rolando.

Later, people followed Rolando's directions to search, but found nothing. Rolando was thus identified as a liar and was even sentenced to death.

Vegapunk had naturally heard of this story as well.

"The Golden City is real," Beltz said calmly. "There is such a golden city, and I can support you however much money you want."

Vegapunk frowned slightly, pondering the veracity of Beltz's words.

"But—even if what you say is true, the World Government can still provide these things."

Vegapunk said, "Moreover, the world government can provide a safer research institute."

"You're a pirate, aren't you? If I follow you, I'll only be wanted by the Navy and live a nomadic life. Most importantly, my inventions will be boycotted and I won't be able to use them to improve people's lives!"

This is what Vegapunk is most worried about.

Vegapunk researches these things in order to make the world a better place.

He didn't want to study military weapons; what he really wanted to study were various tools to improve people's lives.

These things, however, require promotion by the world government.

Beltz sneered, "Dr. Vegapunk, you're incredibly naive. Do you really think the World Government wants you to join in order to improve people's lives?"

"Wrong. They want you to develop powerful weapons to enhance their combat capabilities."

"Do you intend to uphold the Celestial Dragons' rule and become an accomplice in their massacres?"

"i"

Vegapunk quickly said, "How could that be? Celestial Dragons are Celestial Dragons, and the Navy is the Navy. The Navy is a very large organization with many good people in it."

"So what if you're a good person? You're still contributing to the Celestial Dragons' rule." Beltz shook his head. "Forget it, if these things can't move you, then what about this?"

Because of the time constraints, Beltz had no interest in discussing the issue of the World Government's legitimacy with Vegapunk here.

He simply took out the research data of Mayuri Kurotsuchi that he had copied from the Empire.

Looking at the document-like thing, Vegapunk was initially puzzled, wondering why this young man had suddenly taken it out.

But he accepted it anyway.

Vegapunk was immediately shocked by this catch.

"Whose research is this?!"

As a top scientist, he immediately realized the value of this research data.

His pupils dilated involuntarily, and he looked at Beltz with considerable excitement.

Vegapunk is currently conducting research on lineage factors, which have a great use in creating androids.

Now, the information Beltz gave him contained a very clear design for androids, many of which he couldn't even understand at all!

This is definitely the work of a top scientist!

Vegapunk believed that, apart from himself, no one else in the mads organization could compare to this scientist!

"Besides that, I have a lot of other research."

Beltz chuckled and said, "As long as you can help me, Doctor, I can solve many problems for you."

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