One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

Iceberg shook his head, his tone filled with disbelief and the excitement of an engineer facing the ultimate challenge.

"To be honest, Mr. V, with the current shipbuilding technology in Water Seven and even the world, it is almost impossible to fully realize the design on your drawings."

"That requires not only top-notch shipbuilding technology, but also cutting-edge materials science, energy science, and dynamics."

"Unless it is..."

Iceberg remained silent for a moment.

He looked up and first glanced at Franky beside him, his gaze lingering for a moment on the face filled with excitement and determination, as if silently confirming and saying goodbye.

Then, his gaze slowly turned to Luffy and V, meeting their calm and resolute eyes.

Considering that V could easily recruit even a legendary pirate like Shiki and manipulate CP9 agents at will, he realized that the other party's thoughts and strength were far more profound than he had imagined.

Perhaps... the other party already knew about the Hades design, but was just waiting for the right opportunity, or out of respect, did not bring it up.

Since that's the case, rather than letting this heavy secret continue to be a barrier, it's better to tell each other the truth.

“Mr. V, Luffy…” Iceberg took a deep breath, his tone solemn and frank, “Actually… what Mr. Tom left us back then, besides the shipbuilding skills and the entrustment to protect Water Seven, was something else.”

His gaze swept over Franky, who nodded slightly, his expression equally solemn.

"That is... the design blueprint for the ancient weapon 'Pluto'."

"Ancient weapons? What are those?"

Luffy tilted his head, looking confused, as if a big question mark had appeared on his rubber head.

Looking into Luffy's eyes, which were filled with pure curiosity, devoid of greed or fear, Iceberg's last trace of concern vanished.

He took a deep breath, his expression becoming solemn and distant, as if recalling a heavy legend.

“Ancient weapon, ‘Pluto’,” the iceberg began slowly, his voice clearly audible in the breeze of the ring-shaped island, “a super battleship recorded in the history books, existing in the distant past, possessing the power to ‘destroy the world’.”

“Legend has it that it is the pinnacle of shipbuilding craftsmanship, and its power…” Iceberg paused, his gaze sweeping over the massive Lab and the technologically advanced modification site before him, and continued, “According to fragments of information from ancient texts and generations of shipwrights, Pluto possessed an inconceivably huge hull and an incomprehensible weapon system.”

"One strike from it is enough to wipe an island off the map, and its destructive power far exceeds that of any known warship or even the Buster Call fleet."

Wow! That sounds pretty amazing!

Upon hearing this, Luffy's eyes widened instantly, and his mouth opened wide enough to fit a large, meaty leg.

"There are such powerful warships?! They can destroy an island with a single strike?!"

His reaction showed no fear or desire for destructive power, but rather pure excitement and curiosity about the very concept of a "legendary creation" and "super powerful," like a child hearing the coolest adventure story.

"After all, it's all just a legendary story, and I don't know what this warship actually looks like."

Iceberg responded with doubt:

"But that's precisely why its design is something the world government is willing to go to any lengths to obtain, and even something that has led to countless conspiracies and tragedies."

“Mr. Tom…our mentor was also caught up in the vortex back then.”

Upon hearing this, Luffy's excitement subsided slightly, and he touched his straw hat, but the light in his eyes remained fervent: "So, that blueprint is now..."

"Here I am!" Franky interjected at the opportune moment, patting his solid metal chest with a dull clang. "Since Iceberg agrees..."

As he spoke, Franky suddenly opened the armor plate on his chest, revealing the intricate mechanical structure and shimmering energy lines inside. He reached out his mechanical hand and dug deep inside for a while before carefully pulling out a stack of ancient-looking blueprints with slightly curled edges.

The material of the drawing is somewhat unusual. It looks like paper, yet it has withstood the elements without any damage. It is covered with complex and dazzling lines and symbols drawn with special ink.

“This is…” Franky’s voice lowered, with an unusual solemnity, “the original design blueprints for the ancient weapon ‘Pluto’ that Mr. Tom entrusted to us and that I have kept to this day.”

He solemnly handed the blueprints to V and Luffy.

Luffy curiously leaned closer, stretching his rubber neck, staring at the dense lines and incomprehensible ancient script markings on the blueprint, and blinked:

"Oh! It looks so complicated! Much more complicated than the blueprints for the Going Merry's refit!"

V adjusted his glasses, his prosthetic eye rapidly scanning the blueprints, data streams flashing behind the lenses. He didn't reach out to take it, but calmly looked at Franky and Iceberg: "You're willing to hand it over to us?"

V grinned, his smile carrying a hint of understanding and ease: "I thought you wouldn't be willing to take out these blueprints for a while."

He reached out and took the heavy stack of old-fashioned blueprints, his movements unusually steady and solemn.

Upon handling the blueprints, their tough yet cool texture felt as if they carried the weight and weight of hundreds of years.

V did not immediately flip through the pages, but instead adjusted the scanning accuracy of the prosthetic eye to the highest level.

Behind the lens, a stream of deep blue data cascades down like a waterfall. The high-resolution imaging module is activated, recording every ink line and every symbol on the drawing into the brain-computer interface's storage core with perfect accuracy.

Complex mechanical structure diagrams, strange energy circuit illustrations, unprecedented ship layout, and key nodes marked with ancient scripts... a massive amount of information was digitized in an instant.

“Robin,” V transmitted all the scanned image data via the encrypted communication channel built into the brain-computer interface, “we’ve got the stuff.”

"Prioritize translating ancient textual annotations on structural principles and energy systems."

Almost the instant the message was sent, Robin, who was far away on Skypiea, received the data.

She looked at the incredibly clear ancient blueprints appearing on the virtual screen in front of her, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

"Received, V!"

Chapter 198 The Calm Before the Storm

A few days later, in the office of the roundabout.

Robin, who was working at her desk, uploaded the last translated drawing to the Straw Hat crew's shared cloud space and let out a soft breath.

The tireless work of deciphering code for several consecutive days left her with a hint of fatigue, but her deep eyes shone with an unprecedented brilliance.

"finished."

Her voice was transmitted to all her partners' terminals via the brain-computer interface.

In an instant, whether it was Luffy and Zoro training, Nami and Chopper tending to the IQ plant, or Usopp and Franky adjusting their equipment...

Holographic projections simultaneously popped up from the brain-computer interfaces or communication devices of all Straw Hat crew members and core partners.

A series of complex and precise mechanical structure diagrams, energy circuit diagrams, and ship layout cross-sections that are beyond the comprehension of our time are suspended in three-dimensional form before everyone's eyes.

"Wow--!!!"

Even though Luffy couldn't understand anything, he was the first to exclaim in surprise, perfectly embodying the role of the atmosphere-setter.

"What are these winding lines? And what are these squares and circles?! They look amazing!"

Zoro, clutching his sword, stared intently at the symbols that, even after translation, still looked somewhat strange: "These are... the blueprints for a warship capable of destroying the world?"

Franky and V immediately entered a deep analysis state.

On the observation platform, Franky's prosthetic eye flashed wildly with data. He stared intently at the blueprint labeled "Core Energy Conduction Array" on the holographic projection before him, his metal chin opening and closing slightly.

"This energy circuit... is directly embedded in the molecular gaps of the ship's hull material? So, my previous understanding has been wrong all along!?"

"It's not an external pipe or line, but the material itself is designed to be an energy conductor?!"

As a shipwright, how could Franky not study the Pluto blueprints, such a priceless treasure?

Without a professional and detailed translation, he could only try to understand the principles of the design based on some graphics and symbols on the drawings.

Even so, he has already benefited greatly.

But now, after seeing the actual design drawings, he unexpectedly discovered...

My understanding of this design is less than one percent!

V's prosthetic eye also entered overclocking mode, and the data stream behind the lens resembled a boiling galaxy.

He quickly flipped through the drawings that Robin had translated into modern engineering language, his voice filled with barely suppressed astonishment:

"As expected of the legendary ancient technology... truly remarkable."

Franky chimed in, and the robotic arm waved excitedly:

"It's more than just remarkable!"

"If what's said here is true... this isn't 'shipbuilding' at all, it's creating a completely new kind of 'rule-based creation'!"

"Mr. Tom was guarding... this kind of thing?!"

As the design blueprints for Hades were fully deciphered and transformed into comprehensible modern blueprints, the technological sophistication contained within them sent chills down the spines of V and Franky, who had seen countless cutting-edge technologies.

The next second, the two suddenly stared at each other.

Although they didn't say anything, they understood what the other meant.

The Going Merry and Laboon... still have room for evolution!

……

……

For the next month, the Straw Hat crew completely focused on studying the technology contained in Pluto's design blueprints.

Although most of these technologies were designed for super-giant ships like the "Pluto," and their principles and applications differed greatly in size and systems from those used to modify a single human body or the Merry, V, adhering to the spirit of striving for excellence, still drew countless inspirations from them and combined them with the individual abilities of his partners to integrate them into the new prosthetic body design.

For V, the Hades blueprints were not just a warship design, but a technological treasure trove ahead of its time.

Those array structures that allow energy to be conducted "without loss" in materials, the prototype of a "self-circulating system" used to stabilize the internal ecology of massive objects, and even the principles of "dispersion and absorption" of impact forces in certain defensive structures... all opened up unprecedented technological horizons for him.

He was no longer satisfied with simply adding features or improving performance, but began to pursue a deeper integration of "systematization" and "rule-based" approaches.

Thus, while Franky devoted himself to the remaining work on Laboon's modification and began to deepen the concept of applying Pluton's technology to the "Thousand Sunny," V's laboratory also entered a new peak of production.

He designed a set of [Beast God Resonance Skeleton] for Zoro, inspired by the energy conduction properties of the Hades ship's hull keel.

This implanted prosthetic body can more efficiently gather Zoro's bio-energy and Haki in his animal form, making each slash carry an "extra shock" of internal destructive power, greatly compensating for his lack of effective penetration methods when facing high-speed, high-defense opponents.

Sanji received a pair of [Wing Streamline Acceleration Units], which incorporate some of the concepts of fluid dynamics and low-drag structure from the design of Hades.

These miniature, retractable wing-like prosthetics are normally stored in the shoulder blades. When activated, they can not only resonate with the Speed-Speed ​​Fruit to further reduce air resistance, but also generate controllable vortices during rapid changes of direction, making Sanji's maneuver trajectory even more unpredictable and truly turning "speed" into an art of offense and defense.

Nami's Weather Stick core has been upgraded to the [Cloud Core - Weather Control Matrix], which draws inspiration from some of the feedback mechanisms of Hades' internal ecological regulation system.

Chopper's [Bacterial Symbiotic Network] has been enhanced, and a [Microscopic Energy Exchange Membrane] based on a simplified version of Hades' energy circuit has been implanted.

Usopp's long-used prosthetic arm has finally received a new upgrade.

Not only was the original "Explode! Reality!" function completely retained, but V also incorporated a certain material composite and energy enchanting principle derived from the Hades defense system.

Next, as long as Usopp masters enough of the principles of enchanting, he can imbue ammunition with various powers at the moment of firing, through the brief process of the ammunition passing through the chamber.

The process is more powerful and more flexible than before.