The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

And the reason for this is naturally...

"Hey, I said..."

Luffy lay there listlessly, his lips drooping, his body weak and extremely feeble.

"Why did it turn out like this?!"

At this moment, looking at his almost withered arms and his frail, aged body, he was filled with bewilderment.

He couldn't understand how, in just a moment, he had become so old and frail!

He went from being a boy in a straw hat to a seventy-year-old man in a straw hat.

Not only him, but also Chopper and Jinbe next to him, all of them had changed their appearance drastically.

An elderly reindeer stood nearby, its tongue lolling out, its limbs limp, its legs trembling, and its antlers swaying and staggering.

Just like Doc Q's beloved horse, Strong, who is the ship's doctor in the Blackbeard Pirates, he looks sickly.

Both animals were standing, looking as if they were exerting all their strength, which was quite strenuous.

On the other hand, Jinbe, who should have been sporting a large blue belly and entering middle age, was now exuding youthful energy.

Full of youthful vigor, his wild, unruly hair had grown back, exuding a wild and untamed spirit!

However, the only thing that remained unchanged was that bare upper body and the round, bulging belly that was exposed.

Of all the people present, he was probably the only one who still had any strength left.

"Excuse me……"

Right in the middle of the three people was Bonnie, who was awkwardly sitting with her legs together, looking aggrieved, embarrassed, and ashamed, her head lowered, having reverted to her little girl form.

She sat there as if she had done something wrong, not daring to look at anyone else.

It was only by transforming themselves into this state that they managed to evade the pursuit of the guard, Big Bear!

The reason they became like this is precisely because of Bonnie's magical ability to change their age!

“Bonnie…”

Luffy, panting weakly, said, "Could you please optimize my disguise age a bit more...?"

"We understand how you feel, but that's not your father!!!"

"If we don't...cough cough, knock him away, we'll...cough cough, we'll be in danger!!"

As Luffy was talking, he gradually started coughing.

"Stop it, Luffy."

Chopper tried to smooth things over, saying, "Sorry Bonney, we were hostile to the Pacifistas during the Marineford War."

"So, there's been a negative reaction... and please... change my age back~"

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805 A special race?! Big Bear's experiences, an adventure? I'm quite looking forward to it!!

Chopper was speaking breathlessly, and even Jinbe beside him looked troubled:

"This is really difficult. Seeing that clone really does remind me of my family."

He seemed to remember something and asked Bonnie:

"Please don't be angry, Bonnie. The information I have about Kuma is that he was the tyrant of the former Sorbet Kingdom. He was expelled from the country by his people and became a pirate."

This is the general perception of Bartholomew Kuma on the vast ocean, and it is also the source of his nickname "Tyrant".

When Jinbe asked her about this, Bonney remained silent and did not respond.

Jinbe continued speaking there:

"He belonged to the Revolutionary Army, was later captured by the Navy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Later, Vegapunk valued Kuma's strength and, in order to tap into his potential, reached an agreement with him on the condition of physical modification and cloning development."

Bonnie remained silent, but this time she quietly picked up a mysterious device from the experimental waste.

It was a tubular object with an antenna-like structure.

"Subsequently, the World Government appointed Kuma as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, sending him back to the seas. Am I right?"

And just as Jinbe finished saying those words~

Click!

Bonnie instantly pressed the mysterious item in her hand, and in an instant, waves of light appeared!

In mid-air, it instantly condensed into a transparent sword blade!

It continues to radiate outwards, releasing energy particles.

"Wow, amazing!!"

Luffy, panting, immediately said, "It's just like Link's famous sword, the Lightning Bolt..."

"I am certainly aware of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the development of clone soldiers..."

Bonnie's face showed a look of grief. "But being a cyborg is no different from a death sentence! 々～!"

"If we had known beforehand, who would have accepted these conditions?!"

"That's absolutely right~"

The young Jinbe nodded: "But life imprisonment also has various forms of sentencing."

"So, just how many crimes has Tyrant Bear committed?"

boom! ! !

The light blade, shimmering with energy particles, suddenly slashed down towards the nearby ruins.

"Father is not a tyrant at all!!!"

"Furthermore, he hates the World Government! He could never be their ally!!"

"He must have been forced into this transformation!!!"

Bonnie finally couldn't hold back any longer and vented her pent-up grievances and indignation on the light blade in her hand.

It landed on the ground and instantly unleashed a shockwave of incredible power.

The splash damage caused seventy-year-old Luffy and the elderly reindeer Chopper to quickly dodge to the side.

"This, this is a laser, a lightsaber?!"

"Oh, so handsome!!"

Luffy was there, marveling at the sight, while Chopper hung his head.

"This place should be a junkyard, filled with Vegapunk's experimental defective products. Some of the things here still seem usable..."

As she spoke, Bonnie pressed the switch again, retracting the light blade.

"Now that we have the weapon, it's time to settle accounts with that person!!!"

The person she was referring to was, of course, Vegapunk.

"In short, this so-called 'modified humans' is clearly just murder disguised in the name of science!!"

"My father once said that we belong to a special race, so what? Does that justify their forced experiments?!"

"This cannot be the reason they killed my father!!!"

As she spoke, a strange power emanated from her, spreading from herself to Chopper, Luffy, Jinbe, and the others around her.

In an instant, the three men, who had previously appeared aged and vigorous, returned to their original state.

Even Bonnie herself has regained her original tall, dashing beauty.

You can touch people to make them old or young, or you can turn yourself into a child or an old person at will.

This ability to arbitrarily alter her own age and the physical condition of others comes from her [Age Fruit], or more precisely, the [Age-Age Fruit]!

"That's right, that's right!!"

Luffy and Chopper, now back to normal, breathed a sigh of relief and echoed Bonney's words.

Well, although they still don't quite understand.

But if we're going to find Vegapunk next, then...

An adventure? I'm actually quite looking forward to it!

“¨｀ ……

Seeing their captain and doctor acting so unreliably, they looked on with stars in their eyes.

Jinbe shook his head, somewhat speechless.

However, there was one thing he noticed: in what Bonnie had said earlier…

"A strange race?"

Big Bear, is he a special species?

The World Government was able to make an exception for Kuma, a member of the Revolutionary Army, and allow him to become a Shichibukai, risking contact with the Revolutionary Army by continuing to let him operate on the seas.

If Vegapunk was even sent to make contact with Kuma, then Kuma's race must be quite extraordinary.

If we're talking about unusual races...

He couldn't help but think of King, one of the Three Disasters, who fought against the Beast Pirates on the island of Wano Country.

Her real name is Abel, and her true identity is a descendant of the Lunaria race... (of money)...

While Jinbe was deep in thought, on the other side of the sea...

The giant robot piloted by Lilith was carrying the Sonny Merry, flying towards the island and soaring through the sky.

On the deck, many people were enjoying the gentle sea breeze and felt very relaxed and happy.

They weren't too surprised, because they had already learned a lot about flight from the various gadgets Link possessed.

At most, Franky marveled at the two fire-breathing propulsion devices behind the giant robot, propelling it into the sky at full power.

Such technology and such robots are indeed hard not to be interested in.

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806 Just surviving, still breathing, that's enough! I miss that feeling! Arrived at Egg Point Island!!

"This Vega Legion No. 1 is equipped with a rocket booster on its back, using the principle of anti-gravity to float in the air. Just like the air conditioning on this island, it will one day be used all over the world!!"

Lilith proudly introduced the technology, and the Straw Hat Pirates nodded in agreement, marveling at its advanced nature.

At the same time, the outline and full view of the island also appeared before their eyes.

Looking down, the entire "future" came into view.

It was as if the world five hundred years in the future was being presented to them in its entirety.

"Hey, look! There's a monster here!!"

"This is simply like a city from the future!!"

Usopp, Franky, and the others were there marveling at the sight, while Lilith smiled smugly.

"This is an island that creates the future, and its name is..."

"The Island of the Future, Egokhod!!"

Its English name is 【EGG·HEAD】, which literally translates to Egg Point Island.

"The layer above the cloud is the research layer."

Under Lilith's control, the machine giant flew straight towards the massive rift in the very center of the island!

It looked as if it were made up of countless machines, or as if it were building blocks stacked up there.

A magnificent steel 820 iron star ring is woven around the island.

Here, freed from the constraints of gravity, the hard, eggshell-like barrier surrounding the entire island slowly rotates.

It seemed to be the magnificent wonder of technological civilization, and also the future destiny of the entire world!