I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Chapter 697 Power Source

The discussion of punk records soon came to an end.

Edison, the "thought" clone shaped like a plug, and Shakya brought tea and shared it with Xie Wen and the cats.

After taking a sip of the tea in the cup, Xie Wen looked at Vegapunk with some curiosity and asked the question in his mind: "Why did you lead us here? You know, I am now in a hostile state with the World Government, and...these guys outside were also led here by me."

Although I have long known that Vegapunk and the World Government are not on the same page, it seems that I don't have any friendship with them.

The only connection Xie Wen could think of seemed to be the revolutionary army.

But if his memory was correct, Dragon's invitation had already been rejected by Vegapunk on the grounds of "insufficient funds".

"Because I'm interested in the technology you use, and the Cat-Fur Clan who invented it."

Vegapunk looked at Meowerya and answered.

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple."

Well... Xie Wen found that he was thinking too much. For a genius scientist like Vegapunk, this reason seemed to be enough.

"That's perfect. My cat also has a lot of questions that he wants to ask you."

Xie Wen patted the heads of the two scientific research cats and pushed them in front of Vegapunk.

The two kittens immediately pulled Vegapunk over and started chattering about the problems they encountered in their research. While giving his own suggestions, Vegapunk also asked the cats about some things related to Felynx technology.

Seeing their heated discussion, the two robot clones representing "wisdom" and "thought" also joined in.

"Thank you, Brother Wen. Keli also wants to discuss with this old man how to make a bomb."

(=w=)

After listening to their discussion for a while with her head tilted, the little doll finally confirmed that the old man with a half apple on his head was not a fool, but a very good scientist. She immediately pulled Xie Wen's ear and said eagerly.

"Ahem, Klee, be good. Let's wait until Ai and Purya finish their discussion. Let's walk around first and see if there's anything interesting here."

Xie Wen rubbed the little doll's cat head and quickly diverted her attention.

I hope Klee can forget about this after a while. Otherwise, whether Vegapunk makes Klee's bomb more powerful, or he learns the formula of "Little Girl" from Klee and then equips the Navy and the World Government, it doesn't seem like a good thing.

"oh--!"

(=＞＜=)

The usually easy-to-please little puppet immediately forgot about discussing with Vegapunk about how to make a bomb, and instead urged Xie Wen: "Brother Xie Wen, hurry up, Klee hasn't had enough fun just now!"

Atlas (violent) also took the initiative to stand up at this time, "Let me take you to visit the research floor."

"Okay, okay~"

(=`=)

Compared to Vegapunk's original body, the little puppet has a better impression of Atlas's clone. She nodded her head and said, "Klee was just about to say that your hair is similar to Sister Uta's."

Atlas' hair color is also half white and half pink, but the positions of their hair colors are exactly opposite.

"Hehehe, actually I changed my hair color specifically after listening to Ms. Uta's singing."

Atlas rolled up the long hair that hung down from his temples with his fingers and replied with a smile: "By the way, can you help me get an autograph from Miss Uta? I am a big fan of hers."

She clasped her hands in front of her chest and looked at Klee and Xie Wen expectantly. Both her movements and posture were very consistent with her girlish appearance.

But when Xie Wen thought about her true form being Vegapunk, an old man with his tongue hanging out all day, he didn't find her cute at all...

The little doll's thoughts were not as complicated as Xie Wen's. She patted her chest and agreed without hesitation.

"No problem! Klee and Sister Uta are very good friends, meow!"

(=`=)

With the motivation of "Uta's Signature", Atlas became more enthusiastic when serving as a tour guide. Wherever she went, she would introduce to Xie Wen and others in detail the functions and uses of the equipment there, and actively invite Xie Wen and others to try them out.

However, most of the things on the research level were non-entertainment in nature, so Klee quickly became bored from being very excited.

"So boring... Not as interesting as the following... "

(=`3=)

The little puppet pouted unhappily, "If I had known earlier, I would have let Ai-san and Pur-ya-san come up by themselves, and we can continue playing downstairs, meow."

"Don't be so rude, meow."

Huamei, who also didn't understand what Huibara and the others were saying, followed them and warned Klee.

"Ow..."

(=`へ=)

The little puppet didn't dare to resist Lord Xiang Feihu, but its little mouth pouted even higher, and its two little paws were restlessly tormenting Cang Lanxing's ears.

Xie Wen had no choice but to look at the somewhat depressed Atlas and asked, "Are there no interesting inventions here? For example, the light pressure gloves that can touch the holographic projection just now."

Although the light pressure gloves only piqued Klee's interest for a moment, they were still better than the artificial organs in the glass jars in front of her.

"Sorry, it's my problem."

Atlas realized that not all cats were Meowerya and Huiyuan Meow, and that inventions with higher technological content were not necessarily more likely to interest them. "Follow me!"

Atlas, who had figured it out, quickly changed direction and brought Xie Wen and the others to a huge hangar.

"Woooa ...

(==)

Sure enough, after seeing the huge robot stored in the hangar, Klee, who was originally a little listless, instantly became energetic.

"Transformers?" Atlas scratched his head, then corrected, "It's not a Transformer. It's 'VegaForce 01', a giant robot we created based on an ancient steel giant!"

"Ah? So it won't transform, meow? That's meaningless..."

(In)

The little puppet lost interest in it instantly.

If it was just a giant robot, Meowerya would have as many as she wanted, and with Suika Meow here, she could create a guardian that was several times bigger than the robot in front of her in a matter of minutes.

Instead, Xie Wen's eyes lit up.

"Can you tell me about that ancient iron giant?"

I had been walking around there for a long time but didn't see the ancient robot. Xie Wen probably thought it was hidden by Vegapunk in advance.

"About two hundred years ago, a giant robot attacked Santa Maria Joa just like you, but it didn't cause much damage in the end due to lack of energy..."

"Fighting the Celestial Dragons? Then it's a good robot, meow."

(=`ー=)

Klee folded her arms and nodded seriously.

"I don't know whether it is good or bad, because after that attack, it completely lost its power. No one knows where it came from or what it wants to do..."

Atlas was not angry after being interrupted. Instead, he patiently responded to the puppet and continued, "At first, the World Government seemed to have ordered it to be destroyed, but scientists secretly kept it out of curiosity and hid it on this island. The original host chose this place as the new base for the science class because he wanted to study it."

"However, even with my scientific and technological capabilities, I cannot completely replicate that robot. It is hard to believe that it was created nine hundred years ago."

"After those pirates leave, can you take us to see it? I think Ai and Purya would be interested in it."

Xie Wen took advantage of the opportunity to make a request.

"Of course, no problem. I think the main body should have such plans as well."

Atlas agreed without hesitation.

Hua Mei Miao asked curiously, "Is it a technology that even you can't replicate? What is it?"

(=w=)

"Power," Atlas replied, "Even if its power has been exhausted, there should be a component storing the power. However, we cannot find any place on it that could be the power source. We cannot even change the power source to restart it."

"Uh... Is there a possibility that some kind of devil fruit ability gave it power?"

Xie Wen guessed.

After all, in the world of pirates, if you encounter something that is difficult to explain, nine times out of ten it is related to devil fruits.

"We have also considered this possibility, but it is said that the steel giant appeared directly from the sea. If it is a devil fruit ability, it should not be able to move in sea water."

"Have you forgotten Kaido?" Xie Wen reminded: "Moreover, if he hides the parts related to the devil fruit ability in his body and isolates it from the sea water, won't he be able to move in the sea water?"

"It is indeed possible," Atlas nodded, then spread his hands and said helplessly, "But the problem is that it is completely unable to move now. We can't verify it even if we want to."

"By the way, speaking of motivation, I'm going to take you to see something good! Little Keri will definitely like it this time!"

After finishing the conversation with Xie Wen, Atlas saw that the little puppet had become uninterested again, so he immediately led Xie Wen and the others to the next location.

"The power source of this island is 'fire', which is converted into various energies. Your ship is also powered by fire, right?"

As she spoke, she led Xie Wen and the others to an underground space where there was a huge furnace. A ball of flame that was not bright and not very hot was suspended in the center of the furnace.

However, in Xie Wen's perception of observation, the flame, which was not very big, contained extremely huge power.

"We have been researching energy technology and want to create a 'never-extinguishing flame'. This flame, called 'Mother-Frame', is the result of our current research."

Atlas pointed at the flame in the furnace with pride and introduced it to Xie Wen and the others.

So the "Holy Flame" refers to this power source? I thought it was the name of the weapon that the World Government used to destroy the entire island...

Just as Xie Wen was muttering to himself, the Klee on his shoulder suddenly opened her mouth, and then, in front of Atlas' horrified gaze, sucked the fire in the furnace into her stomach.

"belch--"

(==)

Klee patted her belly and let out a very unladylike, long burp.

then……

The lights in the house went out instantly, and Xie Wen could still hear the sounds of the machines outside, which had stopped at this moment.

"Huh? Why did it suddenly get dark, meow?"

(=w=)