Pirates: Trainer on the Straw Hat Ship.

Chapter 431 Franky's Transformation Plan (asking for monthly tickets~)

"Dr. Vegapunk, welcome~"

The mysterious three-masted sailing ship that originally belonged to the Moonlight Pirates. Red stood in the newly renovated castle and showed enough respect and welcome to Vegapunk when he met him for the first time.

Even though... Vegapunk's six clones had already moved to this island early on.

That's right, now this strange three-masted sailing ship has been completely confiscated by Red and handed over to Vegapunk to house his scientific research equipment and successes.

In return, Chihong also promised Moria that he would find him a ship that he would absolutely be satisfied with as compensation.

He believed... that the ancient weapon Pluto, which had been hidden beneath Wano Country and buried for hundreds of years, would definitely satisfy Moria!

What's more, it was a treasure from the country where he was defeated!

With a flash of thought, Chihong once again focused his attention on the little old man in front of him with half an apple on his head.

At the same time, Quinn and Caesar, who were waiting in the hall, and Vinsmoke Judge, who finally faced the reality, all showed shocked expressions.

"Wait a minute... Vegapunk!?"

"Why are you here?!"

Quinn's rough voice actually made a sharp cry at this moment because he was too surprised.

Caesar and Judge on his left and right also widened their eyes and looked at Vegapunk who was slowly walking out of the gate in disbelief.

"Eh?" Hearing the question from his former colleague, Vegapunk smiled innocently: "Didn't Lord Red tell you!?"

"From today on, I am the captain of the Straw Hat Research Corps!"

"Scientific research unit!?"

There was a flash of shock in Quinn and the other two's eyes again.

They immediately looked at Chihong standing in the center of the castle, and then a bold idea suddenly emerged in their minds.

Could it be that the scientific research team that Vegapunk mentioned was to let the four of them reunite and rebuild MADS?!

slap~

"Alright, everyone." Chi Hong suddenly clapped his hands, pulling everyone out of their shock, and then said with a smile:

"You are all smart people. I believe you should know what's going on even if I don't tell you."

The three former MADS researchers fell silent.

They never imagined that... decades later, they would have the possibility of reuniting again.

"Hehe~" Chihong chuckled and didn't care about their expressions.

"Okay, you all already understand the general situation. Plus, you're all old colleagues, so you don't need to worry about the adjustment period."

"Then I will announce the first mission of the Straw Hat Research Team!"

"Or rather, it's a task that combines two projects into one."

Swish!

A huge screen suddenly descended from the central roof of the castle.

At the top of the screen, there was a video showing a girl who looked 80% similar to the Empress, but whose body and features were not much different from those of the Lunalia tribe, to which Jhin belonged.

This person is actually one of Vegapunk's latest pacifists - Seraphim!

Her name is S-Snake Princess.

Because the Lunalia and Hancock bloodlines were incorporated into her creation, this girl not only looks like Hancock, but her personality and character are also very similar to Hancock.

At the same time, influenced by her Lunalia bloodline, she has the ability to move freely in any environment.

Whether it is a volcano, ice, seabed, or space, it will not have any effect on her body.

Of course, the task that Red wanted to assign to the scientific research team was not to ask them to create more Seraphs.

He just lightly clicked on his personal terminal, and the image on the screen instantly zoomed in and focused on S-Snake Princess's right arm.

Then, scientific research data provided by Vegapunk popped up on it.

"Everyone here is a world-class scientist. I believe that everyone has explored the most mysterious power in the world - the devil fruit."

“Some of them have already achieved results.”

"And the topic I want you to discuss today is... the research on 'allowing non-powered cyborgs to realize multiple power fruit abilities'!?"

???

"Let people without special abilities?" "Cyborgs?" "Realize multiple fruit abilities!?"

Caesar, Quinn and Judge widened their eyes and repeated Red's words in disbelief.

Why do they know these words, but when they are put together and spoken from Chihong's mouth, they feel a burning pain in their brain stems! ?

"That's right!"

Chihong didn't care about the three people's shock, but pointed directly to the top of the screen.

"In fact, Dr. Vegapunk has already completed the cloning of the animal-type and superhuman-type fruit abilities."

"The superhuman fruit ability replication uses... a green blood technology extracted from bloodline factor technology!"

"And what I want... is the possibility of developing multiple fruit abilities based on the Green Blood technology."

"The above is the brief information about this project."

"Dr. Vegapunk will pass on the detailed information to each of you via your personal terminal later."

"Then the rest of the matter will be left to you, Dr. Vegapunk."

After Chihong, the initiator, successfully created the project team, he directly handed over the position of leader to Vegapunk.

Professional things should be done by professionals.

He has given Vegapunk and the research team sufficient authority, so if necessary, any material can be customized directly at the Tuntun factory.

He also left Blackbeard's body to Vegapunk and told him that he could use the Dark-Dark Fruit to obtain multiple fruit powers.

Whether it helps or not, it is still a rare case in the world.

The reason why Red asked Vegapunk and others to develop this technology was not to create any war weapons similar to Seraph.

He actually just wanted to use the green blood technology to give Franky and Lab some more fighting skills.

For this reason, Rab's renovation plan has been delayed again and again.

At present, under the design of Hogbag, the original ordinary metal pipes in Lab's body have been removed and replaced with special alloy 10086 carefully crafted by Wapol.

Maybe there really is such a thing as a matching degree for devil fruits.

Ever since Wapol made up his mind to serve as a tool for the Straw Hat Pirates, his attainments in materials science have advanced by leaps and bounds. Even Vegapunk has asked him to buy special materials several times.

Although the strength of Lab has not changed much after replacing the new metal endoskeleton, with this foundation in place, it will be much easier to implement Lab's transformation projects in the future.

leftover……

It all depends on when Vegapunk and the others can develop the results they want.

Although the ability of multiple fruits sounds outrageous, with so many prerequisites and resources, Chihong believes that he will be able to get the desired results soon.

In order to make the scientific research progress more smoothly...

That night, Chihong came to Vegapunk's laboratory on purpose.

"Chihong, you're here?"

Seeing Chihong coming, Pythagoras, who was busy in the laboratory, skillfully brought Chihong a cup of hot cocoa.

"Hmm~"

Chihong took the cup and asked with a smile:

"Pythagoras, what is Dr. Vegapunk doing? Can you get him to come out and talk?"

"The subject has just finished discussing the experimental process with several other doctors and is preparing to design the core plan of the lab according to the new experimental plan. Then he will go to the alien space to observe it in person and design the 'water replacement plan'..."

"If time permits, before Dr. Judge and his team gather tomorrow, the doctor is planning to make some plans for the transformation of the Thriller Bark. By the way, the research on the 'Mother Fire' is also coming to an end..."

“Stop stop stop stop!!!”

Listening to Pythagoras reading out Vegapunk's work log as if it were his own treasure, Chihong immediately reached out to interrupt him.

Immediately, he gently massaged his temple and began to reflect deeply on himself...

Am I being too capitalist?

After finally catching a tool, they torture him to death.

But don’t let Vegapunk collapse before he can get the scientific research results he wants.

As if he had noticed what Chihong was thinking, Pythagoras suddenly smiled.

"Please rest assured, Lord Chihong."

"With several of our clones assisting the main body, the kind of thing you imagine will not happen."

"The main body has come out, so please communicate with the main body directly. I'm going to go back and get busy first."

"Thank you for your hard work." Chihong waved and said goodbye to Pythagoras.

Although he knew that these clones shared the same brain with Vegapunk, the vivid characteristics of each one made it impossible for Chihong to treat them as one individual.

However, the busy Vegapunk came out without any greetings and went straight to the point.

"What do you want from me, Lord Red!?"

"Um……"

Chihong hesitated for a moment, then a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

"It's nothing serious. It's just that the doctor and others are concentrating on scientific research. If anything happens, they always need an errand boy to summon them."

"After much thought, it seems that an old friend of the doctor is very suitable for this job."

"It's just that there are still some misunderstandings between us, so I need you to come and communicate in person, Doctor."

As he spoke, Chihong suddenly snapped his fingers.

The next moment, a figure trapped by seastone chains suddenly appeared between him and Vegapunk.