Pirates: Trainer on the Straw Hat Ship.

Chapter 444 Ability Storage Room (asking for monthly ticket)

Mistakes, of course it is impossible to make mistakes!

This sacred light did not come from inside Franky's body.

Instead, after Franky's body contained the Mother Fire and entered the perfect form, his potential was greatly enhanced, successfully triggering the evolution mechanism of the Pokémon template!!!

To put it simply, Franky...

Evolved!!!

Looking at the unexpected situation that suddenly appeared in front of him, Vegapunk blinked blankly, not knowing what was going on.

This was not the first time that Chihong had seen this scene, and he immediately opened Franky's attribute panel.

In an instant, as the light of evolution on Franky faded, a brand new attribute panel appeared in front of Chihong.

[Pokémon: Franky]

【Level: 66】

[Gender: convex]

[Character: Lotte (+Defense-Special Defense)]

[Attributes: Steel, Evil, Fighting]

[Features: Metal Protection (Before the outer metal shell is destroyed, it will not be affected by any negative effects.)]

[Skills: Iron Hoof Beam, Lightweight Body, Evil Wave, Explosive Fist]

[Experience value: 11451/13267]

[Total attributes: 1260]

"After evolution, the total attribute directly increased by more than 150 points!?"

"Although the increase is not much, to have such attributes at level 66, Franky's talent should be comparable to veteran admirals like Aokiji and Kizaru."

Talent, on the one hand, affects the maximum combat power that an individual can achieve, and on the other hand, it affects the time and resources required for his growth.

Although talents like Franky, Robin, and Nami are considered geniuses in the pirate world, if we only talk about basic combat power, they can't even touch the world's top level.

Without considering various other means of amplification, it is estimated that they will have to wait until level 90 or even higher before they can reach the level of a navy admiral.

In comparison, even if we put aside the world's protagonists Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and other professional players, just King and Katakuri, who have good strength, can almost reach the combat power standard of admiral level when they are over level 80.

Of course, it is obviously not standard to judge a person's strength based on simple attribute values.

A person's combat effectiveness is affected by many factors.

Fruit abilities, combat skills, combat experience, kendo comprehension, weapons and gadgets, and...

Pokémon Features!

That's right!

Of course, Red noticed the new characteristics that Franky acquired after his evolution.

Franky's original characteristic is the Will of Steel, which can enhance the power of the steel-attribute moves of all members of his team.

It is an above average feature.

The increase in combat power is not low, but there is not much operability.

After evolving, Franky's characteristics changed to the current metal protection.

Just by listening to the name, it is obvious that the previous characteristics are more imposing.

However, the effect of metal protection greatly enhances Franky's survivability!

"As long as the outer metal is not broken, it will not be affected by any negative effects!?"

"Doesn't this directly give Franky a special effect of magic immunity?"

In this case, if you want to defeat Franky, you can only use tough guy methods to forcibly break his steel body.

And he no longer has to fear the emergence of people with fruit abilities that are unfriendly to cyborgs, such as the Rust-Rust Fruit.

"Physical defense has a metal body, and magical defense has Pokémon characteristics... Franky is really taking a different path to invincibility!"

"More importantly..."

Looking at Vegapunk who started asking Franky questions after the light of evolution disappeared, the corners of his red mouth suddenly rose.

He did not immediately disturb Vegapunk's desire to explore.

After all, the evolution of Pokémon is something that can only be encountered by chance.

It would be great if Vegapunk could really figure out something about Franky's evolution, so that Luffy and the others could also evolve and increase their talents a second time.

Unfortunately……

Even with Vegapunk's knowledge reserves that are 500 years ahead of the world, it is still helpless when faced with the natural laws of another world.

After asking for a long time, I still didn't get anything useful.

However, Chihong, who had been listening for a long time, understood all the changes that Franky had undergone after his evolution.

The first is Franky’s appearance.

Generally speaking, Pokémon's appearance will change drastically after it evolves.

However, the changes before and after Franky's evolution are not obvious in appearance.

You look the same now as you did when you came out of the operating room.

But according to Franky's description, his current condition is better than ever!

Because the parts in his body designed and installed by Vegapunk and others have now all become one with his body.

If Franky was still flesh and blood, and metal was metal before...

So now, the metal is his flesh and blood, and the flesh and blood can also acquire metal-like properties.

The fusion furnace in his body that carries the mother fire has completely merged with his heart.

The system devices in the brain also exist in a strange form.

Originally, he needed to familiarize himself with the combat system before he could use it, but now he can use it as easily as with his own arms!

It was as if he was born knowing how to use these things, and it had become his instinct.

"Okay~!"

Seeing that everyone was still asking Franky some strange questions, such as whether the excretion system was originally flesh or mechanical, and whether he didn't need to eat anything anymore since he had the mother fire to provide unlimited energy...

Red took a step forward, interrupting the curiosity of the Straw Hat Pirates and Vegapunk.

He smiled and reminded everyone:

"If you have any questions, why don't you wait until Franky enters his final form to ask?"

"Don't forget... our original purpose was not to let Franky complete his evolution."

"Final form!?"

The Straw Hat guys were stunned when they heard this.

Then Vegapunk suddenly clenched his fist and hit his palm.

"Yes!"

His eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately asked Franky:

"Franky, how is your fruit ability loading system?"

"Have you been affected by evolution?!"

"Fruit ability loading system?"

Franky first grumbled in confusion.

The next second, his right upper arm suddenly opened, revealing a device connected to strange pipes.

The inside of the device is currently blank, making it impossible to tell what its function is.

If it weren't for evolution, Franky might not have noticed this difference in his body.

Seeing this, Vegapunk immediately rode his flying robot to Franky's right side and began to inspect the layout inside in detail.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"so far so good……"

"Although the blood flow path has changed due to the combination of the heart and the fusion furnace, it seems that everything is fine."

Franky nodded calmly after hearing this and said with a grin:

"Don't worry! It's okay!"

“I know my own body!”

"Now in my mind, there is an interface for the fruit ability carrying system!"

"It seems that after the evolution, although some changes have occurred inside Franky's body, it has not affected the use of the modified functions."

At this time, Chihong also came over.

He first took a look at the so-called fruit ability carrier, and then asked Vegapunk curiously:

"So, Dr. Vegapunk, how did you overcome the difficulty of allowing the cyborgs to have multiple fruit abilities?"

“The principle is actually very simple.”

Perhaps he had already guessed what Red would ask, so Vegapunk replied calmly:

"The reason why an individual cannot possess multiple fruit abilities at the same time is because the bloodline factor after the devil fruit transformation is very unstable."

"This instability led to the emergence of the fruit's ability."

"But at the same time, if an unstable bloodline factor is interfered with by another unstable factor, then the bloodline factor will inevitably become uncontrollable until it jumps out of control."

"So unless one has some special physique, like that black beard zombie... who has three hearts and three blood circulation systems, it is impossible for a normal person to have multiple fruit abilities."

In order to complete the project of multiple fruit abilities, Vegapunk and his team dissected Blackbeard's body many times.

They were able to complete this project so quickly thanks to the research ideas provided by Blackbeard.

Vegapunk continued, "After learning from Blackbeard's body, we also used his bloodline factors to cultivate some clones for experiments..."

"Finally, we successfully concluded that an independent blood circulation system is sufficient to carry the ability of a fruit!"

"So..." Hearing this, Red raised his head curiously and asked, "You built multiple blood circulation systems in Franky's body?"

However, Vegapunk suddenly shook his head:

"No!"

"After many tests, we found that it is almost a matter of probability for a person to have multiple blood circulation systems that are balanced and do not affect each other."

"Even among the clones we created using Blackbeard's bloodline, none of them could survive more than three days."

"Almost immediately after they form, they begin to decline."

"An existence like Blackbeard can perhaps only be described as a miracle of life."

"Is that so~" Chihong was stunned. He didn't expect that Blackbeard actually had the destiny to be the protagonist.

From what Vegapunk said, the fact that he survived to adulthood seemed even more miraculous than Luffy being Joyboy's reincarnation.

"So...how did you complete the project!?"

Usopp on the side couldn't help but feel curious.

As one of the few scientific researchers in the Straw Hat Pirates, he was also attracted by Vegapunk's research ideas.

At this moment, Vegapunk suddenly grinned:

"It's easy!"

"All we need to do is create a blood storage and filtration system in the body of the modified human!"

"Huh!? What do you mean?"

Vegapunk's answer made both Red and Usopp stunned.

However, Vegapunk pressed a button with one hand, and the flying robot under his feet projected a picture again.

The picture shows a cross-section of Franky, with a large number of small arrows in the middle, which seem to mark the direction of blood circulation.

In place of Franky's bladder, there was a strange round device filled with a scarlet liquid like blood, replacing the original bladder.

Vegapunk explains:

"The principle of green blood is actually to extract the bloodline factor of the superhuman fruit ability user and blend it into the blood, so that the blood will carry the bloodline factor of the fruit ability."

"So, we just need to build a normal green blood application system on Franky's body, and then store an additional set of blood and green blood filtration system..."

"When he wants to convert the fruit ability, he just needs to increase the pressure to allow the non-ability blood in the blood storage device to enter the blood vessels, and squeeze the blood with ability into the blood storage device..."

"And in this process, the green blood in the blood is filtered out and recycled..."

"In this way, a perfect closed-loop system can be formed!"

"Forehead……"

I don't know why, but when I saw the vivid and vivid introduction animation on the screen, a thought suddenly arose in Chihong's mind: "Is it that simple?"

But soon, he put the idea behind him.

Because Chihong knew clearly that although this project sounded simple, in order to actually complete it, the scientific knowledge and methods involved would probably be so much that it would make one's head explode.

Good thing...

As a high-ranking member of the Straw Hat group, all he needs to know is what the outcome will be!

"So, Franky can now load the power of the fruit at will, but he can only use one at a time?"

"Um...I think I can answer this question."

At this moment, Franky suddenly spoke:

"At the moment, it seems that the number of fruit abilities that I can bear is limited to three."

As for why he knew all this...

Because in the system interface in his mind, there was a [0/3] mark on the column for the fruit's ability to carry.

"That's right." Vegapunk said regretfully, "As much as I hate to admit it, our research is still imperfect after all."

"It's just that the other three said it was ready for delivery, so Franky was allowed to come back for the transformation."

"Otherwise, I would never allow such a mistake to happen."

"Heh~ It seems I really have to thank those three guys."

Knowing that Vegapunk's perfectionist problem had come back again, Chihong immediately muttered in his heart.

If we really want to wait for Vegapunk to develop the perfect result, who knows how long it will take.

At least for now, he seems very satisfied with the result.

And in the end, Vegapunk also gave a reason for the quantity limit...

That is, although the problem of bloodline factors in the blood has been solved, the impact of bloodline factors on blood vessels has become an important reason for quantitative limitation.

To put it simply, although bloodline factors mainly act on the blood, they also have a certain impact on blood vessels, but it is relatively not as strong.

With Franky's current blood vessel strength, the maximum fruit ability that can be carried is the bloodline factor of 5 abilities.

But to be on the safe side, after unanimous discussion among Vegapunk and others, it was finally decided that Franky would only load three fruit abilities at the same time to avoid accidents.

"I see."

After receiving this explanation, Chihong nodded with satisfaction.

In any case, the results demonstrated by the scientific research team have far exceeded his expectations.

After learning about Franky's body, the Straw Hat crew, led by Vegapunk, came to a cold storage room.

As soon as they entered, Chihong and the others saw a room full of strange reagents, like a library.

Vegapunk smiled softly and said to Franky:

"This is the ability storage room!"

"It contains all the green blood of the superhuman fruit abilities that I have collected from the World Government..."

"There are also new green bloods created after arriving in the Pokémon Ocean."

"I marked the name and effect of each ability on the label near the green blood."

"Next, you can choose three fruit abilities that suit you..."