Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Recruiting Vegapunk
The second half of the Grand Line, Punk Hazard.
Punk Hazard is a naval research base with advanced technology.
In a spacious laboratory.
"Oh, failed again..."
A figure threw the work in his hand into the trash can beside him and sighed helplessly.
He was about sixty years old, with white hair and a very strange appearance.
His body was the same as that of an ordinary person, but his head was more than ten meters high, looking like a hot air balloon.
His huge tongue was exposed and hung down to his abdomen.
It was the captain of the Navy's special science class, the legendary genius inventor - Vegapunk.
The reason why his head was so big was because of the superhuman Brain-Brain Fruit.
The brain of the Brain-Brain Fruit ability user can store unlimited information, but the more data absorbed, the bigger the brain.
"Doctor, you are joking. If it weren't for the pursuit of perfection, how could the doctor fail?"
As Vegapunk was sighing, a clear and warm voice sounded, which made him stunned.
He has some obsessive-compulsive disorder and is a perfectionist. The reason why his previous works were defined as failures was that they were not perfect enough in his eyes.
But this was not the reason why he was stunned. He was stunned because how could there be anyone else in this laboratory besides him?
He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a handsome figure with black hair and white robe standing not far behind him.
"I am Li Yan, and I meet you, Doctor."
Li Yan chuckled and bowed to Vegapunk, saying, "I came here uninvited, but I have something important to discuss. Please don't blame me, Doctor."
"Huh?"
Vegapunk looked at Li Yan, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise. He quickly came to him and stared at his skin.
"How is this skin possible?"
"It's so perfect, like jade. It's almost impossible for humans to have this kind of skin! What's going on?"
His eyes were shining, as if he had noticed something strange, and he even reached out to touch Li Yan's skin.
Unfortunately, an invisible barrier stopped him, and he gradually came back to his senses from his curiosity.
"Li Yan? I haven't heard of him."
He looked at Li Yan's body with curiosity and asked casually, "How did you get in? What do you want from me?"
Li Yan looked at him like a Frankenstein and shook his head in his heart. "I hope that the doctor can leave the World Government and work for me."
But he didn't keep it a secret and directly stated his purpose.
He came here to see Vegapunk, naturally to let Vegapunk work for him.
In his opinion, Vegapunk is even more important than Haki.
Because Vegapunk's scientific research ability is extremely strong, it is of great help to his plan. "Huh? Let me leave the World Government and work for you?"
Vegapunk was shocked when he heard this, and said in astonishment: "Since you know that I am working for the World Government, you dare to say this, you are really brave." "And why should I choose to work for you? I don't even know you."
Although he also has many complaints about the World Government, he is not so casual as to join Li Yan, whom he just met. "Since I dare to ask the doctor to work for me, I must have enough bargaining chips."
Li Yan chuckled and said, "I can tell the doctor the truth about this world, and I can also provide the various research conditions required by the doctor." "As for the world government..."
Li Yan shook his head and said calmly, "They can't control me."
The World Government in the Pirate World is powerful, but it is nothing to Li Yan.
If he doesn't cause trouble for the World Government, they will be lucky. If they dare to provoke him, he will make them pay a heavy price.
"The truth of this world? What does it mean? Is it the historical text?"
Vegapunk looked at Li Yan, who was calm and confident, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Speaking of the truth of the world, the only thing he could think of was the historical text.
His friend Dr. Clover was the director of the O'Hara All-Knowing Tree Library, and he was wiped out because of studying the historical text.
And now he still has O'Hara's research materials in his head.
"No, the truth I'm talking about is not as simple as the historical text, because the doctor knows a lot about it, right?"
Li Yan smiled mysteriously when he heard this, and said, "This truth can definitely subvert the doctor's imagination."
"But what exactly is it, I can only tell you after the doctor agrees."
"Huh? You actually know that I know the content of the historical text?"
Vegapunk was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Are you from the Revolutionary Army? The Revolutionary Army is rich now?"
The Revolutionary Army is a resistance organization of the World Government, and its leader Long once invited him to the ruins of Ohara.
But because the Revolutionary Army was too poor to support his research, he refused.
"I have nothing to do with the Revolutionary Army."
Li Yan shook his head slightly and said, "As for why I know that the doctor knows the content of the historical text, it is related to the truth of the world I said, and I can't tell the doctor for the time being."
"No?"
Vegapunk was stunned when he heard this, and was very surprised.
He saw that Li Yan was not afraid of the World Government and knew his secrets, and thought that Li Yan was a member of the Revolutionary Army, but he didn't expect that he was not.
However, this also made him more curious, and he became interested in Li Yan's identity and the reality of the world that Li Yan talked about.
"Can you really provide me with all the conditions needed for my research?"
He asked with a slightly hesitant tone after a pause.
He loves peace and dreams of creating a world where [energy] can be shared for free, and infinite energy can be converted into infinite resources to eliminate war.
In order to achieve this dream, a lot of funds and resources are needed for research.
The biggest reason for him to join the World Government is that the World Government has sufficient resources for him to conduct research.
If Li Yan can really provide the research conditions he needs, plus this curious world reality, he can agree.
After all, he is really dissatisfied with the Tianlong people of the World Government.
If there is no other way, he does not intend to work for the Tianlong people at all.
And now Li Yan just gave him a new choice, he will naturally consider it.
"Of course."
Seeing Vegapunk's heart was moved, Li Yan said in an affirmative tone: "And the resources I provide will far exceed the doctor's imagination."
"If I can't fulfill my promise, the doctor can leave on his own, and I will never stop him."
Although this world's cutting-edge technology is advanced, the industrial productivity is very low.
For example, the combat robot [Pacifist] in the original book costs the same as a warship, about hundreds of millions of Baileys.
If it were replaced by modern industry, the entire industrial chain could lower the cost in minutes.
It can even produce millions of [Pacifists], which is not comparable to the pitiful number in the pirate world.
And with his ability to manipulate atoms to construct various substances, it can be said that it is easy to meet Vegapunk's needs.