One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons.

Bubble pod, on deck.

Looking at the Arlan knight in front of them, everyone had complicated expressions.

The kings present are all veterans of politics, and they know one thing very well——

The so-called "revolution" is not an easy thing.

Even if the king of a country "himself" wants to reform, he will still encounter huge resistance, let alone a direct conflict between civilians and the royal family?

In short, the situation in Arlan is a mess!

The civilians armed themselves and imprisoned the king, but they did not plan the follow-up arrangements.

It coincided with the opening of the Extraordinary World Conference, which added fuel to the chaotic situation.

This is the "misfortune" of the Kingdom of Arlan.

But luckily, there is "him" in the Kingdom of Arlan——

【Black Knight】Jajorian.

Although several royal family members have never met this person, a guy who can become friends with Mr. Lindsay is always good.

And according to this knight, Jorian is indeed capable of solving Arlan's dilemma.

But the problem is, Jorian eventually lost contact.

What about others?

And before Jorian disappeared, he told the knights to try to contact the [Devil].

[Devil] Evan Lindsay, where is he now?

……

Lindsay is "here" -

Punk Hassard.

It is not far from the Red Continent, and is even one of the islands at the very beginning of the New World.

Punk Hassard, Institute for the Future.

A crowd of people gathered in the "Doomsday Shelter" invented by Vegapunk.

Lindsay, Crocodile, Uta, Robin, Tezzolo, Big Bear, Rosinandi, Luo;

Vegapunk, assembled wheelchair robot;

Kizaru, Zhan Momomaru;

Twelve in total.

In fact, it is hard to imagine that twelve people with different positions, different purposes, and different identities would get together like this.

Even they themselves felt a little strange and had complicated expressions.

——Except one.

Lindsay whistled and sighed to Vegapunk: "'The Future' is really magical, right?"

"..."

Vegapunk was noncommittal.

On the other side, Zhan Momomaru asked Kizaru, "Uncle, where are the other navy people?"

"Who knows?"

Kizaru scratched his head and said slowly: "It must have been attacked by robots, right? This island is really bad..."

Zhan Taowan frowned and murmured:

"Anyway, the most powerful replica robots are chasing us. The navy can probably handle them."

"Uncle Punk, you really caused us a lot of trouble!"

"..."

Vegapunk looked helpless and also worried.

Although the ancient machine's loss of control was directly related to Caesar Curran, the initiator of everything was strictly speaking Vegapunk.

In today's sea, the only person with the ability to rebuild ancient machines is Vegapunk!

"Scientific progress is always accompanied by risks..."

Vegapunk murmured, trying to defend himself, but his voice became smaller and smaller.

However, Zhan Momomaru didn't mean to blame Bega Punk, and stepped forward to pat the opponent on the shoulder.

"Lead the way, Uncle Punk, let's smash that machine to pieces!"

"Well, let's go."

Vegapunk controlled the wheelchair and led everyone to move forward.

Of course, many of them still have weird expressions, including but not limited to Crocodile, Tezolo, and Rosinandi.

Their eyes wandered around, looking at the man wearing a yellow striped bathrobe from time to time——

【Kizaru】Porusalino.

It's okay to say that Zhan Momomaru is Vegapunk's bodyguard after all, but Kizaru is a living admiral after all!

What kind of thoughts does such a person have that would choose to stay quietly next to the [Devil] and others?

"Oh yo..."

Kizaru noticed the gazes of those people, pouted his lips and sighed: "What a scary look~!"

"..."

Another perfunctory sigh without nutrition, still making people unable to figure out his background.

However, the leader Zhan Taomaru spoke up and responded: "The mission order we received is to protect Uncle Punk and ensure that he stays safely in Punk Hassad."

After saying this, Zhan Taowan stopped talking.

Rocinante was still a little uneasy and asked: "So?"

"I have no obligation to answer you!"

Zhan Toomaru scolded sternly: "If we start a war with monsters like you, it will probably be difficult to protect Uncle Punk's safety, so there is no need!"

Rocinante: "..."

He leaned closer to Luo and whispered: "Isn't this already said?"

Luo: "..."

In terms of the degree of off-line behavior, Zhan Momomaru and Rosinandi are almost at the same level.

But no matter what, it was a good thing to have finally avoided a close-range battle with the admiral.

……

"Go this way."

Vegapunk entered the password and opened the door to the next passage.

Everyone entered and then the door closed.

“There’s more than one way to the core.”

"Coupled with the fork in the road and the steel gate, it won't be easy for the replicating robot to track us."

"As long as we kill the ancient machine, we can stop the evolution of the copying robots, and it will be much easier to deal with!"

Vegapunk explained while controlling the wheelchair.

"..."

Listening to Vegapunk's words, Kizaru at the side suddenly spoke and said quietly: "Dr Vegapunk, you are still the same as before..."

Upon hearing this, Vegapunk was immediately stunned, then closed his eyes in relief, and said with a helpless smile:

"After all, you and I are old friends who have known each other for many years. If you have anything to say, just say it directly, Kizaru."

"Um……"

Kizaru raised his sunglasses, his tone still slow and leisurely.

"I want to hear your plan first, okay?"

The eyes under the sunglasses moved slightly, examining Bega Punk not far away.

As an old friend, Kizaru had long been aware of Vegapunk's intentions, but he still wanted to hear Vegapunk say it himself.

Vegapunk was also very calm and replied:

"I hope that one day, I can use 'science' to create a world like this——"

"A world where [energy] can be shared for free!"

"Why are humans so stupid and keep fighting one after another? It's because of 'energy'!"

"Feel the so-called 'energy'. It's here, there, it's everywhere..."

“This world is obviously full of [energy] everywhere!”

"As long as these can be transformed into visible [power], we can extinguish the fire that caused the war!"

Vegapunk's eyes sparkled.

"I believe that one day, science will lead us to that point!"

"..."

After listening to Bega Punk's words, everyone also fell silent.

Is this the dream of the world’s most talented scientist?

Indeed... very "genius".

As for Alvin Lindsay on the other side, he thought of more.

He thought of the possible future in which Lord Im ordered the ultimate destruction of the super-standard "weapon" of the Kingdom of Lulucia.

Its name is - Mother Fire!

"Convert [energy] into [power] and extinguish the fire of war..."

"Mother Fire..."

"The technology that converts [energy] into [power] eventually turned into a destructive weapon called 'Mother Fire'?"

Suddenly, everything seemed to make sense.

Why would Vegapunk, who advocates peace, create a destructive weapon like "Mother Fire" for the world government?

Perhaps from the beginning, Vegapunk never thought about making weapons, he just invented "technology".

And it was the World Government that turned the great invention of Mother Fire into a "weapon of destructive terror"...

"..."

Lindsay was lost in thought.

At the same time, Kizaru also asked Zhan Momomaru what he thought.

"What about you, Zhan Momomaru?"

"Does that need to be said?"

Zhan Taowan patted his chest and said in a deep voice: "You and Uncle Punk are both my benefactors, I listen to you!"

"Yeah……"

Kizaru murmured a few times, then raised his finger and aimed at the wheelchair where Vegapunk was sitting.

"Then there is no other way, Dr. Vegapunk, I can only stop you."

"Your head is much bigger, so if you destroy the wheelchair, you will be temporarily unable to move, right?

"..."

Vegapunk's face was gloomy.

Because he knew very well that Kizaru would really do this!

But just as Kizaru's laser was getting ready to go off, Lindsay stood in front of Kizaru and pressed his forehead against Kizaru's fingers.

"I can't let you do this."

Lindsay squinted her eyes and said slowly: "Robot G-7 is my friend."

"in addition……"

Lindsay's eyes curved up, and her smile turned into crescent moons, and a ferocious light emerged from them.

"Besides, it's really fun to explore the unknown, isn't it?"

"..."

"Oh~!"

Kizaru raised his eyebrows and murmured: "You are indeed the same greedy monster as Vegapunk..."

"It's terrible! It's terrible..."