One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 977 Eve
"Hold it, hold this thing, it's very important. This is to make up for my mistake. I'm sorry to let you take this risk, but you are the only one who has never been exposed. I can only rely on you, Eve."

A little girl, wearing a tiny cloak, squeezed onto the boat as quickly as possible using her short legs. She was holding a package in her arms, which contained something unknown. She kept holding it against her chest and never let go. The voice of that man, the voice of the silly-looking old man, kept echoing in the little girl's mind.

"It will be soon. I have entered the new world. It will be soon."

The little girl came to her room, sat on the bed alone, curled up her legs, hugged her bag, leaned against the bulkhead behind her and whispered.

Just like what the old man said, my name is Eve, and I am nominally one of Vegapunk's incarnations. However, unlike what others think, I am not like Shakya and Edison, who exist to share Vegapunk's pressure. I am free.

As an artificial human representing humanity, he is the only one who is not truly connected to the Punk Record. The Punk Record is the big head on top of the New Egghead Island, which contains Vegapunk's brain. Because of the power of the Brain-Brain Fruit, Vegapunk's head has become so large that it affects his survival. So using his own knowledge, Vegapunk conducted a crazy experiment. Through a series of operations, he actually removed his brain, and then used a signal transmitter to receive and send signals from the brain, and thus connected six clones.

Yes, there are only six clones. Eve, the last clone, is not connected to the Brain-Brain Fruit. Because of this, she has a completely independent brain.

And because of this, when the only person who knew about this clearly, Owl CP0, died, Vegapunk concealed the existence of Eve and announced to the outside world that humanity, as the first experiment, failed and died due to insufficient accumulated technology. Only six experiments succeeded, and Eve, as humanity, was hidden by Vegapunk.

Ever since Vegapunk was taken away from his original Egghead Island, he felt that something would happen one day, so he kept a backup plan, and this backup plan was naturally Eve.

And when the Mother Fire was completed, Vegapunk felt fear as he felt its powerful force. The source of this fear was not because of the Mother Fire, but because he understood that the World Government or the Five Elders would not use the Mother Fire to do anything good. The only thing they would do with this thing was to use it on some powerful weapon. This made Vegapunk immediately activate the emergency plan.

He organized all his designs over the years, and also put in there the methods to open some of the things he had hidden on Egghead Island. After everything was packed up, he gave it to Eve and asked her to go to the New World to find her former companion and student, who was also the only person who might understand these things now - Quinn.

"Dressrosa, as long as we get there, it's fine. As long as we get there, it's fine."

Eve kept repeating what she said like a neurotic. As a little girl who was traveling far away for the first time, even though she had the memories of Vegapunk transferred to her, she was not Vegapunk's real clone after all. To her, those memories were just like a cursory movie. They could not help her overcome her fear, but deepened her fear. Because the experiences of Vegapunk and others in their early years could be described as a complete list of suicide attempts.

Fortunately, nothing happened on the way, and everything seemed safe. With Bailey prepared by Vegapunk and her deceptive appearance, she successfully took the boat and came to the New World. The next stop was Vegapunk. Once she got there, it should be easy to find the people of the Beasts. And that Quinn should be a member of the Beasts, right? Her goal would be accomplished soon, and she wouldn't have to meet so many people.

That's right, in addition to looking like a little girl, Eve is also a social phobic. When there are more people around her, she will become a little neurotic. The symptoms include but are not limited to:

Looking around, being nervous, trembling, repeating oneself, memorizing pi frantically, etc., can be said to be a typical experimenter-type social phobia.

Fortunately, this time Eve successfully booked a single room. Being alone in a room made Eve feel a little better. After being nervous for a while, she successfully calmed down and fell into a deep sleep leaning against the head of the bed.

Just when Eve was drowsy, a loud noise woke her up. It was the sound of a cannonball, the sound of an old-fashioned round cannonball exploding. Eve didn't even react to what was going on. She thought she was in the test site of the New Egghead Island. After all, when she was hiding her identity, she was just an experimental tester who could change her identity at any time.

It was not until the panic shouting outside and the alarm bells of the cruise ship kept ringing that Eve came to her senses. No, she was on the sea. Were they encountering pirates?
"Don't panic! Everyone, don't panic! Those pirates can't hurt us! This place is close to the territory of the Beasts Pirates! We just need to speed up and we will run into the Beasts patrol! Those guys who dare to open fire here must be newcomers! Everyone go back to your rooms! Don't panic! Don't panic!"

Just when Eve wanted to go out and take a look, a strong and vigorous voice sounded. Eve remembered this voice. It seemed to be the voice of the boatswain who brought her to this room and deceived her by her child's appearance at the beginning. And from what he said, it seemed that those who attacked their ship were indeed pirates, but a group of new pirates, and soon the people of the Beasts Pirates would drive them away.

"Will pirates also protect the ship?" Eve asked somewhat puzzled, but obviously no one answered her question. Outside the door there were only the occasional sound of cannons, the shouts of sailors, and the panicked cries of passengers.

"Alas, I haven't been out for too long. Sister Lily actually drove me to the Iron Islands. Never mind. If I stay on Onigashima forever, I'll be trained again sooner or later. Hey, Enelu!"

At this time, on a giant steel ship, Quinn was leaning on the side of the ship bored, looking at the monotonous scenery around him, yawned in boredom, and finally shouted to his new apprentice into the cabin.

"What are you doing? Don't disturb me while I'm reading!"

Enelu was hiding in his room at the moment. When he heard the shouting outside the window, he shouted without turning his head.

"Come out! I'll show you something fun! Haven't you always wanted to know how I found you?"

Quinn shouted, but as soon as Quinn finished speaking, Enel teleported in front of him. The speed was so fast that Quinn was startled, but he reacted immediately and looked at this boy with amusement.

"Come to think of it, as a lightning man, you don't even know this little trick. Obviously, you have been unconsciously using this method to enhance your observation Haki?"

Quinn didn't expect that Enel didn't react to this for such a long time, and said with some amusement.

"What do you mean? Wait, you mean electromagnetic waves?"

As a lightning man, Eneel is not stupid and immediately understood what the other party meant. After all, the range of his powerful observation Haki is amplified by electromagnetic waves.

"Yes, this on my arm is a small radar. It can emit electromagnetic waves, receive echoes, and then detect things through changes in graphics. It may not be so accurate for other people, but you are always emitting electromagnetic waves, so it's not easy to find you."

As Quinn spoke, a small radar extended from the robotic arm, which was spinning in circles and emitting signals.

"Is this the thing? This little thing can actually hide from my Observation Haki and find me?"

Enel said while looking at the small radar on Quinn's arm.

"Yes, it's this little thing. After all, although you can sense the existence of electromagnetic waves, you have long been accustomed to this kind of thing that exists anytime and anywhere and selectively ignore it. That's why you didn't notice it, huh? Wait, there seems to be a ship nearby, and it's not small. Wait, something's wrong! This seems to be a distress signal!? Damn! Which bastard dares to cause trouble in the territory of the beasts! Attention all ships! Here comes a blind guy! Find him for me! If he is causing trouble, kill him for me!"

Quinn looked at the waveform displayed on the radar and immediately shouted, "It's finally not boring anymore!"

(End of this chapter)