How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 413 The Devouring Fruit, Infinite Fusion!
Franky reached out and picked up the fruit on the table, his eyes filled with longing and surprise.

This wasn't the first time he had seen a Devil Fruit.

He had also personally witnessed the Float Fruit that Gawain had temporarily lost.

He had never felt anything like this before, as if his very soul was drawn to the fruit before him, and he instinctively held it in his hands.

Are they a perfect match from the start?
Gao Wen nodded slightly.

He had seen this situation once before with Kuro, and Blackbeard, Straw Hat, and the previous Nekoman brothers were similar examples.

Devil Fruits possess a certain degree of self-awareness and will choose a master who is compatible with them.

Once a perfect match is formed, a chemical reaction will occur, and the user's development of the Devil Fruit's ability will be as fast as a rocket.

Kuro's ability to awaken the Kamaitachi Fruit in just over two years is the best example of this.

Among the vast array of Devil Fruits, the one that best suits Franky is undoubtedly the Gluttony Fruit.

Franky is skilled in mechanical technology and can even modify his own body on his own.

Although the inability to modify his back left him with a weakness that could be described as comical, it was enough to prove his superhuman talent.

In the original timeline, after obtaining some of Vegapunk's technical manuscripts, they integrated and digested them within just two years.

While completing a complete transformation of himself, he also created outrageous characters like General Franky.

The Swallow Fruit will probably be used in all sorts of creative ways in his hands.

"I understand."

Without the slightest hesitation, Franky picked up the Swallow Fruit from the table and put it in his mouth.

The strange taste irritated his mouth, instantly turning Franky's face as red as a pig's liver. He swallowed it despite feeling nauseous, but did not experience any change.

It was only when I habitually raised my hand to touch my chin that I realized that my chin had turned into metal.

The teeth in its mouth also became incredibly sharp, making a crisp sound when they bit down.

when!
when!
when!
Sparks flew from Franky's mouth.

Upon seeing this, Gao Wen was about to offer some words of comfort when he realized he was overthinking things.

"So handsome!"

Franky held a mirror in one hand and touched his alloy chin with the other, grinning as he looked at his jagged, sharp teeth, appearing completely absorbed in the moment.
“super!!!”

"Pervert, absolutely perverted!"

Clearly, this appearance was unusually in line with Frankie's aesthetic.

Seeing this, Gao Wen felt relieved.

He then led Franky to a port on the outskirts of Camelot and pointed to a damaged ship, saying:
"Let's see if we can swallow that thing and merge with it."

Franky nodded and immediately activated his ability.

The massive metal maw immediately opened and rapidly expanded, growing to a diameter of over twenty meters in a short instant, slowly swallowing the pirate ship.

Seeing this, he noticed people around him glancing at him repeatedly, but he thought he was seeing things.

Smoker, who was leading the patrol of guards, immediately stopped and looked at Franky, who had swallowed the ship whole. He understood immediately:
"An ability user?!"

"Judging from its performance, it should be the Gluttony Fruit that the captain has been looking for."

Gawain's search for certain Devil Fruits around the world was no secret in Britannias.

One of them was the Swallow Fruit.

Smoker didn't know the reason, but he was quite curious.

But seeing Franky's abilities now, I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed:

"Being able to swallow a ship whole is indeed a pretty good ability, but if that's all... wait!"

"What the hell is this thing?!"

Smoker's expression changed drastically, his lips parted slightly, and he didn't even notice that the cigar in his mouth had fallen to the ground.

The guards following behind him also looked at the scene in astonishment.

After Franky swallowed the ship, his body rapidly expanded, transforming into a strangely shaped humanoid ship in just a few breaths.

Franky's lower body completely transformed into a ship, his legs became propellers, a row of cannons extended from his chest, and the merchant guild emblem on the sails was replaced with Franky's red five-pointed star!

The designs were so bizarre that they left everyone speechless!

"Lord Franky, it's turned into a ship!"

"No, he's merged with the ship he ate—is it a Devil Fruit power?!"

"This is amazing!"

"But this design... hahahahaha—!"

……

Laughter erupted from the crowd, sounding like pigs squealing.

Franky, upon hearing this, showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he immediately struck his flamboyant pose, putting his arms together to form a five-pointed star, and shouted:

“super!!!”

"Franky...Captain!"

……

The crowd burst into laughter.

Only Smoker's expression grew increasingly surprised, and in the end, his pupils trembled uncontrollably!

He thought of Hades.

Gawain and his gang created Hades in the Inland Sea of ​​Britannia, which remains a secret, but Smoker, a candidate for Knight of the Round Table, overheard some news about it.

Let's consider the ability of the Gluttony Fruit to combine with the object it swallows...

"The captain isn't planning to let Franky merge with Pluto, is he?!"

Smoker immediately considered this possibility:
"Wouldn't that be a warship that can think and perfectly control itself? And if we also consider the 'Multiple Fruits of Life' and 'Float-Float Fruit,' then wouldn't that be..."

"A space battleship capable of destroying a nation with a single shot?!"

"Add absolute air superiority to that, and this thing... could easily destroy the world!"

Unbeknownst to Smoker, his guess coincided with Gawain's thoughts.

If the plan to create Pluto goes smoothly, perhaps only Franky, as the creator, will be able to control Pluto, and only Franky is most suitable to be Pluto's helmsman.

Fujitora, on the other hand, is a general-level combatant stationed in Hades.

At the same time, the existence of the multiple fruits also ensures that Hades has absolute air superiority.

No matter who dares to fly up and attack, a single gravity strike will sink them and their boat into the sea.

Simply put, it means I'm allowed to fly, but you're not.

In this way, Pluto's mobility will be maximized, and he can avoid being locked up by Uranus, thus achieving a balance of power with the World Government, and even exerting strategic pressure on the World Government and the Navy.

If it really comes to that, with the terrifying fighting force that Gawain has amassed, there are just too many things he could do.

Seeing that his guess had been confirmed, Gawain couldn't help but smile slightly.
"If it can be fused with the swallowed warship, then further developing its capabilities and fusing with Hades would be a logical next step."

Franky was stunned for a moment, then instantly dispelled the fusion, spitting out the ship from his body. He turned to look at Gawain, his eyes shining:

"Captain, was this your original plan?!"

"what."

Gawain nodded:
"I do have that kind of plan."

“super!!!”

Frankie was extremely excited.

this moment.

He felt that all the personal items he had originally planned to smuggle into Hades, such as the giant robot and the Phoenix Cannon that would propel the entire Hades into flight, could be thrown away!
Compared to truly transforming into a warship and traversing the seas, what are giant robots...?

and many more!

Who says Hades can't transform into a giant robot?! Who says that a standing Hades can't use a wind cannon for a brief acceleration or to fly?!
Franky's mind began to work.

Images flashed through my mind of myself piloting Hades and transforming into a mechanical giant thousands of meters tall.

His heart suddenly raced, and even Gao Wen, who was standing next to him, could hear it clearly.

"This guy... he's not up to some weird idea again, is he?!"

Gawain's lips twitched.

but.

As long as the main functions are intact, it doesn't matter if Franky has his own agenda.

With Franky eating the Gluttony Fruit, the material problem that had been troubling Hades's creation has made new progress.

With Gao Wen pointing out the clear direction and material properties, the Walpole alloy with shape memory characteristics was quickly manufactured.

a few days later.

The Inner Sea of ​​Britannia, hidden in a shipyard in a bay.

A palm-sized piece of silver-white alloy was placed on the table, drawing exclamations of amazement from a group of shipwrights led by Barry.

After Gawain established himself in Britannias, Barry, who had been rebuilding his home with the survivors of Water Seven, immediately chose to join Gawain for two reasons.

Firstly, as a shipwright, it's impossible not to be tempted to build the most powerful ships in the world.

Another reason was that rebuilding Water City was far more difficult than he had imagined.

Even setting aside the need for supplies, the mere harassment from coastal pirates was enough to overwhelm them, but all the troubles vanished after Gawain's flag was planted at the new site of Water Seven.

In return, Barry accepted Gawain's invitation six months ago and led a group of top shipwrights from the Carrera shipyard to Britannias to build the strongest warship in history, Hades.

Barry reached out and touched the special alloy on the table, feeling a chill on his fingertips:
"This is Wapo alloy?!"

"No!"

Franky wagged his finger, proudly correcting Barry's mistake:
"It's Franky Memory Alloy!"

"This alloy possesses unimaginable strength and shape memory capabilities, meaning it can recover its original shape in a very short time even if damaged by external forces!"

"And it's also very light!"

"It's the perfect material to create Hades!"

"Is it really that amazing?!"

Barry's eyes lit up, but a new concern also arose:
"According to the scale on the blueprints, even the original Hades would probably be over a kilometer long, and the amount of wattage required would be an astronomical figure."

"If the production of this stuff can't keep up..."

boom!
boom!
boom!
Heavy footsteps came from behind the group, and Barry turned around to look.

The first thing you see is a tall, muscular man with a head that almost touches the ceiling of the hall, wearing headphones and with an arrogant expression.

"This guy is... Barrett, one of the Knights of the Round Table!?"

Dariuston's expression changed drastically. He leaned close to Barry's ear and said:

"I remember this guy!"

"He was once a member of the Pirate King Roger's crew, and now he's been recruited by Lord Gawain?!"

"Really?! Such an important person actually..."

"Isn't this normal for that person? Even if the Pirate King Roger were reborn, whether he could regain the top spot would depend on that person's whim!"

"Now that you put it that way, it makes a lot more sense."

……

Amidst the discussion, Barrett remained composed, glanced at the alloy on the table, and said calmly:

"I have the alloy formula and the standard process, so I can make as many as you need."

When he first met Crow in Impel Down, he learned from the latter that Gawain's main goal was to take his abilities.

Now it seems that the purpose was to create Hades.

Barrett wasn't particularly interested in the legendary warship, but since it was Gawain's order, he would carry it out to the best of his ability.

"real?!"

"Ah."

Barrett head:
"I am a fusion being who ate the Fusion Fruit, which allows me to mix any substance together and fuse it with myself."

"You should have an impression of the specific scale."

Barry was slightly taken aback. The image of the towering giant he had accidentally seen flashed through his mind. While marveling at Barrett's monstrous combat power, he also gained a sense of certainty.

"In this way, the issues of materials and processing have been resolved."

"The remaining challenges are technical difficulties and energy issues."

Bari's expression was solemn.

They are experts in shipbuilding, but technological development has truly touched upon their blind spots, especially when it comes to high-end technologies such as energy.

The group looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

"energy!"

"Energy again!"

Daruston reached up and scratched his head, unconsciously pulling out a few more strands of hair:

"We have enough materials right now, and with the help of the Swallow Fruit and the Fusion Fruit, the main framework of Hades can be completed in at most six months."

"But without enough energy to power this giant ship, it's all just talk."

a long time.

Franky reached for the blueprints on the table, his brow furrowing slightly, and said:
"I think……"

"Let's try the ley line energy the captain mentioned. If we can utilize that energy, it might be a substitute for driving Pluto."

Barry nodded:
"That's all we can do for now, since we don't have any other options at the moment."

End of the meeting.

Frankie immediately approached Gawain and explained his request.

Gawain had no objection to this, and besides, if Franky's plan could succeed, it might succeed even without Vegapunk.

A few days later.

In Britannias, frequent explosions near the shipyard illuminated the sky and earth.

After the initial panic, the surrounding residents quickly returned to normal and even treated it as nothing.

just.

Franky's idea of ​​manipulating the earth's ley line energy has never succeeded, to the point that even he himself is almost losing confidence.

The same applies to Gawain.

"really."

"To truly solve this problem, we still need professionals."

……

at the same time.

A merchant ship docked at a port off the coast of Britannias.

Dressed as a scholar, Vegapunk stepped off the gangway and stood on this land for the first time.

"Old man."

"Britannias is just ahead."

"Too……"

"A country with an endless supply of rice balls."

(End of this chapter)