One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 123: Planning Vegapunk (6K)

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

Sky island, temple.

This place is located in the upper middle of the giant bean vine and is also the highest building in the entire sky island.

Originally this was Enel's palace, but when Enel died, this place was naturally occupied by Caesar.

Although the place was not big and not particularly luxurious, Caesar didn't care since he was only staying there temporarily anyway.

Caesar sat cross-legged on the edge of the island cloud. Below him, the remnants of Sky Island and Shandia were organizing manpower to clean up the ruins of the Golden City.

Various building materials are continuously transported to the island, old ruins are demolished, and a prosperous country will be built here in the future.

"Caesar!!!"

An excited voice sounded, and Nami took moon steps and leaped all the way to the temple along the giant bean vines.

Inside the temple, Caesar, with his strong and well-proportioned upper body naked and wearing beach pants on his lower body, was half leaning on a soft cloud bed, his eyes looking through the curtains, leisurely admiring the clouds rolling in the sky.

There were fruits and snacks on the low table beside Yun's bed, and several beautiful Sky Island maids stood quietly by.

"What are you doing, you bastard?"

Seeing Caesar's appearance, Nami became furious.

"Um…"

Caesar leaned against the cloud bed, picked up a glass of light green sparkling wine, sniffed the fragrance of the grapes in the glass, and then breathed a sigh of relief in intoxication.

"As you can see, enjoy life."

"At a time like this?"

Nami's pretty face turned dark: "Yamato is working with everyone downstairs, how can you hide here and be lazy? Sister Robin even helped you hide it..."

"Why don't you come and rest for a while?"

Caesar patted the soft cloud bed, which was specially made by the craftsmen of Sky Island under his order. It was an extra-large round cloud bed with a diameter of five meters. It could also be adjusted into an extra-large sofa. It was soft and elastic, and most importantly, it was very breathable and not stuffy at all.

"Eh? It's really soft!"

Nami reached out and pressed the bed, and then twitched her lips: "I have been sleeping in a tent for the past two days!"

Caesar said enthusiastically: "Why don't you come and live with us?"

"You wish..."

Nami snorted lightly, then turned her face to be happy: "I am here to report to you. Do you know how much gold reserves there are in Arpaiado?"

"How many?"

"Ten thousand tons!"

"Ten thousand?"

Caesar was also stunned.

Ten thousand tons of gold!

In the past, the amount of gold that could be mined on the earth's surface was only over 50,000 tons, and the US gold reserves were only 8,000 tons!

But after thinking about it carefully, Caesar didn't find it strange anymore.

More than 99.999% of gold is found underground in places that humans cannot mine. A small Shandia is definitely not able to mine so much gold.

The only possibility is the surging ocean current that could push Arpaiado ten thousand meters into the sky!

Only this thing can spray up the gold hidden deep under the earth!
After so many years, there should still be a huge amount of gold buried under the seabed near Gaya Island!
Thinking of this, Caesar hurriedly told Nami his guess.

"You mean, there's gold under the sea near Gaya Island?"

When Nami heard Caesar's guess, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"If I'm not mistaken, that's it."

Caesar nodded. "It's actually very simple to verify. This isn't a gold mine, but gold brought out by an underwater volcanic eruption. So, all we have to do is dig up the sand and soil on the seabed to see if we can find any gold."

"It seems... I didn't get on the wrong ship after all."

Nami nodded slightly, with a mercenary glint in her eyes and a cunning smile on her face.

Hearing this, Caesar raised an eyebrow and said, "I thought you came on board because of me."

"Of course, that's part of the reason~"

Nami spread her hands proudly: "You are indeed a diligent and responsible captain. Not only did you help us improve our strength, but you also distributed devil fruits..."

Caesar smiled and said, "How are you going to repay me?"

"Repayment or something——haha~"

Nami's smile was a little stiff, she chuckled and stayed where she was.

Suddenly, with a crackling sound, a flash of electricity appeared on Nami's shoulder.

"Dark Water!"

hum-

The invisible gravity spread out, Nami screamed, her ability suddenly became ineffective, and she fell into Caesar's arms.

"Want to run?"

Caesar raised his hand and slapped the perky breast, then snorted.

Nami's face flushed slightly, and she kept beating Caesar's chest with both hands: "Let me go, you...idiot, pervert! What are you doing? Ugh-"

When that touch of warmth covered her, Nami's beautiful eyes suddenly opened wide, and as the snake entwined around her, her originally clear eyes gradually became blurred.

"Wait, not here, there are other people..."

Nami glanced at the maids around her and asked, "When did you start acting like this? Are you doing anything wrong?"

"Baby5 arranged it. She's been busy these past two days, so I handed the housekeeping responsibilities to her. Although it's nice to have someone to take care of it, I still like you more..."

Caesar waved his hand and the maids retreated with red faces.

"big liar!"

Nami's eyes were slightly moist, and her tone was filled with a hint of pity: "Sure enough, when you invited me on board, your intentions were not pure!"

"Well, I don't deny it~"

Caesar said confidently, "Honestly, you're the most outstanding girl I've ever met. I used to think that if I couldn't possess the power to reach the pinnacle of this world, I would sell all my property and go to Kokoyasi Village to pursue you, and we could live happily ever after."

"Two people?!"

Nami gritted her teeth and said, "How many people are there?! And what kind of bastard are you? You thought of me when you had no hope in pursuing your dream?"

"Chasing dreams is hopeless... Everyone has ideals, especially a man."

Caesar pondered and said, "Also, as strength grows, desires and abilities also grow. Of course, with your intelligence, you must know that this is just an excuse I made up, but can you cooperate and believe it?"

"You're such a bastard, it's obvious!"

Nami groaned, "Never mind. I'll see how you perform... and then I'll decide whether or not to believe you."

"Then just watch it!"

Caesar smiled and pecked the pink earlobe. "Speaking of which, there's a giant python on the island called the Lord of the Sky. It has quite a bit of gold in its belly. Do you want some?"

"want…"

Nami raised her snow-white swan neck high: "Give it all to me!"

……

After a long time, the sky darkened.

Caesar leaned on the cloud bed, holding the sleeping Nami in his arms.

The girl was covered with a blanket, curled up in Caesar's arms, her beautiful white legs draped around Caesar's waist, her temperament slightly delicate.

"It seems that you can't eat all that gold by yourself."

Caesar chuckled and hugged the girl in his arms.

"Finally got it..."

Robin quietly walked out from behind the curtain and looked at Caesar with a smile.

Caesar beckoned, and Robin took off his shoes and socks and obediently leaned against his other side.

Stamp collecting, Nami + Robin!

The Straw Hat Pirates picked both flowers. To be honest, as a time traveler, Caesar felt a sense of accomplishment that was comparable to conquering the world.

"Are you busy today?"

"It's okay, after all, we are not short of money."

Robin leaned in Caesar's arms, his tone soft.

Although it is a founded country, even if all the Sky Islanders and Shandians are counted, the population is at most that of a town, which is not even as large as the population of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom.

Even if Caesar threw all the work to her, it would at most be just a matter of city construction. As long as there was enough money and supplies, she would have no problem just throwing it to Gan Forle.

"The land occupied by the imperial palace has been planned. It is located in the former Golden Township. South of the palace is a residential area."

"Also, Dr. Wolfe is researching Sky Island's shell technology. Well...it's called technology, but it's really just the use of the core working components of Sky Shells. There's no technological content involved. The shells themselves are amazing."

"What about the modification of the new ship?" asked Caesar.

“It can only be remade.”

Robin explained, "Dr. Wolfe said that while the flight system is worth learning from, the ship carries too many unnecessary gold components, which greatly increases the weight of the ship."

"Plus, as you mentioned before, the new ship will use the precious tree Adam as its keel and will also have a flame propulsion system. The workload will be less than building a new ship."

Caesar nodded. "Alright, let him handle it. Just tell me if he needs anything."

"We still need a little time. In order to use the air shells on the new ship, the doctor plans to build a few small speedboats first, like the flame-powered ship and lightning-powered ship you mentioned earlier. So we won't be able to continue sailing in the short term."

"Not in a hurry."

Caesar smiled and said, "This will be our base camp from now on. Even if we sail, not all of us will be out. We will just stop here this year."

Originally, Caesar wanted to go to Water City 7 to find Franky to build a ship.

But think about it, if we can bring Vegapunk back, why would we still need Franky?
"Speaking of which, I plan to bring Vegapunk back in a few days."

Caesar said calmly, "It will take about a month. During this time, I'll leave this place to you."

Originally, Caesar planned to wait for the Punk Hazard poison gas explosion, and then take advantage of the situation to lure Vegapunk back.

But now he has arrived at Sky Island first and already has a base camp, so there is no need to wait.

With his abilities, it would be a piece of cake for him to sneak into Punk Hazard alone.

The only troublesome one is Admiral Kizaru. This guy is from the Navy Science Unit and doesn't usually stray too far from headquarters.

As a person who can fly long distances between islands on the Grand Line with just his wings, Caesar has no doubt that Kizaru also has such ability, and with the power of the Pika Pika Nomi, the maneuverability he displays will only be more exaggerated than his!

Fly him in a straight line for dozens of miles, adjust the direction with the moon steps, and then fly him for a few hundred miles...

If Caesar can think of it, how could Kizaru, the person with this ability, not think of it?

Next to Marinford is the Red Earth Continent. The first island across the Red Earth Continent is Punk Hazard. Plus, the navy can take a shortcut directly through Mary Geoise...

It really doesn't take long to fly in a straight line of light from the red earth continent ten thousand meters high to Punk Hazard.

However, for Caesar now, although Kizaru is troublesome, he is not a big trouble.

The main reason is that Caesar doesn't want the World Government to find out that Vegapunk was kidnapped by him. At least before the Seraph is developed, Caesar doesn't want them to find out.

According to the comics, whether it is the pacifist clone of Kuma, or the Seraph, or even the mother fire that supports the Five Elders to use unknown weapons to destroy the Kingdom of Lulucia, these most valuable research were all conducted by Vegapunk during his two years on Eggman Island.

Now that I have appeared, Big Bear has not found Vegapunk. It seems that the other party should not have the idea of ​​creating a pacifist.

If there were no research on Pacifists, Seraphs, and Mother Fire, Vegapunk's value in the eyes of the World Government would probably not be as high as it was two years later in the original work.

Of course, it's not ruled out that this guy had no research mission for cloning humans, which led to the advancement of the research on the mother fire...

But no matter how early it is, it will not start in this time period.

"Are you going by yourself?"

Although he believed in Caesar's strength, Robin still felt a little worried.

"I'll take Big Bear."

Caesar smiled cunningly, and the importance of high mobility was revealed at this time.

Not only did he have to bring Kuma and Luo with him, he also had to go to the Water City to retrieve the Door-Door Fruit.

In this way, except for teleportation and flash, the most maneuverable fruits in this ocean basically fell into his hands.

Whether it is to rescue hostages or to sneak in to sabotage, the Navy and the World Government have no way to deal with him, unless they let Kizaru run to Sky Island at all costs, but even if he comes, it will be like throwing a meat bun to a dog.

"When the time comes, I just need to use my observation Haki to sense it, sneak in, and then Big Bear can just shoot it, and that'll be it..."

The steps to kidnap Vegapunk are very simple. Just cover him with the Conqueror's Haki and stun him, no matter if they are humans or Den Den Mushi.

Then he rushed in, and the bear slapped him and it was over...

"No wonder you insisted on recruiting Big Bear in the first place."

Imagining the scene in his mind, Robin smiled and said, "Come to think of it... it seems like my ability is the most useless on the ship."

"how come?"

Caesar looked surprised. "How could you even think that? Let me tell you, your ability is my favorite thing about this ship!"

"That's true. Perhaps I gained this ability just to please you."

Robin's breath was as fragrant as orchid, and the faint floral scent filled Caesar's nostrils.

"Also, with your abilities, you might as well be bolder..."

Caesar suggested, remembering Robin's demon form during the Wano Country arc.

Robin looked at him seductively and reached into his bag: "Oh? How bold do you want to be?"

Caesar's mouth twitched: "Actually, this is a very serious suggestion..."

Who the hell made this woman like this?

Is it me? That's fine...

"Maybe you can try to conjure up some organs that you don't have, like wings."

Caesar suggested that he didn't know what Robin's form was in Wano Country, whether it was the development of the fruit or Oda cheating.

There is a saying on the Internet, which comes from what Vegapunk said in the original plot, that devil fruits are born from people's wishes, or desires, so the ability of the fruit is also related to people's imagination.

Of course, this kind of imagination does not mean that a devil fruit can be created by one or two people making a wish, but is a product produced based on the wishes of the public and people's cognition.

It is precisely for this reason that Robin, who has worn the title of "Son of the Devil" for twenty years, awakened into his demon form, because people's cognition changed the Flower-Flower Fruit.

The World Government also used this principle to change the name of the Nika Fruit to the Rubber Fruit, changing people's perception of Nika.

So other mythical beasts can gain exclusive abilities by eating it, such as Caesar's blood control and Marco's immortal flame, but Luffy can only use imagination, an ability that belongs exclusively to Nika, after the fruit awakens, because people have forgotten Nika and only think that it is the rubber fruit.

Of course, although this statement makes perfect sense, it always looks like a way for fans to make up for the illogical nature of the original plot.

However, considering that this is a real world, Caesar feels it is necessary to include this conjecture in Vegapunk's future research.

And according to Vegapunk, if one day Caesar truly unified the world and was loved and respected by all people, then it is very likely that an Emperor Fruit or a Caesar Fruit would appear in this world...

It’s quite interesting to imagine, but I don’t know if there are any fruits of desire, aphrodisiac fruits, etc. After all, there should be no shortage of sex toys in any world.

…………

Just as Caesar and Robin were fighting.

New World, the headquarters airship of the World Economic News.

Morganus went crazy looking at the faxes and articles sent by Caesar.

"Golden Country..."

"Um--"

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"The Golden Country!"

A burst of laughter broke out in the office. Morgans held up the photo of the golden clock taken by Caesar in both hands, and his whole brain was having an orgasm.

"That's it, that's it!"

"Who would have thought that the legendary Golden City would be in the sky?!"

"I didn't expect to be found by this guy. Chongtian Hailiu? You're really something..."

Looking through the documents and faxes sent by Caesar, Morgan's eyes were red and flashing with excitement.

"I'm not sure about other sea areas, but the North Sea is definitely going to be in turmoil!"

"A liar's story that has been circulating for four hundred years, and what he once said turned out to be true. It's those who called him a liar...hahahaha!"

Morgan was not surprised at all that Caesar was able to go to the sky island.

Anyone who could make it in the New World had probably visited a Sky Island or two. The Summit of the Western Sky wasn't exactly a secret on the Grand Line, at least not among those with extensive sailing experience.

But it is incredible that the Golden City is on the Sky Island.

Who could have imagined that the power of the ocean current was so great that it could push the islands into the sky!

"Let me see, let me see..."

"Well, Sorayu and Bei Technology are all explosive news that the world won't accept."

Morgans said cheerfully, "It would be great if this guy could switch to our news industry..."

In fact, Caesar was not the first to think of announcing the existence of Sky Island to the public.

It’s just that people in this world will not believe, or are unwilling to accept, this truth that is beyond their cognitive ability.

Even if Caesar had photos and the truth, as time passed, people would gradually forget about it within a few decades.

After all, whether Sky Island really exists or not has nothing to do with the interests of most people.

But this time is different!
Because the Golden City is on the Sky Island!

Because there are 10,000 tons of gold on the Sky Island!
Because Caesar occupied the sky island, ceded land to himself and declared himself king and established a country!
Because this amount of gold can easily buy a superpower like Alabasta!
This is a huge fortune that even the world government cannot ignore, and it can even be said to be extremely coveted!

And this wealth is currently in the hands of Caesar!
"Is this guy really not afraid of trouble?"

Morganus looked at the documents sent by Caesar and couldn't help but complain: "Once this news gets out, the first person to come to him will be his cheap father-in-law, right?"

"Then... President, should we send it out?" a member nearby asked excitedly.

"Send it! Of course I will!"

Morgans nodded heavily. "Not only should we issue it, we should also print more! Issue it in large quantities! People won't care about Sky Island, but they will definitely care about gold! Once this news is released, it will definitely cause a frenzy!"

It was as if Morgans' words were confirmed.

The new issue of the newspaper was sent to all parts of the world and immediately caused an extremely heated response!

"Hey, is this true? The Golden Country is actually in the sky?"

"Haha, what are you thinking? How is that even possible? How can an island fly into the sky?"

"It's true. It's reported in the newspaper."

"The World Economic Review? Morgans always likes to report on this kind of boring and stupid things..."

"There are photos. Caesar took them. Look at this golden clock."

“What—?!”

Whether it was Shikai, Paradise, or the New World, even the Navy Headquarters was disturbed by this newspaper.

On the streets, in pubs, everywhere you can hear people discussing the Golden Country.

Especially in Beihai, the discussion about this matter was so heated that only heavyweight news like the love triangle between Whitebeard, Big Mom and Kaido could suppress it.

And unlike previous explorers who claimed to have landed on the Sky Island, Caesar provided complete photographic evidence, from their ride on the surging ocean currents to an altitude of 10,000 meters, to the White Sea, the Sky Island, Arpaiodo, and the Golden City.

The article not only describes how they arrived at Sky Island, but also tells of the four-hundred-year struggle between the Sky Islanders and the Shandians, the agreement between Nolando and the ancestors of the Shandians, why the waters near Gaya Island suddenly darkened, and Sky Island's shellfish technology and currency, etc.

It is precisely because of the complete photos that few people doubt the authenticity of the news.

After all, there are no online trolls or professional trolls in this world. With the facts right before their eyes, only a very small number of self-deceiving individuals are still unwilling to believe, such as the royal descendants of the country where Nolando lived four hundred years ago...

Everyone else was willing to believe it, especially willing to believe that the 10,000 tons of gold really existed.

Like a hurricane carrying a raging fire, the news of the Golden City spread across the ocean at an incredible speed!

On the coast of Gaya Island, Kulik was reading a newspaper with a cigarette in his mouth.

The ape and the gorilla stood behind him, grinning silently.

Kulik slowly stood up and said, "It's time for us to leave."

"Eh?"

The ape was puzzled: "Why?"

"because this."

Kulik put down the newspaper and twitched his lips. "Well... running away for the glory of our ancestors is also a kind of romance."

(End of this chapter)