Angel investor in the One Piece world

Chapter 54 A Great Harvest! Setting Sail!

Inside the Sky Sword, in a certain room.

"extract."

Damian murmured softly.

The empty room changed its appearance in an instant.

The floor, walls, and ceiling all transformed into metal structures in the blink of an eye, with a long, transparent crystal pillar hanging down from the center of the ceiling.

"Is the setup complete?"

Damian looked around the still empty room with some curiosity.

This was the first time he had received a rebate related to construction, and he needed to find a place to withdraw it.

Let's give it a try.

Damian thought.

Once the room was extracted, all related information was simultaneously transmitted to his mind.

"Activate, let's go straight for five times the gravity."

Damian looked up and said.

The crystal pillar above instantly lit up, emitting a hazy purple light.

"Hmm!"

Damian instantly felt an unusual heaviness.

His body instantly became five times heavier.

This amount of weight is nothing, but the sudden increase in gravity caused him to feel considerable discomfort instantly due to the pulling on his internal organs, blood, muscles, bones, and even cells.

"That's interesting!"

Damian smirked. "No wonder it's a gravity training room!"

This is a Valentine's Day rebate from Miss., named "Beginner Gravity Training Room," which should be from the Dragon Ball world?

The gravity in the room can be freely adjusted from one to five times the normal gravity.

To be honest, it's a bit hard to understand why this thing has a blue rebate option.

Undoubtedly a training marvel!

Is it because after-sales service isn't included? Is it impossible to repair something that's been damaged?

Besides Miss. Valentine's Day, the others have also already obtained gold coins.

Her partner, Mr. 5, gave Damian a skill that left him speechless: "Self-Destruct," a move from the Pokémon world. Literally, it's a self-destruction move that puts the user in a near-death state to trigger a violent explosion.

Damian felt he would never use this skill in his entire life.

Mr. 4 and his partner, however, gave Damian two surprises.

Mr. 4 was exceptionally strong, so he gave Damian a passive ability: [Strong and Robust], which directly and significantly enhanced Damian's strength.

Miss. Merry Christmas offers a skill from the Naruto world, Earth Release: Mind Decapitation Technique, which is basically an earth-burrowing technique, since moles can also burrow underground? In short, it's quite useful.

Finally, there's Miss Twofinger. She gave Damian an even bigger surprise than Mr. 4 and the other two, probably because her hair could turn into spikes, so Damian also gained a hair-related ability.

The Lion Embraces Life Returns!

Although it's a limited edition for individuals, it truly is a life-saving gift!

In this way, the essence of the Six Styles was mastered with ease.

So, all that's left is the last one—

……

Not far from the Rain Banquet Casino in the city center, a brand-new five-story building stands quietly.

This is the headquarters building of Moretti Weather Company. It was only officially completed yesterday. All kinds of office supplies have not yet been moved in, let alone recruiting company employees. Right now, it is just an empty shell.

However, in the factory behind the building, which was completed a few days earlier, the machines had been roaring for several days.

A large number of parts are produced by machine tools operated by workers, and then all the parts are assembled together by specialized assembly machinery. Finally, the weather instrument is completed.

Finally, the workers responsible for packaging carefully packed the cloud generator and its accompanying weather gun into the pre-prepared cardboard boxes.

This is already ready for market.

With its fully automated assembly line operation, you probably wouldn't find many factories of the same specifications anywhere in the world.

Invited by Damian, Cobra, who had traveled a long way to visit, was overwhelmed with excitement as he looked at everything. He couldn't help but ask Damian beside him, "Are rainmaking devices being produced every day?"

"Due to limitations in metallurgical technology and materials, daily production is around fifty sets."

Damian said, "It's unrealistic to expect everyone in Alabasta to have one in a short period of time."

Forging the outer shells of the cloud generator and weather gun was not easy, and Damian did not have the knowledge in this area. Fortunately, he had already commissioned someone to design the relevant equipment in Loguetown, so he could use it directly this time.

The core components of the two weather props are the most complicated to manufacture.

Perhaps Visalia and Vegapunk could miniaturize weather-controlling devices to such a degree, but they probably couldn't mass-produce them like Damian.

Even Damian couldn't increase its production capacity too much.

Alabasta clearly cannot do this unless there is an unlimited supply of materials.

"Fifty sets?"

Cobra did a quick calculation.

Damian had previously demonstrated the performance of these two weather devices to them.

The area covered by the cloud generator is about 300 meters in diameter, which is neither small nor very large.

After the rain was guided by the water gun, the amount of rain was not small, but it only lasted for about twenty minutes.

From this perspective, a set of weather equipment can only meet the daily water needs of a small neighborhood at most. If it is used to irrigate farmland, it can only meet the needs of a smaller population.

With tens of millions of people in Alabasta, it's certainly not possible for everyone to have a set, but it would be impossible to guarantee the normal life of all citizens without at least ten thousand sets.

Based on current production capacity, it will take at least half a year.

More than half a year?

Cobra nodded slightly.

It should be quite easy to get through this.

"at last,"

Damian said, "King Cobra, due to cost reasons, although I have tried my best to reduce it, the price of each set of weather equipment is still one million Berries."

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

In reality, each cloud generator and weather gun costs around 150,000 Berries, but the workers still need to be paid, right?

After all, it's the technology that's expensive, not the materials.

"One million—"

The little princess, who had come with the king, did a quick calculation, and her expression suddenly changed slightly. "Fifty sets would be fifty million!"

Ten thousand sets would be worth 10 billion pegories.

Cobra felt a headache coming on.

Alabasta has never been a prosperous and wealthy country.

Although weather instruments do not require additional functions and can be used normally by adding seawater, according to Mr. Damian, the lifespan of these weather instruments is only about one year, and the internal weather core will gradually deteriorate.

In other words, does that mean Alabasta will have to spend 10 billion peles every year until the water and air cycle returns to normal?

This is no small number.

The annual celestial gold was already a heavy burden.

But, I have no choice but to pay.

"good!"

Cobra nodded heavily.

As long as the country's production can return to normal, an additional 10 billion peggs per year will not be too devastating for a country with a population of over 10 million.

"Then there's no problem."

Damian smiled and said that this business was very profitable, and this was only one country. "We can deliver the first batch of weather equipment to you today."

"In that case, the country will be able to gradually recover."

"Is this country saved?"

Cobra muttered to himself.

"Yes, Father!"

The little princess nodded emphatically, "Alabasta will soon be back to what it was before!"

Damian's lips curled into a smile.

It was worth the trouble of inviting them here!

In a place only he could see, the seeds above the heads of the father and daughter began to take root and sprout rapidly.

The difference is that King Cobra has a small tree on his head, while the seed on the little princess's head has grown into a towering tree.

[Ding! You have received a rebate: Zoan-type Snake-Snake Fruit, Cobra Mode!]

[Ding! You have received a rebate: Advanced Conqueror's Haki (available for redemption)!]

what?

Snake-Snake Fruit?

This must be Cobra's rebate, right?

Why a snake?

Is it because the name is Cobra?

In that case, Conqueror's Haki is Vivi's rebate?

Why is that? She doesn't have Conqueror's Haki, does she?

Is it because she will be the future Queen of Alabasta? Or is it due to the special nature of the Nefit family?

However, the advanced Conqueror's Haki is not bad.

I am currently at the intermediate level of Conqueror's Haki, and I can freely control my aura.

Advanced Conqueror's Haki, on the other hand, can be emitted in all directions, capable of knocking down even the most formidable warriors with a mere brush of it, and can even cause physical damage!

In the original work, it was used to describe Shanks.

At this stage, can we begin training in Conqueror's Haki Entanglement?

extract.

You can't extract the Devil Fruit yet, but you can try Conqueror's Haki first.

The next instant, Damian felt his aura rapidly expanding!

In the blink of an eye, we have entered a completely new level.

That's interesting.

Logically speaking, Conqueror's Haki cannot be trained and is linked to individual strength.

While some exceptionally talented individuals may possess stronger Conqueror's Haki at the same level of strength, this rule generally applies.

But now, Damian has broken that rule.

He possessed Conqueror's Haki that surpassed his own strength!

So, does that mean that as he becomes stronger, his Conqueror's Haki will also continuously break through its limits?