Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Jinbe took a step and charged towards his opponent. Although Fishman Karate is not a special skill, it is a unique technique of their Fishman race. Now that it was being used openly by someone, Jinbe was a little annoyed, especially since the other party had a face that looked exactly like his when he was a child.

"The fish-men combined with the Swim-Swim Fruit have unexpectedly unleashed such power. It seems necessary to talk to the fish-men and tell them to pay attention to collecting Swim-Swim Fruits or other water-related Devil Fruits in the future!" Reina did not participate in the battle but stood aside to watch.

Although the battle has only just begun and the Straw Hat crew hasn't shown their true strength yet, the tide of the battle and the balance of victory have basically turned in their favor. A Yonko-level pirate crew isn't something you can just talk about.

Meanwhile, the vanished Lilith is in a room, watching the Straw Hat crew and Seraph of the Strait fight through a monitor.

"The current Seraph is still a child. Is it too early for him to fight against a Yonko-level pirate?" Like Lilith, Vegapunk was also watching the battle.

“That’s right! Do these guys even know how expensive a Seraph is? Edison, send out the rest of the Seraphs and let them take down these pirates!” Lilith squatted down beside him, urging him on.

"Huh? Isn't that a bit too much? Your idea is too wicked! We never said we were going to do something that ruthless!" Edison said somewhat reluctantly, "Let's keep observing! The Seraphim's bloodline factors will also be recorded during the battle!"

"That's right, such good combat data isn't something you can just get anytime. Record it quickly!" Beside him, a huge robot had the number four written on its left chest and a large Chinese character "知" (zhi, meaning knowledge) on its belly!

He was none other than Vegapunk the Fourth, Pythagoras. This enormous robot body was merely the robot he was controlling; his true form was a relatively small clone located in the robot's head.

Meanwhile, Edison, who had been instigating the conflict, suddenly remembered something, turned around and left for his laboratory, where he needed to write down his new idea.

At the passageway, Seraphim Strait, which was fighting the Straw Hat crew, had been completely suppressed by them. If Luffy and his crew hadn't held back, Seraphim would probably have been destroyed.

"Alright, stop! Seraph!" Just then, a person with the number one on his helmet appeared at the passage, stopping not only Seraph Strait, but also freezing the entire Straw Hat crew in place.

"What's going on? I can't move my legs?" Sanji was the first to realize that he was frozen in place and couldn't move at all.

Vegapunk didn't explain immediately. Instead, he first dismissed Seraph of the Strait before explaining, "Your shoes are controlled by the laboratory's magnetic force. I can't completely trust pirates! You're the Straw Hat crew, right? Come with me!"

But just then, as Seraphim Strait turned to leave, a figure blocked his way.

"Hmm?" Vegapunk Number One looked at Reyner, who was blocking Seraph Strait, with surprise, and asked, "Lord Reyner, do you still intend to continue?"

“No, I just want to ask! Are these Seraphim your products, or the World Government’s forces?” Reina smiled and shook his head as he spoke.

"Does it make a difference? I belong to the World Government anyway!" Vegapunk replied with a light laugh.

“That’s right!” Upon hearing this, Reina stepped aside, and Seraphim Strait left immediately.

"Then please follow me! The main body is already waiting for you!" Vegapunk Number One ignored the Straw Hat crew and Reyna, and walked straight towards an electronic door.

Chapter 979 Future and Past

"Whoa~ Where is this place? Wow! Did you guys make that robot too? That's so cool!" When Luffy and the others followed Vegapunk the First into the electronic door with Reina, the first thing that appeared in front of them was a huge, somewhat dilapidated robot.

Ignoring Luffy's jumping around, Vegapunk No. 1 spoke directly: "You've been here a long time, you should have felt the extraordinary nature of this island, right?"

“That’s right, it feels like walking on an island in the future, it’s amazing!” Chopper nodded and replied with admiration.

"By the way, is there anything else you haven't shown us? Even though you're from the World Government and we're pirates, don't worry about those identities. Show me all your technology! I absolutely love this place!" Franky nodded, looking excited.

Vegapunk ignored the two of them and looked at Robin, saying softly, "You're from Ohara, right?"

Robin looked at the other party with considerable vigilance. Even now, the name Ohara is still something that people dare not mention casually.

"Bring your true form out!" Before Robin could answer, Reina stepped forward, blocking her path, and said in a deep voice, "If he can't give me a reasonable explanation, then you should understand that no one or no robot here can stop me! You don't have many Seraphim, do you? Those things... can't stop me!"

Vegapunk looked at Reyner and replied, "I am Vegapunk. There is no such thing as a main body or clones!"

"Hehe..." Reina just chuckled lightly, too lazy to continue talking to the other party.

On the contrary, Luffy and his crew kept asking about the giant robot in front of them.

"I didn't create this robot!" Vegapunk replied to Luffy's question. "With the technology I have now, I can't replicate it 100%. The Air Force One that Lilith piloted was modeled after him!"

"You didn't make it?" Everyone, including Reina, was shocked. Moreover, the other party had just said that with his current knowledge, he couldn't even make a 100% copy.

“Hehe… You see this island as the future, but if I told you it’s actually the past, would you believe me? Hundreds of years ago, our planet already had advanced technology, and this robot was created during that time!” Vegapunk said softly.

"The past? Could it be..." Robin seemed to have thought of a possibility and looked at Vegapunk, asking, "Was it created during that Void Century?"

Vegapunk nodded at Robin and said, "That's why I said this isn't the future, it's the past!"

"You dare to tell people something like this? Vegapunk, are you not planning to stay in the World Government?" Reina said, squinting at him.

“I’m about to die!” Vegapunk said calmly.

He spoke very softly, as if he wasn't talking about himself, but about someone else; not about death, but about something very ordinary.

But these words stunned everyone, including Luffy, who was researching the giant robot, and they all looked at Vegapunk in bewilderment.

"So... your original body can't move anymore? That's why you were allowed to come out and see me?" Reina asked curiously.

“No, the main body is currently testing something new, so it’s inconvenient for him to come over. I share a brain with the main body, and I know everything he knows!” Vegapunk shook his head and replied.

Upon hearing this, Reina frowned and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Reina remained silent, Franky asked, "With your abilities, can't you even replicate this kind of robot?"

“Yes!” Vegapunk nodded and replied, “I have no idea what their energy source is! Perhaps hundreds of years ago, they used some kind of energy source that we don’t know about. If we could figure it out, it would be of great help to our world!”

"Oh!"

Just then, a strange sound rang out, as if something had fallen onto the giant robot, and everyone looked in that direction.

"Is anyone there? Help me! Damn it, it wasn't that easy after all? Looks like I failed again!" The figure who had fallen onto the giant robot seemed to be stuck, shouting for help while cursing something.

"Who is it?" Luffy and the others were quite curious. This person seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and they didn't know who he was.

However, Luffy immediately stepped forward and rescued the other person.

"Who are you...?" The person Luffy rescued was not tall, dressed in simple research lab attire, with a long tongue sticking out and a funny apple-like thing on his head.

"I am Vegapunk!" the newcomer replied with a grin.

"Huh? Another Vegapunk? Which clone are you?" Usopp asked, somewhat speechless.

Along the way, they had encountered several people who called themselves Vegapunk, and even now, Vegapunk Number One was standing here.

"I am Vegapunk himself, not an alternate version!" Vegapunk shook his head and replied seriously.

Everyone was somewhat surprised and kept asking Vegapunk questions, except for Reina, who seemed to be struggling to understand something and kept staring at Vegapunk without saying a word.

"Hehehe... Have you noticed something different about me?" Seeing Reina staring at him, Vegapunk laughed and said, "I used to have a huge head, probably as big as a giant. But then I found it too troublesome, so I cut it off!"

"Do you think this is a haircut?" Sanji retorted speechlessly after hearing Vegapunk's words.

"So you've become an idiot now?" Luffy asked Vegapunk with a curious look.

"Damn it! Are you mocking me?" Vegapunk said angrily, "I am a user of the Brain-Brain Fruit, possessing a brain that can store an infinite amount of knowledge. However, the more knowledge I have, the bigger my head becomes! Combined with my already genius-level brain, that's why my head keeps getting bigger and bigger!"

"As expected, he is a user of the Brain-Brain Fruit!" Reina realized. He had long suspected that Vegapunk was likely a user of the Brain-Brain Fruit. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy for someone to possess an ability that was 500 years ahead of the world.

Chapter 980 The Past

"But won't a person die if they don't have a head?" Usopp asked Vegapunk, puzzled.

Vegapunk didn't answer Usopp's question, but looked at Robin and said, "That kingdom once possessed unparalleled technology, beyond our current imagination! It was precisely because of a man who risked his life on archaeology that that great kingdom was revealed to the world! Assuming that kingdom really existed, then isn't this place the past?"

Robin pursed his lips and remained silent.

Vegapunk's words reminded her of Ohara!

“Ohara was destroyed precisely because it sensed that enormous kingdom!” Vegapunk looked at Robin and said softly, “This also indirectly proves the truth, otherwise the World Government wouldn’t have taken action against Ohara, would it?”

"From what standpoint are you saying this? With your status and position, why don't you just ask the World Government directly?" Robin said with a dark face, "Your so-called hypothesis was found by scholars in Ohara from countless materials and documents!"

The diminutive Vegapunk gave a wry smile and said, "I'm no different from you. If I dared to inquire about this kind of thing, the World Government would also silence me!"

"Then how do you know about that huge kingdom? Just from this giant robot?" Reina asked, squinting.

Before Vegapunk could speak, Vegapunk One stepped in front of him, sensing the murderous intent in Reina's words. He estimated that if he didn't answer the question well, Reina might actually attack him.

Vegapunk gestured for Vegapunk One to step aside, then smiled and said to Reyna, "Ohara isn't dead yet!"

Reina and Robin both narrowed their eyes and looked at Vegapunk. Robin couldn't wait to ask, "What do you mean by that?"

Robin is the sole heir to Ohara. After the destruction of Ohara, Robin became the only survivor of Ohara, a fact announced to the entire world by the World Government.

However, Reina and Robin both understood the implied meaning in Vegapunk's words, which is why Robin asked so urgently.

If there are still survivors in Ohara, that would be great news for Robin!

Vegapunk smiled, walked towards Robin, and said, "That day, the world was in an uproar! Ohara, the island of learning with the world's top knowledge, was destroyed overnight, with only one girl surviving! She was also labeled as an evil group of scholars who wanted to overthrow the world government! To many people, this was unbelievable!"

Robin bit her lower lip, her thoughts seemingly returning to the day Ohara was destroyed.

Reina remained silent. Because of Olvia's death, Reina's attention was focused on Magellan, so he didn't pay any attention to Ohara's affairs. By the time he remembered, he had already seen the news in the newspaper.

Although Robin suffered greatly as a child due to her identity as a descendant of the Ohara people, the world's righteous people were actually on her side. This is why, before Reina revealed Robin's identity, even though her whereabouts had been exposed, few major forces actually pursued her.

Ohara's reputation was far greater than Robin had imagined.

“After the incident, I secretly took a boat to Ohara, but unfortunately it was already a scorched wasteland!” Vegapunk continued, “I was an old acquaintance of the late Dr. Clover, so I planned to go and offer a flower as a tribute!”

"You know Dr. Clover?" Robin was taken aback, not expecting that the world's number one scientist in front of him was actually a friend of Dr. Clover.

“That’s right! He was an adventurer who searched the world for documents during the Void Century. His knowledge and courage were extraordinary, and he was arrested and imprisoned by the Navy no less than ten times! Therefore, his name is quite famous among scholars all over the world, and he is an archaeologist admired by scholars around the world!” Vegapunk nodded and replied, “And I also met him during his adventures!”

As Vegapunk recounted his story, the Straw Hat crew fell silent. They already knew everything about Robin. If she hadn't been Reina's child, her life would have been completely ruined by the amplification of the world.

Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, looked at Robin with some concern. He was afraid that Vegapunk's words would remind Robin of her past unpleasant experiences. Nami and Namie came to Robin's side, silently comforting their companion, hoping that their presence could bring Robin some solace.

As for Reina, he didn't say a word the whole time, he just stared at Vegapunk.

However, Vegapunk One dared not be careless at all, because at such close range, even with his protection, Reina had the strength to kill him and his main body in one blow.

"Influenced by the clover, scholars from all over the world flocked to Ohara one after another, and the island eventually became a mecca for archaeologists. Many scholars gathered in Ohara, and the World Government and pirates also liked to visit there because the Navy and the World Government also had historical and document research needs, and they had to seek help from the scholars in Ohara!"

Vegapunk seemed oblivious to Reyna's murderous intent and continued:

"The reason why pirates like Ohara is because of the treasure maps. In the past, pirates on the high seas often obtained some ancient treasure maps, but with their abilities, they were simply unable to decipher the secrets on the treasure maps. So those pirates would go to Ohara and ask scholars to search for treasure with them! The scholars also used the pirates' treasures to search for buried history."

No one refuted Vegapunk's statement, nor did anyone interrupt. Everyone, including Reina, listened to Vegapunk's explanation, which contained things that even Robin did not know.

"It was precisely because of this that the tragedy that followed in Ohara occurred!" Vegapunk said, then looked at Reyner and continued, "Back then, when Olvia and your child were discovered by the World Government, they set a trap, captured Olvia, and forced Lord Reyner to fight Garp head-on. In doing so, they destroyed a branch of the Navy in the North Blue and also discovered a century of secret research gaps in Ohara's history!"

“I know!” Reina nodded and replied, “I tried to persuade Dr. Clover back then, but… I couldn’t convince him! I’m just a pirate; I can’t convince Dr. Clover on matters of scholarship!”

“Hahaha… No one can convince him about this. Even if you tell him about the fate of Ohara, he will only try to change things, not stop!” Vegapunk said with a loud laugh.

Chapter 981 The Victory of Ohara

Robin learned more about Ohara from Vegapunk.