One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Her eyes softened, and she reached out to stroke Emily's cheek, nodding gently.

"Go ahead and get busy. We will fully cooperate with you to present this unveiling ceremony to the world perfectly."

“Then I’ll have to trouble you, Commander Hibari.” Emily nodded gratefully. The moment she turned around, her obedient expression transformed into one of maturity and composure. She took the megaphone Den Den Mushi handed to her by a staff member and addressed the guests below the stage: “Distinguished guests, I am Emily, the current mayor of Water Seven. Welcome to Water Seven, where you have traveled from afar to witness the birth of a groundbreaking technological marvel: the Sky Train, jointly researched by Dr. Vedgapunke of the Naval Academy of Sciences and Dr. Franky of the Carrera Science Research Institute.”

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Emily continued with a smile, "The birth of the Sky Train has extremely important epoch-making significance. Its appearance means that our journey will no longer be confined to the sea and land. This vast sky will also leave our footprints in the future. Those islands and kingdoms that were sent into the sky by Commander-in-Chief Zephyr's power when the tsunami struck will also be reconnected. The distance between the New World and Paradise will no longer be hindered by the sea and the Red Line. This world will be connected!"

Another round of applause followed.

From below the stage, Alice watched Emily speak eloquently and felt as if Emily was shining brightly, becoming the sole focus of attention in the room.

"During the development of the aerial train, our scientists encountered numerous difficulties, far more challenging than the research on the sea train. At least the sea train had seawater as a support, while the aerial train operates entirely in the sky. Fortunately, we gained some inspiration from weather phenomena such as the sea of ​​clouds and iron clouds on the floating islands. Among these challenges, the biggest hurdle was undoubtedly the energy source to power the train. And for this, we must thank Dr. Vegapunk of the Naval Academy of Sciences. It was his research into infinite energy that perfectly solved the train's energy problem without causing any environmental pollution..."

As Emily delivered her speech, a hint of sadness appeared in the eyes of Lark, who was standing not far away.

"Unlimited energy..."

New world.

Dark clouds filled the sky, and millions of bolts of lightning struck down from the depths of the heavens without ceasing, illuminating the dark sky and crashing down on a continuous, pitch-black mountain range below. This was Thunder Isle, one of the most dangerous places in the New World.

Amidst the flashes of lightning, beneath the dark mountains, on the plains at their foot, a vast steel factory had risen up, its size unknown.

Workers and scientists dressed in special protective suits moved through a world filled with the roar of lightning, as if they were in another world.

Thick, bright bolts of lightning fell from the sky, drawn by the towering steel pillars of the factory, converging into a certain place deep within. There, a sophisticated instrument composed of countless thick pipes and wires was operating steadily, flashing with electric light. At the center of these countless pipes and wires, a naked, blond man sat on a golden throne, his body pierced by countless pipes and wires.

Countless destructive bolts of lightning struck down from the sky outside, flowing into his body through these pipes and then flowing out through other pipes, filling square, cylindrical, and spherical batteries, which were then removed and transported away by enormous pacifists and robots.

The thunder never ceased, yet the blond man remained completely still. He sat there, his slightly open eyes vacant and devoid of any spirit, as if he had lost his soul.

Wearing a protective suit, Vegapunk looked up at the blond man who was surrounded by countless bolts of lightning and looked like a god. He let out a long sigh, as if he felt ashamed and regretful at the same time.

"Unlimited energy, unlimited energy... I haven't truly researched an energy source that is pollution-free, infinitely usable, and sufficient to benefit all mankind. Who in the outside world would imagine that the real unlimited energy source is you?"

Enel.

"I, the Ultimate Creature, Also Want to Be the Pirate King" has been signed and will be released tomorrow.

Barbarossa Kaz, who transmigrated to the world of One Piece, struggled for more than twenty years in the war-torn Vodka Kingdom before discovering that Kaido and the Oni were two different species, and that not every Oni could become the strongest creature.

until……

He was struck by a human-shaped stone that had stopped thinking.

The basic cheat ability is Kars, the ultimate creature from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Even if you haven't read JoJo, it won't affect your reading. You can understand Kars' ability as: a vampire progenitor who has lived for 30,000 years, is immortal, can freely transform his body into other species, has super-fast learning speed, super-sensory five senses, and has overcome the sun.

Note: Dio became a vampire by wearing the stone mask he made.

Chapter 850 Extra Chapter 4: Reunion [True Grand Finale]

In the new world, above the vast G5 sea area, floating islands of varying sizes float in the sea of ​​clouds like jellyfish of different sizes, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

A large island with a diameter of more than ten kilometers is surrounded by numerous small and large floating islands, with towering, technologically advanced buildings standing on it.

Above the islands, iron cloud tracks, derived from the iron clouds of the sky islands, connect the islands in all directions like a spider web. A series of aerial trains, like flying dragons, travel on these floating tracks, carrying passengers to their respective destinations.

Everything on the island was futuristic, except for a fortress in the center that looked rather old-fashioned. It had no technological decorations, only the words 'G5' written in large characters on its front.

This is the center of the entire New World, the headquarters of the G5 Navy.

At this moment, behind G5 Island, in a vast research base, a tall, purple-haired old man is undergoing a full-body examination by Chief Scientist Lilith.

The old man sat on the operating table, letting two identical Liliths press down on his shoulders, one on each side, to remove the heavy mechanical arm from his right arm, revealing a cloned prosthesis.

Looking at the old man's shoulder blades and muscles, which had been severely deformed from years of being wrapped in a robotic arm, the third Lilith shook her head in complaint.

"General Zephyr, why do you do this? This heavy, old-fashioned mechanical arm has an outdated mechanism that is neither aesthetically pleasing nor practical. It is of no use to you now, and you don't need to use it in battle. Why wear it on your body all day and increase the burden on your body?"

"What do you know?" Zefa pulled a thick cigar from his pocket, put it in his mouth, then reached out and stroked the mechanical arm beside him, grinning, "This is a man's romance."

"Is wearing a big metal shell the romance of men?" Lilith shook her head and stuck a blood-drawing needle into Zephyr's arm. "I really don't understand you men. Why are you so interested in those bulky steel robots?"

"We men? Aren't you a man yourself, Vegapunk?"

No sooner had Zefa finished speaking than Lilith smacked him on the head.

Lilith, hands on her hips, angrily retorted, "First, I'm Lilith, not that old geezer Vegapunk! Second, I'm a woman, not a man! And no smoking during a physical exam!"

As she spoke, she snatched the lighter Zefa was about to use to light his cigarette, and also took the cigar from his mouth, tossing it into the trash can.

Zephyr looked heartbroken. "Hey! That's some really good stuff that Smoker sent me from the East Sea. Every cigarette I smoke is one less I have left."

"What time is it for you to still be smoking? Are you sure your body can handle it? Zefa, your life doesn't just belong to you anymore. The lives of thousands upon thousands of people on those floating islands are all tied to you." After drawing his blood, Lilith removed the needle and turned to get busy.

"Don't worry, I'm in great shape." Zepha grinned, picked up the mechanical arm, skillfully slipped it onto his shoulder, and snapped it shut. He flexed the three mechanical fingers on his hand, then looked down at his chest, at his heart. "Besides, I have a pure gold bean inside me. I'm truly immortal now."

"It's just physical immortality."

Busy Lilith glanced back at Zephyr's gray and dull purple hair and said something in a low voice.

The laboratory fell silent briefly as Lilith busied herself. Zephyr walked to a large nutrient tank and pressed a button on it.

With the clattering of mechanical gears, the cover covering the nutrient tank opened, revealing a transparent capsule filled with liquid. Inside this horizontally shaped oval container, a tall, slender, silver-haired man lay quietly, his eyes closed, as if in eternal slumber.

Separated by a glass partition, Zefa silently watched the young man inside the container.

After a long while, he blinked, tilted his head back, his chest heaving, took a deep breath, and asked in a somewhat low voice.

"Haven't you found it yet? That fruit?"

Lilith paused for a moment, then continued working without looking up, saying, "No, despite mobilizing a lot of manpower and getting help from people all over the world through Morgans' media, we haven't been able to find it after more than ten years. The ocean is too vast; no one knows where it's hiding."

Zefa raised his trembling mechanical arm and pressed the close button on the hatch. The clattering of mechanical gears resumed, and the hatch slowly closed, enveloping the figure inside the glass container.

He smiled and said, "I remember you said that Devil Fruits actively seek out masters who match their characteristics. The reason it hasn't appeared yet is probably because there really isn't a suitable master for it in this world."

"Perhaps."

Lilith responded with a word of agreement, and the laboratory fell silent again.

But not long after, Lilith turned around, shook the test tube in her hand, and said to Zephyr, "Not bad, your physical functions haven't declined too much. It seems that the effects of pure gold are indeed very obvious."

"Hehe, what did I just say?" Zefa grinned, put on his sunglasses, picked up his cloak, and strode outside.

Watching his retreating figure, Lilith's lips moved, and she muttered something to herself.

"Physical immortality does not mean complete immortality, Zepha. Your spirit, your soul, is already overburdened..."

Zefa's departing figure trembled slightly before disappearing at the laboratory entrance.

Not long after he left the laboratory, he saw an elderly man, who looked even older than himself, standing silently at the entrance of the research base, looking in his direction as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Professor Zefa, it's been a long time." The old man saw Zefa, his eyes showing respect, and he bowed slightly.

Zephyr was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, "Law, why don't you go find Vegapunk to change your body? With his skills, he could clone your old body and transfer your soul and memories over. The World Government has been gone for so many years, and you're still wearing that old man Grin's face. I almost thought it was still the Great Pirate Era."

The old man gave a bitter smile and shook his head, saying, "No, there's no need to transfer the soul. No matter what body it is, it's just a shell."

"You little rascal, you're starting to sound more and more like Bartholomew the Bear. What, are you going to become a priest with him?"

Zeguo stepped forward, punched Luo in an annoyed tone, and then laughed, "So, what are you waiting for me here for? Is that old bastard Zhan Guo missing me and wanting to drink with me again?"

Luo shook his head slightly, pursed his lips, reached into his pocket and took something out, then handed it to Zefa.

"What is this?" Zefa was stunned when he saw what Luo handed him, and then he froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

“Teacher Zephyr, Grandpa Sengoku asked me to give this to you. He said… he said he was sorry for you, that he promised to stay with you until the tide receded and the world saw a new dawn. But he really couldn’t hold on any longer, he…”

Luo lowered his head. "He said, Garp is gone, Tsuru is gone, Commander-in-Chief Kong is gone, Rorschach... Rorschach is gone too. He didn't want to see you leave before him one day; that would cause him great pain. So, so he went first. This pure gold is for you; perhaps it can increase your physical vitality and allow you to maintain the power of the Float-Float Fruit for a little longer..."

"enough!"

Zefa snatched the golden bead from Law's hand, and with a swift movement, he soared into the sky and vanished from Law's sight in the blink of an eye, leaving G5 Island.

He landed on the roof of an aerial train that was traveling in the air, and collapsed as if he had collapsed from exhaustion, staring blankly at the golden bead in his hand.

Zefa's tall body was hunched over, his vision blurred, and a hoarse, aged voice was squeezed out from deep in his throat.

"Sengoku, you selfish bastard!"

In a sea somewhere in the New World, towering waves crash against a small island surrounded by the ocean. People stare in despair at the massive waves that engulf their entire field of vision, and instinctively huddle together with their terrified and desperate relatives and friends.

The towering waves, like monstrous beasts swallowing the sky, rose from the sea and crashed down, threatening to devour all life on the island in one gulp.

At the critical moment, a striking white line spread across the sea, instantly expanding to cover the entire field of vision.

Accompanied by a continuous cracking sound, the towering waves that were falling from the sky suddenly froze a hundred meters away from the island, emitting a large amount of white frost.

"The waves have frozen." The islanders stared in astonishment at the epic scene before them, then, recovering from their shock and joy at escaping death, they hugged their loved ones, laughing and crying at the same time.

On the sea outside the island, a man with gray hair and a thin frame like a bamboo pole started his three-wheeled motorcycle, glanced at this place in the distance, and drove away with a fat penguin carrying a backpack.

"You're too heavy. If you don't lose weight, I'll throw you off the train."

"Squeak squeak squeak!" The penguin was a little angry, took off the backpack on its back, and pretended to throw it into the sea.

The thin man immediately raised his hands in surrender.

"Oh dear, I'm sorry, it was my fault, okay? There's a log pointer in my backpack. If we lose it, we'll be stuck here forever."

"Squeak squeak squeak!" The penguin angrily retracted its backpack and glared at the man.

The man scratched his head. "Alright, you're indispensable. I'll leave the backpack to you."

"Squeak squeak." The penguin finally calmed down and put its backpack back on its back.

And so, the three-wheeled motorcycle beneath the man traveled forward on the sea in a completely tilted position.

Somewhere on the red earth continent.

On the desolate land, hemispherical fortresses stand tall. Outside the fortresses, soldiers hurry back and forth, each carrying a flintlock pistol and a sword, their eyes filled with weariness.

This place is clearly a military base.

One day, a sentry standing guard at the entrance of the military base suddenly noticed a blurry figure at the edge of the desolate land. This unusual sight immediately alerted the sentry, who then sounded the alarm.

A sharp alarm blared across the base, and soon all the soldiers and highest-ranking officers stationed there were assembled at the base gate.

Two robust elderly men, each over three meters tall, stood at the forefront of the army, watching the figures gradually approaching at the edge of their line of sight.

"I didn't expect you to come alone. You don't take us seriously at all."