One Piece: True Several Thousand Hands, rampaging across Marineford!

Kahn hesitated slightly, but still introduced himself, "Kahn, this is Dr. Asie, the scientist who invented pure gold more than a hundred years ago."

"It's Dr. Asie?!"

Vegapunk became even more excited and said, "I've heard so much about Dr. Asie. I happen to have some questions I need to discuss with someone."

"Wait a moment."

Kahn interrupted, "Are you really Vegapunk?"

"Without a doubt."

Vegapunk introduced himself: "I am a Brain-Brain Fruit user, and all the knowledge I possess can be stored in my brain, which is why my brain is so big."

"The Brain-Brain Fruit allows me to memorize all knowledge without limit. The more data in my brain, the bigger my head grows. In addition, my innate genius mind causes the data in my brain to expand infinitely, thus creating the largest brain in the world, and it is still growing."

"..."

Kahn had no interest in learning about Vegapunk.

He cares more about the value Vegapunk can create for himself and for the world.

“Kahn, I know you, including what you want to do. The World Government is a huge organization, especially the Marine Headquarters, where there are many people who understand me.”

"But in the end I chose you because you are rich, powerful, and have great potential."

"I know you're all eager to know about the Void Century, but it's just a hypothesis, though it can be considered a fact. A highly civilized kingdom in the past fought against the Twenty Kingdoms, and that period of history is the Void Century. The Twenty Kingdoms emerged victorious, and afterwards they established a world government and created the world we know today."

"To prevent anyone from inheriting the ideas of that kingdom, they decided to erase it entirely from history."

"..."

Vegapunk revealed the truth as he knew it.

Asie was taken aback.

He was a scientist, not a historian. Few people knew the truth and history of the Void Century, and suddenly he heard a hypothesis from Vegapunk.

Asie was in shock.

"There's no need to know these things. The winner takes all, and the loser is condemned."

Kahn said, "Back then, that huge kingdom had no idea of ​​unification, and it was normal for it to take a different path and be defeated by the Twenty Kingdoms. It's just that the world didn't get better; instead, it got worse."

"The world government is full of guys who abuse their power."

"..."

In recent years, with the emergence of external enemies, the situation has changed, and the World Government has changed its behavior. Even many of the Celestial Dragons' evil deeds have been brought under control. This is not achieved through words, but through strength, through repeated killings and bloodshed.

This is why Kahn did not approve of Queen Otohime's ideas.

He once disagreed with Miller's extremism, Dragon's conservatism and naivety, and he would never have agreed with the idea that Otohime was sick.

How Fish-Man Island decides to rely on the World Government and gain its own status is their business. Time will tell whether this is a mistake or not. The experiences of the past few hundred years have not been able to erase Queen Otohime's belief.

Let Fishman Island be completely destroyed under the World Government's attack. Perhaps then Queen Otohime will realize that she made a mistake and feel remorse.

Do not!

Kahn didn't have high expectations for Queen Otohime. He thought that if nothing happened to those around her, it would only be the other low-level fishmen who got into trouble. She would just spend all her time promoting her love and dreams.

I'm afraid Fishman Island will be destroyed.

As long as Neptune and her family are still alive, enjoying royal power on Fish-Man Island and being adored by its inhabitants, she probably won't have a single regret and will continue to be a saint.

"Kahn."

Vegapunk asked, "You seem to be distracted by something else. Is there something or someone interesting that's drawing your attention?"

"Not interesting at all."

Kahn sighed, "I really can't agree with some people's thoughts, opinions, and ideas. There are extremely few individuals whose thoughts and ideas I simply can't understand, nor do I want to understand."

"That's just how people are."

Vegapunk laughed and said, "We humans are extremely complex thinkers. Everyone has different ideas and beliefs, and some people's thoughts and behaviors are always hard for others to understand. Your ideas are the more interesting kind. I'm very curious whether you can succeed and become a leader who makes the world a better place."

Don't praise me so casually.

Kahn refused, saying, "I don't want to be praised to death. The consequences of excessive praise are not good. It is precisely because the World Government is too high and mighty and has been able to act recklessly for hundreds of years without any external enemies that it has made a mess of the world."

"Kahn."

Vegapunk described his ingenious invention: "I created six clones, who share a brain with me. They each possess the elements I need, and six people are definitely stronger than one."

“They synchronize their data once a day, and it’s all stored in my brain’s warehouse. I have an idea: to take out my own brain and make it the brain warehouse for Punk Records.”

"Because of their different personalities and tasks, each experiment has its own value, and they are the precious assets I have created."

"A shared brain repository, do you think you can understand that? This concept is similar to the internet idea you're using to build your Observation Haki, which accelerates the flow of knowledge and information, deepens connections and exchanges, and prevents ordinary people around the world from being separated."

"..."

Vegapunk described his brain repository in detail, asking Kahn to interpret it as the Internet or a public library.

Imagine that his brain can connect with anyone in the world.

That would be equivalent to all of humanity possessing Vegapunk's knowledge.

Kahn wasn't interested in such things and didn't want to try connecting his consciousness to Vegapunk's brain; he didn't want his consciousness to get stuck in some weird place.

Vegapunk was a scientist who would do many unimaginable things for the sake of scientific progress.

"Do you know what I want to do most? I'm always researching anything I want to research, and even now new ideas are still popping up everywhere, so even if you give me a lot of time, money, and manpower, it's still far from enough."

Vegapunk's expression grew increasingly fanatical as he declared, "One day I will use the power of science to create a world where energy is abundant without any cost!"

"The world is rich in energy. If we can convert it into visible power, we can eliminate a major source of war from this world. One day, science will be able to do this."

"..."

Vegapunk spoke of his ideals.

"Human greed is endless. Your idea is good, but once the technology is developed, the World Government will monopolize it and will not give other people or other forces the opportunity to possess the technology."

Kahn poured cold water on the idea, saying, "You can't prove that it's your technology. Once the World Government gets that kind of technology, they'll just keep it for themselves and won't share the energy."

"The world has never lacked energy and resources."

"..."

Knowledge, energy, and resources are in the hands of a very small number of people who would rather waste them than share them with the common people.

"That's why I chose you."

Vegapunk explained his biggest reason for making that choice.

"Vegapunk".

Kahn asked, "What interests me more is the things you've invented, or whether you can create Devil Fruits, or even understand the essence of Devil Fruits. Can you tell me about your research on Devil Fruits?"

"Do you want to know about research on Devil Fruits?"

Vegapunk pondered for a moment, "As we all know, there are three major systems of Devil Fruits: Paramecia, Zoan, and Logia. Among them, it is very difficult for Logia users to awaken their Devil Fruit abilities."

"Generally speaking, it's all about the awakening of Paramecia and Zoan types. Every Devil Fruit user who awakens their Devil Fruit will experience a significant increase in strength and gain all sorts of incredible abilities."

"..."

Kahn stopped Vegapunk from continuing and asked, "I only want to know one thing: do Devil Fruits possess their own consciousness?"

"Devil Fruits are manifestations of will; they don't manipulate people's consciousness, so you don't need to worry about that."

"Let me explain it to you like this: as long as a person has expectations, the will of the Devil Fruit will always exist. All things in this world are born out of expectations, and the same is true for Devil Fruits."

"The so-called Devil Fruits are the possibility that humans hope to evolve. If only we could do that, if only we could become like this. These wishes are designed in many ways and gradually give birth to the abilities that humans will have in the future."

"But these unnatural evolutions have incurred the wrath of Mother Ocean, and have been living in the world burdened by the punishment of the sea. The so-called ability users are the powers that someone once longed for and desired, and the abilities that he, who lived in multiple dimensions, evolved in the future."

"Of course, these are just my hypotheses."

Vegapunk shared his theory about Devil Fruits.

Does the underworld exist in this world?

Kahn asked, "I've heard of people being resurrected by Devil Fruit powers, and others seeing the underworld before they die. Are there beings similar to gods?"

"I have never thought about whether God exists or not."

Vegapunk looked slightly flustered as he replied, "Interesting, isn't it? I'm a scientist who pursues science, not a believer in God."

"..."

Kahn did not press the matter further.

Vegapunk was starting to panic.

This shows that there are indeed some things in this world that even he cannot explain.

It's likely that even Vegapunk personally verified the information about the underworld.

Kahn, along with Yamato, Lach, and others, stayed in the Kingdom of Drum for a while. During this time, he visited Gureva and traveled around the Kingdom of Drum, witnessing the changes that had taken place there in recent years.

As for Olga, she was sent to school.

This child, who is over a hundred years old, is still extremely unwilling. Sure enough, not many children like school buildings. Children like Yamato who love learning are extremely rare.

Most children are naturally playful and resistant to learning.

Fortunately, Yamato helped.

Olga reluctantly agreed to go to school and learn various kinds of knowledge.

Dr. Asie and Vegapunk had a very pleasant conversation, and the two enthusiastically began researching energy conversion technology, determined to discover unlimited energy and end the war in this world.

Kahn, however, hoped that they could develop wireless energy.

Even if he can't end the war in this world, with him around, he can first overthrow the world government, establish a new order, and use wireless energy to transform the entire world.

They will likely create a world that is even better than they imagined.

Monopoly of wireless energy.

Kahn would absolutely not allow that to happen.

after a while.

Shiki the Golden Lion, who was carrying out his plans in the East Blue, sent an urgent message: he had discovered that Garp, who was acting suspiciously, was raising two children, one of whom might be Roger's child.