One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

Bucky froze, then after a moment gritted his teeth and growled:

"You bastard... what do you want?!"

V straightened up, his gaze sweeping over the unconscious Nami beside him, then glancing at Kabaji and Mochi groaning in the ruins, before finally settling on Buggy's face:

"It's very simple."

"I'm very interested in your Devil Fruit ability, and I need your cooperation in conducting an experiment."

"This experiment may make you stronger, and it's not impossible for you to defeat Shanks and surpass the Pirate King Roger in the future."

"Of course, the more likely scenario is that it will kill you outright!"

"Now...make your decision?"

"Should I just fall here, or risk everything and take one more gamble?"

"Defeat Shanks? Surpass Captain Roger?"

Bucky looked at V with disdain, as if he had heard something out of the blue.

"Are you kidding me?"

"I've seen countless arrogant brats like you who don't know their place!"

"Really?"

V's voice suddenly turned cold.

He raised his right hand, fingers spread, palm facing Bucky.

The next second, the skin on my palm cracked open, and a slender silver probe slowly extended out, its tip gleaming with a faint blue light.

"Let me put it another way: if you cooperate, the process will be faster and less painful. If you refuse..."

A tiny arc of electricity crackled across the tip of the probe.

"I don't mind using some forceful methods."

"After all, I have plenty of patience and time!"

A blinding blue-white arc of electricity suddenly erupted from the probe in V's palm, striking Bucky precisely in the neck.

"Whoa—!"

"You boy—!"

Bucky convulsed violently, his red nose twisted and deformed in the electric current, and his eyes rolled back.

In less than three seconds, his head lolled to the side and he completely lost consciousness.

"Luffy, Zoro, find me some sturdy ropes and thick cloth, the more the better." V put away the probe, turned around and ordered, "This guy's ability is troublesome, we need to wrap him up tightly, so that his hands and feet don't have a chance to 'split' and escape."

"Got it!" Luffy swung his rubber arm, which stretched out and wrapped around half of the sail rope in the distance. "Will this work?"

Zoro frowned as he surveyed the surrounding ruins, using his scabbard to pry open the broken planks and pull out a few severed cables and a piece of oil-stained canvas: "We'll have to make do with this."

"But V... what exactly do you want to do to him with that 'experiment' you just mentioned?"

V took the rope and, while skillfully binding Bucky's arms behind his back, casually replied:

"Scientific research benefits the public."

"If everything goes well, you will be very lucky in the future."

He smiled mysteriously: "Perhaps I can help you gain Devil Fruit abilities without any side effects!"

"What?" Luffy and Zoro were both startled.

The former suffered greatly from the side effects of Devil Fruits, while the latter was deeply attracted by the power of Devil Fruits.

The world's greatest swordsman can do without a Devil Fruit ability.

But if there is a shortcut to achieve one's ambitions more quickly, naturally no one would refuse it.

V moved with lightning speed, first wrapping Buggy from head to toe in a canvas like a mummy, leaving only his nostrils open to breathe, then reinforcing it with layers of rope, finally tying a knot, and casually tossing it next to the stone slab where Nami was lying.

After doing all this, V stood up and slowly scanned the surrounding ruins with his gaze.

Amidst the charred ruins, faint groans could be heard.

The Buggy Pirates members who survived the explosion but were seriously injured and unconscious were lying scattered among the rubble, unattended.

A cold yet pleased smile gradually appeared on V's lips.

"Luffy, Zoro, keep looking for survivors." His voice was calm, but it carried a chilling excitement. "Bring all the pirates who are still alive here."

"Okay!" The two nodded excitedly, seemingly already immersed in the promise V had made.

In the following period, V entered a highly efficient and grueling "work mode".

Whenever Luffy or Zoro drags an unconscious pirate over, V crouches down and places one hand on the pirate's chest.

[Ding! A critically injured patient has been detected who has fallen into a coma. Should we contain them?]

"Yes."

Swish—the figure vanished and was taken into the control room.

Under the cold lights of cyberspace, V transforms into the most efficient surgeon and butcher.

The robotic arm swung, the medicine was injected, the wound was sutured, and the vital signs stabilized—the system notification sounded as expected, indicating the acquisition of experience points.

The notification sounds were like a pleasant concerto, and V's smile deepened as his hands moved faster and faster.

Pirates were sent in batches, only to be sent out as spare parts and trade points.

Although the scraps of these Buggy Pirates are all at the lowest energy level of Tier 1, even if they were brought back to life, they wouldn't gain much experience points.

But as the saying goes, little by little, much will add up.

As the sun sets, its orange-red afterglow spills across the desolate town of Orange.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

When the last remaining outcast pirate disappeared from V's palm, the entire Orange Town fell into complete silence.

There were no more groans amidst the ruins, only the evening breeze carrying the smell of burning as it swept across the empty streets.

Inside the control room.

V straightened up, the blue light in his eyes dimmed slightly, and he let out a long sigh.

Immediately, the corners of his mouth turned up sharply: "It's done."

In the system interface,

[Experience points +45]

Current experience points: 1024

[Conditions met, level up!]

Congratulations on your promotion to: Tier 2 Prosthetic Doctor

Following the promotion notification, a series of small text messages began to pop up in the lower right corner of the system interface:

[Operating Room Access Upgrade: Tier 2 Surgical Module Unlocked]

[New Feature: High-end multifunctional operating table (integrated with microsurgical arm, laser cutting/welding unit, and real-time 3D biological tissue imaging)]

[Number of wards expanded: increased to 3]

[Prosthetic Body Shop Permissions Upgraded]

[Unlocked: Access to purchase Tier 2 cybernetic bodies, materials, and weapons]

V looked at the refreshed interface in front of him, and the smile on his lips became more and more pronounced.

"Finally promoted!"

He suppressed the excitement surging within him, and with a slight thought, immediately opened the [Prosthetic Body Shop].

After the interface was refreshed, a prominent "2nd-order prosthetic body" label appeared in the category bar.

V quickly swiped through the various newly added enhancement modules and weapon components, finally settling on the nervous system category—

[Deep Diver-Type II Cerebral Cortical Array]

[Level: 2]

[Structure: A mesh array composed of several micron-sized flexible electrode pads, implanted close to the surface of the cerebral cortex and accessed through micropores in the skull to achieve a direct physical connection with the central nervous system.]

【特性：神经响应延迟降低至0.5ms（1阶神经贴为3ms），义体承载上限提升至3个3阶组件或1个四阶组件。】

Price: 600 Trading Points

"It's up to you!"

A blue light flashed in V's eyes, and he confirmed the redemption without hesitation.

Chapter 15 Holy crap! Box! (Happy New Year~!)

A blue glow suddenly gathered in V's palm.

In the blink of an eye, a silver mesh chip, no bigger than a fingernail and as thin as a cicada's wing, appeared in his hand.

Its surface is covered with fine, dark blue patterns, and hundreds of almost invisible micro-tentacles extend from its edges—these are biocompatible interfaces used to connect to neurons in the cerebral cortex.

"Compared to the first-order external neural patch, is the second-order brain-computer interface directly implanted into the brain?"

"I wonder if Zoro would be willing to let me make a hole in him and put something in there."

V pinched the chip, feeling a cool metallic texture and a slight magnetic attraction between his fingertips.

After a moment's thought, he decided not to drill a hole in Zoro's head for the time being.

It's not that V thinks the surgery is dangerous.

The moment he became a Tier 2 prosthetic doctor, his brain and body were simultaneously flooded with a large amount of knowledge and muscle memory.

A mere craniotomy?

For him, it was even easier than figuring out how much soy sauce to use when eating dumplings to achieve the perfect level of saltiness.

V glanced at his remaining 3600 trading points and felt both regretful and relieved.