One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

Two more miniature explosive shells accurately hit the middle of the ship's hull.

Boom! Boom!

Explosions occurred one after another, and thick black smoke billowed into the air.

Damn it!

Sam leaped up, his sharp cat claws tearing at one of the drones.

But just as he was about to hit the target—

call out!

The drone suddenly accelerated, almost brushing past his scalp, then made a sharp turn, its cannon barrel repositioned.

"careful!"

Buzz suddenly pounced on Sam.

The bomb grazed their backs and exploded, the scorching blast sending them flying.

"Cough cough..."

Sam scrambled to his feet, and his expression finally changed as he looked at the wailing pirates and the burning flames on the deck.

"Retreat! Retreat first!"

The inexplicable attack completely disrupted their plans.

the other side.

V's prosthetic eye glowed rapidly with blue light, and on the brain-computer interface, high-definition images and thermal data transmitted in real time by the "Ghost Eye" reconnaissance drone were constantly being updated.

Luffy and his two companions were also dumbfounded.

They were still living in the era of cold weapons, and had never seen such high-tech things before!

Luffy's eyes lit up with envy, and he drooled with envy.

"VVV, is this the prosthetic body you were talking about!?"

"I definitely can't have one too!"

Luffy, who was initially quite reluctant to have a knife cut into his body, immediately changed his attitude after seeing how cool the drone was.

V shook his head regretfully.

"Sorry, Luffy."

"This prosthetic is too complex to operate; your brain is basically no longer compatible with this type of prosthetic."

Don't assume that as long as your brain-computer interface is high enough, you can install prosthetic bodies at will.

Brain-computer interface is only an auxiliary tool.

The one who truly controls and uses the prosthetic body is the cyborg himself.

As a prosthetics doctor, one of his responsibilities is to select the right prosthetic body for the right target.

Even a reckless guy like Luffy, after being equipped with the Split Wings, wouldn't necessarily become a cybernetic psychopath due to insufficient brain capacity.

However, operational errors that result in blowing up one's own people will likely occur from time to time.

"Eh—why is this happening!" Luffy puffed up his cheeks in disappointment, his rubber face looking like a balloon.

Zoro, who had already obtained the most suitable prosthetic body for himself, did not have much of a reaction.

He simply stared at the Black Cat Pirates in the distance and sighed.

"Sigh... I'll be a dog if I bet with V again!!!"

Even pirates who had escaped into the ship's cabin could not escape the thermal imaging capabilities of reconnaissance drones.

They fell to the ground one after another under the armor-piercing bullets carried by the armor-piercing bees.

"What happened?"

Inside the cabin, Zango, still asleep, was awakened by the noise outside.

But before he could even get up to check...

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

Four armor-piercing bullets instantly tore through layers of walls, accompanied by sharp whistles and flying wood chips, and suddenly shot into Zangogang's half-supported body.

A series of dull, penetrating sounds rang out.

Before Zango could even see where the attack came from, he was in excruciating pain in his limbs.

His right arm, left arm, right leg, and left leg were all hit precisely by the miniature explosives almost simultaneously!

"what--!!!"

A piercing scream erupted from inside the cabin.

Zango was slammed against the wall by the impact, then slid down and collapsed in a pool of blood.

He was overwhelmed by excruciating pain and dizziness.

Before his consciousness completely plunged into darkness, Zango could only see the faint outline of a black drone flickering outside the breach in the bulkhead.

"Why...why..."

Filled with endless confusion and resentment, the vice-captain of the Black Cat Pirates—Jango, with a bounty of 900 million Berries—completely fainted.

Chapter 20 Usopp and His 80 Million Subordinates

"Not bad~"

On the deck of the Black Cat Pirates' ship, V scanned the mountain of treasure, gunpowder, and food supplies that Nami was directing with his prosthetic eye and nodded approvingly.

He turned to look at Luffy and Zoro, who were both clearly annoyed, and grinned:

"A bet's a bet, you two."

"You're in charge of the restrooms from now on."

"Damn it!" Luffy puffed out his cheeks, looking indignant.

Zoro, with a dark expression, crossed his arms and remained silent, demonstrating his protest against V, a cheating referee.

"By the way, what should we do with these pirates?"

After looting the treasure, Nami pointed to about a dozen remnants of the Black Cat Pirates lying haphazardly on their nails, still breathing but unconscious.

V's cold gaze swept over those people, and he waved his hand with a smile:

"Tie it up for now, I'll need it later."

Nami, who has just joined, is unaware of the details of V's abilities.

Even a few mosquitoes are still meat.

Whether these guys use them to gain experience or exchange for trading points, it's a windfall for them.

As he spoke, he walked to the cabin door and looked down at Zango, who was unconscious with his limbs pierced.

"With this guy around, we can save ourselves a lot of arguments later."

V reached out and lightly pressed his hand against Zan Gao's chest.

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

"Yes."

Swish.

Zango disappeared from the spot and was taken to the ward in the operating room.

What awaits him is an ending even more terrifying than death.

……

……

A calm sea breeze swept across the East China Sea, and three ships sailed steadily on the water in a triangular formation.

"Maintain course, wind speed is stable, we are expected to arrive at the waters outside Xiluobu Village in two hours."

Nami stood on the lookout tower of the middle ship, issuing commands through the walkie-talkie V had given her.

Under her precise command, the three pirate ships maintained a neat triangular formation and sailed forward through the waves.

"At this speed, we can reach the shore before sunset," V's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Although they were delayed in Orange Town for a day, thanks to the speed of their sailboat, they still arrived at Sirob Village the day before the original timeline, just like in the original timeline.

Meanwhile, on the southern coast of Xiluobu village.

A boy with a long nose is lying on his back on the beach, enjoying a leisurely afternoon.

Three little heads peeked out from behind the rocks not far away.

The entire crew of the Usopp Pirates: Onion Head, Carrot Head, and Green Pepper Head.

The boy lying on the beach was none other than the legendary Usopp, known as the "bane of desperate situations"!

He is someone who can be considered on par with Buggy, one of the future Four Emperors!

"The captain is slacking off again."

"We agreed to practice the '8,000 troops charge' today!"

"Let's go scare him!"

Just as the three little ones were about to take action, Carrot Head suddenly stood on tiptoe and squinted at the sea.

The three black dots in the distance are rapidly increasing in size.

"What...what is that?"

Thanks to Usopp's training, the three little ones have eyes that are far beyond those of ordinary people.

Onion Head pulled out his worn-out monocular telescope from his pocket and brought it close to his eyes.

The next second, he shuddered, and the binoculars fell to the beach with a "thud".