One Piece: Start Collecting Nicolo

Caesar said sincerely, "I'm not a pirate, but I'm sailing with the goal of overthrowing the Celestial Dragons. I'm currently in need of a ship's doctor, and to be honest, I'm very interested in you."

"You like the surgery fruit, right?"

Luo said indifferently, not believing what Caesar said.

"Strictly speaking, I'm attracted to you, who possesses the power of the Operation Fruit and was raised under the guidance of Rosinante and Dr. Wolf."

Caesar said cheerfully, "Although I'm short of manpower, I don't want just any scumbag."

"Do you know Rocinante?"

"Baby5 is my woman. Of course, I snatched her from Doflamingo."

"That annoying guy..."

Luo's tone sounded a little disgusted.

He and baby5 have known each other since childhood. He was trained by the Don Quixote family and taught various abilities such as combat and assassination.

At that time, he was still a little brat full of resentment who wanted to take revenge on the whole world.

"How about it? Wanna talk?"

Caesar said calmly, "If you're willing, I'll wait for you on Swallow Island. If you're not willing, I'll leave right away. Don't worry, I won't embarrass this old man."

Hearing this, there was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds.

"I can work with you!"

"Excuse me, but you are not qualified to cooperate with me right now."

Caesar shook his head slightly. "The Operation Fruit is powerful, but it's not invincible. You should be well aware of this. You wouldn't be able to resist Doflamingo right now. Even if you were given a few more years, you wouldn't be his match."

"Can you beat him?" Luo asked.

"I can beat him to death..."

Caesar scoffed. "That guy isn't top-tier, and wouldn't even rank in the top five among the Imperial Corps officers. But with your talent and abilities, you'll definitely be able to defeat him in a dozen years. Even if you can't, you'll be able to outlast him, right?"

"You...you speak so harshly."

Luo was a little depressed, but Wolf was right next to Caesar. Although he was a little unhappy, he did not dare to offend Caesar easily.

"In that case, wait for me. I will rush back as quickly as possible, probably in about a week."

"it is good…"

After hanging up, Caesar handed the phone to Dr. Wolfe: "Thank you, Doctor."

"No...it's just a phone call."

Wolf looked at Caesar hesitantly: "You...really won't force that child?"

"Everyone has their own aspirations, and I won't force them."

Caesar shook his head. He already had a ship doctor named Zeus. Although his ability was not enough when he first went to sea, people would grow. At most, when he passed by the Drum Kingdom, he could abduct Chopper as well.

The reason why Caesar invited Law, in addition to his character and personality, was that what he valued most was the spatial ability of the Ope no Mi, which had quite practical strategic value.

In comparison, he thinks any anti-aging surgery is of no value at all.

Anti-aging surgery is not immortality surgery.

He himself is immortal, not to mention that there is pure gold in this world.

Judging from the state of the little girl in the Heart of Gold special, a grain of pure gold the size of a rice is enough to allow a person to live for tens of thousands of years easily!

There is pure gold the size of an ostrich egg in the belly of that big lantern fish!

"That's good…"

Wolfe sighed: "I hope you can do what you say."

"What kind of scientist is the doctor?" Caesar asked curiously.

"I'm doing mechanical research."

Wolfe puffed out his chest and said, "I'm an expert in this field! I built that kid Luo's submarine!"

"Where's Vegapunk?"

"That's incomparable... That guy ate the Brain-Brain Fruit. Whether it's thinking or calculation, it's beyond the reach of an ordinary person like me."

Wolfe snorted, seemingly unconvinced. "We occasionally have academic exchanges. His abilities... are indeed slightly better than mine, but he's a versatile talent with in-depth research in various fields."

Caesar smiled and said, "It seems that all of you scholars have contacts with each other?"

"Of course, nothing can be achieved by working in isolation. Only by verifying each other can we make continuous progress."

Speaking of scientific research, Wolfe suddenly became interested and said, shaking his head, "Although our Beihai is a bit chaotic, our technological level is definitely top-notch. Where is your hometown, young man?"

Caesar smiled and said, "I'm from Rogge Town in the East Sea."

"The place where it begins and ends..."

Wolfe looked at Caesar curiously, thinking that there must be some legend about this place.

"Compared to the North Sea, the technological level of the East Sea is much lower, but our environment is very good and the security level is also okay." Caesar said happily.

Don’t look at the original plot, where Luffy fought everyone from Buggy to Arlong, but they were all the top pirates in the East China Sea. There were only a few of them in the entire East China Sea, and they were all beaten by Luffy.

Under normal circumstances, the pirate level of the East China Sea is only a few million, which is the level of that fat woman Alrita.

Pirates of this caliber wouldn't dare sail along important shipping lanes, and could only roam in remote areas. (In the second chapter of the original manga, Luffy defeats Alrita from her base camp. Nami doesn't appear, just him and Coby. Alrita is truly miserable.)

"Speaking of which... Doctor, have you ever been to Sky Island?" Caesar asked with a smile.

"I've never been there, but I've heard of it."

Wolfe said, "I have a few friends who are doing research in this area. They live on a small island in the Grand Line and specialize in meteorological research."

"A bunch of little old guys dressed like wizards?"

"Oh? It looks like you've been there before?"

Wolf was very happy: "What a pity, I have never been to Sky Island. We met at a technology seminar invited by Vegapunk."

"Doctor, do you want to go to Sky Island and take a look?" The smile on Caesar's face became more and more obvious.

"When…uh?"

Wolfe was stunned for two seconds, then his eyes bulged out: "Huh? Are you even going to take advantage of me, an old man?!"

"The legendary Golden City is on Sky Island, and it also has quite advanced Bei technology. If we can get there, I guess any scale of scientific research can be realized, right?"

Caesar supported his chin with a look of longing.

Wolfe's heart was moved, without even a second of hesitation, his heart was moved!

Who in scientific research doesn't want sufficient funding? And then there's the Bei Technology Caesar mentioned, which sounds like a departure from the existing scientific and technological system.

How could he, a mechanic, resist such temptation?

Wolfe glared at him. "Are you serious? You're not saying this just to get Luo on board? I don't have many years left to live. If you lie to me, I'll really die in front of you!"

"There's no need to get so excited..."

Caesar laughed. "I do want to set up a research department, and I plan to invite Mr. Vegapunk along."

"Vegapunk..."

Wolf sighed softly, "I remember that he is now under the control of the World Government. He is not so easy to kidnap. At least he will not go with you voluntarily. He is a good guy. I hope you don't make it too difficult for him."

"Don't worry, I'm confident enough."

Caesar is confident and is just waiting for Punk Hazard to explode.

Whenever there was an explosion over there, he would fly directly to Egg Head Island and bring the people back without anyone noticing.

By the time the World Government comes to their senses, I'm afraid he'll have already sold all the Seraphim...

"Then it's settled! Doctor, you and Luo will board my ship together!"

"Who told you it was a deal?!"

Wolfe's face darkened. Although he was indeed tempted, he had not agreed yet!

Whether to follow or not depends on Luo's choice.

Over the years, he has treated Luo as his own child.

If Luo didn't join, he wouldn't leave with Caesar, so as not to make the other party worry.

Scientific research or something...

Although he is very tempted, he is already too old, and it would be best if there are conditions to support him in research and development, but he will not force it if there are no such conditions.

Caesar looked at Wolfe with a smile.

Recruiting Wolfe was another purpose for him to come here.

Caesar is going to form a scientific research team!

During this period, not to mention the Seraph, even the Pacifist was not created.

If only we could get it done earlier...

To be honest, Caesar wanted to build a Yamato Seraph first.

Chapter 95 Luo Laoliu

"Since the target is still a week away, I'll give everyone a break this week!"

Back on the boat, Caesar announced to everyone.

"Swallow Island is a famous tourist destination in Beihai. If you're interested, you can go and explore the island. But remember, girls should go in groups of at least two!"

"Ohhhh! Hail Caesar!"

A group of young people cheered together. They had not been to the island properly since leaving Kokoasi Village. The longest time they had been to the island was when they were looking for the Flame-Flame Fruit. They did go to the island once a few days ago to look for Yixiao, but they didn't stay there for long.

"Yamato, baby5, sister Robin!"

Nami greeted the three girls and said excitedly, "Let's go shopping? How about buying some new clothes?"

"Well…"

Yamato looked down at his white kimono with blue patterns and said, "My clothes are not torn yet!"

"Hey hey..."

Nami's mouth twitched. What a hard life this child had lived before.

She turned her eyes and glanced at Caesar: "Captain, your boyfriend is really not doing his job, is he?"

"I've been in a hurry lately, so my schedule is a bit tight."

Caesar laughed helplessly. "After leaving Wano Country, we only stayed in Rogue Town for a few days at most. But we had just set sail at that time and didn't think too much about it. This time is a good opportunity to make up for it! Besides..."

Caesar snapped his fingers, and with a dull bang, a large suitcase appeared out of thin air.

"That's 100 million Baileys, 10 million for each of the ten people."

"Ten million?!"

Nami's eyes flashed: "Long live the captain! Ahahaha~"

"Is this... a bit too much?"

Big Bear's honest face was full of hesitation: "Bonnie and I don't need so much money, just some clothes and snacks."

Caesar waved his hand: "Then keep it for now."

"Ooooh! Ten million!"

Deuce rubbed his chin, thinking. "Let me think. I'm planning on buying some books, some clothes, and maybe some shipbuilding materials. Speaking of which, it's time to get the flame-powered ship on the agenda."

"I have the best wood here, you just need to buy some parts." Caesar reminded.

"The top?"

Deuce was a little curious: "Is it redwood?"

"This is the Adam wood, a precious tree that grows in the land of giants. One tree fetches hundreds of millions on the black market."

Caesar said in a playful tone, "Incidentally, the only ship to have conquered the Grand Line, Pirate King Roger's Ole Jackson, was built with this wood."