Chapter 277: Undead Mech
The sky was azure and clear, with a few thick, cottony clouds. On the rippling sea, a seagull streaked past the slowly sailing Merry.
On the deck, Reiner lay in a starfish position on the lawn with his eyes closed. Chopper lay in the same position on Reiner's chest.
"So comfy~~" ×2
The sea breeze blew gently. The warm sun on this beautiful day made the man and the deer show expressions of enjoyment.
A day had passed since they had parted ways with Ace and the others.
Unsurprisingly, they had set out on the course stubborn Luffy had chosen. Not long after the Whitebeard Pirates left, they set sail for Dressrosa.
From what Ace and Marco had said yesterday, Dressrosa had also undergone some changes, big and small, after the Summit War.
What caught Reiner's attention slightly was the man who had become a new Warlord after the war, who called himself Whitebeard Jr.—
Edward Weevil.
He had taken over Doflamingo's position and controlled Dressrosa...
The specific details of how this came to be were probably very complicated.
What Reiner remembered was that the Donquixote Family's loyalty to Doflamingo was extremely high.
Although people's hearts are unpredictable, the possibility of that group serving another master was not high, let alone a fool.
It was all because the plot after the Dressrosa arc in the original work was too draggy. Reiner had long since stopped keeping up with it. After letting it pile up, he had forgotten where to continue reading.
He was relying entirely on the "homework helper" to continue the story for Oda.
If it weren't for Ace and Marco's explanation, he wouldn't have even remembered such a person.
According to Marco, ever since their Pops passed away, a duo had suddenly appeared on the seas, continuously attacking Whitebeard's territory.
Besides Weevil, there was also a woman who claimed to be the love of Whitebeard's life, Miss Bakkin, whose real name was [Buckingham Stussy].
Relying on a vague impression, Reiner did remember this old woman, who was once one of the core members of the Rocks Pirates, the rulers of the sea.
One of the six emperors of the underworld, the Queen of the Pleasure Quarter, whose true identity was a CP0 spy, Stussy, was a clone of Bakkin.
He didn't know how Bakkin and the Donquixote Family got together, but on second thought, the Donquixote Family could actually be considered Kaido's forces.
Kaido and Miss Bakkin were old acquaintances from their time on the Rocks Pirates' ship. Although he didn't know what their relationship was like, it wasn't strange for them to cooperate, as long as they had common interests.
Miss Bakkin loved money and could use the Donquixote's existing business chain to rake it in.
Kaido could also continue to sell Wano Country's Seastone at high prices and keep the funding for Dressrosa's artificial Devil Fruit factory running normally.
For the two of them, cooperation was a win-win.
According to Ace and Marco, the current king of Dressrosa was Weevil.
But that was just using the name of a Warlord to make him the king on the surface. The real person in power was probably Miss Bakkin behind him.
Although this old woman loved money, she had some brains and was good at intelligence work. And Weevil was rumored to have strength no less than that of a young Whitebeard.
That was probably also the reason Kaido was able to cooperate with her. The two of them together were indeed enough to support Doflamingo's huge industry.
As for the Donquixote Family, Ace and the others didn't know them too well. Reiner, on the other hand, knew that this group's feelings for Doflamingo were very deep.
It was probably due to pressure from Kaido, or some other factor, that they had reached a cooperation with Miss Bakkin.
He was too lazy to guess the ins and outs. Anyway, they were just a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Even Weevil, he didn't think could really compare to Whitebeard.
"Big Mom, Kaido, Bakkin, the Gura Gura Fruit, and the Fuwa Fuwa Fruit..."
"They're all remnants of the Rocks Pirates."
Reiner opened his eyes and looked at the sky calmly.
It was truly the most luxurious lineup in the history of pirate crews. Any one of them could attract the attention of the entire world.
He couldn't help but think of Elder Nyon on Kuja Island back then, who seemed to have also been on the Rocks Pirates' ship.
They were all great beauties in their youth with Big Mom and Stussy. When they got older, they all turned into ugly misfits.
"Hah~~"
Reiner let out a long yawn, stretched his limbs, and closed his eyes again.
Squeak~~
The floor door under the main mast was lifted open, and Franky, who had just finished the ship's maintenance work, climbed out from inside.
"Yo, it's rare to see you so leisurely. Not training today, Reiner?"
"Ah~, I've hit a bottleneck in my training recently. The training I can do on the ship basically can't bring me any improvement."
Reiner spoke lazily and carelessly. "After all, no matter how sturdy the Merry is, its capacity is still limited."
"What a monster you are."
Franky smiled and suggested, "Want to try becoming a cyborg like me?"
"Dame~" (No~)
Reiner didn't mince his words at all and said with a look of disgust, "A tin can is too weak. Who would progress downwards?"
"Aha?!"
Franky immediately flared up, his hair standing on end like spikes. He glared and roared, "The strength of machinery carries the romance of a man! What the hell do you know, you bastard!"
"Alright, alright," Reiner waved his hand nonchalantly. "You still couldn't beat Jinbe, could you?"
"Speaking of which..."
Thump!
"Ouch!"
Reiner pushed himself up from the lawn. Chopper had unexpectedly fallen off him and gotten a big bump.
Ignoring the starry-eyed Chopper, Reiner turned to Franky and asked:
"I didn't see the mech yesterday. What's up? Didn't you use it when you fought Jinbe?"
"You mean that?"
Franky knew what he was talking about. Two years ago, Reiner had proposed an idea, and Usopp had helped draw a design sketch for a mech.
In the two years Franky had spent at Vegapunk's old home, he had also devoted himself to studying the technology left behind there.
But.
"Sigh~~, unfortunately, it's still in a semi-finished state."
Franky sighed with disappointment. "There are no problems with the other aspects. The main thing is that its defense is a bit weak. There's no suitable material."
"It needs to be hard enough, have great toughness, and also be able to adapt to the temperatures of various environments."
Pop!
Franky opened a bottle of cola, took a sip, and sat down. "I really can't find a better material. Recently, I've even started researching and am preparing to smelt an alloy myself."
"Is that so..."
Reiner frowned and rubbed his chin. Isn't there something called Wapol Metal?
Now that Franky mentioned it, Reiner remembered. Wapol was dead, so where would Wapol Metal come from?
He hadn't thought of this before. He had inadvertently sunk a stinking fish that would have contributed to the world into the sea.
Doesn't that mean my beloved Gundam is gone just like that?
Reiner scratched his head sheepishly, but suddenly two more ideas popped up.
He remembered that in the Egghead arc, the third-generation Pacifistas appeared, which could use a bubble shield defensive move, but their performance seemed average.
More importantly, it would be ages before they got to Egghead.
As for the other idea...
"Is it feasible to modify an undead?"
Reiner's sudden words made Franky freeze for a moment, a little unable to react to his idea.
"After the Summit War two years ago, I collected some templates from the Whitebeard Pirates. This one is from Diamond Jozu."
Reiner waved his hand and summoned a large undead. He continued, "Anyway, you're a cyborg yourself. Modifying an undead shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
"This idea is a bit too..."
Franky's mouth was slightly agape in surprise. He looked at the undead standing beside him and fell into deep thought.
Never mind modifying an undead, your Schrödinger's dad is a modified Brachiosaurus. Reiner glanced at him nonchalantly and added:
"In terms of hardness, Jozu's template is definitely enough. And the undead's joints can be twisted at will, so it has flexibility too."
"Although it's not a memory alloy, the damage the undead receives can be repaired by me. You just discuss with Chopper how to modify it, and I'll shape it."
"Also, for the drive system, we can use my stamina combined with your cola. I only need to give the undead simple commands, and with the internal mechanical structure, you can control it. This way, I can reduce my consumption and don't need to be distracted."
Reiner smiled. "However, without my control, the undead's performance will be a bit clumsy. It will depend on whether your modification technology and control can make up for this."
Actually, Reiner had had this idea for a long time. Gradually, fewer and fewer of the large number of undead he had were useful.
It would be good to modify some of the unused ones into undead mechs. Relying on semi-'artificial' and semi-intelligent commands, Franky could create a flood of steel.
Especially the laser technology it would be equipped with. Its attack power was still very strong. Even Big Mom, known as the 'iron balloon', wouldn't easily take it head-on.
At that time, with lasers shooting all over the sky, the great mech era would be directly opened.
"—Hiss!"
Franky's hands trembled. A pair of fiery eyes stared deadly at the undead. He said excitedly:
"How did you come up with this SUPER perverted idea? I'm so excited I'm about to pee, you bastard!"
Putting other things aside, just Jozu's template alone made a large number of plans surge in his mind.
Lasers, beam sabers, a whole shining diamond mech...
"Wait a minute! I'll go and design it first!"
Franky couldn't contain his excitement. He shouted, lifted the lid on the floor, and eagerly drilled back into his laboratory.
"Reiner, what's wrong with Franky?"
Usopp, who was passing by, shouldered his fishing rod and looked at the lid on the deck with a bewildered expression.
"Him?"
Reiner lay back down on the lawn and said carelessly, "He said he was so excited he had to go pee."
Usopp: "..."
So perverted. As expected of a pervert.
(End of chapter)
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