Feeling the Chakra within her body, Nico Robin instinctively reached out. Clear water immediately flowed from the laboratory sink, swirling around her hand before freezing into an ice ball.
"Ice Release, this is true Ice Release! How is this possible? She actually awakened Ice Release!"
The Snow Ninja standing behind Vegapunk stared with wide eyes, his entire body going numb with shock! Was Ice Release really this easy to awaken? Was he dreaming?
"Be quiet! Do not disturb Lord Vegapunk!" Hancock frowned and gave a cold snort. The Snow Ninja immediately shut his mouth. All Snow Ninja were utterly terrified of this 'Petrifying Witch' who had already gained a formidable reputation in the Land of Snow.
"Alright, Hancock, this chakra seed is for you!" Vegapunk handed over another chakra seed. "The power of Ice Release is indeed very suitable for a Devil Fruit User. Although the seawater in this world doesn't suppress Devil Fruits, once we return to our original world, the utility of Ice Release will be immense."
The water cycle in the Naruto World lacks the factors that suppress Devil Fruits, so Devil Fruit Users have no natural weakness here. However, in the One Piece World, Ice Release is far more convenient; at least one wouldn't have to worry about falling into the sea and drowning.
In the Marineford War, the highest-stakes battle of the One Piece World, it seemed like Akainu was the MVP. In reality, without Aokiji's Chilly-Chilly Fruit, the Marine wouldn't have even considered facing off against Whitebeard—with a single sea quake, the fodder would be wiped out, and seventy to eighty percent of the main Devil Fruit User forces would be incapacitated. Under such circumstances, Sengoku would have to be insane to provoke Whitebeard.
"Ahhh, Lord Vegapunk gave me a gift, I'm so happy! Is this a proposal? This must be a proposal!"
Hancock shouted while hugging Vegapunk, nuzzling him incessantly as if she were holding a doll.
"Hancock, I must remind you that laying hands on the Boss in his current state is a crime!"
Standing to the side, Nico Robin watched her boss being "ravaged" by Hancock for several minutes. Seeing that both seemed lost in the moment, she finally had to speak up and remind them.
Hearing this, Hancock's expression changed as she looked at Nico Robin. "I will never give up the position of the primary wife. At most, I'll let you be a concubine!"
Even with Nico Robin's steady and mature personality, she was turned bright red by Hancock's words. She took a deep breath. "You... what kind of crazy talk is that? There are other people here!"
As soon as she spoke, the Snow Ninja who had retreated to the door felt a murderous gaze sweep over him. The Snow Ninja looked ready to cry and quickly raised his hands. "Don't kill me, I didn't hear anything!"
"Hmph!" Hancock simply snorted and released Vegapunk without taking further action, letting the Snow Ninja breathe a massive sigh of relief.
After being let down from Hancock's embrace, Vegapunk didn't blush. Instead, he operated the equipment and took out the second chakra seed.
"Give it a try, Hancock! Your Chakra capacity should be significantly higher than Robin's!"
The moment the chakra seed touched Hancock, it merged into her body. Compared to Nico Robin, Hancock's constitution was undoubtedly far superior. After Vegapunk's scientific modifications, she had reached a level that could be described as monstrous.
With such a constitution, her Chakra capacity was incredibly high. When Hancock closed her eyes to extract Chakra, the powerful energy overflowed, making the ground creak and crack. Under the radiance of the energy, it looked just like a Saiyan powering up in dragon ball.
The Snow Ninja standing nearby was now completely stunned. If Nico Robin's Chakra capacity earlier was still within a range he could comprehend, Hancock's current capacity left him speechless. Was this truly a Chakra capacity a human could possess? Even the so-called Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages would likely fall far short!
Both Hancock and Nico Robin had awakened Ice Release-attributed Chakra, but Vegapunk wasn't as lucky. After carefully studying his own cells, he concluded that because of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, no matter what kind of Chakra entered his body, the only thing he could awaken was pure Lightning Release.
However, Vegapunk didn't regret it much. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit and the Magnet-Magnet Fruit had infinite potential, directly tapping into the fundamental forces of the world. Moreover, his primary role was that of a scientist; in this context, the power to manipulate magnetic fields and lightning was far more helpful to him.
If nothing else, the reason he could resume his research so quickly in the Land of Snow was that he relied on the abilities of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit and Rumble-Rumble Fruit to create a large number of high-precision instruments. He even used magnetic forces directly for experiments. Otherwise, just the time spent building and upgrading equipment would have taken several months, and some instruments simply couldn't be built with the conditions of the Ninja world.
After a few days of research, all three had now obtained Chakra. Vegapunk's current research on Chakra had reached a plateau, as he lacked more diverse samples.
He did have one rare specimen on hand, Kakashi Hatake, but precisely because he was so precious, Vegapunk found him difficult to study.
Kakashi's current eye was a Mangekyo Sharingan with spatial abilities. If something went wrong during research, Vegapunk would definitely regret it... "Mr. Vegapunk, this is the treasure of the Land of Snow!"
Fukaboshi Koyuki pointed at the machine in front of her and said to Vegapunk, "I checked the records left by my father. This should be a large-scale Geothermal Generator, though it wasn't fully completed. It couldn't turn the entire Land of Snow into a Land of Spring."
Vegapunk reached out to touch the instrument. Merging the magnetic field within him with his subtle Observation Haki, he quickly scanned all the components of the Geothermal Generator, then frowned slightly.
"I really didn't expect... your father invented this?"
"Yes! The entire Geothermal Generator was designed by my father. Others were only responsible for creating the various mechanical parts and assembling them!"
Fukaboshi Koyuki nodded and said clearly.
"I didn't realize your father could be considered a mechanical genius! This Geothermal Generator actually uses Natural Energy as its power source!"