Vegapunk had also requested some Dyna Stones from the World Government for experiments. But soon, Vegapunk gave up on them. After all, compared to nuclear bombs, hydrogen bombs, or even world-ending cobalt bombs, which had complete theories and could be easily manufactured, Dyna Stones were only small fries.
In terms of manufacturing difficulty, Dyna Stones were much more volatile than those radioactive substances, almost exploding upon contact with air. Although processing wasn't impossible, the cost-performance ratio was really not high.
The handcuffs Yamato wore were actually just a Dyna Stone encased inside Sea Stone. There was no technical content at all, but in terms of power, it was indeed enough to blow off Yamato's hands.
At this moment, Yamato was still rambling there, one moment doubting if the bomb in her handcuffs was real, and the next saying her old man was indeed someone who could do such a thing. Since it concerned her life, even someone as thick-skinned as Yamato couldn't help but feel anxious.
And Vegapunk, who had finished his research, ignored Yamato's muttering and reached out to lightly tap her handcuffs.
As the electromagnetic power permeated, the internal mechanism of the handcuffs made a click and immediately opened, falling to the ground.
The still-rambling Yamato was instantly stunned. Looking at her clean hands and then at the Sea Stone handcuffs on the ground, her gaze shifted back and forth a few times before she finally confirmed something.
"They're actually unlocked!!"
Without minding the dumbfounded Yamato, Vegapunk looked up toward the outside. Sensing something, he simply waved his hand.
"Come with me. It seems a lot of people have come outside! Probably cannon fodder called by Queen!"
While speaking, Vegapunk activated a program in his Quantum chip. Strange brainwaves spread out. Yamato's expression dazed for a moment, and when she looked at Vegapunk again, she suddenly felt an incomparable sense of closeness.
The gratitude originally derived from having her handcuffs unlocked was instantly magnified many times. She felt that this Blond Youth before her looked more and more pleasing to the eye, and she couldn't help but suddenly hug his head.
"Thank you so much!!! I'm finally free! Are you a Captain of a Pirate Crew?! Do you think I can join?"
Vegapunk struggled to pull his head out from Yamato's chest and said crossly, "Sorry, I'm not a pirate!"
There were countless "tall" people in the One Piece World, and the over-two-meter-tall Yamato was naturally one of them. While the Cavendish genes Vegapunk used weren't short, he was only a tall person among ordinary people. When Yamato reached out to hug him, his head ended up right between her two "dumplings."
"Not a pirate!"
Yamato was a little disappointed, but she quickly cheered up again.
"It's fine. In that case, I'll go form a Pirate Crew later, and you can be the Vice-Captain!"
"Not interested!"
Vegapunk immediately rejected, his eyes looking like dead fish as he said with a lack of interest:
"If you're willing to be my subordinate, that's fine. If not, go stay wherever it's cool!"
"Eh?! Why like this..."
Hearing Vegapunk's somewhat disdainful words, Yamato looked listless and said aggrievedly:
"Fine! As long as I can leave this place, being your subordinate isn't bad either..."
Seeing Yamato's behavior, Vegapunk had an idea of the situation.
It seemed his experiment was very successful. The contingency he placed in the Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits indeed had great control over these Artificial Zoan Users. A mythical species like Yamato had relatively small constraints, yet it still gave her a great sense of closeness.
If it were those ordinary Zoan Artificial Devil Fruit Users, Vegapunk was confident he could make them all defect at first sight.
Leading Kozuki Hiyori and Yamato, Vegapunk soon exited the prison gates. At this moment, many members of the Beasts Pirates had gathered outside, eighty percent of whom were cannon fodder brought by Queen.
In fact, Queen still had a bit of loyalty to Kaido. Although he slipped away after bringing cannon fodder to block the prison entrance, he did notify Kaido.
While preparing to make a run for it, he directly made a call to Kaido via Den Den Mushi, telling him that a Blond Youth suspected to be Vegapunk had arrived. Additionally, he mentioned he was feeling unwell and might go on vacation for a while.
Kaido wasn't surprised at all by Queen's desertion. Firstly, Kaido knew very well what kind of person Queen was—bullying the weak and fearing the strong, with no warrior's mindset, at most a mad scientist.
Secondly, Queen's fear of Vegapunk was famous throughout the Beasts Pirates. When he first joined, he was so scared he couldn't even sleep well upon hearing Vegapunk's name. It wasn't until a year or two after the news of Vegapunk's death spread that he got over this problem.
Now, being scared away by Vegapunk was simply too normal.
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