As the two boat sails out of the waters of the Organo archipelago, Nami look at her new captain."Where to?"
"Gekko archipelago, Syrup village, there a black cat there that I need to catch before he claws the house."
The two women squint at his cryptic message but shrug it off when he didn"t give them any more information. Putting cap toward the archipelago after a rapid look at her maps, Alex follow her lead. Knowing this would be three days sailing travel, he takes some papers from his storage, crafts himself a fountain pen and ink cartridge, before starting to draw.
When she looked at him again, Nami eyes sparkle at the pen in his hand. While their world was rather advanced, they seem to never exit the dark age when it concerns writing furniture, leaving them with pencils or quills.
Inkspots were nightmares for any cartographer to erase, she had herself throws enormous amounts of the ruined map because of them. But what he had in his hand was the solution for her problems.
Curious to see if it was better than the quills, she stealthily made her way to his boat, looking above his shoulder as what she was doing.
"His he drawing a boat? Why would..."
Her eyes widen when she remember his power. If he had the needed knowledge and materials at disposal, he would easily be able to create a boat for them to sail. Thinking about this, she couldn"t help but shivers in excitement. If what she was thinking was true, then they will save millions of Berrys with his power, or even repairs, all he would need was to retransform the material in their optimal condition.
She couldn"t help but thank her lucky stars that she didn"t choose to follow a gluttonous moron that wouldn"t think before heading headfirst into any situation, not knowing that her lucky star was just at her side.
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Drawing the base of his already existing ship, he starts to changes few things on the existing structures. The hold was added with a ten centimetres thick slab of stone to keep it afloat. The boat"s hull and interior of the hold would still be layered in stainless steel. The sails" masts fused into the hull, stone slab and encased into the stainless steel.
The pillars present to supports the floorboard and everything that would construct above changed for shelves constructed on the side and middle of the hold to store items. The hold would be divided into three-part. the centre, between the two sails masts, would be used as a cold room to store meats and other products need to keep fresh and allow large travel. The side surrounding it turned into storage of any non-perishable items them will collect or need, be it ammunition, ropes, gold and the like. The front, hopefully, transformed into jail with seastone layers to keep any Devil fruits users.
A hidden room in the back of the ship, for the runic motors he would make. By linking it to wooden wheels actioned by the ocean currents, he could hopefully have a runic system on the boat.
The deck would be changed from its actual appearance. The six sails would be reduced to two aligned and central one. The walkway path all around the boat keep but the actual building takedown and replaced, the boat witnessed from fifteen to twenty meters, and a meter adds to his length.
Three pavilions would be raised in a triangular formation, two at the back, and one at the front, the place of the actual building housing the kitchen and dormitories. The two towers at the back would each house member of the same s.e.x, and the third one turned into bathrooms. Says bathrooms only accessible by bridges between them and the room"s towers.
As it was still unknow of much they will be, he would only start with four floors each for the room, and three high for the bathrooms. Each of the towers first tower left open to form belvedere like structure.
The centre between the masts would house a long hall containing the kitchen and s.p.a.ce to relax. Around the up-front masts a fourth pavilion, larger and linked to the hall, would house the infirmary on the first floor, a large library and drawing room for nami and the second and the steering wheel room at the third.
A crow nest would be but on the mast sail at the back of the ship to allow a large view on the surrounding.
On the steel covering the hull, sails and wooden wheel, will have a runic cl.u.s.ter for "shock-absorption", "self-repair" and "unbreakable", be inscribed to protect and feed the runic cores to power them. The sails would be lined with The perpetual movements of the seas and the harsh weather of the Grand Line perfect to power the cores.
With a control panel in the steering wheel, he would be able to keep an eye on the cores level of energy and if need disable momently some of the runic cl.u.s.ter to allow them to recharge faster.
The only problem for this was it would require large gemstones. Thankfully, he would come across them by looting pirates ship and Tenryuubito ship if he came across one not too guarded (fat chance).
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Nami couldn"t understand the Chinese inspiration for the ship but the plan displayed a nice and cosy looking one. The fact that they would each have a private and large room, as well as a s.p.a.cious drawing room for her map, may have help.
Having seen her looking at the fountain pen on his hand, he crafts her a pair and gift it to her. She happily takes it, returning to her ship and store than to safety until their ship was ready.
Done with the plan for the future ship, he takes out Baggy cannonball and deconstructs it, wanting to know the formula used into their fabrication. The formula obtained, he crafts the most ammo he could with the material on Baggy past ship. He also modifies his rifle, adding the missing groove inside the canon for better stability of the bullet.
"I can"t believe I forgot it!"
Adding "shock, and fire-absorption" as well as "power transfer" to give a boost to the bullet and turning his rifle into a weapon able to tear through buildings.
"It won"t last long against an opponent in Grand Line, but if I ever had a sniper in the crew, it should be a good weapon for it. Until he learns Haki to mix on the bullet, for devil fruit users."
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During the two following days, until they land, he starts to work on a reduced model of the motor and batteries. Using gems he had taken from Baggy treasure, he trans.m.u.tes the few diamonds into larger ones, before engraving the habitual cl.u.s.ters on them.
It did take him a little time, but he rapidly obtains a viable model. LEft to test its efficiency, he installs them on their wooden boat and activates them, after giving them an initial charge.
As the boat rocked forwards, earning some yelp from the two girls, he keeps an eye on them, looking at the expenditure of energies and the loading one. To prevent any mishap, he had enchanted two different diamond. One receiving the transformed energies brought by the constant colliding of the waves on the front of the boats. The second was feeding the motor the energy than need to stay activated. By a simple rune cl.u.s.ter, the energy of the first diamond being transferred into the second, without loss of energy in between.
Once implemented, the loop would feed itself if keep on a certain speed. Boost of sudden speed could be used, but it will burn through the stored energy faster, working a little like Franky engine running on cola.
With a constant amount of power, they would be able to traverse calm belt at wish, once he made his hand on sea prism. Having motored boat in this world was right reserved for the ruling power, and would give them an edge against any enemies, even marines, as only the higher up would have motored ship.
Happy with the result, all they would need now was foci to store the energy. With two sails, undercurrent, and on the bow, they would more than enough to power the large ship when need.
With the time spare, he starts to turn a large amount of rock into elements, before turning it back into clay and other materials. He also starts to work on every little part he could and drawing the large cl.u.s.ter the boat would need.
Like his house, the entire thing will run with runes cl.u.s.ter, powered by hidden, small turbines modelled after those found in a dam, the electric current transformed into energy. He could have made so that the motor feed on them too but the number of turbines need would be too dangerous to depend on them. With this solution, all systems would be auto sufficient, feeding on the energy they produce. Each external systems, the sails, bow and wood wheel for the motor, and the turbines for the inner working and weapon system.
He knows it would mostly a ripped-of of the sunny system, but it hadn"t be done yet, and the power given from the runes would be greater and environment friendly, so...
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With half-day to spare thanks to Alex, they land on the natal island of the one that should have been the Strawhat sniper and all-round liar, Ussop. accosting on the sh.o.r.e where Kuro crew should try to invade the island, they exit the boats, stretching after being cramped into the small embarkation for the past days.
"So what now?" Asked Nami, still trying to figures why they were there.
For all response, Alex takes out a bounty poster."Contrary to the marine belief, Captain Kuro isn"t dead but is hiding on this island, at least last I hear of it."
It wouldn"t be good for him to a.s.sumes it only because of the plot, thus leaving himself a little exit window with his words.
"Even if the marines had rescinded the bounty, a proof of is existence, by bringing the man alive should allow us to claim the bounty."
"Who was the previous claimer?" Asked Kuina.
"None, he "was" captured by marines, or so Kuro wanted it to know. He had orchestrated his death by hypnotising one of his men having a pa.s.sing resemblance with him, kill all marines on the ship he had attacked, safe for a young recruit that had lost a part of his right arm and also hypnotised. Three guess who, the two first don"t count."
"Morgan!" Suddenly shout the bluenette.
"Pin-pon, we have a winner! Yes, it was him. As the sole survivor, the marines had given the credit to him."
"Morgan?" Ask Nami, not knowing the man.
"An a.r.s.ehole colonel of sh.e.l.l town that was taxing heavily the town because he was the auto-proclaimed governor of sort of the island, he is dead now."
Hearing that the man was sharing some resemblance to Arlong in his tyranny ease the fact that he had killed him, even then, as corrupted marine, he wasn"t high in her heart, being a mix of Nezumi and Arlong would do that.
"Any lead of where he is?" Ask her.
"He is of was, posing as a butler of a rich young girl who inherits from her parent"s death shortly after he came at their service."
The strange coincidence wasn"t lost to the two women, with the piracy past of the man, it wouldn"t be far fetched to imagine that he had something to do with it.
"How do you want to process?"
"By keeping it simple. The man was known to have a deadly technique granting him great speed. We could call on him by showing the bounty poster, leading to a fight between us, or we could do it smartly, we go to the young lady house. If he is still posing as her butler, I will only need to approach and touch him to restrain him. Once done, he will keep company to Baggy."
Nami smile at the idea, easy money, small risk, he was becoming more and more like her ideal man.
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"While I could face the man like Luffy I don"t want to take any risk. It"s not a shonen manga with MC and their overpowered plot armour, I won"t risk my life against an opponent that can be smartly taken down."
-You do know that once in the Grand Line, you won"t have this luxury anymore, right? You will need to train your a.s.s off if you plan to exit those fight alive.-
"I know, but for now, it will do. I will work on my physical strength the moment the ship is ready to use. With my natural healing factor, the vitality found in the sea creature of this world and intensive use of enchanted workout tool, I should rapidly gain in power. Plus I now have Kuina a free sparring partner. I know how to use my knives, but the power of swordsman here at too good to pa.s.s."
-As long as you keep to this, it should be enough, but don"t forget that you are not just a ma.s.s of muscules.-
"what do you mean by that? CS? Why aren"t you answering buddy?"
How much I ask he never responds and I couldn"t help but have the nagging feeling that the response was extremely important, that I would lose something vital if I didn"t found before it was too late.
With the extremely worrying thoughts simmering in the back of my mind, we walk to the visible manor at the top of a hill in the distance.
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On their way to the manor, the came across an annoying young with olive skin, curly long hair keeping under a bandana and wearing dark brown overalls, who immediately scream pirates after Alex nearly shoot him down from his incessant whining wearing thin his already stressed mind.
After ignoring Nami raised brows and slight smirk; they pa.s.sed near a small grove. Just in time to see a weirdo moonwalking his way out of it. Before he could know what happens, Jango was rendered unconscious and sealed into a block of wood, not in a dissimilar position of Baggy.
Alex was about to drag the man away before anyone could see them but it wasn"t mean to be. Out of nowhere, Ussop pop and scream.
"Murderer, kidnapper, pirates! You better release the man before me and my crew of 8,000,000 of men take care of you!"
His shrilly voice easily travelling throughout the surrounding, while he aims his slingshot at them, his legs quivering.
"f.u.c.king r.e.t.a.r.d! You couldn"t keep your mouth shut!"
He was about to knock him off, but it was too late, Out of the grove exit Kuro, already wearing his bladed gloves and looking murderously at Alex and his group, completely ignoring Ussop.
"f.u.c.k! I swear that if Kuro escape, I will kill him!"
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Kuro was an intelligent man and I know it. The fact that he was already wearing those blasted gloves means that he understands that his ident.i.ty was busted, and need to silence any witness before words spread. He knows the villagers will dismiss Ussop shout as I do, and that no one will come to see what happen after they recognize Ussop voice.
On the side, I could see that Kuina had already drawn her katana, while Nami was slowly retreating in the grove, her pole out. I can"t blame her, she knows she can"t face a 16,000,000B man.
Withdrawing my knives immediately I had barely the time to see him push back his gla.s.s with his palm.
"Nuki Ashi, Shakushi"
With just a slight tilt of his body on the right and left, he vanishes without a sound, too fast, even for me in my morphed form. Then it came, the scream of pain as the heavily ironed sent of blood hit my nose. I could only freeze, knowing who was it. On the side, my gaze catches the downed form of Nami, blood heavily flowing from the deep four gashes tearing the flesh of her back open.
Then it came, the searing pain of my boiling blood in my veins, the stuffy feeling robbing my muscules of any strength, as my mind went in overdrive. All my movement feel sluggish as I see claw marks appear everywhere, Kuina struggling to keep up with the silent blade, her helplessness while trying to protect Nami, who"s life was fleeing away from me every second pa.s.sing, all because a r.e.t.a.r.d wanted to play the big, bad pirate.
I could only look powerless as my woman was dying until I feel something snap in my mind.