Inside the room, Tom the Fish-Man, after confirming no one was present, retrieved a stack of blueprints from behind a worn-out iron cabinet. He handed them to Iceburg and Franky, and the three sat around a table.
Iceburg and Franky stared at the designs and parameters on the blueprints, their shock evident. The hands holding the papers trembled.
"This... how is this possible!"
"Can humans build such a thing?!"
Tom the Fish-Man said sternly, "This is the most ferocious monster in shipbuilding history..."
"The government has already sensed the existence of these blueprints."
"It's too dangerous in my hands."
"If the government gets it..."
Iceburg snapped back to reality from his shock, "I see..."
"I understand..."
"I will take it."
Franky exclaimed excitedly from the side, "Iceburg! Let's build it!!!"
*Slap—*
Iceburg smacked the top of Franky's head. "Can't you think before you speak?"
"Idiot."
"I will keep this safe. It must never see the light of day."
"If it leaks out..."
Tom the Fish-Man picked up the sentence, "The world will perish..."
However, his stern expression suddenly shifted. "Hahahaha, but it has nothing to do with me anymore."
"It's your freedom to do whatever you want with it."
"If it becomes dangerous, you can throw it away."
The two were stunned. Such an important item.
"Mr. Tom..."
Tom took a deep breath, "On a side note, another factor that makes me uneasy."
Tom placed a wanted poster of Robin on the table, solemnly warning the two...
In the distance, on a tall tower, Enel sat up.
"Ancient script, huh..."
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Deep into the night.
In a shack on Junk Island.
Tom the Fish-Man and his crew were fast asleep.
At some point, a faint white mist filled the entire room, completely anesthetizing the sleeping occupants.
Moments later, the iron doorknob turned and opened by itself.
Enel, having taken an antidote before entering the room, swaggered in. He walked directly towards where Iceburg had temporarily hidden the blueprints.
With Enel's powerful Observation Haki, all their previous actions and conversations were like a live broadcast...
*Snap—*
He casually snapped his fingers, and a ball of lightning floated before him, illuminating the area. He took out the hidden blueprints and scanned them cursorily, nearly getting lost in them.
"Hiss..."
"This kind of technology..."
He let out the same gasp of shock as the other two had earlier. Before seeing them, he hadn't thought much of it, but after seeing the detailed blueprints, he realized... their shock wasn't fake. This thing was indeed outrageous...
Not letting it distract him from his task, he took out a specially made Den Den Mushi and made a call.
On the other end, Vegapunk answered immediately, "How is it, Enel?"
Enel placed the Den Den Mushi down and pointed it at the blueprints, "I have it."
He had the Den Den Mushi scan them page by page.
On the other end, in Vegapunk's underground base, large screen displays began showing the blueprints, arranged in order. Soon, they filled the entire screen and kept increasing.
Vegapunk quickly scanned each one, his inspiration constantly flowing. Sakazuki also connected at this moment. Seeing the busy duo, he didn't interrupt, waiting patiently...
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After a while...
Enel, having finished scanning all the blueprints, stretched. "All scanned."
As his words fell, Vegapunk on the other end closed his eyes. The blueprints he had just seen in his mind seemed to have become real parts, constantly assembling and connecting. After a moment, he opened his eyes and sighed, "A near-perfect design."
"A pity... a pity..."
Sakazuki said, "A pity what."
"Are the blueprints not real?"
Vegapunk looked at the blueprints on the screen. "The blueprints are real."
"The pity is that many of the materials are now unobtainable."
"And even if we found them, we likely couldn't build it."
"The cost of constructing it is simply too terrifying..."
"Even if all the Heavenly Gold collected worldwide annually were invested,"
"It would take several years..."
"It's too difficult."
Sakazuki nodded, not surprised. So it was as he expected...
Enel shook the blueprints in his hand. "Besides these blueprints, there are these guys too."
Sakazuki said, "Put the blueprints back. Don't worry about those few people."
Knowing the content of the blueprints is enough. Anyone who got their hands on this now wouldn't be able to build it. Investing the annual Heavenly Gold into shipbuilding would be the first thing the Celestial Dragons would object to... Besides the World Government, who could build such a thing, and even the World Government couldn't build it.
Enel nodded. "Understood."
He hung up and placed the blueprints back in their original position. He walked to the door and took out a small black mechanical sphere, pressing a button.
*Hiss—*
A faint purple smoke filled the room, dispelling the anesthesia... He pushed the door open.
*Click, click—*
With two crisp sounds, the iron doorknob locked itself...
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In the video call via Den Den Mushi, only Sakazuki and Vegapunk remained.
Sakazuki looked at Vegapunk, who was engrossed in the blueprints, and asked, "Can the missing materials be replaced?"
Vegapunk blinked, his brow furrowed slightly. He nodded, "Of course, these are not problems."
"As long as there's time, we can optimize and replace them."
"Are you thinking of building one?"
"That's simply impossible, isn't it."
It wasn't that Vegapunk was overthinking; it was that no power in the world could afford to build it. The cost was simply too great...
Sakazuki's eyes narrowed slightly, "I have some ideas..."
"If it's scaled down by a hundred times, what's your confidence in building it."
Vegapunk said, "Scaling it down would indeed reduce the cost significantly."
"Especially for those critical components, the more they are scaled down, the cost decreases exponentially."
"However, after scaling it down, it would be somewhat a loss."
Before scaling, it could destroy an island with one shot. After scaling, its power would also decrease.
Scaled down by a hundred times... it would just be a super warship.
Sakazuki smiled enigmatically, "The most unreasonable thing in this world is Devil Fruits, Doctor."
He took out a Devil Fruit he had collected for years and placed it in front of the camera.
"Superhuman-type — Mero Mero no Mi."
"One of its abilities is to exponentially magnify things touched by the user."
"Up to..."
"One hundred times..."