162 Dr. Baker: Young Master, we can’t build this main gun...
162 Dr. Baker: Young Master, we can’t build this main gun...
"Fufufufufufufu, it seems that it is definitely not a small thing to allow you to hide for a few more years. Tell me, compatriot, what do you want from me this time?" Doflamingo said to Bucky asked.
"We have business to discuss this time, and it's a huge business worth hundreds of billions of dollars every year." Bucky said unhurriedly.
"Fufufufufufufu, compatriot, you didn't say the wrong unit, did you?" Doflamingo asked Bucky.
"Of course not. To tell you the truth, I have completed the technology of artificial devil fruits. Over the past few years, I have stocked a lot of artificial devil fruits. I am just waiting for an external sales platform." Key said to Doflamingo.
"Have Vegapunk's clones completed the artificial Devil Fruit technology that failed before?!" Doflamingo was a little surprised when he heard this.
"No, it's actually the same technology as before, without any changes." Bucky shook his head and said.
"Isn't that still a failure?" Doflamingo asked a little puzzled.
"Compatriot, the sage who is 500 ahead in the world wants to recreate a complete Devil Fruit, and his standard is to allow the Devil Fruit he created to be reborn in the sea after the death of the esper. But it is obviously a man-made devil. The fruit lacked the most critical factor of rebirth, so the project was a failure in his opinion.
However, the artificial Devil Fruit developed by that sage only lacked the ability to be reborn. The others are all based on Devil Fruits, which means that people who eat artificial Devil Fruits can indeed gain the same abilities as Devil Fruits, but also have the weakness of being cursed by the sea, but..." Bucky paused here. .
"Just what?" Doflamingo asked quickly.
"It's just that the only ones that are successful so far are the animal type, and they are all defective products." Bucky replied unhurriedly.
"Defective product?!" Doflamingo was still a little unfamiliar with this word.
"Let's put it this way, after eating the animal type Devil Fruit, you can freely switch between human form, beast form, and beast-man form. But after eating the defective product, you can basically only maintain the human-animal form. At least for a few years. Among the experimenters who took the defective product, no one could turn back into a human or completely transform into a beast. This is why I named it the defective product.
Of course, as long as you eat it, you can get the physical increase of the animal type and some advantages corresponding to the animal form. I can guarantee this. "Baki assured, after all, with Sarutobi Ninja's ability to ripen it, even the defective product in Bucky's hand is much better than the half-baked product Doflamingo used to gamble on luck in the original work.
At least the batch of bloodline fruits in Bucky's hand will not create a smiler.
"Fufufufufufufu, I think people who buy it won't mind this. After all, being able to maintain a human-animal form is actually a kind of practice." Doflamingo gave a high-sounding excuse when he opened his mouth.
"Hahahaha, that's true!" Bucky immediately agreed with this statement.
"So compatriots, let's discuss the distribution of benefits." Doflamingo immediately changed the subject.
"The wholesale price of each defective product I give you is 100 million beli." Bucky immediately opened the price.
"Hey, compatriot, are you serious about this price?" Doflamingo's voice suddenly became deeper.
"Compatriots, all the blood factors of my artificial Devil Fruit come from the ancient Garden Island in the first half of the Grand Line. The animals on it are all ancient species that are considered rare in the outside world. They can produce first-class strong men, but they are expensive. What's wrong?" Bucky said to Doflamingo.
In fact, when he first started mass manufacturing for the army, Bucky had considered what kind of blood factor to use as a blueprint.
After thinking about it, Bucky gave up on the ordinary species.
Because what makes Bucky ahead of the outside world is not the Devil Fruit ability, but the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, so apart from the Phantom Beast species, the higher the starting point, the better.
Why did 1500 soldiers cost so much? It wasn't just man-made devil fruits, but also evolutionary fluid and standard equipment mass-produced by the scientific research laboratory.
Put it this way, of the more than 2 trillion beli spent in the past seven or eight years, at least more than 1 trillion has been spent on military construction.
As for why Carter said in his previous report that the general strength of this army was at the level of a colonel, it was because Bucky had not yet let go of teaching the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu.
Once these 1500 people are allowed to master the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, a colonel-level soldier can be promoted to major general or even lieutenant general level in only about a year.
In three years at most, all members can be promoted to the level of lieutenant general.
In fact, among the 1500 people, except for the vast majority of colonel-level people, there are still people with better talents who have crossed over to the general level.
After all, although the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu is stuck, the training content related to domineering is not excluded from the course.
Once a talented person awakens to Haki, he can master Haki through relevant training.
And it doesn't matter even if he doesn't awaken. After all, it's not difficult for Bucky to wake up, which has stumped the whole world.
Lay the foundation in advance and everything will fall into place when the time comes.
Of course, precisely because it cost such a high price to build an army, Bucky used many methods to prevent rebellion on these 1500 people.
Between Dr. Baker's machine brainwashing, Carter's memory tampering, and Kalifa's hints of loyalty from time to time, Bucky can be said to have used all the means available.
Otherwise, why would the Barretts, who are slightly stronger than the soldiers, lead the army?
And it is precisely because of the huge investment that Bucky cannot tolerate even one defection.
After all, Bucky used Tyrannosaurus rex blood factors for all of these 1500 people, and the cost of training each one alone was more than 5 million Baileys.
This is only the cost of artificial devil fruits and evolutionary fluids. It does not include the daily training and logistics consumption, as well as the annual salary and personal equipment. It is a waste of money.
After the artificial Devil Fruits fully met the needs of the army, and only more than 500 perfect ones were in stock, Kalifa stopped the project. She was really distressed by the sheer cost of no income.
Therefore, among the many defective products, there are no low-end products other than ancient species.
In addition, all defective products are from Tyrannosaurus rex genes. In order to improve the success rate of perfect products, Dr. Baker did not use other animal factors at all except the last batch of 500 pieces.
Bucky's previous statement to Doflamingo that the blood factor came from Little Garden Island can only be regarded as half-truth, because the Tyrannosaurus rex blood factor used by the army did not come from Little Garden Island, but from Akin.
"Compatriots, even if they are ancient species, the price is too high." After hearing that all Bucky's shots were of ancient species, Doflamingo couldn't help but was so shocked that he forgot to speak, but after coming back to his senses, Doflamingo Brother Langming still lowered his voice.
After all, now is the time to fight for profits. Doflamingo will not agree to purchase and resell from Bucky for 100 million beli.
The main reason is that at this price, Doflamingo not only does not have much profit, but it will not be easy to sell.
"For the sake of my compatriots, I'll give you a 9000% discount. How about million Baileys? I've already given you a lot of face." Bucky said immediately.
"No, no, compatriot, I can't make any profit at this price, and the price is too high. It's not easy to sell at all. Especially the drawbacks of this artificial devil fruit are so obvious. I think one is worth 1000 million beli at most. "Doflamingo immediately retorted.
You know, he was saying just now that maintaining the orc form is conducive to cultivation.
"Hmph, compatriot, you broke your bones just now. This is not the way to discuss business." Bucky snorted coldly.
"Compatriot, you asked me to help you sell. You must be afraid of trouble. In addition, you need me to help you purchase something. You have to give me some hard work. 1000 million beli, really can't be more." Flamengo knew exactly what Bucky wanted to do with him.
"Okay, I'll take a step back. 8000 million Baileys is a real price." Bucky said to Doflamingo.
In fact, according to the auction prices of ancient species of animals, even 100 million is extremely cheap. After all, auction prices are often between 500 million and 1 billion.
Of course, there must be a big difference between the auction price and the retail price, so Bucky’s 100 million Baileys is not a random shout.
However, this price is indeed not within the reach of ordinary people, and Bucky has more than 8 defective items on hand. How long will it take to sell them?
Otherwise, Bucky wouldn’t need to ask Doflamingo to use his channels to sell them. After all, only the black market has the ability to digest the defective products in Bucky’s hands in large quantities.
"Since you, my compatriots, have taken a step back, I will also take a step back. 2000 million Baileys really cannot be more." Doflamingo immediately replied.
"Okay, let's stop talking about it. 5000 million Baileys is my bottom line. If you agree, I will get the goods. If you don't agree, just pretend that I didn't mention it." Bucky didn't want to get involved with Doflamingo. .
"Since you, my compatriot, have said so, I must have helped you, but how to settle the matter?" Doflamingo asked Bucky.
"The list of materials I need will be delivered to you later along with the first batch of artificial devil fruits. The purchase price is as long as you don't be too shady. Then every time I pick up the goods, I will bring you the next batch of artificial devil fruits. Devil Fruit." Bucky said it clearly.
The profit will definitely be given to you, but you can't be too shady, and then pick up the goods at a certain place, and that's where the artificial devil fruits are traded.
If something went wrong if he wasn't secretive enough, Bucky wouldn't be the unlucky one.
"Fufufufufufufufu, that's good. By the way, compatriots, how many defective products do you have in your hands now? Can you give me some advice? You should know that no one who is interested in this kind of strategic resource will be interested. It will be less, especially when they know that they can use materials in lieu of expenses, they will be more interested." Doflamingo opened his mouth and tested Bucky.
"Compatriot, don't you understand the business worth hundreds of billions of dollars every year?" Bucky replied casually.
"Fufufufufufufu, I ignored this sentence. It's worth hundreds of billions of beli. Fufufufufufufu, compatriots, this business is a bit dangerous." Doflamingo couldn't help but say this. One sentence.
"Compatriot, benefits and risks coexist, but I believe that with your methods, this risk should be out of the question. Those buyers who are in demand for artificial devil fruits will not let anything happen to you. After all, apart from you, No one can get the goods from me. And when it is really life-threatening, I will help you." Bucky said unhurriedly.
"Do you only help when your life is in danger?" Doflamingo couldn't help but ask.
"Compatriot, this is already very good. Also, if something goes wrong, remember to surrender to the navy. After all, if you are caught by the navy, I can still go to the city to fish you out. If you are taken away by others, If you leave, I won't be able to find you." Bucky said this very sincerely.
"I remember what you said, but I don't want to have a day like this." Doflamingo nodded and replied.
If it was for money, Doflamingo would never accept this deal.
But his purpose is somewhat similar to Bucky, so as long as it can turn the world upside down, Doflamingo is very willing to help.
Obviously, after Bucky's batch of artificial devil fruits are released, it will definitely break the stable balance.
After all, even if only a thousand were shot in a year, it would still be able to create a thousand ancient ability users. If this was concentrated into one force, it would be an incredible force.
The balance of the three major forces that Wulaoxing has worked so hard to manage may all go wrong.
Of course, there is another possibility that after someone buys it, other people have to rush to buy it in order not to be distanced.
To describe it in one word, it is volume.
How the specific situation will evolve can only be known at that time.
But no matter what, Doflamingo is looking forward to it.
After finishing the conversation with Doflamingo, Bucky just waited for Dr. Baker to complete the design and come up with a list of required materials before sending the things to Doflamingo.
But after just one night's rest, Dr. Baker asked Marigold to come over.
"Doctor, why are you looking for me so urgently?" Bucky couldn't help but ask.
"Young Master, I have read the drawings of Pluto's battleship overnight." Dr. Baker said.
"Doctor, just tell me, what's the problem?" Bucky knew immediately that there must be a problem.
"According to Pluto's design, we cannot build this main gun that can destroy an island in one strike." Dr. Baker gave Bucky bad news.
"It can't be built, why?" Bucky asked in confusion.
"The reason is simple, because we lack the ability to manufacture main guns." Dr. Baker said.
"Doctor, please tell me in detail." Bucky said after taking a deep breath.
"After reading the drawings, I discovered that the main guns and even the casting materials for Pluto's hull were made of special alloys. This alloy has the advantages of multiple metals, and even if these metals are put together, I can't The method is to synthesize it through scientific means.
Therefore, the best way is to follow the markings on the drawing and let those with the Tunton Fruit ability synthesize it. Only when the materials are met can the casting of the main gun proceed smoothly. And because of the power of the main gun and its firing method, the structure of the aerial fortress also needs to be redesigned and reinforced, and then..." Dr. Baker said here, and was Bucky interrupted.
After all, the one in the front was fine, but the one in the back made him feel dizzy.
"Doctor, you also know that I don't understand this. Can you tell me the conclusion directly?" Bucky asked.
"To put it simply, the budget must be increased. The main reason for this is that ordinary islands cannot withstand the recoil of the main gun. Therefore, if you insist on installing the main gun, young master, then we cannot transform the island. Instead, we must build enough Stable framework, and then fill in the islands.
But that's good too, I can redesign the smooth shape based on aerodynamics. When moving like this, even if there is no slippery fruit ability user, the speed of the air fortress can be increased to a certain extent, and it will be much easier to execute various tactical instructions. " Dr. Baker couldn't help but talk endlessly.
"Doctor, you mean we have to build it from scratch, is that correct?" Bucky asked Dr. Baker.
"Yes, the power of Pluto's main gun recoil is too terrifying. Even the rock walls of the Red Earth Continent cannot withstand the backlash of this force." Dr. Baker nodded and replied.
"Doctor, when you design it, can you not fix the main gun in one position, but adjust the angle within 180 degrees?" Bucky asked again.
"Young Master, does this adjustment have any special significance?" Dr. Baker couldn't help but ask.
"Of course there is. After all, destroying the island has no meaning at all to me. I want this weapon to fight against King Uranus. That thing can also destroy an island with one blow. And it happens to be mastered. In the hands of the supreme ruler of the world government, you can understand that." Bucky said to Dr. Baker.
"King Uranus, is it a battle for the rights to the sky? Hmm, I feel like I am getting excited. In this case, one reactor will definitely not be enough, and the number must be increased. After all, the opponent is the king, but with this structure In terms of..." Dr. Baker said this and began to talk to himself again.
Seeing this, Bucky could only stop what he was going to say next.
After a while, Dr. Baker came out of his own world.
"Sorry, Master, for keeping you waiting." Dr. Baker said apologetically.
"It's okay, doctor, you already have a general idea." Bucky asked Dr. Baker.
"Yeah, but it still needs calculations. I'm afraid the design won't be completed in a short time." Dr. Baker said to Bucky.
"That doesn't matter. Doctor, I want to know how long it will take to build." Bucky continued to ask Dr. Baker.
"If there are enough materials, enough manpower is needed. This point has been solved. After all, army soldiers are the best warriors. The key now is the swallowing fruit ability. Only after this problem is solved can we talk about the follow-up. "Dr. Baker didn't give an answer.
"I can quickly solve the problem of those with the ability to swallow the fruit. The question now is who will eat this fruit." Bucky couldn't help but feel a little headache about this problem.
"Is there anything difficult to choose? In my opinion, just let Bowness eat this fruit." Dr. Baker said.
"Bonis? Doctor, swallowing the fruit can change your body..." Bucky was interrupted by Dr. Baker before he started talking.
"Young Master, you have misunderstood. The Tuntun Fruit is similar to the Fusion Fruit. They both belong to the category of superpowers. As for changing the body, this is not a permanent change. In the final analysis, it is just the fusion of swallowed things in the body. In terms of strengthening effect, the fusion fruit with Barrett is one inside and one outside.
Both of them can actually release the alienated state of the body at any time, so this ability is actually a superpower that affects the body, rather than the ability itself acting on the body to transform the blood. Therefore, I judge that this ability is definitely a Devil Fruit ability that falls within the scope of superpowers. " Dr. Baker explained unhurriedly.
"I see. Since that's the case, it's easy to solve." Bucky nodded immediately and said.
"Then please young master, please bring the Tuntun Fruit back as soon as possible. Then I will complete the design drawing first." After Dr. Baker said this, he turned around and went to work.
Not paying attention to Dr. Baker's attitude, Bucky turned around and headed outside.
"Nana, inform Alita that we need to go out temporarily." Bucky said to Perona.
"Yes, young master, I will inform sister Arrita right away." After Perona said that, she separated a ghost and flew towards the logistics department.
More than ten minutes later, Arrita arrived at Bucky's study.
"Young Master, do you have anything to ask me?" Arrita couldn't help but ask.
"Well, let's go out!" After Bucky said that, he came to the terrace, transformed into a dragon, then let Arrita and Perona sit on it, and then headed towards the Drum Island.
Two days later, Bucky arrived on Drum Island.
In the thick wind and snow, Bucky took the two girls and landed in Cigu City, which is located on the top of Cigu Mountain, which is five thousand meters high.
Immediately, the three of them began to walk through the palace slowly.
About an hour later, the group arrived outside Valpo's palace.
"How's it going, Nana?" Bucky asked Perona quietly.
"Young Master, the doctor is right. Valpo's ability is integrated into the soul and belongs to the type of superpower." Because it was already late at night, Valpo was sleeping soundly in the palace at the moment.
Before taking action, Bucky still asked Perona to see what kind of ability Valpo was.
It wasn't that Bucky didn't believe what Dr. Baker said, but just in case. After all, Bowness was an important retainer of his, and there were some things that needed to be clarified.
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