Chapter 96 100 billion Baileys

"Dr. Vegapunk, come out." Dick shouted.

No one answered.

"Dr. Vegapunk?"

"It's so noisy. Leave me alone."

Dick hurried into the small space.

I saw Vegapunk holding an unknown instrument, lying on the ground and carefully studying the alien space.

That focused look can make everyone ashamed.

"Dr. Vegapunk, we're here."

"No hurry, let me study it for a while," Lao Bei said with fanatical eyes and trembling tongue.

Space is also a topic he has been studying.

If we can research space teleportation, then all major regions in the world can be connected, which will definitely greatly promote the development of the world.

Not to mention, in the original work, Vegapunk actually researched space teleportation, although he often failed.

Dick: ...

He felt as if he had made a mistake.

A new opening is made in the space.

With a snap, Vegapunk was thrown out of the space.

"No, no, I just got an idea," Lao Bei said anxiously.

"Give me three days, no, one day, and I will definitely be able to come up with results."

Dick was surprised.

Can research results be achieved in just one day?
Is this the strength of the world's strongest scientist?
"you sure?"

"Uh, well," Vegapunk looked embarrassed.

He really wanted to say yes, but as a perfectionist he couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Well, I just want to study more in the alien space." Lao Bei was discouraged.

So those achievements are just nonsense made up by Lao Bei.

Dick suddenly realized, and he said, no matter how strong Bei's scientific research ability is, he still has to abide by the Basic Law.

He is not Big Bad Wolf or Baldy Qiang.

By the way, I remember that Lao Bei always wanted to invent inexhaustible energy, so he went to do archaeological research. However, all his inventions in his life were not as good as the technology of 900 years ago.

Lao Bei, you can't do this.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Vegapunk: ???
Why did he feel that the other person was thinking something impolite?

"Well, Mr. Vegapunk, now that you are free, we can talk about your research."

"I hope you can help me research technology, all kinds of technology, weapons, and creations."

Lao Bei once again looked back at the disappearing alien space with reluctance, and regained his composure.

"Let me make it clear first. Based on my research, I still don't know who is just and who is evil in the wars recorded in historical texts. So, I don't want to study any military technology now." Old Bei said, sticking out his tongue.

He hopes for world peace, and his military technology research and development is also for this purpose.

Whether it is the Celestial Dragons or the Joyboys, they are all participants in the war.

Participants, who knows which side is just?
On the contrary, the war between the two sides has brought the world to the brink of destruction.

Dick: (ˉ▽ˉ；)
"Dick, Aokiji, and Dragon have all told me about you and praised you highly," Old Bei thought of Dick's abilities.

He is a user of fire ability, but he can develop space ability.

This child's development of the devil fruit has completely exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Vegapunk was secretly shocked.

He was sure that in the long-standing devil fruit encyclopedia, there was absolutely no mention of Dick's fruit.

"So, I want to ask, why do you want me to help you research military technology?"

"Down with the Celestial Dragons, down with the World Government."

Vegapunk frowned.

Doesn't this speed up the pace of world destruction?
And, there is war again.

"Objectively speaking, I admit that I am not a good person, and I cannot represent justice. However, compared to the Celestial Dragons, I am definitely just. And I am totally just."

"I would even say I am pure and innocent."

Lao Bei: (⊙﹏⊙)
"Young man, justice is never determined by what people say, but by what they do."

There was one more thing Lao Bei didn't say, which was, what did you do, kid, so why do you say you are righteous?
"Because the Celestial Dragons are so rotten. Compared to them, crows are white."

Vegapunk was silent.

"Then, Doctor, if you think the Celestial Dragons are not just, why do you still research technology for the World Government? Military technology at that."

"I am doing research for the navy. The navy is different from the Celestial Dragons." Lao Bei said without hesitation.

"Really? I remember that the Celestial Dragons massacred a country every three years. The navy was outside the massacred country to prevent the people from escaping and to ensure that the Celestial Dragons could kill everyone in the target country."

"And, it happens once every three years."

In an instant, Lao Bei's face turned pale.

"No, it won't, right?"

"You can ask Aokiji."

Vegapunk immediately called to inquire without wasting a moment.

On the other side, Aokiji, who was busy as a whirlwind, was about to get angry, but when he heard Lao Bei's question, he immediately fell silent.

Nothing was said, yet it seemed as if everything was said.

"Hey, Aokiji, tell me quickly, tell me the answer."

"Do you, the Navy, help the Celestial Dragons massacre a country every three years?"

"……it is true."

After saying that, Aokiji hung up the phone.

After a moment of stunned silence, Vegapunk seemed to have aged by more than ten years, and a strong sense of self-blame surged in his heart.

"Dr. Vegapunk, do you still think who is righteous and who is evil on both sides of the war?"

Lao Bei's face looked uncertain.

"I don't know if Joyboy is righteous, and I don't know if you belong to justice, but the Celestial Dragons are definitely evil, and they are not worthy of ruling the world."

"Okay, Dick, you've convinced me. I can help you research military technology."

"But, as you can see, I need funding, equipment, and experimental materials. If I lack any of these, my research efficiency will drop significantly."

"Don't worry, I've taken it all into consideration."

First of all, you need a venue.

A large enough research area.

It would require at least the size of an island, an island that is undisturbed by humans.

"So where?" Old Bei stuck out his tongue. "I can do research anywhere, but if the World Government finds out, they will definitely destroy it. There are other forces as well."

"What do you think of Sky Island?"

The sky island is sparsely populated and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Moreover, the world government is weak in its governance.

"Sky Island?" Lao Bei nodded slightly. It was indeed a good place.

"Let's build an empty island."

Haiyun, Haiyun is very similar to the sea water in Qinghai and has strong buoyancy.

Island clouds float above sea clouds. They are very soft and elastic. People can walk on them. The residents of Sky Island live on island clouds.

Vegapunk can create island clouds and sea clouds on sky islands.

In other words, as long as Vegapunk wants, he can artificially create a sky island at any time.

The reason why we don’t use the existing sky island.

On the one hand, most of the sky islands are inhabited and cannot be kept completely secret.

On the other hand, most of the Sky Islands are now used as bases by the Revolutionary Army.

We can't let Dick take the risk of going against the World Government, and let the Revolutionary Army enjoy the benefits for free.

There is no such truth.

Brothers still have to settle accounts.

"Also, I remember that the Sky Island Visalia can fly. At that time, we can transform the manufactured Sky Island and allow it to move around, which will greatly increase its secrecy and safety."

The Sky Island Visalia is the island where Nami practiced for two years. The island has been transformed by scientists and can be moved around.

Dick's idea is that Vegapunk's research base is at least 15000 meters in the air, while the average sky island is 1 meters.

By then, even if someone discovers that there is something wrong with Sky Island, the first place to discover it will be the territory of the Revolutionary Army.

"Visalia, I know this country. They can build a mobile island as a research base. The technology is no problem."

Lao Bei suddenly had an idea.

There was surprise in Dick's eyes.

Yes, why didn’t he think of it before?
"The next step is to research the equipment."

Many high-tech research equipment are all monopolized by the world government, and you can't find a way to buy them. Naturally, you can't do research.

"We'll build it ourselves." In Chapter 834 of the manga, in order to obtain the giant medicine, Big Mom asked Perospero to use the Licking Fruit to follow the architectural design drawings and completely replicated Punk Hazard's research base one-to-one in a short period of time.

From large buildings and road intervals to small research equipment and high-precision instruments, everything is perfectly restored.

Dick could have done the same thing.

Old Bei has Vegapunk's research institute, scientific instruments, and design drawings in his mind.

Dick doesn't have the Licking Fruit, but he has the Wax-Wax Fruit from Gartino.

The wax-wax fruit can create objects of any shape and size according to Galtino's wishes.

As for instruments made of wax, they are easy to melt, burn, or are not hard enough.

Let's learn from Perospero's method.

After all, Perospero's candies melt when they come into contact with hot coffee, but by infusing the candies with steel, they become less meltable.

At least Caesar said that the research base made of candy is enough for experiments.

If it breaks, just rebuild it.

The same is true for wax fruit.

Even if wax burns easier than candy, we still have Lao Bei here.

Let him solve the flammability problem of wax.

"Well, let me imagine," Lao Bei touched his chin and kept calculating the feasibility in his mind.

"Yes, there is a way to solve it. I once invented a coating that can block high temperatures and flames. When applied to wax, it will never melt."

Old Bei looked at Dick in surprise.

It seems that my research may not have any impact.

No, if you want any scientific instrument, you can make it yourself.

"For raw materials, look for Doflamingo."

As the king of smuggling in the dark world, Ming Ge's methods are very wild.

The medicine that old Whitebeard uses to control his illness is absolutely contraband and is Ming Ge's product.

Of course, Mingge is no longer one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the source of contraband is not as good as in the original work.

But as long as you have money, you can still get more than 7% of Lao Bei's precious materials.

If you use money, there are many pirates, bounty hunters, killers, and nobles willing to sell and collect raw materials.

For example, neither Caesar nor Judge of Germa 66 mind making a deal with Old Bay.

Especially Caesar, the incoming chief scientist of the Navy. If he is given money, Caesar dares to sell all the raw materials of the Navy.

So, here comes the question, it all comes down to one sentence.

Money, Bailey.

As long as he has money, Lao Bei can get any precious materials or research equipment by himself.

At worst, we can just invent it.

Bailey, Bailey, Bailey, and fucking Bailey.

"When I was in the Navy, the annual research budget was about 50 billion Baileys," Vegapunk rubbed his hands. "How much can you give me?"

Dick: ...

"Don't worry, I have a solution."

There are two ways. One is to swallow the fruit.

By eating the fruit, Valpo was able to go from being a poor man to one of the richest men in the world in just two years.

Dick can do the same.

Of course, the alloy made from the Swallow-Swallow Fruit is an absolute strategic item, and Dick does not want to export it.

Then, it is the treasure at the bottom of the sea.

As we all know, the seabed is full of treasures, pearls, corals and other luxury goods.

And there are shipwrecks.

Over the past 800 years, many ships have sunk, and all the jewels and money on them are now ownerless.

Moreover, there is the famous gold-carrying ship.

On it, all that was carried was gold, silver, and jewelry.

Not to mention, 200 meters below the sea was the continent 900 years ago.

There were developed civilizations on the continents of the world, civilizations that were far more developed and powerful than the present one.

As sea levels rose, continents were submerged.

In other words, a lot of wealth is lying on the bottom of the sea.

That is a wealth greater than all the wealth in the world combined.

With Violet's Staring Fruit, it's easy to see through the 200-meter seabed.

Found a city under the sea and sent people to search for it.

Treasures will appear in an endless stream.

At this time, Luo's partners, Bepo, Xia Qi, Peikin and others are needed to take action.

They are experts in naval warfare.

The genius scientist Wolfe even built a submarine.

"Okay, no problem," Vegapunk clapped his hands, extremely excited.

Yes, the wealth and technology of the huge kingdom under the sea, how could he forget it?
"I will immediately build an underwater transport ship, no, three, funding, funding, funding, Quasar..." Lao Bei was so excited that his whole body was shaking, he bit his tongue and almost became mute.

“Also, don’t forget the manpower.”

Searching for treasure on the seabed requires a large number of manpower.

In order to prevent leaks, just use robots instead.

"Okay, leave it to me." Lao Bei is full of energy now.

Isn't it just an underwater exploration and collection robot? It's very simple.

"Once you are on the right track, I can guarantee that your annual research funding will definitely exceed 100 billion Baileys."

"100 billion Baileys," said Old Bei, his eyes shining.

"I want to go to the bottom of the sea, too," Yamato said, his eyes also shining.

"Okay, sure." Dick turned his head.

"In addition, in order to avoid waste and improve the efficiency of capital utilization, I think you need supervision."

That's right, it's Nami.

Being frugal by nature, she would never let Mr. Bei spend money recklessly.

Nami's eyes turned into Bailey symbols.

Lao Bei: (ー`ー)
"No, hey, scientific research costs money. What's the point of wasting money? Every inspiration of a scientist requires money to support it."

"Protests are useless, Doctor. To defeat the World Government, Bailey must be spent wisely, for the greater good."

Lao Bei blinked, feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

A few days later, Dragon, who learned that Dick had kidnapped Vegapunk, came over excitedly.

He came here to recruit Vegapunk.

Although probably sorry for Dick.

However, Dragon still feels that Vegapunk can only play the greatest role in the Revolutionary Army.

Dick's strength is too weak.

Can't protect Vegapunk.

What will Dick do if the World Government sends troops to attack, or Kaido comes in person?
Therefore, the task of protecting Vegapunk and the risk of going to war with the World Government should be handed over to the Revolutionary Army.

Dorag is not afraid.

"How much funding can you give me?" Lao Bei glanced.

Why is it about funding again? Vegapunk, you are really obsessed with money.

"Dr. Vegapunk, don't think about the funding. Think about the world and the oppressed people..."

Dragon opened his mouth and talked incessantly about the revolutionary army's philosophy, justice, program and purpose.

Well, most of them are from Dick.

"Don't waste your time. Dick promised to give me 100 billion Baileys a year. How much can you give me?"

Dorag froze.

Just a few words echoed in my mind.

100 billion Baileys, 100 billion Baileys, 100 billion Baileys...

"How could he have so much money?" Dorag shouted, his voice a little distorted.

"Don't worry about it, there must be one." Lao Bei stared at a drawing in his hand without blinking.

That's Franky's Coke Energy Tech.

When Lao Bei found out about it, he immediately treated it as a treasure.

"Awesome, really awesome," Lao Bei muttered to himself.

There is only one word that Lao Bei can think of to describe this cola energy technology.

That's awesome.

"Such a noise, poor bastard Dorag, if you have nothing to do, just go away and don't bother me."

Dorag: o(≧口≦)o
(End of this chapter)