One Piece: The Magician

"" Old Falconi, opposite the phone bug, fell into silence, seeming to be brewing something.

"Fred, my dear son."

He did not immediately answer Major General Black Crow's question, but asked himself: "Do you know what the foundation of our Falconi family's position in the world government is?"

"Well, this should be about scientific research."

Fred replied that although he, a young man with ambitions to become a general, was not interested in science and technology, he still knew what his family was doing.

After all, the equipment of the scavenger team that can efficiently and quickly clean up oil pollution on the sea was independently developed by the family.

"That's right, technology." Phone Bug nodded gracefully.

"The Falconi family's scientific team has participated in the research on almost all scientific and technological matters related to the navy, such as the mining of explosive rock, the processing of sea floor stones, the design of new weapons, and the development of driving armor."

"At that time, when people talked about technology, the first name that came to mind was Falconi." The phone bug looked nostalgic, and then the old Falconi sighed and said in a very sour way His voice faintly said:

"Until a few decades ago, that man appeared."

Fred's body was shaken. Although his father did not say the name of the person clearly, a name flashed through his mind like a meteor, a name that was like thunder in the navy.

Begapunk

Although the Falconi family's scientific research team has a long-standing reputation, it was still beaten to the last drop by this genius scientist who claims to have surpassed human intelligence for 500 years.People now only know him as Vegapunk, but who cares about Falconi, who was once the Tarzan Beidou in the scientific world?

"Since Dr. Vegapunk appeared, the influence of our Falconi family has been declining day by day." The phone bug made a very expressive and gloomy expression.

"Although the accumulation of time has prevented the family's status from plummeting in a short period of time, who can say for sure what will happen in the future."

"In order to strengthen the Falconi family's position, we have to make a comeback in the scientific field."

Fred was silent. As far as he knew, this kind of scientific research competition in which the two sides climbed up the technological tree had happened more than once. But it was a pity that in the face of Dr. Vegapunk's various black technologies, the Falconi family I've never received any benefits.

As if sensing what his son was thinking through the phone bug's expression, Old Falconi asked again:

"Fred, you have a natural ability, so let me ask you, why do you think the natural ability is called the strongest devil fruit among the three abilities?"

"It's naturally elemental."

Major General Black Crow replied without thinking that the ability of elementalization to be immune to physical attacks is really a shame.And if it weren't for the fruit ability, Fred's scumbag taijutsu would not have been able to secure the position of rear admiral in the Navy Headquarters.

"Yes, it is elementalization. This is also the most obvious feature of the natural system. Except for sea tower stones, domineering and some special material and fruit abilities, elementalization is simply invincible."

After thinking for a while, Old Falconi whispered in a rather mysterious tone:

"Then that being the case, an army composed entirely of soldiers who can transform into elements can also be called an invincible army."

Upon hearing this terrifying and somewhat fanciful hypothesis, Fred immediately took a breath of cold air subconsciously, with a look of horror on his face.

"How is it possible that there are so many natural devil fruits and an army composed of natural fruit ability users? This is too unrealistic."

Major General Black Crow is a firm believer in the theory of natural element invincibility, which can be seen from his simple belief that only natural elements are worthy of being generals.And as a rare natural Devil Fruit user, Fred has always been complacent about it.

But now, his father actually said: Form a natural army

What a serious nonsense. Has the natural science department become a mainstream commodity?

ps: The Straw Hats said: Well, they are almost street goods. Counting you this time, we have encountered only natural enemies along the way from Rogue Town.

"No, no, no, they are not natural ability users. Those elemental soldiers can simply transform into elements. Well, they may be able to control elements simply, but their power is probably not even one ten thousandth of that of natural ability users." Phone call Chong shook his head and explained unhurriedly:

"Although this kind of elemental soldiers who can transform into elements are completely unsatisfactory in the eyes of strong men who have reached a certain level of strength. But in the eyes of most pirates, an undead army that ignores physical attacks is definitely a natural disaster."

Indeed, even if there is still a way to break the elementalization of the natural system, this can be completely ignored in ordinary battles.Fred looked down in thought.

Armed Haki Even in the New World, the last sea where Haki is most common, Haki cannot be mastered by one person.

Hailoushi's technology for processing this rare substance into weapons is not yet very mature.

And how many people does an army have? Ten thousand or one million?

Silently, he imagined the scene of an elemental army attacking a city and conquering territory without fear of death. The more Fred thought about it, the more frightened he became.He even felt that if there could really be such an army, the era of great pirates would be about to end.

"So, that natural devil fruit is used for that." At this point, Major General Black Crow had already vaguely guessed what his father needed a natural devil fruit for.

"Yes, it is one of the most important materials in the Elemental Corps plan." When mentioning the scientific research project, Old Falconi's voice rose in vain, and even the phone bug looked enthusiastic.

"In recent years, there are two main scientific research projects launched by the Navy Headquarters. In addition to the Elemental Legion Project, the other one is Vegapunk's Pacifist Project."

At the mention of the Pacifist Plan, the elder Falcone couldn't help but snort.

"Speaking of which, both sides have focused their research on natural abilities this time. The Pacifist's human weapon has actually been transplanted with General Kizaru's laser ability. Oh, it's really putting the cart before the horse. You have to know that the natural element is the strongest. The greatest ability is elementalization."

Fred nodded in disbelief. Originally, he had no interest in the so-called pacifist at all, but after hearing that the fruit of the general's ability had been transplanted into the thing, he suddenly became a little interested.

"Father, how far is that pacifist plan going?"

"" After hearing this, the person on the other side of the phone immediately fell into a confused silence.Major General Black Crow was shocked and thought to himself, "Did I ask something that I shouldn't have asked?"

Falcone Sr. was silent for a while.

"More than a month ago, Vegapunk's research team lacked a suitable memory metal, and the Pacifist Project fell into a pleasant bottleneck."

The phone bug had a dark look on his face, gritting his teeth and continued: "But according to the latest news, a chamber of commerce called Flash Gold appeared out of nowhere, and the president of that chamber of commerce promoted a new type of alloy to the world government. What a coincidence. Coincidentally, it just meets all the needs of Vegapunk.”

Whoosh

A crisp sound of glass shattering on the ground came from the opposite side of the phone, scaring Fred to shiver subconsciously.

After taking a few deep breaths, the old Falconi calmed down and continued: "Thanks to that bullshit Chamber of Commerce and their bullshit alloy, the pacifist plan is nearing completion. It is estimated that it will take a few more months. The first The mass-produced machine can be put into trial use, haha, it’s really a good assist.”

"Looks like I have to thank the president of the Chamber of Commerce for helping Vegapunk. Well, thanks from the Falconi family."

After rereading the thank you in bold, the phone bug's mouth curved in a sinister way, which looked a little funny and a little penetrating.

gudu~~

Fred swallowed silently and mourned for three seconds in his heart for the unmasked president of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce.

The reason why he, a son, is so afraid of his father is largely because of old Falconi's extreme and unkind and cold style.To be continued.