One Piece: Under the Throne

After leaving Balkimoa, Leo drove the boat and began to search along the clues he analyzed from Dr. Vegapunk's notes.

Leo's first destination is a small island called Tinar. According to the doctor's records, the plant metals growing on this island are the materials he needs for biomechanical transformation. Plant metals are high-risk species with hard skin and carnivorous habits. In addition, there are signs of cannibal activities on Tinar Island.

After closing the notebook, Leo couldn't help but sigh that even for top scientists, scientific research would be difficult without huge logistical support. This made Leo doubt the sentence written by the doctor on the title page of the notebook: "I need hints from the mysteries of nature."

This sentence sounds like the doctor is lamenting that a person's wisdom is limited. But Leo combined it with the actual analysis and it was not what he meant. In fact, Vegapunk was just being pretentious. If someone could collect materials for him, Vegapunk would definitely be an old otaku in the pirate world.

The journey was full of difficulties, including storms, whirlpools, upwelling currents and other natural disasters that can only be seen on great routes. Leo overcame all the difficulties and finally saw Tinar Island in the early morning of the fifth day at sea.

Taking into account the dangerous plant metals and cannibals on the island, Leo decided to stop the ship two nautical miles away from the island. Of course, he did not intend to land on the island rashly when the way ahead was unknown, so the surveillance Den Den Mushi that he had looted from the slave ship came in handy.

Leo used the remaining parts to assemble a drone, and then fixed the nervous-looking Den Den Mushi on the drone, and got a cute flight monitor. In order to prevent Den Den Mushi from not adapting to the airflow during flight, Leo also thoughtfully made a pair of windproof glasses for the little guy.

The first time the Den Den Mushi flew into space, it was a little nervous. The picture was swaying back and forth and it was blurry. It was so scared that it closed its eyes when it flew too high. So, I added a bracket to the Den Den Mushi's eyes to open the eyelids, and even used parts to fix the neck of the little thing, so that it could barely be used.

It was already dark when all this was done. After the previous lesson, Leo didn't dare to underestimate this world anymore. He first concentrated on sensing whether there were any dangerous creatures around. After making sure it was completely safe, Leo decided to explore the island at night.

"Yoshi! All ready, little one, it's up to you tonight, start the Den Den Mushi flight monitor." Buzz buzz buzz! The four propellers started at the same time, and the Den Den Mushi hovered in the air. After it stabilized a little, Leo turned on the lighting equipment and began to explore Tinar Island in an S-shaped flight trajectory.

The Tinar Island was shrouded in darkness at night, and the island was unusually quiet. The surveillance camera flew for a long time but did not hear any sounds of any living creatures. For Leo, who grew up in the forest, this was obviously abnormal. The jungle at night should be full of vitality, but here it was indeed dead silent.

As the Den Den Mushi monitor went deeper, a rustling sound was finally heard from the screen. It sounded like an object being dragged on the ground. The monitor was controlled to fly in the direction of the sound. After flying for about twenty minutes, a lake was discovered in the center of the island.

There is a plant that looks like it is about to wither on the island in the middle of the lake. The plant looks like a tree without a crown, with all its branches entangled together in twos and threes and hanging limply to the ground. From a distance, it looks like a bunch of dreadlocks.

However, when the monitor's light shone on it, the plant suddenly came alive, twisting its branches to avoid the light, and some branches waved in the air in an attempt to shoot down the aircraft.

As the branches moved, Leo finally saw the situation below. The land on the island in the middle of the lake was covered with dense animal skeletons, and seedlings grew on many of the skeletons.

Leo guessed that this thing was most likely plant metal, but he couldn't test its hardness and couldn't jump to conclusions. Just as Leo was thinking, the plant changed again. All the branches stood up towards the sky, then twisted together like a twist, and then dived into the ground, leaving only a dark hole in the center of the island. The rest of the seedlings also gathered their leaves and buried themselves underground, and the entire island in the middle of the lake suddenly became bare.

"Ah... Plant metal is quite shy. I didn't expect such a fierce plant to be afraid of light. It seems that if we want to collect samples of this plant, we have to do it at night."

Thinking of this, Ao was suddenly stunned: "Huh? Didn't I come here to find the trace of Vegapunk? Why would I want to collect plant metals? Is Vegapunk poisonous? Or do I have the potential to become a top scientist?"

Leo didn't sleep well that night because of this question, and he had to continue working with dark circles under his eyes the next morning.

After a not-so-good breakfast, Leo smacked his lips and felt that he had embarrassed the time travelers from the Great Flower Clan. They were a group of people with top cooking skills after time travel, so why was he so lame? It seemed that he had to find a chef as a companion as soon as possible.

He started the Den Den Mushi flight monitor again and quickly arrived at the lake island along the same track as yesterday. Sure enough, there was a big hole in the center of the lake island. He didn't know where the main body of the plant metal had gone. He threw a few incendiary bombs into the hole. After waiting for a long time, there was still no response. Leo had to give up here and return to the jungle to continue looking for clues.

The monitor was flying aimlessly in the jungle. Tinar Island was still quite lively during the day. Leo even saw a large herbivorous dinosaur. He flew the aircraft to the head of the herbivorous dinosaur and played a stare-eye game with it.

Suddenly, the face of the Herbivorous Dragon disappeared from the screen. Leo quickly adjusted the angle of the Den Den Mushi, and found that the Herbivorous Dragon was being dragged into the depths of the jungle while wailing, and disappeared in a short while.

The Den Den Mushi stared with its eyes wide open in the direction where the dinosaur disappeared, and the scene became awkward for a while.

Leo: "Brother Long, I'm sorry. Who told you to play the game of holding on without blinking with me? Maybe you don't know that I have already propped up the eyelids of Den Den Mushi, so... open your eyes in the next life."

When Leo was controlling the monitor and was about to leave, he was suddenly attacked from the ground. The alarm on the aircraft went off, and one of the propellers had stopped working due to an unknown attack. Leo was so scared that he quickly raised the height of the monitor and did not dare to return until the altitude exceeded 100 meters.

After returning, the big eyes of Den Den Mushi were already full of tears. The little guy was really scared. After removing the bracket, it shrank into its shell and refused to come out. This situation made Leo feel guilty, so he had to put a piece of fresh vegetable leaf next to Den Den Mushi as a thank you gift, hoping that it would calm down soon. After checking the damaged part again, it was found that the arrow that attacked the monitor was a 3-centimeter-long animal tooth arrow, which seemed to be fired by a blowgun. Just when Leo took the arrow, the arrow suddenly came to life, or to be more precise, the arrow shaft began to twist wildly. It was actually made of a piece of plant metal branch.

This is really a pillow sent to me when I am sleepy. I was just worrying about how to get the specimens, and someone sent them to me. Needless to say, it must be the work of the cannibals on the island. I didn't expect these natives to be so enthusiastic.

After this happened, Leo was basically certain that Vegapunk was no longer on this island. Given the nature of those crazy scientists, if MADS was built here, the metal plants would have been sent to the laboratory long ago.

It seems that we have to go to the second island recorded in the notes. The return gift to the natives of Tinar Island will have to be made up next time. But before setting off, we must preserve the plant metal first. God knows whether it will cause danger if it is exposed to the air. So the 3 cm branch was put into the test tube.

On the way to the next island, Leo conducted several experiments on plant metal. When the metal plant is soaked in seawater, it will slowly turn black. The black plant metal is considered to be extremely hard. After leaving the seawater, it will slowly return to normal. When placed in drinking water, the metal plant will slowly sprout. If a few drops of blood are dripped into it, it will be quickly absorbed by the metal plant. Blood can actually accelerate the growth of plant metal. Leo looked at the experimental report in his hand with satisfaction. Maybe plant metal is very suitable for his biological weapon. However, it is better to temporarily seal it in the seawater and consider cultivating this dangerous plant when there is a stable laboratory.

After sailing for another half a month, we finally saw the destination of this trip, Reunion Island. The boat started to slow down before it got close. Leo remembered that this sea area was also very dangerous. According to the doctor's notes, there were many large marine creatures living near Reunion Island. Leo didn't want to learn from a certain guide who pretended to be pitiful and sacrificed one of his arms to the king of the offshore. So he had to disguise the boat before getting close.

[Shenzhou] ability is activated, and a hollow water ball composed of sea water wraps the small boat inside. This is another function of this move that Leo accidentally discovered after going out to sea. After the small boat is wrapped by the water ball formed by Shenzhou, it can mislead the perception of marine life, making them think that it is just a ball of sea water. What could be safer in the sea than disguising yourself as a drop of sea water?

After quietly approaching the waters of Reunion Island, Leo indeed found many traces of large sea kings in the water. Leo drove the boat slowly forward, not daring to make a sound for fear of disturbing these terrifying big guys. When he dived to a position a few hundred meters away from the island, Leo suddenly found several mechanically modified sharks patrolling near the coast in the water. The cold flash of their electronic eyes looked particularly terrifying on the seabed.

However, Leo slowly raised the corners of his mouth and said to himself excitedly, "I found you, Dr. Vegapunk."