One Piece: Under the Throne

At the coast of Reunion Island, the waves gently hit the shore. At this moment, Leo was standing on the sea, and the sea water slowly covered the surface of his body. Dr. Vegapunk stood on the beach with a notebook and a stopwatch, taking notes.

The seawater on the surface of his body slowly receded, leaving behind a suit of black-gray armor that wrapped around Leo's entire body. This was his exclusive weapon, the Seastone Mecha Type 1.

"35 seconds, the conversion speed increased by 20%. Are you ready? Let's test the power system first." Dr. Vegapunk shouted to Leo in the distance.

The Seastone Armor raised its hand to signal, and then there was a loud bang and water splashed under its feet. The powerful propulsion seemed to turn the Seastone Armor into a black lightning. Look, the speed has completely surpassed the speed of the Navy's Sixth Style [Shave].

The seastone armored man alternately kicked the sea surface backwards with his legs, splashing water every time he landed. In the blink of an eye, he ran back and forth over a dozen nautical miles. When he was about to return to the shore, Leo began to slow down, and finally stopped steadily in front of Vegapunk.

"The speed is not bad, 45 meters per second, which is close to the speed of 15 wind. It is difficult for ordinary people to capture your figure with their eyes. Even if the user has the observation Haki, it is difficult to keep up with the reaction after sensing the body. Next, test the weapon."

Leo nodded slightly, raised his right hand and aimed at the sea in the distance. A cross-shaped beam of light lit up at the launch port on the palm of his hand. After charging for 5 seconds, a beam of light as thick as a baby's arm shot out. The blue laser evaporated all the sea water along the way until it hit a small boat one kilometer away.

After hitting the target, a shock wave spread out first, and then a depression with a diameter of more than 50 meters was blown out on the sea surface. The seawater in the depression had all been evaporated, and the small boat that was the target had long since turned to ashes.

The doctor recorded the power of the weapon on the paper with satisfaction, and then heard Leo say: "Doctor, find a shelter for a while, I want to test my new ability."

Leo raised his hands in front of him, and a giant water ball gradually formed. The diameter of the water ball was more than 20 meters and it was hollow in the middle. Then Leo began to compress the volume of the water ball, and the seastone armor on his body gradually faded. He injected all the concentrated seastone factors into the water ball in order to increase the density of the seawater, so as to ensure that the air in the ball could not leak out.

The volume of the water ball was compressed until it was between the two palms, and at this time the water ball was emitting a dazzling blue light. That's right, Leo's new skill is to imitate the bear's bear impact, and the principle is the explosion of compressed air.

A small blue water ball flew out from Leo's palm and slowly drifted away. After it flew two nautical miles away, the small water ball suddenly emitted a stronger light, and then wherever Leo's eyes could see was filled with white.

Then there was another loud explosion, and the powerful shock wave pushed the sea water to flood the beach of Reunion Island. The explosion lasted for 10 seconds before slowly dissipating.

After a brief moment of blindness, Leo opened his eyes and was stunned by what he saw. A shallow beach was directly blown out near the coast, and it took a long time for the sea water to slowly rise and return to its original state. The trees on the beach were blown all over the place by the shock wave, and even the smaller reefs were broken. Seeing this scene, Leo gasped and could only sigh that it was so horrible.

At the same time, Vegapunk came out from behind the reef in the distance, spitting out the sand in his mouth and cursing, "Ah, bah, bah, bah, what the hell are you doing again, you little bastard?"

"Don't be so obsessed with high-lethal weapons. It's better for us to have more respect for life." Vegapunk scolded Leo.

……

It has been almost a year since Leo came to MADS. Vegapunk also spent Leo's 11th birthday with him. The arrogant doctor gave him the porcupine gun as a gift. Leo had been thinking about this thing for a long time, so he happily put the gun on his waist, just to accompany Susanna's dagger.

After his 11th birthday, Leo's life returned to normal. Even after the success of the seastone armor experiment, Leo still did not give up the daily training of seawater control. He would not stop until the speed of seastone conversion could be completed instantly.

In the following period of time, Leo's work was all centered around Vegapunk and Judge, as their bloodline factor research was almost completed.

But the closer Leo gets to the completion of the research, the more uneasy he becomes. In the original work, MADS was declared an illegal organization by the World Government, apparently because of the completion of the bloodline factor research. Vegapunk also became a prisoner of the government, and from then on he could only work for the government, completely losing his personal freedom.

Leo had already regarded Vegapunk as his teacher, and he naturally didn't want the doctor to suffer such a fate. So in the remaining days, Leo secretly made a small submarine. With this and the ability of the devil fruit, Leo was confident that he could escape from here with Vegapunk.

Later, Leo discovered that Stussy's whereabouts had become secretive. He had been worried that this woman was an undercover agent of the World Government, so he felt that he could not wait any longer and secretly found Vegapunk.

"Doctor, I have something important to discuss with you."

Vegapunk didn't even look at him, and continued with his experiment. "What can you do? Have you finished your homework for today?"

"Doctor, do you know Stussy? I always feel like there's something wrong with her."

"That woman has always been like that, you don't have to bother with her." Vegapunk said nonchalantly.

Leo was confused for a while and decided to confront Vegapunk: "Doctor, Stussy might be a CP0 agent of the World Government. Maybe she is waiting for your bloodline factor research to be completed before she takes action to snatch it. It is too dangerous for you to stay here. I secretly made a small submarine. Let's escape together before Stussy finds us."

Vegapunk continued to do the experiment, and after a while he said to Leo. "It seems that you are not a simple guy. Forget it, those are not important. I will never leave. And don't think that the bloodline factor is too simple. The current research progress is just the tip of the iceberg. Only that idiot Judge would think that this is all about the bloodline factor. I can guess that Stussy is a government man. Haha, even if they arrest me, what can they do? They won't kill me. They must need me to continue to develop technology for them, and I can just take advantage of the government's resources."

Leo was stunned by Vegapunk's words: "Doctor, you don't have to give up your freedom if you want to continue your research. I..." Leo was interrupted by the doctor before he could finish his words.

"You don't have to tell me. Being caught by the World Government was something I had planned a long time ago. Without the support of a world-class team, my dream will never come true."

"You should think about your retreat, little guy. You were originally an unimportant little character, but you developed laser weapons and weapons of mass destruction, which gave Stussy a reason to deal with you."

At this point, Vegapunk sighed and said, "The first phase of the bloodline factor experiment is almost complete. You will stay with me during this period. Any ships approaching within 200 nautical miles will not escape my monitoring. When the government attacks MADS, I will send you away."

Leo stared at the busy Vegapunk and was speechless for a moment. Even at this time, the doctor still thought about him. At this moment, he was only deeply moved.

The bloodline factor transfer experiment has finally reached the final stage. On this day, everyone gathered in Vegapunk's laboratory. They gathered around a blue devil fruit and marveled at it. A closer look revealed that this fruit was very different from the devil fruit. At least its appearance still maintained the shape of a normal fruit. The reason why it was considered a devil fruit was because there were cloud-like patterns on the peel.

In full view of everyone, Vegapunk fed the artificial devil fruit to the little mouse test subject. After a short wait, wings were seen growing on the back of the mouse.

"Hahahaha, it's finally done." Judge laughed crazily, the research that supported his ambition was finally successful. At this moment, Judge took off all his disguises and his eyes were full of madness.

Caesar and Quinn were also surprised that the bloodline factor experiment was successful. Caesar was even impatient to check Vegapunk's experimental notes, but Stussy quietly reached his hand behind him. Several people stared at the experimental subject with ulterior motives.

"Okay, the experimental subject is not stable enough now, and needs to be observed for another week. If the experimental subject shows no signs of collapse within this week and can use the power of the devil fruit, the bloodline factor transfer experiment will be considered successful. For now, everyone please wait patiently." Vegapunk concluded.

Everyone agreed with Vegapunk's opinion, and left the laboratory when they saw that nothing was wrong. However, Leo had already noticed that everyone had different ideas.

After everyone left, Vegapunk grabbed Leo's sleeve and walked into the inner room of the laboratory. After a while, they arrived at the material warehouse. As the two entered, the steel door closed.

"Listen carefully, kid. There is a passage that leads directly to the bottom of the sea. You will escape from here in a moment, using the toy you made secretly. You have at most four hours to escape. If you can avoid the World Government's ship, you will be completely free. You don't have to thank me. Just think of it as a thank you for everything you have done for Balkimoa."

"The box over there is also a gift for you. If you have the chance, you should make a real robot for yourself. Don't always use your fruit ability. That's not cool at all, you know?" After saying that, the doctor opened the door of the warehouse and walked out without looking back.

The door slowly closed. Leo stared at Vegapunk's back and suddenly bowed deeply to him. "Teacher, take care of yourself. I will definitely set you free. I swear!"

Vegapunk chuckled. He did not refute the teacher. He turned his back to Leo and said softly, "Leo, try your best to live. You will meet many people and visit many places in the future. You should not stop here. I look forward to the day when your reputation will resound throughout the sea."