Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

Seeing Lilith's eyes shining, Bai Ye was not surprised at all.

Although in the original book he had read, there was very little description of this mysterious scientist.

But Bai Ye was still able to get a glimpse of his personality and guess some of his character traits.

The previous conversation with Long made him certain that Vegapunk was not the "evil" who stood on the side of the World Government.

Vegapunk, a pure scientist who is full of infinite expectations for the [future].

His lifelong pursuit is to bring the "future" to the present era.

achieve peace.

After eating the Brain-Brain Fruit, he gained the ability to achieve this goal.

His brain, which can store unlimited knowledge, enables him to complete the work of an entire large scientific research team on his own, or even do better.

But even with such abilities, Vegapunk has walls that he cannot overcome.

That is - funding.

Even if he can design a sci-fi blueprint, without funding, everything will be a castle in the air.

This is also the reason why he rejected Dragon and chose the World Government.

It's not about justice or evil.

Now, a more tempting choice is placed before him, and he naturally will not let it go.

What's more, Lilith in front of Bai Ye represents the evil personality of Vegapunk.

If other people only heard this code name, they would probably think Lilith was a pure villain.

But in fact, Bai Ye, who comes from a Taoist background, knows that evil and bad cannot be equated.

Evil only represents the purest desire deep in a person's heart.

Some people will not do anything terribly evil even if the evil side of their hearts is aroused.

Just like the bully Maguire, after being possessed by venom, he just asked for a salary increase and danced awkwardly in the street.

Lilith, simply and purely, wanted endless funds without any other thoughts.

only...

Bai Ye fell into deep thought:

[Evil... I thought she was the traitor of Vegapong Klee, after all, she is a dark side personality. ]

[But judging from her performance... this money-grubber like Nami... can basically be ruled out. 】

[Yes, it shouldn’t be...]

[The grumpy little girl from before? Not really. ]

[Then is it another personification? No, no, no, it's too early to draw a conclusion now. I can't even be sure if there is really a traitor, or if there is more than one traitor.]

[It can't be the real body...]

[Interesting... I haven't had this feeling of not having the original work as a reference for a long time. 】

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"How about that? If I join Starfire, can I really get enough funding?"

“I have a lot of ideas that need to be realized.”

"Island air conditioning, artificial machinery, automatic food machines, and even endless energy... As long as you give me enough funding, I can make them all come true."

"How is it, how is it, Baiye!"

Seeing that Bai Ye didn't say anything, Lilith became a little anxious, thinking that she had mentioned too many and too big projects and scared the other party.

After all, she knew how huge the cost would be if these projects were to be mass-produced.

She subconsciously hugged Bai Ye's arm, shook it and said:

"It doesn't matter if it's not all the projects. As long as you can guarantee more than what the World Government gives, I'll go to your side, how about that?"

Bai Ye was thinking silently when he suddenly felt his arm sink into something soft, and then he came to his senses.

"Cough, cough," Bai Ye pretended to cough and pulled his arm out.

Facing Lilith's shining eyes, Bai Ye said seriously: "Of course, Miss Lilith, even without my recommendation, with the ability of you Vegapunk, Xinghuo will agree to your conditions without hesitation."

Looking at Bai Ye's sincere gaze, Lilith finally smiled.

She patted Bai Ye's shoulder with pride, laughed loudly and said:

"Hahahaha, you really understand, Bai Ye. We are just so awesome! Hahaha."

Modesty? Lilith is not modest.

Possessing technology far beyond the current level, she has enough pride.

No one can make her bow her head.

Of course, the funding is available.

So, Lilith excitedly asked Bai Ye: "When are we leaving? Oh, no, I still need to pack up, and I have to take away those sea beast machines outside..."

Once she started talking, Lilith couldn't stop.

Meili, who witnessed the whole process beside Bai Ye, also looked at him with admiration: "As expected of Bai Ye~"

Just when Lilith was thinking that she was going to leave with Bai Ye right now, a figure came here and interrupted her.

"Wait for me for a moment [Evil], don't make such an important decision casually."

These words naturally attracted everyone's attention.

The man was tall, wearing a dark blue coat with yellow stripes, blue gloves, and a black helmet with a yellow 01 on it, so it was hard to tell his appearance. But judging from his voice, he seemed to be a man in his 30s.

“I didn’t make this decision casually.”

Lilith's dissatisfied voice sounded, and she frowned at the person who came: "[Zheng], didn't you hear it? He said that Xinghuo can give us enough funds! In this way, can't I catch fewer pirates every day to invest in research?"

Bai Ye: So catching pirates is actually a hobby for you?

The man called Zheng shook his head: "Do you believe him just because he asked you to? Haven't you considered the possibility of being deceived?"

"What?!" Lilith immediately looked at Bai Ye and asked with a fierce expression, "How dare you lie to me?"

Bai Ye just shrugged: "Why would I lie to you?"

Having said that, Bai Ye just waved his hand.

The next second, there was a bang and Lilith immediately opened her mouth.

Between her and Bai Ye, a mountain of gold, silver and treasures appeared!

“The funds!!! They are all mine!!!”

Lilith immediately let out a sharp explosion, and air spurted out of her boots, and she rushed towards the hill in front.

However, the moment she was about to touch the treasure, everything in front of her disappeared.

Bai Ye's voice also rang out: "This is mine, maybe it will be yours, but..."

Lilith noticed that Bai Ye's gaze turned to [Zheng] and said, "It seems that someone doesn't think so."

just:...

It’s broken, it’s coming for me!

As expected, Lilith stood up like a mad woman and started to attack him:

"It's all because of you that I have no funding left! I remember that you were the one who first told me about their identities. You already knew they had so much money, but you still came out to cause trouble at this time. You are targeting me, right?!"

I feel a little tired and want to explain but don't know how to start.

After all, he is the personification of righteousness, and is the opposite of Lilith, who represents evil.

As the saying goes, good people can be bullied.

He and Lilith always lose arguments.

Finally, he just sighed.

"Forget it. Even if we are all Vegapunk, we were already independent individuals when we were separated."

"Even if I [want] them..."

Having said that, [Zheng] shook his head again.

However, he did not notice that a glimmer of enlightenment flashed in Bai Ye's eyes when he heard his words.

When he looked at Bai Ye, the other party had returned to normal, so he just continued his words:

"It may sound strange, but the other Vegapunk wants to run some tests on your companion."