"Vegapunk".
"The man with the world's first brain."
"Since you're so clever that you even anticipated my coming to find you, I wonder if you've ever considered the possibility of your own death!"
Rosen looked at Vegapunk, who had a huge head and whose brain had not yet been separated, and his words made this scientist, who was 500 years ahead of the world, turn pale with fright.
I don't quite understand what you mean.
Vegapunk's face changed color.
"Can you be sure that our call this time won't be eavesdropped on by the World Government?"
Rosen didn't answer but asked a question instead.
"etc."
Upon hearing this, Vegapunk's eyes flickered, and he walked to the giant computer and began operating the keyboard.
A moment later.
He looked up at Rosen again.
"That's fine."
"It's hard to say about what happened before."
"But now, no one can eavesdrop on our conversation."
Vegapunk said in a deep voice:
"So."
"You can tell me."
"Who wants to kill me?"
He stared intently at Rosen.
"Historical text".
Rosen said indifferently.
"you."
Although Vegapunk had some suspicions, he was still moved when Rosen revealed his secret.
He's just a scientist, not a Marine officer or a pirate; he doesn't have that kind of mental fortitude.
There's no need to delve into why I know this.
"Isn't that so?"
Rosen interrupted Vegapunk's follow-up questions.
"indeed."
Upon hearing this, Vegapunk calmed down as well.
Yes.
Regardless of how Rosen knew, it was all meaningless now.
The most important thing now is to figure out the other party's intentions.
"So, you're planning to blackmail me?"
After a moment's hesitation, Vegapunk finally spoke.
"You are neither a pirate nor an enemy, so why would I blackmail you?"
Rosen shook his head and chuckled.
"Feel sorry."
"Then let me put it another way."
What do you want from me?
Vegapunk stared intently at Rosen.
"So, do you want to die, or do you want to live?"
Rosen met Vegapunk's gaze.
"Death, how exactly did you die?"
"How exactly does one live?"
Vegapunk's mind raced.
"If I die, I can hang up right now, and you can pretend I never called you."
"As for living."
"There are no secrets that last forever on the Grand Line. Even ONE PIECE, which has been sealed for 800 years, will eventually surface and be found. How much more so for you to decipher the mysteries of the world."
Rosen's words made Vegapunk tense all over, and he broke out in a cold sweat:
"The moment when the world government decides to settle accounts with you."
"I can protect you this once."
Just as Vegapunk felt as if Mount Everest was pressing down on his heart, making it difficult for him to breathe, he suddenly changed the subject and proposed a condition that Vegapunk could not refuse.
"An amulet given by the Shinigami?"
Upon hearing this, Vegapunk was immediately intrigued.
As a scientist who could be received by the Five Elders, he held a very high position in the World Government, and could get whatever he wanted.
Especially after the Marine became independent, he went from being the head of the Marine Science Class to the current head of the World Government Science Class, and is now more trusted by the Five Elders than before.
However, Vegapunk knew perfectly well what was going on.
When the Five Elders are good to you, they can elevate you to the heavens; but when they turn against you, they can cast you into hell.
This sentence is very suitable for describing myself.
After all, who are the Five Elders?
Celestial Dragons.
Such a person would never consider anyone other than the Celestial Dragons as human beings; in fact, they would see the Celestial Dragons as people they could dispose of at will.
Moreover, he himself was a scientist.
In particular, he is secretly researching the mysteries of the world, which is a taboo for the Five Elders—no, a taboo for Im.
In this way.
The amulet that Rosen gave was of utmost importance.
after all.
This is a man powerful enough to take on the Ochoku Pirates single-handedly and seize Marine power from the Five Elders.
He is also the only person in world history who, despite being at headquarters, put Hyōrinmaru above the Five Elders.
Thinking about Rosen's past and various personas, Vegapunk valued the talisman given to him by the Shinigami even more.
"Is there anything I can do to help you?"
After thinking it over, Vegapunk couldn't refuse Rosen in the end.
Nobody wants to die.
In particular, he has not yet fully deciphered all the mysteries of the world as interpreted by Ohara.
At this point, Rosen's amulet became extremely important.
"I want all the technology you have about artificial Devil Fruits."
"Zoan type".
"Paramecia type".
"And then there's the Logia type."
Rosen was not surprised at all when Vegapunk agreed.
Even the man with the world's greatest brain is still human.
To be able to live.
Who would want to die?
In particular, Vegapunk still has many experiments to conduct and many secrets to uncover.
"Artificial Devil Fruits?"
"etc."
"Rosen, you're not thinking of mass-producing artificial Devil Fruits like you mass-produced Judge's battle suits, and then distributing them throughout the entire army, are you?"
Vegapunk was taken aback at first, but then he guessed Rosen's purpose.
Is there a problem?
"Science and technology are not something that is high and mighty, but rather something that should serve the Marine and the people."
"Moreover, wouldn't it be great if everyone in the Marine were like a dragon or a Buddha in the future?"
Upon hearing this, Rosen was not surprised that Vegapunk could guess it.
In terms of mass production and popularization, he already has a history of mass-producing and popularizing combat suits.
"Science and technology are not something that is high and mighty, but rather something that should serve the Marine and the people."
When Vegapunk heard this, he felt as if his G-spot had been hit, and he strongly agreed with it.
Yes.
Although he was the world's most outstanding scientist, he opposed dangerous experiments such as those involving biological and chemical weapons because of his strong scientific ethics.
at the same time.
My initial motivation for dedicating myself to science was to make the world a better place.
Rosen's views on technology are undoubtedly in line with his own.
"You are really different from the Five Elders."
"They only want to use my knowledge, my mind, and my technology to continuously create powerful weapons that can ensure the Celestial Dragons' eternal rule over the world."
"In their eyes, all races other than the Celestial Dragons are nothing but slaves, and the world's population is nothing but a string of cold numbers."
"I've always wanted to use technology to make the world a better place, let alone let ordinary people enjoy the convenience of technology."
Vegapunk gave Rosen a deep look.
Although Rosen wanted his own artificial Devil Fruit technology and intended to use it primarily on the Marine, he was aware of the man's deeds.
In Stussy's words, this is the most cold-blooded, yet also the most compassionate, Marine.
They left their cold-bloodedness to the pirates.
He left the warmth to his colleagues and the common people.
An assessment of Stussy.
After coming into contact with Rosen and reviewing the man's actions in North Blue, Vegapunk found the assessment quite accurate.
"I am not as great as you say."
"I simply feel that in this cruel world of pirates, since I have chosen the Marine, I should do my best to make the Marine as great as possible in my hands; since I have chosen justice, I should do my best to make the world as peaceful as possible in my hands."
"To turn this kind of empty talk into an ironclad fact, every Marine must become a wall that can withstand floods, a human wall that can resist the cold torrent of the Great Pirate Era."
That's all.
Rosen's calm and honest words were like arrows wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, traversing the vast distance between Marine Headquarters and Egghead, striking Vegapunk and stirring a long-lost feeling within him.
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