At a port on Firefly Island, Kurokas was basking in the sun while chatting with Lab.
According to the strange tradition here, the top leader of a department often appears where he shouldn't be.
As a king, Oran would not stay peacefully in the royal city, so it was reasonable for Kurokas, as the director of the hospital, to walk the whale outside as Oran had promised.
"Barrett. He's a troublesome guy."
Looking at the recent news reports in the newspaper, Kulokas looked a little anxious.
Although Barrett left Roger's pirate group shortly after he boarded Roger's ship, Crocus had some understanding of Barrett from what others had said.
A loner, a battle fanatic, a dangerous person, all of the above evaluations come from Buggy.
Because Barrett has been betrayed all the time, he doesn't trust his companions and believes in the logic that strength is everything. As the weakest one on the ship, Buggy is also someone Barrett dislikes.
However, during the battle, Barrett inadvertently protected others, and it was this behavior that made Barrett fall into deep reflection.
Protecting his companions would delay decisiveness in battle, which made Barrett feel weaker.
One night, Barrett and Roger had their final battle.
The result was the same. Roger still defeated Barrett with a crushing momentum, and after that, Barrett left Roger's pirate group.
Kurokas checked Roger's condition after the battle. Oran's medicine allowed Roger to fight without worrying about his physical condition, but Kurokas was also paying attention to post-battle conditioning to prevent Roger from getting too excited.
Boom! Boom!
"What's going on?"
Kurokas suddenly felt the ground shaking, as if something big was moving. When he looked towards the source of the sound, he saw Iron Oz walking towards the coastline step by step.
"Is that the combat weapon Dr. Sidiliel crafted? How did they get this thing out?"
Kurokas didn't know what Orlan was going to do, and the other citizens had the same doubts.
"What's going on? Are there pirates invading again? Why has His Majesty Oran activated all the national defense weapons?"
"I don't know. I didn't hear the alarm. His Majesty has to do everything himself. What are the guards doing?"
Oz's size means that every time it starts, it will attract attention. Ever since San Juan Wolf was defeated by Oz, Oz has basically lost the opportunity to start, and there are not many enemies worth its attack.
Without a large-scale war or a specific opponent, activating Iron Oz would be a waste.
The deployment of this weapon is a special operation against Barrett.
"Brother Oran, is it really okay to make such a big fuss? If we show all this to the navy, it might attract their attention."
Zefa had previously passed a message to Oran. As mentioned before, Oran planned to confront Barrett there and at the same time give the navy more time to assemble and prepare.
Compared with Barrett, the San Juan Wolf from a while ago is not worth mentioning at all. Although San Juan Wolf looks big enough, if Barrett takes it seriously, it will only take one or two moves to deal with San Juan Wolf.
Orlan even sent out not just one or two people, but took away most of the combat power.
On the training ground, Ginny and the others had already witnessed the power of Shiki, and putting this thing in the open didn't seem like a good choice.
"Oz and the others have already seen it, and my goal is to make them see it.
Look at this, this is the manufacturing cost of Shiqi."
Orlan handed Ginny a financial statement. Looking at the strings of zeros, Ginny felt dizzy.
"Is this so much?"
"Yes, and this isn't the most expensive project. This thing is made to be used. If you have to be so cautious every time you put it out in the open, then there's no point in making it.
If I can get the world government to notice it and create a desire for it, I can use this opportunity to obtain sufficient funding and then create something even more deadly."
The creation of Project Gold can be perfectly summarized by the word "burning money", and this is the result of the Project Universe having already spent an immeasurable amount of money to complete the overall framework.
The display of weapons requires a suitable platform. There is no doubt that Barrett meets this standard. Although he lacks more than 20 years of enlightenment in Longchang, he is also a strong man in the first echelon.
There is no need to win, as long as they can fight for a while, then Shiki's value will be enough. Oran doesn't believe that the World Government can give up the idea of this thing.
"As I told you before, we need to temporarily disguise ourselves as ordinary gears, "understand" them, integrate with them, become an inseparable part of their interest groups, and then reverse direction at an appropriate time.
The World Government is a behemoth, and to shake it requires thorough preparation."
The fact that the world government has existed for 800 years is the best proof of its size.
If I'm not mistaken, then the Joyboy at that time was the user of the Nika Fruit.
In the original timeline, Mercury Vouchuri's defense was quite exaggerated. Even a punch from Nika Luffy couldn't break through his defense, and he might even be counterattacked.
However, Vochuli's fangs were broken by a punch from the ancient robot.
The Nika Fruit, the ancient robot, the elephant master, the ancient weapon, and Joyboy, who had several royal cards in his hand, lost.
If there is no hole in Joyboy's brain, it means that the enemy is stronger and he must accumulate enough strength for this.
Let's not talk about anything else, just dealing with those five hard-to-kill old guys in Mary Geoise is so troublesome.
"The intensity of this battle is strong enough. There's no point in playing it small. Come and witness the world's top power. This is the strength of the enemies we will face in the future."
Sitting on Oz's shoulder, Orlan told the people around him about the next stage of the plan and Barrett's troubles.
"Riley, are you ready? The odds of you winning against Barrett are slim. This could very well be your first setback in life."
Leliana's growth has been smooth sailing. She has not encountered any setbacks and there are basically no opponents who can cause trouble for her.
But Barrett was also a monster. He had experienced fighting on the battlefield, battled with top warriors, and was eleven years older than Leliana.
Orlan believes that in a few years, Leliana will be able to bridge the gap, but not now.
There is always a difference between training and real combat. Without experiencing this kind of combat, it will be difficult for Leliana to fill the gap.
"But don't worry, just fight with all your might. Your Uncle Bear and I will take care of the rest."
The generations between them have always been different, and Leliana calling him Brother Bear does not contradict the nickname of Oran at this time.
Orlan took the position of the navy into consideration when making his moves. Theoretically, he wouldn't arrive too much earlier than the navy, and with Shiki's presence, there wouldn't be any problems.
"I haven't been worried. I think Dad, you don't trust me enough. Maybe I can beat him."
Leliana was very confident and had never encountered any setbacks.
"Riley, confidence is good, but don't be arrogant. He's a very strong opponent, unlike any you've faced before.
No, compared to him, those people are not even worthy of being called opponents."
If it was Leliana who would become an adult in seven years, Orlan would never worry. By that time, few people on the sea would be her match. After all, she was still a little young now.
"I understand. I'll cheer up."
"Wait, Oran, I have a question. The intelligence says he's the user of the Fusion Fruit. Are Oz and Shiki a match for him with this ability?"
Looking at the information compiled by Oran, Kate realized something was wrong. This ability seemed to naturally restrain the weapons made by Oran.
"I've considered this. Oz has a temporary seastone armor added to his body, and the fusion fruit can't do anything to it.
As for Shiki, he is not inorganic."
Before taking action, Orlan had taken Barrett's situation into consideration.
Barrett's fusion fruit can fuse any inorganic matter it touches with itself, and can also cause inorganic matter to fuse and reorganize with each other to create new weapons.
In a sense, this fruit is similar to the Swallow-Swallow Fruit, but there are also many differences. The metal synthesized by the Swallow-Swallow Fruit will not return to its original state when the user loses consciousness, and the change will be permanent.
However, as long as the things fused by the Fusion Fruit are not damaged, they will disintegrate when the person with the ability runs out of energy or loses consciousness.
There is a very special biological metal in Shi Ji's body. Although it is called a metal, it is no longer an inorganic substance.
It is "living metal" that has blue blood composed of the devil fruit bloodline factor flowing in it, just like the flesh.
The blue blood produced by this special ingredient combined with the bloodline factor has exceeded the scope of the fusion fruit.
Even if Orlan's calculation was wrong, the seastone inlaid on the end of Shiki's hilt would make Barrett understand what the nemesis of a person with special abilities is.
Meanwhile, on Lime Island, Barrett was engaged in a major battle.
"You losers, you think you can defeat me by getting together?!"
Barrett swung a punch, slamming the man in front of him to the ground. His huge fist had already smashed into the ground. In addition to blood, it was also stained with a lot of gray-white powder.
That is the result of the broken rocks on the island. It is called Lime Island because the entire island is almost made up of limestone and the entire island is almost exposed rock.
In the three years since parting ways with the Roger Pirates, Barrett has defeated countless opponents, whether they are navy or pirates, they are all his targets.
There are even many "weaklings" that Barrett disdains to kill, so Barrett has made many enemies over the years.
After the Navy decided to launch targeted operations against Barrett, the entire Navy began to operate. Some Navy officers undercover among the pirates leaked some information, which eventually brought together Barrett's enemies.
This can not only deplete Barrett's physical strength in advance, but also allow more pirates to be eliminated at one time when the navy takes action.
However, this group of pirates did not have any impact on Barrett.
"Douglas Barrett! You're the one who ruined the dreams of mine and my friends! If it weren't for you, we would be fighting for the great treasure today when the Great Pirate Age begins!"
"Are you a bunch of weaklings, and are you worthy enough to go looking for the great secret treasure? It's not me who ruined you, it's your weakness!"
A stream of purple crystals spread out along Barrett's feet, merging the nearby rocks together.
At this time, Barrett's fruit ability has not yet awakened, and the range of ability is still relatively small. Moreover, physical contact is required to complete the fusion process. It is not like escaping from prison in the original timeline, where everything near the entire island can be included in the fusion range with just a thought.
The huge rock arm was stained with a thick layer of domineering aura, and then with a sweep, it swept away the pirates in front of it.
"Hey, some interesting guys have arrived. This mark is the country where Roger is treating patients, right?"
When Barrett was cleaning up these vengeful pirates, the huge figure of Steel Oz gradually appeared here. With the blue blood created by the Float-Float Fruit in Ski's body, Steel Oz's mobility was greatly enhanced.
Otherwise, given its density, it can only move underwater unless it moves near the continental shelf.
Barrett still remembered the gear mark on Oz's chest, because it was after coming here that Roger had a new understanding of his body.
"That was originally the target for our next stop, but now they've arrived here on their own? It seems the pirates' presence here isn't a mere coincidence."
Barrett noticed something unusual, but didn't take it seriously.
"Come on, in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies are useless."
Looking at the direction where Oz appeared, Barrett was not afraid at all. Instead, he walked towards the coast and came to a ship anchored there.
Not a ship, to be exact, but a submarine.
The submarine is Barrett's Catapult. After leaving the Roger Pirates, Barrett used his abilities to build such a submarine and stored a large number of weapons in it to complement his fruit ability.
As Barrett stood on the bow, the shape of the Catapult began to change, gradually wrapping Barrett inside. The pirate ships and nearby rocks and soil all became targets of Barrett's control.
Compared to the giant beast as big as an island that he created after his enlightenment in Longchang, this combined monster is much smaller, but it is still about the same size as Oz, and even smaller.
"Come on, if we compare heights, I won't lose!"
Barrett controlled his combined body and reached down, almost grabbing a huge rock of the same size as his body, and threw it towards the still moving Oz.
"Everyone, disperse now. The next steps will be as planned."
After the entourage dispersed, only Leliana and Shiki remained in the mecha, while Orlan also controlled the mecha and started a warm-up activity with Barrett against a large monster.
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