"Captain..."
Seeing Lan emerge from the building, Yang Tao immediately recalled the T-X lying in his backpack.
"Lan, you've come at just the right time. Can you control this guy?"
He took the T-X, still attached to the Lever, out of his backpack and placed it on the ground. Among the Transformers, 'Frenzy' was very skilled at infiltrating computer systems, uploading and stealing files.
Even if Lan wasn't as good as 'Frenzy,' she should still have the ability to infiltrate computer systems.
The moment she saw the T-X, Lan immediately recognized it as a robot. A blue light shot from her eyes, scanning the T-X.
"Alloy endoskeleton, ultra-dense armor, liquid metal... Captain, I can try, but I can't guarantee success."
"Hmm, but be careful, this guy also has the ability to infiltrate."
Lan nodded slightly and stepped forward, directly inserting her hand into the T-X's body. The scene was somewhat R-rated.
Alvida, who was watching from the side, shivered empathetically at the sight, but seeing the silver liquid metal flowing from the T-X's 'wound,' she asked, "What is this thing?"
"A robot. You can think of it as a puppet."
There were also scientists in the One Piece world, and their technology trees were more distorted than the last.
However, ordinary people still lived lives resembling the Middle Ages, so it was normal for them not to know what robots were.
"A puppet?"
Alvida looked at the T-X, which was identical to a real person, and said in disbelief, "That's amazing. It looks just like a real person."
Yang Tao smiled. The T-X was currently powered off. If it were on, ordinary people wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all.
A minute later, Lan spoke in a surprised tone, "This... this robot's system and body technology are completely mismatched. With its system's processing speed, it can at most only complete some not-so-complex commands..."
It was like a Ferrari with a tractor engine inside.
"And most of their abilities have been restricted... Alright, I've already modified its underlying parameters."
Lan withdrew her fingers from the T-X's body. The liquid metal began to creak, and in a moment, the 'wound' completely healed.
"That's it?"
Yang Tao didn't expect it to be so simple. He reached out and pulled the Lever. The T-X, which had been looking down, slowly raised its head.
"What is your name?"
"I have no name. I am a T-X model Terminator."
An electronically synthesized voice came from the T-X's mouth. The T-X could imitate other people's voices, but that was not its original voice.
Yang Tao reached out and pinched the T-X's body; it was cold and hard, even its clothes.
"Lan, see if its body is helpful to you. I feel that the liquid metal's repair ability is quite good."
"Captain, I have already recorded the liquid metal's information, but I currently don't have the conditions to produce it."
Yang Tao was delighted to hear this and said, "You can make it?"
"Yes."
The sudden surprise made Yang Tao feel like he had won the lottery. He hadn't expected Lan to be a research-oriented Transformer. He immediately said:
"Lan, I'm going to Mary Geoise and the New World first to check the situation. You see what you need to make liquid metal, write it down, and I'll arrange it when I get back."
Lan nodded slightly.
"Be careful, Captain."
Yang Tao smiled and summoned a Magic Broom from his backpack. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered the fireplace bricks and wished he could slap himself.
'I should have left a fireplace brick in Mary Geoise last time. Just a bit of Floo Powder and I'd be there, no need to waste time traveling...'
It wasn't too late to realize it now. He put away the Magic Broom, walked to a suitable, out-of-the-way spot, and placed a fireplace brick on the ground.
"Lan, Alvida, I'm off!"
He mounted the Magic Broom and shot into the sky, heading towards the Grand Line.
...
Looking at the distant cyan 'wall,' Yang Tao's eyes widened in astonishment.
"Is the World Government working that hard?"
Not only Mary Geoise but even the land near Mary Geoise had been eroded by the Sculk. The entire city, including its surroundings, presented a strange, deathly silence.
There were no signs of any living activity here.
On the ruins of Mary Geoise, there were huge craters, each at least three to five hundred meters in diameter, densely packed like meteorite craters.
Seeing this scene, the image of 'Uranus' appeared in Yang Tao's mind.
'Is this the power to destroy a small island?'
It should be known that the Grand Line was incredibly sturdy. To cause such destruction, 'Uranus''s power was clearly extraordinary.
However...
To try and destroy an already expanded Sculk realm with such power was probably wishful thinking. The more you killed, the faster the Sculk spread.
He rode the Magic Broom and flew around Mary Geoise, but he didn't see any sign of people.
"Huh? Where did the Celestial Dragons go? Did they move to Sabaody Archipelago?"
He controlled the Magic Broom and flew towards Sabaody Archipelago, skillfully landing on the crown of the No. 13 mangrove tree.
Countless bubbles rose from below. The bubbles reflected the sunlight, emitting brilliant colors, and then floated higher into the sky.
Pop... pop...
Faint popping sounds were incessant.
The incredibly tough bubbles below, once they left the mangrove area, would burst like ordinary soap bubbles.
"What a magical ecosystem. SpongeBob would definitely love this place."
Yang Tao smiled and flew into the tree crown, finding a suitable spot to place a fireplace brick. This way, if he wanted to return to Sabaody Archipelago again, all he would need was some Floo Powder.
To avoid unnecessary trouble.
He took out an Anbu mask from his backpack and put it on his face. The mask had two cat-like ears, with red patterns and red eye markings on both sides.
It was the mask Kakashi wore when he was in Anbu.
He leaped down from the mangrove tree.
He arrived at 'Shakuyaku's Rip-off Bar,' located at the root of a mangrove tree.
In the bar, a table of guests sat in a window-side booth. Although business was slow, it was much better than the empty state it was in when he last visited.
Rayleigh wasn't in the bar today. He wondered if he had gone out to work.
Yang Tao walked to the bar counter and sat down, gently tapping the table to get Shakuyaku's attention.
"Boss, a hot orange juice!"
Shakuyaku: "..."
I suspect you're here to cause trouble.
However, when she saw Yang Tao clearly, although her expression didn't change, her pupils suddenly dilated.
She walked to Yang Tao, a cigarette dangling from her mouth.
"No orange juice. This is a bar."
"Ah? No hot orange juice? Then how about a cup of yogurt?"
"..."
Through the mask, Shakuyaku could see Yang Tao's smiling eyes. She took a deep drag from her cigarette, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and said, "This is a bar, not a beverage shop."
"Also, how dare you come to Sabaody Archipelago again? The Marines outside are going crazy looking for you."
"How did you know it was me?"
"If you're going to wear a mask, at least change your clothes. Also... I'm very curious what you did to make those guys look for you at all costs."
"Oh? Didn't those guys say why? Heh heh, did Morgans not even get the news?"
News King Morgans indicated: Although I want big news, an Admiral personally came to warn me... I can't handle that either.