The appearance of Steel Oz was like an endless black hole in the deep sea, causing the entire sea to flow because of it.
As time passed, Stussy successfully sent the intelligence she had gathered to the Gorosei.
"Biological weapon modified from the corpse of an Ancient Giant Race"
Looking at the conclusion at the top, Satan's brow furrowed, as if contemplating the veracity of the information.
"The corpse of an Ancient Giant Race... that's a troublesome raw material..."
Stussy's report was very detailed, even indicating some of Oran's preferences, such as his fondness for cats and the large number of cats he kept in the royal city.
According to Stussy, she disguised herself as a fisherman, waited for several days to find an opportunity, and successfully stole Oran's experimental diary by delivering fish to the royal city.
To avoid being discovered, she only recorded a small portion.
Of course, in reality, this was all intentional on Stussy's part, aiming for realism by mixing truth and falsehood.
According to Stussy's report, the most fundamental material for Steel Oz was the corpse of an Ancient Giant Race; besides that, other races were not feasible.
"Ancient Giant Race?"
The one remaining in the office today was Piet, the Jupiter in charge of agriculture.
He didn't look at the information reported from below, just casually asked Satan.
"Yes, according to the CP's report, Oz the Land Mover from a few hundred years ago was the prototype for that robot. No wonder they are so similar. This is surprisingly reasonable."
"So, to create an identical one, you would need another corpse of an Ancient Giant Race?"
"That's what the report says. If it was truly modified from an Ancient Giant Race, then having this kind of power is reasonable.
But then it wouldn't be possible for mass production."
"Oz the Land Mover... he has a descendant, right? I remember he's called Little Oz? Perhaps we can arrange for someone to deal with him."
Listening to Satan's explanation, Piet thought of Oz's descendants.
"No, you don't understand this aspect. The existence of living beings is a process of continuous evolution. Little Oz doesn't have much relation to the Ancient Giant Race anymore.
Moreover, that guy has joined the Whitebeard Pirates. If we make that guy Whitebeard furious just for one machine like this, the gain doesn't outweigh the loss."
If Little Oz was like Oz the Land Mover and still belonged to the true Ancient Giant Race, Satan wouldn't mind making a move. That way, they might be able to break through mass production technology. But as it is now, it's meaningless.
"Doesn't Punk Hazard have experiments concerning the Ancient Giant Race? If that experiment makes progress, wouldn't this side be able to proceed smoothly?"
"Theoretically, yes, but there are too many mysteries surrounding the Ancient Giant Race. There hasn't been much progress in that area at Punk Hazard."
The Human Gigantification Experiment is a project hosted by the World Government. They have never given up on creating their own giants.
Even though the Marine gained Vice Admirals from some Giant Race members through Carmel's channel back then, the World Government is not satisfied with this.
Perhaps because of the destruction brought by the Steel Giant back then, the World Government has always wanted to control its own giant soldiers.
"Not even Dr. Vegapunk?"
"Dr. Vegapunk believes this technology is unrealistic. Perhaps it's genuinely impossible, or perhaps he doesn't want to do it. The current person in charge of this project is Caesar. All in all, the results are not good."
"Then what do you plan to do next? Do you have any plans?"
"Of course, we'll test his attitude again. This attitude will also affect future decisions. Send someone to deliver a den den mushi."
The Gorosei's thought process is sometimes very peculiar. When contacting the Marine or their direct subordinates, they will directly dial the den den mushi.
But when contacting strangers, their idea is not to find the other party's number, but to arrange a special agent to handle the communication.
Time-consuming, laborious, but it has a certain presence.
There were some agents on the island, but Satan didn't want to expose them directly, so he chose to send someone else to do it.
A few days after the person sent by Satan departed with the den den mushi, on Firefly Island, the four-person infiltration team was also gathered.
Of course, except for Stussy, the undercover agent, no one else had achieved any results.
But they didn't know this and were even thanking Stussy for being willing to report her personal achievements as team achievements.
"You've been a great help, Stussy. I didn't expect the rules on this island to be so complicated. You even have to be locked up for getting into a fight."
This sea has always been restless. Even in Allied Nations, using knives and guns is common. Using fists is not a big deal at all.
"Do you want to hear what you're saying? You wanted to approach the Royal Guard captain at that coffee shop. Since you found that out, didn't you also find out that the coffee shop is run by the Police Force here?"
Alifa showed great disdain for her teammate's foolishness. This wasn't just smashing a coffee shop; it was slapping the Police Force in the face. Locking him up for only three days was already being polite.
"Alifa, what are you so proud of? Everything was done by Stussy. If it weren't for her, do you think you'd be sitting here celebrating with us?"
"Heh, one of you was detained, and the other was locked up in a hospital as mentally ill.
I'm not like you two. I've already made contact with the deputy captain of this country's Police Force. Give me some more time, and I can do the same thing."
Alifa was not willing to admit defeat. At least for now, she hadn't received any news that Brand might be gay, and she still had a mysterious confidence in herself.
"Well done, Stussy. After you become a full member, follow me, sister. I will definitely take good care of you."
At this time, Alifa was still acting like a senior, but soon, the transfer order from above made her words a boomerang.
Two complete failures were transferred back to the World Government, seemingly to be reassigned.
If it weren't for Stussy's help, they would probably have been directly fired.
The reason Stussy was willing to help them was something she learned from Oran.
She thought Oran's words made a lot of sense: it's better for potential enemies to be useless than to send an elite.
Alifa was promoted as she wished and gained the qualification to lead a team outside, but her task was to establish a base on Firefly Island and collect intelligence there.
Stussy, on the other hand, became a reserve member of CP9 directly and would be arranged to train in Rokushiki later. If all went well, she would even have a chance to transfer to CP0.
"Congratulations."
Alifa congratulated her verbally, but inwardly she was a little jealous. The World Government only has eight branches externally, CP1 to CP8. These are the eight organizations on the surface.
But these agents know that besides the regular CPs, there is also CP9, which is directly under the World Government. The members of CP9 are much stronger in both strength and status than the other eight departments.
However, CP9 members are trained from a young age. Ordinary people who want to join must either show unique talent or have an extraordinary background.
For example, Spandam, as someone with a Doriki value of only nine and combat skills not even as good as a regular Marine soldier, was able to enter CP9 and become the highest officer entirely because of his father.
In Alifa's opinion, Stussy had made a meteoric rise.
"It's just luck. Didn't you also get a 潛伏 job? Keep up the good work."
Stussy wore a formulaic smile, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
At this time, another group of World Government agents also walked openly on the streets of Piltover. The person at the front held a tray with a soft cushion on it.
In the center of the cushion, a den den mushi was sleeping soundly.
These people crossed dangerous seas with the goal of delivering this den den mushi to Oran.
"Sidilier, you remember me, right? I heard you've created something incredible recently."
Those World Government agents were purely tools. After delivering the den den mushi, they respectfully left, seemingly afraid of hearing something they shouldn't.
And Satan's voice clearly came from the den den mushi.
"Is there something, Gorosei?"
Oran ultimately chose to address them by their position rather than terms like Satan Saint. Satan didn't mind, as Gorosei was also a unique title for their group.
"Sidilier, I believe you are a smart person. I hope you don't disappoint me. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Of course. It's just that the creation, no, it should be said the modification of this thing comes from the body of an Ancient Giant Race. If you can provide the corpses and funds of the Ancient Giant Race, you can have as many as you want."
Oran's words were largely consistent with the information Stussy "investigated," except for the details, with no major discrepancies.
Satan didn't think there was any problem. When he did research himself, there were also some discrepancies between the drafts and results in his research log. Currently, it seems this thing might truly be a unique item.
Moreover, during this time, he also sent people to the West Blue to search, and at the ruins of the Ice Country, they did find a large pit.
To outsiders, this thing is strong, but it doesn't fundamentally threaten the World Government or the Marine. Compared to this product, Satan still feels Oran's technical value is higher.
Judging from the situation of Steel Oz, Oran's research capabilities seem to be comparable to Dr. Vegapunk's.
After thinking for a moment, Satan said, "You can keep this thing for yourself, but when the World Government needs it, you must bring it to participate in battle. This is the World Government's only condition."
"I have no objections."
"Very good. Then there's one more thing. According to what you said, can I assume that the root cause limiting your ability to create this weapon is the raw material, which is the Ancient Giant Race, right?"
"That's correct. You can understand it that way."
"Since that's the case, take some time to go to Punk Hazard. There's a secret World Government project there, and it's being handled by your old acquaintance.
If this project can make some breakthroughs, perhaps the World Government and you can reach a new kind of cooperation."