Chapter 136: The first day of post-war settlement (450,000 nutrient solution plus more)...
First day of post-war settlement:
After Wendy teleported over, she shouted, "I'm back!"
The noise was quite loud and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Robin was the closest to the ground, so he immediately came over to see, with a smile on his face: "Wendy, you're back..."
She looked at Wendy standing there and the three people lying at her feet, and the smile on her face froze.
Hawkeye, who came over a little slower than her and heard the noise, was not surprised to see someone lying at Wendy's feet, but after seeing who it was, his expression froze.
"You're back, so what are you fussing about? Bring Vegapunk back..." Crocodile also stepped in, and saw the scene clearly past Robin and Hawkeye who were blocking the way, and his expression collapsed.
Wendy didn't wait for them to recover. She ran over, grabbed Hawkeye's hand, and excitedly showed them off. "Mihawk, Mihawk, look at my new clothes and my Crown of Enlightenment. How about it? They look great, don't they? I put a lot of effort into getting them!"
Hawkeye's expression softened a bit. "Yeah, it looks good."
Robin, who had come to his senses, smiled and said, "Wow, it's really beautiful."
"...This isn't the time to be focusing on new clothes, is it?!" Crocodile was the first to shout, "Wendy Carter! What did you bring back?"
Wendy blinked. "Vega Punk."
"There's only one Vegapunk, right? What's with the other two extra ones?!"
Wendy kindly pointed out each one and explained, "This one's Momotaro, a friend of Old Bailey's. I brought him here to chat with him. I don't know this one's name, but he's Kuzan's friend and a colleague of Uncle Garp. I accidentally caught him, so I brought him back as a trophy."
Crocodile: “…”
What does "accidentally hit" mean?! Who could accidentally knock out a Marine Admiral and bring him back?! When did Abigail become so powerful?! And this trophy is completely useless! It's useless and will only cause more trouble! He even suspected Kizaru was pretending to be unconscious!
Seeing the innocent expression on the face of the person in front of him, Crocodile, who was too angry to speak, turned his head to look at Hawkeye and shouted: "This is your wife, right?! She brought a strange man home and you still don't care!"
He didn't want to say this originally, but remembering what that Fire Fist Ace said when he called, he felt that this was the only way to get this yes-man to react!
Under the other party's gaze, Hawkeye took a step forward as expected and asked with a stern face, "Just trophies?"
"Yes." Wendy nodded. "He happened to be within the teleportation range. I didn't want to move him, so I just teleported him back as a trophy."
...So it was an accident. Wendy was just too lazy to drag the other man out of her teleportation range, so she suddenly had the idea to retrieve him as well. —Hawkeye sorted out the logic and felt relieved.
He nodded. "Then we have to find the seastone as soon as possible, otherwise we won't be able to trap him."
Hawkeye knew that the most Wendy and Abigail could do was beat people until they lost too much blood and fainted. Even if she poked people with spikes, she couldn't hurt them. At the moment, Kizaru just fainted due to blood loss. A navy admiral like him could even recover quickly.
Crocodile was shocked: "That's it?!"
—It's okay at other times... but are you acting like this right now?! Where's your dignity and perseverance?! Have you lost all of it now that you're in a relationship?!
Hawkeye knew what the other party was referring to and said calmly, "I can't control it. I have to listen to her."
Wendy was originally holding his hand and wanted to tell him about her miraculous operation of obtaining the Crown of Enlightenment, but upon hearing that, she raised her head and chest and snorted.
Crocodile: "..." He felt a little disgusted. He wanted to go solo and didn't seem to want Pluto that much anymore.
Wendy, on the other hand, forgot what she was about to say immediately after being interrupted. She ran to the refrigerator, took out some fresh dragon fruit pie, and fed Vegapunk a few bites to replenish his health.
Vega Punk awoke slowly, startled at first when he saw Wendy leaning in to look at him, then narrowed his eyes in laughter. "You really did bring me out here... Then according to the agreement, I'll work with you and become your companion... Wait, why is Borsalino here too?!"
Vegapunk knew that his bodyguard Zhan Taomaru was brought here as well. After all, the other party was knocked unconscious before him, and Wendy also told him her plan... But Kizaru's appearance was completely beyond his expectations!
He and Kizaru are old friends. When he joined the World Government to cooperate in scientific research, it was Kizaru who came to serve as his bodyguard and monitor him. Even after he moved to Eggman Island, Kizaru also came to help...
Vegapunk immediately realized that Kizaru was most likely sent to deal with Wendy and then killed and brought here. He followed Wendy to plead: "He is my friend..."
"Huh? Him too?" Wendy was a little confused, then immediately nodded and made a decision, "Then let's leave him here to accompany you, Old Bei, for your experiments."
Vega Punk, whose next sentence was originally going to be "Can you let him go?", was stunned for a moment and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
"Hey, Wendy Carter, are you sure you want to leave such a big hidden danger?" Crocodile couldn't stand it any longer. After all, he was here too. If he didn't get Pluto in the end and the World Government took him away instead, he would be at a huge loss. "Just like Hawkeye said, you have to at least use seastone to restrain him."
"Do we have seastone?" Wendy immediately turned around and asked Hawkeye.
"I have it in my research institute!" Vega Punk said quickly.
"Which one is it?" Wendy said as she started digging into her backpack, pulling out a bunch of stuff. She also said, "My backpack is full. Wait a minute, I'll get some more."
With that, Wendy used the teleportation sign to return to the 8th Research Institute on Egghead Island, and moved the remaining things there - those that couldn't be moved were smashed and moved.
Vega Punk stared at her series of actions in amazement, a little dazed.
Although he had a feeling that his new partner seemed unreliable... but because Wendy had so many special features, a hundred research topics popped up in his mind instantly. Even if the World Government came to pick him up at this time, he didn't want to go with them.
Especially after Wendy happily gave him a snitching heart and added him to the list of companions.
"This heart...can I use it for research?!" Vegapunk was a little excited.
Although Wendy didn't quite understand, she nodded and said, "Sure, take it."
Anyway, it's something that can be mass-produced, and the materials are everywhere. Besides, she doesn't need this to be resurrected now.
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Wendy successfully captured Vegapunk... no, invited him back.
Although there were a few more people, it was not a big problem - after Zhan Taomaru woke up, he was confused to find that he had moved, but after Veg Punk's persuasion, he struggled for a while and decided to follow him.
Because although the World Government paid him a salary, it was Vegapunk who had saved him as a child and brought him back from the days of starvation. Anyway, he could get enough to eat here. Although Wendy Carter was poor, she loved farming and her land could harvest every four days, so she definitely had enough food.
Apart from the fact that the other party kept calling him "Momotaro" and led everyone else to do so, and he had to correct them angrily every time, there seemed to be no other problems.
As for the other person...
"What is your purpose, Kizaru?" Hawkeye asked.
"Hmm? Isn't this question a bit presumptuous? Wasn't it the player who brought me here as a captive?" Kizaru said, showing off the seastone handcuffs in his hands. "Am I not serving my sentence as she said?"
This sentence means helping Vegapunk build a new laboratory.
Vegapunk's temporary laboratory is on Pluto, but he is frantically studying the aquatic tree growing majestically nearby. After learning that this tree was grown from the seeds of the Alchiman mangroves in the Sabaody Archipelago, he decided to help Wendy further accelerate the ripening of the tree and form a land like the Sabaody Archipelago - he will move the laboratory there later!
Wendy has too many research topics, whether it's the second Sabaody Archipelago, fast-growing plants, or the power fire needed by Pluto... He feels too busy to handle it all and wants to divide himself into several people to work together.
And Zhan Taomaru and Kizaru are the ones who help with the work.
Wendy is very satisfied with this situation, but she will release her Abigail to patrol the surrounding area, and say strange things like "crows will appear to hinder Lao Bei's experiment, I'm going to clean up the crows."
Although to those who are attentive, it may sound like...
They must be referring to the World Government! — Everyone thought.
However, after Kizaru woke up, he obediently helped and didn't seem to be angry at all, which made others feel that something was wrong and he was questioned.
At least Hawkeye didn't buy what Kizaru said at this moment: "When I put the seastone handcuffs on you, you were already awake, right?"
"And even if you hadn't recovered and couldn't resist at that time and were just pretending to be submissive...if you really wanted to escape now, the seastone handcuffs alone wouldn't be able to stop you, right?" Crocodile also questioned from the side.
"Oh my..." Kizaru showed a surprised expression, "Hawkeye is fine...but I didn't expect that you, Crocodile, would be so dedicated to assisting the players as well?"
"Stop talking nonsense." Crocodile frowned in disgust. "I naturally have my own reasons."
He was staring at Kizaru because he was worried he was showing weakness and trying to sneak in to find out Wendy Carter's secrets. After all, Wendy Carter didn't use her brain at all, and Hawkeye was just obsessed with love. And the two new Wendy Carter sons, while they had brains, were mama's boys who listened to their mother so much they wouldn't argue with her—yes, that was Sabo.
Just like now, the two of them came to ask questions but Wendy was not there because the other party was eager to take their sons to see Vegapunk's ripening experiment.
Not to mention Ace the Fire Fist, a typical child doted on by both Wendy Carter and Hawkeye, he didn't seem to have any other ambitions at all. He misjudged him and mistakenly thought that the other party wanted to make a name for himself... This guy looked more like he wanted to publish a family portrait in the newspaper.
But that Sabo obviously looked very sharp, and even confronted him and asked questions to test his purpose. He originally wanted to interrogate Kizaru... but he left after being shouted at by Wendy Carter!
— What kind of mama’s boys are all Wendy Carter’s children?! How can they achieve anything if they are so weak?
Yellow Monkey remained calm, his attitude unchanged in the face of the two people's questions: "Although I can escape, but since the players brought me here, I dare not move until they announce their release."
The two people opposite each other frowned.
Although the reasons for frowning are different.
"You would listen to Wendy Carter so much?" Crocodile was full of suspicion. "A great admiral of the navy was defeated and captured by a little girl. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Hawkeye glanced at him and reminded him, "You're still insisting on following this person who even the little girl can't drive away."
"..." Crookdalton felt furious, but forced himself not to refute - forget it, this is a man who has lost his mind because of love, just let him go!
Kizaru watched the confrontation between the two as if he were watching a play. As for Crocodile's question, he seemed very confident: "What do I have to be ashamed of? She destroyed Eggman Island and killed one of the Five Elders single-handedly. It's not a big deal for me to lose to her."
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The author has something to say: A new month can give me new nutrient solution! [Kiss]
Although I can’t finish it now, I just have to!
PS: Why do some people think they can kill Kizaru? Wendy's protection mechanism can't kill him! Otherwise, the Five Elders would have died in the first stage! It's because he transformed into a beast in the second stage and was targeted as a boss! And there's actually a hidden plot point! I won't spoil it for now, but it's related to Im!
PPS: The Navy will soon know about the Admiral's capture.
Yellow Monkey's current mentality is to just go with the flow and do whatever he wants. Working for the prince is almost the same as working for the emperor.
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