Facing Hancock's suggestion, Gawain pursed his lips.
"This is a ship after all, Hancock, and I don't want anyone shouting excitedly on the ship all day long..."
Set sail, Gawain...
This is a stupid thing to say to me..."
I saw Gawain casually taking a piece of cut pineapple.
"The suggestion is dismissed, but I am very happy that your suggestion is for me to eat fruit."
"Oh well."
Hancock squinted his eyes and chuckled. At the same time, he took a few slices of pineapple. She casually gave half of it to Bai Xing. While lying on the edge of the pool and chewing it, she looked at Gawain in concentration.
As for Gawain, he turned to Franky and continued.
"The Black Bird has probably been decided. Apart from that, do you have anything else to do?"
"Ah, it's sad, but I'm prepared. The black bird does match the image of this ship very well!
As for other things..."
Frankie stretched out his big hand and scratched his forehead.
"I seem to have a few things going on."
His eyes suddenly lit up.
It wasn't like a joke, but his eyes really turned into gorgeous light balls!
Immediately afterwards, Franky stood up excitedly.
"If you hadn't reminded me, I almost forgot about him!
Wait for me, sir, I will bring him to you to see, haha!"
After the words fell, Franky quickly rushed to the ship's control center. After pressing buttons on various strange-shaped machines for a moment, the whole ship suddenly started to move.
At the same time, everyone in the rest area and entertainment area stopped their movements.
Even Gawain was a little surprised. In front of him, next to the woods in the rest area, a deck about six meters in diameter suddenly separated.
A circular hollow quickly appeared, and then, a mechanical man with a height of nine meters and a waist circumference of nine meters slowly rose from the vacated position on the deck.
After a moment, the nine-meter-tall robot shook its head violently, and he quickly observed everything around him.
Next, he locked onto Gawain at a glance!
The moment it saw Gawain, the robot suddenly made an excited mechanical sound.
"Ah~ah~ah, it is actually the great Gao Wensheng!!!"
The robot quickly moved its legs, rushed all the way in front of Gawain, and knelt down towards Gawain like he was pushing gold over jade.
thump!!!
There was a loud noise, and Gawain felt that the beach chair he was lying on was shaking a little, and at the same time, the robot continued.
"After three months of arduous transformation, with the genius of Mr. Franky and the hard work of my subordinates, I finally see you again!
Moreover, I am completely different now from the past, I already have the qualifications to be your lackey!
Sir, I will work like a dog for you!!!"
And just when the robot said this, Franky in the distance also rushed back to Gawain directly through the coke jet device.
After landing, Franky patted the big robot's leg excitedly.
"Sir, this is another masterpiece that I have created in the past three months by taking the time to build a ship!
Super Spandam General Unit-0!!!
How about it, hahahaha, you must not have thought that I could transform a piece of trash like Spandam into the handsome guy he is now!
And everyone...!"
Franky turned sharply towards the volleyball court, raised his hands, and made a standard Franky pilot's debut action.
Then his eyes lit up, he breathed out from all his orifices, and he continued to shout to everyone with great excitement.
“My uncle’s Unit 1 is so handsome, isn’t it!!!”
“Really handsome!!!”
Jinbei's eyes widened, and he didn't care if he was hit in the face by the volleyball. He ran all the way and rushed directly in front of Spandam.
Pat this, pat that, and feel the solid mechanical feeling in the palm of your hand.
Jinbei gave Franky two thumbs up.
“Super handsome!”
As soon as Jinbe finished speaking, among the group of people on the volleyball court, all the women had black lines on their foreheads.
With Spandam's round pink afro and the boring punk metal on his body, how could such a thing be called handsome?
So, Gion and Kalifa turned their heads in disdain.
Too lazy to even look!
But for men, looking at Spandam, who is huge, moves smoothly, and emits a unique mechanical sound with every step he takes.
Even Rayleigh was a bit crazy.
He led Lucci, Shiliu and others around Jinbei and Spandam Unit-0, pointing with interest.
Rayleigh: "It's great. It can be modified like this. So if we expand the robot countless times, can we build a living mechanical ship?"
Lu Qi: "I don't know if the robot can practice armed color. If it can, it will be a bit strong. Spandam is a weakling, but with his current physique, I am afraid that even a little pirate with a bounty of tens of millions can be directly defeated.
Got it!"
Xi Liu: "With such a mechanical body, it would be difficult for a swordsman who has not reached the level of cutting iron to deal with it!"
On the sidelines, Frankie burst out laughing as he listened to the compliments from the crowd.
"Of course, my skills are so powerful, Spandam, show it to everyone!"
"As you command, Master Franky!"
Spandam smiled mechanically, then moved his hands and feet directly, and danced a real mechanical dance...
Franky came to the side excitedly and jumped up together with Spangdam-01.
Watching the dance steps of the two of them, Gawain frowned and thought for a long time. He suddenly realized that even though he had tried his best to value Franky, he actually still underestimated him!
At this moment, in Gawain's eyes, Franky's transformation of Spandam is not as simple as a mere transformation!
Looking at Spandam, who was more than nine meters tall, what Gawain saw was no longer a trash villain in the pirate world.
What he saw was a pacifist whose style was completely different from Vegapunk but could also be mass-produced!!!
Thinking of this, Gawain stood up solemnly and came to Spandam.
Seeing Gawain approaching, Spangdam panicked and turned off the flashlights embedded in key parts of his chest...
Then he stopped dancing and knelt down in front of Gao Wen again.
"Stop kneeling, get up and let me take a good look!"
Gawain said to Spangdam.
Hearing this, Spandam stood up with excitement, standing extremely straight.
Gawain said to Franky while observing.
"Franky, how much does this spandam cost to make?"
"Uh, sir, I asked Espagu to approve the money myself. I definitely did not embezzle the shipbuilding budget!"
Franky was a little panicked. Don't you think I'm wasting it?
After all, it really cost a lot to make this thing!
As for Gawain, he waved his hand and continued to ask.
"It has nothing to do with that. Just tell me. How much did it cost to make him?"
"Oh, you don't care, then I'm relieved, haha.
It cost me a lot of money to transform him, and Bingshan approved me two billion. The subject was the practice and basic application of life mechanization.
Two billion was not enough, so I spent all the money I had earned over the years and added another three hundred million to get it started.
Overall, 2.3 billion!"
"The cost is high." Gao Wen frowned: "Have you tried a method of directly building an assembly line to create inanimate robots by assembling them without using living humans as the premise of transformation?"
"Of course I have thought about it, but it would be difficult, my lord!"
Frankie explained calmly.
"Just responding to the parameters is very troublesome. After all, a pure machine is not like a living person, who can ask questions about the body structure that he feels.
In addition, how to make the robot have a plan, order, and finally move according to the command is very troublesome.
Also, I can’t find a good advanced attack method that can be applied to robots!
If they are pure robots, then they will definitely not be able to master the weapon colors, so they can only rely on basic explosives and bodies to fight.
If I can have a powerful user with natural fruit abilities as a reference, then I might be able to find some new directions for robot attack methods.
For example, the laser of Admiral Kizaru in the Navy is very suitable. It has fast attack speed and strong damage. If you can make the robot spray laser from its fart...from its hand, it will be super cool!
However, lasers also have disadvantages, that is, they cannot provide independent energy, so their energy consumption will be very large."
After the words fell, Frankie chuckled and rubbed his hair.
"Sir, if you can get some natural fruit ability users that can be used as energy sources, preferably ones that are more aggressive, let me study it carefully.
Maybe I can make some breakthrough!"
"I see!"
After listening to Franky's words, Gawain took a deep breath, and then he stroked his eyebrows.
Franky is so underrated!
In the comics, he never had any good development environment.
Or on the verge of death, he picks up things from scrapyards and transforms himself.
Or just to protect the shipyard and fight all day long in the Capital of Seven Waters.
Even if he joins the Straw Hat Pirates, he has never received more than several hundred million in R&D funds!
He has never cooperated with any small or medium-sized manufacturing organization, let alone a large manufacturing center like the Capital of Seven Waters.
In just three months, I gave him the freedom to research and develop, and he actually created a prototype of Vegapunk's pacifist?!
But think about it, in the original comics, Franky stayed in the Kingdom of Bridges and hung out with a group of slaves after the War on the Top, and he was able to get himself to the level of the transformed Big Bear.
The Country of Bridges is a slave country that builds ships for the World Government. They are so poor that they can't even have enough to eat!
What are the conditions for this?
Therefore, when he truly provided Franky with a chance, he was truly qualified to compete with Vegapunk.
In terms of Devil Fruit research and development, Franky may be much inferior to Vegapunk, but if we only talk about mechanical transformation, the two of them can definitely be evenly matched!
Then Gawain's eyebrows lit up and he said to Franky.
"In just three months, you have given me surprises one after another, which is great!"
He patted Franky on the shoulder, then turned to Lucci and said.
"Find a devil fruit illustrated book."
"As you command!"
Lucci quickly rushed into the cabin, and after a brief communication with his men, he quickly rushed out holding the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book.
Taking the devil fruit sent by Lu Qi and putting it in, Gawain turned it to the natural page.
"Franky, you decide for yourself which devil fruit is more beneficial to your research!"
Having said this, Gawain handed the illustrated book to Franky and waved to everyone.
"Everyone, let's take a look. If there is any Devil Fruit that you like, we can look for it.
Whether it’s buying or robbing, I can even apply to Wulao Xing myself!”
After saying that, Gawain patted Lu Qi.
"If there are more illustrations, bring them over and distribute them to everyone."
"As you command!"
Lu Qi left quickly, and soon came back with more than a dozen illustration books in his arms. At the same time, everyone gathered in the rest area.
They each picked up the illustrated book and took a look at it, but many of them immediately put it down.
Mr. Lei Li was the first to put down the book, he chuckled.
"I am a staunch no-fruits party. I only rely on my body and the sword in my hand. I have been wandering on the sea all my life, so I won't watch it anymore."
"I don't need it!"
Very flat and solemn.
"I'm very grateful for your kindness, but as a fishman, it's impossible to eat a devil fruit!"
"I don't have any ideas at the moment."
Gion on the side looked through it briefly and said softly at the same time.
"My swordsmanship still has room to improve, and my physical fitness has not yet reached a point where it cannot be improved at all. The fruit has no special significance to me now.
If one day I fail to make progress, maybe I will choose one, and then I will take the initiative to talk to you."
After the three of them finished chatting, Hancock lay next to Shirahoshi and said boringly.
"I already have sweet fruits."
"Me too, my lord, I, Gabra and Bruno, we have all eaten the fruit."
The big bear on the side looked at everyone and pursed his lips.
"Ahem, sir, I also have a meat ball fruit!"
Looking at it this way, Gawain's men really don't have any demand for the fruit for the time being.
But after listening to Lu Qi's words, Gawain waved to Lu Qi.
"Lucci, Kaku and the others did a good job in Shampoo some time ago. For this reason, it is understandable to reward them with a Devil Fruit.
Some time ago, didn't Shalulia give me four devil fruits? You can choose from them.
If you don’t like it, you can also request other fruits.”
"Well……."
After listening to Gawain's words, Lu Qi shook his head helplessly.
"Sir, the fruit sent by Shalulia Palace... is really not suitable for fighting.
Those fruits are too girly and too cute.
The ones she sent were all of the animal type, including deer fruit in the form of sika deer, rat fruit in the form of hamster, pig fruit in the form of a small dolphin, and rabbit fruit... in the form of a long-haired rabbit...
Those fruits are only suitable for the Celestial Dragons to feed their pets, and they really don’t match our style..."
"Haha, well, you really deserve to be Shalulia."
Gawain laughed and shook his head, and continued.
"Then you should consider your own goals. If you meet someone suitable, whether it is an auction house or a pirate group, you can fight for it yourself.
If there is an auction, I will ask Kalifa to provide you with funds."
"As ordered, thank you for the reward!"
Lu Qi bowed heavily and half-kneeled. Even though he still had a cold face, he was still happy for his old friends.
But until this moment, Franky in the distance finally chose his target.
I saw him showing off the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book to Gawain.
"Sir, I have chosen, haha!"
he said excitedly.
"If you are considering mass-producing robots, in addition to laser fruits, the most suitable ones should be thunder fruits, or burning fruits, and unnatural hot fruits can also be used!
If I can have people with the abilities of those fruits to cooperate with me in research and development, then the goal of automated robots may not be impossible to achieve.
As for me……."
Franky put down the illustrated book, raised his hands, assumed his signature pose, and shouted with passion.
"My body is a machine, and machinery is my eternal dream, so I will not choose any natural ability that will make me a mess!
But I saw a fruit that was perfect for me!”
I saw him pointing the illustration to Gawain and saying excitedly at the same time.
