Pirate: I'm King Luffy!

Chapter 714 Usopp's Persistence
"It's a panacea~" Ke Ya was very happy to hear that. In this way, countless lives would be saved.

But she thought of one more thing:

“If a panacea is really developed, then hospitals all over the world will go bankrupt, right?”

Kaya said.

This will have a huge impact on the industry and is worrying.

"It's not that easy to research it. The yield must be extremely rare, and we have to cultivate related herbs. It's a precious thing that only a few people can use, and it can be calculated by grams..."

Usopp said.

"Well... the potion is about as precious as the Rumble Balls. It requires precise distillation of precious herbs..." Chopper nodded.

In fact, only one kind is precious, and the other one is just for nutrient transport to the human body.

"Then I feel much more at ease. I just bought a lot of medical equipment. If it turns into scrap metal in the next moment, I really can't be happy."

Kaya said with a smile.

"From the perspective of life, this is something worthy of praise and joy, but from the doctor's perspective it has become a disaster, which makes me feel very complicated..."

"There's nothing we can do about the impact on the industry, but the profession of doctor will definitely not disappear." Chopper said with a smile. As a reindeer, he doesn't have as many worry-mongering thoughts as humans.

"We will arrive at the border of Ten Thousand Nations tomorrow morning. I will drop your ship off there. Are you ready?" Nami lifted her hair and looked at Ace and the others with a hint of worry.

Although they have all made a lot of improvements, it is only a few days after all, and I don't know if their self-defense capabilities can be improved in such a short time.

"That's no problem at all. With the help of the little robot, I've even modified the ship. After rescuing Sanji, we can use Ace's flamethrower to quickly leave Bankoi, and then directly climb to a higher altitude and fly in the air like a hot air balloon..." Usopp said about his escape plan.

"I will be a professional when it comes to escaping!"

Usopp gave himself a thumbs up.

Nami looked at Usopp with a smile on her face.

It's like looking at a big wild fat sheep.

"Is the renovation complete? It's time to settle the related expenses."

Usopp couldn't bear to hear this. He waved his hands up and down, "Please, give me a discount!"

"Excuse me, how many Baileys was it in the end?" Kaya clapped her hands and asked Nami gently.

"Don't worry, I'm not as unkind as Vegapunk. I can give you a 9.9% discount~" Nami took out a pen and paper and looked through the costs of the many consumable materials on it.

Usopp took the design drawings of the flower bullets and some forging materials from the New World, including some alcohol iron minerals confiscated by Luffy, and then various weapon design drawings. He also asked BABY-5 to make a laser cannon to serve as the main gun muzzle of the Advance Merry, and then hired small robots to work hours a day to transform the Merry overnight... and some miscellaneous scrap recycling dogs.

Nami made a record of all these things. Considering that they were acquaintances after all, and Ace and the others had to go to the dangerous Wan Guo to launch a rescue operation, Nami did not raise the price, but traded at the normal market price.

With a negligible discount, Nami wrote down the final number.

"Here you go, this is a discounted price~"

Nami happily handed Usopp a long list of bills.

"Wow! Don't show this to me, just give it to Kaya!"

Usopp didn't even dare to look at the final price. He simply didn't have the courage to do so.

"Keya! Don't worry, I will pay you back a hundredfold! These are just borrowed, wait... wait until I find the treasure!"

Usopp said this with a lack of confidence, clasping his hands together, almost kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

"Let me see..." Kaya took Nami's bill, browsed through the various prices on it, and then filled in a few more zeros for the final price.

"It's so expensive, Usopp, it's okay..." As she said this, she added a few more zeros without hesitation in Nami's surprised look.

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Nami looked at Kaya's operation with a confused look on her face.

5 million Baileys? You are so cruel, is it really okay?
She looked at Keya. This young lady from the East China Sea had a warm and sunny smile on her face. Her skin was white and smooth. At first glance, she looked like a kind-hearted angel...

I don’t see anything…

Nami handed the long receipt to Kaya with a normal expression. When Kaya received the receipt, the end of the long stack of receipts accidentally slipped out of her hand. Usopp was covering his eyes, but his eyes still passed through his fingers, and he suddenly noticed the long string of numbers. He screamed and almost jumped up.

"My eyes, my eyes, I see it. Ah! I'm going to work till I die! Ah! My eyes, my eyes!"

Usopp burst into tears. At this moment, he hated his own eyes that were like telescopes.

What are you doing with such sharp eyesight!
"It's okay, Usopp, just work slowly. It doesn't matter if you can't pay it back." Kaya took the receipt with a smile.

"No, I will definitely pay off this debt!" Usopp said firmly, gritting his teeth.

"Then Usopp needs to work harder, otherwise he will have to work for me for the rest of his life." Kaya clapped her hands.

"It's okay, we'll be able to make a fortune once we get to Wan Guo!" Ace held his head in his hands, looking very optimistic.

The Navy's bounties on Wan Guo were numerous, and Ace figured that he could make a fortune there.

Just capturing the dessert star alone would cost several hundred million.

It’s a pity that his strength is still not enough, otherwise he could have taken the heads of the Four Emperors as well.

"Hey! Do you have any concept of money in your heads? Besides, we are not going to the Wano Country to start a war, but to save people! Because Sanji's life may be in danger!"

Usopp complained about the guys next to him.

"You mention this... I haven't really paid much attention to it... How much money do we owe Sanji?" Ace pondered.

"So you really have no concept of money? I really wonder what you grew up eating." Usopp exclaimed.

Ace recalled the crocodiles and other beasts in the mountains...

"This is the last night, you can take a rest. I will try my best to make some finished elixir for you to take away." Luffy yawned.

After Ace got on board, he hadn't slept at all. He also used his abundant energy to work at night, and his work and rest schedule had become somewhat unstable.

Ace and his friends also stay up late to exercise, continue exercising after waking up, and go straight to sleep when they are tired. It is a very healthy and green lifestyle.

"I received news that BIG MOM has already sent out wedding invitations to the kings of the underground world. Judging from the scale, the wedding will probably last for a month..."

Vegapunk Den Den Mushi slowly crawled to the dining table, looking at the sumptuous food and Bonnie happily eating, with a gratified look on his face. "How come you even know the news about the underground world?"

Usopp was a little weird.

"That's because I have a lot of acquaintances among them. No one can refuse the invention of a top scientist, even though some of my inventions are not in line with their interests..."

"If that's the case, then we have plenty of time. As the partner of marriage, Sanji will definitely not be in danger before the marriage..." Luffy said.

But I will get a beating...

Luffy thought about Sanji and the other emotionless humans.

Usopp sighed, "I'll go check the hot air balloon device on the Merry..."

This is the last night to set foot in the sea of ​​​​the Ten Thousand Nations. Tomorrow morning, they will set foot in the territory of the Four Emperors.

They also have to face the Four Emperors and disrupt the wedding. No matter how much preparation they have made before, they are bound to be panic.

The rest of the people also went their separate ways to do their own things.

Chopper, because his physical strength was not enough, could no longer stay up late, so he lay down to sleep after dinner. Luffy took an ice cream and Vegapunk's Den Den Mushi and returned to the laboratory while eating.

The first generation of panacea consists of two pills, one red and one blue. The red pill is responsible for stimulating the expression of bloodline factors, and the second pill is responsible for nutrient delivery. From a medical point of view, these two small pills are enough to treat 70% of diseases and limb amputations in human history.

"This is an invention worthy of a Peace Prize," said Vegapunk.

“It’s a little expensive, but the results are amazing.”

“Pharmacology is also very interesting.”

Luffy sent the relevant information to the little robots and asked them to help build an industrial workshop dedicated to the production of panacea.

The cost issues that Chopper faces as a self-employed individual and the time required for drug extraction can be completely ignored under the powerful industrial operation.

After setting everything up, Luffy relaxed and turned around to tour his spaceship.

It was one in the morning and the girls were already asleep. Luffy didn't want to disturb them and just wandered around in his spaceship.

Shirahoshi was sleeping on an island cloud, her huge body hidden in the clouds and covered with a soft cloud quilt. If it weren't for her long pink hair, Luffy wouldn't have known it was Shirahoshi.

Listening to the mermaid's breathing, Luffy looked at the workshop on the mountainside, where Usopp and the little robots were still working on the transformation of the Merry.

Luffy flew over with interest and looked at the iron-clad and wooden sloop.

After Usopp's transformation, the ship is no longer the wooden ship it once was. A layer of North Sea metal has completely covered the ship.

Luffy stared at the goat head of the Merry, and looked straight into the two big black eyes on it.

It took Usopp a while to notice Luffy, who was hovering in the air most of the night.

He fell on the boat as usual, showing an exaggerated expression, "You scared me! Luffy, you flew down without making any sound. How about it? Although this boat is a little small, it is also very good, right? Hehe, Ace should thank me for modifying the boat so well!"

"Thank you too, Luffy. These little robots are really magical things. If they didn't need to be charged, I would have thought they were humans." Usopp said with one hand on a chair beside him.

"But the most amazing one is the maid named BABY-5. Just by touching Mary's goat head, she transformed a laser cannon inside..."

Usopp kept on talking about the ship, and Luffy listened patiently beside him.

He noticed Usopp's nose, which was really long.

When I was in the East China Sea, there were many reasons why I didn't go to see Usopp. After I dealt with the Black Cat Pirates, the pirates didn't harass the island, and I wanted to learn swordsmanship. However, the most important reason... was because I didn't like him.

This would be the biggest reason.

That is the scene where Merry fell into the sea during the Enforcement Island incident in the original novel.

It is very dangerous to entrust your dreams to outsiders. Luffy remembers two things in One Piece where one entrusted his dreams to others.

The first thing is the famous sword Xuezou, which was entrusted to Zoro by the shop owner to fulfill his dream of becoming a swordsman.

The second thing is the Merry incident, when housekeeper Merry entrusted the ship to the Straw Hats to fulfill their dream of sailing.

So when they got halfway there, they all broke off.

Luffy started to dislike Usopp from that time.

The Merry was a ship. Because the ship could not sail, the captain decided to change ships, and he had a falling out with his companions, which then turned into an attack. It was an extremely boring thing.

Even if this is done, the person who could be most angry and sad about the ship should be the old housekeeper Merry far away in the East China Sea. This is the ship he built and then entrusted to Luffy.

So Luffy doesn't like people who get angry with their companions just because their transportation is not capable of crossing the ocean, even though there are countless reasons to explain it.

The reason for being angry was not just because of the problem with the boat, but because of self-blame.

Why did they elevate the issue of abandoning the ship to the level of abandoning a useless member like themselves...

This series of arguments doesn't matter.

However, now this is all a matter of a parallel world.

It has nothing to do with now.

"I heard that you didn't choose weapons like laser guns. This makes me curious. It should be able to make up for your lack of combat power."

Luffy landed on the wooden floor of the Merry and casually looked at the layout of the Merry.

"Haha... How should I put it... I'm also surprised that I didn't choose a laser gun as a weapon..." Usopp looked at the hammer in his hand, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly.

"I'm a timid person, but I'm also trying my best to play my small role, whether it's painting or handicrafts, or developing various weapons and repairing ships..."

“Overseas, these skills are dispensable, right?

There are natural disaster-level monsters everywhere overseas, including all kinds of huge beasts. Humans can even blow up high-rise buildings with their bare hands and destroy towns and islands...

Military strength is the only thing that measures value in this world of the strong. Other things like the world's best shipbuilder or the world's best scientist will not be as shocking as the title of Pirate King, even though they are all very useful..."

"My martial arts...are all my own inventions, though I used some clever tricks..."

"But this is my own thing!" Usopp looked at Luffy seriously, holding the slingshot in his hand and said to the navy hero.

(End of this chapter)