The Straw Hat Pirates' Scientist

"1500 billion Berries, this...this..."

Ron scanned the points related to the time machine in the store and was immediately amazed.

If it weren't for the label "Achievement Reward - Cannot Be Reclaimed," Ron would probably have immediately wanted to buy it back at a 30% discount.

The price is just too high!

Once the blueprint is retrieved, Ron will instantly gain a massive amount of points.

Even buying ready-made props is enough to instantly make him a master of the Seven Warlords of the Sea level, and even the Four Emperors can't do anything about him.

After all, many items in the store are rule-based or causal weapons, which are ridiculously powerful.

Just getting one or two of these items will make Ron incredibly powerful.

Unfortunately, the blueprints could not be retrieved, which left Ron somewhat helpless.

"It seems that one still has to rely on oneself!"

Having abandoned his idea of ​​instant success, Ron turned his attention to the second reward.

But when he saw the second set of blueprints that were given as a gift, his slight displeasure vanished, and he felt much better.

"A C-grade energy shield, and with complete blueprints."

This means Ron can directly prepare the materials and make it.

Although it's not the top-tier S-class energy shield, the complete blueprint is still worth a full 30,000 points, which is nearly three times more expensive than the plug-in Byakugan.

In monetary terms, that's 3000 million Berries.

It's definitely not something Ron can afford right now.

Moreover, a C-grade energy shield is sufficient to withstand ordinary cannons in this world, as well as some special energy attacks.

While it's not an absolute defense, once Ron creates it, it will at least reach a very high level in terms of defense.

As for whether it can withstand attacks such as Hawkeye Mihawk's slash, Garp's iron fist, Kaido's dragon breath, and Akainu's Hades, that's hard to say.

But Ron felt that a C-level energy shield was unlikely to be possible; at least an A-level or higher would be required.

But the price was outrageously high, far beyond what Ron could afford right now; he shouldn't even think about it.

"This is already a huge gain!"

Ron smiled.

Contentment brings happiness!

Originally, I just wanted to make some boxes for storing materials and, incidentally, try out the capsule technology.

This will be useful for making higher-level universal capsules in the future.

Unexpectedly, he also received an achievement reward, and Ron was very satisfied with both awards.

This is already an unexpected windfall, a windfall from heaven.

Because of his clothing, Ron has always had a great lack of confidence in his physical abilities.

Even after taking the Deep Sea Warrior serum, which tripled his strength and gave him a single-arm strength of 170 jin (3 catties), he possessed strength far exceeding that of an ordinary person.

But what does this little bit of power mean in the world of One Piece?

Krieg, a trash pirate from a newbie village in the East Blue, has a bounty of only 1700 million Berries.

He possesses superhuman strength, capable of wielding a spear weighing over 2000 jin (approximately 1,000 catties) with ease using only one arm.

The weight, comparable to a ton, was handled with more ease in his hands than Ron held a baseball bat.

Such a character can only roam freely in the East China Sea; once he enters the Grand Line, he will only become a minor figure.

After all, once you enter the Grand Line, if your bounty isn't even 100 million, you'd be embarrassed to call yourself a pirate.

This gave Ron a sense of urgency deep down.

After all, no matter how strong Luffy is, he's still Luffy.

Not Ron!

It's like you go to college, and there are eight people in your dorm. The other seven either have families with gold mines or their dads are super famous. Even the least privileged among them have grandparents who are professors at top-tier universities...

Only if you come from a remote mountain area, a place without even provincial or national highways, and where the internet has only just been connected.

So no matter how strong they are, what does it have to do with you?

This is roughly Ron's current mental state.

This made Ron think of Usopp from the original story. Did he feel the same way back then?

Everyone else was a master, but he turned out to be one of the "weaklings" in the trio.

He is someone who appears weak and passive, but is actually very competitive inside.

One can only imagine how complicated and uneasy Usopp must have felt at that moment.

Perhaps many of his incomprehensible behaviors can be explained by this sense of unease.

Fortunately, Usopp has an extremely strong mind, even when he's negative, he's extremely negative, so much so that even Perona's Ghost-Ghost Fruit is ineffective against him.

Usopp, the King of Desperate Situations, is no ordinary nickname.

"The most urgent and important task right now is to create the C-grade energy shield."

The second priority is plug-and-play eye rolls; everything else can be postponed.

Ron immediately set the main tasks for the next step.

With a C-rank energy shield, coupled with the plug-and-play Byakugan and a body that has already been enhanced once,

Ron believed that the rest of the journey, at least until the second half of the Grand Line, when heading to the New World, would not be too dangerous.

Although adventure is exciting, Ron prefers to explore the familiar yet unfamiliar future as a tourist.

He wanted to be calm and composed, not flustered and scrambling.

"You five are truly my lucky stars; I will make good use of you."

Ron smiled and patted the material storage box in front of him.

He made a total of 5 material boxes this time, which were basically cuboids that were more than 2 meters long, 1 meter high, and 1 meter wide.

Although it looks rudimentary, it is actually one of the most advanced high-tech products available.

Simply press the button on the right side of the material box lid to transform it into a capsule size.

These five material boxes are big enough to hold a lot of materials, yet they only take up a small space.

This is a very useful tool for Ron, as it helps him save a lot of space.

I was already very satisfied with these five material boxes.

Now that they've received another achievement reward, Ron is even happier.

He then tried again and found that the multi-purpose capsule could be put into the material box again.

In this way, he can nest dolls indefinitely, making the most of the space.

However, the current materials are only enough to make these 5 universal capsules.

But with this experience, Ron can now confidently and boldly make larger-sized material boxes.

The beginning is always the hardest, and with this first time, Ron has gained experience and confidence.

After all, the materials used to make the universal capsule are not cheap.

If you calculate it this way, the cost of one capsule would be close to 100 million Berries.

This is just a 2×1×1 material box.

The cost of expanding the size and space of the capsule increases exponentially with each increase in size.

The materials needed for Ron's current lounge are probably enough to make hundreds of material boxes of universal capsules.

Fortunately, this all-purpose capsule was a gift from the system; otherwise, even if Ron sold himself, he wouldn't be able to afford it.

However, these are not major issues.

Just because it doesn't exist now doesn't mean it won't exist in the future. Isn't that why Ron joined Luffy's crew to rely on him?

Money will come in the future, and various technological products will be gradually produced.

This all-purpose capsule acted as a fuse, igniting Ron's technological dreams.

For a moment, he couldn't help but sigh, "People always say that true masters are found among ordinary people."

Now he has become one of the most skilled martial artists in the community.

Ron remembered seeing a news article before he traveled through time.

To interact with his son, a stay-at-home dad created "hardcore sci-fi" handicrafts such as robotic spiders, magnetic cannons, and robotic armor.

He is also a blogger who makes handicrafts, so he paid special attention to this news at the time.

He had watched the videos of those products, and they were indeed very impressive.

Many of them can even be considered technological inventions.

After all, as long as the material properties are changed and the mechanical level is expanded, it is entirely possible to convert civilian equipment into military equipment.

Ron never imagined that one day he would join this group.

And it's even more astonishing high-tech, cutting-edge, and god-level technology!

For a moment, Ron's heart was filled with boundless enthusiasm.

This feeling of exhilaration, pride, and longing for the future even gave him the urge to roar to the heavens.

But after all, he still needs to save face, and he's rather shy.

Unlike Luffy, who constantly shouts "I'm going to become the Pirate King," Ron doesn't yet have that rubber-thick skin.

So I could only suppress this impulse and take a deep breath to calm myself down.

After calming himself down, Ron packed up the lounge and continued exploring the town.

He had only explored part of the town; there was still most of the place he hadn't seen.

Perhaps we can find some better materials.

..............

Two flowers bloom, each representing a different aspect.

Luffy had already arrived at the execution ground and was chatting with Zoro.

Without any external interference, Luffy, just like in the original story, easily won over Zoro.

The two of them even caused a stir.

"You three, along with that straw hat kid, are you planning a coup?" Colonel Morgan coldly stared at Zoro and Coby.

"Ah!!!" Koby was so frightened by Morgan's words that he almost had his liver and gallbladder burst.

He was about to leave when they arrived in town, but worried that Luffy would get lost, so he took him along for a while.

He initially thought Zoro would be locked in a single room, but he never expected him to be locked up in the open-air plaza.

Furthermore, the scene of the little girl bringing food to Zoro gave Coby a different understanding of the Navy's justice.

Therefore, Koby's heart underwent a slight change, which is why Koby had not yet had time to leave.

Koby never expected that something like this would happen.

"I've always fought alone, unlike you, who bullies others by relying on the army!" Zoro said disdainfully.

"Roronoa Zoro, don't underestimate me! With your meager strength, you're nothing but a fart in the face of my authority. Prepare..." Colonel Morgan said sarcastically.

"I can't die in a place like this!"

Zoro's eyes widened, but his heart remained steadfast.

Even if he were to be riddled with bullets by the navy at any moment, he could not die here.

In a daze, he seemed to see Guina's familiar face.

"Zoro, you're still so weak!"