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Chapter 224 I am a scientist!!

Before Vegapunk could think too much, a familiar voice came from not far away.

"Sashiberdana, Dr. Vegapunk!"

"Um?!"

Vegapunk followed the sound and looked over. When he saw who it was, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Sashiberdana, Kyle!"

As he spoke, Vegapunk glanced at his assistant lying on the ground, then at Kyle.

"Did you make this?"

"What happened?"

Vegapunk's tone was tinged with curiosity.

Based on his understanding of Kyle, the other man was not someone who would do something meaningless without a reason.

"I did it!"

Kyle nodded.

"After all, what happens next shouldn't be known to too many people!"

"Of course, stunning your assistant is just a side effect. My main purpose is to stun the eavesdropping Den Den Mushi here, so that Satan won't hear anything he shouldn't hear!"

"I see!"

Vegapunk nodded, not surprised by Kyle's somewhat "rebellious" words.

He had quite a bit of contact with Kyle and knew a little about Kyle's thoughts.

This coincides with his views on many issues.

To put it simply, although everyone is nominally under the World Government, they actually have some 'bad' thoughts about the World Government.

Vegapunk was aware that there were eavesdropping Den Den Mushi in his laboratory and had taken precautions against it.

They will deliberately avoid, encrypt, or choose private locations for key research and dialogues to prevent core technologies and taboo research from being eavesdropped on and leaked.

However, in the original story, when Vegapunk first evacuated from the Bank Exclusion Zone and moved to the new base in Egherd, he was initially unaware of the eavesdropping Den Den Mushi that the government had planted in advance.

It wasn't until Kizaru visited and pointed it out to him that he confirmed it and began a comprehensive investigation and countermeasures. He later set up multiple signal jamming devices and fake Den Den Mushi to counter government wiretapping.

"So what is it that's worth treating this way?"

Vegapunk's tone was once again tinged with curiosity.

"I need your help to save someone!"

Kyle spoke calmly, but what he said left Vegapunk completely bewildered.

"Save someone??"

Vegapunk looked at Kyle with a strange expression.

"Although I also wear a white coat, I'm not a doctor, I'm a scientist, do you understand?"

"You know, the kind of scientist who researches science and builds robots!"

Kyle was speechless.

"I'm not mentally challenged, you don't need to talk to me like that!"

"I thought you were one of them!"

Vegapunk feigned surprise and spoke.

"You old codger, why don't we just blow you up in an experiment? It would save you from spouting all this nonsense all day!"

"Hmph! I'm the world's number one scientist. How could an experimental explosion possibly happen to me?"

Vegapunk spoke with a proud expression, then added a sentence.

"Even if it explodes, I'll definitely get far away beforehand; I'm guaranteed not to die!"

Vegapunk bared his teeth.

"You old geezer!"

Kyle smiled too.

This is the usual way the two get along; having shared similar views, they became very good friends.

"Alright, tell me, who's sick? What's wrong?"

"Don't worry, they'll be here soon!"

Kyle gave a faint smile, and then a few seconds later, footsteps came from behind him.

Vegapunk looked curiously behind Kyle, and gradually, a huge figure came into view.

Looking at that person, Vegapunk's eyes showed a hint of doubt.

"Who is he?"

"Bartholomew the Bear!"

Kyle answered calmly.

"Bartholomew the Bear?"

"I don't know him!"

Vegapunk shook his head.

At this time, Kuma was not very famous, and Vegapunk was not particularly concerned about the world situation, so he didn't even know Kuma's name.

"Is he the one who's sick?"

"She's my daughter!"

Before Kyle could speak, the bear who stepped forward immediately spoke up.

He then put Bonnie down from his arms, brushed aside Bonnie's hair, and revealed the 'stone' on her face.

Without saying much, Big Bear spoke directly:

"This disease is called Jade Scales..."

After a while, the bear, having finished explaining the situation of the Jade Scale, stared intently at Vegapunk, his eyes filled with both anticipation and worry.

Although Kyle had assured him that Vegapunk had a solution, he was still worried until he received concrete information.

Vegapunk rested his chin on his hand, remaining silent for a long while before finally speaking:

"If that's the situation you're describing, then I do have a way to solve it!"

"Really?!!"

Big Bear exclaimed excitedly, his voice filled with intense excitement.

"Um!"

Vegapunk nodded and turned his gaze to Bonney.

"Her condition can be treated with stem cell transplantation, but the total cost of the procedure..."

Vegapunk paused for a moment, then looked at the bear.

"The cost will be extremely high, almost the same as the cost of creating a cyborg!"

"You have so many..."

"I'll cover the treatment costs!"

Before Vegapunk could finish speaking, Kyle interrupted.

"Um?!"

Vegapunk paused for a moment, then turned to stare at Kyle in surprise.

In his mind, Kyle was no saint!

As if knowing Vegapunk's thoughts, Kyle smiled.

"This little guy will become a member of my Canglan Fleet!"

"oh?!"

Upon hearing this, Vegapunk was even more surprised, and his gaze subconsciously drifted to Bonney, who looked innocent and naive to the side.

"Is this little guy also a little monster?"

An idea involuntarily surfaced in Vegapunk's mind.

Because of his good relationship with Kyle, Vegapunk also knew something about Kyle's Azure Squad.

They even helped with the construction of the Canglan warship.

As far as he knew, the guys in the Canglan Squad had extremely strong potential, and he had also extracted the bloodline factors from each of them.

He plans to create the powerful cyborgs he envisions in the future, using the bloodline factors of the Canglan Squad members as the core...

Uh... cough cough!

We've gone a bit off-topic!

Back to the present, after Kyle finished speaking, Vegapunk nodded.

"Since you put it that way, then there's no problem!"

Kyle is very rich, Vegapunk knows that very well, and Kyle, like him, has "good reason" to ask the World Government for Berries.

You could even say he had more reason to do so.

After all, he had personally witnessed how Kyle "reasonably" wanted Pele.

"Okay! In that case, we can prepare and begin the initial treatment for this child!"

"However, this process will take quite a while. Treating the Jade Scales will require six months, and post-operative recovery will take another year!"

"I need to tell you this in advance!"

"Okay! As long as it can be cured!!"

Big Bear immediately answered, his tone noticeably more relaxed. Looking down at Bonnie beneath him, he suddenly chuckled and said:

"Bonnie, the weather is so nice today!"

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