One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 279

Chapter 279: [279] : Vegapunk: This Isn’t Scientific! The Door to a New World!

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"SUGEEEEEEEEEEE! YOU’RE REALLY THAT VEGAPUNK!"

"Why do you have an apple on your head?"

"Why do they all say they’re Vegapunk?"

Inside Vegapunk’s laboratory, Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp surrounded the main body, the curiosity trio firing off a barrage of questions.

Besides Lilith, three other figures stood around Vegapunk. They were—

Shaka, representing Vegapunk’s "Good."

Edison, representing his "Thinking"

And Pythagoras, representing his "Wisdom".

As for Atlas, the small giant representing Vegapunk’s "Violence," and York, the traitorous satellite representing his "Greed" who wished to become a Celestial Dragon, they were both down in the factory layer below the clouds.

Egghead was structured in two layers.

Above the clouds was Vegapunk’s laboratory, where the cutting-edge research was conducted. Below was the factory layer, where that research was manufactured into real-world tools.

Atlas, embodying Vegapunk’s violence, was extremely short-tempered and unable to control her emotions. Her main job wasn’t research but venting in the factory layer.

Using the light-pressure gloves invented by Vegapunk, she could make direct contact with holographic virtual monsters. Atlas would beat up these virtual monsters to release all of Vegapunk’s violent, negative emotions, allowing the other research-focused satellites to work more effectively.

This was a very efficient and convenient method.

And York, representing "Greed," handled all of Vegapunk’s desires—hunger, sleep, excretion.

This meant that when she wasn’t sleeping, she was in a state of frantic gluttony, sometimes eating until her BMI exceeded 600, turning her into a super-obese woman.

This freed the other satellites from the burden of these universal human needs, allowing them to dedicate all their energy to research.

Then, once a day, all the satellites would sync their experiences and thoughts through Punk Records—the massive brain Vegapunk had removed due to the effects of his Brain-Brain Fruit—ensuring that every satellite remained a part of Vegapunk.

Under the effect of Punk Records, Vegapunk could maximize the use of his limited time, ensuring his research progressed at the highest possible rate.

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"So that’s how it is,"

After hearing Vegapunk’s explanation, everyone understood.

Devil Fruits were truly amazing. To think there was a Paramecia fruit as unique as the Brain-Brain Fruit.

Of course, a Fruit like that could only reach its full potential in the hands of a genius scientist like Vegapunk. After all, the fruit only increased brain capacity, not one’s way of thinking or their IQ.

Next, Vegapunk led Rowen and the others on a tour of his research achievements, leaving everyone gasping in disbelief.

Even Rowen was deeply interested.

Artificial organs, cloning technology, stem cell transplantation...

These technologies, which were still on the extreme cutting edge on Earth, some not even fully perfected, had all been truly realized by Vegapunk.

Bonney’s Sapphire Scale disease, for example, had been cured by Vegapunk through stem cell transplantation.

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"Can all of this be used in the medical field? SUGEEE!" Chopper stared wide-eyed.

These cutting-edge technologies were completely different from the medical arts Chopper had studied.

Chopper’s dream was to become a doctor capable of curing all diseases. Though he also performed surgery, his overall medical approach still centered on developing drugs to treat illnesses.

But Vegapunk’s medical research had already evolved to the true fundamental code of biology—genetic technology.

If there was a genetic defect, then directly perform a stem cell transplant.

Stem cells, being undifferentiated, immature cells, had the potential to regenerate into various tissues, organs, and human cells.

This way, diseases that ordinary drugs couldn’t cure could be treated. If an organ suffered major lesions, then an artificial organ could be created based on the patient’s genes and transplanted. This was also considered by Vegapunk to be an indispensable technology for future medicine.

These cutting-edge technologies, which Rowen had only known from movies and news, now displayed vividly before him, also filled Rowen with a sense of novelty.

"That’s right. Bonney’s illness was cured through stem cell transplantation. A disease that was considered incurable on these seas was overcome this way. It’s a major step forward for medical technology!"

Vegapunk’s eyes sparkled as he talked about his research.

In that moment, he seemed to glow in the eyes of the crew. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Even Rowen looked at Vegapunk with profound respect.

This had nothing to do with power. The Brain-Brain Fruit offered almost no direct enhancement to its user’s combat strength. Anyone present could easily kill Vegapunk.

But for a scientist so dedicated to research, to the advancement of humanity, whether in the One Piece world or on Earth, they were the most respected.

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Vegapunk had won the Ibel Peace Prize, always striving to use his research to bring true peace to the world.

His dream was to create a free energy source that everyone could share—believing that a large part of war stemmed from a lack of energy.

If he could create a free energy source that everyone in the world could use freely, he could extinguish the flames of war at their source.

Though in Rowen’s view, there were other factors that caused war, in general, Vegapunk’s thinking was correct.

"And there’s more research! My dream is to create a world where energy can be shared for free! By converting that energy into a visible force, we can extinguish the sparks that ignite the world’s wars!"

Vegapunk spoke of his dream, his eyes shining with an ultimate brilliance.

"Sounds amazing," Luffy commented, though he didn’t understand at all.

This concept was indeed incredibly advanced—in a fragmented world like the One Piece world, not being able to understand was normal.

"It’s true that many wars are caused by a lack of energy. If there really was sufficient free energy for everyone to use, many wars might not happen,"

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Bonney sniffed, deactivating her Age-Age Fruit ability, reverting to her original form—a little girl not yet twelve years old. She bowed deeply to Vegapunk, then looked up with a brilliant smile, tears still clinging to her eyelashes.

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