Chapter 693: 693 Stealth in the Kingdom of Science

With the help of Observation Haki, Sherwin and the Felynes easily bypassed the pirates and Marines who were currently brawling with each other, and strolled around the lower sector of Egghead.

After walking for just a short distance, Sherwin discovered that while there were no Pacifistas here, there were still mechanical police—or rather, mechanical security guards—used to maintain public order.

Among them were mechanical beasts similar to those from Karakuri, as well as pure mechanical entities like the Guardians crafted by Purah Meow.

Of course, whether they were mechanical beasts or mechanical entities, even though they were likewise equipped with laser devices, their combat capability was still inferior to the Pacifistas from the manga.

After all, Kuma physical talent was exceptionally powerful, and he was a mixed-blood Buccaneer—a race possessing partial Giant bloodlines with strength comparable to the Lunarians.

Despite being quite a bit weaker than the Pacifistas in terms of strength, the manufacturing cost of these mechanical security guards was also much lower, so their main selling point was sheer numbers.

Trying to deal with a crowd of powerful pirate executives was out of the question, but using them to handle ordinary pirate grunts was not an issue at all.

This was also one of the important reasons why the pirate forces had been unable to break through to the central sector.

Otherwise, relying solely on the Marine manpower, they might be able to block high-end combatants of grand renown like Kaido and Big Mom, but there would definitely be plenty of fish slipping through the net among those massive numbers of ordinary pirates.

Aside from that, compared to the Egghead in the original manga that was littered everywhere with "trash", the Egghead that Sherwin and his group were currently touring was relatively much "cleaner".

The technological products that Luffy and his crew could easily pick up anywhere were nowhere to be seen by Sherwin and his group.

But thinking about it, it was only normal. Knowing beforehand that pirates would come to attack and plunder, Vegapunk would certainly not be so foolish as to still leave the technological products he created discarded all over the place, even if those products each had their own flaws.

Furthermore, with the example of the Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Fruit as a fish that slipped through the net, the World Government no longer easily ignored the "failures" from Vegapunk mouth.

Even if Vegapunk still stubbornly went his own way and discarded his inventions all over the place, the other members of the Science Unit would properly collect them.

Although it was a bit of a pity that they couldn’t pick up Vegapunk "failures," there were still many high-tech buildings on the island that could not be moved away.

If one ignored the surrounding sounds of fighting and killing, the environment of Egghead Island actually had somewhat of a modern world appearance...

To be precise, it was a place even more advanced than the modern world, resembling more of a future-themed amusement park or something similar, except that the future technology here was real and usable, rather than some plausible-looking demonstrations.

Walking along the way, not only did Sherwin watch with great interest, but Klee Meow was also looking around wide-eyed, completely captivated.

This was even more so for the two tech-minded Felynes, who wished nothing more than to dismantle everything here and carry it back. Even the always steady Huamei stretched out her neck, a clear expression of curiosity showing on her face.

"Brother Sherwin, Brother Sherwin, that thing looks so interesting! Can we go over there and take a look, meow?"

(==)σ

Although she knew that they were supposed to remain covert on this trip, the little ragdoll Felyne finally couldn’t hold back the curiosity inherent in a Felyne nature. She tugged at Sherwin ear and spoiled herself with a milk-voiced, babyish tone.

Sherwin took a glance at the other Felynes. Haibara Meow and Purah Meow also showed expectant gazes, and only Huamei made no gesture.

But her making no gesture actually already explained everything...

Under normal circumstances, Huamei would have shot down Klee Meow request immediately at the very first moment.

Since that was the case, what else did Sherwin have to say?

How could the original covert plan be more important than the Felyne wishes!

So without a second thought, he led the Felynes toward the direction Klee Meow pointed.

It was unknown whether the lucky little ragdoll "strong luck" talent had been triggered again, but Sherwin and the others excitedly tried out several high-tech devices without being discovered by the nearby pirates and Marines.

On the contrary, a holographic projection that Klee Meow accidentally activated in the middle of it all even caused a member of the Holy Knights not far away to lose his focus for a moment.

And then...

He was hacked to death by the pirate chaotic blades.

"Wahahahahaha! I am also someone who has killed a Celestial Dragon!!!"

The pirates who hacked members of the Holy Knights to death showed no fear, but instead impaled the head of that Celestial Dragon on a blade, laughing wildly and arrogantly.

The fact that Sherwin had eliminated a large number of Celestial Dragons but had remained at large was having an expanding impact, and more and more people were losing their awe of the former "gods."

As the most unscrupulous group, pirates were naturally the ones most affected by this.

Unfortunately, these pirates did not stay happy for long before they were surrounded and slaughtered by other shocked and enraged Holy Knights, as well as CP agents who knew their own consequences would not be good.

As for Klee Meow, who had caused all of this, she had long been taken far away from this area by Sherwin.

"Sherwin brother, look quick! There are so many things to eat on this machine meow!"

(==)

The little ragdoll had absolutely no interest in the fate of those pirates, and she quickly found a new "toy."

It was a machine somewhat similar to a vending machine, only it was larger in volume and covered with photos of various types of food.

In his memory of the manga, there indeed seemed to be such a machine...

Sherwin walked forward and quickly figured out how to use it.

It was essentially something similar to a vending machine, so operating it was very convenient.

After selecting the food that each of the four Felynes liked, Sherwin also casually picked out a burger combo for himself...

Although the One Piece world also has its version of happy water—Franky even uses cola as his power source—Sherwin had barely touched carbonated drinks since his transmigration.

Now that his memories of Earth had been unexpectedly jogged, he naturally found himself missing the taste of happy water a bit.

Sherwin wasn’t the kind of hardcore cola connoisseur who could tell Coca-Cola from Pepsi with a single sip, so he couldn’t really distinguish what made this cola labeled "VEGA-COLA" any different either.

Next, he took another bite of the burger in his hand, giving it an evaluation of...

Well, it was a good thing that little idiot Sanji Meow hadn’t come along, or else he would definitely be shouting curses.

After all, even the Well-Done Steak G that Sherwin grilled using a Hunter barbecue spit had been criticized by the little yellow cat as having no soul. If he were to see the food produced by this machine in front of them, he would probably just kick it straight into scrap metal.

Despite being incomparable to Sanji Meow culinary skills, the food made by this machine definitely couldn’t be called unpalatable in fact, it was even above the average standard of the One Piece world. Therefore, adhering to the principle of not wasting food, Sherwin still finished all the food in his hand.

"It not as delicious as what Brother Sanji makes, meow."

(ω)

Evidently, the cats, whose appetites had similarly been spoiled by Sanji Meow, shared the exact same thought. After finishing her grilled fish, the little Ragdoll licked her little paws and complained without saving any face whatsoever,

"Even the fish Klee blows up herself tastes better than this. It put so many pictures of food up there, but this is all the skill it has, Klee is very disappointed, meow."

"Because when this ’Unmanned Cooking Machine’ was first designed, it was aimed at the goal of ’allowing everyone to quickly eat the food they like,’ so its culinary level naturally cannot compare to those incredible chefs."

A voice suddenly rang out from behind Sherwin and the others, but they...

were not startled at all.

Because the moment this person suddenly appeared, the Observation Haki they always kept active had already detected them.

Still remaining invisible, Sherwin and the Felynes turned around and saw an old man wearing a white research lab coat with half an apple on top of his head. On his face, he also wore a pair of glasses that looked somewhat like Cyclop eyewear from the X-Men.

"This invisibility technology you’re using... looks a bit familiar."

Vegapunk sized Sherwin and the others up, speaking thoughtfully.

It was very obvious that the glasses on his face could see right through the Germa invisibility technology on Sherwin and the others.