Franky was completely bewildered now. He felt like his brain was about to smoke, forcing him to ask again, full of doubt.
"This is a spatial storage ring that I developed by studying spatial forces..."
Shiro was willing to explain it to him, so she immediately displayed the ring worn on her finger and introduced its related abilities to Franky.
"My heavens, you are too strong! To actually be able to develop such a great invention—even the rumored Vegapunk hasn't researched spatial forces, right? No, I estimate he doesn't even have the ability to touch upon this area. You are truly powerful, both in your scientific research ability and your personal strength."
Franky was completely shocked at this moment, standing dumbfounded, because Shiro's scientific research ability was even stronger than he had imagined, far surpassing the impression of her strength he held from when she destroyed the Buster Call yesterday.
Next, Shiro took out many pieces of equipment used for forging gear and weapons. With Franky's help, they were all powered up. The factory could connect to power, but the electricity provided here was still insufficient, far below Shiro's estimate, so she took out a self-made hydro-powered generator to serve as the power source.
However, this hydro-powered generator—which, in Shiro's eyes, couldn't even make it into the top ten of the engines she had developed—once again astonished Franky. He couldn't help but go up and touch it, examining its structure and principles.
Shiro worked on forging the Galactron gear nearby. When she was about halfway done, she took out the pre-prepared Galactron Monster Girls culture medium and the corresponding cultivation tanks.
After powering them up.
Under Franky's astonished gaze, the Bei Group all walked inside. In the seven different cultivation tanks, under the influence of special drugs, they quickly fell into a deep sleep, their entire bodies submerged in nutrient fluid.
After finishing this, Shiro continued forging the gear, with Franky helping out.
Meanwhile, in the town of Water Seven, the Straw Hat Pirates and the Pink Hat Pirates had already started either acting alone, splitting into pairs, or moving in trios.
The relaxing day belonging to the two great crews thus began, but at the same time, the entire sea trembled once more...
This was naturally because Morgans had finally finished writing his report last night—a newspaper he was satisfied with—and had rushed the printing.
This morning, large numbers of Newspaper Seagulls flew out across the entire world.
Everything the Pink Hat Pirates did yesterday, another resounding achievement, instantly became known across the entire sea, regardless of the faction—whether ordinary residents, powerful individuals, pirates, or regular Marines.
"The Marines' Attempt Backfires, Leading to a Huge Mistake: The Buster Call Nearly Destroys Enies Lobby."
"The Pink Hat Pirates Suddenly Appear, Intercept the Buster Call Fleet, and Utterly Annihilate It; Five Vice Admirals Captured, Tens of Thousands of Marines Killed."
"The Straw Hat Pirates Cause Chaos at Enies Lobby; The Pink Hat Pirates Arrive and Reach an Agreement with the Straw Hat Pirates, Who Then Depart."
"Enies Lobby CP9 Director Spandam Killed by Pink Hat Pirates Captain Luna, Followed by Another Massacre of All Marines and World Government Personnel on Enies Lobby."
"A Admiral Arrives in Anger; Aokiji Faces the Pink Hat Pirates Once More, But Is Easily Defeated by Luna, Who Displays Superb Haki Abilities and Devil Fruit Ability."
The headlines written by Morgans sounded exaggerated but were grounded in reality. Coupled with the content below, everyone on the sea who saw the report understood exactly what had happened yesterday.
For a time, the entire sea was immensely shaken, and everyone was extremely shocked and disbelieving.
Weren't the Pink Hat Pirates too bold and reckless? This was the first time the Buster Call, representing the authority of the World Government and the Marines, had been annihilated. Moreover, Enies Lobby, one of the three major institutions, was also destroyed, and important officials were killed.
Of course, in their eyes, the most important point was that Admiral Aokiji had once again been defeated by the Pink Hat Pirates, and this time, he lost directly to Luna. Counting Akainu previously, the Marines now had two Admirals defeated by Luna.
Many factions across the sea had different reactions.
First were the Four Emperors: Whitebeard Edward Newgate, Kaido the Beast, Big Mom Charlotte Linlin, and Red-Haired Shanks.
They were also very surprised by the achievements the Pink Hat Pirates made yesterday. Just like the reason for Sengoku and the others' anger, the Marines and the World Government suffered heavy casualties this time.
But there was also another point that made all of them become cautious and serious.
That was the strength Luna displayed, especially the photo in the newspaper. They could tell that Luna's Conquerors Haki Infusion was no weaker than theirs, and even in terms of Armament Haki, she was significantly stronger than some of them, especially since Luna simultaneously displayed Armament Haki: Ryuo, which possesses internal destruction and long-range attack effects.
It must be known that among them, regarding Armament Haki, they had either mastered one type, or although they had mastered both types, using them simultaneously was still somewhat difficult.
Not to mention that Luna could actually use Armament Haki: Ryuo and Conquerors Haki Infusion simultaneously. This point made them even more apprehensive. Coupled with Luna's own Devil Fruit Ability, once they understood what the void was, they also felt it was an unsolvable ability.
Through this newspaper, they had to admit that Luna completely possessed strength comparable to theirs, and in some aspects, she had even surpassed them.
It was hard to imagine that this was merely a 17-year-old Little girl.
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