Chapter 169: Factory Completion
“What’s wrong with her?”
Hearing Aoxi’s usual crazy voice, Obei took off her safety helmet, then walked to the sink to help pick vegetables while asking.
“Nothing, she just finished cultivating.”
“Cultivating?”
“That’s right, this afternoon she seemed to have fought with Captain Kaido, then ran over to tell me she wanted to cultivate ‘Future Sight’.”
“Oh↑↓~”
“I knew the earthquake this afternoon was definitely related to these two!”
“Doing nothing all day, just causing trouble for people…”
Remembering how the construction site had to stop work several times because of the earthquake that afternoon, and nearly causing a safety accident, Obei couldn’t help but grit her teeth.
“Sister La, I’m going out~”
Aoxi rushed in from the backyard, returned the Millennium Puzzle to La, then rushed out the front door again.
“Wait a bit, go after dinner.”
“Not eating, no need to save food for me.”
After all, a gentleman takes revenge from morning to night—what food could compare to the fine wine of revenge~
Aoxi, who had taken so many barrages that afternoon, was already impatient to vent on Kaido.
……
“By the way, how’s the project schedule?”
Ignoring Aoxi who had already run off without a trace, La put the cut radishes into the pot and started chatting idly with Obei while cooking soup.
“Very smoothly.”
“That construction team charges high prices, but their efficiency and quality are top-notch. Probably another month and we can power on and start operations.”
“What about the supporting machinery and personnel? Arranged?”
“Mm.”
Obei nodded, put the picked vegetables into a basin, then took them under the faucet to start washing.
“The punching machines ordered from the black market will arrive in two weeks, and the talents in machinery and weapon design hired from South Blue have been arriving one after another since yesterday.”
“They’re now settled in the row of villas emptied next to the factory, and we’ve specially hired people to take care of them.”
The four oceans divided by the Red Line and the Calm Belt each have their own unique cultural styles.
Like East Blue, which is relatively peaceful and serene, suitable for retirement; North Sea has fierce folk customs and abundant martial spirit; West Sea is full of Gothic style, with rampant gang culture…
As for South Blue, the style leans more toward tech aesthetics. Most people from there have mechanical modification skills, so calling it the cyber sea is not undeserved.
“I heard there are engineers from Balkimo of the ‘Future Country’ among them.”
“‘Future Country’?”
“That’s right, the hometown of that so-called first genius ‘Vegapunk’.”
“I’ve read a few of his works recently, and I can only say his reputation is well-deserved.”
Ever since arriving on Fenrir Island, Obei had, as before, gone through all the relevant books in the island’s major bookstores, completing her knowledge reserve ahead of time.
She had to admit this body was really useful—not only photographic memory, but super strong learning ability; she could basically master all theories after one read.
However, the more she read, the more she felt this world’s technology tree developed somewhat deformedly, as if the main trunk had been deliberately cut off, leaving only side branches to grow wildly.
And that Vegapunk, called “five hundred years ahead of the world,” his works seemed quite disjointed.
Like a branch forcibly sprouting from the cut surface of that tech tree main trunk, appearing both thin and eye-catching.
“Mm.”
La nodded, then suddenly moved her fingers, making the soup pot in front of her float up.
“Hm? What—”
Boom!!!
Suddenly, the ground shook and mountains trembled; Obei, who was washing vegetables, got splashed with water all over her face.
“…”
“Aoxi!!!”
……
Half an hour later—
“Go clear the table, we’re ready to eat.”
La ladled out the soup from the pot, swapped to a frying pan, preparing to stir-fry one last small dish.
“Oh.”
“Remember to get three bowls.”
Watching Obei about to move stools, La reminded her again.
“Eh? Didn’t that guy say no need to save food for her?”
Sizzle~
Hot oil coats the pan, washed greens poured in; the sound of shovel scraping wok filled the kitchen, masking the faint footsteps outside the door.
“I’m back…”
A aggrieved voice sounded at the door, like a defeated rooster; Aoxi returned to her little nest with head hung low.
“Mm.”
La just lightly acknowledged it, as if she had expected this.
“Sister La… do you know that ‘Conqueror’s Haki Infusion’?”
“I do.”
“Then you…”
Smack~
Placing the last plate of stir-fried greens on the table, La removed her small apron and said gently:
“Eat first.”
……
Crackle crackle~
Drool~ Drool~
One month later, with strings of firecrackers lit one after another, the Beasts Pirates’ first weapon factory was officially completed.
Aoxi somehow got hold of a suona-like musical instrument, wore sunglasses and stood at the door drooling away, somehow blowing the vibe of a whole band by herself.
This opening ceremony full of different world flair, besides the Beasts Pirates members, also attracted many townsfolk who had some reservations to come watch.
Human nature always likes to join in the fun, and crowds bring a sense of security; many ordinary people who had been peeking timidly blended into the festive atmosphere after adapting.
Many children had already started chasing and playing in the crowd.
Obei stood beside Kaido and others, full of black lines watching her own sister turn the proper completion ceremony into a banquet scene.
『Sigh~ Bear with it.』
……
Fortunately, not long after, the crowd dispersed upon finding no other excitement, leaving only the Beasts Pirates people; the scene restored order.
“Bring it up!”
At this time, Captain Kaido waved his hand grandly, and fully twenty burly men lifted up a huge sign nearly ten meters long.
“Hey!”
Thud!
A dull metal landing sound rang out; the sign seemed cast entirely of steel, with a layer of gold plating on the surface, gleaming in the sunlight.
“How’s that? Impressive, right!”
“This was specially custom-made by me having Burufaruto find someone!”
“Here~ Obei, brat, since this factory will be under your charge from now on, you hang this sign up yourself.”
Obei looked at this parvenu-style sign completely against her aesthetics, then at Kaido’s smug expression…
『Sigh~ Bear with it a bit more.』
With a blank expression, she hung up the sign that nearly altered the factory building’s load-bearing structure, then Obei slowly landed on the ground and looked at Kaido and the others in front of her.
“Anything else? Bring it all up.”
“Ah, yes there is.”
Burufaruto raised his hand and said under Obei’s icy gaze:
“Per La’s instructions, I gathered those guys back again.”
