Chapter 259 Walter’s Big Guy

“This is Wano Country. What a high waterfall! Barrett, how do you think we can get up there?”

Looking at the towering waterfall in front of her, Mona expressed amazement and confusion.

This almost right-angled downstream waterfall cannot flow upward at all, which is completely different from the upstream current on the Twin Gorge.

Barrett looked at the boat under his feet and the supplies on it, all of which were generously given by Newgate.

He and Mona traveled around the New World, robbing almost everywhere they went. Don’t get me wrong, they robbed evil pirates, and the bounty for each one was no less than 100 million berries.

So giving up this small boat is not a big deal, but I don’t know how to get some currency for food, clothing, housing and transportation when I get to Wano Country.

It’s a pity that the only tokens of good that Kozuki Oden can use are his two swords, otherwise there wouldn’t be so much trouble. We could just go to Kuri or Hana no Toshi and report his name.

Since that battle, he became friends with Oden. Although the other party was as “silly” as himself, they were both the kind of people who could give up everything for a goal.

We can be considered friends we met by chance.

“Wano Country has mountains, forests, and water. There’s nothing to worry about. At most, we can kill two beasts and go to the local town to exchange them~”

Mona saw Barrett’s worry and reminded him.

Barrett nodded, his mind still unresponsive for a moment. It was indeed unlikely that pirates would appear in Wano Country, but who said that other beasts were worthless?
“It might be a bit bumpy…”

Barrett said softly, holding Mona in one hand and grabbing the backpack that accompanied them on their journey with the other, bending over with his legs bent.

The boat can’t go there, but people can!
Mona also understood Barrett’s thoughts. She curled up in his arms, wrapping her arms around his body and hugging him tightly.

“Boom! Crack—”

The boat was broken into pieces by a kick, and Barrett jumped with great force. In just an instant, he reached the steep and exposed open space on the waterfall. Then he jumped again and again, and reached the highest point in a few jumps.

In her arms, Mona waited until Barrett stood firmly before quietly revealing her face. Looking forward, she saw several high peaks standing tall. That was where the Country of Wano was.

“Nice place, really beautiful!”

“Well, let’s find a place to stay first, and then go to the Flower Capital to find out where this guy Kurozumi Orochi is.”

“No! Let’s take a good look around here first, how about that?”

Mona shook her head in objection. She liked this place very much. Wano Country was more beautiful than most of the islands on the Grand Line.

In other words, it is more in line with a girl’s perception of beauty. The ubiquitous huge cherry and peach trees dot the mountains and rivers, even the forest in the distance.

Leaves are falling, huge bamboo forests accompany every hilltop, countless huge wild beasts are galloping on the dense grass, and some buildings built on the high mountains are clearly visible from afar.

In short, it’s beautiful! It would be a shame not to visit it.

“After we kill the Kurozumi Orochi, we’ll have to tour the entire Wano Country. I think we should retain some anticipation for treasure hunting?”

“That’s not like you, Barrett, to reject Mona!”

Mona covered her mouth in disbelief, with surprise flashing in her eyes.

Barrett slung his backpack over his shoulder, touched his head with his hand, and said embarrassedly:

“Sorry… That’s not what I meant… I…”

“No, no, no! Barrett, don’t worry, I don’t blame you. On the contrary, I’m very happy that you rejected me! I’ll listen to you this time, let’s go~”

“Uh… um… OK!”

Barrett didn’t quite understand, but nodded anyway. As long as Mona wasn’t angry, it would be fine.

After observing for a while, he spotted a plain with bamboo forests. It seemed to be very prosperous, with smoke from villages, and was a suitable place for them to stay.

After determining the direction, he took Mona and ran towards that place at high speed.

……………

at the same time.

Cloud Island is hidden in a huge cavity under the clouds. It is an experimental site specially opened by Ross for his fourth son Walter to display his talents.

The area of ​​Yun Island is very large, and there are still many areas that can be developed. This secret laboratory is built under the wasteland that is waiting to be developed. It is hidden and will not disturb anyone.

“Hello? Father, I have already built Unit-01. When can you come over and try it out?”

Walter, who was about to be ten years old, was drinking tea while communicating with Den Den Mushi. The experimental table in front of him was filled with various materials about alloy experiments and the fusion of special metals.

He did not choose the Thunder Fruit, the top natural fruit that his father had prepared for him from the beginning, but instead chose the Superhuman Swallow Swallow Fruit as his own ability.

There is no other reason, it’s just that he doesn’t like fighting and killing, so the Swallow-Swallow Fruit, which is more inclined towards assistance and scientific research, is the perfect choice for him.

As for the Thunder Fruit, let’s leave it to Annina and Lucas, as they are both potential battle maniacs.

“It’s already been made? Did you stay up late again? If you keep up like this, your mother will ground you! You’re still growing up.”

“I know, I know. I’m always so engrossed in my research that I forget about time…”

“Forget it, I’ll come over here. Starting today, I’ll be grounded for a week. Give me a good rest!”

Before Walter could refute or argue, the other end of the Den Den Mushi was hung up.

Well, it seems there is no room for negotiation.

Walter slumped in the chair with severe dark circles under his eyes.

Being obsessed with scientific research is like this: the times of eating and sleeping are very random every day. Fortunately, he still has a certain degree of autonomy now and does not have to go back home to rest and sleep, so he is even more unrestrained.

He understood that his father had actually seen everything about him. The entire Cloud Island was created by his father, and it was almost impossible that there was something he didn’t know.

The reason why he was not controlled during this period, but was confined to recuperate afterwards, was because he understood that what he was doing was at a critical moment. He even arranged for his butler Tokos to deliver his meals to ensure that no one could disturb him.

“Look at the dark circles under your eyes. Your mother must have been nagging me these past two days for not taking good care of you!”

Soon after, Ross appeared beside Walter, and the first thing he did was to check his physical condition.

There was also a bowl of hot medicinal soup on the table, as if it had been prepared long ago.

“Thanks, Dad. I’ll take a good rest these few days. Do you want to see my research results first?”

“Drink this soup first. Your health is more important than anything else. If things are not important, try to focus on your health in the future. No one asks you to make any great contributions, kid.

Don’t learn from your eldest and second brothers, they are just two hooligans, they used to hang out with me outside, and now they want to go out and explore because they can’t sit still.”

“Ok!”

Walter nodded slightly, then picked up the medicine on the table and drank it slowly because it was a little hot.

After he finished drinking the medicine, he found that his father had been looking at him from beginning to end, instead of the creation that was not far away and close at hand.

Walter felt very calm. After putting down the empty bowl, he stretched his limbs. The 1.7-meter-tall man slowly stood up and pointed at his masterpiece and said:
“Look, father, I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a metal that’s light, strong, and structural, but I’ve found it’s almost impossible!
Until I discovered that your cloud can also be fused as a metal material, it was born!”

Looking in the direction of Walter’s finger, a magnificent balloon airship was located in the open space ahead.

Its cabin is about thirty meters long and five meters high, with an oval balloon fifty meters long and ten meters high hanging above it.

The silver-white frame firmly connects the balloon to the cabin, with eight folded sails hanging on the sides. The rear of the cabin is designed with a side slope, which can be folded up and down to transport supplies.

“Give me some details?”

Ross showed a look of great interest. He had a strong interest in this huge creature and also wanted to see the results of his son’s hard work over the past few days.

The development of this concept initially came from the conversation between Yatuo and Walter. He hoped that his younger brother could develop a flying “boat”!
This idea can be traced back to the communication between him and his biological mother Goli, which was the time when he wanted to become a monk and do business.

However, with the level of technology at the time, building a flying ship was a bit too far-fetched. First of all, the weight of the metal was a huge problem, and then there was how to make the ship rise and fall freely.

This can only be done if Ross is willing to fully develop his abilities in this direction, but that is obviously impossible.

After talking with his brother, Walter became very interested in the so-called flying “boat”. In addition, since his father could make light clouds, the possibility of success was very high, so he thought about giving it a try.

To this end, he first found Ross and ate the Swallow Fruit, and then spent a long time searching for almost all the metals available on the market, trying, comparing and experimenting again and again.

To this day, he succeeded!
“What an honor!”

Walter said happily, without rushing to introduce his masterpiece, but casually opened his chest and took out a piece of silver-white alloy from it.

Yes, just open your chest!
It was like opening a door, and inside the door was a pitch-black, bottomless black hole, as if there was no limit at all.

Ross was not surprised by this. In his memory, the original holder of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit, Valpo, could even “eat” himself and undergo a full body plastic surgery that everyone would envy.

Awesome! This is the power of the Parahuman Devil Fruit!

“This is the alloy I created. I named it Cloud Iron! Its main material is the processed cloud made by you, father!”

Walter said, and began to introduce this great discovery to his father:
At first, Walter thought that alloy was simply the fusion of two or more metals. After all, most of the books he studied introduced it that way.

The metal used in large naval warships is a type of alloy. Ordinary steel simply cannot withstand the firing of such huge shells, and gun barrels that are not hard enough will be scrapped in the blink of an eye.

Taking this as a lesson, he tried more than thirty kinds of metals and more than ten thousand combinations, but still could not make a certain alloy achieve the result of being driven by clouds.

Until he had an idea.

The Swallow-Swallow Fruit is not an ordinary alloy forge, so why must it be so restricted to the combination of metals?

Daddy said that the potential of the superhuman system is almost infinite! Any incredible thing can be born for this!
Therefore, he tried to use clouds as the main factor. He tried island clouds, sea clouds and processed clouds. Finally, he used the characteristics of processed clouds, which were strong yet light, to create a metal that was lighter than paper.

Cloud iron!

The actual weight of that creature, which is several times larger than a giant, could probably be lifted by an ordinary strong man!

But its sturdiness is comparable to a keel made of steel!

This huge creature can fly with just a little wind, and it is because the space in this place is enclosed that it can stay there safely.

“What a genius idea, Walter! It seems that you have already understood that the power of the fruit cannot be confined to the principles we know.”

Ross encouraged loudly, patted Walter’s head, and his face was full of relief.

Walter touched the back of his head happily, then swallowed the Yuntie he had taken out in one gulp, and brought his father to the bottom of the huge monster.

Ross looked up, and then he realized that the oval balloon was actually hollow, and its structure was similar to that of a hot air balloon, and the “fabric” was actually made of ferromagnetic iron sheets, wrapped with a layer of processed cloud underneath.

The reinforced structure made of Yuntie is connected to the cabin below, like two wooden stakes wrapped with silk threads.

“It’s a pity, father, that the first generation aircraft cannot take off yet. The flying power I designed is based on the same principle as a hot air balloon, but I haven’t found a suitable and stable machine to provide power yet.”

Walter said with some regret, and pointed to an open space not far away. It was full of super-scaled versions of this giant machine. Some of them were directly scrapped and thrown away casually. He continued:

“But don’t worry, as long as the power problem is solved, this big guy will be a flying ship! I can guarantee that it will be no less powerful than a three-masted sailing ship! And it can also be lifted and lowered by dropping anchor like an ordinary ship!”

“It’s okay. I’ve seen your success, kid. I have an idea. Maybe you can give it a try, but first, you have to be put in solitary confinement for a week and have a good rest~”

Ross’s eyes flickered as he thought of an energy machine unique to the pirate world. What was most in short supply in the South China Sea was energy machine craftsmen.

Walter was originally very excited to hear that his father had found a solution. Nothing could make him happier than seeing his creation move with his own eyes.

However, it would be better if this time could be brought forward to the present, instead of having to abstain from sex for a while first.

(End of this chapter)