Chapter 17: Imu's Conjecture about Pluto!
Mary Geoise, Imu, situated within the desolate silver-gray Moon Chamber, was wielding a set of dazzling Sword Dance under simulated moonlight.
This was a daily Mission to familiarize himself with the feeling of battle.
Ten minutes ago, he had already learned about the situation in City of Water from a Telephone Bug brought by a Maid.
He initially didn't want to intervene.
Because Imu was very clear about the importance of the 'Sea Train'. This was simply an incredibly advanced High Technology. A steam train hundreds of meters long could accurately travel on floating, unstable tracks, and the noise it emitted could even drive away fish, including Sea Kings.
It turned out that Sea Kings were also fish.
No matter how bizarre they looked, some even had the heads of mammals, they were still fish.
And the most High Technology aspect of it was that this 'Sea Train' could be maximally unaffected by extreme maritime climates!
What does that mean?
It means that no matter how strong the wind or how big the waves, as long as it wasn't a climate like a sea tornado or ice storm that could destroy the floating tracks, this train could run normally!
Anyone with normal intelligence could imagine how much of a role the existence of such a thing could play in the development of the entire World.
So, what if an accident occurred due to his excessive interference?
Why was there such a large gap in the level of development between Islands now? Some places looked like the Middle Ages, while others were full of High Technology.
It was because transportation between them was too difficult, and resources were hard to circulate quickly between Islands.
Wasn't City of Water declining in the following years because the import of Shipbuilding Materials was blocked?
If Tom's Sea Train hadn't been completed in time, it wouldn't have lasted until the arrival of the Straw Hat crew in the future, and would have long been abandoned by people and become a Desert Island!
It was precisely because Imu knew all of this that he did not order anyone to stop Enies Lobby's sentencing of Tom.
In his opinion, a ten-year suspended Death Penalty was a beneficial incentive for Tom and his group, because it would make them understand that only by completing the Sea Train would they have a chance to save Tom's life.
Although they took a total of fourteen years.
But this also proved that the World Government in the original timeline also understood the Function of the Sea Train and did not pursue the issue of exceeding the time limit at all.
As for whether this would wrong Tom or anything, it was not within his consideration. Anyway, with him protecting Tom, he would definitely not die.
However, fourteen years was still too long for Imu.
So he ordered the Five Elders to have the Administrative Department provide funding to Tom's Studio, just to shorten the completion time by a few years.
But at the same time, he also strictly ordered that Tom's work should not be affected.
In short, whatever requests he had, just follow them!
Surrounded by clusters of bright silver Sword Dance, Imu wielded an unremarkable longsword in his hand while thinking rapidly in his mind.
The matters related to Tom, this Fish-man shipwright, were not only about the 'Sea Train Research project'.
Just take his two disciples, Iceberg and Franky, who were also rare talents.
The former, Iceberg, in Imu's view, had extremely outstanding management talent. It was a bit of an underutilization of his talent to just be a shipwright or the mayor of City of Water. This person was fully capable of reaching a larger stage.
However, he also knew that any talent needed a growth experience.
If Iceberg hadn't learned shipbuilding from Tom, hadn't founded Galley-La Company, and hadn't served as the mayor of City of Water, no one would know what he would have become in the end.
Rather than that, it was better to let nature take its course and transfer Iceberg to the World Government after he had fully matured.
And the other disciple, Franky, oh, his current name is Cutter Flam, was even more of a prodigy, a genius in weapon Research and development!
Top-notch shipbuilding and cannon-making technology, self-taught Cybernetic Modification Technology and Energy Drink Technology, coupled with super-high learning ability, this was simply a treasure of their civilization!
Therefore, Imu had previously specifically mentioned Cutter Flam, instructing CP2 hidden in City of Water to keep a close eye on him.
Once the Sea Train Research and development was successful, Franky would have learned almost everything he could from Tom.
Next, he would send someone to take him to the Science Unit to follow Vegapunk for a few years. When he came of age, he would be assigned an independent Research institute to focus on the Research and development of various weapons, especially Warships.
Besides that, don't forget, Tom also had the Blueprint of 'Pluto'!
Regarding the true face of this so-called 'Ancient Weapon', it was actually in Imu's Memory. Back then, he had personally witnessed 'Pluto' destroy an Island with a single shot, forming a bottomless giant pit in the sea, which even now had not been filled by the endless seawater.
However, despite 'Pluto' being so terrifying, that huge Kingdom still could not defeat the Twenty-Nation Allied Forces he had assembled back then.
As for where the defeated and damaged 'Pluto' went in the end, the predecessor Imu was not clear.
But he had some ideas about it.
The appearance of 'Pluto', in the eyes of the predecessor Imu, was naturally nothing special, but in the eyes of him, a Transmigrator, it looked a bit familiar!
It was very much like a combination of the future 'Ark Maxim' and 'Thousand Sunny', but the volume of the warship was much larger, and the gold used on it far exceeded 'Ark Maxim'.
Then this was a bit intriguing.
It was understandable that the future Franky had come into contact with the Blueprint of 'Pluto'.
What about Enel?
It was obvious that he had seen the 'Pluto' body somewhere, or seen similar Blueprints, so where did he see it?
There was also one point, according to the original story, Enel completely destroyed his hometown Birka, but the problem was that he hadn't built 'Ark Maxim' at that time, and couldn't use Raigo at all, so how did he destroy Birka?
Imu had a bold conjecture.
Perhaps, back then, Enel discovered a damaged 'Pluto' in some corner of Birka Island, and then found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit of the Logia Transformation type there, or even learned related High Technology, and learned some information about his ancestors and about 'Vearth' on the Moon.
Afterwards, he accidentally activated it when using his Ability, just like he accidentally activated the Underground City after landing on the Moon in the future.
But the long centuries were too ruthless. The overly dilapidated 'Pluto', as soon as it was activated, stimulated the remaining energy from back then and launched a final attack or self-destructed on the spot, leading to the destruction and disappearance of the entire Birka Island.
And Enel himself was not harmed in any way because of Logia Transformation, but having already learned that his ancestors came from the Moon and witnessed the terrifying power of 'Pluto', after arriving at 'God's Country', he forcefully became the 'New God', and collected gold and manpower to try to rebuild 'Pluto', but in the end, due to resource and Technology limitations, he only got an 'Ark Maxim'!
"So, the body of Pluto, is now very likely on Birka Sky Island, above ten thousand meters in the sky," Imu stopped his Sword Dance and muttered to himself in his heart.
"Indeed, it can fly. It's very logical for those people to hide Pluto on some Sky Island to prevent me from getting it!"
[Author's note: Tomorrow's chapter is released in advance today. In the future, it will be scheduled for 7 to 8 PM, as I feel this time slot has the most readers.]
[Author's note: It's really hard to write without comments. Please bubble up and say a few words. If you don't comment, I'm very lonely.]
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