Orochimaru.
After the turbulent power of the dragon vein was temporarily controlled, Orochimaru began to study the dragon vein.
He first used his own finger to gently touch the purple energy of the dragon vein.
Orochimaru raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's indeed similar to chakra, perhaps, we can use the power of the dragon vein just like we use chakra."
An idea flashed through Orochimaru's mind, and he turned to look at Whitebeard: "Whitebeard-dono, I suddenly have a somewhat immature idea, I wonder if you would allow me to do it?"
Whitebeard glanced at Orochimaru: "Oh? Let's hear it."
Orochimaru said: "If the nature of the dragon vein energy is similar to chakra, then we can completely use some special devices to store the energy of the dragon vein. In this way, we can take away a lot of the energy of the dragon vein."
"After all, if the dragon vein is destroyed, it might cause a serious disaster."
Orochimaru chuckled: "My method is relatively conservative."
Whitebeard doesn't have much concept about what chakra and what energy are.
He asked Kakashi: "Stupid son, what do you think?"
Kakashi stroked his chin and pondered: "It's not impossible to do this, because we can't possibly dig up the entire dragon vein, and we don't know how to dig it up."
Recalling the battle when he followed Minato-sensei to the Roran ruins for a mission, a flash of inspiration also flashed through Kakashi's mind.
"That's right!"
Kakashi said: "I remember that the energy of the dragon vein can drive puppets, giving the puppets very powerful strength. The puppet master who fought with Minato-sensei back then did just that."
Orochimaru licked his lips: "Puppets... hehe, there happens to be a pretty good puppet master on Moby Dick! Maybe he can make some puppets to serve as containers for storing the power of the dragon vein."
Orochimaru was referring to Sasori.
Konan raised an objection: "The energy of the dragon vein is so huge, how many puppets need to be made to hold so much dragon vein energy?!"
Naruto raised his hand and interrupted: "Yeah, we are going to recruit more than a thousand crew members, what if so many puppets fill up the ship?"
Sasuke crossed his arms, his face expressionless: "Perhaps, we can make a few larger puppets to serve as dragon vein containers, to cope with it?"
"Large puppets." Uzumaki Fuushi suggested: "I... I have a rather strange idea."
She looked around at everyone, and continued: "Can we treat the entire Moby Dick as a container? For example, remodel the entire ship?!"
After these words fell, everyone fell silent.
The entire dragon vein secret room was silent.
Uzumaki Fuushi awkwardly said: "If you think this proposal is not feasible, then pretend I didn't say it."
"Actually, it's not impossible." Kakashi stroked his chin: "I probably understand what you mean, is it to transform Moby Dick into a puppet?"
Uzumaki Fuushi nodded. When Naruto heard this, his eyes almost lit up: "Ah? Can it be changed like this?"
Kakashi said: "Pops, I think this suggestion is highly feasible, after all, Moby Dick does need to be remodeled to enhance its defense and attack."
"After all, this ship was built by a group of ordinary workers using common materials in the ninja world, without too much speciality. We can remodel Moby Dick without changing its appearance."
The suggestions from his sons and daughters made Whitebeard fall into some thought, in fact, he also knew that Kakashi was right.
The new Moby Dick built in the ninja world actually couldn't compare to his old ship.
Sometimes, they would encounter some tricky little ninjas, and during the battle, they had to spare some energy to protect Moby Dick.
If they could carry out a major transformation of the Moby Dick, enhancing the performance of this warship, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
Moreover...
The Dragon Vein was related to whether he could return to his hometown, even if there was only a slight possibility, Whitebeard wanted to take a gamble.
The life of a legendary pirate was all about gambling!
Winning every gamble would make him a legendary pirate in the legends.
If he lost, well, he could always start over.
With such thoughts flashing through his mind, Whitebeard made his decision.
"Gurararararara! Let's do it!" Whitebeard laughed out loud: "First, we'll stay here for a while, and continue sailing after Moby Dick is transformed!"
Just right, there was a scientist and a puppet master on the ship.
They didn't even need to go out of their way to find people, there were two ready-made talents in the pirate crew.
...
Soon, Whitebeard and others left the Dragon Vein and returned to Moby Dick.
Naruto informed everyone on the ship of Whitebeard's decision.
For such a decision, everyone was quite surprised, but no one opposed it.
"Transform Moby Dick!" Kisame grinned, he said: "Can we install a few mechanical legs on this ship, so that I don't need to use Ninjutsu to sail on land?"
Uchiha Izumi was excited: "Eh? Can we install a few more cannons? Or, can we increase the caliber of the cannons?"
Karin was surprised: "Are we going to transform the ship?"
Hinata weakly said: "Then... where will we live during the transformation process?"
"..."
On the entire ship, there might only be one person who held an opposing opinion.
That person was not a member of Whitebeard's pirate crew.
But a prisoner of the pirate crew.
The eyes of Sasori's puppet body were wide open, letting him and Orochimaru transform this ship together?
What a joke!
Teaching a bunch of Uchiha brats who are as dumb as they can be about puppetry is already the limit of what Sasori can tolerate.
After all, when you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head.
Now, they want him to transform Moby Dick into a special puppet with that disgusting guy?
Sasori couldn't help but look around.
This ship is as big as a small mountain, how can it be transformed?
The workload is too big, isn't it!
"I refuse!" Sasori gritted his teeth, glaring at Kakashi.
Kakashi said lightly: "You can't refuse, if you don't want to take this task, maybe you can go talk to Pops."
Sasori: "..."
Go talk to Whitebeard?
Thinking back to Whitebeard's earth-shattering power, Sasori clenched his fists, and the joints of the puppet were creaking.
"...But, that disgusting guy Orochimaru must listen to me!" Sasori said in the toughest tone, the most cowardly words: "When I'm creating this huge piece of art, you guys can't put forward any bad ideas!"
Kakashi smiled and said: "Okay, but Pops is an exception, Pops can put forward transformation ideas."
Sasori's breathing became a bit rapid, not knowing what use puppet breathing had.
What Sasori hated the most was when his puppet artwork was pointed at and drawn by others, which would give him the urge to go on a killing spree.
But thinking that the man was Whitebeard...
Sasori held back again.
He held back a breath, and said word by word: "Only Whitebeard!"
"Okay." Kakashi said politely: "Thank you very much, genius puppet master, for transforming our pirate ship for us."
Kakashi's comment "genius puppet master" made Sasori feel a bit better.
"Tsk!" Sasori turned and walked away, saying without looking back, "Give me the blueprints for this ship, I'm going to seclude myself for three days to draw up a remodeling plan for this ship."
Watching Sasori's retreating figure, Kisame came over from the side, marveling, "This guy, his attitude is really bad! But, his character is a bit soft, which is quite good. At least, he's not a very stubborn person."
Kakashi helplessly said, "He's only obedient because he respects Pops. If Pops weren't holding him down, he might have run away already."
...
Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was three days later.
It has to be said that Sasori's efficiency is very high, he said he could draw up the remodeling blueprints in three days, and he really did it.
Stacks of drafts piled up together, a good ten centimeters thick.
Sasori brought a pile of blueprints to Whitebeard, he looked up at Whitebeard, "I have a condition."
Whitebeard held a wine bowl, drinking it all in one gulp.
"Oh?"
Whitebeard looked down at Sasori with a vacant gaze, smiling, "Condition? Do you want to take this opportunity to reform and become my son?"
Sasori was taken aback, then reacted.
This guy Whitebeard was actually teasing him!
Damn it!
Hold it in!
"No." Sasori tried to keep his tone steady, "If I successfully remodel this ship, you will let me go and let me leave here."
"Otherwise, I won't remodel it." Sasori said firmly, "Even if you kill me, I won't remodel it."
He wanted to use this opportunity as a bargaining chip to get rid of his prisoner status.
Sasori had been feeling very stifled as a prisoner during this period.
Even though the people of the Whitebeard Pirates didn't deliberately watch him, and didn't restrict his freedom on the ship.
It still made Sasori feel very uncomfortable.
Sasori didn't know how Orochimaru, that disgusting guy, could be so happy as a prisoner.
Maybe that disgusting guy's brain circuit is not the same as normal people.
"Gurararararara!" Whitebeard, with a body full of drunkenness, laughed heartily, "Kid, if you can really remodel Moby Dick into an invincible sea battleship, what's wrong with letting you go?"
"I hope you keep your word." Getting Whitebeard's promise, Sasori breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Although he was very unhappy with all the pirates on the ship, Sasori had to admit that every word Whitebeard said was very reliable.
Whitebeard would not shoot without reason.
Nor would he lie and deceive.
...
In the following period, the Whitebeard Pirates' Moby Dick began to undergo a major transformation.
Sasori and Orochimaru, one a puppet master, the other a scientist.
With their not-so-coordinated cooperation, it took more than a month to finally complete the remodeling plan for Moby Dick.
During this period, the most troublesome thing was the materials needed for the transformation.
In this vast desert, if you want to get the materials for remodeling the ship, either you have to run thousands of miles to the nearest town to purchase, or simply use local materials.
There are still a lot of things in the ruins of Roran that can be used.
"Hehe, it's not easy!"
Orochimaru and Sasori stood together, he looked up at Moby Dick in front of him with interest, and sighed, "Not only is it a mental task, but also a physical one!"
Sasori expressed his dissatisfaction with Orochimaru, "Hmph, if it weren't for you dragging me down halfway, I could have succeeded ten days ago."
Orochimaru chuckled, "If I remember correctly, that seems to be your own mistake, how can you blame me?"
Sasori turned his head away, feeling a bit guilty.
But he still stubbornly said: "Tsk, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made a mistake."
Orochimaru didn't continue to argue with Sasori.
Only to hear Sasori continue with a tone of regret: "It's a pity, Whitebeard won't let me change the shape of this ship, causing some flaws in my artwork."
This is something that Sasori is a bit unhappy about.
In his view, the shape of Moby Dick has no sense of design at all.
It has nothing to do with the word art.
"Hehe, the shape has changed a bit, such as its size is one size larger than before, and the caliber of the cannons on it is also larger than before."
Orochimaru chuckled: "So... this ship has been completely transformed, do you want to choose to leave Whitebeard's pirate crew?"
Sasori said coldly: "Of course! But... before I leave, I have to see what kind of changes will occur when my masterpiece and the power of the Dragon Vein are combined."
Obviously, Sasori also became interested in the Dragon Vein.
If the power of the Dragon Vein can enhance the puppet...
Then after Whitebeard's pirate crew leaves here, Sasori will immediately use the power of the Dragon Vein to create a new puppet for himself.
He wants to create an anti-Whitebeard puppet!
This idea, and the goal, Sasori has never let go.
Before, Sasori's confidently built anti-Whitebeard puppet was blown up by Whitebeard, which did not make him feel too discouraged, but instead aroused his fighting spirit.
...
On the other side, Whitebeard was also looking at this brand new Moby Dick, he felt that this ship was much larger than before, and what satisfied Whitebeard was that the appearance did not change.
"Gurara, those two stupid little brats are quite capable!"
After Whitebeard laughed heartily, he just jumped and jumped onto the deck tens of meters high.
The rest of Whitebeard's pirate crew, including Orochimaru and Sasori, two prisoners, also boarded this pirate ship one after another.
Without Whitebeard asking, Orochimaru took the initiative to explain: "Mr. Whitebeard, the reason why the ship has become much larger is because the center of the pirate ship needs to be used as a storage for the energy of the Dragon Vein."
"Also... you can see that there are many pipes laid out on the ship, these pipes are also used to store the energy of the Dragon Vein."
Orochimaru chuckled: "In addition, I have made a small modification to the cannons on the ship."
"The cannons no longer fire shells, but chakra lasers. I invented a special converter during the transformation process, which can convert chakra into laser light."
"A chakra amount of a special Jonin level can make a cannon fire once, the power is comparable to twenty Explosive Tags exploding at the same time, and it has a very long penetration effect."
"Hehe, although the consumption of chakra is a bit high, I think, what Whitebeard's pirate crew is least lacking is chakra."
...
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