One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons!

The sound of "ding ding dong dong" echoed in the huge core basement.

A crowd of people gathered together and looked at the "machine" in front of them.

A replicating robot with the Vegapunk blood factor - No. A-0.

Compared to No. A-1 and No. A-2, which have disordered bloodline factors, No. A-0 is perfect from a certain perspective.

It possesses the "body" of Vegapunk, and has successfully obtained the ability of the "Brain Fruit".

But at the same time, this is also a huge "mistake".

The "load" brought by the Brain Fruit is completely different from other Devil Fruit abilities.

If combined with Vegapunk's own genius mind, it will only overload the A-0 machine and make it impossible to operate normally!

This also leads to a result——

After A-0 was created, it was loaded with the instruction to "pull everyone to death together."

But at the same time, No. A-0, the "Vegapunk", also began to think.

After exceeding the limit of high-speed thinking, the mechanical head of A-0 was unable to withstand the high-pressure load, eventually causing the brain to self-destruct.

In the moment before self-destruction, No. A-0 came to a conclusion.

The original instruction was wrong, and "hope" must not be given up. As "Vegapunk", No. A-0 must create hope!

From this, A-0 started taking action.

He stayed in the core basement and used everything in the basement to finally piece together the "ancient ship" in front of everyone.

…

"..."

Everyone looked at No. A-0 at work.

Even if you don't understand mechanics, you can still infer that A-0 no longer has a "program" for thinking.

After all, the "mechanical brain" is gone, so how can we think about it?

Uta listened to the voice of A-0, then his pupils narrowed and he murmured:

"It's already dead..."

Indeed, as a "replicating robot", A-0 is dead.

However, the "characteristics" of being a robot allow No. A-0 to survive without its head, but the rest of its body can still function.

Those parts are combined together to continue executing the "results of thinking" of No. A-0.

Right now--

Give up the original plan of dying together and work hard to create hope!

"..."

What does this mean?

For a moment, everyone was a little confused.

Everything in front of me was so abnormal and bizarre that it was impossible to use common sense to deduce it.

And if you want to understand the reason, you can only make bold guesses with the same "bizarre" thinking!

Who can?

【Devil】Evan Lindsay.

The tall body sat down cross-legged, then hugged Bega Punk beside him, laughing and saying:

"The blood factor represents the 'self'."

"In other words, if you were born in ancient times and faced the same dilemma as ancient machines, you would make similar choices, right?"

"..."

Vegapunk remained silent and did not answer.

If you nod decisively, it would be a bit bragging.

But it is undeniable that no matter when and where, no matter how desperate the situation is, Vegapunk will never choose the ending of "die together".

No. A-0 possesses the blood factor of Vegapunk, and thus inherits Vegapunk's ideas.

If possible, Vegapunk really wants to talk to No. A-0.

What exactly is facing "ancient times"? Why is the ancient ship called "Hope"?

But unfortunately, that opportunity is no longer available.

A-0's mechanical brain self-destructed, making communication impossible.

The energy in its body was also depleted due to the previous intense thinking, and its actions became slower and slower.

Ding ding dong dong!

No. A-0 installed the last metal plate, and the sound of knocking and fixing gradually slowed down.

Ding-ding-dong...dong...

Click!

Number A-0 fell to his knees, his arms dropped to the ground, and half of his head drooped.

It shut down completely.

There is no doubt that this is a complete death, and everyone present is a witness.

And seeing "himself" die, Vegapunk's eyes were complicated, and he didn't know how to react for a moment.

Only one person——

Or Alvin Lindsay.

He clapped his hands and smiled wider.

"Isn't this novel?"

Lindsay opened her arms and grinned: "Just imagine, the endless possibilities!"

"..."

Vegapunk looked back at Lindsay, and the others also gathered their gazes.

Undoubtedly, Vegapunk does have many fantastic ideas, but all of his ideas are based on rational "science" and can be followed.

Evan Lindsay is different.

All the characteristics he exhibits have nothing to do with "rationality", but an extreme "emotion" that comes purely from the heart.

Because of this, Lindsay is able to detect more, which is an area that even Vegapunk cannot see clearly.

"The answer is 'if'!"

Lindsay put her hands on her knees and analyzed in a deep voice:

"The A-0 created by the ancient machine has the 'idea of ​​Vegapunk' and the 'instructions of the ancient machine'."

"In other words, if Vegapunk was born in ancient times, what choice would he make when faced with the problems of that time?"

"The answer is No. A-0!"

The more Lindsay talked, the more interesting it became.

"As 'Vegapunk', No. A-0 will categorically reject the strategy of perishing together and instead use his life to create hope!"

"Even if he didn't have the power of the Brain Fruit, he would still choose to do this and give everything for 'science'!"

"..."

Lindsay's words are undoubtedly unconventional inferences.

But no matter what, no one else can refute it because it does sound like the truth.

"Is it fate...?"

The big bear's voice came.

Big Bear has heard too much about "destiny".

Whether it was the legend about the sun god Nika that I heard from my parents, or later on, I heard it while traveling around the world.

In this world, there is something called "destiny".

But this ethereal thing is also extremely elusive, let alone penetrating.

What exactly is "destiny"?

Is it fate that the [Devil] named Alvin Lindsay appears in this sea?

Vegapunk, who was born a genius, ate the Brain Fruit again. Is it still a kind of fate?

Big Bear looked at the wreckage of the A-0 and murmured:

"Destiny never 'determines' anything..."

"Yes, that's it!"

"Even if Vegapunk was not born in this era, or even did not have the ability of the Brain Fruit, he would still choose to create hope!"

"..."

When Lindsay heard this, she even grinned and said:

"What people call 'ability', or 'talent' or 'bloodline' are just by-products of life."

"Just like Vegapunk, just like A-0!"

“Nothing can determine how you want to live your life.”

"Without enough life, even if you have noble blood and powerful abilities, you will not be able to reach the end of your destiny!"

Lindsay squinted her eyes, feeling much happier.

"Fate cannot decide us."

"It's us who decide our own destiny!"

"..."

Lindsay's words raise an interesting theory.

Everyone was thoughtful after hearing the words.

At the same time, Crocodile next to him frowned, seeming to be thinking about other issues.

Robin noticed this and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Crocodile, what's wrong?"

"You always feel that something is wrong?"

Crocodile took a puff of his cigar and said quietly: "We seem to have overlooked something, and it is very important, or it is very troublesome."

Robin couldn't think of an answer and could only remain silent.

At the same time, the voice of one of Vegapunk's clones, [Evil] Lilith, came from the wheelchair robot's microphone.

"Hey, have you done it? No. A-1 can't stop us!"

Before he finished speaking, there was only a roar behind him.

boom!

The alien body of No. A-1 broke through the gate, entered the underground through the passage, and appeared in front of everyone with a roar.

"Gah ho ho ho ho!"

The harsh mechanical roar resounded throughout the underground space.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, the A-1's primary target was not everyone present, but headed straight for the ancient ship.

Bega Punk felt bad and exclaimed:

"He wants to eat that ancient ship!"