Angel Island, mountain top villa. Some time ago, after the girls voted, they finally decided to renovate the villa's backyard, adding a large swimming pool sixty meters long and fifty meters wide. Today the pool was just completed, and coupled with the fact that Yamato and others are setting sail for new adventures tomorrow, the girls decided to hold a pool party to send them off. "Come on!
No need for fear, no need for unease! My wish is everyone's wish;
Just sing a song, and your heart will clear up..." By the side of the pool, Uta, wearing a white bikini swimsuit, stood in front of the microphone and speakers, singing and dancing with abandon.
In the spacious pool, Shirahoshi, Kuina, Sharley, Iska, and others were happily playing in the water, and even Devil Fruit users like Perona, who couldn't swim, put on swim rings and jumped into the water to join the fun, even starting a game of water volleyball. Swish-! In the void, a red light flashed, and a spatial door quietly opened.
Sephiroth and Nami stepped out from the world within the door and arrived at the poolside. With their appearance, Kozuki Hiyori, Yamato, Black Maria, Sugar, Monet, Sharley, Shirahoshi, Kuina, Iska, Pudding, Uta, Perona, and Reiju all sighed in unison, their expressions seeming to say, "As expected, they're here again!" Sephiroth: "..." Splash-!
Yamato, wearing a white one-piece swimsuit that accentuated her figure, leaped out of the pool, took off her swim ring, walked up to Nami, and grasped her hands, saying with a grin:
"You must be Nami! Sephiroth said you're the best navigator in the world. Welcome to my Pirates! Let's go on adventures all over the world together from now on!"
In Yamato's Pirates, Kozuki Hiyori was originally responsible for navigation, steering, and even serving as the First Mate... However, her navigation skills were only learned after Yamato said she wanted to take her out to sea. They were barely sufficient for the first half of the Grand Line, but in the unpredictable weather of the second half, she started to feel overwhelmed.
Therefore, if they wanted to continue adventuring and traveling in the second half of the Grand Line in the future, they either needed Kozuki Hiyori to deeply study navigation, or they could only find a more excellent navigator to guide them.
Yamato couldn't help but feel troubled by this; the former would likely take one or two years to study meteorological navigation, while the latter type of talent simply didn't exist. Sephiroth bringing Nami undoubtedly solved many problems for Yamato and the others. "Ah! This... The best navigator in the world... Sephiroth is really overstating my abilities..."
Hearing Yamato's words, Nami couldn't help but feel a bit shy and embarrassed. "Hehehe! I trust Sephiroth's judgment. Come, let me introduce you to the others..." Saying this, Yamato grinned and pulled Nami along, starting to introduce the other girls in the pool.
Perona, wearing a pink swim ring and a black and red swimsuit skirt, swam to the edge of the pool, blinked her big, sparkling eyes at him, and said in a spoiled tone:
"Sephiroth, I'm hungry! Can we have barbecue for lunch today..." "No problem! I'll go prepare it now." Sephiroth smiled and nodded.
He turned and walked into the villa, changed into black swim trunks, and then, shirtless, began to move the grill and ingredients from the villa, preparing for the barbecue. Seeing this, Monet, who had been playing water volleyball in the pool, immediately stopped playing and came over to help him. Before long, the aroma of grilled meat filled the air.
Yamato, Perona, and Sugar, a few greedy girls, immediately stood eagerly by the grill, waiting for Sephiroth to feed them. Buru! Buru! Buru~! ... The den den mushi Sephiroth had placed nearby suddenly rang. He gestured to Monet, indicating for her to temporarily take over the grilling, before walking over and answering the den den mushi.
Immediately, Tesoro's somewhat excited voice came from the den den mushi's mouth. "Boss! Good news! Our exploration engineers, whom we sent all over the world to search for mineral resources, seem to have found the uranium ore you mentioned. The relevant data and analysis reports are now ready, just waiting for you, Boss, to confirm..."
Hearing this, Sephiroth couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, a smile appearing on his face:
"Okay! I understand. I'll be free in two hours. Prepare the relevant documents now..." As early as many years ago, even before Sephiroth obtained the Pluton blueprints and the Gods Breath, he had instructed Tesoro to send people to search for uranium ore...
After all, how could Sephiroth resist the temptation of a mushroom cloud? Even if he didn't need mushroom clouds now, he could still build nuclear power plants to generate electricity! As the Umbrella Corporation acquired more and more robots, the power deficit would gradually become a major problem.
The discovery of uranium ore meant that the Umbrella Corporation would no longer need to use low-efficiency methods like wind, water, and coal for power generation. ......... Sardo Kingdom, Royal Palace. In a magnificent reception room, Ayzac and Tesoro sat side by side on a long sofa.
On the table in front of them, in addition to a thick stack of documents, there was a fist-sized green crystal sealed in a transparent plastic bag. "Speaking of which, Ayzac... I don't understand science very well. Does this thing really contain vast energy and can provide a new source of power?" Tesoro reached out and tapped the green crystal on the table, a hint of confusion on his face.
Hearing this, Ayzac, wearing a white coat and in charge of several research laboratories, raised a hand and gently stroked the stubble on his chin, saying:
"This is a radioactive mineral. When I was researching it..." Swish-! Before Ayzac could finish speaking, a spatial door opened silently. Sephiroth walked out from the world within the door.
The two men quickly stood up and bowed slightly to him. In response, Sephiroth merely nodded. He first glanced at the green crystal in the plastic bag, then picked up the relevant research documents and began to read through them, while Tesoro and Ayzac sat silently on the long sofa, waiting. After a long while, Sephiroth finally put down the documents in his hand and asked Tesoro:
"Well done!
This is indeed what I asked you to find. Where was it found...?" "Our exploration engineers found this mineral in a mountain range in the Alabasta Kingdom... According to their report, the reserves of this mineral in that mountain range are extremely high, and the difficulty of extraction is also low... In addition, we also surveyed three large oil fields in the Alabasta Kingdom..."
Tesoro explained. Hearing this, Sephiroth couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He muttered to himself:
"The Alabasta Kingdom...? Was this poor country actually so rich?" Two years ago, after the Umbrella Corporation began analyzing lunar technology, they were already able to manufacture high-performance airplanes, cars, and ships. But...
Due to the relatively low oil production in the One Piece World, the Umbrella Corporation did not put them into use based on considerations of fuel and power costs.
After all, thanks to the steady output of Breath Dials from Sky Island, short and medium-distance land and sea transportation could be directly replaced by Wave Riders, making ships and cars powered by internal combustion engines somewhat dispensable tools. However, airplanes, which possess high mobility in the air, still hold significant strategic importance!
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Given this world's Observation Haki users, frontline aircraft would be virtually useless—effective only against minor threats. Against true masters of Haki, planes would become nothing more than oversized target practice, guaranteed to be shot down with every volley.
Cost analysis made the conclusion obvious: Umbrella Corporation would never deploy planes as frontline weapons. Their role would be strictly logistical—troop transport and non-combat operations. Yet...
Even with their combat limitations, aircraft offered unparalleled strategic mobility. This alone made them invaluable. With such speed, Umbrella could execute blitzkrieg strikes impossible for conventional forces.
Imagine full-scale war with the World Government. While their armies required weeks to mobilize and march, Umbrella could strike any global target within days. How could traditional forces possibly counter such overwhelming tactical superiority?
Sephiroth's Float-Float Fruit added another layer of dominance. His power eliminated the need for landing strips—entire fleets could remain airborne indefinitely. Air superiority wasn't just an advantage; it revolutionized warfare itself.
A slow, predatory smile curved Sephiroth's lips as he turned to his subordinate. His voice cut through the room like a blade:
"Tesoro, have Baccarat draft the plans immediately."
The command left no room for debate.
"Tell her that I want to obtain the uranium ore and oil fields of the Alabasta Kingdom at all costs."