After defeating Crocodile, Rocks said goodbye to Whitebeard and left after Whitebeard and his men spent two pleasant days on the Moby Dick.
"Hey, Marco, how about coming to my boat?"
Before leaving, Rocks suddenly turned around, smiled, and asked Marco in a serious tone.
"Um?"
As if out of surprise, Marco looked at Rocks curiously.
After making sure that Rocks was not joking, Marco waved his hand impatiently.
"Stop joking, Rocks. I won't leave Dad, so don't pay attention to me."
"Haha, is that so? But you are always welcome in my pirate group."
Rocks was not surprised at all by Marco's refusal.
Among the entire Whitebeard Pirates, he is probably the one who has the deepest feelings for Whitebeard.
It is simply impossible for him to change jobs while Whitebeard is still alive.
"Damn you little Rocks! Roger took Oden away from me, do you want to take my son away too?"
When Whitebeard heard what Rocks said, he became so angry that he blew his beard and glared at Rocks with a bad look.
It seems like he wants to have a serious fight with him.
Looking at Whitebeard, Rocks suddenly felt that this man was quite cute.
"Hehe, okay, Whitebeard, I'm sorry for disturbing you these two days. Let's meet again when we have the chance."
Rocks waved to Whitebeard, then jumped directly off the Moby Dick and returned to his own ship.
"Gulala, get out of here right now! You've consumed so much food and wine from me these past two days, I feel so bad for you, do you know how much I hate you?"
White Beard said this unhappily, but looking at the smile on his face, you could tell that he was in a good mood at the moment.
"Little Rocks, let's have a good drink together sometime next time we have the chance!"
Rocks looked at the bold and handsome white-bearded man on the Moby Dick and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Ah, let's meet again next time we have a chance. When the time comes, you can come to my place and I'll provide as much alcohol as you want. I'm not as stingy as you."
After saying that, Rocks ordered the pirates on the ship to set sail.
"Gulala, it's a deal, Rocks boy, when the time comes, I'll drink up all your treasured wine!"
Looking at the pirate ship getting farther and farther away, Whitebeard suddenly felt reluctant and lost.
Somehow, the next time he and Rocks meet might be a long, long time away.
"My fellow boys! Set sail for me too! Let the adventure continue!"
"oh!!"
"Long live Dad!"
"Let's go! Set sail for adventure!"
... ... ... .
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed since Rocks left Whitebeard's Moby Dick.
After a long voyage, Rocks finally arrived at his destination, Punk Hazard.
As an island without magnetism, it is almost impossible to find it without special pointers.
At the Punk Hazard Island Pier, a team of patrol soldiers stopped at the pier, waiting to greet Rocks.
Each of these soldiers looked exactly the same, all were tall and strong, wearing black military uniforms and black military caps.
These soldiers are cloned and transformed by Vegapunk through bloodline factors.
Each of these cyborgs has the strength to defeat a pirate with a bounty of over 10 million.
At the same time, each of these soldiers is equipped with the latest weapons developed by Dr. Bakel.
It can be said that each of their soldiers possesses enough vitality to rival a standard naval warship.
However, because of this, each cyborg soldier costs a huge amount of money. Even though the Rocks Pirates continued to provide financial support, they only produced two hundred.
These two hundred modified soldiers became the guard force to protect the island.
"Mhahahaha! Captain Rocks, welcome to Punk Hazard!"
As a garrison cadre of Punk Hazard, Quinn danced an ugly and funny dance, shouted and sang excitedly to welcome Rocks.
Looking at Quinn's funny appearance, Rocks suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Okay, Quinn, stop playing around and take me to Vegapunk."
Rocks walked off the boat and spoke directly.
"Mhahaha, got it, Boss Rocks! Dr. Vegapunk is debugging the equipment and waiting for you!"
Quinn walked to Rocks with a smile on his face, taking gait steps, and said with a laugh.
"Really? That guy says he's busy and doesn't have time, but his body is still very honest."
The two talked and laughed as they walked towards the laboratory in the center of the island.
After several years of development, the entire Punk Hazard has undergone tremendous changes.
The island, which was originally full of primitiveness, now has many houses built on it.
In the center of the island, a huge lake was dug out at some point.
The huge lake ripples in the breeze, and the green water sparkles under the sunlight.
And around the lake, there are countless flowers and trees that can only be found on Grims Island of Flowers.
Moreover, among those flowers and trees, there is a bench for people to rest every ten meters.
From time to time you can see some men and women sitting on the benches by the lake, chatting and laughing.
Those men and women were assistants trained by Professors such as Vegapunk in the past few years, and scientists recruited by the Rocks Pirates.
In addition to this huge lake, in the center of the island, there is a huge building with three capital letters "SAD" engraved on it, which aroused Rocks' curiosity.
"What is that building used for? As far as I can remember, it didn't exist some time ago."
Rocks did not take charge of the management affairs of Punk Hazard, and almost handed over all the power to Vegapunk.
All Rocks needs to do is provide funding, scientific support for Vegapunk research, and obtain Vegapunk's latest research.
After all, this was one of the conditions agreed to by Vegapunk in the beginning.
Moreover, Lockes has no idea how to study these things.
As for whether you are worried that Vegapunk will betray you
Rocks still trusts his companions very much.
After all, Barrett had already become a garrison cadre of Punk Hazard half a year ago.
As for Quinn, he prefers to study various powerful weapons rather than protecting safety.
During the past six months, Quinn has developed many powerful weapons and extremely lethal biological weapons.
"Mhahaha, that, that was made by a new guy named Caesar Courant."
"That guy got addicted to artificial devil fruits after reading Vegapunk's research."
"I have to say, even though that guy isn't a very good person, he's still a genius. He actually developed an artificial animal-type devil fruit in just three months."
"Although there are huge flaws, it is still a bit of an achievement after all."
Quinn answered Rocks' question with a smile.
After hearing what Quinn said, Rocks was also a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, Caesar Courant also became a member of his scientific team.
"Artificial animal-type devil fruits? That's a pretty good product. I heard that Kaido has been collecting animal-type devil fruits recently. He said he wants to form a corps of animal-type devil fruit users or something. I can sell them to him."
“Mhahaha, that’s right. Although it has huge flaws, I’m sure Kaido won’t care.”
Quinn said with a grin.
"By the way, Quinn, didn't you stay with Kaido for a while before you joined my pirate group?"
“… ... ... ... ” (To be continued)