"Which way of science do you pursue?" asked Tsuru
"Well, I invent things, especially weapons," answered Fin.
Fin doesn't need to hide anything, because at this moment, he realized he would join the navy, it's not like they would let him go after saying those words.
Hearing the word weapon from the young man's mouth, all the soldiers start to take a step back and pick up their Bajō-zutsu as if being intimidated.
Fin, seeing this hold up his hands to show he was unarmed at the moment.
"Hey, hey, hey…. Look, I'm unarmed at the moment…" says Fin in fear of getting shot.
Vice Admiral Tsuru raised her hand, telling her soldier it's fine and relaxed themself which they obeyed.
Vice Admiral Tsuru races her smart mind hearing the man's words. The word Scientist and Weapon have its different characteristics and their own level of danger. But when they are combined, it is something that can make a huge disaster if they fall into evil hands.
To know that this young man in front of her introduced himself as those words, and not afraid of repercussions, shows either that he was stupid or didn't have any ill intentions. Maybe he was just an honest person with capabilities such as that, looking for an honest job.
But at this moment, Tsuru knows she can not let this young man go; if he can't become a marine, he must die here today. It seems bleak, but this is how the world works. The Navy cannot have the possibilities in allowing the pirates to become stronger if they get hold of him.
But one thing first, what kind of weapon does he create?
"Weapon Scientist, you say?. What kind of weapon do you make? Can you show us?" asked Vice Admiral Tsuru.
Now Fin is panicked. He can indeed make weapons and invent things; he once worked as a technological scientist in his previous life, and sometimes the technology was a part of national weapons that the government invested in. But right now, he doesn't have anything in his body, so he can't show them. Suddenly, there is the system voice.
"Host, the entry gift package has been distributed… the package included 1x Colt 2000 Pistols (15x 9×19mm Parabellum Bullet Mag), 1x Fort-14 (15x 9×18mm Makarov Bullet Mag), and 1x Remington 870 (15x box of 12 Gauge Bullet 3"). For the entry gift package, the Host is not needed to manufacture or synthesize but can be if the Host chooses… It was ready to use…"System announced.
"Nombre…. gwak, gwak" Fin suddenly let out a strange noise of a certain type of bird, but anyway.
"Fin?.... What did you just say?" asked Vice Admiral Tsuru in confusion, hearing the strange noise.
Fin broke out of his weirdness, shocked and looked towards the vice admiral.
"Well, Vice Admiral, I can show you some of my inventions," says Fin.
"Well, good, show us then", says Tsuru.
'Hey system, where did you put those guns at? Did I need to pull it out from my ass just like the old man ?" asked Fin to the system in thought.
"Host.. normally you need to manufacture, but the gun ready to use from us can be found in the system storage", answered the system
"System space storage? Nice, how do I pull it out?" asked Fin
"Host, because there are many people present, the system has already pulled it out for you… and no, it's not from your ass…. The system has placed it inside a box, that box is in the place where you spawn" answered the system
"Good, thank god you are not putting your hands inside my ass…but anyway, nice way of putting it somewhere else, if I put out a gun from nothing, it would be embarrassing" praised Fin.
"Relax, Host, your ass is not that appealing to me" says the system smugly.
"Fu** you system, but anyway" cursed Fin to the system.
"Vice admiral, follow me so I can show you my inventions in the place where I put them," says Fin to Vice Admiral Tsuru.
Vice admiral Tsuru just looked at him deadpan and strangely.
"Did you just leave a bunch of weapons by themselves somewhere?" asked Tsuru
Cough…Coughh…
"Well…. Didn't I just get chased by a wild boar by any chance?, but no matter, let's go," says Fin, embarrassed.
Vice Admiral Tsuru and her soldiers just stare at him strangely, but follow him anyway. Eager to see the type of weapon invented by this weird-ass man.
Fin leads them towards the side of the beach where he was spawned, and he sees a broken dinghy boat and a chest on it, which makes him thank the system for making this not weird. Fin walked towards the broken boat, picked up the chest and walked back towards the navy group.
Fin placed the strange box and opened it for everyone to see.
"Well, well, well, …. I have never seen a weapon like this before," says Tsuru.
To know, in the world of One Piece, there are many black technologies and weapons around, usually owned by a renowned figure. But to a normal soldier who usually uses a regular pistol and rifle, this looks more advanced than what they have. And this is the lowest grade of weapon Fin can have or manufacture.
"Do you want me to showcase this weapon?" asked Fin to Tsuru
"Go on…" answered Tsuru.
Fin picked up the Colt 2000 Pistols from the box, the gun already loaded by the system, so he could just use it. Fin picked it up and aimed it towards a nearby palm tree. In this world, there are no gun regulations that Fin needs to consider, so he just spammed it all the way.
Fin dropped the empty magazines and took another from the box, reloaded it and began to shoot more into the tree. The surrounding Navy soldiers had their jaws on the floor watching a pistol with a fast firing rate and a fast reload process that was shown by Fin.
"Ta ta daa…how was that, people, pretty good, yeah?" says Fin while twirling the empty pistol on his finger.
"How does a pistol fire so fast?" asked one of the navy soldier in shock
All the soldiers gather around Fin as they inspect the pistols in his hand. And Fin starts to disassemble the pistol in front of the soldiers and tries to explain how it works.
Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Tsuru was silent, staring at Fin. She was pretty impressed by the demonstration of the gun that Fin invented, knowing that many weapons used by the navy are very slow in firing rate and reloading time.
"What about the rifle that's in the box?" asked Tsuru.
Fin looked at Tsuru and the box. He walked over to the box and picked up the Remington 870 gauge shotgun in his hand.
"This?.... This is not a rifle, it's called a pump action shotgun," answered Fin.
"Shotgun?...." asked one of the soldiers.
Fin didn't say a thing and aimed the shotgun at the same tree. The palm tree bark is already on the verge of collapse from all the bullets piercing from the pistol, but still standing. Fin cocked back the pump and pulled the trigger.
A loud sound and small explosions of tree chunks as the gauge bullet punches through the tree bark, making it fall over to the sand. Fin cocked back the pump again and fired the shotgun at the rock beside it. A small 'bang' happened on the rock as dust lingered in the air.
"Holy shit, that fire impact is no joke", shocked one of the soldiers.
Fin looked back at the soldier and Vice Admiral Tsuru.
"A shotgun is different from a pistol, it takes a gauge bullet. In a sense, a shotgun was made to punch things through, while the pistol is made to penetrate things" says Fin.
He walked over to the gun box and pulled two types of bullets and showed it to the group of soldiers.
"As you can see, the pistol's bullet is sharper on the edges and protruding, while the shotgun bullet is flat on the edges" explained Fin while showing the different types of bullets.
The soldiers and Vice Admiral Tsuru look at the bullet and grimace their eyes. Just know they have never seen anything like this before. The bullet of the gun that the navy used is round, but this bullet is very sharp.
"If I recall i did not see you input gunpowder when reloading before shooting?" asked one of the soldiers.
"That's true, because I didn't have to, the gun that you use fire up iron bullet or a seastone bullet by use of gunpowder. The mechanics of my gun are the same but different" answered Fin.
"Same but different?" asked one of the soldiers.
Fin began explaining how the guns and bullets work, making the people around astonished by his invention.
Tsuru looked at all this really impressively. She thought that if this type of gun could be mass-produced and used by marine. Their firepower in combat will be far stronger than it is now, maybe ten times stronger.
Such a genius young man she just found, good thing she found him first rather than those pirates.
"This type of gun is the least impressive invention that I can manufacture," said Fin while smirking.
"U kidding…" deadpan Tsuru.
"Weapons are not only my scientific path, but I can also manufacture more powerful technology as long as the budget is in place", says Fin.
"How much does this pistol and shotgun cost to make? And can it be mass-produced?" asked Tsuru.
"Erm… system?" asked Fin to the System, he doesn't know the R&D cost on a gun based on Belli currency.
"Ding! Host, the cost of the three weapons to manufacture is 20.000 belli on the pistol each, and 35.000 belli on the shotgun" answered the system
Hearing that, Fin looked at Tsuru.
"25.000 for pistols each and 35.000 for the shotgun each, and they can be mass produced" Fin answered Tsuru's question based on the system confirmation.
"So cheap?..." Tsuru asked, surprised. As the staff of Navy HQ, she knows the cost of making the weapon that marine soldiers use now, it was between 80.000 belli to 250.000 belli for regular weapons.
"Well, this is my lowest grade of weapon that I can make, so yeah.." answered Fin.
Tsuru began to ponder, such a cheap cost but far more powerful than the regular weapon currently used by the navy. If she can take this young genius back to headquarters, the Navy can grow exponentially.
And if what Fin said is true, this is just a lower-grade kind of weapon that he can invent, which means there are going to be many more powerful ones in the future as long as the budget is in place. And let's not talk about the technology that he said can make.
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End of the Chapter
English is not my first language, so pardon me.