Chapter 31: For the Dream.

One must have a really thick skin to use a single Berry as a down payment for building a ship.

The key was the other party's attitude when paying the deposit, as if it wasn't just a Berry but a billion Berries.

Tom looked at the coin in his hand and laughed heartily after a long while.

"He's really an interesting man with a striking personality!" Tom laughed while putting away the coin, then looked at Iceberg and Franky standing outside the door, saying, "Let's get to work. Since we've received the deposit, we must fulfill our promise with a bang!"

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Hiruma had not gone far and came to the shore of Scrap Island.

Seeing no one around, he jumped straight into the water and dived towards the seabed.

Although he knew it was impossible to find the Adam Tree so easily, he still had to give it a try, just in case he got lucky.

One hundred meters, two hundred meters, three hundred meters...

With the help of the Milk-Milk Fruit, Hiruma had already dived to a depth of over 600 meters.

But he was almost at his limit now.

According to the information in his previous life, a depth of 200 meters was already considered deep sea.

Even with professional equipment, one could only dive to a depth of less than 300 meters, and they would be unable to continue due to the immense water pressure.

After reaching a certain depth, with each meter of descent, one would have to bear tremendous water pressure.

The terror of the ocean was truly beyond human endurance.

At a depth of over 600 meters, Hiruma swam while using his Observation Haki to observe the surrounding environment.

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At the same time, Franky dropped the wood on his shoulder to the ground and said, "What? Old man, are you crazy? That design is your life's work for over a decade, and you're actually going to use it on that guy!"

"Moreover... Moreover, that guy who deserves a beating only gave a single Berry as a deposit!" Franky jumped up and pointed at Tom, scolding loudly.

"Hahaha." Tom still had that smile on his face. "What's the point of having a design that can't be turned into a ship with a bang? And, I've already received the deposit, so of course I must fulfill my promise with a bang."

Iceberg looked speechless, he was used to Tom's attitude.

But Franky was still angry. "No, I'm going to find that guy! A single Berry is absolutely unacceptable. We need at least ten million Berries!"

Watching Franky's back as he walked away, Iceberg spoke up, "Mr. Tom, is it okay?"

Tom wasn't worried at all. "It's okay. Let's keep working. We must fulfill our final promise with a bang within three days."

Iceberg shook his head, "Do you really believe that he can deliver the Adam Wood as the main material within three days, Mr. Tom?"

He was only thinking about the Adam wood and didn't notice Tom's previous "final promise" remark.

Not only Iceberg, but everyone in Water 7 had already assumed in their hearts that Tom would be cleared of any wrongdoing.

This great sea train not only saved Water 7, but also made a great contribution to the World Government.

Compared to that, building a pirate ship for Roger was nothing.

But only Tom knew that he was now involved in the matter of Pluton, and it was not possible to easily fool his way out of it.

"Adam wood?" Tom's fat body stopped, and the image of Roger when he was young unconsciously came to mind, "Perhaps, he really can bring the Adam wood thunderously."

After searching for a while, Hiruma found no clues.

Helplessly returning to Scrap Island, he sat by the sea with no idea what to do, Franky ran over in just his underwear.

"You liar, you're here after all!"

Hiruma glanced at him sideways, "Oh, it's you, you perverted kid. What are you doing here instead of building a ship for me?"

Franky was only around 25 or 26 years old now and he was still a hot-blooded young man, he hadn't fully accepted the title of "pervert".

The originally furious Franky was even more angry and stomped his feet, "Hey hey hey, you've only paid a deposit of one berry. With just that, how dare you order me?"

Facing Franky's provocation, Hiruma remained unmoved. He just lighted a cigar and exhaled thick smoke.

In the haze, Hiruma looked at Franky, "So, you're building ships just to make money? As a man, aren't dreams and promises the most important things?"

"Since Tom has taken my deposit, he should do his best, right?"

"Furthermore, don't you want to see the ship you built sail around the world?"

"This is an achievement that can't be bought with any amount of berry. Do you want to measure your dreams with money?"

At the end, Hiruma's tone suddenly became higher.

Franky was stunned for a while, blinked, and silently turned around to continue working.

"Just a brat, competing with me."

Maybe it was because of the breakthrough of the Babysitting skill into the Milk-Milk Fruit.

Hiruma felt that he now had the ability to see into people's hearts.

From originally only being able to deal with mischievous kids, now it has been strengthened to be able to deal with those hot-blooded young adults in their twenties.

"Oh, by the way, for my dream, I urgently need a drilling machine..."

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After quickly assembling a drilling machine, Franky left.

After Franky left, Hiruma drove Franky's handmade drilling machine and began his aimless search for the Adam tree.

Meanwhile, Tom and his two apprentices also began to work enthusiastically.

"Franky is very motivated today, he is a real man." Watching Franky full of energy, Tom felt gratified.

Unconsciously, these two little guys had grown up.

Even if he left, they should be able to handle things on their own.

Iceberg wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Yes, this kid is really something today. He's been like this since he came back from talking to Hiruma last night."

"Hahaha." Tom laughed even more happily. "Hiruma-san really has a way."

After Tom finished speaking, he looked at Iceberg, and the smile on his face disappeared. He said seriously, "Come to my room after we finish eating."

Looking at Tom's solemn expression, Iceberg was slightly startled.

For some reason, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

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"Hey, Uncle, the old man wants me to call you for dinner."

Hiruma was digging a hole aimlessly when Franky walked over and said.

"Your drilling machine isn't that good. It's too slow to drill." Hiruma jumped out of the drilling machine and said disdainfully.

One sentence successfully aroused Franky's anger and fighting spirit: "This is just my Franky's Drilling Machine V1. Wait, Uncle, I'll improve it into Franky's Drilling Machine V2 now!"

"Oh, by the way, I only need to detect whether there is an Adam tree underground. You can try to make the drill a bit smaller." Seeing Hiruma still being picky, Franky was about to refute, but was directly choked back by Hiruma's words.

"This is for my dream."

After Hiruma finished speaking, he walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving Franky to improve the drilling machine alone without even eating his meal.