New alloy

"Where is Acierr?"

Speaking of which, from the moment he returned until now, Will hasn't seen Acier at all. 

Bullet said without hesitation: "He is probably in the lab, messing with his metal bumps?"

"Oh?" Will suddenly became interested.

What he valued was Acier's superb metallurgical technology.

After all, this is a scientist who can refine even pure gold, and Will believes that the other party will definitely bring him surprises.

"Let's go, go and see!"

Led by Bullet, they went to the quarry of Rabbit Bowl. Acierr's smelting laboratory was built here.

Along the way, seeing the situation of the weapon processing factory, Will's brows never loosened.

This type of processing plant pollutes the environment too seriously. And the efficiency is too low. 

Entering the quarry, the sound of knocking rocks can be heard everywhere.

The situation here was pretty much the same as Will remembered.

"Huh? Mr. Will?!"

As soon as they walked into Acier's laboratory, the other party noticed them immediately. 

When he saw Will, he was stunned momentarily at first and then a look of joy appeared on his face.

"You are back?"

Will nodded with a smile: "Well, the outside matters have been dealt with. Anyway, how about you, have you gotten used to your new environment here?"

Acier replied with a smile: "There is nothing to worry about that Mr Will. Don't forget, I stayed in the belly of Mr. Lantern for nearly 200 years. So I doubt I would have trouble with adapting to environment anywhere in the world. "

"Besides, now Olga can live a happy life and I can also continue to do what I like, this is already very satisfying."

Suddenly a look of excitement appeared on Acierr's face.

"Oh and by the way, Mr. Will, come and see my results!"

Acier pulled Will and led him inside the lab. 

Will also had some expectations in his heart. Because from his actions, it seemed that Acierr's research has achieved considerable results?

Following Acierr into a display room, Will saw many miscellaneous things stored in shelves, including all kinds of ores, finished weapons, metals and semi-finished products.

Anyway, as long as it is related to metallurgy, basically they are stored here. 

In the meantime, Acier picked up a katana and handed it to Will.

"Look at this knife!"

Will took it over and felt the weight of the knife as he held it in his hand.

Not too light or too heavy, very comfortable to hold.

"Clang!"

The moment he pulled the katana out of its sheath, a cold light took away his vision.

"What a sharp knife!"

Such a thought flashed through his mind for an instant.

With the katana fully drawn, Will's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Good knife~!"

He couldn't help admiring.

Now he is not the same as when he had just come out of Impel down, and he has a basic understanding of knives.

The knife felt to him much like the Asuka he once got from Spencer.

Asuka was made by famous masters and although it was not included in the list of famous knives, it had the quality of famous knives, which made him even more curious about the origin of this one. 

He looked at Acierr: "Who made this knife?"

Acierr pointed to himself triumphantly: "Cough, it's made by me of course. So how about it, isn't it good?"

"You?" Will was genuinely surprised

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He looked Acierr up and down for a few seconds: "Are you still working part-time as a blacksmith?"

Acierr said with a smile: "Oh come on Mr Will, what is metallurgy? Isn't it about extracting metals and metal compounds from minerals, and processing them into metal materials by various methods? "

"Indeed." Will gave him a thumbs up.

He didn't understand the technology of metallurgy, but he also knew that it was not something ordinary people could do if they wanted to forge such a knife. 

On the other hand, Acierr shook his head in pity: "Nonetheless, my weapon-making skills can only be said to be a little better than ordinary people and aren't something extraordinary. "

"What really makes this knife great is its material. It's got seastone in it!"

Hearing this, Will looked at him strangely.

Although seastone weapons are not very common, they are not too rare either. So he didn't believe that just by adding sea stone, one can make a good knife of this level. 

Seeing his confusion, Acierr explained: "It's different!"

"In the past, it was difficult to mix seastone with other metals!"

"Most of the time, either sea stone is inlaid or spliced ​​to make weapons or simply the whole weapon was made of seastone!"

"Meanwhile this here, it should be the first case of combining seastone with other metals like this, creating an alloy!"

He pointed to the katana in Will's hand.

"The most important thing is, this kind of knife can be mass produced."

Will looked at Acierr, then at the knife in his hand, and then his eyes widened.

"hiss!"

Rao was also shocked by his character.

This samurai katana is comparable to Asuka, comparable to a famous sword, that is, a good fast sword, and it is also mixed with seastone, meaning it's a katana that can deal with devil fruit users. 

Although it's already very amazing, but what if it can be mass-produced?

How could this not surprise him?

You know, how many famous knives are there in this sea?

There are 50 Skillful Grade knives, 21 Great Grade knives, and only 12 Supreme Grade knives !

Although there are still many knives comparable to these famous knives, their number is not too big. 

In other words, with this new alloy researched by Acier, in the future, there will be a steady stream of Skillful Grade knives produced in his hands?

Thinking carefully, when the two forces are fighting each other, and everyone's strength is equal, what is the winning factor? 

Weapons, yes, weapons are absolutely crucial.

If your knife is broken during a high intensity fight, then how can you fight like this?

Just when Will was immersed in his fantasy, Acier reminded at the right time, which made Will's joy pause.

"But this knife also has a flaw!"

"What defect?"

Will asked solemnly. 

If the defect is too big, it is useless to produce more since it won't be cost effective. 

"Its lifespan is not comparable to that of a real famous sword!"

Acier continued: "I have tested it. If you hold it and chop it with all your strength, it can persist for only 20,000 chops. Any more and cracks will start to appear on it."

"That's about two hundred battles approximately."

Will frowned slightly, but this flaw was actually still within the acceptable range.

It can even be said that this is not a defect at all!

Because even a famous sword has a limit.

For example, the Asuka, even with the blessing of the Armament Haki, it finally shattered in the confrontation with Oden.

As for ordinary knives, if you slash with too much strength, it is estimated that it will break within a hundred strokes. So it's not that bad. 

Acier thought Will was dissatisfied, and explained: "Actually, this knife can be improved!"

"Just give me a little more time, I can find the most perfect ratio of metal components and improve the knife's life!"

Will waved his hand: " Oh no, you misunderstood me, this knife is enough to meet the needs for now!"

"But if you want to improve, you can try slowly. It's just that there is no need to put too much energy!"

Acierr nodded, and then took down a longbow and arrow from another shelf.

"This is also made with seastone, using Sea King's tendons as bowstrings, the range is three times that of ordinary bows and arrows, and the power is more than five times!"

Will tried it, and it was indeed much stronger.

"Are there any improvements in guns?"

Acier said: "No, no one in Wano country uses firearms. Moreover I don't have much experience with guns either. "

"Then don't be in a hurry for now, I'll find someone in this field and you can deal with it then!"

After spending half a day in Acierr's laboratory, Will finally came out.

"My lord, are you looking for me?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie, who was summoned by Will, was already waiting outside the door.

Will asked, "Which is the most isolated region of Wano country?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie wondered why Will would ask this question but he still replied nonetheless"It should be Kibi Township in the north!"

"Kibi Township?" Will nodded thoughtfully. 

It seems to be the most desolate place in Wano country, the wilderness is everywhere, and there are basically no people living there. 

"From now on, all the weapon processing factories in Wano country will be moved to Kibi Township one after another!"

"This…....…"

Shimotsuki Yasuie felt a little conflicted, because it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and will make those workers miserable.

"My lord, is there any problem with the current weapon processing factory?"

Will saw Shimotsuki Yasuie's expression and knew what he was thinking.

After thinking about it, he explained: "When a new processing plant is built, a waste water pool should also be built. But we can't let the waste water that flows out be drained into the water supply of the country. So we need an isolated area for that."

Shimotsuki Yasuie was amazed by what Will said.

Will is also very speechless about this, these are just common sense, but people in this world don't know about them.

It was already night when Will returned to the General's Mansion in the Flower Capital. 

"My lord, this is your room!"

The servant brought Will to the door of a room, smiled ambiguously at him before he left quickly.

"Baffling, I mean, what was that supposed to mean?"

Will muttered something about the servant's strange expression, pushed the door open, went in, and closed it again.

But he reacted immediately

"Huh? You are.....?".