However, even though Sephiroth was sucking Char's blood and reading his memory, he clearly sensed the emotional change in Captain Nick, the Dog-Man.
In response, he merely glanced at the fallen Dog-Man.
Boom!
Dark red thunder and lightning flashed in the void, and a strong, massive Haoshoku Haki enveloped the six of them in an instant, causing them to immediately roll their eyes, fall to the deck one by one, and pass out.
Only the Crocodile-Man remained, staring blankly at the scene in front of him.
These people were so weak, they weren't even worthy of staying conscious in the face of Sephiroth's Conqueror's Haki!
If it weren't for the fact that the Crocodile-Man was the ship's mechanic, knowing the vessel's structure well, as well as its repair and maintenance, Sephiroth would have unleashed his Conqueror's Haki on him, too.
Plop!
Sephiroth, who had absorbed all the useful memories, casually tossed Char, the now mummy-like Tiger-Man, onto the ship's deck.
He stuck out his tongue and licked the blood on the corner of his mouth, not even retracting his blood-sucking fangs. A wicked smile appeared on his face. He slowly asked the Crocodile-Man:
"The way to repair and maintain this spacecraft, the way to handle various emergencies…"
Gulp!
Under Sephiroth's gaze, the Crocodile-Man's body immediately trembled unconsciously. He stammered, "Don't! Don't kill me."
However.
Sephiroth just smiled and lifted the Crocodile-Man. He bit his neck.
Zzzt~!
Memories related to "ship maintenance and emergency avoidance" quickly entered his mind through the blood, and were quickly read and understood.
A moment later, Sephiroth casually discarded the desiccated body of the Crocodile-Man, then moved to the console and began to operate the ship according to his memories.
Even if he couldn't instantly recall everything, he was capable of recreating the memory of the person whose blood he sucked inside his mind by inversely reading the memory.
Since his battle with Kaido, Sephiroth felt a little closer to the threshold of his Devil Fruit's Awakening. Vaguely, he touched upon the post-awakening ability. However, he was still reluctant to release this power rashly and contact the vampire will in the Devil Fruit. He chose to gradually mature his efforts, or wait until he developed a temporary awakening drug before trying it.
Soon, the ship, under Sephiroth's control, flew towards the Star Ark.
Because of the absolute trust in Sephiroth's strength, Marigold did not attack the spacecraft from a distance.
Sephiroth finished operating the ship, then glanced at the few people lying on the deck.
"Sure enough, pirates everywhere are trash… That includes the Cosmic Pirates!"
From Char's memory, he knew that this group had done a lot of burning, killing, and looting. They had no moral integrity. This made him abandon the idea of accepting this group of aliens as subordinates. He was afraid that one day he would be stabbed in the back without knowing it!
Sephiroth placed his palm one by one on the four living men. After sucking all their life force, he broke their necks.
Immediately after, he opened the ship's hatch and threw all their bodies into space.
After a while, under Sephiroth's control, the spacecraft landed on the deck of the Star Ark and opened its hatch.
The three Boa sisters, as well as Yamato, walked over curiously, looking around the metal technology spacecraft.
"Huh!? Is this a robot?" Sandersonia lifted her foot and kicked the Moon Mechanism (the white-robed dwarf) under her foot with a curious gaze.
"Hmm! That is a technological creation of the Moon People," Sephiroth explained.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"This spacecraft is actually made of steel. How did it fly across the universe?" Hancock knocked on the ship's metal wall, her face full of curiosity.
"That! You come with me… I'll show you!"
Sephiroth smiled, walked toward a metal door, pressed the button, and walked in. Driven by curiosity, the four women quickly followed.
The group passed through the dining room, bathroom, and the cryogenic cabin used for long-distance space travel, and arrived at the spacecraft's energy storage room.
There, on a cargo shelf, hermetically sealed cylindrical glass containers caught their attention. Inside each glass container, there was a pink liquid, as well as an egg-shaped white ore.
"What is this?" Yamato raised her right hand and gently tapped the glass container.
"Its name is Volta-Stone (Power Rock). It is a highly unstable energy object. If it comes into contact with air, it will cause a chemical reaction and trigger a huge explosion. Its power is comparable to an Ancient Weapon… The amount stored in this room alone could blow us up. Oh! We're in space now," Sephiroth explained with a slight mocking tone.
Hearing this, Yamato was so surprised that she quickly withdrew her hand. Just now, she had momentarily thought about breaking the glass container and holding the egg-shaped mineral.
"Crazy! Absolutely crazy!"
"Volta-Stone!… So, this is its use, providing a stable power source for the spacecraft." A calculating look flashed across Sephiroth's face.
This alien civilization had mastered the technology to continuously exploit the Volta-Stone and allow it to release energy stably, thereby providing the necessary energy for the spacecraft's interstellar travel!
After knowing the use of Volta-Stone, an idea began to grow wild in Sephiroth's mind.
In the New World (the Pirate King planet), in addition to the large amount of Volta-Stone in the hands of the Marines, he knew that there were also Volta-Stone veins in a place called Mineral Island (Gem Island)!
If he controlled all these resources, it meant that the Eclipse Syndicate (Umbrella Corporation) would have the capital to break away from this planet and go into Outer Space to expand in the future!
According to the memories Sephiroth read, the Cosmic Pirates he had just killed had traveled for more than four years in outer space using Volta-Stone as the spacecraft's propellant. Such a long interstellar journey would be impossible without adequate technology!
After I collect the scientific and technological heritage of the Birka Ruins and return to the New World, it will be time to instruct my subordinates to study the spacecraft technology! Sephiroth secretly decided.