Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Super Shark Giant

With Artoria guarding, Adrian could relax. He sprawled onto the bed in large letters, bouncing twice.

Startled, Tom, who was sleeping, jumped up, his four paws grabbing onto the roof. He looked back at Adrian before coming down.

Adrian casually embraced him, wanting to tell Tom not to cause trouble today, but in the end, he remained silent.

He felt that with Tom's temperament, not saying anything might be fine. Once he made a specific request, it could lead to trouble. It was better to just hug and sleep.

In the bright morning light, Tom had already had enough sleep. Struggling, he tried to climb out of Adrian's embrace, but failed, only messing up the sheets.

Tom lay on the bed in frustration, one hand propping up his cheek, his tail wagging behind him.

Rui Mengmeng woke up on time, but couldn't find the newspaper in the mailbox. She looked around and saw Artoria waving at her from the rooftop. The delivery seagull delivered the paper directly to Artoria.

"Adrian has been here guarding all night, and he's still resting."

"No wonder. Then I'll prepare breakfast first, and I'll replace you later." Rui Mengmeng grabbed five bottles of milk and went back.

Yesterday, Adrian had ordered some Sharkler for breakfast. He was even considering ordering a bucket of it so he could use it for snacks as well.

There were no major incidents at the tavern, and the day went by peacefully. Sharkler woke up successfully, but something big and small happened outside.

The Celestial Dragon, Mjosgard Donquixote, who had been missing for a while, had returned to the Holy Land of Mary Geiose.

At this point, probably no one knew that Mjosgard Donquixote was being influenced by the Mermaid Princess from Fish-Man Island. From now on, there was one less scum among the Celestial Dragon, and one more exception who didn't keep slaves.

So, when this news spread, there were still many people who were not pleased.

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The next morning, Adrian, Tom, and Sharkler brushed their teeth together.

Tom had nothing much to say; his actions were much neater than Adrian's. Sharkler was the interesting one, brushing his teeth with a large toothbrush in a "brushing" motion, carefully cleaning each tooth.

Then he picked up a towel to "wash his face," although it looked like washing his head.

Adrian spit out mouthwash, white foam clinging to the corners of his mouth. He turned his head and asked, "Sharkler, do you need some lubricating oil or maintenance for your parts?"

Sharkler replied, "No need. I can use regular soap just like humans. Bathing is the same. I'm a robot that can freely move underwater, so I don't have to worry about water damage or rust."

"Is regular toothpaste enough for brushing your teeth?" Adrian wondered, looking at the large toothbrush. He thought it might take nearly half a tube of toothpaste for one brushing.

"That's right. As for toothpaste, I'd like to try a few different kinds." In reality, he didn't really need toothpaste, but he had heard that toothpaste had bactericidal properties besides cleaning, so he wanted to give it a try.

"Okay, I'll prepare a few types of toothpaste for you later." Adrian didn't know if there were bacteria that could corrode metal teeth, but this simple request was easy to fulfill; he could just buy a few boxes of each type of toothpaste from the grocery store later.

After breakfast, Tom tugged at Adrian's clothes and pointed to Sharkler. He then opened his arms and drew a large circle in front of himself.

Adrian asked, "Do you want to see Sharkler's Super Shark Giant?"

Tom nodded, looking at Sharkler with anticipation.

"No problem, I can show it anytime." Sharkler patted his chest, he hadn't let the Shark Giant out for a breath in a while.

Adrian said, "Then let's go to the beach. We'll change the physical training to swimming, and we can also see Sharkler's underwater combat capabilities."

Everyone agreed, and they made some preparations before heading to the beach.

Seeing that there was no one nearby, Adrian signaled that Sharkler could begin.

Sharkler put one hand in front of his mouth and shouted at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, "Super Shark Giant!"

A beam of light flashed in the distance, and a huge fin with teeth appeared on the surface of the sea like a large knife, quickly swimming towards the shore, demonstrating what true wave-splitting was.

When it was close to the shore, the giant robot leaped out of the water, landing heavily on the shore, causing the ground to tremble with a loud rumble.

Due to the ground of Sabaody Island actually being tree roots with a layer of resin that provided some cushioning effect, the noise made wasn't particularly loud.

It was a robot about ten meters tall, primarily blue with gray and red accents. It somewhat resembled a larger version of Sharkler, with more rugged lines, making it look much more ferocious than Sharkler.

"It's so big!" The group looked up for a while before they started patting and pounding the foot of the Shark Giant, their heads were only a bit higher than the giant's foot.

Sharkler hesitated for a moment but didn't stop them. He had a slight aversion to the action of a group of people patting and pounding the Shark Giant's foot, because the Shark Giant had malfunctioned from being chopped by Jinbe in a similar manner before.

Of course, he had repaired and reinforced it properly afterward, so there was no need to worry about that embarrassing issue.

Tom jumped off Adrian's shoulder, landing on Sharkler's foot and knocking on it. The surface was hard, disappointing. He then climbed up to the leg and slid down the slope of the foot, falling into Adrian's arms.

"Alright, everyone step back a bit." Sharkler shouted, "Open the cockpit door!"

The crowd made space, and the Shark Giant turned slightly and bent over, opening a door behind it that was about five or six meters off the ground.

Sharkler jumped into the cockpit with a leap: "Alright, get ready. Dual Super Transformation!"

The giant shark head flew up and attached itself to the left arm, becoming the Shark Fire Cannon, while the two large pectoral fins flew up and combined to form a seven to eight meter long Shark Fin Slashing Ship Cutter.

The fierce head belonging to the Shark Giant also appeared, and the Giant and Sharkler simultaneously completed their transformation.

"So cool!" Rui Mengmeng exclaimed.

"If possible, I'd like to try it too." Adrian also envied it. This thing was already a super crude version of a Gundam: "Hmm? It seems like I could also negotiate with Sharkler about this."

"If you want to give it a try, you can. There's no problem." Sharkler's voice came through the speaker from the Shark Giant's mouth, "Cockpit door, open! Come on in. Next, we'll go underwater to hunt a sea beast and bring it up."

The cockpit's height allowed Artoria to jump onto it in

one go. Rui Mengmeng jumped up and used the bend in her leg to propel herself up, allowing her to easily climb in as well. If given some time to grow, jumping onto the giant's head would be no issue.

Adrian grabbed Tom with one hand, symbolically swung his arm twice, and then threw him up while Tom was still figuring out what was happening.

Afterwards, Adrian used the momentum from his leg and pelvis to jump into the cockpit after Tom.

Entering the cockpit of the giant for the first time, Adrian felt... a little cramped...

This cockpit was originally a small room, and it was spacious enough for two people to sit in. However, it was quite tight with four people inside, but it didn't affect Sharkler's operation.

At this moment, after the transformation, Sharkler held the shark-shaped control stick in one hand, while the other hand hovered over a group of buttons, looking very professional.

Artoria looked at the scene outside through the screen in front of the cockpit, with both forward and backward views, as well as left and right views.

Tom hung on Rui Mengmeng's head in a huff, realizing that his owner could have easily brought him up, but chose to throw him instead. He was taken aback, and decided not to speak to his owner for at least five minutes.

"Alright, steady yourselves, and we'll dive!" Sharkler said, controlling the Shark Giant to jump into the sea.

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The Giant can be operated by others, but can't transform, such as when the Cobrander drove the Shark Giant. The cockpit of the Giant can accommodate multiple people; Kuwagiro also once sat in the Cobrander Giant's cockpit with Kabutack to hurry on their way."