One piece : A Lotus

Like a virus, the device known as the mobile phone, also called a "cell phone," quickly became popular in Alubarna, the capital of Alabasta. One could say that its phone functionality is on par with the technological level of 21st-century Earth's mobile phones in terms of communication.

This is because the largest Achilles' heel of the local Den Den Mushi is their exorbitant cost.

This type of communication device is a special form of life created by the World Government's research institute using snails as a basis for biological transformation. The cultivation process requires complete manual management, and each phone snail needs to master mimicry skills before it can be used. Thus, in the world of One Piece, only the Nobility and the Government have sufficient financial resources.

Owning one is simply a dream for everyone else.

Moreover, even the smallest phone snail is not easy to carry around. After all, it's a living creature, not a machine. It requires daily feeding to survive. Taking care of it is a burden in itself.

Ezekiel's mobile phone perfectly solves these two problems. As a mechanical product, it requires no maintenance, and as a Devil Fruit product, it doesn't need charging. Even more importantly, the price is so low that civilians can afford it.

The cost of a mobile phone is only five thousand belli, and the monthly communication fee is three hundred belli.

Meanwhile, any Den Den Mushi phone snail, even an island one, despite not incurring communication costs, would require at least a hundred thousand belli, and a large transnational one not less than fifty thousand or even a million belli.

It seems that the limit of Vilcis's daily mobile phone production is 3000 units, and it will continue to increase with daily physical exertion.

Due to the extremely low prices and excellent quality, the mobile phones quickly triggered a massive wave. Thousands of units were sold in just three days.

However, Ezekiel has yet to load a worthy capability. And he didn't like it. Additionally, the communication range was insufficient.

People's perception of new things is limited, but the price of mobile phones is really too low. It's so low that it's not difficult to buy one as a toy with the average salary of a Marine.

Five hundred belli—that's just the price of five newspapers!

It's almost a free gift!

Finally, this power caused a stir within the Marines stationed in Alabasta. Starting with the first soldiers who admired the officer holding the phone, they later appeared with senior officers who believed that mobile phones were more convenient than the Den Den Mushi.

But what Ezekiel regretted somewhat was that even when Pell personally gave Vice Admiral Momonga a phone, he had no intention of using it. He simply tossed it aside. He feared that using the new phone might lead to leaking secrets. Ezekiel was very disappointed to learn this.

"Basic combat skills, 9 MB."

"Intermediate combat machine, 50 MB."

"Basic Zoan Lev application, 1 GB."

"Beginner's Armament Haki, 500 MB."

"Observation Haki, 500 MB."

Ezekiel hungrily surveyed the many abilities but didn't choose to download any. Currently, he had limited memory and hadn't developed skills for deletion or overwriting, so he had to be careful with the downloads.

......

On the street in the royal capital of Alubarna, a tall man in a cloak was observing the people going in and out, holding a black box in his hands. Occasionally, strange sounds were heard, and then the person holding the box would raise it and press a specific button. Soon, someone's voice would come from the box.

They were discussing how someone in Alabasta had made such a contraption and sold it at a price affordable to civilians... This was truly interesting.

The man, who originally came to monitor Crocodile's activities, became intrigued and approached the man with the mobile phone.

"Uh, brother, where did you buy that device?"

He was momentarily taken aback, then looked at the man in the cloak without hesitation.

"In the alley in front of the house, it's a very useful thing, something you can't miss out on."

The man paused upon hearing these words, then nodded and entered the alley. Such a price was indeed incredible.

Ezekiel , who was confined in the Alabasta palace, suddenly shivered all over and sensed that a powerful presence was using his mobile phone. It was like fireflies lighting up the endless darkness. This was extremely conspicuous, a real scene he could observe.

"Freezing Logia Awakening application, 100 GB"

"First-class Armament Haki, 20 GB"

"Premium Observation Haki, 20 GB"

"Advanced Level of the Six Styles of the Marines, 20 GB"

Ezekiel took a deep breath, a Freezing Logia? Aokiji in Alabasta?!

The weakest one still requires 20 GB of memory, while the largest volume for the Freezing Logia requires 100 GB!

And there's no need to train from scratch; if you download it, you can directly acquire a Fruit ability equivalent to Aokiji's. This is the incredible power of the Telephone Fruit. Although Vil is currently limited by the phone's memory, as he levels up, he will eventually be able to download Aokiji's ability.

Aokiji fiddled with the mobile phone in his hand and felt that if security issues could be resolved, this thing should be quickly promoted and distributed at the middle and lower levels of the Marines. It's a great invention.

"Who on earth made this?" he looked at the vendor and pondered.

The vendor only said it was a big man from the palace. Aokiji couldn't help but wonder if it was the King of Alabasta.

Yes, otherwise who would sell such a useful thing at such a low price?

Thinking of this, Aokiji felt relieved and bought a few more at once, planning to take them with him to distribute to the Marines.