## Chapter 230: Pica's New Identity!
This was a Stone Slab Room that looked very simple, without much decoration. If it had any Characteristics, it might be its size, covering over four hundred square meters, which didn't seem like it was meant for a single person to live in.
Moreover, the furniture inside was pitifully sparse: a rectangular Stone Table with a Stone Cup and Stone Plate on its surface, with four Stone Chairs around it, and a large Stone Bed and Stone Cabinet in the corner.
It must be said, the Style of this house was truly hard!
"Walls are load-bearing and enclosing components of Buildings. As load-bearing components, walls bear the loads transmitted from the roof and floor slabs and transfer these loads to the Foundation..."
Sharp, high-pitched reading sounds continuously emanated from the only man in the room.
This man, with a head of wavy purple long hair, sat before the Stone Table, wearing only a set of golden cross-faced Armor.
Its coverage area was particularly small, giving a sense of near-nudity.
But his massive Body Size, nearly four meters tall even when sitting, and his Muscle mass, slightly more robust than beef tendons, brought a strong Sense of Intimidation.
However, despite such an incredibly burly physique and appearance, his reading voice was much sharper than a Woman's, immediately creating a strong Sense of Incongruity.
Looking at the Stone Table in front of him, there were more than a dozen thick Books and various Design Blueprints and Data/Files stacked on it.
*Building Composition*, *Architectural Art*, *Building Materials*, *Architectural Design*, and so on – basically all the book titles were related to Architecture.
The Book he was currently reading had the large characters "Building Structure · Intermediate" printed on its cover.
[Thump thump thump]
Just as the man was staring intently at the book cover, reading the Content seriously, a knock on the door interrupted his reading.
"Mr. Pica, the Materials for the first part have arrived!"
Seeing that the visitor was Director Lu Sien, Pica had no choice but to pick up a long Stone Slab strip from beside him to mark the page, then gently close the interesting Book.
Actually, when he was first sent here by Doflamingo to the World Government to cooperate with the Construction Department on the Construction Project, he was quite reluctant.
Because Pica felt that he should be a fierce Combat General, but constrained by the inability to refuse the Young Master's direct Order, he came without saying anything.
It sounded like he was being asked to help build houses, which would be so easy with his Devil Fruit Ability. He just needed to finish quickly and go back!
But when he actually arrived at the Construction Site, he found that the Matter wasn't that simple.
He still Understands it very clearly. It was in a Winter Island Area numbered RL0003. The Construction Department's requirement for him was to use the prepared Stone Material and try to build a Stone Building according to the Design Blueprint they provided.
The problem was, how could he Understand any Design Blueprint?
He only remembered the basic outline and the rough distribution of the rooms inside. Then, without a word, he merged into the mountain of Stone Material, using his Paramecia System Stone-Stone Fruit Ability to fuse them into an Entity.
Soon, a Stone Building with an exterior basically identical to the Design Blueprint rose from the ground under everyone's surprised Gaze.
At that time, he felt a bit smug.
However, a Situation that puzzled him occurred next. As he separated from it, the Stone Building collapsed behind him with a crash, bringing all the Cheers to an abrupt halt.
Later.
After multiple Experiments, the Architects of the Construction Department saw the problem. It turned out that the Buildings he created only resembled the exterior, but the internal details and Structure were a complete mess.
When he was inside the Building, because the Strength of the Devil Fruit maintained the overall Stability, it looked like there were no issues.
But after releasing the Ability control, the Stone Building became an ordinary creation, and everything had to obey basic Physical Rules.
Pica was very shocked.
Before, he only used his Stone-Stone Fruit Ability for Combat, naturally not caring about the Matter that would happen afterward. But now it was different.
From then on, at the request of the Construction Department, he began to intensely study Architectural Knowledge. They didn't require him to be very Professional, but at least reach the level of being able to Understand Design Blueprints.
At the same time, while learning theory, under the guidance of the Architects, he continuously created various small Buildings. During this process, they would constantly point out problems, which helped increase Pica's Architectural Experience.
Anyway, with the Stone-Stone Fruit Ability, there was no issue of excessive Time consumption or wasted Stone Material. He could completely reconstruct repeatedly.
In the beginning.
Pica was very reluctant, but a strange Matter occurred. As the Time spent learning Architectural Knowledge passed day by day, he actually found that it wasn't difficult to Understand.
This made him feel the joy of gaining something. After that, the more he read, the happier and more engrossed he became, especially when he combined the theory he learned with practice and personally witnessed the production of sufficiently good Effects, he became even more excited.
He inexplicably fell in love with Architecture, with building all sorts of Stone Buildings, Stone Houses, and Stone Bridges. He just had this Feeling that he could build everything.
Oh, right.
It's worth mentioning that besides his Identity as a Donquixote Family High-Ranking Executive, Pica now had a new Identity: Senior Architect in the Construction Department under the World Government Administrative Department.
Although he could only be considered an Apprentice in Architecture, the Stone-Stone Fruit's Ability in Building was something those Architects couldn't compare to.
Or rather, in terms of Knowledge, Pica could catch up to other Architects given enough Time, but where could the Architects find a second Stone-Stone Fruit?
"Let's go."
Pica Stand Up and followed the Construction Department Division Chief out of his Stone House. Stepping outside, his vision immediately opened up. Looking out, he could see hundreds of various Construction Machinery working intensely on the vast Construction Site.
The roar of Excavators, Bulldozers, and Heavy Trucks assailed him.
Especially the scene of rolling smoke raised by the Heavy Trucks shuttling back and forth and the activity of over a thousand Workers wearing Uniforms perfectly embodied the phrase "bustling with activity."
This was the Red Line RL0001 Area.
Originally, this place was covered in dense bushes and lush greenery, but now all the vegetation and Trees had long been leveled by the mighty Project team, revealing the bright red earth.
The Project they were now building was called the New World Government Headquarters.
The Mission was to allow the upcoming Supreme Political Conference to be held in this brand new place!
Although Pica was present, this didn't mean the entire Construction Project didn't need others. He was only responsible for the main structure of the overall Building.
Of course, this alone had saved the Construction Department an immeasurable amount of Time, Laborers, Materials, and Funding. No matter what, once it was built, he would be the primary contributor.
"Mr. Pica, this is the Design Blueprint for the New World Government Headquarters. We want to build the first part here first. Please take a look..."
An Architect walked over holding a Visual Den Den Mushi. Soon, a Virtual Screen was projected into the air before Pica's eyes. However, the first glance left him a bit confused.
"Isn't this the World Government Emblem?"
His sharp voice rang out with deep confusion, but everyone present was already used to this voice full of Sense of Incongruity.
The key was that no one dared to laugh out loud. A few who had laughed before were beaten severely by Pica and were still lying in the Hospital.
Looking at the Screen Feed displayed in the air, wasn't it just five white circles connected by a cross?
"This is an Overhead View, please look again."
As the Architect switched to another Design Blueprint, Pica was surprised to find that the white circles, when viewed from an Upward View, were actually giant Round Buildings, and the cross was actually a Skywalk set up in the middle section of the floors.
Five Round Buildings, four Skywalks, surrounded by some Forest, Flowerbed, Lake, and ten Tennis Courts as accompaniment – that was the New World Government Headquarters.
"What we need to build now is this first Office Building. We're counting on you!"
"Understood, let's try it first..."
Pica nodded, moving his tall and sturdy Body Size towards the Construction Site in the distance, where the Workers had already laid the Foundation and piled up the Stone Material inside.
It must be said, he felt he had found a new direction in life here. He had asked himself many times before which he preferred, this or Combat.
He actually found it hard to give an answer, because he didn't dislike Combat, otherwise he wouldn't have trained this body of Steel-like Muscle.
But one thing was clear: Building is something he liked.
(End of Chapter)