Kapitel 261: Chapter 261: Hidden Crisis, WapoMetal"Fire!"
"Take the T-position, prepare cannons on the starboard—"
After sending off Bartolomeo and his group of fanatical followers, the 211 fleet soon found itself in a real battle! Under Nami's control of the weather, the Marine ships demonstrated their full potential, easily seizing favorable positions while their cannon fire relentlessly pounded the pirate fleet.
Even though the enemy had as many as six pirate ships, the three Marine vessels held the upper hand! But the worst part was:
"What kind of weather is this?!"
The Marine fleet had clear skies and smooth sailing, while their side was caught in fierce winds and rain, as if even the heavens were aiding the enemy..."No, Captain,"
The ship's navigator, who had real skill, pointed to the Marine officer sitting on the flagship's deck with a book—Nami.
"I can feel it, that Marine woman is affecting the weather in this area!"
"Being attacked like this is no way to continue. The ship can't take it!"
While the 'experts' among the pirates no longer feared ordinary cannons, the ship beneath them and the regular pirates weren't as tough.
Without a ship or regular crew members, only someone like the Pirate King could survive solo on the Grand Line.
"Captain, let us go over and deal with her!"
A few of the pirate officers jumped into the sea, swimming fiercely toward the Marine ship, their weapons in hand. With their strength, they swam faster than ordinary people could run. One of them even seemed to be flying above the water, clearly using some kind of water-walking technique!
But:
"Geppo!"
"Geppo!"
"Geppo—!"
A group of second-generation pirates, led by Isuka, leapt into the air, using Geppo to intercept the enemies at sea! The pirates who had hoped to engage in close combat were suddenly taken aback.
"Don't even think about it!"
Bolkin and his group came from military families, so they were already familiar with various Rokushiki techniques. On top of that, they had been raised on high-quality food, which ensured they were in top physical shape. After boarding Roman's ship, their daily routine was:
As long as they didn't die from it, they trained as hard as possible!
Each one of them was in a period of rapid growth in strength. With Roman leading them to victory day after day, they developed a sense of pride and confidence. When they saw enemies daring to cross the sea, they immediately used Geppo to fly out, launching various flying slash attacks and Rankyaku waves, quickly burying the enemy pirate crew's "decapitation" tactics in the sea.
After easily wiping them out—Not long after, the Marine ships left with several intact pirate ships, and all that remained in the sea were the slowly burning wrecks and bodies.
Splash!
Two figures surfaced from the sea: the captain and navigator of the pirate fleet.
"Impressive," the navigator said with admiration as they looked at the Marines who had wiped out their pirate crew.
"That woman... is probably one of Rear Admiral 'White Dove's subordinates, the one with 'Weather Control,' right?"
As Roman aggressively captured pirates, his reputation grew "infamously" among the pirate groups. The name "White Dove" quickly spread, and in the first half of the Great Line, it had even overshadowed the "Admiral's" fame!
Normally, pirates wouldn't encounter an Admiral in the first half of the Grand Line, but with this terrifying "White Dove," they could only prepare for complete annihilation.
Moreover, this "White Dove" Marine officer commanded a group of Rokushiki users, including the Marine "Nail" IsukaCaptain and another female officer capable of controlling the weather.With the pirates' numbers increasing rapidly due to Whitebeard's influence, the Impel Down was nearly overflowing!
"If I had this kind of ability, I could definitely find the Great Treasure..."
"Hmph, but unfortunately, our main problem now is how to get to the next island."
The captain of that pirate crew sighed in frustration, while the navigator shrugged.
"Don't be so pessimistic, captain. I just saw that guy Yanet, also dive and avoid the Marine attack, which means..."
"Yanet, Yanet!"
With a dark expression, Captain Feize shouted, and a stocky figure emerged from the sea, carrying tools on his back, an air tank on his waist, and a respirator in his mouth.
"Captain, did you call me?"
Facing the clumsy shipwright, the captain of the Feize pirates rolled his eyes helplessly.
"Use the remaining materials..." he pointed at the burning wreckage nearby, "to make a small boat, or we'll have to swim to the next island."
"Okay, captain."
Making a temporary boat was just basic work for the shipwrights of this world. After all, who could forget when Usopp made a boat out of a few barrels during the circular island adventure?
Soon, a small boat was made, and the remaining crew members of the pirate group set off once again. But—
"Damn it! We ran into White Dove again! Why is our luck so bad?"
"Captain, the fleet is gone. It's too... useless for us to return to the North Sea like this..."
"Hahahaha, no way!"
Standing proudly at the front of the boat, the captain laughed loudly. He knew that in difficult times, the captain couldn't show any signs of despair. After all, if the captain had given up, how could anyone else follow?
"That Marine female officer, her name is 'An,' right...?"
Captain Feize stroked his clean-shaven chin thoughtfully.
"She has the ability to control the weather? Good—"
Good? We're not even wiped out yet!
Before the crew could complain, the captain revealed his plan.
"I know a bigshot who needs this kind of ability! If we offer this as information to that person, we can easily get a fleet and manpower!"
"Then we can rise again, and..."
The pirate captain swung his sailor knife forward, and the flying slash instantly decapitated a sea king that had just emerged from the water.
"Once again, we move toward the 'Great Treasure'!"
"Captain Feize, we'll follow you!"
"Hahaha~~~"
The crisis that was about to fall apart vanished, but for Roman and Nami, a new crisis was quietly approaching.
——————At this time, the hardworking The White Knight had arrived at the destination:
Karakuri Island.This is a winter island, covered in snow year-round. Life there is extremely hard, so the genius scientist Vegapunk, born there, planned to build large heating furnaces to improve people's lives. However, due to a lack of technology and funds, the project was forced to be halted.
Later, to raise enough money, he and a group of crazy scientists—Judge, Quinn, Caesar, and others—began research and development. But, as always, these people pushed their science toward combat: modified humans, clone soldiers, virus weapons, gigantification...With all the high-tech research, they still couldn't even make a geothermal device. Roman had no idea how to express his disappointment.
Eventually, these crazy scientists were discovered by the Marines, some escaped, and some were captured. Roman once again felt sad about the world's technology: no matter what kind of science and technology you have, first take my Haki punch!
"It's here,"
Roman landed on a snow-capped mountain and could clearly sense Franky's "mobile paper" just below. Of course, he said:
"Franky, I'm at your 'house' now."
!?
"Wow, that's fast~~ wait for me, I'll be there right away!"
"It's pretty good here,"
Walking through the tech-filled corridor, the cold lights around The White Knight and Franky made Franky, who was more muscular than before, look even more modified. Especially his skin:
"Did you notice? This is a type of active composite skin with epidermal cell layers, which allows my steel body to have a sense of touch. Cool, right!"
"Of course, this isn't my invention, it's Vegapunk's technological achievement!"
When it comes to technical stuff, Franky gets excited and starts talking nonstop about various terms, which makes Roman... no, The White Knight, feel like he's listening to a foreign language.
"Wait a second, check this out."
The reason Roman brought The White Knight here wasn't to attend Franky's 'cybernetic body modification lecture,' but to deliver materials. In The White Knight's hand was a shiny silver alloy, so reflective it looked like a clear mirror, reflecting the human figure!
"Incredible! This metal…"
In Vegapunk's old lab, Franky kept experimenting with the metal The White Knight brought and repeatedly marveled at it.
"This is a magical metal. After being smelted and cooled, it shows no signs of melting, even in temperatures of several thousand degrees. And this metal has a unique property of 'shape memory,' meaning it can return to its original shape even after being hit beyond its limits…"
"Alright, alright, just tell me if this metal is useful to you."
The White Knight waved his hand; he wasn't a materials expert, so listening to all this wasn't helping him at all~~~"Useful, super useful!"
Franky looked up excitedly. For someone like him, who was all about body modification, this alloy was like 'Armament Haki' to him! He had been worried that his old body wouldn't hold up if he ever encountered a Haki user, but now:
"Such an amazing metal actually exists in the world—it's like a treasure from nature!"
"This isn't some treasure from nature; it's a product of a Devil Fruit."
"Well, although Devil Fruits are also part of nature…"
Well, that's hard to say. But if it weren't for Walpo being forced to sell toys to survive, he probably wouldn't have accidentally created this Walpo metal. Combining weapons into his own body, or even combining two people into one... Luckily, Walpo was weak; otherwise, an overpowered Devil Fruit would have been ruined by someone like him.
"Anyway, if you think it's useful, I'm relieved."
"By the way, you might want to modify..."
In the original 'world,' even though no one knew where Franky got the Wave Metal from, he only managed to make one 'Franky General' ship, so the quantity couldn't have been much. So:
"Leave it to me. I'll make the 'Sunny Merry' the toughest ship in this world!"
With the large amount of Wave Metal promised by Roman, it wasn't just Franky General that needed to be reinforced, of course, the Sunny Merry had to be strengthened too. With Wave Metal and Adam Wood, it would truly be the toughest ship in the world.
Even... in Roman's plan, once they reach Laugh Tale, that's when the 'Thousand Sunny' and 'Golden Merry' will really shine!
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