"How long will it take to reach the Seven Water Capital?"
Iceberg asked, standing behind Franky.
"About two hours."
Franky said this, with a look of slight excitement on his face.
You know, it takes an ordinary ship a whole day to travel from Judicial Island to the Seven Waters City, but with this thing called a propulsion device, it can arrive in less than four hours. This speed...
If he could also develop one, how fast would the ships he built in the future be
Plus my own wind cannon technology...
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't control his emotions. At this moment, he just wanted to get back to the shipyard in the Seven Water City and start his shipbuilding work immediately.
But at this moment..
"Warship...A warship is coming!"
With a loud shout, everyone turned their eyes to the front, and saw five warships that were much larger than the one they were on suddenly appeared on the sea level, and then moved towards them and surrounded them at an extremely fast speed.
“Damn it!”
"How did they find out where we are?"
Someone shouted in horror.
Vivian, who was lying on the deck, looking at her soaked cigar and about to cry, suddenly said, "Because you are on a warship."
"What's the meaning?"
Nami and the others focused their attention upon hearing this.
"Warships. In order to prevent them from being lost and falling into the hands of pirates, our headquarters basically installs positioning devices on them," Vivian explained.
"Positioning device? Where is that positioning device?!"
Nami pointed the weather stick at Vivian's head, trying to intimidate her.
"The positioning device is inserted into the root of the keel of the ship. In other words, if you want to take it out, the ship will most likely not be able to sail." Vivian continued.
After that, the deck fell into silence.
Sanji rushed forward, grabbed Vivian's collar, and said angrily, "You guy, you planned it all along, so you came here alone in a warship to destroy the iceberg's ship, so that we can sit on your warship and catch them all in one fell swoop, right?"
Vivian: “…”
"I said I didn't mean to cut down that boat. Do you believe me?"
At that time, he saw that the employees of Carrera Company had taken out their weapons, including many flintlock rifles. As a last resort, he had to raise his hand and throw out a lightning strike, intending to suppress these guys first.
But who knew that he used too much force and accidentally broke the boat.
But there was nothing he could do about it, as he was getting stronger and stronger, and now he had changed to the Blood Demon which was as powerful as a big sword, so it was normal for him to cut through the hull with one blow.
"Do you think I'll believe it?"
Sanji had an expression that said, "Are you kidding me?" and was about to teach Vivian a lesson, but the next second, several shells landed near the hull, creating waves and causing the ship to shake violently.
"Damn it, they're launching an artillery attack."
"Turn the rudder quickly, turn the rudder Franky!" Nami and Usopp held their heads with their hands and shouted loudly with terrified expressions.
Vivian speechlessly pushed away Sanji's hand that was grabbing her collar, "Don't bother, they are both warships, they have plenty of fuel, you can't run away."
"We can't just sit there and wait for death!"
Zoro drew out his blade, and Luffy, seeing this, stood up with difficulty and tried to stand at the stern of the ship to block the attack of the shells again.
"Hello." Vivian spoke immediately.
"What?"
Sanji and Zoro turned back to look at Vivian at the same time, their expressions full of impatience.
"Pull me over and put a knife to my neck," Vivian said.
"Um?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, wondering, how could someone volunteer to be a hostage
Which side is this guy on
"This method seems to be feasible." Franky said suddenly.
After he finished speaking, seeing the shells attacking one after another, Franky stepped forward without saying a word, picked up Vivian with his strong arms, and threw him to the stern of the ship.
"Navy, stop chasing immediately, or I will blow this guy's head off!" Franky shouted.
Then the next second.
Bang—bang!
Two more shells passed by the hull and almost hit the mast.
Vivian: ∑(O_O;)
Everyone: ┏(゜口゜;)┛
No, aren't you giving me any face
Vivian almost peed herself.
If it had hit me, wouldn't I have lost half my life
"You... have such a low status in the navy organization?" Nami asked doubtfully.
Vivian: “…”
"I think maybe they just didn't recognize me." Vivian said uncertainly: "How about... you go to the cabin and find a loudspeaker, and I'll try again?"
Ten seconds later.
"Stop firing, stop firing! I'm Vivian, the sergeant of the Marine Headquarters. I'm being held hostage by the Straw Hat Pirates. If I continue firing, they will execute me immediately!"
boom!
Another shell flew over.
This time, the shell hit the deck directly, blowing several Carrera employees far away. Shrapnel flew over and scratched Vivian's handsome face.
"Well, it seems that they really don't care about my life." Throwing away the loudspeaker, Vivian spread his hands with a calm expression.
Luffy and his friends: "..."
"So what should we do now?"
Nami said, looking towards Luffy.
Even though this guy seems to be a bit stupid normally, at critical moments like this, the crew will almost subconsciously choose to trust him unconditionally.
There's nothing we can do, because this guy is their captain.
"Of course...beat them away!" Luffy raised his fist and shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and immediately raised their weapons.
"Yes, Captain!"
"Hey, another shell is coming!"
Usopp yelled.
However, just when the artillery fire was about to fall on their heads.
"Thunder Breathing·Seventh Form·Fire Thunder God!"
With an extremely piercing roar, a golden thunder dragon burst out from the blade, swallowing all the shells and sweeping over two of the pursuing warships.
Sizzle!
The iron sheet was instantly covered with lightning.
Vivian's figure fell from mid-air, turned around, and landed steadily on the edge of the boat.
On the deck, everyone watching this scene, including the Straw Hat Pirates, opened their mouths wide, and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"What..what is that?"
"Flying Slash?!"
Chopper and Usopp swallowed at the same time.
As for Zoro, he stared at Vivian's back, his muscles trembling with excitement uncontrollably.