"Stop! Slow down and stop! Our ship is tangled in the tracks and can't move! Stop immediately, or we're going to crash!"
Among everyone on Rorschach's warship, the loudest voice undoubtedly belonged to the giant.
So, Palme was given the glorious duty of shouting the warning.
His thunderous, booming voice exploded across the sea, finally cutting through the deafening whistle of the Sea Train and the clanking of its wheels against the tracks.
Inside the train's locomotive, the conductor, who had been fully focused on driving, suddenly caught the faint traces of another sound.
When he leaned out of the front window and spotted a massive green warship stopped just a few hundred meters ahead, his entire body froze as if struck by lightning. His face paled instantly.
"Damn Navy! What the hell are you doing?! Move your warship! We're about to crash!"
"If a high-speed Sea Train collides with a warship, the entire train will be destroyed! Everyone on board will die!"
The middle-aged conductor was on the verge of cursing out loud.
He leaned half of his body out of the window, screaming hysterically toward the warship's crew.
At the same time, he slammed his foot down on the Sea Train's brake lever with all his might.
"Do these Navy guys have shit for brains?! Why the hell would they stop in a place like this?!"
"Are you kidding me?! This is the only fully operational Sea Train, built by Mr. Tom himself! If it gets destroyed, the entire trade and transport system connecting Water 7 to the surrounding islands will be severely impacted!"
"Tom is gone! If the Sea Train is wrecked, there will be no way to rebuild it!"
"This train is the pride and miracle of Water 7!"
"Slow down! Slow down!"
Palme, using his massive body to his advantage, stood at the side of the warship, waving his thick arms frantically while shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Slow down, my ass! Damn Navy! You think it's that simple?!"
The conductor, furious beyond reason, let loose a string of curses.
The train's brakes were already pushed to their limit, but all he could do now was watch helplessly as the train continued its rapid approach.
300 meters.
200 meters.
100 meters!
The Sea Train was closing in on the enormous warship at terrifying speed.
By this point, the passengers inside the violently shaking train cars had finally realized something was wrong.
Some of them, ignoring the crew's warnings, forced open the windows to look outside.
The moment they saw the massive warship looming ahead, only two words surfaced in their minds—
"We're doomed!"
Inside the second train car, a man with a pure white pigeon perched on his shoulder sat quietly. His expression was calm, but as the warship rapidly grew larger in his field of vision, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"What's going on? Why isn't that warship moving? We're about to crash."
Beside him, a young man with a long, rectangular nose showed a hint of surprise and confusion.
"Maybe they got tangled in the tracks and can't escape. This isn't the first time it's happened."
The pigeon man's voice remained eerily calm, unlike the panicked passengers in the other train cars.
The train car they were in was empty except for the two of them, making it feel eerily spacious.
"Should we intervene? If the Sea Train is destroyed, it'll be quite troublesome."
The long-nosed man, Kaku, asked.
"It's too late. The distance is too close. Even if I use 'Rankyaku' to cut the tracks, there isn't enough time to shift the train off course."
Rob Lucci Narrowed His Eyes
Rob Lucci narrowed his eyes, locking his gaze onto the most conspicuous figure on the warship—Palme.
A giant.
A giant wearing a Marine third-class soldier's uniform.
Strange. Too strange.
A giant, a race with strength hundreds of times greater than that of ordinary humans—if one truly wished to join the Marines…
Even without any merit, just enlisting would at least grant them the rank of a commissioned officer.
Possibly even a field officer.
Yet now, Rob Lucci was witnessing a giant Marine soldier ranked as a mere third-class seaman.
For a moment, he almost doubted his own eyesight.
By now, desperate cries and curses had already erupted from the passengers in the rear train cars.
Just as Rob Lucci stood up, preparing to use Moonwalk to leap out of the window and escape the doomed Sea Train—
A sudden change occurred!
From the warship, now within striking distance, a tall and slender young Marine leaped into view.
Dressed in a colonel's uniform, draped in a snow-white 'Justice' cape, and possessing silver hair—
The young Marine flashed to the side of the warship and charged directly toward the incoming Sea Train.
"What is he trying to do? Stop a high-speed Sea Train? Like that foolish frog?"
Kaku leaned half his head out of the window behind Lucci, his face filled with shock.
But Lucci remained silent.
Because at this moment, his gaze was completely locked onto that silver-haired, blue-eyed Marine.
"Are you insane, Marine?!"
Even though he knew that if the Sea Train crashed into the warship, he himself would also perish, the train conductor couldn't bear to watch someone get directly run over and killed.
Ignoring the female train attendant trying to restrain him, the conductor leaned half his body out of the window, frantically waving at the approaching Rorschach.
"Get out of the way! You'll die!"
"I won't die, old man. Sorry for the trouble."
A trace of apology flickered across Rorschach's face.
Beneath him, the seawater split apart, as if being pressed down by an invisible force of air.
It was as if an unseen platform had appeared beneath his feet, allowing him to stand three feet above the sea.
As the whistle of the Sea Train howled, Rorschach's expression turned solemn.
He spread his arms wide, as if embracing some massive, unseen object.
Then, just as the roaring Sea Train rushed toward him—
His arms suddenly swept upward!
Within a five-to-six-hundred-meter radius, the sea erupted into a storm, towering waves surging toward the sky.
Two twisting, dragon-like currents of wind instantly formed, extending from Rorschach's outstretched arms and coiling around the oncoming Sea Train!
With a single heave of Rorschach's arms—
The hundred-meter-long Sea Train was lifted off the tracks—
Off the sea—
And into the sky!
"F-F-FLYING?!!"
At this moment—
Whether it was the passengers inside the Sea Train, or the entire crew aboard the warship—
All of them stood dumbfounded, eyes wide, completely shaken by what they had just witnessed.
"Whoa! Is this… a Devil Fruit ability? This is insane! He lifted a massive, high-speed train into the sky?! Could he be a legendary Float-Float Fruit user?! But… I never heard that Golden Lion had died?"
Kaku was so stunned that he nearly lost his composure, his mouth hanging wide open in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Lucci lowered his gaze, looking down from the window at the silver-haired Marine, his expression shifting unpredictably.
"There's no doubt about it. That guy… is Rosha—the rising star of the Marines."
(End of Chapter)
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