Tom's Workshop.
—This is the workshop founded by the legendary shipwright fish-man Tom.
Its members include: Tom himself, Cutty Flam, Iceburg, Yokozuna the Frog, and Kokoro the mermaid granny.
Among them, Cutty Flam is the man who will later change his name to Franky, but now he is just a hot-blooded kid.
Young people should be full of dreams and passionate.
Although his more steady older brother Iceburg has criticized and educated him many times, Cutty Flam has never really cared and still goes his own way.
However, at this moment, Cutty Flam's heart is filled with immense regret!
…
Water 7, the open space outside Tom's Workshop.
Flam is punching the scrap metal in front of him, one punch after another, until his hands are bloody.
"Mr. Tom..."
Flam grits his teeth; his face is covered in tears, but not because of the pain.
Deep down, he is overwhelmed by a strong sense of guilt.
Flam knows very well that the small armed remote-controlled ships that supposedly attacked the government ships are his "Franky Battle Ships"!
But he clearly docked them at the ship graveyard, and he could not have controlled them to attack any old government ships.
The only possibility is that he and Mr. Tom have been framed!
Who did it?
Several possibilities flash through Flam's mind, eventually settling on that purple-haired jerk.
Spandam?
Yes, it must be him!
That government jerk named Spandam has been bothering Mr. Tom for a while, saying something about CP5 and demanding that Mr. Tom hand over the blueprints for the ancient weapon Pluton.
…
It is worth mentioning that Tom is indeed a great man.
He did not hide the matter of the Pluton blueprints from the others in Tom's Workshop.
After Spandam first came to his door, Tom showed the Pluton blueprints to Iceburg and Flam. Both were amazed by the extremely complex design.
This was something that could change the world, but Tom didn't care much about it.
"Hahahaha, if I die, you can have these blueprints. If they're too much trouble, you can just destroy them!"
…
Now, that seemingly joking remark is about to come true.
Tom, in order to take the blame for Flam, accepted the "death penalty" handed down by the government ships with a laugh.
"Damn it!"
Bang!
Flam punches the iron plate, his fist stained with blood, leaving a deformed mark on the metal.
At that moment, Flam seemed to make a decision.
He turned and rushed back to Tom's Workshop, taking a whole set of equipment and weapons from his locker, including a rocket launcher.
Flam knew that Tom would be transported by the government via the sea train "Puffing Tom" to Enies Lobby, where he would be executed.
Puffing Tom?
What a joke!
The sea train that Tom's Workshop spent more than ten years building is now going to transport his "father" to Enies Lobby for execution?
Could there be anything more outrageous than this!
Flam gritted his teeth, put on all the equipment, and prepared to set off to intercept the sea train.
Even though Flam knew that this was almost certainly a suicide mission, he could not control his emotions and felt he had to go!
Just then, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside.
Is it Iceburg?
Flam couldn't help but be surprised.
Could it be that the sound of him gathering his things was too loud and attracted Iceburg?
Damn it, that goody-two-shoes will definitely stop me, saying it's the same as suicide and won't let me go save Mr. Tom!
Flam thought to himself.
Yes, intercepting the sea train with an ordinary body is indeed suicide, but if he doesn't do it, he will regret it for the rest of his life!
Never mind, just charge out!
Yokozuna the Frog will listen to him; he will carry him to the designated track, and he will try to rescue Mr. Tom there!
Flam made up his mind and got into a running position.
The next second, Iceburg suddenly pushed the door open.
But his first words were not what Flam expected, something like "Don't go" or other words of persuasion, but—
"Flam, look outside, something big has happened!"
"Huh?"
Flam was stunned, not understanding what Iceburg was talking about.
Something big?
Hasn't everything been a big deal lately?
Moreover, Flam had never seen the steady Iceburg show such an expression; it felt like the sky was falling!
"Flam, what are you still doing in the room..."
Before Iceburg could finish saying "thing," he saw Flam fully armed in the room, immediately understanding what his younger brother wanted to do.
"Hey, Flam!"
Iceburg grabbed Flam by the collar.
He wanted to scold Flam, but then he thought about what was happening outside and shook his head.
"Forget it, we'll talk about what you want to do later; come out and see what's going on outside first!"
"Oh..."
Flam nodded blankly, feeling even more confused.
What on earth is Iceburg talking about!
When Flam followed Iceburg out the door and looked up at the sky in the direction Iceburg was pointing, Flam couldn't help but be stunned.
Well, it seems something big has indeed happened.
The sky—really is falling!
…
That day, the people of Water 7 saw such a scene—
Several huge floating islands fell from the sky, blocking the sunlight.
These floating islands were extremely large, so large that they could be called "land"!
Among these islands, a huge ship moved among them, leading the islands forward, with a black flag representing pirates hanging on it.
"What... what is that!"
Even Flam, with his wild imagination, couldn't help but be stunned by the scene before him.
Flam was stunned, and so were the other people in Water 7.
They had only heard legends about sky islands, but they never thought they would one day see several huge floating islands falling from the sky!
The floating islands were falling in the direction of the harbor where the government ships were docked!
Laughter came from the deck of the floating ship.
"Tsk ha ha ha ha!"
A man with long golden hair and half an oar on his head appeared on the deck.
What was surprising was that the man's feet were gone, replaced by two sharp blades.
"Tsk ha ha ha ha, let me see how strong the 'government law' really is!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man suddenly jumped forward, leaping toward the government ships.
Then, he turned in the air and swung a slash with the swords tied to his legs!
Air Cut!
Swish!
In an instant, the entire sea was cut open by the sharp sword slash!
And the government ship, which represented government law, was also split in two!
"Oh!"
The man raised an eyebrow and landed on one half of the government ship, smacking his lips.
"Looks like it's not very strong!"
The man opened his arms and grinned, saying:
"In that case, it seems like it's okay for me to break it occasionally, right?"
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