Ch. 281Tom Didn't Acknowledge the Ship
Iceburg, Franky, and the others exposed how the World Government falsified Tom’s trial record and assigned him blame for Spandam’s attack. After they cleared the false charges, they found Tom still held himself responsible for building the Sea Train and asked Franky whether doing so had been a mistake.
- Robin restored the trial audio, revealing that Tom had denied responsibility for the attack and defended Franky, while the court recorder had erased his answers.
- The original footage and internal annotations showed that the judges knew agents under Spandam had seized Franky’s warship but blamed Tom’s Workers to protect judicial authority.
- Lin Qi gathered confirmations from Akainu, Dragon, Makino, Buggy, and Franky that responsibility belonged to the people who seized and fired the warship, breaking the shared admission of guilt and removing one of Tom’s shackles.
- Chopper learned that Tom’s infected right leg had gone untreated for three days and that the Shipyard had knee-deep water and only one day of oxygen, while the Throne blocked outside medical aid.
- Robin found a remaining finding that Tom considered himself guilty for building the Sea Train to Enies Lobby, and Tom asked Franky whether building it had been a mistake.