After several hours, the Thousand Sunny was nearly finished with its modifications.
But in that short time, the Straw Hat Crew had already encountered several waves of World Government and Marine ships, fighting several battles. Their range of movement was being compressed smaller and smaller. If they did not launch soon, they would be surrounded by World Government and Marine vessels.
"Activate the Hurricane Shells! Flying Thousand Sunny, depart!"
After working busily for a long time, Franky Grand General finally installed all the Hurricane Shells in place. With his final roar, the entire Thousand Sunny finally took flight.
The World Government's men and the Marines were instantly dumbfounded at the sight. They could only watch as the Thousand Sunny flew higher and higher before finally charging toward the Red Line.
"Not good!" At that moment, the expressions of several World Government agents changed. "Could they be using a diversionary tactic? Is their target Mary Geoise?"
In truth, the Straw Hat Crew naturally had no interest in going to Mary Geoise. The Straw Hat Crew itself belonged more to the chaotic good camp and generally almost never took the initiative to attack anyone.
Even when they encountered Marines, they merely fled. In fact, given the Straw Hats' strength, if they had been a little more cruel, an ordinary Marine encirclement would definitely have suffered devastating losses.
The Straw Hat Crew had always acted in self-defense and rarely counterattacked, even against Marines hunting them down. Much less would they directly assault the World Government.
Of course, no one else knew that. Judging solely from how the Straw Hat Crew had "killed" more than a dozen Celestial Dragons, drawn a large number of Mary Geoise's army troops down from the Red Line, then feinted and lured them out to sea before flying toward