A month later.
Alabasta, on the outskirts of Rainbase.
Here stood Alabasta's foremost symbol of technological advancement: the Rainbase Airship Factory.
Franky was exactly the kind of utterly unscientific isekai scientist Garen had been hoping for:
He needed no research team at all. He was both a senior academician whose knowledge spanned multiple disciplines and a master technician capable of personally working on the factory floor.
Coupled with certain black technologies, it had taken just one month for a gigantic airship to emerge from nothing under Expert Franky's hands.
The spindle-shaped airship was over two hundred meters long. Bathed in the blazing desert sun, its entire body gleamed with dazzling silver light.
At a glance, the airship resembled a great white shark hiding a mouthful of fangs, silently displaying the formidable power contained within its massive body.
Seeing this colossal beast bound by countless ropes, Chairman Garen, aviation meteorology expert Nami, Rainbase's mayor Vivi, and the chairman's personal secretary Robin, who had all come to support and participate in the airship's launch ceremony and maiden test flight, could not help but feel stunned.
Yet when Expert Franky had first begun building the airship, he had been extremely reluctant.
From the very beginning, Franky had even negotiated terms with Garen: once he finished the airship, he would be allowed to return to Water 7 and become a thug again.
But after he had truly poured out his heart and soul to build the airship, his attitude became this:
"SUPER!"
Franky excitedly struck one of his own bizarre signature poses in front of the airship.
This one-of-a-kind airship was the first "ship" this top-tier shipwright had made since returning to the trade, and Franky had naturally poured all his passion and effort into it.
"SUPER!"
Behind him, Franky's underlings danced along with