When Trafalgar Law, Uchiha Hiko's First General Under My Command, heard the question about a ship, an expression of utter misery immediately appeared on his face. He had followed Uchiha Hiko longer than anyone else and had experienced the sorrowful, torturous ordeal of buying a ship in the early days. Now that he heard Uchiha Hiko still obsessing over ships, Law's face was filled with grief.
"Oh?" Hiko looked at Law expectantly and asked, "You look rather eager. Does that mean you already have a good idea?"
Tears streamed down Law's face. Eager my ass! This is grief, understand?
"This isn't a problem." Before Law could respond to Hiko, Jinbe took over. "Fishman Island has some excellent lumber, enough to build a ship that will satisfy you."
Hiko looked at Jinbe with interest and said with a smile, "What I want isn't an ordinary ship. Rotten wood that gets blown to pieces by a single cannonball would probably fall apart after only a few days at sea."
Jinbe said seriously, "It is no ordinary lumber. It is far harder and sturdier than the Adam Tree from the sea floor and can be called incomparably precious. Ordinary blades, cannon fire, and the like can scarcely damage it in the slightest. A ship made from it can absolutely carry you across every corner of these seas."
"Oh?" Hiko asked, "There is such precious lumber beneath the sea? Don't tell me you just happen to have a ship made from it?"
Jinbe smiled. "A few days ago, when I heard you mention that you lacked a ship, I proposed to King Neptune that the lumber treasured in Dragon Palace be made into a ship as a token of thanks. King Neptune agreed, and it has been secretly under construction for days. We did