"A warship? Any distinguishing features?"
"There's a 'Tsuru' character on the sail. Other than that, it's no different from an ordinary large warship."
Pirate ships came in all shapes and sizes. Although Marine warships followed the same general design, aside from differences in firepower and troop deployment, they sometimes bore personal decorations as well.
Depending on their rank, colonels could command warships on independent voyages. Vice admirals, meanwhile, had their own dedicated vessels and could decorate them according to their preferences.
Garp had installed a dog head on the bow of his ship. For renowned officers, such decorations could also intimidate pirates.
As for a ship decorated with the character "Tsuru," there was no doubt about it. Within the Marines, only their chief strategist, Tsuru, used a warship of that style.
"Tsuru came herself? They really do take this seriously."
After Feld had brought up the Marines' intentions to Oran, Oran had kept an eye on the matter and held several discussions with them afterward. Ordinary Prosthetic Body components already had standard sales channels.
Since Prosthetic Bodies had appeared, people in the underworld had tried modifying Oran's Prosthetic Bodies in strange ways. However, lacking the core technology, everything they produced ended up as some grotesque imitation.
Prosthetic Limbs that had originally been as dexterous as human hands became clunky, zombie-like versions. They were so cumbersome that they were no different from simply bolting an axe onto a stump or mounting a gun in place of an arm.
When Oran said Prosthetic Bodies had a low barrier to entry, he meant installation. Trying to alter components he had already designed was an entirely different undertaking.
Still, regardless of the outcome, the trend toward modification had already begun.
The Marines had their own research division, so naturally, they had tried conducting internal