Hina and Smoker
A Marine warship sailing toward Loguetown had the huge word "Justice" emblazoned across its sails.
The ship had not yet broken free from its reliance on wind power, but thick smoke could already be seen billowing from the chimney at its stern.
This was clearly an experimental vessel for the Marines, and it showed signs of modification.
Even with new technology, the Marines obviously would not apply it on a massive scale right away. They would first try small-scale modifications to test the waters.
That was standard practice for most governments. Leo had done the same when he modified the galleon.
From the time Vice Admiral Tsuru had sailed a warship through the Calm Belt and brought it before the Amazon Lily Kingdom until now,
the Marines had been steadily transforming all their warships into super warships capable of crossing the Calm Belt.
Clearly, this technology was gradually being put into use throughout the Marines.
Besides Sea King repellent technology, the Marines naturally had another new source of power.
These warships, which resembled gas-turbine vessels, were clearly a new generation of technology adopted by the Marines.
Their principles were similar to Ace's warship, both using fire and heat to propel the vessel—though their use of energy was rather primitive, still at the level of boiling water.
The use of gas turbines alone was enough to help them cross the Calm Belt.
To be honest, the World Government had reacted very slowly to the Great Pirate Era.
For the first twenty or thirty years, it could be said that they had not made any effective response at all.
Most of the technology that had emerged in the past decade had only appeared after Vegapunk joined the World Government.
It would not be an exaggeration to call Vegapunk the