As Long as It Goes Smoothly

"If he refuses to be reasonable, I'll leave him! I don't want to stay with someone so awful!" Kuina declared firmly, swinging her barbell with an angry huff. Her words were childish, yet she still carried herself with impressive spirit.

Aunt Kokoro said guiltily, "We can only count on you, Kuina!" She had never imagined having to ask a little girl for help, but at a time like this, the only thing they could rely on was the young lady's connection to the Celestial Dragons.

"It's fine. Aunt Kokoro let me ride the train, and I got to play with those battle boats Franky made. If we're talking responsibility, I have a share in it too." Kuina had been well looked after during the past few days.

Franky, Master Tom's young apprentice, had built many battle speedboats. He had taken Kuina out for rides in them, and they had had a wonderful time. Kuina had even planned to buy one to take with her. Unexpectedly, agents had loaded those battle boats with ammunition and used them to attack a judicial ship, pinning the crime on Master Tom. Guilty over this, Franky tried to stop the Sea Train carrying Master Tom away after his arrest, only to be run over and killed, leaving not even a body behind.

"I just hope everything goes smoothly." Iceburg clutched his backpack uneasily.

Inside were the blueprints for Pluton. If handing them over could save Tom, he would rather surrender them. But that would undoubtedly betray Master Tom's beliefs. What should he do? Iceburg was torn.

Two enormous, bizarre-looking salvage ships entered the harbor and docked beside the Twenty-Thousand-Li Sunny. Seeing the gigantic monkey figurehead, then the orangutan and gorilla following Miming aboard, the crew all cried out, "Ah, there are more animals now!"

Chopper