Take It Slow

"Everything was built on Master Tom's efforts." Miming told everyone the story of how Master Tom developed the Sea Train.

"I love Water 7," Miming said. "Because of the tolerance it possesses—it can transcend races and offer hope for the future. The craftsmen have noble spirits, people repay kindness, and when faced with hardship, they join hands to overcome it."

"Please, you must take us there to see it." Queen Otohime was so excited that she had already forgotten the danger her daughter was facing. "If there is anywhere you can make use of our strength, please leave it to us!"

"Take it slow." Miming cautioned them. "Great temptations come with great risks. Let's deal with the trouble called Vander Decken first."

Sure enough, just as Miming had feared, Vander Decken and the Flying Pirates had vanished without a trace. No one knew which dark trench they were hiding in, making them impossible to capture. After searching desperately for a week, the Neptune Army was out of options.

During those days, all kinds of knives and boulders kept flying in, terrifying Shirahoshi into wailing. Fortunately, she hid inside the sturdy tower, where neither she nor the people around her could be harmed.

Each time, Jinbe chased in the direction the weapons had come from. But the distance they traveled was astonishingly far. Even when Jinbe charged twenty miles at top speed, he could not find any trace of the Flying Pirates. According to the Neptune Army's observations, those objects were likely being thrown from more than a hundred miles away, and the direction kept changing.

"Damn Vander Decken!" King Neptune was practically losing his mind, but there was nothing he could do.

According to Miming, this matter should originally have been resolved ten years later. But Hody Jones, the one