Facing the enormous bird-shaped slash hurtling toward him, Zoro calmly unleashed a 108 Pound Phoenix.
One good move could carry you a long way. Zoro's slash shattered the giant bird with ease, then kept going, smashing T Bone's sword and sending him flying.
"Looks like that Marine's a decent man."
Rubick sounded impressed. Though the Marines' own boats were being tossed about in the storm, they rowed desperately to rescue Penn from the water. That said plenty about how much his men respected him.
Barry looked puzzled. "Rubick, you're pirates, aren't you?"
Rubick laughed. "We are, but I'd still like to see more people like him in the Marines. Those are the kind of Marines who deserve to be called just."
Barry said quietly, "You're different from other pirates."
"Of course!" Luffy declared. "I'm the man who's going to be Pirate King!"
Pirate King?
Barry and the others stared in shock. Kokoro, meanwhile, took a drink and remembered the old days. Tom had built Roger's ship, and she had been Tom's assistant back then.
She chuckled. "We've met someone remarkable. No wonder that straw hat looked so familiar."
"Hm? Something's coming!"
At Rubick's warning, everyone looked out the window. A huge frog leaped from the sea and struck out with one palm, knocking the freight car off the tracks.
"It's that giant frog!"
"I'm going to roast him!" Luffy shouted angrily. "Of all times to get in our way!"
Kokoro motioned for Luffy to calm down, then quickly talked Yokozuna around.
Only after Kokoro explained did everyone learn that the frog had once been Tom's friend—or perhaps his pet. After Tom and Franky had died, Yokozuna had begun challenging the Sea Train out on the water every day, leaving him covered in wounds.
This time, he had thought Kokoro was