When Uchiha Hikaru's First Division Commander, Trafalgar Law, heard the matter of a ship, an expression of utter misery immediately appeared on his face. He had followed Uchiha Hikaru longer than anyone else and had endured the painful, agonizing period of buying ships in the early days. Now that he heard Hikaru was still obsessed with the issue of ships, Law's face was filled with sorrow.
"Oh?" Hikaru looked at Law expectantly and asked, "You look quite eager. Does that mean you already have some good ideas?"
Tears streamed down Law's face. Eager my ass! This is sorrow, understand?
"This isn't a problem at all." Before Law could react to Hikaru, Jinbe at the side had already taken over. "Fish-Man Island has some quite exceptional timber, enough to build a ship that will satisfy you."
Hikaru looked at Jinbe with interest and said with a smile, "What I want isn't an ordinary ship. Rotten wood that gets blown to pieces by a single cannonball would probably fall apart after just a few days at sea."
Jinbe said seriously, "This is no ordinary timber. It is far harder and sturdier than even the Adam Tree of the deep sea, making it exceedingly precious. Ordinary blades, cannons, and gunfire can hardly damage it at all. A ship made from it can absolutely carry you across every corner of these seas."
"Oh?" Hikaru asked, "There is such precious timber beneath the sea? Don't tell me you just happen to have a ship built from this wood?"
A smile appeared on Jinbe's face. "A few days ago, when I heard you mention lacking a ship, I suggested to King Neptune that the timber stored in Ryugu Palace be made into a ship as a token of thanks. King Neptune agreed, and it has been