As though he had heard a joke, he spread his hands and gestured to the people around him.
Mocking voices rose from the crowd:
"How could that possibly be true?"
"What nonsense is Tom's apprentice spouting?"
"Why would Cipher Pol 5, a government agency, destroy a judicial ship?"
"Utter nonsense. There's no way."
"Hahahaha!!"
As the murmurs in the crowd grew louder, a mocking smile spread across Spandam's face:
"I attacked the judicial ship? What kind of joke is that?"
"The investigation confirmed that your company built those boats."
Franky closed his eyes, reluctant to face it:
"Boats that would do something like that..."
"Those things... aren't my boats anymore!!!!"
The moment that roar left his mouth,
Snap-
The chains around Tom's wrists snapped under his immense strength.
He rose with a dark expression and punched Franky, sending him flying.
Crash!!!
Franky tumbled away, smashing through wooden crates and barrels.
The soldiers around them immediately tensed, and an officer shouted:
"Raise your guns!!!!"
Countless guns were trained on Tom.
But Tom ignored them, staring at Franky as he said:
"They aren't your boats?"
"How could you say something like that!!!"
Franky cried out in anguish:
"So what if I said it!"
"I regret building those weapons!"
"If those boats hadn't existed... no one would've gotten hurt!!!"
"And you wouldn't have..."
Tom stared hard at Franky, as though he intended to teach him one final lesson:
"No matter what kind of ship it is."
"No ship is good or evil when it's built."
"It doesn't matter what kind of ship you build in the future."
"But..."
"No matter who your ship hurts, even if it destroys the world."
"The person who built it must cherish it."
"The one person who must never reject it is its builder."
"Don't blame the ship!"