Nighttime train pursuit, a hidden dragon enters the cage, Enies Lobby sealed offshore! (Part two)

Dark waves churned across the sea at night. The Puffing Tom's wheels rolled over the rails with a steady clatter that carried far across the quiet waters.

In the maintenance passage beneath the train, Sanji pressed against the cold metal and inched forward, holding his breath. The vibrations of the moving train perfectly concealed his footsteps. Even the members of Cipher Pol No. 9, who had undergone the World Government's highest-level intelligence training, failed to notice the uninvited guest aboard. Clutching the layout Nami had given him, he used the faint light filtering through the gaps in the carriage to make his way precisely toward the prison car at the rear.

Patrolling footsteps drew closer. Kumadori dragged his long hair behind him, muttering "Life Return" as he patrolled up and down the corridor. Sanji instantly stopped, pressing himself tight against the ceiling of the maintenance passage and slowing even his breathing. Only after Kumadori's footsteps faded did he flip out of the maintenance hatch, land as silently as a cat in the corridor, and slip into the nearby storeroom.

Two more cars, and I'll reach the prison car holding Miss Robin, Sanji silently repeated. His fingertips gently pushed the door open a crack. After confirming that the corridor was empty, he slipped out again and reached the iron door of the rear prison car in a few bounds.

A heavy lock secured the thick iron door, and all was silent inside. Sanji pressed a hand against the cold iron and called softly, his voice gentle but firm, "Miss Robin."

Inside the car, Robin's eyes flew open, and her body instantly stiffened. She could not believe her ears, thinking that she had missed them so much she was hallucinating. Only when Sanji's voice came through the door again did she know