Three days later, in the territorial waters of the Land of Spring
"Boom~"
The calm sea was shattered by a roar.
The Titanic, made of metal, came sailing from afar, towing a huge steel warship behind it. Even so, it was moving at an extremely high speed, cutting the seawater into two hydrofoils from its hull.
Captain Jack, wearing a hat, stood at the bow of the ship, feeling the sea breeze, and exclaimed with delight, "Ah, the sea breeze is so comfortable!"
Zori, holding the nautical chart, confirmed his location. "Captain, we've returned to the territorial waters of the Land of Spring. We'll arrive in another hour."
Captain Jack nodded. "Got it, huh?"
Zori noticed that Captain Jack's expression suddenly turned serious. "Captain, what's wrong?"
Jack swiftly drew his Kubikiribōchō from behind him and shouted to everyone, "Quick! Prepare for battle!"
Upon hearing this, the forty-odd crew members who had been sitting on the ground all became alert. "What's going on?"
"Boom boom..."
A barrage of cannon fire came from afar, and hundreds of black shells flew in, covering the entire hull like raindrops.
Jack and Zori leaped upwards, their broadswords flashing as they cleaved two cannonballs that were about to strike the ship in two.
"Peng Peng!"
However, due to the large number of shells, several still hit the ship and exploded, resulting in the immediate loss of several crew members.
From their mid-air position, Zori and Jack looked toward the direction of the shelling and saw a steel warship just like the one towed by the Titanic.
The two fell from the sky and landed on the deck. Because the ship was made of special steel and had been enhanced by Hardening Technique, the damage was not significant. The loss was the casualties.
Jack made a decisive decision and shouted, "Cut the chains! Fight!"
The Titanic, dragging heavy wreckage of the steel warship, was severely limited in its speed and maneuverability, and the crew immediately slashed the chains with their knives.
"Captain! This means the warship will sink!"
The bow of the steel warship wreckage had already been smashed by Rock Lee and Ranke. With the chains broken, a large amount of seawater poured in through the breach, and it began to sink.
Before anyone could think further, the three steel warships launched another round of bombardment.
Zori Hand Seals, preparing to use Ninjutsu to defend. " Wind Release..."
At that moment, Zori suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and saw that Captain Jack had already Kubikiribōchō against his neck.
Captain Jack's face turned grim. "Have you forgotten? On this ship, you can only be a pirate."
This is also one of the major rules of the Nuclear Ninja Village: Ninjutsu cannot be used on the ship.
The Lord God: "Are the rules really that strict?"
Zori released his hands from the Hand Seals: "I... I'm sorry, I... I forgot."
"This is a one-time exception. If it happens again, you'll lose your hand."
The shells drew ever closer, but Jack remained unfazed. "Use the wind to Blast! Get around to the middle of those three wrecked ships and let them feel the power of the Titanic!"
"Wind..."
"Stop yelling in this situation! Launch it already!"
" Chakra Furnace Energy Remaining: 52%! 100% Propulsion! Launch!"
"Boom!"
The Titanic's thrusters suddenly spewed out tongues of fire tens of meters long, and the enormous power accelerated the entire ship to its maximum speed in an instant, causing all the shells to miss.
Zori gripped the deck to resist the acceleration and yelled into the engine room, "Twenty percent power to the starboard side!"
" Chakra Furnace energy remaining at 48%! Right-side power at 20%! Fire!"
"Boom!"
Ten thick jets, each as thick as a thigh, extended from the starboard side of the Titanic, spewing out Fire Style Chakra. The ship charged straight ahead, drawing an arc on the sea, heading towards the three steel warships three times its size, like fearless warriors ready to die.
"Men! Get to the armory! Prepare for a counterattack!"
All the crew members, who were originally lying on the deck and using Chakra to stick to the hull, crawled towards the middle hatch upon Jack's command.
Soon, the sound of mechanisms turning began to emanate from various parts of the ship, and dozens of cylinders emerged from the hull.
Zori roared, "We're still a nautical mile from the enemy! Prepare!"
The three steel warships reacted accordingly, realizing the Titanic's high speed. While increasing their firing rate, the three warships dispersed in three different directions, attempting to surround it.
Zori, with a clear view from the bow, commanded again, "Shut down the starboard engine! Activate the port engine at 100% power!"
" Chakra Furnace energy remaining at 45%! Launch!"
"Boom!!!"
The ship jolted and veered several meters to the left on the sea surface—an impossible maneuver—and thus dodged another round of shelling.
With the Titanic at 100% power output, it was like leaping across the sea; in just a few seconds, I had reached the steel warship on my left.
Captain Jack Sparrow roared, "Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Flames erupted from all the cylindrical gun barrels on the starboard side of the Titanic, but instead of firing traditional spherical shells, they were firing... armor-piercing shells.
The Lord God: "Author, are you serious?"
"Calm,"
It's called an armor-piercing projectile, but it's actually just because the projectile's tip is very sharp and has threads, causing it to spin rapidly the moment it leaves the gun barrel.
"Grumble..."
Armor-piercing shells make a piercing sound when they hit steel warships.
The high-speed spinning armor-piercing shells mostly just pierced the hull, while some penetrated the steel plates and then exploded, blasting numerous holes in the hull.
"39% of power remaining!"
The energy to launch armor-piercing projectiles is also directly provided by the Chakra Furnace, and a salvo has already lost a lot of energy.
The Titanic did not slow down, but continued to accelerate, charging towards the second steel warship.
"Fire!"
This time, however, the steel warships waited until the Titanic was close before firing.
In the ensuing exchange of fire, the second steel warship was breached, and the Titanic's hull was also ruptured.
Zori roared again, "Stop jetting from the right and rear! Full power on the left!"
" Chakra Furnace energy remaining at 27%! Launch!"
The Titanic stopped accelerating, its port side unleashed power, and it made a sharp turn on the sea, turning its bow and sliding towards the third warship.
The third warship was now ready for battle, with a large number of armored soldiers leaping out, wielding flails, and running swiftly across the water in an attempt to intercept the Titanic.
At that moment, Captain Jack pulled a strangely shaped ninja tool from the atomic bomb sculpture at his feet. The ninja tool...
Lord God: "A six-barreled blue-light Gatling gun will do."
Two ammunition pouches emerged from the atomic bomb statue and connected to the Gatling gun.
Jack strapped the Gatling gun to his waist, and the barrel began to spin. "Feel the power of the Gatling gun! Hahahaha!"
Zori shouted at the same time, "Full power!"
"Boom boom..."
"Da da da..."
The Lord God: "I have nothing more to say."