Chapter 163: Ship Cutter T. Bone! Zoro's Slash Named "Train"!
"What is that?!"
Franky's eyes widened in the driver's cab.
Through the rain-soaked windshield, he saw a massive dark shadow appearing on the tracks ahead.
It was a solitary train carriage.
Clearly, it was an obstacle intentionally cut from the "Puffing Tom" ahead to block pursuers.
And on top of that carriage stood a figure.
It was a man wearing a Marine Justice cloak, with an extremely terrifying appearance.
He had a face as horrifying as a resurrected zombie, a missing tooth, and his neck was bent at a strange angle.
Marine Headquarters Captain, "Ship Cutter" T. Bone.
Despite his demonic appearance, beneath that terrifying exterior lay a heart gentler and more righteous than anyone else's.
"Is that... the Straw Hat pursuers?"
T. Bone stood in the storm, letting the rain soak his ill-fitting armor.
He watched the "rocketman" racing toward him from a distance, tears even welling up in the corners of his eyes:
"If this runaway train crashes into this, it will surely derail and flip into the sea..."
"Even though they are wicked pirates, it would hurt a lot if they died like this..."
"No! I cannot be soft-hearted! To protect innocent civilians, for Justice!"
T. Bone suddenly drew the saber at his waist—the famous sword named "Bamboo," its blade flashing with a chilling light under the lightning.
"Even if my hands are stained with blood, I will cut down this evil train... right here!!"
...
Inside the "rocketman" driver's cab.
"Oh no! That's a disconnected carriage! It's blocking the tracks directly!"
Franky watched the obstacle getting closer, cold sweat instantly breaking out:
"Crashing at this speed, even the front of the rocketman will be smashed and derail! We have to blast it away!"
"Port cannons ready!!"
Franky's finger was about to press the weapon fire button.
"Wait, Franky."
A hand steadily pressed down on the back of Franky's hand.
Tatsuya sat in the co-pilot's seat, his gaze piercing through the rain curtain to look at the Marine Captain in the distance who was exuding a powerful sword intent:
"No need to waste ammunition. That is the domain of a swordsman."
Tatsuya's lips curled into an arc, and he turned to look at the Marimo figure who had already stood up in the carriage behind him:
"Since the opponent has drawn his sword, let's leave it to our swordsman."
"But there's not enough distance! Less than three hundred meters!" Franky shouted.
"It's enough."
At the carriage coupling.
Zoro had walked out at some point.
He stood on the open-air coupling platform where the wind raged, his short green hair blown into a mess.
Expressionlessly, he untied the dark green bandana from his arm and tied it around his head with slow and solemn movements.
As the bandana was tied tight, the Zoro who usually loved to sleep disappeared.
In his place was "Shura," with eyes as sharp as a demon god's.
"Just what I wanted."
A bloodthirsty grin appeared on Zoro's lips.
He leaped up and jumped directly onto the rocketman's menacing shark-shaped front.
His feet were nailed firmly to the slippery metal shell like spikes, remaining motionless no matter how the train jolted.
"Clang!"
Wado Ichimonji was held in his mouth, and he slowly drew the other two swords with both hands.
Three Sword Style, here.
...
Only the last hundred meters remained.
T. Bone looked at the train that didn't slow down but instead accelerated toward him, a flash of determination in his eyes.
"They aren't even slowing down... do they want to perish together? What crazy villains!"
"In that case, let me send you to the bottom of the sea to repent!!"
T. Bone assumed an extremely strange stance, his long sword tracing right-angled paths in the air.
He hated curved things most; his swordsmanship was "Right Angle," capable of cutting through everything.
"Right Angle Flying Bird: Bone Bird!!!"
Swish—!!
T. Bone swung his sword fiercely.
The air seemed to be forcibly cut by some kind of rule.
A massive, right-angled square turquoise slash wave, carrying the whistle of tearing air, came flying head-on!
The range of the slash wave was so large that it actually sliced open the sea surface, forming a square vacuum channel, heading straight for the rocketman's front.
"What... kind of sword energy is that?! It's square?!"
Inside the carriage, Usopp's eyes nearly popped out in fright.
Facing this terrifying slash capable of cutting the entire train along with the tracks into pieces, Zoro, standing at the front, didn't retreat but advanced.
"Hmph."
Zoro watched the approaching square slash, a red light flashing briefly in his eyes.
"Even though you carry a heavy burden of justice and are willing to sacrifice yourself for your subordinates..."
Zoro lowered his stance, and a visible demonic aura began to wrap around his three swords.
It was the aura of a Shura condensed after countless life-and-death battles:
"But... I'm sorry."
"Compared to your justice... the 'weight' we carry is much heavier!!!"
For that idiot Captain who wants to become the Pirate King.
For that woman who went to her death alone to protect her companions.
This train must not stop!!
"Three Sword Style: Gyuki—"
Just a moment before the train was about to hit the slash wave, Zoro leaped up.
His body stretched in the air, like a wild bull charging out of hell, his three swords turning into indestructible claws.
"Yuzume!!!"
Boom!!!
Two terrifying slashes collided violently in mid-air.
There was no stalemate, no equal match.
Zoro's slash, which condensed his conviction of certain victory, instantly shattered T. Bone's seemingly indestructible "Right Angle Flying Bird" like dry wood.
The turquoise sword energy in the sky shattered into countless points of light.
Zoro's figure passed through the light points, his momentum undiminished, charging straight toward the carriage blocking the way.
"What?!"
T. Bone's pupils contracted violently as he saw his strongest strike defeated head-on.
In his shocked gaze, the green-haired swordsman descended like a demon god, his three swords carrying black Haki as he flashed past him.
"Swish—"
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Then.
"Crack."
A crisp sound of metal snapping rang out.
That Sea Train carriage, made of steel and incredibly sturdy, actually developed a perfectly straight cut line through the middle.
"Split apart!!!"
Zoro landed and sheathed his swords.
Rumble!!
Under everyone's shocked gaze, the massive carriage slid apart neatly to both sides, cut in half, revealing a wide passage in the middle.
The "rocketman" let out a cheerful whistle and roared through the middle of the cut carriage unscathed!
The wind pressure whipped up T. Bone's cloak.
"Clang."
The famous sword "Bamboo" in his hand snapped in the middle, half of the blade falling onto the deck.
T. Bone looked at the broken sword, his body swaying.
Then he fell backward into the surging sea.
At the moment he hit the water, this kind-hearted Marine Captain felt no resentment.
He just watched the receding train, a relieved bitter smile appearing:
"I actually... lost..."
"Is this... the obsession of those pirates..."
"Truly... a powerful weight..."
...
The "rocketman" did not stop because of this brief interlude.
Zoro jumped back to the coupling platform from the roof.
He untied the bandana and tied it back onto his arm; that Shura-like expression vanished instantly, and he returned to being the lazy swordsman.
He nonchalantly brushed the rain off his clothes and returned to the carriage.
"Hey, how's it going with the cook?"
Zoro pushed open the carriage door, asking as he sheathed his sword.
Tatsuya, holding a Transponder Snail that was currently in a call, looked at Zoro as he walked in, a hint of admiration in his eyes.
"Good job, Marimo."
Tatsuya placed the Transponder Snail on the table and pointed to the increasingly clear silhouette of the train ahead:
"That slash just now was very beautiful."
"As for that cook..."
Tatsuya glanced at the Transponder Snail, from which Sanji's signature voice was emanating, with a background of chaotic fighting and screams:
[Hey! Tatsuya! Can you hear me?]
[Chopper and I have already finished off carriages No. 6 and No. 5! The Marines on them are all rookies!]
[But... Robin-chan seems to have been taken to the carriages ahead. The guards in front are a bit troublesome... Hey! Don't come over! I'll kick you to death!]
Tatsuya spoke into the Transponder Snail:
"Sanji, don't mess it up. We'll be there soon."
"Franky! Can you see the taillights of that train ahead?"
In the driver's cab, Franky shouted excitedly:
"SUPER—I see them!!!"
"Right ahead!! We're right on its tail!!!"
Tatsuya stood up and walked to the window.
The rain had lightened slightly, and through the rain curtain, the massive Sea Train "Puffing Tom" could be clearly seen ahead.
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