Chapter 214

Roared: "All Marines! Stop this ship—and the pirate Franky!"

The Golden Merry was undoubtedly built using the technology from the Pluto blueprints, and as the shipwright, how could Franky possibly resist looking at the Pluto blueprints?

This is a ready-made sample and a living blueprint!

"Aaaah—then you're in for a disappointment!" Franky laughed loudly: "Merry! Show everyone your true power!"

"Yes!" The Golden Merry's electronic voice echoed through the sky: "I will strike in Gao Da form! Transform!"

Sima Di: "????"

Those lines—could they be preparing to...

The Golden Merry suddenly "stood up"!

The entire hull split open from the center, folding upward, while decks on both sides unfolded to reveal two arms that planted firmly on the ground; the stern split into two legs and—with a single heave—it truly stood upright!

"Crack—crack—crack—"

Blocks of pitch-black armor emerged, instantly clad in a thick layer of armor.

From afar,

the Golden Merry was unmistakably a hundred-meter-tall giant clad in heavy armor, standing like a mountain, making everyone involuntarily swallow hard.

"Gao... Gao Da?" Sima Di widened his eyes.

He never imagined Franky had such a powerful trump card hidden!

But then he realized.

"Hahaha—everyone, retreat!"

Throwing a Hearthstone at Ace, Sima Di was the first to activate the Hearthstone and flee—the Hearthstone affects the user, so the mana-suppressing field couldn't block it.

Beams of teleportation rose and plunged into the interior of the Golden Merry; the Straw Hat Pirates evacuated the battlefield at lightning speed.

"Hummm—hummm—hummm—"

The Pluto power core emitted a deep roar, supplying sufficient kinetic energy; energy jets on the palms of its limbs flared, ready to lift off and fly away.

"Stop him!" Admiral Kong roared.

He transformed again into Jin Fu, but his ten-meter height barely reached the Golden Merry's ankles.

"Great Buddha Shockwave!"

The Golden Merry didn't dodge or evade—only slapped downward.

Kong's massive shockwave was "slapped away," crashing into the Marine ranks and blasting countless soldiers into the air.

—The Golden Merry's external armor was entirely made of half-meter-thick Vibranium!!!

This caused Borsalino, who had been pinching his fingers in preparation to use the Eight-Sized Jade Hook, to extinguish the glow at his fingertips.

"How terrifying—it nearly became a disaster."

If he had acted first...

The Marines would have suffered catastrophic casualties!

"I'll handle it!"

Kuzan flew forward, hurling an ice bird toward the Golden Merry's left foot.

But how could the Golden Merry lack weapons?

"Shing!"

The Golden Merry's right arm swung, launching a seastone wrist-sword that smashed the ice bird like a door panel; though frozen to the ground, the Golden Merry exerted force and ripped up the entire floor along with it.

It swung the frozen mass like a club at Kuzan!

Kuzan didn't dodge—he stepped forward to meet the seastone wrist-sword.

"Ice Age!!!"

Massive ice blocks erupted around Kuzan, forming an ice shield to intercept the wrist-sword; ice instantly crawled up the hilt, spreading across the blade and toward the Golden Merry, aiming to freeze it solid!

But...

"Boom—"

The energy jet in the right palm instantly became an energy cannon, blasting Kuzan's ice shield to shreds, freeing the Golden Merry from the freezing threat.

Kong, Karp, and Borsalino prepared to continue intercepting...

"I'll give you a gift!" Franky's voice rang out: "Watch out! A skyful of fireworks!"

Armor plates on the Golden Merry opened, revealing one missile after another—so densely packed it made everyone's scalp tingle!

There must be over a thousand of them!

The next instant...

A thousand missiles launched simultaneously!

Seeing the missiles streaking toward every corner of Marineford, Kong and the others didn't hesitate—they went to rescue!

These were their elite Marines—if they died here, the Marines would truly be finished!

"Fist Bone!"

"Eight-Sized Jade Hook!"

"Great Buddha Shockwave!"

Other admirals also moved to intercept the barrage of missiles.

While the Marines scrambled in chaos,

the Golden Merry crouched slightly, leapt into the air, activated its energy jets, and crashed down at the edge of Moon Bay with a thunderous impact, transforming elegantly back into a ship, docking beside the Moby Dick and the Orl??? jiao??? fan???

Clearly visible,

Orl??? jiao??? fan??? xian??? qian??? jian

The massive commotion made Shanks and Bai Hu Zi pause their fight, staring in astonishment.

Is this even still a ship?

On the deck,

Lord Sima was clicking his tongue in wonder as well, looking at Franky in surprise.

"I was just saying, why did you need that half-meter-thick vibranium plate? Turns out this is what it was for? Amazing! Why have I never seen you use it before?"

As he spoke,

Seeing Franky still billowing black smoke, Lord Sima casually used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability—

【Repair!】

The black flames immediately stopped.

"What a convenient ability," Franky praised.

Noticing Lord Sima's expression darkening slightly, he hurriedly explained.

"This 'Gundam Mode' was actually inspired by something you mentioned. I just happened to have the tech, so I built it on a whim."

Gundam?

Lord Sima seemed to have mentioned it to Franky in passing......

"Well then, I'll head off first." Ace tossed the hearthstone to Lord Sima.

He transformed into flames and flew off, landing beside Bai Hu Zi.

"Old man, I'm back," Ace said softly.

Like a child who'd done wrong and still needed a parent to clean up the mess, he was deeply guilty.

"Gurararara—good to have you back!" Bai Hu Zi swept Ace into his arms: "Buck up, you're my son, Bai Hu Zi's son!"

But Ace broke free from Bai Hu Zi's embrace.

He turned instead to look at Marineford, ablaze with war on all sides, and said: "Old man...... let's go. No more casualties!"

Every one who died in battle now, was because of him, Ace!

This crushing weight of guilt made Ace deeply wretched.

But Bai Hu Zi frowned, staring at Ace with displeasure.

"That bastard Teach still hasn't been killed, and you want us to withdraw?" Bai Hu Zi roared: "Have you forgotten Thatch's death?"

"I haven't forgotten!" Ace said firmly: "Old man! Trust me! I will personally go kill Teach and avenge Thatch!"

Bai Hu Zi frowned, staring at Ace— like a volcano on the verge of erupting, his aura surging ceaselessly.

Ace showed no fear, locking eyes with Bai Hu Zi.

Beside them,

Shanks said cautiously: "How about...... I help you take care of Bla......"