【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 318 Ship's Duties

"Stop!" Usopp raised his weapon in shock. He didn't understand why Franky, who was just talking fine, suddenly came over and said he wanted to dismantle his ship. "Don't be ridiculous! I won't let you mess around. The Merry is my ship!"

"No, it can't be considered a ship anymore." Franky broke Usopp's fantasy without hesitation. "To transport people from this coast to the next coast... The ship was born to fulfill this promise. A ship that can't transport people to the next coast is not a ship at all!!"

Usopp dropped his arms in shock. He actually knew that Lucci had said the same thing. He had been afraid of this since Sky Island, but he didn't have the courage to accept it until it actually happened. Or he didn't want to give up or admit it. "Actually, I know..."

Franky stopped in shock and looked at Usopp who was muttering to himself in surprise, "Then why..."

"On the night of Sky Island, Merry's ship spirit said goodbye to us..." Usopp shed tears in pain, "I was too stupid to understand its intention. Merry must have reached his limit at that time, so he turned into a ship spirit and appeared in front of us to tell us..."

"You actually saw a ship elf. It seems that you really love this ship. Only when you cherish the ship very much can a ship elf be born."

"It is precisely because it feels cherished by everyone that the ship wants to thank the crew. The ship wanted to do its best to send you to the next coast! It met you, so it showed up in human form. Isn't this ship very happy?" Franky looked at the Merry gently. "It did it, didn't it? It successfully brought you here. It doesn't want you to die in the sea with it."

Usopp lowered his head, feeling a little guilty, because he remembered the conversation between him and Lucci that day. At that time, he couldn't understand what Lucci said at the end, but now he suddenly understood, so he felt very guilty, especially for saying such words to Luffy.

Franky turned around and sat back on the sofa, his hands relaxed on the back of the sofa, looking at the depressed Usopp and said puzzledly, "So you knew that the ship had reached its limit, but you still quarreled with your companions!"

"We can't jump to such a simple conclusion!" Usopp came back to his senses, picked up the hammer on the ground again, and prepared to continue his work.

"Men are so stupid!"

"What a fool!"

The Cube sisters were so moved that they wiped their tears until there was a knock on the door.

"Brother, someone seems to be coming!"

Franky didn't notice Moz's shouting, and continued to persuade Usopp, "Little brother, you should go back to your friends."

"Can I still do that at this point? I've already duelled with the captain..." Usopp murmured.

"Boom!"

Before Franky could say anything else, Moz was suddenly kicked in front of him, and Franky yelled in shock, "Moz!"

"Who is it!?" Franky turned his head angrily and looked towards the door. What shocked him was that the person who attacked them was Carrera's foreman, who was wearing clothes similar to those of the World Government agents.

"Is it Carrera's secretary?" Usopp looked at the people standing at the door in confusion.

"What are you doing here!?" Franky reacted quickly and threw punches at the men at the door, glaring at Bruno who blocked his attack and grabbing his face angrily "Brulo, even you are wearing these ridiculous clothes! What do you want to do!?"

"These guys are so... powerful!" Usopp hadn't even finished his words when he saw Franky, who had just grabbed Bruno, was suddenly kicked away by the pigeon-raising boatman. He stared at the Carrera Company's boatman and Franky in amazement, and listened to the Carrera boatman revealing his identity. He felt that he had accidentally gotten involved in some dangerous incident.

"You are from the World Government!" Franky looked at them in disbelief. What happened to Aspagu...

"You should know what this means and why we are here, Franky, no, Katifram, stop playing dumb. We already know everything. You are the second disciple of Tom who died eight years ago."

Rob looked at Franky impatiently. This guy better not be like Aspagu.

"I don't know how you found out, but the investigation is very clear." Franky took a breath and hid the worry on his face. "Is Aspagu okay?"

"I've killed him!" Rob said directly, "You'd better pass Tom to Aspagu as soon as possible, and then Aspagu will pass the design of the ancient weapon Pluto to us!"

Seeing Franky being indifferent and seemingly not hearing anything, Rob finally got impatient and said, "Hand it over quickly! Katiflam!"

"I have nothing to give you!!" Franky came back to his senses from the memories with Aspago and attacked Rob Lucci angrily.

Franky looked at Rob Lucci in disbelief as he suddenly appeared in front of him. The attack came so fast that he didn't even have time to react before his vision went dark.

Usopp looked at Rob Lucci's action in disbelief. He didn't even see how he got there, and Franky was defeated. "What a fast speed."

"What is this dingy room? A drawing room?"

"This is a great place to hide the blueprints!"

"Search for me!"

"The name is written here!"

"Katiflam, Aspagu, Tom!"

Realizing that the World Government’s dirty hands were touching his most precious memories, Franky forced himself to stand up despite his injury and glared at Rob Lucci angrily, “Don’t touch it! Don’t trample on other people’s precious memories! This is where we grew up! Although it’s shabby, the world’s number one shipbuilder once stayed here!”

"So that's it, this dirty warehouse is the former headquarters of Tom's Shipyard..."

Rob picked up the photo on the table, looked at the photo of Franky, Aspagu and Tom, and said, "Katiflam...you'd better hand over the design to us, otherwise..."

"The blueprints are not here at all, get out of here right now!!"

"Oh, I knew you would answer like that!" Rob Lucci said as he kicked the drawing table next to him without hesitation "Kalifa!"

"Understood!" Kalifa swung the thorn whip in her hand and tied Franky up in an instant.

"It hurts to death!"

"What should I do!? What should I do!" Usopp looked at the captured Franky covering his head in panic, then he made up his mind and raised the slingshot to stop the group of people who captured Franky from leaving.

"Stop right there! Let him go!"

……

Carrera Headquarters

"Wow! It's a reindeer!"

"He's also carrying Mr. Aspagu and Mr. Barry!"

The craftsmen who were putting out the fire looked in shock at the reindeer that jumped out of the fire.

"Nami... needs treatment quickly..." Chopper bit Zoro's knife and looked at Nami, who was lying on the ground dying, in a trance. He staggered towards Nami, and the next second his eyes went black and he lost consciousness instantly.

"Hurry up and save him, the burns are very serious!"

"What about this reindeer?"

"Of course I have to save him! He's my savior!"