Chapter 13
Hulk Island.
Tom, Espagu, Franky, and a big frog Yokozuna, three people and one frog, stood in front of a steam locomotive.
It took them three days to assemble it.
Franky was so excited that he hugged the frog Yokozuna, and he shouted happily:
“Mr. Tom!
Great, we’ve assembled the locomotive.
Next, just let it run on the sea track, and we will succeed! ”
“Hahaha! It’s still early! Let’s give it a trial run first!”
Tom laughed and hugged the locomotive with both hands.
In order to test whether the train can run on the sea, the three of them have already built a short-distance track near the coast of Hulk Island.
Under the terrifying power of this horned fish man, the steam locomotive head weighing hundreds of tons was easily lifted up and placed at the starting point of the track.
Before Tom could say anything, Franky’s eyes flashed with golden light and he volunteered:
“Mr. Tom, let me drive this train!”
“Hahaha! It seems that you can’t wait any longer, so it’s up to you to start the train!”
Franky chuckled, quickly ran into the front power room, started adding coal to it, and lit a fire.
A moment later, steaming black smoke came out of the steam locomotive. With the roar of “dong dong dong!”, the locomotive drove out slowly, and the metal wheels spun faster and faster.
However……
As soon as the front of the steam locomotive drove less than twenty meters away, the entire front of the locomotive fell uncontrollably into the sea. Franky was so frightened that he quickly abandoned the car and jumped into the sea, thus escaping the fate of being buried under the sea.
Seeing this, Tom quickly jumped into the sea with a “Plop!” and made a big splash.
He wasn’t trying to save Franky. He knew the latter’s aquatic nature very well. As long as he didn’t throw him into a huge whirlpool of ocean currents, he could basically swim back alive and kicking.
What he wants to save is the steam locomotive!
If every time he failed, a steam engine was scrapped, his wallet couldn’t bear the waste!
The fishmen are the darlings of the sea. Compared to land, they can fully display their racial talents in the sea.
Soon, Tom descended from the bottom of the sea, carried the front of the steam engine on his shoulders, and climbed up to the shore.
Franky, who had just swam to the shore from the sea, shook his wet blue hair and said with a speechless expression:
“Mr. Tom, isn’t the locomotive you built said to be able to sail on the sea?
Why did he fall into the sea…”
Hearing this, Tom suddenly laughed and scratched his head.
“Ah hahaha! There is nothing we can do about this…
When this happens, in addition to the insufficient buoyancy of the suspension devices of the track and the car body, there is also the fact that the speed of the sea train is not fast enough…
I’m very troubled too!
If the efficiency of the steam engine can be increased from 8% to more than 15%, it should be able to enter a state of equilibrium, right? ”
“What if another mechanical device is used to provide power, and the energy efficiency can reach more than 25%, or even 40%?”
Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Tom turned his head in surprise and looked at Sephiroth, who was walking slowly from a distance.
“If that’s the case… then it’s really loud!
Maybe, the sea train will be able to travel directly on the sea, hahahaha! ”
“Oh!? Then I think you should be very interested in this thing.”
Sephiroth opened a design drawing in his hand in front of Tom.
Although the drawing in his hand was very crude and had almost no details, it was all he could rack his brains to recall in the past few days…
“Can you tell me how it works?”
Shipbuilder Tom looked at the mechanical schematic diagram and the rough cross-section diagram of the internal combustion engine in the young man’s hand, and he couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
He dared to boast in front of the judge that a sea train connecting multiple islands could be built within ten years.
That’s because his mechanical engineering attainments are very good. He knows that as long as he breaks through certain technical difficulties, he can turn the sea train into a reality.
Therefore, when the shipbuilder Tom saw this internal combustion engine drawing, he understood a lot of things instantly.
“This is a heat engine that uses diesel as fuel and can convert heat energy into power…”
Sephiroth told the world’s number one shipbuilder in One Piece the knowledge he had learned about internal combustion engines in high school in as much detail as possible, hoping that the other party could understand the existence of this kind of machine as soon as possible.
Franky forced himself over. After listening to Sephiroth’s explanation,
An excited smile immediately appeared on his face:
“Mr. Tom, this thing is so interesting! I think I can try it!”
“Hahaha! It’s really loud!
Brother, you are actually willing to tell me the principles of this machine. You are such a man! ”
Franky could understand it, and as his teacher, Tom would have no problem understanding it.
“Brother, can you show me the relevant part size drawings?”
Hearing this, Sephiroth shook his head decisively and said casually:
“I don’t have anything like that at all. It’s all improvised.”
As a surgeon, if someone asks Sephiroth to talk about medicine, he can talk about it in detail and explain it clearly.
but……
Mechanical engineering?
If he can draw a rough schematic diagram of an internal combustion engine, it would be great if he could draw a rough schematic diagram of an internal combustion engine. Asking him for parts dimensional drawings or something like that is really difficult!
“Oh! That’s it! Then little brother, you are also very powerful…
By the way, what’s the name of this machine? Tom said with a smile.
“internal combustion engine.”
…………
After chatting with Tom about the internal combustion engine, Sephiroth took the Swordfish and headed towards home.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
When it comes to the maritime train project, that’s all he can do.
Of course, it was not without extra gains. At least he gained favors from Tom, Franky, and Aspagu.
If he needs help from the three of them in the future, given their personalities, as long as it is not too troublesome, they will probably help…
When Sephiroth returned home, a guest had already arrived in his living room, and the three Boya sisters were sitting on the sofa next to them, waiting for his return with each other.
This guest is the president of Hughes Shipbuilding Company, Hughes Silk. He is a tall, red-haired middle-aged man wearing a black starched suit and a tough face.
“Sephiroth, it’s really you…it’s great that you’re okay!
I heard that your passenger ship was attacked by pirates…
By the way, where is your father Pal? “Hughes Silk said with excitement.
“He was killed by pirates to protect me…”
As he spoke, Sephiroth sighed lightly, his eyes a little sad.
The man named Carl D. Parr was a great father who could sacrifice his life for his son.
Karl D. Sephiroth’s mother died of illness not long after he was born, and only his father raised him.
Therefore, in the heart of the original body, his father is the most important existence in his heart…
Hearing this, Hughes Silk also sighed lightly. He looked at Sephiroth and said solemnly:
“Let’s do this!… Sephiroth, how about you come to work in the shipbuilding company from now on?
Although the company is in a recession now, if you come to work in the company, you will also have a stable income…”
“No, thank you for your kindness! Uncle Silk, to be honest, I am going to join the navy…”
Hearing this, the three Boya sisters next to them suddenly shouted in unison and shouted in surprise:
“Navy!!!”×3
“Sephiroth, why do you want to join the navy?” Boya Hancock frowned slightly, his tone full of doubts.
“Because…! Not only do I need power, I also need a force that rivals the Beast Pirates in order to take revenge…
Joining the Navy is my best choice right now. ”
Sephiroth’s eyelids were lowered, and there was no emotion or anger on his face, but his tone sounded very firm.
The navy of the One Piece world is established by the world government and specifically serves the world government’s participating countries and the world’s nobility.
The navy has no right to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs, let alone disobey orders issued by the World Government. Their duties are only to maintain law and order in the sea, combat pirate forces, and help the World Government do some dirty work. Sometimes the Celestial Dragons even kill people. They also have to help set the fire…
However, even if the Navy has various constraints and shortcomings, it is undeniable that the Navy already has a fairly mature system in cultivating talents.
Anyway, after this period of training, Sephiroth can be seen. It is true that he has overlord domineering and fantasy beast vampire fruit, but he does not have a systematic way to become stronger and cannot use these things to their maximum effect. .
As a result, even if he spent ten hours a day exercising, he only felt a slight improvement in physical fitness. In terms of combat experience, he was still almost a blank slate…
This world has never lacked the kind of people who are constantly fighting each other
The top strong men who grew up through killing, Roger, Kaido, Charlotte Lingling, Edward Newgate…
but……
Compared to Yeluzi who became a monk, Sephiroth, who received systematic education in his previous life, still believes in training in a professional training system, and the navy is a more reliable one.
“Is this so? Strength and power are both necessary…”
Boya Hancock was thoughtful and murmured softly.
Seeing this scene, Hughes Silk stood up from the sofa, patted Sephiroth’s shoulder lightly, and sighed:
“Alas! Sephiroth, now that you have made your decision, I will no longer advise you.
If you need my help in the future, you can come to me…”
