Chapter 53

After five minutes of looking at the drawings, he reluctantly looked up and said with a tremor in his voice:

- This is amazing ... I do not know where you got the drawing of such a ship, but this is a real masterpiece, here such methods are described that I did not even imagine, this is a real treasure for a carpenter. If ... - Iceberg sighed, then became serious and looking at me said: - If I build it for you, could you leave me these drawings?

I thought about it, and then said:

- If you copy them, then I do not mind, but I can not give the diary.

Iceberg nodded.

- Of course, this is not a problem. If you are ready to donate these drawings to me, then I am ready to provide all the materials for the ship for free.

This proposal suited me, and I replied:

"I agree, but I hope that a dozen copies of my future ship will not float on the Grand Line in the future.

At this Iceberg waved his hand and said:

"Don't worry about that, these blueprints are full of unique methods of building ships that were unknown to me, and as a carpenter I simply cannot pass by such a treasure. Therefore, I need them not to create a ship like yours, but for study. Plus, to be honest, the resources to build it are terribly expensive, and some of them are just incredibly difficult to work with. Therefore, the construction will take at least a month, and even more money. But don't worry, I'll give you a discount.

This arrangement suited me, of course, I did not really trust his promise not to build a copy of my ship, but it didn't really bother me, if he builds them, he will regret it. Although Iceberg is not a bad guy, I think he will keep his word.

- How much money will the construction cost? - I asked the main question.

Iceberg thought about it, and then replied:

- Well, a billion is not less, yet there is wood that is as rare as Adam's tree, plus, it will not be easy to get this fabric for the sails.

I nodded.

- I understand, here is half - I put a suitcase with money on Iceberg's table: - As you finish the construction, I'll hand over the rest.

Iceberg took the suitcase and said:

- Okay, I'm going to work right now, and I'll control everything. - Then he remembered something and said: - By the way, your ship will not be built in the first dock, but outside the city, I will choose the most trusted people and we will cross. Your personality is a little special, I would not like the patrol to come during our work. They won't do anything to us, but to you ...

- I understand, thanks for that. - I thanked.

Iceberg waved his hand:

"Don't worry. By the way, you said that you had two things to do with me, we decided one, and what was the second there?

I looked around and checked with the will of observation if we were being watched. After making sure everything was in order, I took out an envelope and handed it to Iceberg.

He accepted it and asked:

- What is it?

- Read, the information is important there, I also hope that you will not make hasty decisions.

He nodded gravely and began to read, then his expression changed to disbelief and he muttered:

- It can not be...

In the letter, I clearly described the situation with CP9, that he has three workers, sent agents, and their goal is the drawings of Pluto. It doesn't matter if he believes me, but let him know, I doubt that he will fire them, he is not a fool, he will just be more careful with them, and will devote them less to the details of his work. I did not do it out of the kindness of my heart, of course, I just didn't want CP9 to meddle in the construction of my ship and see its blueprints. That blonde being the secretary could very well have access to them, but now, this is unlikely to happen, Iceberg will be more careful, even if she does not believe me.

After reading the letter, he looked at me and asked:

- Why should I believe you?

I chuckled:

- You shouldn't, just be careful with them, but in general do as you see fit, I just don't want these people to poke their noses into our business.

Iceberg said nothing, just nodded.

- Okay, I'll go, make a copy of the blueprints, and then give the diary to Nami, she will stay here, take care of everything. And I really hope that no one will know about the diary. - With these words, I left the office and went back to the ship.

About a couple of hours later, Nami returned and gave me the diary, it was safe and sound. According to Nami, Iceberg only copied the blueprints, nothing else. And even if I copied something else, I still couldn't read it, so I didn't bother.

The next day, the construction of our ship began, it took place not far from us, on one of the garbage heaps. The trinity from CP9 did not shine there, it seems Iceberg listened to my words and sent them somewhere else. Although, I doubt that they did not know about the construction, I hope they will not interfere with my business. Now it remains only to wait for the construction and you can get out of here.

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Finally! Almost four weeks have passed, and now it is ready, our ship ... All this time we did nothing but train and die of boredom. We are too accustomed to swimming, and sitting on land is so tiring ... Fortunately, no one bothered us, the patrol sat quietly and did not stick out, like CP9, this is certainly all good, but for some reason it annoys me. Everything is too quiet, somehow suspicious ...

The ship was magnificent, a true masterpiece. It was made from ebony of some rare kind of wood and black sails from a special fabric. Specially sharpened for high-speed sailing. He had three masts and almost no guns, since they were simply not needed on the Grand Line, although there were several, so to speak, for decency. In front of the ship, on the bow, a huge silver octopus was carved. Everything was perfect, I could not imagine a better ship.

I called it "Emptiness", I understand, it sounds a little pretentious, but this is a ship, here they are all majestically called. I decided not to deviate from tradition and came up with a sounding name. And that, the Sea Devil floats on a ship called "Void", sounds good, ha-ha-ha. Now it remains to test it in action.

Having paid Iceberg with the remaining money, we all climbed onto the ship and began to look around. Although the ship was not large, there was quite enough space for a team of fifteen people. There were exactly fifteen luxury cabins and common areas such as the kitchen, dining room, seating area, storage and training room. There were also several more empty rooms for various needs, which could be turned into anything. And finally, prison. Yes, there was a whole camera made of kairoseki, although at the beginning it was made of ordinary metal, but I asked Iceberg to make it from kairoseki, I think it will come in handy. It was all just perfect, not too big a ship, but rather big, just right for our team. Now we will sail on our own ship, now I really felt like a captain, eh ... Amazing ...

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