Outside *Gear Pier Town, along the coast of Gear Country*, chaos erupted across the harbor.
"Wuaaaah!!!"
More than a dozen towering chanical beasts, each five or six stories tall, released thunderous chanical roars as they charged forward. Their massive tal bodies stord across the pier, violently attacking the chanical soldiers who had landed there.
Under the control of the chanical Knights, each chanical beast demonstrated its unique function.
One of the largest was a gigantic chanical western dragon. Franky had originally built it for sothing far more peaceful, it was ant to breathe controlled fire for cooking on a massive scale. Now it had beco a terrifying weapon of war.
Its tal jaws opened wide.
A torrent of blazing molten fire erupted outward.
The destructive flas instantly swept across the chanical soldiers charging the dock.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
One after another, the chanical soldiers were engulfed by the overwhelming heat. Their tal bodies corroded under the intense temperature as sparks and smoke burst out from their joints.
They collapsed onto the ground as burning, writhing figures of twisted tal. Their bodies lted and twisted while the flas devoured them.
"Warning, warning, temperature too high..."
Nearby, another giant chanical beast moved forward.
It was a massive chanical rhinoceros.
Franky had originally created it to irrigate farmland across Gear Country, designed to pump and distribute enormous amounts of water.
Now, on the battlefield, that sa function had turned into a powerful weapon.
The rhinoceros lowered its head and unleashed a violent stream of icy water jets.
The freezing torrents blasted across the chanical soldiers who were still lting from the dragon's flas.
"War...ning...war..."
Creak.
Their bodies rapidly cooled under the sudden drop in temperature. The tal contracted violently after the extre heat.
Cracks spread across their fras.
In the next instant their bodies shattered layer by layer.
The chanical soldiers collapsed into piles of broken scrap tal scattered across the pier.
A few chanical soldiers were lucky enough to avoid the combined attacks of fire and freezing water.
Their eyes flashed chanically as they rushed forward again, raising their weapons. Sharp rotating chanical gears spun wildly in their hands as they attempted to attack the massive beasts.
Unfortunately for them, they had failed to notice sothing hidden along their path.
A thick chanical earth python lay motionless across the battlefield, its camouflage plating blending perfectly with the terrain.
"Buzz. Enemy detected."
The chanical soldiers only realized the danger when their path was suddenly blocked by the enormous tal body.
"Hiss... hiss..."
The chanical python moved.
Its massive steel body coiled rapidly, wrapping around the chanical soldiers before they could react.
Inside the hidden control chamber of the chanical beast, the chanical Knight controlling it revealed a sinister grin.
Unlike the other chanical Knights who rode openly atop their machines, he remained completely hidden inside the python's armored body.
"Hahaha! Die!"
He activated the attack chanism.
Coiling, Strangling.
This chanical earth python had originally been designed by Franky to dig underground and mine precious tals for Gear Country. Because of that purpose, its tal scales were extrely sharp and its propulsion system incredibly powerful.
Now those sa features turned it into a deadly battlefield weapon.
Clang. Clang. Clang.
The trapped chanical soldiers struggled violently.
They slashed at the python's body with the weapons in their hands, trying desperately to escape.
But those weapons, which were deadly against ordinary people, shattered instantly when they struck the razor sharp tal scales covering the python's body.
Grind. Grind.
The chanical python tightened its coils.
Layer after layer of sharp scales pressed inward.
In seconds the trapped chanical soldiers were crushed and torn apart. Their bodies were shredded into dozens of broken pieces that scattered across the ground.
Sizzle. Sizzle.
Fragnts of the destroyed soldiers flickered with dying electronic light.
From the wreckage, a strange mixture of fresh red blood and blue liquid slowly flowed out.
These chanical soldiers were not simple machines.
They were cyborgs.
They had been created by the forr tyrant king of Gear Country.
The tyrant had captured strong young n from across the nation and forcibly transford them into chanical soldiers. Their bodies were modified until they beca obedient cyborg puppets who followed only his commands.
Like Franky once had been, they were chanical beings who had lost their sense of self.
That was one of the main reasons the citizens of Gear Country despised their forr ruler and called him a tyrant.
For years the people of this nation had suffered.
Many families lost their loved ones when their sons were taken and turned into chanical soldiers.
Almost every generation had experienced this tragedy.
Hatred toward the tyrant had grown deep within the people, but no one could resist him. He monopolized all advanced knowledge and controlled an entire army of chanical soldiers.
Everything changed a few months ago.
Franky arrived.
With overwhelming power he destroyed the tyrant's chanical army and liberated the country from the rule that had suffocated it for years.
The citizens hoped Franky would beco their king.
It was not only gratitude that drove them.
Franky possessed incredible knowledge of chanical engineering. The people hoped he would share that knowledge and allow Gear Country to regain its lost brilliance.
Long ago, Gear Country had been famous for its chanical scholars.
But when the tyrant seized the throne, he hunted down every scholar in the country.
His chanical soldiers dragged them to the palace one by one.
There, the scholars were forced to teach him everything they knew.
Once their knowledge had been taken, they were executed without rcy.
For years the people of this country had been deprived of knowledge and power.
Their longing to learn chanical engineering had grown into a burning obsession far beyond what outsiders could understand.
Far above the battlefield, a massive chanical gear shaped warship floated on the sea.
A flag bearing the symbol of a chanical knight and sword waved in the wind.
"What?!"
A furious roar erupted from the deck.
All of my chanical warriors have been destroyed?!
A young man wearing a massive chanical crown stared through a chanical telescope that extended directly from his eyes.
His face twisted with rage.
He grabbed his terrified first mate by the collar and slamd him against the ship's tal wall again and again.
"Those damned criminals!"
"Where did they get such powerful machinery?!"
"This is treason! A rebellion against the king!"
His voice grew more hysterical.
"All powerful machinery belongs to !"
"I am the King of Machines!"
Beside him stood a beautiful woman wearing a small chanical crown.
She looked toward the distant battlefield with sadness in her eyes.
"It's... too tragic."
Below them the chanical soldiers were being destroyed one after another by the chanical Knights commanding the giant chanical beasts.
The once massive army had already been reduced to almost nothing.
In the end only a single enemy remained standing against them.
Nearby, a tall burly man stood calmly with his hands in his pockets.
His curly green hair swayed slightly in the sea breeze.
He wore dark sunglasses, and a sword rested casually at his waist.
Across his bare chest was a tattoo reading "Shigekawa Shinju".
Green grass and small flowers grew beneath his feet as if the earth itself welcod his presence.
A cigarette hung loosely from his lips.
Behind him, the Marine coat of justice fluttered gently in the wind.
"Hmm."
He observed the battlefield with mild curiosity.
"So these are the chanical cyborg soldiers the World Governnt is interested in."
"They look pretty fragile."
"They were destroyed surprisingly fast."
He exhaled a slow stream of smoke.
Then his eyes shifted toward the massive chanical beasts approaching him.
"However..."
A faint smile appeared.
"These machines look quite impressive."
"They might actually be useful in war."
He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"If we used these flashy machines to intimidate the citizens of mber nations that betrayed the World Governnt, it would work perfectly."
His voice carried lazily across the battlefield.
"Hey, you commoners."
"The Marines will be taking these machines."
"You should obediently kneel."
The man speaking was none other than the newly promoted Marine Admiral.
Admiral *Green Bull, Aramaki*.
He watched the approaching chanical beasts with complete indifference.
"Honestly..."
He sighed.
"An enemy made up of weak commoners doesn't even deserve my attention."
"And yet they sent a Marine Admiral all the way here."
He shook his head slightly.
"They're seriously underestimating ."
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