In that instant, Saber appeared behind them, his coat catching the breeze while silently approaching the edge of the express. His eyes fixated on the vast red veil stretching across the sea. It’s translucent surface shimmered with a haunting glow beneath the moonlight, reaching endlessly across the horizon.
He stepped past the others without a word, then stopped. “So...it really does exist,” Saber muttered, his tone was calm, analytical yet ced with a sense of reverence. “The Celestial Wall...”
He stood motionless, as if drinking in the sight, then continued in a low voice: “I’ve ventured across the sea countless times... but not once did I stumble across this on my own. Only heard whispers; Stories dismissed as legend. But here it is”
His fingers twitched slightly at his side. “A barrier no storm can break, no ship can bypass. A perfect seal pced between two worlds”
The swordsmen exhaled, a faint smirk tugging at the edge of his lips as his eyes narrowed, “…And yet, we’re not turning around”
Azuma clenched his fist before stepping forward, his eyes locked upon the glowing veil ahead. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING!? IF THIS THING EVEN TOUCHES THAT WALL—IT’LL BE VAPORIZED ON CONTACT!” His voice cut through the air as the aqua express drew near the wall.
That’s when Saber tilted his chin forward, tone steady and confident, “Don’t worry. I know how to get us through”
Both Kenzu and Azuma's eyes widened at Saber's procmation. Kenzu narrowed his gaze at the former Law, his voice calm but edged with quiet skepticism. “You’re not seriously expecting us to believe that, are you? Sounds more like you’re just trying to keep the others from panicking”
There was no panic in his tone, only a sharp, measured doubt—typical of someone who trusted logic more than luck.
That’s when a smirk slowly spread across Saber’s face, his eyes glinting with quiet arrogance beneath his messy dark strands. “If you don’t believe me,” he retorted in that familiar overconfident tone, ced with calm finality, “then I’ll just have to show you”
In that instant, the swordsmen threw his hand forward. A ripple of silver transparent energy warped through the air as his Chronostasis ability triggered—time around them distorted in a blink. Before Azuma or Kenzu could question it, they suddenly found themselves standing at the controls of the Aqua Express, the glowing panel ahead—mere seconds away from contact with the celestial wall.
The two pirates' eyes widened in fear, the looming Celestial Wall drawing closer like an unstoppable force of nature.
Kenzu stepped back instinctively, panic fshing in his eyes.
“S-Saber…!” he stammered, his voice tight with unease. “Do something—now!”
Azuma clenched his fists, sweat trailing down the side of his face, standing frozen from the pressure of the moment weighing heavily upon his shoulders. “What the hell is he thinking…!?” the captain muttered under his breath, unable to make sense of the former Law’s intentions.
That’s when Saber, still unnervingly composed, let out a slow sigh stepping forward and pressed a rge, glowing blue button on the control panel—it’s light fshing like a pulse against the tension in the room.
.Just then, the door behind them burst open with a bang when Roxie slid in, eyes wide with panic.
"GUYS, I JUST LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND WE’RE ABOUT TO COLLIDE WITH THE—!!"
Before the thief could finish, the entire train was abruptly enveloped in a veil of surging blue electricity. A thunderous hum erupted through the hull as the Aqua Express made contact with the Celestial Wall. The moment of impact sent a violent tremor through the train, rocking it like a ship within a storm. Roxie’s sentence was cut short by a startled yelp while the quake sent him flying backward out the door he came through, rolling across the floor of the adjoining cart with limbs filing like a ragdoll.
"TSSK—! OKAY, I’M JUST GONNA PRETEND THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE PLAN!" Oda groaned from the corridor, voice muffled but somehow keeping his tone of comedic resilience.
Azuma clung to a steel pipe bolted into the wall, his knuckles pale from the pressure. His eyes stayed glued to the impossible sight unfolding beyond the gss—the Aqua Express was breaching the Celestial Wall!
Veins of blue electricity wrapped around the train’s sleek exterior like a living storm with each passing second, tremors surged through the hull, rattling steel and sending the entire vessel into violent shudders. It felt as though the train was tearing through the heavens themselves.
Kenzu stumbled with a grunt, the floor vibrating beneath his boots. Another quake sent him smming into the wall, his teeth grit as he tried to brace against the chaos. “This is insane…!”
Further back, Gin—who’d been blissfully asleep in his seat—was unched from his chair like a ball, crashing face-first onto the floor with a thud, limbs filing about. His eyes popped open in shock just as the hull let out a metallic groan.
“W-what in the hell?! Are we dead or alive!?
Is this a train or a demon's beehive!?” He scrambled upright, hair now a complete mess, palm gripping the seat with wide eyes gncing around in frantic panic.
“I take one nap, and the sky turns blue—
You lot break the world when I’m not with you!”
Azuma gnced back at the rhyming wreck, sweat dripping from his brow in the midst of the roaring storm outside. The train surged forward—right through the heart of the Wall.
Gin narrowed his eyes with determination, focusing his stress just enough to manipute the gravity within the train. In an instant, the weight of everyone aboard increased, anchoring them to the ground while the train continued to quake violently, preventing anyone from sliding or toppling over.
“Uuugh… damn it…” Roxie groaned, face squished against the cold floor. Still sprawled out from his earlier tumble, the abrupt spike in gravity had pinned him ft across the steel surface like a fttened pancake.
In a muffled grunt, the thief muttered in a sarcastic, winded drawl: “Okay, not gonna lie—still on the floor here. Only now I weigh more than a sea cow in full armor...! Can someone either help me up...or turn off Gin before I become the train's new rug!?”
Seraph, unfazed by the weight increase, stepped daintily over Roxie’s pinned form with surprising elegance. His glossy blonde hair shimmered with each step, casting a condescending gnce down.
With light, mocking ughter and a toss of his hair, he cooed in his elegant tone, “Oh dear, how tragic. The mighty Oda D. Roxie, defeated by a bit of gravity. Perhaps next time, try staying on your feet like the rest of us”
He chuckled once more, savoring the moment while Roxie groaned beneath him. Here’s an improved version of that scene with enhanced flow and vivid atmosphere:
After what felt like an eternity, the Aqua Express finally breached the other side of the Celestial Wall. The violent tremors and crushing pressure that once rattled the entire vessel faded into silence. What moments ago, had felt like a devastating storm—an impenetrable force of nature—was now repced by a calm, eerie stillness.
The train drifted forward through the tranquil sea, it’s engines humming steadily with the crimson glow of the wall behind them beginning to fade from view.
The crew had survived. But ahead y uncharted waters, and whatever dangers awaited beyond the known world...
Azuma exhaled slowly, the pressure that had weighed upon him moments ago lifting with the fading pulse of Gin’s gravity. His limbs no longer felt like stone, the suffocating tension that had gripped the train finally loosing it’s hold.
He leaned back against the cold steel wall of the control room, sweat lining his face. Azuma then muttered with a breath of relief, “Finally…it’s over”
That’s when the captain’s gaze drifted across the room and settled on Saber standing near the wide window at the front of the train, unmoving. The Law’s expression was unreadable, his arms crossed as he stared silently ahead. Azuma followed his line of sight...Beyond the reinforced gss was a vast expanse of glimmering ocean, untouched and uncharted.
The waters shimmered with aqua blue hues beneath an unfamiliar sky. Azuma wiped the sweat from his face, his voice quieter now. “So...how did you know how did get through the wall so easily if you didn’t even know it existed?”
All eyes were now on the former w, the crew now standing beside one another with their eyes locked on Saber awaiting his response.
Saber’s eyes lingered on the shimmering horizon for a few more seconds before he finally turned toward Azuma and the others, his expression calm yet edged with seriousness. His voice came low and deliberate, carrying that composed, analytical sharpness of a man who always spoke with purpose.
“…It’s true. I’ve never seen the Celestial Wall in person,” he admitted, his gaze briefly shifting to each crewmember. “But back when I was still a Law of the Sea, there were whispers—strictly off-record. Only a handful of vessels were ever designed to cross the wall and return. The Aqua Express was one of them”
The figure rested his hand against the gss, eyes narrowing at the unknown waters beyond. “They were used for high-priority cargo runs, scouting expeditions from near uncharted isnds. The Sea Corp kept it all tightly under wraps. But the truth is—because of the scarcity of capable vessels—the world beyond the wall is still practically untouched. Even the Sea Corp’s reach only grazes the surface”
Saber turned his attention fully on Azuma now, “That’s why this journey matters. We’ve crossed into a pce even the Sea Corp is hesitant to tread”