There was a lot of planning that needed to be put into plans like these. The type of plans that lacked planning. While their objective was clear, how they'd actually go about it wasn't painted too clear for Birdie. For that reason he took it into his own hands to prepare for what was to potentially arise from this situation. After all, if the Sea Train was a piece of cake to just overtake why hadn't it been done already? That said the night before Birdie had checked the trains schedule and the time that him and Asher were to start this whole thing. Their leave time told him that their destination was Water 7, a place Birdie hadn't been to in many years. No real qualms about this, but he did have business in Alabasta he wanted to handle, but it'd have to wait a bit longer.

Knowing they'd be in route to Water 7, Birdie had dispatched a few of his associates out ahead with Cervantes' blessing. They'd have taken the Arakhne far out towards Water 7, but by following the Sea Trains tracks. Should an issue arise, they'd be the backup. On this ship were about twenty-five randoms and a new recruit Birdie had come by named Luther. Today was his day to prove to Birdie he was worth his salt as a Marksman, but what kind of person would Birdie be if he didn't give the man the tools he needed to succeed. For that reason he was given two custom made weapons, Vendetta, a high caliber sniper rifle and Helios a rather nasty rocket launcher should he need to really pack a punch. Also with Luther, but not directly on his person was the Gatling Gun Mk I and a newer model of the Gatling Gun which was considered Mk IV.

In his own company Birdie had Verde of course. With him he had an assortment of Time Bombs, three in number, any of them yet to be armed meaning even if shot, they wouldn't detonate. Additionally on his back he had a Proton Cannon which was modified to look like a assault rifle. Having gone ahead of Birdie were ten of his more closely trusted underlings each of them outfitted with iron katanas, while ten of the few on the ship had rifles. Perhaps Birdie was a bit over prepared, but he liked to be ready. He was too much of an anxious man to leave things up to chance and luck, he needed to have all his bases covered.

Verde entering the sea train and going ahead to set up for the operation, Birdie lagged behind and boarded minutes after. In the process of boarding he was approached by a mysterious man in a mask and given a note. The handwriting told him it was Asher, Birdie subconsciously recalling looking at Asher's schematics plan for his cyborg companion when they first met in the bar. The occasion also lead Birdie on, but anyhow, he wouldn't read the letter until he was seated in one of the Sea Trains multiple cars. Only two of his companions were in this car, both being unnamed grunts. The rest were in other cars having split up per Birdie's command. Verde had been off searching for a restroom though during this process he inconspicuously searched for the best places to set the Time Bombs he had in his possession. The spot he found best was the underside of the cars. This was done when traveling in between two cars, where you get a moment to get some fresh air and have to open the door to the next car. Throughout this process he was sure to keep up his guise as a regular passenger by asking the Sea Train workers where the restroom was and when given an answer he'd kindly excuse himself and say he'd go tell his wife where it was, because she was actually the one that needed to use it. Everyone's husband had assault rifle looking things on their backs right?  

Done with his little acting exercise, Verde would move back to his seat which was in car number twelve, the last car on the Sea Train today. As he walked back he'd ever so slyly signal to Birdie with his fingers to represent what car number Asher was in. Having walked throughout the whole Sea Train, he'd have this information. He'd then continue back to his seat in car number twelve. Birdie himself was in car number six. It wasn't too busy today, but sadly there would be a fair amount of witness to see what was going to take place today, but Birdie had no real qualms as long as he wasn't he poster boy for this whole operation.

On his own body he had his pistol in its normal spot, safely against his belly tucked in his pants. The fashion it was done would allow him to draw his weapon safely and quickly with no problems, no jacket in the way or anything. He had done the draw so many times his finger also wouldn't prematurely squeeze the trigger even in the heat of combat and end up shooting his dick off or himself at all for that matter. As for his other firearm Cerberus it was holstered traditionally on his left hip in a leather holster ready to be draw and fired at a moments notice as was his pistol. In his inner jacket pocket he had Hunter IV in a dormant state along with his Eye Scope and a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Luckily he chose the smokers car, so when he felt the need he could light up and smoke a cig, but he didn't think he'd have the time today. Instead he settled with a modest pair of sunglasses on his face covering his eyes. They had the faded style to them, so the lower part was more see through than the top part. They didn't do much to hide his identity, but he wasn't really trying to do that, he just liked the way they looked and they didn't hamper his vision any, so it couldn't hurt to be stylish while pulling off a heist. Other than that he was in his normal attire.

"It's obvious who on the train is me. I will start by letting those on the train of my presence along with the two bombs I will place on the train itself along with the tracks. If we aren't handed ownership of the train schematics and the Sea Train company itself. If all else fails, physical force must be provided"

He'd be reading this as Verde came in his car and he'd only shift his shade protected eyes over to catch his assistants hand signal and then crumple up the letter once he was done reading it."Unprepared just like I expected." He sighed and sat back in his chair propping one leg up on the other with arms crossed across his chest in thought and anticipation.

 

Unlike believed Verde hadn't actually planted any bombs, he had just went throughout the train searching for places to plant his bombs, In turn SLI was located between carts 11 and 12 welding the tracks for some unknown reason. It was an illogical thing to do given that the train was about to take off right now, so why he was doing it was beyond anyone's comprehension. Nonetheless the Sea Train had a schedule to maintain and it would keep up with it and take off. All the passengers had been loaded on the train and the wheels would begin cranking and turning to depart the station at Jaya Island. Birdie and all his partners remained calm in the train until Asher made his announcement over the intercom. Looking up at the speaker as the words were spoken, Birdie scrunched his mouth to the side and soaked in the reactions of the other passengers in cart six that were frightened from the declaration. "I guess that's one way to do it." Birdie thought to himself as he shook his head side to side and figured he'd take precautionary measures and activate his Observation Haki. 150m of insight given to him with each cart being 12.5m long and 2.5m wide (average size of a city bus) Birdie would be able to observe the whole Sea Train and then have a few meters to spare given he was in the center of cart number 6.

Figuring the civilian response would be to sit tight and wait for the Sea Trains attendants to deal with the issue he'd do just that. However his companions, not including Verde would begin to incite terror in the rest of the Sea Trains passengers. Armed with iron katanas a grunt in cart 12, 11, 10, 9, 1, 2, 3, and cart 4 would rise and draw their blades. Each taking a hostage while they thought they were just running crowd control, Birdie gave them these directions so they'd draw out those who opposed the hostile takeover. Birdie would then swoop in, talons honed and ready to dispose of those who opposed him and his goal. For now however he'd patiently chill in his seat showing a facade worry as the other passengers did though it was genuine in their case. Verde would do the same as Birdie did albeit he had no Haki.

As far as the Marine reinforcements went, it was good Birdie had his own reinforcements ready to come in as well should this actually be an issue, but he honestly wasn't worried.

 

Quite contrary to what was supposedly the case, Asher was actually in cart 5 (as said in his post). He had merely happened to pass through cart 6, the whole situation not escalating and warranting any reaction until he got on the intercom in cart 5, so reaction prior to him being in cart five wasn't logical. For that very reason Commander Bloo would walk right beyond Asher into cart six where Birdie was located, then oddly enough turn to face Asher who was in cart 5 and had already been passed. Needless to say this made the Commander extremely vulnerable to whatever judgement Asher felt proper for the senile man. Birdie would keep cool seeing no need to step in until Marines entered cart 6 from cart 7. Birdie was now sandwiched between two Marine platoons, but he remained unbothered as he calmly assessed the situation and the best reaction to such a thing. As is he wasn't perceived as a threat and kept all ill intent out his mind as he concocted his introductory gambit.

Not pinging off his foes by actually looking at them, but letting his Kenbunshoku Haki pin point their locations to him, he perceived the three riflemen and their squad leader clearly. They had rifles trained on Asher, so if Birdie wanted to interfere he'd be entering the direct line of fire, not desirable, but he'd make it work. The main priority was the man who's flank they were based off of. Each of them in a traditional rifleman's standing position with their firearms lifted correctly ready to fire, Birdie's hand inconspicuously slipped in his jacket as they began to make their verbal command at Asher. With a simple poke his device, Hunter IV activated and quietly maneuvered into his lap, then onto the floor, then under his seat. This was all done as fast as the droid could manage while remaining sonically incognito, but once underneath Birdie's seat, the chair and his actual body blocking the Marines from seeing the bird, it would take flight. Fluttering out into the open space of the aisle. It's appearance was that of a real bird and to sell the guise it even tweeted harmlessly as a real bird does. Should the Marines fire from prematurely from the bird's presence ticking off their anxiety, perhaps one would hit the avian, but surely they all wouldn't. Further they'd risk shooting Commander Bloo who was directly in front of them down the aisle or perhaps a civilian who was to their sides.

This was all primarily a distraction and it wouldn't only draw the eyes of the rookie Marines, but it'd also distract them thus slowing their reaction time to Birdie's emergence. With haste and spatial awareness Birdie would push off his right foot and pivot on his left foot as he did so to turn over his left shoulder. He'd be mindful of the limits on space that he had and not collide with the seat in front of him or be sloppy with his movements. This would place him in the center of the aisle. This happening when Hunter IV crossed the aisle to the other row of seating opposite of Birdie, so the droid's presence would still be fresh thus their attention would still be grasped and their focus would be on the other side of the Sea Train. Crouched down as if he were the lineman on a football team, his ocular attention would be on those in front of him while his Kenbunshoku Haki kept his sixth sense extended and his back protected. Those in front of him were the riflemen and this Commander who wasn't Commander Bloo. Given his foes had guns, to protect himself as soon as his pivoting maneuver was complete, no later, he'd have activated Tekkai on all of his body that was below the knees. This unaffected area was protected do to the crouching position he was in however, so he was fully protected. Briefly lifting the effects of Tekkai on both his shoulders, he lifted them to have his arms that were once down to the floor, extended out shoulder height from his shoulder which were re-hardened after this positioning.

This all happened as fast as Birdie could manage with no moments wasted. This finalizing the Rokushiki combo he himself crafted, with his unaffected portions of leg he'd utilize Soru to rocket himself forward at those in front of him. The way he took off was as if one were attempting a lunging stride, so his feet were no longer on the ground and his torso and head was on a collision course with the Commander, while his arms that were extended in a clotheslining or lariat fashion would ravage the riflemen the Commander had with him. Birdie's feet no longer on the ground, he also took advantage of that blessing and protected them with Tekkai as well, meaning he was fully armored unnoticeably. The riflemen would easily be killed should they not respond to the blindingly fast attack made on them fast enough. Should he Commander be hit, he may be able to survive, but he'd surely be in no condition to continue fighting. The strike would turn bones to gravel, dismember him, and even have enough force to send him through cart six and seven into cart eight where he'd lay as a bloody mess.

Each cart was only 12.5m long and Birdie was in the center of the cart so he was only 6m and some change away from them. Moving at his max speed due to using Soru he was moving faster than the bullet out of the barrel of the riflemen, something they couldn't hope to perceive and with Tekkai even should they fire upon seeing him begin his attack he'd be protected.

Hitting his targets or not, Birdie would stop at the door of cart 6 where his foes were standing now. Remaining protected he'd be able to dispatch of any foes that happened to evade his first play. Should the Commander be able to distance himself from Birdie without taking the full brunt of the strike, Hunter IV would pursue with its beak leading its flight path towards the Commanders skull. Should Birdie be successful however, Hunter IV would fly down to locate Verde int he back of the Sea Train.

 

Striking all the targets that were before him with no issues, Birdie's body count rose by four and fear factor escalated through the roof. The passengers yelled out in terror, especially when the Commander's bloodied up mangled body, if it could be called that, was sent bursting through the door to Cart 5 and into the walkway. Hunter IV would gently flutter over to Birdie's shoulder, before he whispered something to it and it flew off towards the back of the train to Verde. "Hey, one of you take this jacket out and wash it off." Blood and body matter littered and smeared his leather jacket that he smoothly took off and handed to the grunt ho stood and took his jacket. Stepping to the side, the grunt stepped beyond him as if going to cart 5 and rinsed the jacket off in the seawater outside. Sensing no more opposition with his haki, Birdie began to walk to Asher seeing he dispatched his share of the foes. "Well that was anti-climatic. I had quite a bit setup for this little heist and it turned out to be a flake." He lit a cigarette as he spoke then slipped the stick between his lips and took a drag when he was done. "What's next?"