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"Seventy days," I state, my voice a low, confident rumble that fills the cabin. "Forty," Senku counters instantly, not looking up from the chart under his hands. Our declarations hang in the air, clashing like cold fronts over the open ocean. The Perseus groans softly around us. Maps and scrawled calculations cover the table between us, ink staining our fingertips. I stand relaxed yet solid, arms folded, the very picture of a captain who trusts the sea—but only on his own terms. My proposed route is a long, careful arc, a patient dance with the waves designed to avoid the heart of the storm season. Fewer risks. Fewer losses. Senku’s gaze lifts, his red eyes sharp and burning with a different kind of urgency. His path is a brutal forty-day dash straight into the gathering gales. Danger…