Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

"Men, break through!!"

Before Smoker could finish speaking, Bucky the Joker, who already felt exposed, was too lazy to listen to his nonsense.

Breaking out is the only right thing to do...

"Damn the navy, I don't know how you knew I was here..."

Bucky separated his body, spreading his cloak to make him look very tall and imposing.

He stared at the Navy and said coldly, "But if you want to capture me, Bucky the Clown, you guys are not enough!"

If we're exposed and surrounded, then we have no choice but to fight our way out!

"Oh my gosh! Long live Captain Bucky!"

"Break out and follow Captain Bucky's lead!"

"So what if we're from the Navy? We're the Buggy Pirates!"

Upon hearing Bucky's declaration, the group of underlings who had come with him roared with excitement.

Regardless of whether the 50 million Berries claimed by their captain are inflated, Captain Bucky's strength is certainly not to be underestimated.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to successfully lead them here...

Following Captain Buggy, they charged out. The mere Marines were nothing to the Buggy Pirates!

"Buggy the Clown? The Buggy Pirates?"

Smoker was taken aback after hearing these words.

Then, his eyes flashed, and he sneered, "I didn't expect to run into such a big fish here. Well then, let's take care of you all at once..."

He had naturally heard of the "great pirate" with a bounty of 50 million Berries who had emerged in the East Blue.

I never expected to run into them here...

Let's clean it all up at the same time!

"The Buggy Pirates? Oh, I remember now, they were mentioned in the newspapers not long ago..."

Ace also remembered the situation of Buggy's Pirates.

The things the Buggy Pirates did caused quite a stir in the East Blue.

Deus's eyes darted around, and he whispered, "The navy might have misunderstood something. This is our chance to break out more easily..."

He was a little nervous when he was surrounded by the navy.

Ace was indeed very strong, but the Navy had a numerical advantage.

Now that the Buggy Pirates are surrounded by the Navy, it will undoubtedly attract more of the Navy's attention.

This is a good thing for them...

Chapter 41 Flames and Smoke!

In the restaurant next to the execution platform square.

"Buggy the Clown, Fire Fist Ace, Smoker the White Hunter..."

Rocks sat by the window, where he could see the execution platform.

He chuckled leisurely as he ate, "So the new one really is Smoker. Tsk tsk, this is quite a lively affair..."

It was indeed lively.

Three people who were quite famous in the original work gathered together at this moment.

This piqued Rocks' interest.

This part is definitely not in the original work.

With his intrusion as a time traveler, the plot has begun to change beyond recognition. What will the future hold?

It sounds interesting!

"Go ahead and play, we can't use our phones now, but watching something funny is good too, just like watching something to eat while we eat..."

Lockes had no desire to get involved in such matters.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with him.

He leisurely picked up a piece of spaghetti and started eating, watching what was happening below...

……

"Any criminal under my jurisdiction will be punished."

Smoker exhaled a large puff of smoke, his gaze fixed on the people in front of him, and said coldly, "The criminals who assassinated a Marine captain, the pirates with a bounty of fifty million Berries, let's start with you..."

'Om! '

Smoker is not one to waste words.

He will bring anyone he deems a criminal to justice!

As a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, Smoker's every move is enveloped in smoke.

His arms turned into smoke, yet they seemed to possess a physical form, capable of binding and restraining people...

Smoker's targets are Ace, Deuce, and the Buggy Pirates.

The others retreated upon seeing the navy arrive.

Only Ace, Deuce, and the members of Buggy's Pirates remained standing there, dumbfounded.

This demonstrates in a very direct way that they are "not afraid of the navy"...

"Natural system?"

As soon as Smoker made his move, Bucky and Ace recognized him, and their expressions changed slightly.

Logia-type Devil Fruits are extremely rare, and it's unexpected that the Marine they encountered was actually a Logia-type user...

"How could someone be a Logia-type Devil Fruit user?!"

Bucky panicked.

How could a mere naval captain be a Logia-type Devil Fruit user?

This kind of person shouldn't be at the Navy Headquarters. What is he doing in the East China Sea?

Isn't this a waste of talent?

Although he was a member of Roger's pirate crew, he didn't master Haki... How was he supposed to fight him?!

"fire punch!"

After his initial surprise, Ace dared not be careless.

With a low shout, his right arm transformed into flames, unleashing a punch that clashed with the spreading white smoke...

The flames gradually overwhelmed the smoke, swirling with white smoke as they hurtled towards Smoker!

"Hmph, as expected, it's a Logia type, the Flame-Flame Fruit, isn't it?"

Seeing this, Smoker snorted coldly, letting the smoke from the group heading towards the pirates dissipate, and focused on dealing with Ace, the Logia-type Devil Fruit user...

"You are far more dangerous than Bucky the Clown!"

Smoker watched as the fiery fist hurtled towards him, his right arm turning into smoke as he threw a punch to meet it!

'boom!!'

Flames and smoke swirled together, forming a vortex where orange and white hues intertwined. Then, some unknown chemical reaction occurred, resulting in an explosion.

Orange flames and white smoke spread outwards from the explosion.

A shockwave swept across the surroundings, causing many people to stagger and fall...

"Another Logia-type user? Since when have Logia-type users become so easy to find?"

Bucky stared at Ace, who was engulfed in flames, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

We suddenly saw two Logia-type Devil Fruit users?

Is this still the East China Sea he remembers?

"The destructive power of fire is indeed greater than that of smoke..."

Smoker narrowed his eyes.

He didn't hold back in order to block the opponent's attack, but the result was a draw.

The flames and smoke themselves are indistinguishable in terms of strength.

But as we can see from the collision just now, the destructive power of flames is indeed greater than that of smoke...

"What a lucky brat! But your luck is over. Your journey is about to end with me. Prison is where you belong!"

Smoker exhaled a heavy smoke ring and ordered the surrounding Marines, "Everyone, listen up! Destroy the Buggy Pirates with all your might!"

"As for this lucky guy, I'll deal with him!"

“My journey won’t end so easily; I want to go even further.”

Ace pulled down his hat brim, revealing a confident smile: "You are smoke, I am fire. You can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you..."

"I can't do anything to you?"

Smoker gripped his weapon, Jitte, in his hand, took a drag of his cigarette, and said, "Let's give it a try!"

Those without an imposing aura are indeed unlikely to pose a threat to Logia-type Devil Fruit users.

But as a captain in the Navy Headquarters and a former trainee at the Zephyr Recruit Training Camp, how could he not have mastered Haki?

'Wow!'

His lower body turned into smoke, and Smoker charged forward with incredible speed, grabbing his weapon Jitte and slamming it down heavily on Ace!

"I told you, neither of us can do anything to the other!"

Ace didn't dodge. With Deus beside him, he was worried that if he dodged, the Marine would target Deus instead.

Besides, neither smoke nor flames can defeat the other...