Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 95: Reunion with Smoker.

Sabaody Archipelago.

Inside a restaurant, Bane, Nami, Waver, Dr. Genus, and Fubuki were enjoying a hearty meal.

After leaving the Sky Island, Issho's interest in heading to the Marine Headquarters was fully aroused. He used his ability to accelerate the ship along the way, so they arrived here in just one week.

Before they arrived, Bane contacted Smoker, who, without hesitation, told them to wait there and that he would come to pick them up soon.

Before returning from the world of One-Punch Man, Bane also brought some scientific research equipment and materials from the House of Evolution.

While traveling this week, Dr. Genus completed the creation of a small gadget: a text converter.

Like a battle power detector from the Dragon Ball world, it's a single-eyed glass eye mask with headphones. Once worn, it can scan text and convert it into a font that he and Fubuki can understand.

This was all thanks to Nami bringing a variety of books, which set an example for Dr. Genus.

At that moment, Fubuki was sitting at the dining table, wearing the device, looking at the menu.

"Give me another serving of this 'Bubble Meat' and a colorful fruit juice drink," Fubuki said to the waiter beside her.

"Didn't you already order one?" Nami asked casually while eating the fruit platter.

Fubuki's expression darkened as she said, "It just came up, and before I could even see what that bubble meat looked like, Bane had already stuffed it all into his mouth and swallowed it whole!"

"Hahaha, that's how that guy eats, he has absolutely no gentlemanly manners," Nami teased.

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw that Bane had already emptied her fruit platter into his mouth. Then Bane mumbled, "I never said I was some kind of gentleman, did I?"

"Hey, that's my platter!" Nami slammed her hand on the table in annoyance, then said helplessly to the waiter, "Give me another platter."

"Foolish, why don't you sit further away?" Dr. Genus sat alone at another table, wearing a napkin and holding a knife and fork, cutting his steak with a superior expression.

He couldn't understand why these two women still insisted on sitting at the same table with Bane, even though everyone knew him well along the way and he was completely uncouth when eating.

In his view, this was a foolish act, or rather, he was quite clever.

Just as the group was chatting and laughing, two figures entered the restaurant: Issho and Zoro.

After looking around, the two of them went straight to Bane and his group and sat down.

"How was it? Did you get anything?" Bane asked after swallowing the steak, bone and all.

Zoro shook his head and said, "None of the pirates you're looking for have reached the Sabaody Archipelago yet."

Captain Eustace Kid, Gluttonous Jewelry Bonney, and Surgeon of Death Trafalgar Law are some of the rookie pirates that Bane is focusing on. As soon as he arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, Bane sent Issho, who has very strong Observation Haki, and Zoro, who has the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, to investigate and see if these guys had arrived.

Unfortunately, none of these people have arrived yet. But that makes sense, since Bane and his group arrived at Sabaody Archipelago relatively quickly, and the various effects they caused along the way shouldn't have affected all of them.

"That's a real shame," Bane said, clicking his tongue.

Trafalgar Law possesses the Op-Op Fruit, and Bane was quite interested in him, originally wanting to get to know him and see if there was any opportunity.

As for Jewelry Bonney, she is Bartholomew Kuma's precious little darling. If we could use Trafalgar Law's power to cure her illness, we might be able to win over Bartholomew Kuma. After all, Kuma is a guy worth putting effort into.

As for Eustass Kid, he may have some loyalty and righteousness, but this guy belongs to the genuine evil pirate camp. He commits all sorts of evil deeds, such as burning, killing, and robbing. Bane has no intention of recruiting him, especially since he is also unwilling to be subordinate to anyone and would rather die than submit.

Therefore, Bane's attention to him was a death stare; he was after Kid's Devil Fruit ability.

It was already agreed that if there was a chance later, we would bring Genos a gift. After thinking it over, Kid's Magnet-Magnet Fruit ability is perfect for Genos. With a few extra parts on him, even if he gets broken, he can reassemble himself and regain his fighting power immediately.

"But it doesn't matter. These guys are all restless. And if they haven't arrived yet, maybe they'll arrive at Sabaody Archipelago by the time we've sorted things out with the Navy?" Bane thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said.

"Hmm? I saw someone selling this fruit on the road just now. Although it tastes very good, you can't eat too many at once, or you'll get poisoned," Zoro quickly reminded Bane as he watched him eat more than a dozen small fruits in one go.

"I ate it precisely because I knew it would cause poisoning," Bane said nonchalantly.

Zoro asked in surprise, "What's bothering you?"

Previously, while sailing at sea, Bane hadn't had time to prepare any toxins. Now, he was starting to gradually build up his poison resistance little by little.

Before Bane could explain anything to Zoro, two more figures entered the restaurant. This time, both men were wearing Navy Justice cloaks, and one of them had three cigars in his mouth. He was none other than Colonel Smoker from the Marine Headquarters.

The other woman, also wearing the epaulets of a colonel, was dressed in a burgundy women's suit, had long pink hair, a pretty face, and was smoking a cigarette. She stood next to Smoker.

Without a doubt, it was Colonel Tina, a close friend of Smoker.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Here!" Bane raised his hand in greeting as soon as he saw Smoker.

Smoker looked up at the sound, and a smile appeared on his previously stern face. "You've finally arrived, huh? It seems you've met quite a few like-minded companions along the way?"

"That's right, let me introduce you, these are..." Bane introduced his new companions to Smoker.

Smoker also introduced Tina to everyone, and because they had a friendly relationship, everyone quickly got to know each other.

Without any delay, Bane and his group quickly settled their bill and then headed towards the naval port in the Sabaody Archipelago with Smoker and Tina.

Their ship and crew will remain here, free to move around for the time being. After all, it wouldn't be polite to let Bane take hundreds of men to Marine Headquarters.

Therefore, only their core members went to headquarters this time.

"Last time you said that Mr. Garp's two grandsons have been captured. I know Ace is imprisoned in Impel Down. What about the other one named Luffy?" On the way, Bane asked Smoker with great curiosity.

Smoker looked quite annoyed whenever Garp's unreliable grandson was mentioned, after all, he had practically brought the kid all the way from the East Blue back to headquarters.

"That kid Luffy is a complete monkey. He's got so much energy and he's so stubborn. Even when Mr. Garp beats him up three times a day, he still keeps yelling about wanting to be the Pirate King. I'm getting so annoyed by those two on the whole trip," Smoker complained.

After a slight pause, Smoker continued, "After Mr. Garp brought him back to headquarters, he almost escaped when we weren't paying close attention. He even injured several Marines, which enraged Mr. Garp. Now he's in Seastone shackles and locked up in the headquarters' prison. According to Mr. Garp, he plans to deal with this kid after we've resolved the Whitebeard Pirates issue."

"Really?" Bane could picture it vividly, so he couldn't help but smile and didn't ask any more questions.

The group quickly boarded the warship and headed towards the naval headquarters.

(End of this chapter)