One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

On these arenas, the Straw Hat crew members were forming teams of two or three, engaging in combat training.

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"Chopper, watch out! Green Goblin isn't used like that!!!"

"Ultimate Kill - Green Goblin - Carnivorous Flower Acid Liquid!!!"

"Heh heh~ I'm not the same person I used to be, Usopp! Rumble Ball~ Fur Enhancement!"

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"Aaaaaah, this isn't scientific! It's one thing to be immune to Zoro's Dragon-type slashes! But why are my Electric-type moves also ineffective against you!?"

"Huh? Because I'm a rubber man!"

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"Your Excellency, I'm sorry~"

"I have won this battle again!"

"Damn it! Didn't Crimson say my ability would counter yours?! Why is this happening?!"

"Maybe it's... individual differences, hehehehe~"

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"Hey, hey, hey~ Isn't this outrageous!?"

"Luffy is one thing! But how come you two are improving so fast too?!"

"Isn't this just the way it should be!"

"If you can't even do this..."

"How can I become the world's greatest swordsman/the strongest cyborg?!"

boom!!!

The dragon, exuding an aura of extreme cold, flapped its wings and charged forward alongside the demon burning with scorching flames. In an instant, it knocked down Ace, who had transformed into a god of fire, and slammed him hard into the specially made high-temperature resistant metal wall behind him, creating a huge crater and producing a deafening roar.

"This...this is..."

Vivi stared in shock at everything around her, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"Haha~ This is the magic mirror I told you about~"

Crimson laughed heartily, then suddenly reached out and tapped the air beside him a few times.

Suddenly, a series of banging sounds rang out.

Crimson continued to explain:

"The public facilities in the Pokémon battle area are indeed not yet completed."

"However, the venues for large-scale events and the battlefields here have already been completed."

"As for why you couldn't see what was happening here just now..."

Red grinned: "That's because we specially commissioned Wapol to make this special material to prevent people from getting free tickets to large events."

"It not only has excellent sound insulation capabilities, but it also virtually eliminates sound transmission outside the walls..."

"It also makes it look like a mirror to outsiders, isn't that interesting!?"

“Indeed.” Vivi nodded seriously.

For some reason, when introducing this material, a strange light seemed to flicker in his crimson eyes, as if he had thought of something interesting.

Just then...

The battles between the comrades came to an end one after another.

Smoker, dejected after losing another match, walked off the ring, just as Red saw him.

He quickly raised his arm and shouted at Smoker:

"Hey! Smoker, your friends are here to pick you up!!!"

"Ok?"

The crimson voice pulled Smoker's consciousness out of his defeat.

Upon hearing this, he instinctively glanced back at Luffy and the others, but then he immediately realized what he meant...

My partner?

I don't have any friends!

I am really not with the Straw Hat Pirates!

Oh, wait a minute!

Red Boy knows about this.

And I think I'm... a member of the Navy!

In other words...

"The navy is here!?"

Smoker frowned, but quickly walked to Crimson's side and asked:

"What's going on?! Has the navy arrived in Alabasta?"

"Um..." Chi Hong spread his hands: "I'm not really sure about the specifics either, let Weiwei tell you."

"That's right, Mr. Smoker."

At Crimson's prompting, Vivi immediately spoke up:

"Yesterday afternoon, a group of naval personnel suddenly arrived in Arubana. The leader of the group was a female naval captain named Tina."

"They went directly to the Nefit royal family, and for some reason, that naval captain was very certain that we would be able to contact you!"

"So she asked me to pass on a message to you..."

After she finished speaking, Vivi glanced at Smoker with a gossipy look in her eyes.

She then put one hand on her hip, mimicked the motion of smoking with two slender fingers of her other hand, and said sternly to Smoker, "Come back now when you've had your fun!? Do you really want to be a pirate!?" Tina's feelings were complicated!

"........."

In an instant, the entire desert seemed to fall silent.

Smoker blushed deeply, his ten fingers clenching tightly as if each had its own thoughts, and he was practically digging a Pokémon paradise out of the ground.

Although it had been a long time since they last met, Smoker could still be certain of what Vivi was doing, judging from her imitations...

The navy officer who came to my door was definitely Tina, the one I knew well.

only……

"How strange!? How did Tina know I was here!?"

"Neither I nor the Straw Hat crew showed up during the Alabasta incident?!"

At that moment, Smoker felt the same doubt as Crimson.

What followed was a complex mix of emotions.

He and Tina could be considered childhood sweethearts.

The two were trainees in the same batch of naval recruit training camp, both of whom were mentored by former naval admiral Zephyr, and both of whom were reprimanded by Zephyr for over-reliance on their Devil Fruit abilities.

Even before heading to Loguetown for his stationing mission, he maintained an ambiguous relationship with Tina for a period of time.

During their time off, the two often meet up to go shopping, drink, and eat together.

Even Tina's bad habit of smoking was learned from this bad boy.

So when Smoker heard that the Marine who came to see him was Tina, his feelings instantly became just as complicated as Tina's...

Do not……

His feelings were even more complicated than Tina's!

Up until just now, all he could think about was which member of the Straw Hat crew he should spar with next...

He's not ready to leave here yet!

however……

"Sigh~" Smoker sighed inwardly.

Tina's arrival instantly shattered the problem she had been avoiding for so long.

Now that things have come to this, he truly has no chance to stay here any longer.

"I see!"

Smoker nodded immediately, then said to Vivi:

"Are the navy troops you mentioned still in the capital?"

"I'll head over there right now!"

Although he still wanted to say a proper goodbye to the Straw Hat crew before leaving, his identity as a Marine made him instantly make a choice befitting his role.

However, at that moment, Crimson suddenly interjected:

"Wait a moment……"

He looked up, met Smoker's questioning gaze, and then smiled slightly:

"I'll go with you!"

Chapter 162 Blackbeard's Whereabouts (Seeking monthly votes~)