At the Sabaody Archipelago's No. 13 estuary, the scene was a mess at this moment.
Dozens of pirates were lying on the ground, wailing.
A scarred man with a ferocious face, holding a giant spiked club, slammed it heavily on the ground with a bang and breathed heavily.
Then, he roared hysterically!
"Damn guy, get out here. I'm the great pirate O'Reilly with a bounty of 80 million Berries. I will definitely kill you."
"Is that so? I also want to try, but unfortunately, you don't have a chance."
A cold voice that caught them off guard suddenly rang out.
It tightened O'Reilly's nerves to the extreme at once.
Not having time to think more, he quickly clenched the giant spiked club in his hand.
However, a white mist quickly appeared behind him and recently formed Smoker's appearance.
"White Out!"
Endless white smoke surged out of Smoker's body.
The moment his hands reached out, it quickly wrapped around O'Reilly's body.
The next moment, before he could react, his huge head was suddenly twisted and broken by two large hands made of smoke.
Bang! The huge body, which had lost the support of its vitality, slammed heavily on the ground.
Watching the pirate, who was dead beyond dead, the white smoke that Smoker had transformed into rolled and eventually returned to normal.
"Senior Smoker, this is already the eighth pirate with a bounty of over 10 million Berries, and it's also the highest bounty. You can be promoted to commodore with military achievements alone." Ain flashed out from the shadows.
The blue robe on her body was also covered in dust.
It seemed that she hadn't been idle when Smoker had taken action just now.
"Your strength is also very good." Smoker took out a cigar with his backhand and lit it again and said, "A student who can be valued by Teacher Zephyr is indeed extraordinary. Whether it's Devil Fruit abilities or martial arts, you're very powerful, especially that Round Cut, which is enough to cut through iron."
"However, I want to know, with your strength and martial arts, why did you risk Admiral Akainu's hostility and express your position in public that day?"
For Smoker, who was also a student of Zephyr, the strength he had relied on to graduate that day mainly came from the development of his Devil Fruit abilities.
In his eyes, it was the same concept as Akainu, Kizaru, and the others. He believed that the path of martial arts training was too difficult.
At the same time, it was too slow to improve his strength.
So, he wholeheartedly put his energy on the development of Devil Fruit abilities.
It was precisely because of this reason that Smoker hadn't been valued by Zephyr in his eyes either.
Right now, Ain's Devil Fruit ability didn't seem too advanced, but that Tempest Kick Round Cut, which could cut through iron, was no small matter.
Looking at the contemporary era and even the graduates that Smoker had been in in the past, few people could do it.
"Senior Smoker, Teacher Zephyr strictly forbade me from mentioning this matter before Teacher Laxus joined the Marine recruit camp, but this time I'm traveling with Senior Smoker. Before I left, the teacher didn't warn me either. It seems that the teacher has acquiesced to me revealing it to Senior Smoker." Ain said after hesitating for a moment.
"Oh, is there such a thing? Did Teacher Zephyr propose some new teaching philosophy or secret?" Smoker couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
In his eyes, Zephyr was a strict teacher, but for the sake of his students, he couldn't wait to pour everything he knew into his students.
Right now, this kind of request had undoubtedly exceeded Smoker's understanding.
"Actually, this Tempest Kick Round Cut was taught to me by Teacher Laxus." Ain said suddenly.
Laxus?
Smoker couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Ain, do you mean that you knew Kai a long time ago?"
In Smoker's eyes, he had also learned the Six Styles in the Marine recruit camp, and he clearly knew how difficult the Tempest Kick was.
It took a lot of time and energy to reach the level of cutting through iron.
"No, Senior Smoker, you misunderstood. If I had known Teacher Laxus a long time ago, I'm afraid I would have mastered all of the Six Styles in the three years in the Marine recruit camp." Ain shook her head and revealed a longing expression.
"The main reason I was able to learn Tempest Kick was that Senior Bastille sent back Kai's annotations on the Six Styles."
"That day, Teacher Zephyr, like Senior Smoker, had a skeptical attitude and made a bet with Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Binz and I were fortunate enough to become betting chips. Finally, after reading the manual, the bottleneck in my understanding of Tempest Kick, which had been like a natural process, was thoroughly understood. Not only was I able to unleash it smoothly, but I also reached the point of cutting through iron."
The somewhat lengthy words echoed in this desolate port.
Smoker was stunned when he heard this and said, "So simple?"
In his eyes, Ain's words had clearly skipped the difficult learning and research process in the middle, and she had only spoken about the results.
Watching Smoker, who had a face full of suspicion, Ain smiled bitterly and said, "Senior Smoker, I can't explain this matter clearly either. I only remember that when I saw these annotations on the Six Styles that day, there was a roar in my mind, and I learned it directly. That feeling was really too strange. If Senior Smoker is selected, you should also have a chance to see it."
Smoker was silent. As a fellow Marine and also a student of Zephyr, he believed that what Ain had said wasn't wrong.
It was just that this process was too mysterious and made him have a feeling of disbelief.
Huff! Smoker exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and slightly calmed his thoughts and said, "If Kai's methods are really so mysterious, what's wrong with me calling him teacher?"
"However, the promised three days have already passed for seven days. Has he retreated midway?"
This time, they had been selected to follow the ship to learn, not only because of the bet that Akainu had proposed, but also because the Marine Headquarters was examining Laxus teaching ability.
"Senior Smoker, I think he definitely won't." Ain shook her head, and then the beautiful eyes that were looking at the distant horizon suddenly contracted.
"Senior Smoker, look, there's a ship appearing over there that isn't hoisting its sails, but it's actually sailing quickly towards here."
A ship that isn't hoisting its sails?
Smoker couldn't help but be stunned.
The Marine had steam-powered ships, but the ship in front of them not only didn't have steam power, but it also wasn't using wind power. It was obviously a bit impossible to sail on the sea.
If it was only relying on drifting with the current, it wouldn't be able to maintain a uniformly accelerated forward movement either.
Right now, this ship was clearly approaching here accurately.
While it made Smoker frown, his pupils contracted suddenly after he saw the situation on the sea clearly.
"Ain, look, is that ship relying on human power to sail!"
Human-powered sailing?
The inexplicable words made Ain stunned. After seeing the situation on the sea clearly, her expression changed in an instant.
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