Chapter 19 Smoker

"Damn it! I told you to wait for me..."

At the port, Buggy, who had just arrived here, knelt down in despair, stretched out his trembling arms, and stared at the pirate ship that had turned into a small black dot in the distance.

If he continues to stay on this island, that terrifying man will definitely not let him go!

Bucky wiped his face, forced himself to calm down, and began to think of other ways to escape.

It's okay, there are other ships in the harbor, he can definitely -? !

Thinking of this, Buggy suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Nami, who was hiding behind Usopp with half of her head sticking out.

When their eyes met, Nami suddenly screamed in fear and almost fainted behind Usopp.

"What should I do? What should I do? He saw us..."

Usopp's legs were shaking, and his hands were still tightly grasping the rope on the shore to prevent the ship from leaving the port.

In stark contrast to them, Bucky showed an extremely exaggerated grin, and several knives immediately appeared in his hands.

"You're so lucky, Straw Hat Pirates! Your captain is dead. You'd better hurry up and get the ship—Wow!!"

As Nami and Usopp screamed in unison, Buggy suddenly fell face down to the ground.

The two were stunned for a moment, including Buggy, who then realized that he had lost his devil fruit ability.

His devil fruit ability allows him to lift the rest of his body, except for his feet, off the ground, achieving a certain degree of flying effect.

He had just wanted to fly off the ground to the ship and deal with Nami and Usopp first.

However, as he had lost his ability, he naturally failed. His body leaned forward and could not free himself from his ankles, but fell forward due to inertia. Finally, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Just as he was supporting himself on the ground and preparing to get up, three figures appeared running towards him on the street behind him.

Usopp suddenly shouted in surprise.

"It's Luffy and the others—!"

Three familiar figures ran quickly towards the port.

Nami also smiled in surprise, waving her hands and shouting.

"Hurry up—Luffy, Zoro, Sanji—we have to get out of here now!"

"Ms. Nami~~~"

Encouraged by Miss Nami, Sanji's eyes lit up and he rushed to the front.

He stepped on the back of Bucky who was halfway up, pushed Bucky back to the ground, and jumped onto the deck himself.

Zoro tutted his words and urged Luffy beside him, "Hurry up, Luffy, we'll—"

In the peripheral vision, Luffy, who was running beside him, suddenly seemed to be pulled by something and suddenly fell back.

"Where are you going, native? You have something I want on you."

Yale said with a smile, and kindly helped Luffy up to prevent him from falling to the ground.

However, his good intentions did not lead to good results.

When Luffy turned around and looked back, his arm, which had been stretched backwards with strength, suddenly retracted, and his clenched fist whistled towards him.

"Rubber Pistol!!!"

The incredibly powerful fist pierced through the red-haired man's body and smashed into the building behind him.

"Can't touch it?" Luffy opened his eyes wide. It was the first time he encountered such a situation.

"Luffy—lower your head!" Zoro shouted.

The long sword drawn out of the scabbard cut through the rain curtain, passed over the head of Luffy who lowered his head tacitly with his straw hat pressed down, and slashed straight towards the red-haired man opposite Luffy.

Yale didn't hide or close his eyes, and he didn't even bother to blink.

"I'm here to take what's mine. If you cooperate, no harm will come to you."

The long knife pierced his body.

As Luffy stood up, he extended his arm as well.

The movement was obviously very slow, but for some reason, it was so fast that it was impossible to resist.

Luffy didn't feel any pain when the arm pierced his chest.

He heard Zoro and Sanji shouting angrily, and Nami and Usopp screaming.

The hand pulled out, taking away something indescribable from his body.

Those things condensed into a devil fruit again and were held in the man's hand.

So this is what it looks like, Luffy thought.

When he ate it, he was too young and angry, and did not look carefully at the appearance of the fruit.

Luffy took a few steps back and was supported by Zoro.

"I'm fine." Luffy responded to his companion and looked up at the man opposite him.

Yale lowered his head slightly, his long red hair falling on half of his face, and the shadow cast by it made his eyes look even more eerie.

He stared intently at the devil fruit in his hand. There was no doubt that this was the strongest fruit he had obtained so far.

Although after being eaten by someone, he could no longer tell whether the person was a person with special abilities by simply looking at them.

But when the ability was converted into fruit, he could clearly sense the energy intensity contained in the fruit.

This fruit is obviously more delicious.

Thinking of this, he suddenly glanced forward.

A brooch was thrown at her feet.

Yale raised his eyes and looked at the orange-haired girl standing next to Luffy with trembling legs.

Nami glared at him angrily, then instantly shrank behind Luffy after he looked at her.

She popped up and yelled, "Give Luffy back his devil fruit immediately, or we'll make you pay!"

Zoro was speechless, but didn't say much. He just held his two swords and was vigilant against Yale's next attack.

However, the red-haired man seemed to lose interest in them after obtaining the devil fruit.

Yale stepped on the brooch, crushed it easily, and grinned.

"If you don't want to disappear with this island, leave now. I don't need people like you for the time being."

He waved his hand, and several people who were still on guard in the port suddenly flew up and landed on the deck of the Merry.

Another gust of wind blew, and the Merry swayed in the turbulent waves and sailed quickly into the distance.

After taking a bite of the devil fruit, Yale called up the virtual bounty order and deleted Luffy's photo.

Buggy the Clown, Luffy the Straw Hat, and the only remaining devil fruit user is Captain Smoker from Rogue Town.

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"Colonel, should we continue watching?"

Sergeant Tashigi lowered her voice and quietly asked the man next to her under the cover of the building.

Colonel Smoker, holding two cigars and a telescope, looked extremely solemn.

The leader of the revolutionary army, Dragon, unexpectedly appeared in this small town of Rogue in the East China Sea, and even had his devil fruit stolen by the mysterious red-haired man.

The scene was so shocking that he couldn't decide what to do for a moment.

Whether it is Long or Yale, their strength is not something that the Rogue Town Navy can contend with.

But even if reinforcements were called for now, even Garp, who was currently in the East China Sea, would not be able to arrive in a short time.

They can only rely on themselves, and they must report everything that happens here to the Navy Headquarters.

Smoker took a deep drag on his cigar and ordered decisively, "Tashigi, take a team of marines and leave here immediately. Deliver the contents recorded by this Den Den Mushi to Vice Admiral Garp!"

Ignoring Tashigi's surprise, he simply removed the instrument from the Den Den Mushi's back and stuffed it over.

As long as this device is not damaged, it can be installed on other Den Den Mushi and play normally.

Since the Den Den Mushi can be controlled by that man, they can't take the Den Den Mushi away with them.

Smoker glared and ordered sternly, "Sergeant Tashigi, you must inform headquarters of the danger posed by that man—do you understand?"

Tashigi, who already understood Smoker's intention, had tears in her eyes.

She clenched the information in her hand, stood up and saluted vigorously.

"Understood, Colonel Smoker! I will protect this video with my life!"

If even Rogue Town disappeared, then perhaps this video and the navy team that escaped from Rogue Town would be the only ones who knew what happened.

They can't let those who stay behind sacrifice in vain!

Rushing quickly towards the warships anchored at the port, Tashigi wiped the rain and tears from her face in the heavy rain.

She will not let the colonel down, she will definitely hand over this video to the Navy Headquarters!

After Tashigi took the order and left, Smoker relit his two cigars, his sharp eyes piercing the defenseless red-haired figure in the air.

His body turned into a tsunami of white smoke, suddenly sweeping forward.

At the same time, the navy soldiers hiding in the buildings raised their guns, aimed at the red-haired man and the leader of the revolutionary army, and violently fired all the bullets in the barrels.

In the white smoke, Smoker's right arm took shape and grabbed Yale like an iron clamp.

Yale turned his eyes to the side and instantly read Smoker's active brain waves, and couldn't help but sneer.

"What should I do? You could have left."

But now, perhaps keeping this guy behind will make those navy feel more threatened.

Yale shook his head helplessly, neither dodging nor avoiding Smoker's attack.

The opponent's elemental body could not cause him any trouble. Although he did not have any domineering power, he could touch any energy body.

As he reached out and grabbed the smoke, the thick white smoke quickly disappeared until it was completely absorbed into Smoker's body. As Yale retracted his arm, it transformed into the form of a devil fruit.

Yale flicked his hand, and Smoker was thrown from the air and fell heavily to the ground.

"What a great harvest today~" Yale took a bite of the fruit and waved his hand to let the dragon float up.

He smiled wildly, "Leader of the Revolutionary Army, you're so lucky! Since you still hold some status in this world, I plan to release you first and use you as evidence to promote my use of force!"

With a "plop", the dragon that was thrown out of the island from the Rogue Town Square fell into the cold and turbulent sea.

He struggled for a few times and choked on water a few times before he gradually remembered how he should have been able to swim before he ate the devil fruit.

My body quickly moved away from the island with the waves, and under the dim sky, the island that was getting smaller and smaller suddenly disappeared.

In just a blink of an eye, the island disappeared from the sea as if it had been taken away!

Long's expression became more serious.

He struggled to adjust his direction and swam upstream towards Rogue Town.

An omnipotent God?

How could such a thing exist in this world!

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