Section 113

The leader, wearing a pirate captain's hat, pointed a gun at Ron and said with a grin: "Boy, hand over the knife in your waist. If I'm in a good mood, I can spare your life."

"Master, master, can I take action?"

Xiao Qi said to Ron excitedly.

Seeing it speaking human words really startled the members of this small pirate group.

"Where did the monster appear from? It can actually speak human language..."

Ron glanced outside the alley, smiled at Xiao Qi and said:

"It seems you have no chance to make a move."

Xiao Qi hasn't reacted yet.

A cannon-like fist rushed into the alley accompanied by white smoke, and punched the pirate leader away.

The pirate leader hit the wall hard, his cheeks collapsed, his eyes turned white and he fainted.

"Ship, Captain!!"

"A bunch of rubbish, how dare you want to go to the Grand Line?! Just go to jail and squat."

A cold male voice came from the smoke.

"This, could this be...?!"

A group of pirates armed with weapons looked at the cloud of smoke that gradually condensed into a human shape, looking horrified.

When the smoke condensed into Smoker holding a cigar, someone among the pirates shouted:

"It's the White Hunter, run away!"

The ragtag group of pirates immediately fled in panic.

"Want to escape?"

Smoker, who was holding a cigar and wearing a coat of justice, sneered and punched out, hitting the group of pirates like a cannonball.

After a while, everyone was knocked to the ground, and no one could escape.

Footsteps approached outside the alley, and then a group of marines gathered over.

The leader of the navy saluted Smoker: "Lieutenant Smoker."

"You're here just in time, take all these guys away."

Smoker exhaled smoke and said.

"yes!"

When the navy took away the pirate group, Smoker bit his cigar and said to the black-haired boy who looked familiar for some reason: "Be careful in the future and stay away from these pirates."

After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Qi, the Kung Fu Manatee at Ron's feet, and turned to leave.

And just when he turned around and walked out of the alleyway, a smiling young voice sounded in his ears.

"Don't you recognize me? Smoker."

Smoker Smoker's eyes opened slightly.

This voice...

He turned around and stared at the smiling black-haired boy with a black knife on his waist.

When those delicate and clean eyebrows overlapped with those of a black-haired boy in his memory, Smoker's eyes widened.

"Is it you!"

……………………

Robin and Cornis were a little surprised to see Xiao Qi returning alone.

"Where's the captain?"

"Master seems to have met someone he knows. Let's go to the execution platform first. He will come and join us later."

Xiao Qi scratched his head and said.

"Is that so?"

Cornish nodded.

…

In a tavern on the streets of Rogge Town.

Smoker and Ron took their seats at the counter.

"I didn't expect you to leave Navy Headquarters."

Smoker drank the wine in his glass in one gulp and glanced at the handsome young man beside him who looked harmless.

"Marshal and the others are actually willing to let you go?"

Three years ago, when this guy was 11 years old, he defeated himself, the strongest freshman at the Naval Academy at the time...

Compared to myself who ate the natural devil fruit, this guy is the real monster!

Smoker now knows this very well.

"After I showed my firm intention to leave the Navy Headquarters, although they didn't want to let me leave, there was nothing they could do."

Ron smiled at Smoker beside him and said, "After all, this is something that has been agreed upon a long time ago."

"Indeed, the Navy cannot retain a person whose heart is not in the Navy unless he is eliminated."

"And the Navy, which is on the side of justice, cannot treat an ordinary person who has never committed a crime like this."

Ron nodded and smiled: "That's it."

Smoker glanced at Ron beside him and said, "When you proposed to join the navy as an intern, were you ready to leave?"

Ron didn't hide it and nodded.

For him, becoming a naval trainee is indeed just one step towards becoming a strong man.

"Why?"

Smoker didn't understand, "If a guy like you joins the navy, he will be able to capture more criminals, reach a higher level, and better maintain order on this sea. Compared to you alone, Freedom, do you think it is better to let the evil in this sea grow unchecked?"

He didn't understand what the reason was for Ron to become stronger.

Ron looked at the bubbling wine in his hand and said calmly:

"Smog, do you think you need many reasons to become stronger? Just to live freely, this reason is enough."

"Becoming a navy, even if you become an admiral or even a marshal, you still have to obey the orders of the World Government."

Ron glanced sideways at Smoker with his clear eyes: "If the World Government ordered you to destroy this town, would you agree? Or would you disobey it?"

Smoker was speechless.

Because he doesn't know the answer to this question now.

There was a long silence between the two of them.

After taking a sip of wine, Ron looked slightly relaxed, looked at him and asked with a smile: "After the fight with you, I didn't seem to see you at the Navy Headquarters. Later I asked the Flying Squirrel General, I just realized that you petitioned to be transferred, but I didn’t expect that you were transferred to Donghai..."

Smoker was speechless.

At first, he thought that if Tina knew that he was seriously injured by Ron, she would definitely bring this matter up to ridicule him at the Navy Headquarters, so he applied for transfer.

Unexpectedly, Tina didn't seem to know about this at all.

There is no sign of this incident spreading in the Navy Headquarters, and now no one remembers it at all.

Except Smoker himself.

Gudong, gudong.

Smoker, who felt a little aggrieved, took a few sips of wine, looked at Ron and changed the subject: "Then what are you going to do now that you leave the navy? You're not going to be a pirate, are you?"

"Hmm... I can't tell."

Ron looked at the ice cubes in the glass and rubbed the rim of the glass with his fingers.

Smoker's expression suddenly became serious: "Hey, boy, you can't joke about this kind of thing. If you want to become a pirate, the headquarters will never let you go. I'm afraid Lieutenant General Garp will be there soon." Or an admiral with the highest combat power in the navy will arrest you and imprison you in Impel Down City."

"Haha, that's really scary."

Ron smiled, turned to look at Smoker who looked serious next to him and said, "Don't worry, I'm still an ordinary adventurer who has never committed a crime. As for whether I will join the navy in the future The reward order...I can’t say, it’s all a matter of the future.”

Ron took a sip of wine and said casually.

Smoker stared at him without speaking.

After finishing the glass of wine.

Ron dropped a bag of Baileys, stood up and said to Smoker:

"See you later. If you see Tina and Taotu, wait for me to say hello to them."

When he turned around to leave.

Smoker, who was sitting in front of the counter with his back to him, said:

"If you become a pirate in the future, I will definitely be among the navy that captures you."