"Nani?!!!"
"Tashigi?"
Smoker clearly had no idea what was going on, because he had no idea who this woman was that looked exactly like his subordinate.
But seeing Luo, who had remained composed when facing them, now covered in cold sweat and incredibly tense, he realized something was wrong.
Especially that man.
Smoker looked at "Austin," who stood in the distance as though watching a show, his expression turning incomparably grim.
Why was this man here too?!!!
Things seemed to be heading in the worst possible direction!!!
Faced with Austin, Smoker, who cared deeply for his subordinates, even had the thought of retreating and fleeing.
But Luo's explanation stopped him in his tracks.
"This is my Devil Fruit ability. It can separate a person's consciousness from their body and then swap them.
"Mr. Austin is probably inside that lady's body right now."
Luo watched the woman carrying a longsword as she slowly approached, fully on guard.
His gaze swept over Smoker and the others from the corner of his eye.
"What do you say? Want to join forces?"
"Mr. Austin is someone your Marines are after, isn't he?"
Luo had proposed teaming up with the Marines.
That alone showed just how much pressure he was under.
Even if the other side was merely an obscure female swordswoman, as long as Austin's soul was inside her, Luo could not lower his guard in the slightest.
"Nani?!!!"
Upon hearing that, Smoker froze mid-step. He turned back in disbelief, and the cigar in his mouth even fell to the ground.
His intention to leave vanished in an instant.
"Trafalgar Law, is what you said... true?!!"
"Absolutely."
Smoker completely lost his composure, because a possibility had occurred to him.
A possibility that thrilled him immensely.
A possibility to end a legend of an era.