Crusher Smoker Hunts the Red Hair Pirates!
Early the next morning, Ortolan boarded the warship, preparing to head to Dressrosa.
He didn't plan to go through Mary Geoise; instead, he intended to cross the North Calm Belt and enter the North Blue after meeting up with Doflamingo.
The warship slowly sailed away from the G-5 naval port.
At that moment, on the dock, Gion looked at the person who had come to see Rouge Rukia, her brows furrowing slightly in displeasure, and said, "You got your way?"
Rouge looked somewhat weak at this moment. After hearing this, she looked at Gion and said, "I finally understand, why didn't you stop me later...?"
"Heh, you're so small, you need to work out more, lest one day you really can't get out of bed," Gion sneered.
After saying this, Gion turned around and prepared to leave.
However, Rouge suddenly spoke up, "Gion... if you don't have anything to do today, how about we have a good chat?"
Gion paused as she was about to leave, seemingly hesitant. After a moment, she said, "I really don't have anything to do today, so let's go."
Upon receiving this reply, Rouge smiled with delight and quickly left the port with Gion.
On the other side, Tezzolo looked at this scene and sighed with some admiration, "He is indeed Lord Altorun after all..."
Before he could finish speaking, his ear was grabbed, and Stella, with a 'kind' smile, asked in a sinister tone, "What? You want to imitate him, don't you? I heard you've been getting quite close to your assistant, Baccarat, lately, Tesoro. Don't you want to come home?"
Tesoro looked completely subdued, raising his hands in surrender and saying, "How could that be? I swear to God, Baccarat and I have a purely professional relationship, not what you think. I only love you!"
"Really?" Stella carefully examined Tesoro's expression and eyes before finally letting go of his hand and asking, "Are you coming back for lunch? Speaking of which, are we moving with the Admiral?"
"Of course we have to move. I'm going to be with Admiral Takagi and won't be stationed at G-5 permanently anymore. But it's not fully built yet. We'll move after the infrastructure there is all set up," Tesoro said.
Meanwhile, in a certain sea area of New World, on the Shichibukai, Crush Strike Smoker.
The Red Hair Pirates' Red Force is fleeing frantically, pursued by a three-masted sailing ship flying the Red Force of the Crushing Pirates.
On the deck, Smoker, holding binoculars, asked with a puzzled expression, "I didn't see Red-Hair, only a few members of the Red Hair Pirates on the deck. Could it be that they hid Red-Hair and ran away separately?"
However, he quickly suppressed this doubt as soon as he raised it. Impossible, he had followed the life card here, the Red-Hair guy must be on the ship!
Perhaps the injury was too severe and he hasn't fully recovered yet?
With these thoughts in mind, Smoker casually tossed the binoculars in his hand into the arms of his underling. Then, he took two steps and jumped onto the railing at the front of the deck, his feet flared outwards, immediately landing in a standard horse stance on the railing.
Immediately following, a strange energy fluctuation gathered from beneath his feet, quickly spreading up his legs and then gathering on his left fist.
If you look closely, this inexplicable energy is swirling and flowing around his fist, and wherever it passes, the space seems to crack slightly.
Smoker is Paramecia Crush-Crush Fruit. Although he was previously taught a lesson by Katakuri and his gang, that doesn't mean he's not strong enough.
At that time, he had only been arrogant in the New World for a short time, and in some ways, he was just a newcomer.
He was also motivated by shame and courage. After becoming Shichibukai, he frantically improved his strength and challenged the Whitebeard Pirates multiple times without being defeated, which proved his power.
After the crushing power gathered in his fist for a moment, Smoker roared, "Crush Strike!!!"
As the roar subsided, he suddenly threw a punch at the location of the Red Force ahead.
The powerful force of pulverization created a shockwave that swept across the sea surface.
Wherever it passed, the sea surface and seawater seemed to evaporate, leaving a trail of mist-like tail behind the shock wave!
This is not evaporation, but true pulverization. This energy of the impact pulverized the seawater on the surface into a misty state on a physical level!
Behind the Red Force, Raki Lou gritted his teeth after seeing the shockwave and said, "This guy really is like a mad dog, he won't let us go!"
As he said this, Raki Lu's fist was already imbued with a strong aura of Haki. Before the shockwave could even get close, he threw a punch.
The powerful punch, carrying an aura of Haki, attempted to block the shockwave, but to no avail. Clearly, Raki Lu was no match for Smoker in terms of strength.
That powerful crushing force instantly shredded Lucky Roux's punch and his Haki into dust, and in the blink of an eye, it had already reached the stern of the Red Force.
"Let's join forces!" Yasopp immediately called out.
Speaking of which, although there are still some other members on the Red Hair Pirates' ship, it doesn't have the same presence as it did at its peak in the original story. Those former executives from the original story, who had monkeys with them, haven't even joined the crew yet, and probably never will.
After Shanks fell, the only ones who could really fight were Yasopp and Lucky Roux. If the two of them couldn't stop Smoker, they would be finished.
After Yasopp shouted, he and Lucky Roux, in perfect sync, pressed their hands onto the deck of the ship. They then unleashed a burst of powerful Armament Haki, which spread rapidly along their hands, covering the entire stern of the Red Force in the blink of a Haki.
The next instant, the shattering impact slammed into the stern of the Red Force, forcefully lifting the ship off the sea. Even with the protection of the Haki, a large hole was still blasted into the stern of the Red Force, but fortunately, the hole did not affect its navigation.
Watching this scene from a distance, Smoker exclaimed in surprise, "You've got some skills!"
He truly hadn't expected there to be such a method!
Actually, this move was based on the experience of the Roger Pirates that Shanks had shared earlier. During the Ed War Sea Battle, when the Roger Pirates were escaping the storm, Rayleigh, Jabba, and Roger used their combined Haki to completely envelop the Oro Jack, enduring Shiki's fleet bombardment and the storm's onslaught to carve out a path to survival!
Although somewhat surprised by their response, Smoker had already found the answer from that attack.
That means that although the two Red Hair Pirates officers were quite strong, they were no match for him!
With this in mind, Smoker no longer hesitated. He exerted force with his feet, and the crushing force instantly turned the railings of his ship into dust. His figure also leaped up and rushed straight towards the Red Force!
Seeing this, Yasopp didn't hesitate and fired a shot.
Even though the sea was turbulent and unpredictable, his bullets still hit Smoker with perfect accuracy.
"Scrap moves..." Smoker didn't even bother to dodge. He casually flicked his wrist, and the bullet was completely crushed into dust the moment it touched his finger.
Yasopp's offensive failed, and Raki Lu began to tremble, his thick fat rippling like waves across his body.
As this rhythmic fluctuation reached its peak, he roared, "Burn, my power!!!"
A surge of heat erupted from Raki Loo's body, and in an instant, the guy transformed from a round, fat man into a muscular man with a strong physique, a resolute face, and a body full of powerful muscles!
At that moment, a dark, Haki power enveloped his entire body. If Ortolan were here, he might mistake him for Vice Admiral Vergo from the original story.
This fat-burning punch sent ripples through the air, sending up waves of heat.
Smoker, who was about to land on the Red Force, also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes. He did not dare to underestimate this attack. A whirlwind of shattering energy surged from his arm as he threw a punch at Raki Lu.
Immediately, the two impacted and exploded in the air, significantly lowering the surrounding seawater and creating huge waves.
Meanwhile, at the horizon where the two ships were chasing each other, a warship was sailing. The Momonga, holding binoculars, remarked, "This is really intense..."
"Vice Admiral Momonga, shall we not go up?" a Marines asked.
The Momonga shook its head. "Wait a minute, let's see if Smoker can take them down..."
"But if he takes Red-Hair's head, the Admiral will owe him a favor..." the Marines officer said, somewhat puzzled.
The Momonga smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Favors are something that require mutual exchange to become friends. If Smoker can secure this favor, the Admiral might even be pleased."
As the Momonga spoke, its eyes swept across the surrounding sea. After a moment, it clicked its tongue and asked, "Why hasn't Mr. Borsalino arrived yet?"
That's right. This time, Momonga left G-12 Base with the intention of going to Punk Hazard for some personal business. However, Punk Hazard is Non-Magnetic Island, so he couldn't go there. Therefore, after contacting Borsalino, who had nothing better to do, he decided to come and pick up Momonga himself. The two agreed to meet.