[Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.]
Behind the castle gates lay a somewhat narrow, straight corridor.
At the end of the corridor was a courtyard, beyond which stood the great hall where the king and ministers held their meetings.
The moment Smoker transformed into smoke and surged in through the hole, a dense barrage of whistling projectiles filled the air.
Slender afterimages streaked through the air at high speed, passing through the smoke in the blink of an eye before pinning themselves into the castle gates one after another.
Smoker noticed that they were actually yellowing leaves!
"How is this possible? Even a Logia user should be injured by attacks imbued with Haki!"
Smoker returned to human form and saw two figures standing at the other end of the corridor.
One was a slender man with long pointed ears, a demon-faced mask, and a Flower Sword at his waist.
Countless yellow leaves hung around his neck, lush as a lion's mane.
The other was a curvaceous, fiery blonde woman, also wearing a demon-faced mask.
"He must have dodged using Observation Haki. I'm so jealous. If only I could awaken it too~"
Her tone was full of envy.
For Logia users, Observation Haki was actually more useful than Armament Haki.
After all, no matter how powerful Armament Haki was, it was useless if it could not hit the target.
"So that's how it is!"
The man beside her suddenly understood.
But his words made the woman unable to stop herself from retorting, "There you go again, Club Clown. It should be 'so that's how it is.'"
"Uh, I don't need you to remind me!" the man snapped back in embarrassment.
The woman waved her hand helplessly. "Fine, fine. Let's deal with this guy first."
"I never expected the Spade General to lose. What