Hearing that they were merely pirates with bounties under a hundred million—and genuine pirates at that, with no powerful backers behind them—Smoker finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as they were under a hundred million, ordinary pirates... he could handle them himself, even if they put up some resistance.
Although he did not know why a merchant convoy from the Land of Grass had been captured by one from the Grand Line, as long as they were pirates, then as a Marine... he had a duty to deal with them!
As for why he had specifically asked whether they had any backers?
He could not help it. If he kept cracking down like this... Navy Headquarters would probably fly into a rage again!
After all, even if there really were corrupt, graft-taking pirates, it was not his place to handle them. They could only be handed over to the World Government's military tribunal for judgment.
So, those previous two anti-crime crackdowns...
Damn it!
They had absolutely nothing to do with him, okay?!
Smoker flicked away some ash and said irritably, "In that case, you people from the Land of Grass can handle it yourselves!" He glanced at Madara Uchiha, who had come along with them. "With that guy making a move, I don't think I have any use here."
Come to think of it, quite a few people from the Land of Grass had set out to sea this time.
Aside from Madara Uchiha, there were others who appeared to be high-ranking officials of the Land of Grass, and several of them seemed rather old.
Their names seemed to be...
Hanzō? Chiyo? Ebizo? And a young woman—Pakura?
Of course~
Seeing how relaxed this group was, as though they were going on vacation, Smoker also felt relieved.
At least,