An Unexpected Arrival, My Son's Important Companions?!

Smoker's body turned into a cloud of smoke and vanished from where he stood. In the very next instant, Carrot leaped down, her palms wreathed in lightning as they slammed straight into the warship's deck.

The sturdy planks shattered beneath Carrot's blow. A massive hole was blasted through the steel deck, and amid the howling wind, Smoker, having evaded through elementalization, reformed several meters away.

Hearing the commotion as he dodged aside, Smoker's expression stiffened. His gaze narrowed on the Mink Tribe girl behind Koby, and his expression turned grave.

The two enemies before him were more difficult to handle than Smoker had imagined. He was a Logia Devil Fruit user, and although he did not show it, Smoker had always been full of confidence in his own strength.

In this world, the power of Logia users generally surpassed that of the vast majority of Devil Fruit users and Haki practitioners.

After all, Logia was the rarest type of Devil Fruit. The only kind rarer than Logia was the Mythical Zoan among Zoan-types.

Although the rarity of an ability could not be directly equated with strength, the two were still closely connected. After building a solid foundation in Haki, Smoker had accumulated military merit through battle and exchanged it for a Logia. It was the thing he was most proud of thus far.

Being able to exchange for this Devil Fruit with his own strength meant that he stood among the very best of the younger generation in the New Marines.

Having climbed to such heights on such a great platform, it was no wonder that he had initially looked down somewhat on the two young Straw Hat Pirates, believing that Koby and Carrot posed no threat to him whatsoever.

But after seeing the destructive power Carrot had displayed, Smoker