Boarding the Pirate Ship
Leo truly had not expected that after going out for a stroll, he would return to find that they had somehow gained a Logia user and a Paramecia Devil Fruit user.
And they were a Marine Major General and a Marine Colonel.
Watching Hina and Smoker bicker so naturally, Leo had to admit that they were alive—real people—and incredibly unlucky ones at that.
No matter whom they had encountered on this team, they would not have ended up in such a sorry state. Against Ace and his Flame-Flame Fruit, even if Smoker could not win, he could have held Ace off long enough to give Hina an opening.
Aside from Ace, Lafitte's frontal combat ability was not even as good as Hina's, while Robin was practically optional.
Really, unless they ran into Enel, they would never have been so miserable.
But they had happened to run into Enel.
That was truly bad luck...
Leo did not even know how to describe Smoker and Hina.
"Mr. Leo! Who are they? Aren't they Marines?!" Tashigi cried out in shock from beside him.
Although she had secretly guessed that Leo and the others belonged to a CP organization, she had never expected them to openly attack captured Marines.
For a moment, all sorts of guesses about Leo and his group's origins raced through her mind.
Leo gestured for her to stay calm, then walked over to Smoker, crouched down, and said with a smile, "Marine Colonel Smoker, wielder of the Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit. Hello."
"And hello to you as well, Ms. Hina."
"Who are you? Could you be a subordinate of one of the Four Emperors? No, how could that be? How could a Logia Devil Fruit user possibly serve beneath someone else..."
At this point, Ace had not