Old Acquaintance from Shimotsuki Village
"Idiot! Why did you bring me along?!" Tashigi had recovered a little strength after Smoker pulled her onto the motorcycle, and she immediately started cursing. After being struck twice by Enel's lightning, cursing was all she could do now.
"Idiot, if I left you on the ship, would I still be a Marine?" Smoker released a great deal of smoke to conceal their bodies while using eyes formed along the smoke's edges to observe their surroundings and search for an escape route.
He had pushed his stamina to its limit, and the wildly spinning smoke propelled the motorcycle's wheels across the sea.
If they only needed to flee, the sailboat Roronoa Zoro had brought would have been perfectly fine. Smoke had a certain amount of kinetic force; all he needed to do was use it to fill the sails.
But the two of them had to consider how to cross the Calm Belt.
That ship definitely would not survive the Calm Belt, but Smoker's motorcycle might.
If Smoker had been alone, he might have been able to escape.
But now that he was carrying Tashigi, Smoker's chances had greatly decreased.
They both knew that, but neither could bring themself to abandon the other. Tashigi had volunteered to sacrifice herself just to buy Smoker even a few seconds, yet who could have expected Smoker to come back for her despite giving it everything he had?
As the two fled in silent desperation, a man of fire blocked the cloud of smoke ahead of Smoker, flames jetting from beneath his feet.
The massive Fire Tornado only needed a different direction of heating to create a powerful airflow that instantly swept away all the smoke.
After receiving Leo's guidance, Ace had become thoroughly familiar with manipulating hot air