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Then he called out to Ahua Trio, "Hey! Let's go, we need to go buy some supplies first."

"Oh! Okay, okay."

Ahua Trio were stunned for a moment, then quickly walked towards Kuta.

"Stop! Who gave you permission to move?"

The surrounding navy officers immediately turned their guns towards Ahua Trio.

"Ugh! How scary!"

Kuta turned to Smoker, chuckled, and said, "Captain Smoker, could you please have these sailors put away their guns?"

"Weapons are terrifying!"

"Pirates, remember your place, don't be so arrogant."

Smoker glared at Kuta, his face fierce, and roared, "Action! Open fire! Arrest these Pirates!"

The impatient sailors, upon hearing Smoker's order, immediately pulled the trigger.

Boom--!

Snap...

Then countless black solid Bullet, forming a vast net, rained down on Ahua Trio.

Kuta looked at Smoker, his brow furrowed, and a flash of anger crossed his eyes.

"I told you not to use such dangerous weapons, why won't you listen!"

"You really think I wouldn't dare to kill someone, don't you!"

Then, an overwhelming aura swept across the entire dock, and the Bullet that were fired at Ahua Trio stopped automatically when they entered the space within Kuta meters of the air.

The entire dock became quiet in an instant.

Then the navy on the dock, and the crowd of onlookers, all of them...

His eyes rolled back, and with a "thud," he collapsed to the ground.

"Conqueror's Haki!"

Smoker stared at Kuta in horror.

This is absolutely Conqueror's Haki, an aura that only one in a million can Awakening, possessing the Haki of a king.

Kuta withdrew his Haki and domain.

Amidst a series of "ding-ding-ding" sounds, eyes turned to Smoker.

"I've already told you, but you just won't listen. Can't you just listen to me properly?"

Smoker suppressed the shock in his eyes and stared intently at Kuta.

"Why is a man like you only now setting sail?"

How could this guy only be setting sail now!

With such a kingly presence and formidable strength, how did he manage to endure so long before setting sail?

"Me?"

Kuta looked at Smoker, and a smile returned to his face.

"Of course they're Adulthood!"

He looked at Smoker and said something strange.

"Aren't they all supposed to be Adulthood before they go to sea?"

He remembered that Luffy, Ace, Zoro all set sail as Adulthood.

"Adulthood?"

Smoker's lips twitched. He hadn't expected Kuta's answer, which left him speechless for a moment.

"Yes, you only go to sea after you've reached Adulthood!"

Kuta nodded, "As soon as I turned 17, I went to sea immediately, without wasting a single day."

Then he stared at Smoker with a serious expression and asked curiously, "Do you want me to go to sea sooner so you can defeat me?"

He patted Smoker on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "Haha!! Don't joke around. Even if I were ten years older than you, you still wouldn't be able to beat me."

"You bastard."

Smoker slapped Kuta's hand away, drew his right Jitte and quickly thrust it towards Kuta.

"Don't be so arrogant!"

"Are you angry out of embarrassment?"

Kuta instantly Teleportation in front of Ahua Trio, and smiled at Smoker, "I'm just stating the facts! Don't be so petty!"

"And your opponent isn't me!"

"You can get hurt if you're not careful!"

Just as Smoker made his move, Kuina drew her Wado Ichimonji, gripped it with both hands, raised it above her head, and stomped her foot quickly on the ground.

With a "whoosh," it vanished from its spot in an instant.

"Shave - Step-in Slash!"

In an instant, Kuina appeared to Smoker's side. Just then, Smoker unleashed his Jitte and, unable to defend himself, took a solid blow from Kuina's blade.

All that could be seen was the Wado Ichimonji, instantly...

It sliced through Smoker, circled around him from below, and was caught in Kuina's blade.

"Um!"

There was no physical form at all. Kuina looked up at Smoker and saw white smoke rising from the spot where she had cut Smoker, but not a trace of blood.

"Is this what Logia?"

"That's amazing."

Smoker calmly withdrew his Jitte, spat out the cigarette holder from his mouth, pulled two Cigar from his chest, put them in his mouth, and lit them.

He took a deep breath and saw that Kuina's brows were almost furrowed together.

"Shave!"

"You guys actually know the Six Powers?"

His gaze sharpened, and he asked sternly, "Who taught you this?"

He now suspects that behind the Silver Hair Crew might be a high-ranking admiral who has betrayed the Navy.

"You mean this kind of high-speed movement technique?"

Kuina looked at Smoker, who had suddenly become extremely serious, and spoke in a cold, sarcastic tone.

"Isn't this something that you can learn automatically through training?"

"Don't joke around. Do you know that only high-ranking officers in the entire navy can learn and master these skills?"

Smoker didn't believe a word of Kuina's nonsense.

"Alright, I'm telling you, are you going to fight or not?"

"You're so indecisive and dragging your feet! If you weren't coming, I would have!"

As she spoke, Kuina looked at Smoker, a red glint flashing in her eyes, and swiftly drew her sword.

"One Sword Style, Iai Slash!"

A flash of light appeared, swiftly slashing towards Smoker. This time, Smoker dared not take the blow head-on; he sensed the aura of Armament Haki in the strike.

He quickly withdrew his hand, and with a clang, the Jitte in his hand were positioned in front of him, right in front of Kuina's blade.

Then, amidst a burst of sparks, his Jitte fork twisted and instantly jammed the Wado Ichimonji.

"Don't think that just because you can defeat that stupid woman Tashigi, you can look down on me, a Marine Headquarters Colonel."

As he spoke, he quickly transformed his other hand into elemental form and struck at Kuina's head.

"White Snake!"

A red glint flashed in Kuina's eyes, and she tilted her head to the left, easily dodging the punch.

Then she pushed down hard with both hands, causing Smoker to Jitte.

In that brief moment of relaxation, she quickly drew her Wado Ichimonji, turned around, and swiftly slashed at the returning white snake head.

Puff--!

The snake's head was cut off, but it was just like before.

They didn't manage to cut anything.

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"A good opportunity."

As Kuina turned around, Smoker clenched his right hand into Jitte, pulled it back, and then, with even greater speed, thrust it towards Kuina's back.

Kuina sensed the sharp edge behind her, but it was too late to turn around. She stomped her feet on the ground and vanished with a "whoosh," reappearing beside Smoker.

"Don't look down on me, I can 'shave' too!"

As he spoke, Smoker flickered, his Jitte still aimed at Kuina.

Seeing the Jitte coming straight at her, Kuina didn't dodge at all.

She dodged that moment mainly to face it head-on.

A red light flashed in her eyes, and she leaned to the right, her arm brushing past his Jitte.

Then she quickly raised her sword, which was covered in Armament Haki, and slashed at Smoker's wide-open chest.

A cold, moonlit glint flashed across the blade.

Bang--!

This time, the blow landed squarely on the body.

Smoker applied Armament Haki to his chest and, in that instant, quickly transformed into his elemental form. However, Kuina's blade was too fast and easily sliced through his Armament Haki defense.

His Armament Haki was only at the initial stage of Awakening; he could only Hardening, and couldn't even Coating.

Therefore, they couldn't stop Kuina's fierce strike at all.

Puff--!

Although he dodged most of the damage by transforming into his elemental form, he was still slashed in the chest by this single blow, leaving a huge wound.

The wound wasn't deep, and blood was still oozing out.

Smoker took a few steps back, his entire body except for his head becoming elemental.

He stared at Kuina and said solemnly, "Observation Haki!"

"Wow, that's amazing! Observation Haki is a skill he hasn't even mastered yet."

This isn't New World Armament Haki is as common as dogs and Observation Haki is everywhere!

This is just the East Blue China Sea.

Since he was sent to Loguetown, he has rarely used Armament Haki, given his Logia Devil Fruit power, which was practically invincible in the first half of the Grand Line.

This caused him to neglect training in Haki.

He didn't even try to comprehend Observation Haki, something that even high-ranking naval officers could grasp.

But when he felt the throbbing pain in his chest, he regretted it.

He shouldn't have become so engrossed in the false invincibility of the Logia that he neglected to strengthen his Haki.

If he also Observation Haki, Kuina would definitely not be able to strike his true form.

He stared at Kuina and withdrew his Jitte.

Then, he turned all his fists into fists and charged towards Kuina.