Ace was stunned when he saw the face of the boy stuffing himself with food. It was the very person he and Barn had come to Alabasta to find—Straw Hat Boy, his little brother, Luffy!
But just as Ace was about to go over and say hello, he was pinned to the ground. The huge Jitte pressed against his arm, and a profound sense of weakness washed over him!
Then an angry voice rang out behind him.
"Straw Hat Boy!"
It was Smoker, who had been sent flying along with Ace earlier!
"So you really did come to this country."
Smoker gave Luffy a battle-hungry grin, but Luffy completely ignored him... and kept stuffing food into his mouth.
"..."
A vein bulged on Smoker's forehead. He had never been a patient man, and who could stand being ignored like this...?
"Stop eating!"
It was practically a roar. Though he had lost his earlier composure, at least he had successfully caught Luffy's attention.
"You're that smoke guy from before? Why are you here?!"
"Oh, crap..."
The moment Luffy saw Smoker, he knew he was in trouble. He had no interest in fighting Smoker right now, so he swept up all the food in front of him and stuffed it into his mouth.
With his mouth bulging like a sack, he took off running...
"You bastard!"
Naturally, Smoker gave chase when he saw Luffy flee!
"Stop!"
What a pain. The Gum-Gum Fruit can't beat his power. Whatever, I'd better run...
Luffy ran without looking back, thinking this to himself.
By then, Ace had also gotten to his feet. Seeing Luffy sprint away, he chased after him too.
"Hey! Luffy! It's me!"
"Tashigi! Stop him! He's Straw Hat Boy!"
Spotting his subordinate sitting up ahead of Luffy, Smoker shouted!
Tashigi, who had been