One Piece: How Can I Become King Of The Pirate If You Don’t Work Hard?

Snap!

After Gawain hung up the Den Den Mushi, he looked up at the sea in the distance.

Thick smoke billowed, completely obscuring his view, and the only sound was the roar of the engine getting closer.

The influence of the Logia Devil Fruit on the environment was fully demonstrated at this moment, far greater than Gawain had previously known.

At this moment, his Observation-Haki has just awakened and he has not yet fully mastered it, so he cannot apply it in actual combat.

But even if it was out of instinct, Gawain could still feel the ferocious aura like a ferocious beast hidden in the thick fog.

The sword in his palm was so excited that it began to tremble. It was obvious that Krieg just now did not satisfy it at all, but the opponent in front of him definitely did!

No probing is required.

Gawain could judge the strength of the person who came, which was the same as his own, a Bronze level that was not available in the East Blue!

"Here it comes!"

Gawain focused his eyes and saw a tall figure suddenly rushing out from the white smoke.

If not Smoker, then who else?

With the help of the thrust generated by the thick smoke gushing out behind him, he accelerated so fast that it was almost impossible to catch him with sight.

Smoker took advantage of the momentum to thrust Nanashaku Jitte forward fiercely.

Every move is a killing move!

Obviously, he is extremely confident in his fighting ability!

"How arrogant."

The corner of Gawain's mouth curled up slightly in a smile, and the rising fighting spirit made him hold his sword even tighter so that the veins on the back of his hand popped out.

Smoker in front of him is the strongest opponent he has ever encountered, even if the almost unsolvable Logia Fruit is excluded. 

After all, how could a man who was from the Marine Headquarters and trained by Zephyr be mediocre?

In the manga, Smoker suffered a lot of setbacks, but that was in the New World, where monsters roamed everywhere, not in the East Blue.

"Only with such performance can one be worthy of the title of White Hunter!"

Gawain sighed in his heart, but the sword in his hand stretched out like a snake and deflected Smoker's attack.

Squeak!

The sharp blade rubbed against the steel, and sparks flashed in the air.

The two looked at each other.

Smoker's eyes were filled with great solemnity. In just a moment, he determined a shocking or expected fact:

The man in front of him and the other pirates in the East Blue are creatures from two different levels.

You have to know that his attack was launched by taking advantage of the momentum, giving him the upper hand. But Gawain still easily resolved it.

Anyone who can achieve this level can make a name for himself, not only in the East Blue but also in the Grand Line!

"How can there be a guy like you in the East Blue?!"

Gawain smiled faintly: "Hasn't there been a monster like Roger before?"

"Roger is special, different from the others."

Smoker's eyes were stern, but he didn't want to waste any more words with Gawain. 

Seeing that his attack failed, he swept the Nanashaku Jitte in his hands like knives.

After Gawain dodged the attack by leaning sideways, Smoker took advantage of the situation to pursue him; his Nanashaku Jitte danced in the air, creating a sky full of black shadows as he pressed towards Gawain like a curtain of rain!

The Nanashaku Jitte was originally a weapon designed to restrain swords, and the one in Smoker's hand was specially customized to suit his identity as a Logia user.

The Sea Prism Stone inlaid on the top is not only a natural nemesis for devil fruit users, but its hardness is also enough to withstand the blows of famous swords!

The next moment.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The intensive attack fell like raindrops, smashing the floor beneath his feet into pieces.

However, in such intensive attacks, Gawain's expression did not change at all; only his body and heart gradually became hotter, and his latent fighting instinct was gradually fully awakened by Smoker's attack.

Compared to Krieg, Smoker in front of him is the opponent worth fighting.

"Come!"

After a loud shout, Smoker's downward attack suddenly stopped.

It was because the sword in Gawain's hand swung at a faster speed, blocking all of his mid-air slashes!

Sparks flew in the air, and the two men, equally eager to fight, instinctively swung their weapons.

In such a high-speed confrontation, thinking and hesitation are just burdens that slow down the speed of attack.

You can only leave everything to your instincts, your fighting spirit, and your will to win!

Only then can you find that opportunity to win in the increasingly fierce fight.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

With every collision, Smoker felt his arms shaking uncontrollably, and an unsettling fact came to his mind: "What's going on?!"

"This guy is even faster. He draws his sword at least 30% faster than at the beginning."

What accompanied Smoker's confusion was a complete reversal of the situation…

Whoosh!

There was a sharp sound breaking through the air, and Guanze Masamune slashed across Smoker's face, almost cutting his face in half.

But not a drop of blood flowed out; only white smoke rolled up, and the cut disappeared in an instant.

"Sure enough, the ability to transform into natural elements is troublesome."

Gawain sighed, but the sword in his hand continued to strike, leaving countless wounds on Smoker's body, but he avoided them all by turning his body into smoke.

This special ability to almost completely avoid physical attacks makes the Logia Fruit the one with the highest lower limit among the three types of devil fruit. 

In an encounter, it can be said that there is almost no solution without the Armament Haki.

After this battle, Armament Haki must be put on the agenda.

A trace of solemnity appeared in Gawain's eyes.

This ability that only allows him to hit you but not you to hit him can almost be said to be cheating. What's even more disgusting is that it's really frustrating to fight.

"It seems that you also know the ability of the Logia Fruit."

"You don't have the Armament, Haki, so even if you can suppress me in a fight, you can't cause any harm to me!"

Smoker had a blank expression on his face, but in his heart, he was extremely shocked by Gawain's fighting power.

He was not originally from East Blue but was an elite trained by Zephyr at the Marine Academy.

The place where he should have been fighting was not the East Blue but the Grand Line. 

But now he was suppressed in the East Blue to the point that he had to rely on his own Devil Fruit ability.

If Hina and others knew about this, he would definitely be laughed at by them!

"You're too dangerous! I can't let you go!"

Smoker's eyes became increasingly gloomy, and he already had the intention to kill.

"White Launcher!"

He took a deep puff of his cigar and suddenly activated the ability of the Plume-Plume Fruit.

The billowing white smoke spread out in all directions, condensing into countless smoke columns like white snakes, sweeping toward Gawain!

"White Snake!"

Gawain retreated back violently and swung the sword in his hand in the air. 

The silver-white Flying Slash shot out, instantly blowing away all the smoke condensed by Smoker.

Without the attachment of Armament Haki, the invisible white smoke is still too weak in terms of lethality.

However, it was not until the surrounding white smoke had completely dissipated that Gawain realized that Smoker had long disappeared in the distance, and he looked up suddenly.

Then he saw the tip of the Nanashaku Jitte getting bigger and bigger in his eyes…

"I succeeded!"

In mid-air, a smile appeared on Smoker's lips.

White smoke is weak in terms of lethality, but in East Blue, where Observation-Haki has not yet become popular, it plays an incomparable role in feint attacks!

"Don't be a pirate in your next life!"

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