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The people on the Straw Hat Pirates' ship didn't expect to encounter Marines here.
"Huh? Look, is that the smoking guy on the deck of that Marine warship?" Chopper pointed at the Marine ship and shouted.
"It's definitely him!" Sanji confirmed, looking through a telescope as a drop of blood trickled from his nose. "Tashigi-chan is still so beautiful..."
"Idiot... what are you looking at!" Nami punched Sanji away and then shouted, "Everyone, get ready to fight!"
"Hey... Nami, why don't we run when we see Marines?" Chopper asked nervously.
Hearing Chopper's words, Nami replied helplessly, "What will happen to Luffy and the others if we run away!" After saying this, Nami glanced at Ace. With Ace on the ship, plus Sanji who had mastered Haki after two years of training, they weren't afraid of Smoker.
Meanwhile, just as Smoker was about to give the order to fire, several Marine soldiers who looked like gangsters approached him. They acted overly familiar, either slapping him on the shoulder or elbowing his stomach.
"As expected of Captain Smoker..."
"Yeah! We found a pirate worth 400 million berries so quickly!"
"Let's catch that Straw Hat boy and see who dares to look down on our G5 branch!"
Smoker's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, and he punched away all the Marine soldiers who were crowding him.
At this moment, Tashigi shouted to the other soldiers, "Everyone, get ready for battle!"
After hearing the order from the beautiful Tashigi, all the soldiers stood at attention, suddenly motivated.
Seeing this, Smoker said to Tashigi, "I'll leave these guys under your command. I'll go say hello to them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Smoker's lower body transformed into smoke and he flew toward the Thousand Sunny.
Hovering in the air, Smoker used Moonwalk and called out, "Straw Hat Pirates, two years have passed, and you're still not afraid of the Marines?"
While speaking, Smoker looked around for Luffy, but noticed he wasn't on the ship.
At that moment, Sanji also used Geppo and met Smoker in mid-air. He taunted, "Smoker, you must really love Luffy! It's been two years, and you're still chasing after him!"
"Stop talking nonsense. Since Straw Hat isn't here, I'll take you down first!"
As he finished speaking, Smoker's arms transformed, his fists coated with Armament Haki as he flew toward Sanji with powerful strikes.
Sanji remained calm at the sight of this attack. One of his legs was also coated with Armament Haki. He anticipated the trajectory of Smoker's attack and easily blocked it.
"You've indeed become more troublesome in these two years..."
Just as Smoker prepared to use more powerful techniques, a figure fell from the sky and struck him directly on the waist.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, Smoker didn't have time to turn into smoke. Caught off guard, he fell directly into the sea.
At the same time, the person who hit Smoker also plunged into the water.
"Well... I don't know if my eyes are playing tricks on me, but I think I just saw Steve knock Smoker into the sea..." Chopper said, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
Franky spoke after adjusting his hairstyle, "Chopper, you saw correctly, because I saw it too..."
"Ah... then hurry up and save them!"
After saying that, Chopper was about to jump into the sea to rescue them but was stopped by Franky.
The people on the Marine warship also witnessed what had just happened. No one expected that Smoker would be knocked into the sea before he could fully transform!
"Captain Smoker..."
"Hurry and save them!"
Immediately, there was a series of splashes as Marine soldiers began jumping into the sea one after another.
Although these Marine soldiers didn't follow protocol and looked like gangsters, they were extremely loyal.
This was Punk Hazard, and the seawater was extremely hot. While not quite boiling, it was close enough to cause pain.
The fact that they jumped in without hesitation showed they were truly dedicated men.
Just as Sanji was about to dive down to rescue them, he saw that Steve had already brought the weakened Smoker onto the Thousand Sunny.
"I'm really sorry!" Steve apologized sheepishly while pressing on Smoker's stomach to help him expel the seawater.
"Hey Steve, how did you end up flying here?" Ace walked over and asked curiously.
Smoker, who had just regained consciousness, was shocked when he saw Ace's face. "What the hell? Did that hit kill me or something?"
Hearing Smoker's words, Ace joked, "Smoker, welcome to the afterlife!"
Smoker noticed Ace's shadow on the deck and immediately realized he wasn't dead.
"You... Fire Fist Ace, you're still alive?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Smoker jumped up and stared at Ace intensely.
Seeing Ace still alive made him think about what the Marines would say.
Just as Smoker was about to take action, Ace pointed toward the G5 warship and said, "You don't want your ship destroyed, do you? If not, then behave yourself!"
Smoker looked toward the G5 warship and saw that the Marines who had tried to rescue him had returned to the ship. Although they were alive, their skin was burned bright red from the hot water.
Thinking of his loyal men, Smoker reluctantly lowered his hands.
Smoker told himself this wasn't surrender; he just wanted to have a proper conversation with Ace, discuss how he had survived, and learn what had happened.
After seeing Smoker back down, Ace turned his attention to Steve again.
Steve explained why he had fallen from the sky.
On their way back to the Thousand Sunny with Ikki and Kakashi, Steve had proudly announced, "Is Haki difficult to learn? I've already mastered it!"
Then... Steve had shown off his Armament Haki in front of Ikki.
However, he hadn't fully mastered Conqueror Haki yet. As for how to learn it completely, he probably just needed more time.
Seeing that Steve had mastered Armament Haki in such a short time, Ikki felt envious, but knew there was no use feeling that way.
Who was Steve? He was blessed by destiny like Luffy... It was normal for him to learn Haki quickly.
Ikki knew Steve was impressive, but felt he was being too boastful. So Ikki had challenged him to a duel to help Steve adapt to his Haki as quickly as possible.
Steve's Haki wasn't very strong yet, and he had struggled to defend against Ikki's Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. In the end, he was blasted away by Ikki's Roar of the Sky Dragon attack.
And that's how... he had fallen from the sky and knocked Smoker into the sea.