Comparable to an Admiral?
Smoker's face changed slightly. He looked at Bastille solemnly and spat out a mouthful of cigarette smoke and said, "Brother, I didn't expect you to rate him so highly."
"If I have the opportunity, I'd also like to see the strength of the Skeletal Demon and see what level the strength of the guy you praise so highly can reach."
Hearing this, Bastille shook his head helplessly and said, "Brother Smoker's courage is indeed not something that old guys like us can compare to."
"However, there have been many new faces with great methods in the New World recently. I heard that when Admirals Akainu and Kizaru were searching the Kuja Pirates ship, a Lightning Devil Fruit user appeared."
"At that time, facing the two Admirals, he didn't give in at all and even gained the upper hand against Admiral Akainu at one point."
A Logia Devil Fruit user? Smoker was stunned for a moment.
In his understanding, Devil Fruit users were divided into three major categories.
They were Logia, Paramecia, and Zoan.
To some extent, Logia Devil Fruits were defined as the strongest of the three major types.
Next was Paramecia, and finally Zoan.
Of course, if it was a rare variety among the Zoan types, such as the Mythical Zoan possessed by Sengoku, and the Ancient Zoan that was second to it.
To some extent, it might even be more powerful than Paramecia.
However, if Kai were to evaluate it, there was no weakest Devil Fruit, only the worst ability user.
"That's right. A Logia Devil Fruit user with the Lightning element. At that time, Mr. Garp even threatened to invite him to join the Marine Headquarters and make him a Commodore by exception." Bastille nodded solemnly and said.
As these words fell, the Marine soldiers in the room were in an uproar.
As a member of the Marines, they knew very well how much training and military merit it took to become a Commodore.
Moreover, which of the Marine soldiers present hadn't been promoted step by step from the lowest-ranking soldier?
Even Smoker, whom they respected the most, was only a Captain right now, and he still needed a lot of military merit to reach the rank of Commodore.
However, now Bastille had told them as soon as he opened his mouth.
Vice Admiral Garp, who was a Marine hero, had actually invited a guy with an unknown reputation to become a Commodore by exception.
This was completely beyond their expectations.
"Alright, everyone doesn't need to care. Everyone knows Vice Admiral Garp's personality. He's someone who likes to joke. He was probably just saying those words to ease the atmosphere." Seeing that the atmosphere was wrong, Bastille forced a smile and smoothed things over.
Smoker's expression sank, and he nodded in agreement and said, "Brother Bastille is right. There's a good tavern nearby. It's rare to meet you. Let's get together!"
Seeing Smoker take the initiative to invite him, Bastille didn't intend to refuse.
However, before he could agree, a Marine soldier rushed over.
"Captain Smoker, we just received a distress signal. Someone is claiming to have been hijacked. According to the signal location sent by the Den Den Mushi, they've already approached the entrance to Loguetown."
Hijacked?
The expressions of the people in the room changed all of a sudden. Then the Marine soldiers in the room laughed unscrupulously.
"That's really interesting. Is it some country bumpkin from a big village who thinks that Loguetown is the same as before and is a supply springboard to the Grand Line..."
"The current Loguetown is the capital of the end of sin. No criminals can leave alive."
"After hijacking the captain, they even dared to run to Loguetown in a grand manner. That's just running into the barrel of a gun. It's been a long time since we've seen Captain Smoker take action..."
The scene became noisy all of a sudden, and there were more mocking laughter.
Faced with this scene, Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, revealed a trace of excitement on his face and said, "Brother Bastille, it seems that the drinking is going to be postponed a bit."
"However, solving this kind of thing is just a piece of cake. You can just wait a moment."
Watching Smoker, who was eager to try, Bastille couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Since Brother Smoker has official business to attend to, then I'll just join in the fun and see the methods of the Smoker, who has recently become famous in the East Blue."
"Hehe, you're praising me too much, brother. Let's set off now." Smoker chuckled and took the lead to choose a direction, transforming into smoke and rushing away.
For Smoker, he was a little unhappy that Garp had promoted someone with an unknown reputation to Commodore by exception just now.
After all, he had been stuck in the position of Captain for too long.
Right now, someone had suddenly climbed over his head, and he would swallow this breath more or less.
Now that he had the opportunity to show off in front of Bastille, who was a Vice Admiral in the Marine Headquarters, it undoubtedly aroused Smoker's enthusiasm.
For a time, the two of them rushed towards the port one after the other.
Behind them followed a large group of Marine soldiers who were eager to watch the show.
However, the closer they got to the port, the more Smoker and Bastille frowned.
According to their experience, if a great pirate approached the port, the merchants, civilians, and coolies gathered at the dock should scatter and flee.
However, what entered their eyes now was that people were rushing from all directions, their faces full of excitement.
That appearance was simply with the intention of watching the show.
"Smoker, it seems that this matter isn't as simple as we thought. Don't act rashly later." Bastille hurriedly reminded.
However, faced with this persuasion, Smoker snorted disdainfully and said, "Hmph, this is my territory. I won't allow any evil to breed in my territory, no matter who he is!"
"Captain Smoker is right!"
"We support Captain Smoker..."
A group of Marine soldiers, clearly not forgetting to join in the fun, hurriedly shouted to cheer him on.
Watching this scene, Bastille revealed a helpless expression.
Just as he was about to say something, the scene that entered his eyes at the dock made his pupils contract suddenly, and his eyes almost burst.
Inside the encirclement that was surrounded by three or four layers and seemed impenetrable.
A sea king that was tens of meters long was being shelf on the dock.
As the scorching flames leaped, the huge sea king, which was similar to a sea serpent, gave off the sizzling sound of grease burning.
An unusual fragrance followed the sea breeze and rushed towards them.
Watching this kind of posture, they finally knew why the dock was so lively.
The people who could a sea king up and burn it were definitely not ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Bastille hurriedly opened his mouth to say something, but he saw Smoker, who was beside him, had a change in expression and took the lead to roar angrily.
"Damn guy, daring to make trouble in Loguetown. Even if the Heavenly King comes today, I'm going to take you down!"
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