Chapter 261

The others also waited quietly for Lord Sima to decide.

Nami, however, seemed to want to say something but held back, ultimately not speaking it aloud.

Sima Di didn't even glance at Smoker on the left, but looked instead toward Vergo on the right.

This man......

Isn't he the undercover agent the Donquixote Family had planted in the Marines?

Looks like Donquixote called him here.

It's just that this Smoker......

"Time to test you all." Sima Di pointed at Vergo and said: "Drag him over here."

The Straw Hat Pirates were all surprised!

They had thought that since Sima Di and Seeing Kuzan had reached an agreement, he shouldn't be making a move against the Marines before them......

"Clang—"

Zoro's three blades leapt from their sheaths, and he cleanly swung straight at Vergo's warship.

"Three-Sword Style:???"

A slash larger than a small mountain flew out, and the warship was as tiny as a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

This strike was enough to split a mountain!

But Vergo gripped a green bamboo staff, leaped high, and smashed it down onto the slash; the terrifying shockwave sent all three ships flying, and before the waves even fell the two sides were already clashing.

Zoro stepped onto a slash and charged at Vergo—this was the inspiration Vivi had given him.

Although there was a gap in Armament Haki,

Zoro facing Vergo was struggling considerably, but with his superb swordsmanship he could hold his own for the time being.

This made Vergo a little anxious, and he went straight to full-body Armament Haki coverage!

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "Vergo, who made Armament Haki famous!" and obtaining the sign-in reward "Vergo's Armament Haki"!】

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"Vergo's Armament Haki": As the first person to appear with full-body Armament Haki coverage, letting the Straw Hat Pirates recognize the terror of Armament Haki, Vergo's Haki was actually only at the advanced level, and the full-body coverage was a technique used because his control was insufficient!;

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Sima Di's Armament Haki and physique both rose a small wave, roughly......

The equivalent of a dozen Zoros?

The fact that this Zoro can barely fight Vergo to a draw shows his combat power.

Though this also has to do with Vergo being "poorly trained."

—Who in their right mind covers their whole body in Armament Haki?

They all concentrate it on the parts they need; didn't you see how when the Admirals fight, it's always "black hands," "black fists"?

"Yo ho ho ho—Zoro-san, I'll help you!"

Brook joined the battle, and that eerie soul flame made Vergo suffer greatly!

He hurriedly dodged Brook's attacks.

The other Marines still intended to step forward and help, but bolts of lightning fell, forming an electric curtain that blocked them outside.

Smoker of course wouldn't sit idly by,

He flew into the air to support Vergo, but was kicked away by Sanji.

"A Logia without even Armament Haki—he just stole our credit, otherwise how could he have become a Vice Admiral?" Sanji said with contempt.

The World Government announced to the outside world that the "saving the country" credit for Alabasta was Smoker's doing.

"I won't allow you to insult Vice Admiral Smoker!" Tashigi slashed down with a sword.

Sanji instantly changed his expression, defended with Armament Haki, but didn't strike back.

"Ah~ that sword slash landed right in my heart~"

"You insolent fool! Have at you!"

The two tangled in combat.

Smoker, his face dark, tried to attack, but was intercepted by Luffy, who had rocketed over.

"Uncle Smoker, a year has passed, let's fight again!" Luffy's fist turned black and hardened.

Back then in Loguetown he was crushed by Smoker; today was the time to wipe out that shame!

"Bastard! How dare a pirate look down on the Marines! White Snake!"

"Second Gear: Jet Pistol!"

The two fists slammed into each other,

Smoker, without Armament Haki, had his fist blasted away, and then took a heavy punch to the face.

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "Luffy and Smoker's complete reversal!" and obtaining the sign-in reward "Smoker's Smoke Fruit Development Experience"!】

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"Smoker's Smoke Fruit Development Experience": Although he's a Marine Vice Admiral who doesn't live up to the name, and his Smoke Fruit is developed terribly, it's still an experience of sorts.;

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Sima Di: "......"

Tch!

Just reading the description, even the System thinks Smoker is too useless.

Smoker's subordinates still wanted to go over and support him,

But Vivi scattered their formation, Laboon stood watch over there, and behind them Usopp patched the gaps.

They couldn't get through at all!

The others didn't even have room to act—there were too few people, far from enough to go around.

Sima Di watched the Straw Hat Pirates crush two Navy units and nodded, fairly satisfied.

"Kurokas, keep an eye out; I'm making a call," Sima Di said.

"Mm, go ahead and relax."

These opponents weren't even enough for him to fight.

【Silent Domain!】

Isolating the surrounding sounds,

Sima Di took out a white Den Den Mushi and dialed Seeing Kuzan's number.

It rang three times,

and Seeing Kuzan answered immediately.

"Looks like your subordinates had good luck; you actually answered the call," Sima Di laughed. "I found the ship you mentioned. Except for one of my enemies, all the children are perfectly safe. The trouble now is that your Vice Admiral subordinates Smoker and Vergo seem to have misunderstood; they insist we kidnapped these children."

"..."

Seeing Kuzan also had a headache; how did these two units end up here?

"I understand. Give them a slight lesson; just don't let anyone die," Seeing Kuzan said.

As for kidnapping children...

Ask those children later, and the truth will come out, won't it?

Besides, the Straw Hat Pirates only left Fish-Man Island not long ago, while this case of missing children has been ongoing for over half a year.

The timelines simply don't match.

"Already giving them a lesson," Sima Di exclaimed with wonder. "Smoker doesn't even know Haki, yet he became a Vice Admiral? He got beaten terribly by Luffy."

"..."

Hearing a pirate complain that his own Vice Admiral subordinate was getting beaten for being too weak... this sounded strange no matter how you heard it...

Seeing Kuzan wanted to hang up.

But he knew

Sima Di wouldn't call him specifically just for something like this.

"You have something else to say, right?" Seeing Kuzan asked.

Get to the point!

"Oh, just to tell you, this Vergo is an officer of the Donquixote Family; he was undercover," Sima Di said. "Oh, by the way, didn't Sengoku have an adopted son? He killed him."

"Crack—crack—"

"I think I just heard the sound of ice breaking?"

"No, you heard wrong," Seeing Kuzan said flatly. "Trouble you to beat him half to death; just leave him alive."