Chapter 116

Only the cold glint in his eyes already carried a trace of murderous intent.

Lord Luo Xing ordered him to continue climbing up in the Marines, so how could he tolerate a disobedient subordinate.

Vergo walked straight out the door and said:

"Since you are so arrogant, let's use our strength to distinguish who is better. The weak must obey the strong!"

Smoker followed without hesitation.

"Just what I wanted!"

Tashigi stomped her feet in anxiety.

How could Brigadier General Smoker fight with his immediate superior on the first day of arriving in the New World?

But Tashigi knew that once Smoker decided on something, even nine cows couldn't pull him back.

She couldn't persuade him, so she had to follow.

The three came to the base's sparring ring.

A group of Marines who were watching the fun immediately surrounded them.

"Look, Base Commander Vergo is going to spar with Brigadier General Smoker!"

"Who do you think will win?"

"That goes without saying, it must be the Base Commander! Haven't you noticed that the Base Commander's strength is becoming more and more terrifying!"

"That's not necessarily true; I heard that Brigadier General Smoker's reputation is also very big, and he is a Logia-type Smoker fruit user!"

"Hehehe, there's a good show to watch now; maybe we can even learn a trick or two!"

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of Marines gathered around the ring.

They all had excited expressions on their faces; after all, sparring between officers was extremely rare.

On the ring.

Vergo stood with his hands behind his back, expressionless.

Smoker was smoking a cigarette, holding his Jitte.

Under everyone's attention.

Smoker made the first move.

"White Blow!"

His lower body turned into white smoke, and with the thrust of the white smoke, he rushed toward Vergo at an extremely fast speed.

He thrust his weapon, the Jitte, forward fiercely.

Vergo didn't take out his weapon, the Bamboo Demon.

He still stood there motionless.

It wasn't until the Jitte was about to reach his neck that he stretched out his right hand and grabbed the Jitte firmly.

Smoker's face changed as he looked at Vergo's right hand, which had turned pitch black.

"Armament Haki, the New World is indeed full of strong people."

In the first half of the Grand Line, especially in Loguetown where Smoker used to be stationed, very few people knew how to use Haki.

But the New World was completely different; Haki was just the most basic skill for strong people.

Smoker applied to come to the New World because he wanted to become stronger and didn't want to be regarded as a weakling like an ant.

He shouted loudly and exerted force, trying to pull the Jitte out of Vergo's hand.

However, Vergo's right hand was like iron pliers; no matter how much force Smoker used, it didn't move at all.

Smoker was a bit impatient and wanted to use all his strength.

Suddenly,

Vergo let go.

Smoker, caught off guard, fell backward.

Vergo leaned forward, his fist covered in Armament Haki, and smashed it mercilessly into Smoker's abdomen.

"Pfft!"

Smoker spat out a mouthful of blood.

His whole body flew backward and fell heavily to the ground outside the ring!

From the start of the sparring to the outcome, it only took about half a minute.

The watching Marines were dumbfounded.

Then, excited and enthusiastic cheers erupted.

"Base Commander Vergo!"

"Base Commander Vergo is too strong!"

"Base Commander Vergo is invincible!"

As for Smoker, who was beaten down, no one paid attention to him; after all, Smoker had only arrived at the G-5 branch today.

Only Tashigi came to Smoker's side with a pale face and helped him up.

Smoker's face was extremely ugly at this time.

He never expected that he would be instantly defeated by the other party!

Without even the slightest room for resistance!

This actually wasn't strange at all; Vergo's original strength was already above Smoker's,

and after eating the Demon-level monster cell from Luo Xing, his strength skyrocketed, and he could even contend with a Marine Admiral for a while.

Let alone a mere Smoker who hadn't even learned Haki properly?

Vergo looked down at Smoker, who was barely climbing up, and said coldly:

"If you don't obey my orders next time, it won't be just a minor injury like this."

After saying that,

without looking at Smoker's angry eyes, he went straight back to the base command room.

He closed the command room door tightly.

Vergo pulled out the bottom drawer, which contained a small black Den Den Mushi.

Vergo dialed the phone, and the coldness, arrogance, and dignity he had just shown to Smoker instantly turned into a cautious flattery and a worshipful awe.

Doo~

The phone connected.

Vergo took a deep breath and said in an extremely respectful voice:

"Hello, is this Lord Luo Xing? Your subordinate Vergo has an important matter to report to you!"

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Carrot, in her Sulong form, had a body so soft and postures so varied.

Among Luo Xing's several women, she was undoubtedly ranked first.

Even Komurasaki, who ate the Sube Sube no Mi, couldn't be compared to Carrot.

Luo Xing let Carrot wash the fragrance off his body, intending to visit his wife Yamato, who was distributing super seeds and multi-functional Cybertronians to the people all over Wano Country.

Just as he was about to go out, the black Den Den Mushi rang.

Luo Xing's eyes flashed; this Den Den Mushi was an encrypted one he used specifically for calls with Vergo.

Unless Vergo had an urgent situation to report, he generally wouldn't make this call easily.

Luo Xing connected the call.

Vergo's respectful voice immediately came from the other side:

"Lord Luo Xing, your subordinate Vergo has an important matter to report to you!"

"Speak." Luo Xing was concise.

Vergo's voice said: "Former Marine Admiral 'Black Arm' Zephyr has defected from the Marine Headquarters!"

This call from Vergo naturally couldn't be about Smoker.

A mere Smoker could be easily handled by Vergo himself; he wasn't qualified to alarm Lord Luo Xing.

Vergo was reporting a major event within the Marines.

Namely, that former Admiral "Black Arm" Zephyr had betrayed the Marines and had also stolen the Dyna Stones, which were said to have power comparable to Ancient Weapons!

Even Luo Xing was briefly startled when he first heard this news.

Luo Xing remembered that Zephyr's betrayal should have happened after the Summit War.

Now that the Summit War hadn't even broken out, why did Zephyr leave the Marines early?