Chapter 118

Little Purple was bewildered, but Luo Xing, the "arch-criminal," was not bewildered at all.

On the contrary, his purpose was very clear, and he was living even more comfortably.

Luo Xing lay on a wide chair, with a well-behaved and cute rabbit-eared girl squatting beside him.

While playing with the long, soft-feeling rabbit ears, he casually said:

"Is there any news from Rabbit Well Prison?"

Enel and the Heart Pirates, led by Trafalgar Law, were imprisoned in Rabbit Well Prison.

Before heading to the Thriller Bark, Luo Xing had specially met with these two to let them think things over.

Carrot's small face turned a bit red.

Because her rabbit ears were being touched, she felt very ticklish.

But since her master wanted to play, even if it was ticklish, Carrot would not move away.

Carrot endured the ticklish sensation and replied:

"According to the prison warden's report, that god of the Sky Island, Enel, has become much more obedient and is no longer as arrogant as before."

Luo Xing nodded.

It seemed that after days of beating, Enel had finally started to recognize reality.

Carrot's voice continued:

"As for the Heart Pirates, there is one named Beppo among them, who is also from our Mink Tribe."

"This maid has communicated with him and told him that the entire Zou country is under my master's command, and all the Minks are my master's warriors."

"He looked very shocked and expressed an intention to pledge allegiance to my master. The last time I saw him, he was persuading his captain, Trafalgar Law."

"For people as great as my master, it is their honor to be able to pledge loyalty to him!"

Luo Xing smiled with a touch of amusement.

It seemed there was also progress on Trafalgar Law's side, which was much better than before.

Luo Xing stood up, stretched, and said:

"It's the full moon; turn into a Moon Lion."

"Yes, my lord."

Carrot looked up at the full moon in the night sky.

Her already slender body became even more elongated, her fur turned even whiter like snow, and snow-white hair cascaded down to her waist.

A cold and holy aura emanated from her.

When Carrot looked at Luo Xing again, she no longer had the gentle obedience from before; instead, her eyes were cold, keeping others at a thousand miles' distance.

This, too, was my lord's task.

Luo Xing spoke with satisfaction: "Maintain this posture and aura; let us go to rest."

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The New World.

G-5 Branch.

Vergo, who had successfully become a member of the Beasts Pirates by offering Law, who had eaten the Ope Ope no Mi, as a pledge of loyalty, was recently in high spirits.

After consuming the Ghost-Class Monster Cells bestowed by Luo Xing,

his figure became even more upright, his authority even deeper, and his strength even more unfathomable.

Wherever he went, he wore a solemn and confident expression of power.

All the Marines of G-5 respected and feared Vergo, this Base Commander my lord.

Vergo absolutely controlled this one of the largest branch bases established by the Marines in the New World, number 787; no one dared disobey his orders.

Following Luo Xing's orders, while Vergo worked hard to cultivate and improve his strength, he was also single-mindedly determined to raise his rank within the Marines.

He must establish Several Great Merits to make the Marine Headquarters, or even the Five Elders, take notice of him.

For this purpose, the first thing he did was expand the troops under his command.

With the banner of the Marines, his recruitment of soldiers in various places went relatively smoothly.

After all, except for areas controlled by a few great pirates like the Four Emperors, no country dared to refuse to show respect to the Marines and the World Government.

Vergo naturally had to report his recruitment to the Marine Headquarters, giving the reason of coping with the increasingly severe situation in the New World.

It was rumored that when Fleet Admiral Sengoku saw this report, he sighed and said:

"Finally, there are still Marines in the Navy who are willing to work and dare to act!"

The implied meaning of his words was, of course, a subtle dig at Kizaru, who contributed almost nothing during the Battle of Punk Hazard.

Hmm, Kizaru's reaction was expected; he was filing his nails, pretending not to hear.

Sengoku's mouth twitched, and he unconsciously valued Vergo's name even more.

At this moment, Admiral Aokiji suggested transferring the former Loguetown Captain Smoker and his adjutant Tashigi to the G-5 Branch to assist Base Commander Vergo in coping with the situation in the New World.

Sengoku was greatly comforted and immediately agreed.

He also promoted Smoker's rank by one level, from Captain to Commodore, making him the second-in-command of the G-5 Branch, second only to Vergo.

And so it was.

Smoker and Tashigi arrived at the New World's G-5 Branch more than two years earlier than in the original story.

They met with Luo Xing's subordinate, the Beasts Pirates spy, and Marine Base Commander Ghost Bamboo Vergo.

108. Smoker, taught a lesson by Vergo, and Luo Xing's Black Den Den Mushi (Please subscribe)

"You are the White Hunter Smoker?"

"The man famous in the Marines for doing as he pleases and refusing to obey orders, even called the mad dog of the Marines?"

Vergo sat in a large armchair in the G5 Branch Command Room, scrutinizing the two before him with a cold gaze.

One, with a cigar in his mouth and an arrogant expression, was Smoker, who had already been promoted to Commodore.

The other, with a graceful figure and a beautiful face, wore the famous blade Sayo Shigure at her waist; this was Vergo's adjutant, Tashigi.

Hearing Vergo's cold words, Smoker nodded without ceremony and said:

"It's me, the old man."

A flash of cold light passed through Vergo's eyes: "Your tone is quite bold..."

He stood up and walked around to stand before Smoker.

Originally two meters and forty centimeters tall, he had eaten a Monster Class Villain Cell, and now his height approached four meters.

Looking at Smoker, who was just over two meters tall, was like looking down on a child.

"But no matter how unruly you were before, or how you did whatever you wanted, once you come to the G5 Branch, you must obey my orders!"

Vergo said this with a cold, hard tone, his hands in his pockets.

The aura emanating from him seemed even more terrifying.

Had it been an ordinary soldier, they would likely have been so frightened by this aura that their legs were already trembling.

But Smoker was naturally rebellious; even though his rank was below Vergo's, he was unwilling to be suppressed by Vergo in this manner.

Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, said proudly:

"I'm not used to taking orders from others! I can't stop you from doing what you want, but don't try to order me around!"

The cold light in Vergo's eyes became even more exposed.

His tone carried an undisguised threat.

"Do you know what the consequence is for disobeying orders on my turf?"

Smoker, showing not a shred of fear, sneered: "What is it?"

"It's that you might not see tomorrow's sun!"

"Then come and try it!"

The two highest-ranking officers of the current G5 Branch faced off like a needle tip against a wheat awn the moment they met, clearly about to engage in a fierce fight.

Tashigi, extremely anxious, hurriedly urged:

"Colonel Smoker... ah no, Commodore Smoker, please calm down!"

"Base Commander Vergo, Commodore Smoker did not mean to defy you on purpose!"

Smoker directly refuted her, saying:

"No, I defied you on purpose."

That attitude of obeying no one truly lived up to his title as the Mad Dog of the Navy.

Vergo had never met such a thorny subordinate before; instead of getting angry, he laughed.