Chapter 229: Smoker Makes a Move

Sanji looked at Zoro in disbelief: "Hey, how did this guy survive?"

"I don't know, don't ask me."

Luffy put his hands on his hips and walked arrogantly toward Sanji and Zoro with a Doflamingo-style strut. Well, the silly laughter never stopped.

Clock Tower, Smoker took a deep look at Luffy and shouted loudly: "All units, listen up, surround all pirates!!!"

"Yes!!!"

At Smoker's command, the Navy soldiers who had been lying in ambush around the execution platform swarmed out, forming a circular perimeter. While blocking all escape routes, they continued to shrink the circle.

Smoker exhaled a puff of smoke, his mind recalling the scene just now. Did Straw Hat Luffy know he would be saved? No, in that instant, he truly thought his life was about to end. He had accepted death and smiled.

Smoker was no stranger to this scene. When he watched the execution of Pirate King Roger in Loguetown back then, Roger had also shown the exact same—no, the Straw Hat kid and Roger's smiles were exactly the same.

"Major General, aren't you going to arrest the pirates?"

Smoker didn't answer this question, but asked to himself: "Hey, have you ever seen a pirate laugh on the execution platform?"

"How could that be? No matter how great a figure they are, at the moment of death, they would turn pale and die in despair!"

"But that man in the straw hat smiled, just Move Move Like the Pirate King Gol D. Roger who smiled on that execution platform in this town 22 years ago!"

"Major General..."

Smoker took a deep breath, suddenly feeling that this Straw Hat Luffy kid was no ordinary person.

"Where is the Straw Hat crew?"

"They are running toward the sea!"

"What about the people at the port? They should have already blown up Straw Hat Luffy's ship, right?"

"This, because it suddenly started raining, all the gunpowder wouldn't ignite."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter, I'll make a move."

Loguetown Square.

"It's the Navy! The Navy is here!!! Run!"

The Navy soldiers soon started fighting with Buggy and Alvida's men, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

"Luffy, this is no place to stay, let's go! This is the base commander, White Chase Smoker. He's a Navy Headquarters Major General; we don't have a chance of winning."

"White Chase Smoker, is that the uncle we met in Shells Town?"

"That's right, it's him!"

Sanji, on the side, agreed: "That's right, White Chase Smoker's strength is famous in the East Blue. No pirate has ever escaped from his hands."

Luffy swallowed hard, feeling Move Move Like they couldn't win, and nodded quickly: "Mm, let's go! The most important thing now is to get to the Grand Line."

The three quickly reached a consensus. Zoro soon found a point with weak defenses and called Sanji and Luffy to rush over.

"The Straw Hat crew is running away!"

"Catch them!" "Chase them! Don't let them run!"

*Bang*~ *Bang bang*, Sanji cleared the way with his big feet, kicking away several Navy soldiers in a row.

"Hmph, I was wondering why they were so reckless..." Smoker took a deep breath, pulled out the remaining cigars in one go, and then.

"White Blow Execution Array!"

*Poof!

A concentrated ball of smoke flew rapidly toward the fleeing Luffy and the others. The moment it touched the ground, it exploded, and the thick white smoke instantly enveloped the three of them.

"Cough cough cough! Wh-what is this? I can't see anything!"

Sanji covered his nose and shouted in a muffled voice: "It's Smoker, he's made a move!"

"It's smoke! It's fine, watch me, Gum-Gum: Big Mouth Inhale!"

Luffy opened his mouth wide and inhaled rapidly. His body expanded along with it, and soon he became a balloon.

Smoker was stunned. Is this guy an idiot? He even dared to inhale his smoke, as if he was afraid he wouldn't die fast enough?

"White Blow: Suffocation!"

Under Smoker's control, the white smoke Luffy inhaled quickly condensed in his throat and then compressed, blocking Luffy's air intake.

"Guh, I, save, save..." Luffy's complexion turned from white to red, red to purple, purple to black, and he scratched his neck frantically, as if that would allow him to breathe.

"Luffy!!" *2

Sanji rushed over: "What happened to you? Damn it, Zoro, he's suffocating! If we don't save him, he's going to die!"

"How do we save him? Cut his throat open?"

*Click.

Smoker landed lightly on the ground, looked at Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, and said faintly: "Don't make any more futile resistance. Surrender honestly. For the sake of Vice Admiral Garp, I can spare his life."

"What did you do to him?"

Looking at the aggressive Sanji, Smoker sneered disdainfully: "Smoke Puppet!"

A large amount of smoke erupted from Smoker's body, condensing at a speed visible to the naked eye into two smoke figures similar to Smoker's build. After taking a stance, they rushed toward Zoro and Sanji respectively.

Zoro's gaze sharpened, and he swung his sword at the smoke puppet. The blade easily cut through the smoke puppet's body, but what was the use of that?

Did he expect Zoro to hack the smoke to pieces with his sword?

"Useless! To catch the bandits, catch the leader first!"

After dodging the smoke puppet's attack, Zoro took a stance in the air and shouted in a low voice: "Three-Sword Style: Oni Giri!"

*Xing!

Zoro's figure flashed past. Smoker didn't even bother to move, standing directly on the spot.

Young people these days! Too reckless!

"How could this be!!!"

Sanji said speechlessly: "You've collected plenty of bounties as a pirate hunter, how come you don't even know that guy is a Logia-type user?"

"Logia-type? What is a Logia-type?"

Sanji:......

"Are you done? Now it's my turn!"

*Swish*~ Smoker's figure disappeared instantly, then he punched Zoro in the head, making a dull thud.

"Ah~"

Then Zoro lost consciousness, a large bump swelling on his head.

As for Sanji, he was soon stretched thin under the pincer attack of the smoke puppets and was finally knocked unconscious by them.

"Straw Hat Pirates, none of you are escaping today!"

Smoker walked slowly toward the unconscious Luffy. The next second, a strong wind blew, and a man wearing a green cloak appeared in front of Smoker.

"Major General Smoker, hello!"

"You, you are!"

After seeing the face under the cloak clearly, Smoker was shocked. Revolutionary Army Chief Monkey D. Dragon. How could he appear here? Wait, he is the Straw Hat kid's father; his appearance here seems quite reasonable and logical.

Dragon smiled slightly. While Smoker was stunned, he tapped Luffy's back lightly. The unconscious Luffy coughed out a ball of white smoke and then let out a faint breath.

"Pardon the intrusion. I just happened to be passing by. After all, this kid is my son; I can't just watch him die, right?"