Chapter 405

"Empress-sama is so happy today! I've never seen her this happy before!"

"It's so romantic! It makes me want to find a man to kiss too!"

After the engagement ceremony, Hancock was still absent-minded, and whenever she had nothing to do, she liked to stare at the ring alone, making Karl unable to watch it anymore.

"Hancock, there's no need for this! We're just getting engaged, is it really necessary?"

Hancock rolled her eyes at Karl: "My dear, you don't understand. I'm just thinking that when we get married, we must let the whole world witness our wedding."

Karl covered his mouth and coughed: "Um, don't forget Ain."

Hancock's face immediately fell, and she pouted: "Fine, witness the wedding of the three of us. By the way, I'm the first one, right?"

"What first one?"

"I mean the pure gold ring, am I the first one you gave it to?"

Karl held up four fingers: "I swear, you can think you're the first."

"Hmph, that's more like it."

Alabasta, Spice Bean Restaurant.

Smoker looked at the back in front of him and took a deep breath. He recognized this tattoo; it was the mark of the Bai Huzi Pirates.

"That is the mark of the Bai Huzi Pirates. Why is he here?"

"What is a famous big-shot pirate doing in this country?"

Ace said without looking back: "I'm looking for someone, my brother."

After speaking, Ace turned his head to look at Smoker, and Smoker's mouth raised slightly: "Your brother, is that Straw Hat Luffy? That's right, you are both grandsons of Vice Admiral Garp."

"So, what should I do?"

"Be captured obediently! Whether it's you or Straw Hat Luffy, you only have one destination, and that is Impel Down."

"Hahaha, sorry, I refuse."

Smoker shook his head: "It's really troublesome. I only wanted to catch Straw Hat Luffy, but now I have to catch you two brothers together!"

Poof~

A large amount of smoke immediately appeared around Smoker, and soon it filled the entire room.

"Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat~~~~"

Boom~

Luffy, who didn't know where he ran from, was like a starving ghost reincarnated, charging straight toward the restaurant, completely ignoring Smoker standing in front and behind, and rammed into Smoker's back. Unfortunately, Smoker had already passively elementalized.

Luffy passed directly through Smoker's body, failing to knock Smoker away, but instead rammed directly into Ace's arms.

"Eh! Ace?"

Ace's eyes were shocked: "Luffy?"

Then Luffy hit the brakes and stopped precisely in front of Ace, picked up the food on the table and stuffed it into his mouth, while eating and dancing around Ace, muttering something he didn't know.

Ace looked at Luffy with doting eyes: "You guy is really the same as always!"

Luffy, with his mouth stuffed full, squeezed out a smile and continued to eat.

"Straw Hat Luffy, Fire Fist Ace, it seems I can catch you all in one net this time."

"Smoke Killing Array!!!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

The smoke flowed at high speed, driving the airflow and making a whooshing sound. While shrouding Luffy and Ace, the civilians were also pushed away by the materialized smoke to avoid being caught in the battle.

"Luffy, now is not the time to eat! This guy is very difficult to deal with!"

"Ace, I know him, he's very strong! I can't beat him!"

Ace chuckled: "It's okay, leave it to me!"

As soon as the words fell, scorching flames ignited around Ace, interwoven with Smoker's white smoke. Smoke and fire, neither clashing nor compatible.

Smoker seemed to realize this too, raising his dark fist and charging toward Ace.

"Armament Haki? I didn't expect the Navy in Paradise to possess such Haki. It seems I underestimated you!"

Ace was slightly surprised, but he wasn't stupid. He grabbed Luffy by the neck and retreated rapidly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

If Luffy weren't there, Ace would still be interested in playing with Smoker, but with Luffy there, it's better to run away.

Hmm? Where are the people? Smoker looked left and right.

"Damn it! This guy actually ran away!"

Smoker waved his big hand, dispelling the smoke, and looked at the figure running wildly in the distance, silently saying.

"You can't escape."