Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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The leader, wearing a pirate captain's hat and holding a gun, pointed at Ron and sneered, "Kid, hand over that knife at your waist, and I might spare your life if I'm in a good mood."

"Master, Master, may I help?"

Xiaoqi excitedly said to Ron.

Seeing it speak human language really startled the members of the small pirate crew.

"Where did this monster come from? It can even speak human language..."

Ron glanced outside the alley and smiled at Xiao Qi:

"It seems you won't have a chance to make a move."

Xiaoqi hadn't reacted yet.

A fist, as large as a cannonball, accompanied by white smoke, shot into the alley and sent the pirate captain flying with a single punch.

The pirate captain slammed heavily against the wall, his cheek caved in, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

"The ship, Captain!!"

"A bunch of trash, you think you can go to the Grand Line?! Go to jail!"

A cold male voice came from the smoke.

"This, this could be...?!"

A group of pirates, armed with weapons, stared in terror at the cloud of smoke that was gradually coalescing into a human shape.

As the plume of smoke coalesced into Smoker, cigar in hand, one of the pirates shouted:

"It's a White Hunter! Run!"

The motley crew of pirates immediately scattered in panic and fled.

"Want to escape?"

With a cigar in his mouth and wearing a coat of justice, Smoker sneered and threw a punch that slammed into the group of pirates like a cannonball.

Before long, everyone was knocked to the ground, and none of them were able to escape.

Footsteps approached from outside the alley, and soon a group of naval personnel gathered there.

The leading navy officer saluted Smoker: "Lieutenant Smoker."

"Perfect timing, take all these guys with you."

Smoker exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Yes!"

As the Navy took the pirate crew away, Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, said to the black-haired boy who seemed vaguely familiar, "Be careful in the future, stay away from these pirates."

After saying that, he glanced at Little Seven, the kung fu manatee at Ron's feet, and then turned to leave.

Just as he turned to walk out of the alley, he heard a boy's voice with a smile in his ear.

"Don't you recognize me, Smoker?"

Smoker's eyes slightly opened.

This voice...

He turned his head and stared intently at the black-haired boy with a black knife at his waist and a smile on his face.

When those delicate, clean-cut features overlapped with the features of a black-haired boy in his memory, Smoker's eyes widened.

"Is that you?!"

........................

Robin and Connie were somewhat surprised to see Seven returning alone.

"Where's the captain?"

"It seems that Master has run into someone he knows. He told us to go to the execution platform first, and he will come to meet us later."

Xiao Qi scratched his head and said.

"Is that so?"

Connie nodded.

……

Inside a tavern on the streets of Rogge.

Smoker and Ron sat in the seats in front of the counter.

"I never expected you to leave Naval Headquarters."

Smoker downed his drink in one gulp and glanced at the seemingly harmless, handsome young man beside him.

"The marshal and the others actually let you leave?"

Three years ago, when this guy was 11 years old, he defeated himself, the strongest freshman at the Naval Academy at the time...

Compared to myself, who ate a Logia-type Devil Fruit, this guy is the real monster!

Smoker is well aware of this now.

"After I demonstrated my firm desire to leave Naval Headquarters, they didn't want to let me go, but there was nothing they could do about it."

Ron smiled at Smoker beside him and said, "After all, this was something that was agreed upon long ago."

"Indeed, the Navy cannot retain someone whose heart is not in the Navy unless he is eliminated."

"And the navy, which stands on the side of justice, cannot treat an ordinary person who has never committed a crime in this way."

Ron nodded and smiled, "That's right."

Smoker glanced at Ron beside him and said, "When you applied to join the Navy as an intern, did you already plan to leave?"

Ron didn't hide anything and nodded.

For him, becoming a naval intern was indeed just one step towards becoming a strongman.

"why?"

Smoker was somewhat puzzled. "A guy like you, if you joined the Navy, you could definitely catch more criminals, reach a higher level, and better maintain order on this sea. Do you think it's better to let evil run rampant on this sea than for your own freedom?"

He didn't understand why Ron had become stronger.

Ron looked at the bubbling drink in his hand and said calmly:

"Smoker, do you think it takes many reasons to become stronger? Just the simple reason of living freely is enough."

"Even if you become a naval officer, or even a fleet admiral, you still have to obey the orders of the World Government."

Ron glanced at Smoker with his clear, cold gaze: "If the World Government ordered you to destroy this town, would you agree? Or would you disobey?"

Smoker was speechless.

Because he doesn't know the answer to that question right now.

A long silence fell between the two of them.

After taking a sip of his drink, Ron relaxed slightly and looked at him with a smile, asking, "After our fight, I don't think I saw you at Marine Headquarters anymore. Later, I asked Vice Admiral Momonga and found out that you had requested a transfer yourself. I didn't expect you to be transferred to the East Blue..."

Smoker was speechless.

He initially thought that Tina would definitely use the fact that Ron had seriously injured him to mock him at Marine Headquarters, which is why he applied for a transfer.

Surprisingly, Tina seemed to know nothing about this.

There was absolutely no trace of this incident at Navy Headquarters, and now nobody remembers it at all.

Aside from Smoker himself.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

Feeling somewhat aggrieved, Smoker took a few swigs of his drink and looked at Ron, changing the subject: "So what are you going to do now that you've left the Navy? You're not going to become a pirate, are you?"

"Hmm... I can't say for sure."

Ron stared at the ice cubes in his glass, his fingers tracing the rim.

Smoker's expression immediately turned serious: "Hey kid, this is no joke. If you were to become a pirate, headquarters would definitely not let you off the hook. Vice Admiral Garp or an Admiral, one of the Navy's top combatants, would probably come to capture you and imprison you in Impel Down right away."

"Haha, that's really quite scary."

Ron smiled, then turned to Smoker beside him, who had a serious expression, and said, "Don't worry, I'm just an ordinary adventurer who hasn't committed any crimes. As for whether I'll be on the Navy's wanted list in the future... I can't say for sure. It's all in the future."

Ron took a sip of his drink and said casually.

Smoker stared at him without saying a word.

After finishing the drink in the glass.

Ron dropped a bag of baileys, stood up, and said to Smoker:

"See you later. If I see Tina and Momousagi, please give them my regards."

Just as he turned to leave.

Smoker, sitting at the counter with his back to him, said:

"If you become a pirate in the future, I will definitely be one of the marines who captures you."