Back inside the cabin, Lucas decided to draw his prize.
“Draw!”
“Ding ding ding ding ding!”
Various skill icons flashed rapidly, eventually stopping on a red humanoid icon.
[Congratulations to the Host for acquiring the skill “Eight Inner Gates.”]
This was certainly a good skill for desperate situations.
[Name: Saris Lucas (Logia Forest-Forest Fruit)]
[Age: 19]
[Height: 230]
[Physical Strength: ★★★★★★★★]
[Swordsmanship: ★★★★★★]
[Devil Fruit Ability: ★★★★★☆]
Plant Mutation, Seed of Corruption (3)
[Devil Fruit Ability:
1.
Photosynthesis: Absorb sunlight, store it in the body, recover the body, enhance physique, change the hardness of trees;
2.
Perceive surrounding trees: Sense the situation around trees, just like Mantra;
3.
Plant Growth Acceleration;
4.
Plant Manipulation;
5.
Plant-body Transformation]
[Haki: Conqueror’s Haki (Inactive), Armament Haki (Beginner), Observation Haki (Intermediate).]
[Skills: Gale Swordsmanship (Advanced), Rokushiki (Advanced), Bukujutsu, Eight Inner Gates (Number of gates opened depends on physical strength; temporarily can open five gates.)]
[Current Combat Power: A-]
[Reputation: Rising Fame]
…
Marineford, Marine Headquarters, at the quarterly meeting.
“Bam!”
Sengoku slammed the file in his hand onto the table and shouted angrily:
“What is he trying to do?
How dare he cross sea areas to kill a Captain of the same rank?
Is this something a Marine should do?”
“Crunch, crunch, crunch!
Sengoku, the report says it.
Nezumi colluded with pirates, and Nezumi’s own subordinates can prove it.” The boisterous voice accompanied by the sound of eating senbei—who else could it be but Garp!
“Even if he is a disgrace to the Marines, it is not for a Captain like him to resolve it.
Without rules, there is no order.
He is breaking the rules.” Sengoku raged.
“And another thing, how many times have I told you not to eat senbei during meetings!” This last sentence was very loud.
Hearing this, Garp did not retort to Sengoku, but silently put away the senbei and took out a bag of donuts.
If you say don’t eat senbei, then I won’t eat senbei.
Seeing this, a vein popped out on Sengoku’s forehead in anger.
At this moment, Akainu, sitting opposite Garp, held Lucas’s file and said:
“I think Captain Lucas did nothing wrong.
For such a disgrace to the Marines, immediate execution is the right way.”
Akainu absolutely loved Lucas.
Looking at his various methods of operation, it was exactly the same as his own—treating pirates with absolute ruthlessness and never holding back.
As for killing Captain Nezumi, that was a small matter; it wasn’t like he killed an Admiral!
“Breaking Marine regulations is breaking Marine regulations.
This sort of thing cannot be condoned.” Zephyr, who had just returned from a mission, said with his arms crossed.
Although Lucas was his student, if he did something wrong, he would not speak up for him.
Among the three Admirals sitting there, who wasn’t his student?
“Tsuru, what do you think?” Sengoku asked.
As a Marine Headquarters Staff Officer, Tsuru knew that Sengoku was trying to reprimand Lucas.
After all, whether it was beating up CP5 members, arbitrarily crossing sea areas to hunt down pirates, or killing a colleague, it was clear that Lucas was not a pushover.
For the sake of Lucas’s future, Vice Admiral Tsuru said: “A mistake is a mistake.
I think we should demote him to Lieutenant Commander.”
Good grief, he had just been promoted a year ago, and now he was going to be demoted back to his original rank.
“Demote him to Commander.
It’s settled.
Now, let’s talk about the New World…” Sengoku still didn’t demote Lucas all the way to Lieutenant Commander.
…
Lucas did not care about the demotion; he continued to do as he pleased and applied to Marine Headquarters for a transfer to the Grand Line.
His strength had reached A-rank—although it was A-, Lucas felt it was enough, and he prepared to head to the Grand Line.
He also planned to visit Sky Island; he wanted to see the Beanstalks and Enel.
His Seed of Corruption, apart from the one used on Vergo, had now accumulated to 3.
He needed to find someone to use them on.
Enel was one of his targets.
After all, he was known as the owner of the strongest Logia-type fruit.
According to Lucas’s speculation, Enel had not yet become the god of Sky Island, because Luffy set sail in 1520, and by then, Enel had been the god for six years.
It was now 1511, about to enter 1512; Enel might not even have eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit yet!
He would also stop by Loguetown to see Smoker; he heard that he had been quite prominent recently.
White Hunter Smoker—he had heard that name many times at the G-5 base.
Some people even compared White Hunter Smoker with Shura Swordsman Lucas, as they were both Marines who graduated in the same class.
However, Lucas really did not like the name Shura Swordsman; he preferred Gale Swordsman.
Damn pirates, giving him random nicknames!
Lucas did not know that because of him, East Blue newspapers had published his photo twice, exaggerating his deeds and strength, which led a green-haired, directionally challenged boy who aspired to become the World’s Greatest Swordsman to swear an oath in Shimotsuki Village: first to defeat his senior sister, then to challenge Lucas and become the strongest swordsman in the East Blue, and then to challenge Hawkeye to become the World’s Greatest Swordsman.
…
Loguetown
As the gateway to the Grand Line and the place where Pirate King Roger fell, it had always been a place where pirates and gangs were rampant.
This time, Lucas traveled alone and was flying.
Bukujutsu flight required stamina consumption, but it didn’t consume much, and it could be considered a form of training.
When Lucas arrived at Loguetown, he was met with a scene of chaos.
“What’s going on?” Lucas was a bit confused.
Loguetown’s order was usually good; how did it get so chaotic?
He saw a dozen pirate ships anchored outside Loguetown, and countless pirates on the streets of Loguetown brandishing weapons and running wild.
On the streets, apart from some Marines, he also saw Smoker.
Swoosh!
Lucas flew above Smoker.
“Smoker, what’s going on?”
Smoker heard the voice, looked up, and a trace of joy appeared on his face.
He hurriedly and angrily said:
“Why are you asking so much?
Hurry up and help!
These people are completely lawless.
I recently took down an East Blue slave market and a gang family, and they are retaliating.”
As he was speaking, shouts from Marine soldiers suddenly came from afar.
“Oh no, the prison has been breached!”
“Hahaha, I told you, you would pay the price!”
Following the arrogant voice, a rotating fat man in yellow clothes ran out of the prison and then crashed into the crowd with a bang.
“Buffalo???”
Seeing this person, Lucas was stunned.
Buffalo was an officer of the Donquixote Family; why would a member of the Donquixote Family appear here?
Smoker didn’t catch him, did he!!!