One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 252 Lucas's Loyalty
"Dad!" X2
"It's Principal Ross! Hello, Principal!"

"Hello, Principal! Principal, please save Boss Smoker! He looks so strange now!"

"Hello principal!"

"Hello principal!"

A cloud descended in the center of the children and floated in front of Smoker. It mimicked the appearance of Ross, and although it did not speak, messages could be conveyed from it.

The children greeted each other politely, and then some of them began to ask Ross to help Smoker. It was obvious that he had a very high status among the children.

"Calm down Smoker, your body is not yet able to freely control the power of the Devil Fruit. You need to calm down first and then imagine yourself returning to your original state."

Cloud-headed Ross nodded in mid-air in response, then looked at Smoker and mentioned the topic again.

Although he did what he had just said, he could not change back to his original form. Instead, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his head.

After Ross reminded him again, he first took a deep breath to calm his restless heart.

After about four or five minutes, he began to learn to control the power of the fruit, imagining it gathering into his lower body in his mind.

Soon, a magical scene happened. Smoker's lower body, which had turned into mist, began to gather together and soon returned to its original state. Even he himself felt that he had an inexplicable connection with the fruit.

It seemed as if he could simply turn his body into mist and dissipate at any time, but that was all.

"Good, you have achieved initial control of the elemental transformation so quickly. I have seen the whole process. Don't worry, Smoker. The fruit you ate is a good one. There is no need to worry about it."

Ross said, turned around and said to Lucas:

"I'll be right over, Lucas, you can tell Smoker about the devil fruits.

And Annina, you keep an eye on Smoker. If anything happens, use your Armament Haki to protect everyone. He is at risk of losing his fruit ability."

After giving his instructions, Yuntou Ross dissipated into the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the children who heard Ross's words hid behind Annina at the same time. Although they didn't know what the fruit ability runaway was, they thought it must be very dangerous.

Of course, the hearts of children are like curious cats. They listened attentively, their eyes fixed on the helpless Smoker and Lucas who was about to speak.

Obviously, these children are also very curious about devil fruits.

The oldest of these children is only ten years old. The East China Sea is isolated from the outside world and they only know that the devil fruit is a secret treasure of the sea that can give them magical powers.

Any more than that is beyond their reach.

"Lucas, thank you for your help. Please stay away from me. I don't want to hurt you."

Smoker said as he took two steps back and came to a safer place, standing there waiting for his good friend to give him information about Devil Fruits.

Lucas frowned at Smoker's action, looking unhappy. He knew that he was protecting him, but so what? Smoker was his only friend here.

He is a time bomb right now. Compared to me, he is the one who needs warmth and care the most! How can I keep a lonely distance just because of this little danger?
His ideal is to become a gangster boss. If he doesn't even have this kind of courage and loyalty, how can he become a gangster?

Besides, Smoker's ability seems to be ordinary smoke, not some kind of naturally powerful natural disaster. How dangerous can it be?
So, without further ado, he took two steps forward, grabbed Smoker's arm, and forced him to sit on the ground, saying:
"Just you? I admit that you are stronger than me now, but I am not so weak that I need your protection. The power of the fruit is just out of control, not a natural disaster type."

"But Lucas..."

"No buts! I won't necessarily go berserk. If I'm not afraid, why should you be afraid?! If you really consider me your friend, then just sit here and don't move!"

"Yeah, I understand."

Smoker broke free from Lucas's arm, let out a disgusted growl, and turned his head to smile.

Lucas nodded in satisfaction. That's right!

"Well……"

Not far away, Annina folded her arms and looked at the two people's actions. She found that she seemed to be inferior to her brother in some aspects, so she never thought of asking Smoker to sit down with her.

Obviously, she is the only one present who can defeat the strong natural type!
She was secretly somewhat dissatisfied, pouting as she reflected on her own shortcomings. After all, she was not a very selfish person and would not deny her shortcomings. Instead, she was willing to learn and improve herself.

"Okay, let me give you some knowledge about devil fruits. Of course, these are basically summarized by my father, and they are more detailed than the classification in the sea."

After Smoker had finished laughing and turned around, Lucas spoke slowly, and the children behind Annina also listened carefully with their ears wide open:

“It goes without saying that devil fruits are the secret treasures of the sea. They are usually simply divided into three categories - natural, superhuman and animal!

And in the animal system, there are three categories, namely the common animal system, the ancient animal system and the fantasy animal system. "

"Among them, the natural type is recognized as the strongest category. Only the top superhuman type and mythical beast type can be compared with it. If nothing unexpected happens, your fruit is a natural type!
Let’s not talk about the other things for now. In Dad’s layout, natural fruits are also divided into three levels, namely natural disasters, elements and fantasy. ”

“Natural disasters are like magma and hurricanes, which are also the two known natural disasters in the ocean.

The elemental type includes fruits such as the Shine Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit, and the Snow Snow Fruit. They are natural fruits made up of pure elements. Yours should also be an elemental fruit.

The final fantasy-type natural fruit is closer to the parahuman-type devil fruit, belonging to the special parahuman-type. Conversely, there are also special natural-type fruits in the parahuman-type! My father's Yunyun fruit is a fantasy-type natural fruit!"

Lucas said a lot in one breath, and gave examples for each one, so that Smoker could better accept the knowledge. At the same time, he added:

"Don't underestimate this simple classification. Depending on the classification, the three types of natural systems have more suitable development directions. My father even wrote a booklet specifically for it!

It is no exaggeration to say that even if you don’t know the slightest bit about the theme of your own fruit, as long as you have a clear direction and continue to develop according to the booklet, even a pig can play it well! "

"That's amazing! Then Lucas, how do you know so much?!"

Smoker opened his mouth wide in praise. Although he didn't know what this concept was, he instinctively felt that Ross was very powerful. However, he was also very curious about why Lucas knew so much.

Or in other words, why did he want to know it in such detail.

When Lucas was asked the question, he immediately showed a look of longing and said:

"Because I want to become a person with special abilities in the future! My sister is the same, and we have already selected the fruits of the future, but I don't know if we can achieve our wish." Ever since seeing the battle between Brother Sakaski and Zefa, he and his sister have become fascinated by that style of fighting, which is much cooler than fist-to-flesh combat.

Coupled with the strength of their father as a top-level fruit ability user, they became more determined to become stronger, so they expressed their intention in this regard to Ross.

Ross has always been very generous to children, and he directly copied all his notes on devil fruit research and development for the two to read.

It was only at that time that they began to understand this detailed classification.

He also looked through Ross's collection and the devil fruit encyclopedia, and had already identified three or four targets.

"So what kind of devil fruit do you want to eat in the future, Lucas?"

When the future was mentioned, Smoker became inexplicably curious. He put his arm around Lucas' shoulders and leaned over to ask, as if they were brothers with no secrets.

Lucas also said it generously. There was no need to hide this kind of thing, especially at this moment, he would feel the pleasure of showing off good things, which was also one of the most sensitive sources of joy for children:

"Hehe, what I want most is the superhuman Fortress Fruit. Although it doesn't do much for myself, it can turn me into a mobile fortress. I like this ability very much!

If not, I would consider an ancient devil fruit, anything would be fine, and then the natural flame and ice fruit, because they are cool! Very cool! "

"Ohhh! I'm so envious..."

Smoker looked at Lucas with envy, and so did the children nearby.

Who doesn't want a bright future that they can choose from? But they don't envy Lucas.

It's not just because he is Ross's descendant, but also because he himself possesses great strength and perseverance.

Although they didn't play with Lucas, they never talked about him behind his back or even said a bad thing about him.

The orphans knew what it meant to have a big fist, and the rest of the children admired him instinctively, just like they were looking up to the older brothers who had taught them when they lived in Nasdaq, and the older brothers and sisters who had defended Cloud Island.

Of course, it is also inseparable from the teaching and instructions at home.

"Everyone is born unfair, but there is no need to envy them. Devil Fruits are not the only option to become stronger. They are just a shortcut and an opportunity."

Annina's voice came and continued:

"Even we can only understand them. If you want to get the fruit of your heart, you either have to be chosen by it like you, Smoker, or you can only search blindly. Only in this respect, we are fair.

Everyone should work hard to become stronger. Once your own strength is strong, the devil fruit will no longer be a shortcut, but a means. Being strong is always the hard truth!"

After saying this, Annina stretched out her arm, and a layer of black Armament Color quickly covered it, warning Smoker:
“The reason why the natural fruit is known as the most powerful fruit category is because they have an ability called elementalization, which can be used to dodge almost all attacks!
However, as long as you master the Armament Haki, if you are not strong enough, you will still be beaten to a pulp by others!"

"Elementalization?"

Smoker wondered, was he the same as before? His lower body turned into smoke.

Indeed, if that was the case, he could hardly think of anything that could attack the smoke, which meant that based on his current understanding, elementalization was almost a pseudo-invincible ability.

But Annina warned him and threatened him.

Smoker was not angry. Instead, he thanked Annina in his heart, otherwise he might have fallen because of this. After all, this is an almost invincible ability.

He might therefore feel that he is stronger than Annina and reduce the amount of training until he is at the same level as her and Lucas.

But this is not possible. Only through hard work and persistence can he hope to be as good as others!

After thinking about it carefully, Smoker actually began to hate his own devil fruit. It was such a burden that was always tempting him to slack off!
"The Natural Smoke Fruit, this is the name of that fruit. Smoker, you have great awareness. I believe you will achieve great things in the future."

"teacher!"

"Dad!" X2
"Hello, Principal Ross!"

Ross's voice was heard, and the children looked in the direction of the voice and found a middle-aged man standing not far away looking at them.

He had actually been here for a while, but chose not to interrupt the conversation between the few people.

Smoker has good talent, but his character still needs to be shaped. If he has an opponent who can suppress him and good friends to accompany him, his future achievements will not be bad.

At the very least, I can be a "bodyguard" beside Xiaoliu, but given his personality, he will most likely go to the navy for further studies.

At the same time, the stronger and more motivated Smoker becomes, the more he can make a name for the training camp he runs.

As the saying goes, the fewer enemies you have, the more friends you have, and the more friends you have, the fewer enemies you have.

Open a training camp and become a famous teacher. Once you are successful, you will no longer have to worry about anything!

No matter how good the navy's training camp is, the only group it serves are navy personnel. But it is different. It can give hope to all young people in the world.

Even though the base will always be in the East China Sea, the influence will be immeasurable.

"The Smoke Fruit is very similar to my Cloud-Cloud Fruit. It can be said to be a lower-level fruit, but it is not. So you can learn a lot from me, Smoker."

Ross said slowly, came to Smoker, squatted down and touched his head, and said:
"It's just that if you are too young, it's not appropriate to develop the fruit. Don't despise it, and don't rely on it. Work hard to train yourself. If you can meet my expectations, you will be my third disciple.

Children, you too, just like Annina said, being strong is the only way! If you can reach my standards, you can also become my disciples and be taught by me personally. "

"Don't worry, teacher. I won't slack off and will work hard to become your disciple!"

"Really, Mr. Principal, can we do that too?"

"Dad... forget it, I won't spoil the fun."

Annina folded her arms across her chest and whispered to herself, not joining in the crowd's joy.

(End of this chapter)