One Piece: Who still has dreams?

During this time, Smoker explained his situation. It turned out that he was patrolling the sea on his motorcycle (Nami: "Motorcycle? At sea?" Redio: "Sea snail?"), when the Den Den Mushi on the motorcycle suddenly received a distress signal. When he rushed over, he found that it was a passenger ship that had been attacked by pirates.

It was the Chira passenger ship where Reddio and his two companions had been before.

When Smoker heard that a short-haired, bespectacled female swordsman had been taken away by pirates, he guessed that it was Tashigi, who was on vacation, and immediately went all out, chasing after her on his motorcycle at sea.

When he spotted the Buggy Pirates' large ship, he didn't intend to hide, but even as he got close, no one on the pirate ship noticed him (Tashigi and Nami were searching for Redio in the cabin), not even a single pirate was watching.

Smoker, suspicious and fearing something was amiss, transformed himself into a wisp of smoke and stealthily slipped into the cabin, leading to the misunderstanding and subsequent fight with Redio…

"This is Captain Smoker, the naval commander stationed in Loguetown."

Tashigi then introduced Reddio and Nami, "These two are Mr. Reddio and Miss Nami. They..." She then briefly told Smoker what had happened, how Reddio stood up when the pirates attacked the passenger ship, how he gave away a large sum of money to persuade the pirate ship to retreat, and how he immediately attacked and subdued the despicable pirates of the Buggy Pirates after the passenger ship had sailed away.

"Naval Headquarters?" Nami exclaimed in surprise.

The naval headquarters and the branch offices are not the same thing; the intensity and standards of training are completely different. Her late adoptive mother was a marine, so she had heard some things about it.

"Colonel?" Redio exclaimed in surprise.

Smoker, cigar in mouth, scrutinized Reddio for a moment. "To defeat Buggy, a Devil Fruit user with a bounty of 1500 million Berries, is really impressive for your age! And with such strength, you're evenly matched with me. What do you do? A swordsman?"

Redio laughed, "Evenly matched? That's too modest. You probably didn't use your full strength. As for me, a swordsman... hehe, not quite. I'm still working on it."

Nami felt that the two of them were praising each other, which was quite interesting.

However, now that the misunderstanding was cleared up, Smoker didn't plan to stay any longer. He looked around and was already considering taking the Buggy Pirates with him when he left.

Smoker casually added, "If you want the bounty on these people, you can come with us."

Redio smiled and said, "Thank you, but no thanks."

Smoker still felt a little guilty, after all, he had been too hasty. The other person was a civilian who had subdued the pirates, but he had ambushed him and hit him on the back of the head without saying a word...

Redio said, "If you really want to express your apology, then teach me a couple of tricks?"

Smoker said, "That's too easy. What do you want to learn? Let me make it clear first, the smoke ability is something I got from eating a Devil Fruit, and I can't teach that."

Nami thought to herself: "Devil Fruits are ridiculously powerful! They can turn a living person into a puff of smoke! Then, what about Redio's so-called magic...?"

"I want to learn to be domineering."

Redio didn't mince words, "Armament Haki is best, but Observation Haki is also acceptable. If you're capable of teaching Conqueror's Haki, then I'll reluctantly accept it."

Do I look like someone who can use Conqueror's Haki?

Smoker was speechless.

Tashigi was a little surprised that this Mr. Redio actually knew about Haki.

However, this kind of thing isn't exactly a secret. There are countless talented and extraordinary people on the high seas. Even the East Blue, which is considered the weakest, has produced a world-renowned super strongman like the Pirate King Roger. It's surprising that someone here knows about the three types of Haki.

"terribly sorry,"

Smoker said in a deep voice, "I don't know how to be domineering yet."

Don't you have the patch?

Redio asked in surprise, "Naval Headquarters, a super elite group, don't they teach Haki?"

Smoker said, "Do you know how many people are in the first phase of training at the Naval Headquarters? We all undergo large-scale group training, focusing on physical fitness, the use and maintenance of swords, firearms, and warships, as well as learning various nautical knowledge, geographical common sense about the world, and the basic situation of more than a hundred member states... Human energy is limited, and the energy of instructors is even more limited. The training camp trains the basics. Haki is an advanced power, and becoming a qualified marine doesn't require these, so naturally they won't be taught."

Reddio remembered that when Aokiji was young and sought to become Garp's apprentice, he didn't know Haki, yet he claimed that he had learned nothing more in the training camp...

Nami chuckled and said, "I understand. Although I don't know what Haki is, since Haki isn't mandatory, is it possible that your Marine recruit instructors don't know it themselves?"

Tashigi added from the side, "But if Colonel Smoker wanted to train in Haki now, he could easily find a Haki master at Marine Headquarters to ask for guidance."

Smoker said to Reddio, "Try something else you want to learn."

Redio pretended to consider it and said, "Then let's go with the Six Styles! I'm not picky, Finger Pistol, Tempest Kick, Moon Walk, I'll teach you any of them."

How do you even know this? Tashigi felt she was making a fuss over nothing again.

Smoker transformed his body into smoke, his fists propelled by the thick smoke, bang! bang! bang! accelerating continuously, colliding in mid-air with astonishing force.

He said, with a cigar in his mouth, "I have the ability; I don't need to learn those Six Styles."

Redio asked curiously, "So your training camp really teaches the Six Styles?"

Smoker shook his head: "The difficulty of the Six Styles is no less than that of Haki, so of course we won't teach it. Even if you learn it until graduation, you won't be able to master a single move, which will seriously damage the confidence of new recruits."

Then what are you talking about?

Redio shook his head: "You can't do this, you can't do that. What have you been busy with since you graduated from training camp?"

Smoker, cigar in mouth, said, "Busy catching pirates."

Oh, busy with your career, huh? Well, I guess I've been too narrow-minded.

Reddio sighed, "Then how about this?" He pointed to the weapon hanging at Smoker's waist—a jitte inlaid with seastone.

Smoker said, "This is naval weaponry, and strictly speaking, it doesn't belong to me. I can't give it to you."

Redio laughed: "It's okay, I'm just curious and want to take a closer look and play with it, is that alright?"

Smoker didn't hesitate, untied his jib, and threw it over.

Reddio caught the ship, weighed it in his hand, and said to Smoker and Tashigi, "There should be small lifeboats in the lower deck. I'm not handing over a pirate ship this big. If you want to take these pirates with you, you'll have to make do with the small boats..."

Chapter 10 Wandering Clouds

"You could say we became friends after a fight!"

Redio smiled and extended his hand to Smoker.

Smoker reached out and grabbed it; it creaked and groaned as Redio tightened his grip...

Do you enjoy wrestling? You're such a young man!

Smoker chuckled inwardly, a competitive glint in his eyes. He tightened his grip and raised his chin, reminding Smoker, "You can keep this pirate ship, of course, but you should remove the Buggy Pirates logo from the flag and sails as soon as possible."

“No problem.” Redio continued to grip tightly, the veins on the back of his hand throbbing.

...28, 29, 30.

Name: Smoker

Overall Strength: ★★★

[Mastered: Smoke-Smoke Fruit (Proficient), Naval Physical Combat (Skilled), Running (Skilled), Swimming (Skilled), Naval Swordsmanship (Beginner), Naval Gunmanship (Beginner)]

"You really don't know how to be domineering?" Redio was speechless.

"That's enough, don't shake hands anymore..." Tashigi saw that the two of them were shaking their arms so hard that they were trembling and swaying, so she quickly smiled awkwardly and advised them.

Nami sighed, "Men are so childish."

"Ah!"

Redio and Smoker released their hands at the same time.

"Tashigi, let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, Smoker threw the Buggy Pirates into the sea. The pirates screamed in terror as they rained down into the small boat that Dass had already lowered, crowding together in a heap.

"Goodbye." Tashigi smiled nonchalantly, waved to Nami and Redio, and then leaped away.

"I..." Nami wanted to follow, but as soon as she took a step forward, a large hand pressed down on her shoulder, pinning her to the spot and preventing her from moving.

"Where are you going, Nami?" Redio asked softly. "Aren't we partners?"

That damn superhuman strength!

Nami, with tears streaming down her face, reluctantly bids farewell to Tashigi.

Tashigi quickly descended the rope ladder to the bow of the small boat and threw the rope attached to the bow towards Smoker's adjacent jet ski.

Smoker transformed into a cloud of smoke, grabbed Bucky's head with one hand, and landed steadily on the motorcycle's driver's seat. He then placed Bucky's head on the front of the motorcycle like a headlight and secured it.

"Are you a devil?!" Bucky yelled.

As for his body and limbs, they were still tied together and hung on the tail of the seaplane, where they remained submerged in the sea... Smoker had fully adopted Redio's approach.

"boom!"

Smoker's legs turned into smoke, which poured into the motorcycle's wheels, continuously spewing thick smoke backward. The front of the motorcycle lifted up and shot forward, dragging the small boat behind it as it sped through the waves.

Water splashed and sparkled, and Tashigi vaguely heard Redio shouting behind her, seemingly bidding her farewell.

"Let us drink and sing! How short is life..."

"..."

Nami was speechless as she watched the guy next to her, who seemed to be composing a poem about Colonel Smoker as he walked away.

Leaning against the railing, she casually remarked, "You've already used your 'magic' to copy Smoker's weapon, haven't you?"

"Didn't you not believe in magic?"

"I really don't believe it, but..."

Nami's eyes seemed to snap into money symbols, and she said firmly, "Gold doesn't lie."

"That reminds me."