pertwk Chapter 9 Unexpected Situations
Chapter 9 Unexpected Situations
So, once we leave Loguetown, let's hunt down pirates in the East Blue! With his near-Admiral strength, he can slaughter them indiscriminately in the East Blue.
Hehehe! Pirates of the East Blue, are you ready to die? Minos thought about this and became excited.
After indulging in fantasies for a while, Minos looked around the town of Rogue.
He found either the corpses of pirates or unconscious residents of Loguetown. This made him realize how fortunate he was to have been magnanimous; otherwise, these people would truly be dead.
However, a hint of regret flashed in Minos's eyes. If only these unconscious people could have sworn an argument with him once they regained consciousness. He could have even used some moral blackmail, saying things like, "With such power, why didn't you act sooner? Why wait until their families were destroyed before you acted!"
Minos felt his adrenaline surge as he thought about this. If these people really said that, it would be truly chilling... but he was also happy (＾v＾).
Hehe, then you'll get the kill points, right?
One kill is 10 kill points, so what about ten, a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand?
This town of Rogge must have at least tens of thousands of people!
Hehe, a single glint of cold light shines with boundless brilliance; what harm is there in slaughtering the entire pirate world!
Oops, looks like I've switched to the wrong channel.
But as Minos looked at the still unconscious people of Roguetown, his lingering regret vanished. After all, he didn't have time to wait for them to wake up.
Now he just wants to find a place to rest and clean off the blood. At first, he didn't feel nauseous, but now he feels very uncomfortable.
This reminded Minos of the black cloak of justice in his system inventory.
Did the system anticipate this situation and give him a black justice cloak that wouldn't break during battle and had its own cleaning function?
If the system knew what Minos was thinking, it would definitely say, "Host, you're overthinking it. This system just wants you to wear the black justice cloak and court death in front of the Navy, so you'll have more kill points, and its performance will skyrocket."
Minos was getting bored in Roguetown and turned to leave, afraid he wouldn't be able to resist. After all, those were all kill points!
But Minos hadn't expected that just as he was about to drive away, a furious roar came from afar: "What have you done, you demon?"
???
Minos, who heard the angry voices in the distance, was completely bewildered.
"Is that person in the distance talking about a demon? But he hasn't done anything wrong!"
Confused, Minos looked in the direction of the roar and saw a cloud of white smoke rushing toward him.
???
Minos was even more puzzled; how could smoke talk?
Okay, once Minos saw it clearly, he instantly understood: it was Smoker!
That's perfectly normal.
Unlike Minos, who was still speaking in a flippant tone, Smoker was extremely anxious. He feared that the people of Loguetown had already been killed by the pirates.
Rewinding to a short time ago, Smoker led the Marines out to capture pirates. This was all fine, but while he was capturing pirates, he suddenly received news that Loguetown had been invaded by pirates. Moreover, it was the same Blue Wolf, with whom he had previously clashed.
Smoker was very puzzled as to why the Wolves would only invade after he had left Loguetown. This was clearly suspicious; his whereabouts had been leaked.
Although he usually didn't care whether his whereabouts were exposed, after all, he enjoyed capturing evil pirates, this time it was just too coincidental. Someone must have leaked his whereabouts to Canglang after he left.
This means it was someone in the Navy who leaked it. Thinking this, Smoker couldn't help but curse, "You despicable scoundrel, don't let me find out who you are!"
Well, Smoker's loud cursing was heard by everyone in the Navy. They wondered, who had offended Lieutenant Commander Smoker this time?
In their minds, Smoker was a hardworking, rigid person (in short, lacking emotional intelligence), and those who offended him almost never fared well.
The navy personnel silently mourned for the person who had offended Smoker.
At that moment, Tashigi approached Smoker again and asked, "Major Smoker, what happened?"
Smoker, upon hearing Tashigi's question, could only suppress his anger. Although he was furious about the pirate invasion of Loguetown, he wouldn't vent his anger on his subordinates.
Smoker, having calmed himself, said in a low voice, "Loguetown has been invaded by pirates."
After Smoker said that, the Marines fell silent instantly. They couldn't believe that Loguetown had been invaded by pirates. Since Lieutenant Commander Smoker took office, he had arrested or wiped out most of Loguetown's gangs. The surrounding pirates dared not engage in fighting in Loguetown, much less invade it.
They were now hearing that Loguetown had been invaded by pirates, which was incredibly hard for the Marines to believe.
Immediately afterwards, the previously silent navy personnel erupted in intense panic.
You know, some of them are marines, their families and children are in Loguetown, and now that it's been invaded by pirates, aren't they in danger?
Some of the navy personnel cried out, "Lieutenant Commander Smoker, please save Loguetown and our loved ones!"
Smoker felt a pang of unease as he listened to his men's pleas. Although he was usually very strict with his men, he only meant to make them work harder so they wouldn't be easily killed by pirates.
Despite his distress, Smoker retorted firmly, "You are soldiers of steel! How can you be crying here? Stop crying right now!"
After hearing Smoker's words, some of his relatives in the Loguetown Navy stopped crying, but tears still streamed down their faces. (A man doesn't easily shed tears, unless he's truly heartbroken.)
This heartbreaking scene deeply saddened the other marines and Tashigi. They hadn't expected that Lieutenant Commander Smoker would not only fail to comfort the marines at this moment, but would instead use a stern tone to tell them not to cry!
They were very puzzled by this. Could it be that they had really followed the wrong person?
Tashigi muttered to herself, "Major Smoker isn't that kind of person!"
Smoker observed the expressions on the faces of the marines, but said nothing. He simply turned to the navigator and helmsman and said, "Sail towards Loguetown immediately. This pirate capture operation is now over."
After Smoker finished speaking, the people on the warship were stunned for a moment, but then immediately cheered.
They smiled, and the sad expressions on the faces of the navy personnel became much more cheerful.
They thought to themselves, "As expected, Major Smoker is still the same Major Smoker who's all bark and no bite!"
Smoker, who had his back turned, heard his men's joyful cheers and a slight smile appeared on his lips.