Chapter 16: Young People Should Smoke Less and Drink More Milk.

Smoker's mind was now completely blank.

He stared at the milk bottle in his mouth in disbelief, and his usually serious face turned red instantly.

"Pfft!"

Seeing the extremely awkward scene in front of them, Ace and Luffy couldn't help but burst into laughter.

One rolled on the floor holding his stomach, while the other sucked on the milk bottle and laughed uncontrollably.

Even Curly and her gang couldn't help but laugh out loud, slapping the ground with tears streaming down their faces.

The Marines behind Smoker were in a dilemma.

They all wanted to laugh but dared not, and could only hold back their laughter with all their might, their bodies shaking violently.

This was Vice Admiral Smoker, who was known as the "White Hunter".

His reputation had made countless pirates tremble with fear, yet here he was, sucking on a bottle of milk.

"Cigars are not good for your health, so I offer you milk to drink."

Hiruma seemed completely indifferent, which only fueld Smoker's rage.

The power of the Devil Fruit possessed by his opponent was indeed strange.

Even he couldn't resist it.

Earlier, he tried to use the power of his own Devil Fruit to transform his body to smoke, but he found that even if his whole body was transformed, he still couldn't get rid of the milk bottle in his mouth.

"Don't worry, it's just a bottle of milk, and it will disappear after you finish drinking it." Hiruma said. "Besides, drinking more milk will make your body stronger."

Smoker walked while suckling the milk bottle.

The rest of his subordinates followed him from a distance, afraid to get too close.

They feared that if they heard Smoker sucking on the milk, he will find a chance to retaliate against them.

....

"The power of hid Devil Fruit?" In the Kingdom of Goa, Kizaru lazily sat in his chair, listening to Smoker's report. "A Devil Fruit that can produce a milk bottle is quite interesting."

"In that case, we can exclude him from the suspect list for attacking the Celestial Dragon."

This was what Kuzan was so confident about.

Last night, that Hiruma jumped into the sea in front of everyone and swam away.

And now, he deliberately exposed the power of his Devil Fruit.

No one could suspect him anymore.

After all, even the likes of the Three Admirals of the Navy, like Kizaru, couldn't ignore the existence of seawater.

It was common knowledge that Devil Fruit users cannot swim.

It is precisely this basic common sense that became Hiruma's biggest reliance.

Although Smoker felt embarrassed, he still had to admit, "Yes, the suspicion on that person can be cancelled. But those two little devils around him have some unusual identities."

"According to intelligence, both of them were sent here by Vice Vice Admiral Garp."

Kizaru yawned lazily and waved his hand. "Oh, when it comes to Mr. Garp, there's no need to worry so much. The task now is to find the criminals who attacked the Celestial Dragon. Let's not worry about anything else for now. Oh, by the way, Lieutenant Smoker, was the milk tasty?"

Smoker: "..."

With the power of the Devil Fruit, Hiruma was still able to swim, which was extremely contrary to common sense, and successfully escaped the pursuit of the navy.

A month later, the navy finally temporarily gave up the search operation.

In order to give an account to Saint Charlos and also to deter others and maintain reverence for the Celestial Dragons, the World Government directly issued a strange bounty.

On the bounty, there was a man with his upper body naked and his head wrapped.

His name was temporarily replaced by question marks, and the bounty was as high as 500 million berries!

This bounty was very high. According to the original plot, Luffy's bounty was only 400 million berries due to burning the World Government flag, as well as the Impel Down and Marineford incidents, and the attack on the Celestial Dragon.

However, Hiruma's bounty had already reached 500 million berries just for attacking the Celestial Dragon.

The reason was that this was only a temporary expedient measure made by the navy to appease the severely injured Saint Charlos.

Kizaru had already left with most of his troops yesterday, and with him, he took the royal family of the Goa Kingdom and all the officials who had formulated the "The Burning of Gray Terminal" plan.

The act of randomly killing civilians by the Goa Kingdom's royal family had already violated the laws of the World Government.

As a navy, they naturally could not turn a blind eye.

What awaited them may be nothing or a lifetime in prison.

Hiruma didn't know what to expect, but he was surprised by the new king who took office.

Outlook III.

He was Sabo's father!

Upon hearing this news, although Hiruma felt surprised, he had to temporarily admit the terrifying fate.

In the original plot, Sabo's father, Outlook III, had always wanted Sabo to marry the royal princess.

Because of Sabo's departure, he adopted Sterry.

After more than a decade, Sterry did indeed marry the princess of the Goa Kingdom.

Later, because of the mysterious deaths of the Goa Kingdom's king and princes, Sterry successfully inherited the throne and went to participate in the World Conference in Holy Mary Joa.

Just like Shanks losing his arm and Sabo losing his memory.

Although many things deviated from the original plot due to Hiruma's existence, in the end, everything was still the same.

Although the vast majority of the navy had withdrawn, a small team remained.

And the leader was Smoker.

The Colubo Mountain has returned to its former tranquility.

"Ace! How many times have I told you, defense! Defense!"

"Luffy! Stop drinking milk, go practice shooting targets. You have to hit the bullseye a thousand times this morning, otherwise, you won't get any food. Milk? There's no milk!"

Hiruma comfortably lay on the rocking chair, with a cigar in his mouth and a cocktail on the table beside him.

This petite-bourgeois lifestyle was really comfortable.

Next to him, Smoker was smoking a cheap cigarette.

"Hiruma-san, last time you talked to me about the development direction of my Smoke-Smoke fruit, I still don't quite understand..."

Hiruma blew a smoke ring and glanced at the cocktail beside him.

Despite his fierce appearance, Smoker had good perception. Before Hiruma could even stand up, he had already picked up the cocktail and handed it to Hiruma.

"Hiruma-san, can you please explain it in detail?"

These days, Smoker had practically been living here.

He came over every three days, asking Hiruma questions about fruit development.

After all these trips, not only were his shoes worn out, but his wallet was also getting thinner.

In order to please Hiruma, he spared no effort in using his own salary to buy cigars and expensive wines for Hiruma.

As a result, he could only smoke these cheap cigarettes himself, and he couldn't bear to smoke the cigars, all of which were given to Hiruma as a sign of his respect.

"Ahem, you little smoker, your comprehension skills are really not great. I already explained it so clearly last time, why can't you understand?"

"I said it last time, should...uh? What did I say last time?"

*Cough cough!*

Smoker had been waiting for Hiruma's next words with his ears pricked up, but he was choked by a puff of smoke when Hiruma spoke.

He was coughing violently when suddenly, something appeared in his mouth.

Hiruma swayed in the rocking chair: "You're still young, smoke less and drink more milk."

Smoker: "..."