22. The Importance Of Physical Fitness

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The collision between the two continued, and Smoker's attacks became more and more urgent because all his attacks were blocked by Atlas calmly!

Finally, after all his energy was exhausted, Smoker was forced to withdraw from the elementalization and collapsed on the ground. Atlas still had no change, except for a little sweat on his forehead, and he didn't look embarrassed like Smoker.

This can't help but make Smoker a little frustrated. Since he got this Smoke-Smoke fruit that he is proud of, basically every pursuit mission has been completed easily. In addition, Atlas was not in the base, so there was no one in the Marine base who could defeat him, not even Colonel Randall, who had competed with him privately. So Smoker swelled and became even more addicted to the glory brought to him by the Logia Devil Fruit.

Smoker has always admired Atlas and envied Atlas's powerful talent. However, he also knew that Atlas's powerful strength came from hard training. However, as a person of the same age, he also has the characteristics of a teenager. People have pride and a desire to win, so when they see Atlas coming back, they immediately challenge him, just like a child who gets a beloved toy and wants to show it to his big brother.

"Okay, Smoker, cheer up, your justice is not so superficial!"

Atlas looked at the somewhat depressed Smoker and couldn't help frowning and comforting him.

In fact, Smoker's talent is quite good. Logia's Smoke fruit is also a powerful Devil Fruit. Once developed, it will have extremely strong dominance. Smoke fruit is not as weak as seen in the previous anime. It is purely because of Smoker, the development is too rubbish. If the current Smoker continues like this, it may really waste this powerful fruit ability, so Atlas feels it is necessary to wake him up.

And Smoker's physical talent is not bad, but after getting the Devil Fruit, he relied too much on Logia's powerful ability, neglecting physical training, which caused dissatisfaction on both sides. The most exaggerated thing is that he actually practiced a kind of Haki in his thirties. If you don't master it, you basically lose the qualification to compete for the top experts.

"Listen, Smoker, you've gone astray now!"

Smoker, who was still distant at first, immediately raised his head when he heard these words, feeling a little unhappy in his heart.

Yes! That's right! You, Atlas, are much stronger than me. That's because the time I got the fruit was too short. When my fruit ability is fully developed, I will definitely be able to defeat you!

Atlas looked calmly into Smoker's angry eyes and said mercilessly: "I know, you must be thinking that you can defeat me after the fruit power is developed."

Smoker paused after hearing this, but his eyes remained stubborn.

"If you still have this idea now, you will never be able to catch up with my strength. You have to understand that in this cruel sea, there is no strong person who can reach the top simply by relying on devil fruit ability."

"Remember, No One."

Upon hearing this, not only did Smoker look like he was listening carefully, but the soldiers around him also held their breath subconsciously, for fear of missing a word.

"Looking at the sea, whether it is the powerful pirate overlord or the current three monsters of the Marine, Vice Admiral, although they all possess powerful Devil Fruit abilities, their bodies stand at the top of the sea without exception."

"Even the strongest man in the world - [Whitebeard]Edward Newgate's Tremor-Tremor Fruit is called the strongest Paramecia Devil Fruit, because his user is Whitebeard, not some cat or dog! So it was Whitebeard who made Tremor-Tremor Fruit, not Tremor-Tremor Fruit which made Whitebeard."

Atlas glanced around with a stern look and continued.

"Let's talk about our Marine. Marine hero Vice Admiral Garp has forced the Pirate King Roger into desperate situations several times with his physical skills alone. Mr. Zephyr, the former Marine Admiral, is the youngest Admiral in Marine, and he is known as 'Black Arm.' He is also famous all over the world for his physical skills!"

"As for the current three monsters in Marine, Vice Admiral, like Smoker, are Logia's Devil Fruit Power, and you are also the top Logia. But even Vice Admiral Borsalino, who doesn't pay much attention to physical skills, is also a great swordsman! He's physically strong! It's also a monster level!"

Atlas glanced at Smoker without any trace. After all, Smoker was considered the leader of his peers more than ten years later. And because of his Logia ability, Marine has always regarded him as Admiral's successor, but in Atlas's eyes, Smoker is really far behind Admiral.

"Also, aside from these strong men, using Devil Fruit requires physical strength. If you are weak, you will be exhausted and out of breath after using it for a while like Smoker. How can you execute your justice!"

"Yes, Atlas kid is right, physical fitness is the foundation of everything, whether it is Devil fruit power, physical skills, or sword skills."

Colonel Randall, who was watching the play on the side, spoke, and Randall's eyes were undoubtedly vicious. In fact, he had long realized that Smoker was going astray, and wanted to remind Smoker, but the embarrassing thing was... he didn't know how to arm himself! There was no way to defeat Smoker, and there was no point in educating Smoker, so in the end, it was nothing.

Until Atlas comes back...

"Okay, don't stand here and watch. Smoker, go back and reflect on it!"

Randall spoke and drove away the people watching the excitement. Atlas also left the school grounds and went to the cafeteria to eat, leaving Smoker alone. His face kept changing, but Randall didn't care. Smoker was a very talented person in Marine. Although he was a little worse than Atlas, he was not a person who liked to get into trouble, so it was up to him...

Thinking of Atlas, Randall subconsciously looked at the potholes on the ground. He couldn't help but feel emotional.

What a scary little devil!

...

Atlas here has already arrived at the base canteen. He hasn't eaten the food cooked by Uncle Carl for a long time.

"Uncle Carl, give me an appetizer for five people first!"

After Atlas sat down, he shouted loudly to Carl, who was busy in the kitchen.

"It's your kid! I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought you died outside."

When Carl saw that it was Atlas, he couldn't help laughing and cursing.

But Atlas could clearly feel that Carl's expression became much more relaxed, as if the things that were weighing on his heart instantly dissipated...