Chapter 96: Smoker’s Entrance

[Umm… Misha, why do you want a baby here? This place is very dangerous and may not be good for a child]: soren

Misha then looked towards the floor as if to think about what Soren just told her, and after a minute she looked back into Soren's eyes and spoke.

[Un, then Misha will wait until we are in a safe world… But Husband needs to make that happen soon or Misha might just have to r*pe you for a child]: misha

When Misha said this Soren felt a bit aroused at the thought of someone like him being r*ped, who would even be strong enough to do so? With this question in his mind he then had sex with Misha. When Soren woke up the next day he left the Inn to stroll around town with his deteriorating hood, as he would do this every day in search of when Ace would get here. Soon Soren got to the dinner that he was at the first time he came to this island and saw a man with no shirt, a purple skull and crossbones with a white mustache, some scars on his back and a Brown fedora, while looking on his left arm you could see the letters A S C E with the S having an X through it.

'Seems like my disciple still can't spell… What a disgrace of a teacher I am': soren

Soren then walked up to the bar and sat right next to Ace and ordered a regular, and looking over at Ace he could see Ace's face laying on his plate of food, while a bunch of plates are piled up next to him. Soren then started hearing some voices speak while looking at Ace lying there with his fork still in the air, even though he already knew what they were talking about he spoke up and asked anyway.

[Can anyone tell me why there is a dead guy sitting next to me?]: soren

The people heard Soren and one quickly spoke up.

[He came into town just yesterday and found a Desert Strawberry, they are the most poisonous spiders this country has that look like Strawberries, and he just ate it]: towns man

When they said that Ace shot up from his sleep and shouted.

[Sensei would think bad about me if he knew!]: ace

He then went back to sleep only to be grabbed from behind by Soren and yanked wide awake.

[What did you do that would make me think bad about you?]: soren

When Ace was turned around by this stranger and heard his voice he was so happy to see his Sensei again after about 5 years. Ace then spoke up after feeling Soren send him a death stare.

[Well… You see… I lost the mask you gave me]: ace

Soren then released his death stare and straightened up, after thinking to himself he then patted Ace on his shoulder and spoke.

[No need to worry about it… It was just a mask, you could make another one… Luffy made his whole crew one]: soren

When Ace heard his comment about Luffy Ace shot towards him and quickly asked.

[You meet Luffy Sensei? How is he? Where is he?]: ace

[Calm down Ace, Luffy should be arriving here soon]: soren

Ace then felt a bit better and looked back at Soren, once he went to hug him Soren side stepped and Ace then hugged Smoker.

[I didn't know you cared for me like that Fire Fist Ace]: smoker

Once Ace saw who he was hugging he quickly removed himself and backed up a bit, once Smoker saw that Ace was now preparing himself to battle Smoker then started to joke again.

[Aww, what a pity… I thought I just made a new member to my harem]: smoker

When Soren heard this he gave Smoker a weird look, and when Smoker saw this he just asked with a questioning face.

[What?... It was a joke!]: smoker

[Whatever you say Poker… I mean Smoker]: soren

Soren couldn't help but add that gay joke pun onto Smoker's name, and when Smoker heard it he became furious and shouted.

[You will be coming with me once I take Fire Fist Ace down]: smoker

[I'm good… I already have a wife, there is no need for a husband]: soren

This made Smoker mad and at this point Luffy had shot through the door while shouting.

[FOOOOOOOOOOOD!]: luffy

Luffy then rammed into Smoker which sent him flying into Ace and they both crashed into the wall sending them 3 buildings away. Luffy then sat at the bar table and started eating a bunch of food, Soren then sat next to him and started eating as well, but right before Soren could take his first bite his plate went missing. He looked over at Luffy and saw him eating the food he had just stolen from him, Soren then put it to the back of his mind and ordered more food. And once it arrived, the same thing happened, Soren then became furious and was about to grab Luffy by his neck before Ace came through the wall and shouted.

[Luff- Guhhhh!]: ace

Luffy then looked over to see who was calling his name only to see Smoker coming through the wall shouting.

[Monkey D. Luffy!... You are wanted by the Marines for piracy, I'm here to take you down]: smoker

Luffy saw this and quickly left with his cheeks still full of food, and as he was about to leave the door Ace shot his head up to shout but it was only slammed into the ground once more. Smoker then chased Luffy out of the bar and Soren went to help Ace up, he then asked Ace a question.

[Why did you not fight back with that Smoker guy? You are much stronger than him]: soren

Ace then looked at his hand and spoke once more.

[I-I don't know… It felt like my body had drastically weakened when I tried to resist him, but when he let go I had all my strength back… The same thing happened when I tried to save my friend Thatch… He tragically died due to my inability to save him]: ace

Soren started thinking about what Ace had just told him and only came up with the idea that this was the mystical Plot Armour that had protected Smoker from being beaten to a pulp just yet. Soren then thought about why he had never gotten this feeling of being weakened when fighting someone, and as all these questions piled up Soren really couldn't wait for Sakura to wake up so he could ask them.

Soren then watched as Ace chased after both Smoker and Luffy, he then decided to go watch a fight and chased after them as well. Once Soren got to where Ace was he could see Ace about to fight with Smoker while Luffy was now being chased by a girl with glasses with a sword on her side.

[I believe her name was Tashigi, I will stay here and watch this as Luffy just runs away]: soren

The fight with Ace and Smoker began and Ace could feel through his Observation Haki that Soren was watching him right before it started to dim and he could no longer feel anything from his surroundings. Ace then gave a frown and started to use his Devil Fruit powers to fight with Smoker, Soren had seemed to realize that Ace had weakened when fighting with Smoker and thought to ask about all of his fights later to see if his theory was correct. The fight soon ended between Ace and Smoker as a draw and Ace ran off to go find Luffy, Soren then looked towards the out of breath Smoker as he watched Ace run off.

[Smart choice Smoker… It will be best to let him escape]: soren

Smoker turned towards the voice and saw Soren standing behind him and thought about how long the man was there and about how he had seen this man before sitting in that bar next to Ace, he then asked.