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  Uhe Sea King's pull, the pirate ship shot across the o like an arrow.

  Gavent burst into maniacal ughter. "Hahaha! This is amazing! I actually escaped from an Admiral!" "Hey, you lot! Shouldn't you be cheering for me?!"

  Smoker and Tina ighe madman, gripping the ropes tightly to avoid being thrown off the ship.

  Gasparade, who had been annoyed by Gavent's arrogance for a while, couldn't take it anymore. With a furious shout, he charged forward.

  Gasparade threunch, but Gavent smirked aended his fist. Their punches collided, but then Gasparade's hand turned into soft dy, trying to around Gavent's fist.

  Gavent snorted and swiftly yanked his hand back. Gasparade was stunned, shouting, "Impossible!"

  He khat powerful oppos could break free from his dy powers, but Gavent did it so easily, like the dy had no effect at all.

  Gavent sneered, as powder fell from his arm. "I've been watg you fight. You seem to have the ability to stick to your enemies." "This is scale powder—moths use it to escape spider webs."

  With that, Gavent released a puff of white powder, which casparade before he could dodge. "Ugh, what is this stuff?!"

  With a swift kick, Gave Gasparade flying into the ship's railing, breaking it and sending him crashing into the sea.

  Tina's face was full of shock.

  She had only ever seen their instruao hit Gasparade. "Gasparade’s down?! Why could he attack him? Does he have Haki?!"

  Smoker, who khe truth, shook his head. "No, this guy figured out the weakness of the dy Fruit." "Flour harden the dy. As long as it touches flour, anyone hit Gasparade."

  Gavent scoffed. "Oh? So there’s someone sharp among the Navy, huh?"

  After falling into the sea, Gasparade quickly lost his strength, struggling to stay afloat. In just a few minutes, he would surely drown.

  At that moment, Gaget used Moon Walk to catch up to the ship. Seeing Gasparade struggling ier, he was torn. If he tio chase the ship, Gasparade would die. But if he saved Gasparade, he would lose the pirates.

  H in the air, Gaget hesitated. Lookiween the ship and Gasparade, his face was full of flict.

  Finally, gritting his teeth, he dived into the water, pulling Gasparade out. Sorry, Smoker, Tina... please don’t die!

  The Sea King raced forward, c miles in minutes, before suddenly beginning to dive.

  "Not good, it's going under!" Smoker immediately cut the anchor .

  With a deep growl, the Sea King submerged, leaving the pirate ship spinning in the whirlpools and waves.

  Ohe ship settled, Gavent slowly stood up, his eyes fshing with disdain as he looked at the Navy officers. "Your rades are dead, aren’t you going to join them? Goodbye, Navy!" "Halluation Powder!"

  Colorful dust burst forth, instantly c the entire ship. "This powder will make you halluate. I won’t eveo fight—huh?"

  Gavent suddenly noticed the powder thinning out before his eyes, rapidly disappearing.

  When the dust cleared, he saw a dark aura surrounding Smoker, abs the pavent was shocked. "Damn it! You’re a Devil Fruit user too?!"

  Earlier itle, Gavent had secretly observed from the ship’s . He had noticed Smoker but didn’t see him use any powers, assuming he was just a physical fighter. Who would have thought he’d hidden his abilities so well?

  Still, Gavent wasn't too worried. He figured if Smoker's power was that strong, he would’ve used it earlier. This thought calmed him down.

  "Hmph, what an elusive guy. Kid, what’s your ability?"

  Smoker’s expression turrange. "Why would I tell you that?"

  Gavent was stunned for a moment, his face turning as dark as coal. Just as he was about to attack, Smoker spoke again.

  "Si's finally quiet, Tina, you take care of him."

  "Wait, what?!"

  Tina was surprised but didn’t back down. "Alright, leave him to me!"

  She ched her fists, ready for battle.

  "Hold on..." Smrabbed her aended his right hand. "Release!"

  From the darkness, a white Devil Fruit slowly emerged. "This Devil Fruit is for you... Don’t worry, it’s perfect for you."

  Tina's eyes sparkled as she took the fruit. Gavent’s eyes narrowed. He raised his hand, iron dust f into a long bde. "Iron Dust Ssh!"

  A sword ssh shot toward Tina. Smoker quickly stepped in front of her, taking the hit head-on.

  Even though he used Iron Body, a huge gash appeared across his chest, and blood gushed out. The intense pain made Smrit his teeth. "Ugh... What a brutal attack! Don’t worry, I’ll pay you back for this!"

  "Tashigi, hurry up a it!" "Alright!"

  Despite her for Smoker, Tina khere was no time to waste. She quickly bit into the fruit.

  "Damn it!" Gavent panicked a out two more sshes. "Double Iron Dust Ssh!"

  This time, Smoker dodged, exposing (Tina)Tashigi to the attack.

  The sshes hit (Tina)Tashigi dead on, slig her into three pieces. Gavent rexed slightly. "Hah! Idiot!"

  But to his shock, Tina turned into smoke, her body quickly ref. Gavent’s jaw dropped. "What... What kind of power is this?!"

  Smoker, his wounds healing rapidly, smirked. "Since you like knowing about Devil Fruit powers before a fight, I’ll tell you." "This is reized as one of the stro Logia-type Devil Fruits—the Smoke Fruit."

  "Smoke Fruit?!" "Logia?!"

  Two voices shouted at oina ied disbelief, and Gavent ierror.

  Smrinned. "Gavent, let’s see if you find this fruit’s weakness..."

  With that, Smoker stepped back, leaving the battlefield for Tina.

  ...

  An hour ter, the battle was over.

  Gavent y battered and bruised on the deck, uo move a finger. Against a Logia user, and without Haki, he was pletely defenseless. None of his attacks could cause any harm.

  The only reason the fight sted this long...

  An hour ter, the battle was over.

  Gavent y battered and bruised on the deck, uo move a finger. Against a Logia user, and without Haki, he was pletely defenseless. None of his attacks could cause any harm.

  On one hand, Gavent wasn’t weak—his bat ability was strohan Tina’s. Oher hand, Tina was also using the fight to familiarize herself with her new powers.

  Even though it was just a sitle, Tina’s trol over the Smoke Fruit had improved signifitly.

  Gavent, however, was just pin unlucky.

  If they weren't stranded in the middle of the sea, he could have easily escaped using his full strength, and Tina wouldn’t have been able to stop him. But with o run, he had no choice but to keep fighting until his stamina was pletely drained.

  Tina stood to the side, panting heavily and drenched i. "Whew... this guy is really tough to deal with..."

  Despite the victory, Tina wasirely satisfied.

  Though she had won, it was mostly because of her Devil Fruit abilities. In her mind, it didn’t feel like an honorable win. "Oep at a time," she reminded herself. "After all, even before he ate his fruit, he had a bounty of over 100 million berries..."

  Smoker walked over and supported Tina by the shoulder, using his own fruit powers to absorb her fatigue and then eling it bato Gavent.

  Already exhausted, Gavent’s eyes rolled back, and he fainted immediately after receiving even more fatigue.

  Tina stretched and raised her hand, a swirl of white smoke f in her palm. "The Devil Fruits really are incredible! This feeling is so amazing!"

  Smoker nodded. "In the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line, Logia-type abilities are nearly invincible." "But remember, abilities are just the ig on the cake. Physical strength is the foundation!"

  inally, Smoker had po wait until Tina was stronger befiving her a Devil Fruit, but Gasparade’s reckless, indiscrimiacks earlier had made him realize the dahis time, Smoker had beeo block the attack for Tina. Though Gasparade’s fate was still uain, who could guarahat such a situation wouldn’t happen again?

  Even tigers have moments of carelessness—Smoker couldn’t be by Tina’s side forever. So, givihe fruit earlier at least added a yer of prote.

  Tina wasn’t thinking that far ahead; she was focused on mastering her new abilities.

  "Don’t worry," she said. "Tina won’t bee one of those idiots who get cocky just because they gain new powers! I know developing the fruit’s abilities is important, but I won’t physical trainiher! Still..." Tina gnced around. "What’s our move?"

  Smoker lit a cigarette and shrugged helplessly. "While you were fighting, I checked the ship. The sails, rudder, and anchor are all broken..."

  "For the time being, we’re stu this ship..."

  "What?!" Tina gasped in horror.

  Drifting aimlessly on the Grand Line was never a good thing... But even if the pirate ship were in perfect dition, it would be impossible for just the two of them to steer it.

  "Then... should we use Moon Walk to get back?"

  Smoker shook his head. "We were dragged by that Sea King and then drifted for so long, we’re at least a hundred kilometers off course by now." "That’s way too far to travel with Moon Walk."

  Moon Walk ed a lot of energy. It was fine for short distances, but flying for that long was out of the question. "Besides, we don’t even know which dire to go. It’s better not to risk it..."

  "This... fiina nodded relutly. "Let’s take stock of the supplies on board. We don’t know how long we’ll be stuck here."

  Smreed with her suggestion, and the two began searg the ship.

  As expected, the Blood Wolf Pirates were quite wealthy, and sihis was their main ship, Smoker and Tina soon found plenty of food and fresh water, along with a signifit amount of treasure and ons.

  Tina breathed a sigh of relief. "Thankfully, we have enough food and water to st us a long time."

  Smoker nodded but then looked disappointed. "Too bad we didn’t find a Den Den Mushi. If we had one, we could get out of here right away... Oh well, let’s store the supplies first."

  With that, he activated his power, releasing a dark aura that absorbed the food and water.

  Unlike Bckbeard, Smoker had mastered his gravity ability to a precise degree. Even though Tina was standing right o him, she didn’t feel any disturbance.

  "Your ability is really ve..." "My ability is gravity..." Smoker expined. "Abs damage and st items are just results of further developing the power." "The Smoke Fruit probably has unique abilities as well. You’ll figure them out soon."

  With that, Smoker went to the room to store the treasure and ons as well.

  Afterward, the two settled into a routine of drifting at sea.

  They spent their days on the deck, serving energy by not training. Instead, they took turns using their powers—one releasing white smoke, the other b hopes of attrag a passing ship.

  Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on their side.

  One day passed, then two... five days... ten days...

  Not a single ship appeared in the distance.

  Meanwhile, Gavent’s dition worsened. Severely injured, his health tio dee.

  Smoker wasn’t particurly sympathetid didn’t pn on helping him. After all, the crimes Gavent had itted couldn’t be atoned for with a single life...

  Smoker watched him daily without a hint of emotion, ready to throw him into the sea the momeook his st breath.

  One day, Smoker had an idea. He took out a piece of fruit and pced it o Gavent.

  Tina, curious, asked, "Smoker, what are you doing?"

  Was he a tribute to Gavent? Not only was that a waste, but Gavent wasn’t even dead yet...

  Smoker stared at the fruit ily. "Just running a little experiment. We’ll see the results soon enough."

  A few hours ter, Gavent finally breathed his st.

  Almost immediately, straterns began to appear on the surface of the fruit, transf it into a Devil Fruit.

  Tina was shocked. "What’s happening?!"

  Smoker’s expression remained calm, but his eyes gleamed with excitement. "As I suspected, this is his Powder Powder Fruit..."

  "When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability randomly trao a nearby fruit. Of course, the exact meism still needs further research..."

  Though Smoker expi matter-of-factly, there was a glimmer of thrill in his eyes. Could this be how Bckbeard hunted Devil Fruit users?

  If that were true, the potential was enormous!

  Even amidst his excitement, Smoker didn’t fet to warn Tina. "Tina, you must ell anyone about this, uood?"

  Tina nodded furiously. She had no i iing involved in such a secretive matter.

  After Gavent’s death, their days grew even more monotonous.

  A month passed... They had ed more than half of their food and water.

  Fortunately, it had raiwice, and Smoker used his powers to collect a rge amount of water, easing their immediate crisis. As for food, they had no choice but to fish.

  Holy, sidering how dangerous the Grand Line was, the fact that they had drifted safely for so long without a funing ship was nothing short of a miracle.

  Smoker wasn’t sure if his luck was good or bad.

  One day, the two sat by the edge of the ship, fishing. A n of bck smoke rose from one head, while white smoke billowed from the other, both reag up into the sky...

  Suddenly, Tina dropped her fishing rod, pointing ahead with wide eyes. "Sm-Smoker! Look over there—is that an isnd?!"

  Smoker froze, then quickly squinted into the distance. Moments ter, he shouted excitedly, "It is! It’s an isnd!!"

  The only reason the fight sted this long...

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