Admiralty Building, sixth floor.
"Colonel Smoker!"
"Colonel Smoker!"
The navy on duty knocked on Smoker's office door anxiously.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Is there something special?"
In the room.
White smoke was everywhere.
All that could be seen was a tall figure sitting on the sofa, smoking two cigars and piling up fist-sized stones.
At this point, more than four blocks have been built.
After the gang in Rogue Town was wiped out by Coles, the casino was closed down, and Smoker could only use this method to kill time.
The marine on duty stood up straight and saluted quickly, saying, "Captain Smoker, something big has happened!"
"What's the big deal?"
Smoker tried to keep piling on.
The navy on duty replied: "Charlotte Coles defeated the Liquor Pirates at the Sea Restaurant."
"What?"
A look of surprise appeared on Smoker's somewhat ferocious face, and the piled stones fell directly onto the table.
Smoker asked in confusion, "Didn't Coles ask for leave?"
The navy on duty reported the news they had just learned in detail and seriously.
"Report, Coles contacted us through the Den Den Mushi in the restaurant on the sea. There was an attack by the Liquor Pirates there, and he happened to be there.
He had just eliminated most of the pirates, including Red Beard Barbarossa, but there were still more than 300 pirate captives left on the scene.
Coles requested that our naval base send a warship to escort the captured pirates."
Smoker's expression also became serious: "Is the news confirmed?"
“It has been confirmed.”
"Then let Lieutenant Colonel Morgan lead a warship to the sea restaurant."
"yes."
As the navy on duty left.
Smoker rarely took out his two unfinished cigars, slowly stood up, and pushed open the two windows on the wall.
With an outlet for venting.
Smoke immediately rushed out of the window, and the light in the room gradually became brighter.
Smoker couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
He originally thought that Coles had wiped out the entire Rogue Town gang by himself, and that his strength had grown extremely fast.
But I never expected it.
Coles was able to defeat Red Beard Barbarossa, who had a bounty of 24 million.
This growth rate is terrifying.
It seems that the military ranks that were previously determined have to be renegotiated by the Navy Headquarters.
…
As Lieutenant Colonel Morgan left with three hundred sailors, the news that Coles had defeated Red Beard Barbarossa quickly spread throughout the naval base.
The navy officers had their own opinions on this.
"That's a pirate group of a thousand people. How did Charlotte Coles do it alone?"
"No way! Is this true?!"
"Although Coles is a Devil Fruit user and the strongest navy recruit, isn't it a bit too exaggerated to defeat Red Beard Barbarossa?"
"Commander Morgan has led a warship and three hundred sailors to the sea restaurant to receive the prisoners. The news has been confirmed."
"Because of the incident with the Black Cat Pirates, Charlotte Coles's promotion was temporarily delayed. I wonder to what extent he can be promoted this time?"
"Who knows? After the recruit period, we are just ordinary privates. With so many military merits, Coles is at least on the verge of becoming an officer. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others!"
Kahn, who was recuperating in the infirmary, also heard the noise outside, but he didn't know what was happening.
After confirming the authenticity of the news, Maude immediately returned to the ward to report to the major with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.
"Report to the Major, the people outside are discussing Charlotte Coles, who has just become a full-time navy officer. He single-handedly solved the problem of Red Beard Barbarossa, who had a bounty of 24 million berries, in the restaurant at sea."
Hearing this, Kahn showed a hint of surprise on his face.
Because he had vaguely guessed why Coles could do all this. Perhaps Coles summoned Lanros after he fell into a coma.
With this swordsman-level shadow soldier around, almost all pirate groups in the East China Sea are no match for Coles. Of course, the William Pirate Group, which has hidden its strength, is excluded from this list!
…
Sea restaurant.
After bringing Barbarossa's body onto an unmanned pirate ship, Coles gave the usual summoning command.
“Stand up!”
A breeze blew.
The flag on the pirate ship is flying.
As for Barbarossa's body, a shadow surged, but when the shadow was half condensed, it suddenly became extremely difficult and finally dissipated quickly.
Um
Why was the summoning not successful
Is it because Barbarossa ate the devil fruit
Coles put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes to think.
If the shadow of a dead Devil Fruit user cannot be summoned, then doesn't that mean he won't be able to summon Whitebeard who died in the Battle of Marineford three years later
wrong
This isn't the first time the summoning has failed!
A light bulb went off in Coles' mind, and he remembered Lanlos's failed summoning.
Grand Knight Commander Lanros is a high-level shadow soldier who retains his own will.
So the summoning will be hindered.
A strong will is required to successfully summon the other party.
This time, Barbarossa's strength is obviously not enough to reach the level of a high-level shadow soldier. The most likely reason is the influence of the devil fruit.
The failure of the first summoning does not mean that it will not succeed!
After thinking it all through.
Coles called out again.
"Red Barbarossa, stand up!"
Shadows continued to surge above the dead body, quickly forming a Barbarossa wearing iron armor and with a red beard.
Success!
Coles was delighted.
Then he couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering whether the shadow soldiers summoned by his shadow fruit could inherit the power of the devil fruit.
"Barbarossa, use your powers."
When Barbarossa heard Coles' order, he was stunned at first, then he opened his hands and a stream of strong liquor appeared out of thin air.
Afterwards, white hot air surged from Barbarossa's shadow body, and his momentum and strength were greatly enhanced.
As expected of a pirate with a bounty of 24 million!
Coles could clearly feel how powerful Barbarossa was now. He was already the strongest shadow soldier he summoned, except for Lanros.
but.
What made Coles most happy was that Barbarossa retained the ability of the devil fruit.
If he cannot retain the ability of the Devil Fruit, then his future will be limited to summoning masters of physical skills and swordsmanship.
This will seriously affect his development direction.
Fortunately, the "Devil Fruit Ability" can coexist with Shadow Soldiers.
As for why the Shadow Soldiers can retain the abilities of the Devil Fruit, Coles guessed that it was because of the special nature of the Shadow Fruit.
The essence of Shadow Soldier represents the dead creature Shadow, but it is resurrected in another way, which can be explained by the possession of fruit ability.
…
Inside the restaurant at sea.
After regaining stability.
Zhepu and the other chefs immediately planned a grand dinner.
Several nobles and wealthy people actively came to Ronald and began to ask about his well-being.
Coles defeated Red Beard Barbarossa in the East China Sea at such a young age, and his future in the navy must be bright.
If you don't curry favor with them now, it will be even more difficult to get along well with Charlotte's family later.
"Brother Ronald, we were wrong before. We underestimated your son. Please forgive us, please forgive us!"
"We sincerely apologize here. We are really sorry!"
"Yes, yes! Didn't we not know the specific situation at that time?"
"Ronald, your son has defeated the Thousand-Man Pirates this time. He will probably rise rapidly in the navy and become a senior officer. Remember to take care of us in the future!"
Ronald felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart when faced with these wealthy people and nobles who had previously looked down on his son but now flattered him.
These people are like the butcher in the philosophy book "Slaughtering the Lamb". After the lamb grows into a strong body, they always show a hypocritical smile.
Because the better the growth of the lambs, the more profit the butcher can make from future sales.
In response, Ronald just smiled superficially, neither agreeing nor rejecting.
This is the attitude noted in the book.
Ronald thought it made perfect sense and used it to deal with these hypocritical rich people and nobles.
On the other side, Vilshia was eating without stopping. There were already four and a half rows of empty plates stacked up, but she showed no sign of being full.
Today she wants to eat to her heart's content!
Otherwise, it would be difficult to eat these delicious foods after returning to Rogue Town.
Until an hour later.
When the empty plates accumulated to eight rows, Vilshia was finally completely full.
There were at least twenty plates in each row, which showed how much Vilshia ate.
"This trip is so happy!" Vilshia's face was full of joy.
After hearing what his sister said, Coles, who had eaten ten plates of food, just smiled and rubbed his sister's head.
Everyone has a different definition of happiness.
Sister Vilcia's happiness is to have enough to eat, and father Ronald's happiness is to see his son and daughter grow up healthily.
Coles' happiness lies in staying with his family and leading a normal and peaceful life.
But in this great pirate era, order is in chaos. Perhaps you may be robbed by bandits just by walking on the street, or you may be bombarded by artillery shells and suffer unexpected disasters while sitting at home.
Like this time I came to eat at the sea restaurant.
If Coles had not summoned the swordsman-level Lanros on the ghost ship, how many people could have escaped from the sea restaurant under the powerful force of Red Bearded Barbarossa
But can just Lanlos make the Coles family rest assured
Seven Warlords of the Sea!
Vice Admiral!
The Four Emperors of the New World!
Admiral or even marshal!
There are countless people on this sea who are more powerful than Lanros.
If he wants to truly let his family sleep peacefully, he still doesn't have enough power.
Coles's desire to become stronger, which had originally slackened, became active again.