A new world, beyond unknown waters.
"Boss Hawkins, a naval fleet has been spotted ahead!"
On the pirate ship with the Beasts Pirate Flag printed on it, a pirate suddenly ran over in panic and screamed.
"They blocked the sea and we are surrounded!"
"Sure enough, you didn't escape their notice...?"
Hearing this, Hawkins took a deep breath.
That's not really surprising, is it
Considering the current strength of the navy.
so…
"Boys, get ready to fight!"
Hawkins turned around, waved his sleeves, and walked out of the cabin expressionlessly.
Several hundred meters ahead of the pirate ship, Smoker stood at the bow of the ship, holding two cigars in his mouth.
Watching several pirate ships gradually spread out their formations and push their cannons out of the hull, Smoker grinned and sneered.
"Interesting?! Do you still want to resist? Basil Hawkins!"
"Everyone can tell lies, Lieutenant General Smoker."
Also standing on the bow of the ship, Hawkins was calm and unfazed in the face of a navy that was several times larger than his own, and said loudly: "Don't you think your navy stretched its hand a little too long?"
"Wano is not a franchising country. Those guys are the prisoners named by Lord Kaidou. It's you who are actively provoking the war!"
"Oh? So what you are saying is that as long as it is not a member country, our navy is not even allowed to uphold justice?"
"Then there's nothing to talk about!"
Suddenly, Smoker shouted angrily: "Go to hell to confess your sins, pirates!"
"fire!!!"
"No! This guy is not ready to have a good chat at all!"
Hawkins was startled.
Smoker's decisiveness was unexpected.
He is deliberately delaying to buy time for the entire ship to reload!
but…
"I'm stalling for time too!"
The appearance of subduing the devil!
Shua la la!
Gaps suddenly opened in Hawkins' body, and human flesh, skin, and bones were quickly replaced by straw-like objects. The entire human body doubled in size and turned into a huge straw monster.
"This way you won't be able to kill me in a short time, Lieutenant General Smoker, next... the scarecrow card!"
Crunchy…
The straw that emerged from his back grew and extended rapidly, weaving above his body to form a huge humanoid straw crow, with five black five-inch nails on its fingers, exuding a cold and biting aura.
Smoker frowned slightly. He had heard about Basil Hawkins' ability, but he had no information about this scene.
"Come and try the new move I developed, Lieutenant General Smoker!"
As Hawkins said, the humanoid straw crow stretched out his hand and pulled out a tarot card from a pile.
He looked at it and grinned.
"I didn't expect that the first picture would be this one. Fate is indeed favoring me!"
"Appear, Hermit!"
"what is that?"
Smoker noticed that after pulling out a tarot card, the humanoid straw ghost behind him suddenly began to deform. His hair that was as flamboyant as a mad ghost was tightened, and his figure became slimmer and shorter, with dense straw behind his back. Forming a hood, covering that creepy face.
Then…
There's no after that.
"Huh, pretending to be a ghost!"
Smoker blew out a smoke ring and smiled disdainfully.
Boom... boom! !
The shells that came out of the barrel didn't matter what Hawkins did. The shells landed on the pirate ship one after another, causing them to stagger around. The sky was filled with flames and screams could be heard endlessly.
"Continue to reload, this position is outside the range of their artillery, destroy them directly!"
Although they clearly have a range advantage, they rush forward all at once. This is not the navy's current fighting style. The pirates in the new world are all very difficult to deal with, and Smoker has already suffered enough losses.
However, at this moment, a cannonball suddenly hit the main ship where he was.
In response, Smoker glared, turned around and struck out with a white fist, blasting the shell into pieces in mid-air.
boom! ! !
The impact of the explosion caused the warship to shake. Smoker glared angrily and roared: "Who is responsible for firing the cannon? Do you want to rebel?!"
"wrong!"
Suddenly, Kebi's face became solemn and he shouted loudly: "Lieutenant General Smoker, quickly order to stop the bombardment!!"
"Why?"
Smoker turned back to look at Kerby in confusion and asked: "Is there something wrong, Captain Kerby!"
"The soldiers' eyes were confused. They didn't know which direction they were hitting!"
"What?!!"
Smoker was shocked. After hearing this, he looked decisively into the distance. As expected, the attack he encountered was not an exception.
There were people on every warship firing guns indiscriminately. It was clear that the enemy was in the center of the encirclement, but with a solemn expression, they aimed at the friendly forces beside them and lit the fuse.
And that's not all!
The soldiers standing on the deck, always ready for hand-to-hand combat, formed a skewed formation. You looked to the east and I looked to the west, as if there were enemies on the left and right, with solemn expressions.
If it weren't for the fact that the soldiers were so good at acting that they looked blind, there would be only one answer!
"It's his fruit power! Everyone listen to the order and stop the bombardment!"
Seeing this scene, Smoker immediately made a judgment.
Although the soldiers were confused, they chose to obey the order and stopped the shelling.
But just this round of flying shells caused three warships to sink into the sea. They were all hit by friendly shells and exploded to pieces.
"We also need to be careful, Lieutenant General Smoker!"
At this time, Kebi continued: "Close your eyes and use your senses to perceive. I am behind you!"
"!!!"
Smoker looked at Kebi with an anxious face in front of him, his pupils suddenly dilated, then he closed his eyes and opened his own domineering look.
really!
The Kebi in front of him showed no breath at all. The real Kebi was standing behind him!
What was even more frightening was that after he shattered the shells and landed, he did not face Hawkins at all, but faced the guardrail and stood sideways.
Ahead, there was only an empty ocean, with no trace of a pirate ship.
"This ability... is it possible for that scarecrow to do it?!"
Because what they saw before them was so real, they didn't even realize that their eyes were confused.
"Hey, that's right!"
In response to this, Hawkins, who had transformed into a devil-conquering form on the pirate ship, said calmly: "Don't you really think that the Scarecrow Fruit is just a straw physique?"
"It is the host body of the soul, but it only appears in the form of a scarecrow. What it possesses is actually the ability to curse!"
"This is the move developed by my Straw Fruit extension. I release different curses by drawing cards! You are in good luck. The Hermit card is a kind of support card. It is not lethal and can only cover the enemy's eyes. Everything is in disarray.”
"For guys like you who have the Haki of Knowledge, the effect is really limited. It's very easy to crack. But guys like you... How many are there in the entire fleet?"
Hearing this, Smoker took a breath.
"No, he's going to attack!"
Just now, our side had the advantage in numbers and firepower, but now what the soldiers saw was not real. It was equivalent to being blind. The advantage in numbers and firepower suddenly became Hawkins's side!