NOVEL NEXT Chapter 23: 023 To East Blue, Marines Officer Tom
"Wait a minute, where's the gift I prepared for Luffy?"
Garp rummaged through the box and pulled out a book from nowhere.
[I am a man who wants to be a Marine Admiral. ]
Lynch nearly had a cardiac arrest when he saw the title. He really wanted to ask: Are you sure your grandson can read this?
"Okay, I understand. I'll give it to Luffy personally."
"Bwahahaha, thanks."
...…
With Smoker and Hina by his side, Lynch embarked on his first independent overseas trip.
Sengoku provided Lynch with a top-notch, double-sailed medium-sized speedboat, which is considered top-notch among medium-sized boats.
It is equipped with 20 artillery pieces and 200 Marine soldiers from the headquarters, which is enough to cause a devastating blow to any pirates they encounter.
"Set sail!"
With a loud shout from Joseph, the warship left the port and disappeared on the sea.
After one day at sea,
The journey had been mostly uneventful. Lynch's Conqueror's Haki had scared off two groups of small-time pirates, leaving the rest of the trip peaceful.
"Hahaha, even a Logia user like Smoker can't keep up."
Lynch laughed as Smoker, who's floating in the air, was brought down by his swift sword strike, landing heavily on the deck.
Smoker got up with a gloomy look on his face. He didn't expect that Lynch's observation haki had surpassed him so much.
Lynch had precisely timed his attack to the moment Smoker shifted from his intangible form to his physical one.
Logia users are invincible to those without Haki, as they can passively become elemental. Only attacks with Armament Haki can hit them.
From this perspective, Logia truly lives up to its reputation as the strongest type of Devil Fruit.
It's unfortunate that Smoker was suppressed by Lynch.
It's a pity that Smoker are both suppressed by Lynch.
"Do you want to fight again?"
At this time, Lynch came over and pulled Smoker up from the ground.
"No more fights for now. Once I master the Smoke Fruit, I'll definitely defeat you,"
Smoker retorted with arrogance. He wouldn't admit to losing; after all, he'd only just get the Smoke Fruit a few days ago.
As he spoke, Smoker took out a cigar tied to his shoulder and started smoking it. He offered one to Lynch, saying, "Want one?"
Smoker never smoked before, but after eating the Smoke Fruit, he discovered that being around smoke helped him recover his physical strength quickly.
The smile disappeared from Hina's face, and her big eyes stared at Lynch, as if to say, "How dare you smoke!"
"No, I don't smoke," Lynch responded, stoping his attempt under Hina's disapproving gaze.
After a moment of silence, Lynch spoke up, "The World Government made a mistake this time. They shouldn't have left you in East Blue."
Smoker took a long drag on his cigarette and gazed into the distance. "It'd be nice if I could leave that life behind."
"Wait for me. I'll come get you once I become an Admiral."
"..."
Hina listened quietly to their conversation, gently touching her cheek as she leaned against the ship edge, looking in the direction of East Blue.
East Blue, her hometown. She wondered how her parents, whom she hadn't seen in a year, were doing now.
Suddenly, Hina felt something tugging on her trouser leg, and when she lowered her head, she saw that it was Tom.
"Pfft~"
Hina chuckled, looking at the funny Tom in front of her. She gently rubbed its ears and said,
"Tom, don't get caught trying to wear your master's clothes or you might get in trouble."
Tom clumsily put on Lynch's cloak of justice left in the room. The cloak was too large for Tom, trailing three-quarters of its length on the ground like a quilt.
To complete the look, Tom had a flintlock gun at its left waist and a Marine sword in its hand.
[Ding! Detected Tom Cat's change in mentality regarding the transfer to Marine Tom Cat?]
"Tom?"
Lynch, who was talking to Smoker, looked away.
Can this cat change jobs? ? ?
This incident seems to have opened up something amazing, and many ununlocked professions have appeared on Tom's interface.
[Uchiha·Tom][Hawkeye·Tom][Uchiha·Tom·Madara][Stark·Tom][Magician·Tom]... There are many jobs for Tom to unlock.
It's almost unbelievable to think of Tom Cat transforming into Uchiha Madara.
Unfortunately, these are not easy to unlock.
Lynch clicked "Change job."
As Lynch clicked on job transfer, Tom's body emitted a rich white light.
When the white light faded, Tom's weapons and cloak had transformed into new, good shapes, which look really cool
"Did your cat eat a Devil Fruit too?" Smoker asked in astonishment, rubbing his eyes.
"..."
Tom opened his eyes and noticed the change in himself. Excitedly, he jumped two meters high and pointed his sword at Smoker.
In Tom's mind, Lynch is the owner and cannot be beaten. Hina often feeds him small dried fish but cannot be beaten. Smoker - can be beaten!
This silly cat is completely lost.
Lynch looked at Tom, who was playfully challenging Smoker.
After switching to an ordinary Marine, Tom's combat ability only improved slightly—from handling fifth-rate scum to tenth-rate. Dealing with small-time pirates was manageable, but facing Smoker was still too much for him.
Most importantly, Tom doesn't know how to use Haki. Even if Tom attacks Smoker head-on, he may not be able to hit the target.
Why might he miss? Because this is Tom, it's not surprising that if he hit Lynch unexpectedly
However, Smoker can't do much against Tom. Theoretically, no one in the world can kill Tom.
"Well... Smoker, since Tom wants to challenge you, you should play with him."
Smoker nodded. He was quite like this little cat.
With a playful attitude, Smoker struck down with his Jitte. The speed was not fast, and it would be embarrassing if he killed Lynch's pet.
Seeing Smoker move as slow as a turtle, Tom smirked and swung his sword at Smoker's thigh.
Pa~
As expected, Tom's sword was blown away and snapped into two pieces.
The weapon in Smoker's hand is a seastone weapon, and the hardness of ordinary weapons cannot compete with it.
Bang bang bang~
Tom quickly drew his flintlock from his waist and fired seven times.
At this point, Lynch noticed something was wrong.
The flintlock gun was supposed to fire one shot at a time, yet Tom's hand seemed to hold unlimited bullets—no need to reload at all.
After firing more than a dozen rounds, Tom was panting with his tongue stretched out. It seemed that he could directly convert his physical strength into bullets.
With Tom Cat's recovery speed, he can be resurrected with full health in less than two minutes, which is interesting.
More than a dozen bullets missed their mark, leaving Tom in a panic, especially as Smoker's Nanashaku Jitte closed in on his head.
Suddenly, Tom Cat flattened himself from a rectangular shape into a square, narrowly evading the attack.
"Funny cat, but it ends here," Smoker said as he turned his hands and aimed a sweep at Tom's legs.
At this time, Tom had just flattened himself and had not yet recovered, and had nowhere to hide.
Just when Smoker thought it was over, one of Tom's hands grabbed his tail.
Then...Tom grabbed his tail and lifted himself up from the ground, hanging in the air.
Newton would have jumped out of his coffin if he saw what Tom doing
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TO BE CONTINUED
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