Chapter 258
On Loguetown, the sudden rainstorm, coupled with the battle between Marine and pirate, all the townspeople stayed at home.
On the empty street, Luffy and his party of four moved towards the outside of the town and ran away, but the rain was too heavy, and the visibility was only a few meters away, and even the road a little further away could not be seen clearly.
Behind, hundreds of Marines were chasing them.
But at this moment, a silhouette appeared on the way of Luffy and the others, and this was the beautiful girl in the weapon shop.
Tashigi lowered her head, with deep disappointment in her tone, “Didn’t expect you to be Roronoa Zoro and a pirate, you lied to me.”
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Captain Tashigi is a Marine officer serving under Vice Admiral Smoker in the base of G-5. She was originally introduced as a Master Chief Petty Officer in Loguetown
Sanji, the pervert, was upset in an instant, “What, what have you been doing?! What did you do to such a cute beauty!”
Zoro was too lazy to deal with him, and was pushed aside by the idiot Sanji, who was full of s.e.x and big head. “You didn’t ask what my name was. We didn’t lie to you.”
Tashigi annoyed, shouted loudly: “A villain like you, I don’t think you will have that kind of famous sword! I will take it back!”
Lin Tian stepped forward, patted Zoro’s shoulder, slightly sighed and said: “Zoro, it’s your own trouble, you can solve it by yourself, we will not help.”
“What?” Sanji immediately shouted: “Zoro, what did you do to a beautiful woman?!”
Hearing this, Zoro’s was suddenly covered with black lines, the more he said it, the more difficult it was to explain, and he didn’t speak at all, but the beautiful girl suddenly spoke.
“Vice Admiral Lin Tian, you have always been my most admired person. I really hope to be like you, the strongest swordsman in Marine. But… but I didn’t expect you to betray Marine, but also became a pirate, I also want to…”
Lin Tian smiled slightly, “Oh my, you want to take back my Chasing Wind? Are you sure you can do it?”
“This…” Tashigi immediately was speechless, and understood how powerful she is against Vice Admiral Lin Tian. Through Smoker’s understanding, she learned that Chasing Wind is with the Marine’s legendary genius, her idol’s sword.
She understood at a glance that the man in the weapon shop that met Zoro was Vice Admiral Lin Tian who had betrayed Marine.
Looking at Tashigi’s disappointed eyes, Lin Tian deeply sighed in his heart. He was afraid that many Marine soldiers in Marine, like her, are full of disappointment in him.
Pulling Sanji and taking Luffy away, “The matter between you two, you can solve it yourself. We will go first. Hurry up, Zoro.”
Tashigi’s angry face immediately blushed. There was a clear blush on her cheeks, and she pouted and retorted: “I don’t have anything to do with this kind of liar! I must take those world’s famous swords back.”
Suddenly, Lin Tian stopped and said meaningfully: “Remember, the Marine is not absolute justice. Pirates are not absolute evil. Justice and evil are not based on positions but on people, and the Marine is not what it looks like.”
Lin Tian took the shouting Sanji towards the entrance of the town.
Seeing the towering town sign, Luffy shouted happily: “Hey, I see the exit!”
“Not good, it seems that someone is there,” Sanji shouted in a deep voice, and the three stopped at the same time.
At the exit, there was a three-wheeled motorcycle parked. A Marine Captain, with two cigarettes in his mouth, standing there for a long time, obviously he was waiting for them here.
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Smoker said seriously: “Straw Hat Luffy, you can’t enter the Grand Line without defeating me.”
“En!” Luffy then recalled the previous conversation and said to the two people behind: “Lin Tian, you can go first, I will deal with him.”
Luffy did not wait for the answer from the two at all, and directly moved towards Smoker and rushed up. Sanji was ready to go to the Going Merry.
Lin Tian stretched out and grabbed Sanji, in his puzzled eyes, said: “Don’t. You and Luffy will go together.”
“Together?”
Before he finished, a figure flew over. Lin Tian slid in his footsteps and dodged backwards. The figures slammed into Sanji’s body and flew upside down together. With a bang, they crashed at the side wall.
Luffy, who got up, touched his head with some headaches, and said in surprise: “He’s really strong!”
Lin Tian took a step forward, facing the man and said: “Luffy, Sanji, you go to the Merry first. Nami should be facing the Marine currently. They shouldn’t be dangerous. But he’s not your opponent, he was taught by me.”
Luffy refused to admit defeat and wanted to fight, but Sanji understood. The two of them are not Smoker’s opponents. It is better to hand it over to Lin Tian.
Without saying much, he directly took Luffy, who was still trying to fight, ran towards the entrance of the town, turned around and shouted: “Hey, Lin Tian, don’t lose Zoro!”
He waved his hand to signal Sanji to rest a.s.sured, but his eyes were still fixed on Smoker in front of him.
Compared with the smile on Lin Tian’s face, Smoker had a cautious look, and under his invisible aura, he kept sweating.
From the previous words of Tashigi, he had heard that after seeing one of 12 Saijo O Wazamono’s Chasing Wind, Smoker knew that Lin Tian was also here.
As the Marine elite, Smoker and other elite students, they have all been to the Marine G1 branch Lin Tian for half a year of study and experience. This is also Marine’s practice for several years.
Therefore, Lin Tian certainly knows the pursuit of 12 Saijo O Wazamono, because Smoker had the honor to watch that battle back then and is still impressed today.
Lin Tian took the lead and said: “My, my. When you see your instructor, you don’t even say h.e.l.lo.”
Hmph! Smoker directly coldly snorted, and then said: “Instructor, now you have betrayed Marine. You can only be regarded as a Marine traitor, and you have become pirate. You really lose Marine’s face. How can I call you that?”
“Haha…” Lin Tian laughed suddenly, “Smoker, it seems that I haven’t seen you for a while, you still hate pirates so much as you used to be, I’m afraid you still know nothing about Marine.”
His complexion slightly changed, Smoker’s tone also dropped a lot, “No matter what Marine is, in this whole world, only Marine insists on justice, which is much better than pirates.”
“Today is the last time I call you Instructor. From now on, you will be the enemy.”
“Oh, really?” Lin Tian slightly lifted his head, and asked indifference, not at all taking Smoker’s words seriously.
Not much to say, Smoker held the Nanashaku Jitte behind his back, his lower body turned into smoke, and the whole person moved towards Lin Tian straight and flew away, and did not make irregular movements as usual.
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Nanashaku Jitte Smoker’s main weapon is a large jitte that is quite long and is tipped with Seastone, a material that affects Devil Fruit users in a similar way to the sea (a person who consumes a Devil Fruit becomes weak and unable to move his or her body in the water, and Seastone is, in Smoker’s own words, “a solidified form of the sea”), which he uses to subdue criminal Devil Fruit users. Since only the tip is Seastone, it does not affect Smoker himself. He keeps the tip hanging in the air at all times, and his thick clothing provides further protection. When he turns into smoke, the weapon does not turn into smoke with him because of the Seastone. Instead, he carries it with him while in smoke form.
As a teacher of the year, Smoker had a clear understanding of Lin Tian’s battle strength. The difference between the two was too great, and all other actions were unnecessary.
Clang, clang!
Faced with Smoker’s attack, Lin Tian did not evade at all, engraved with Seastone’s sharp Nanashaku Jitte, directly pierced Lin Tian’s body.
Seeing his. .h.i.t, Smoker was taken aback at first, and then a smile appeared on his face. His Nanashaku Jitte’s tip made by Seastone, which is extremely lethal to Devil Fruit Ability User.
“Brat, it’s too early to be happy. Don’t you know you’ve been abused for half a year? The gap between your strength and me can’t be made up with some weapons.”
bang!
Before the words fell, Lin Tian’s pitch-black fist burst into a powerful force, like a meteorite, fiercely hit Smoker’s chest.
The powerful force bombarded the chest, and the whole body was trembling constantly, and there was a slight clicking sound on the body.
Drops of blood slipped from the corners of the mouth, ticking ticking. Under the impact of the rain, the dark rain flooded the two people. The burning tobacco made contact with the rain.
“Your strength is too weak. This strength is not qualified to stop me. Compared with you in the past, Smoker, you haven’t changed, even your personality is the same.”
Lin Tian didn’t stop. He raised his foot and kicked it quickly. Under the rapid impact of the rain, it burst instantly and turned into white water vapor.
Even if it is his own student, Lin Tian does not keep his hands at all. It made a m.u.f.fled sound, a louder bone training sound than before.
Smoker opened his mouth and spouted a blood arrow, and the whole person flew out immediately. Fiercely hit the wall on the side, and the whole house collapsed under the huge impact.
The thick smoke and dust dissipated instantly under the impact of rain, the peng sound rang, and one silhouette stood up from the ruins.
Covering his chest, crouching and barely standing, Smoker’s chest surged, and he spurt a mouthful of blood again, almost falling to the ground again.
A silhouette rushed out from the pouring rain, the cold glow flashed, the sharp blade slid through the rain towards Lin Tian.
Smoker not far away clutched his chest and shouted, with deep concern in his tone, “Tashigi, don’t go! He’s- that man, you’re not his opponent!”
File clang!
Tashigi’s sword did not stop. But when she was about to hit Lin Tian, she was blocked by Zoro who came. The blade turned and moved Tashigi’s sword away.
Her right hand flipped over, suddenly exerted force. These were not merciful. He was immediately knocked out and fell to the ground, but his nervous face was abnormally relaxed.
It seems that Zoro’s purpose for playing Tashigi is for her safety. If Lin Tian fights back, it will be difficult for Tashigi to survive. Fortunately, he rushed over in time.
Seeing that Zoro has also arrived, Lin Tian put back the Chasing WInd. Smoker has no power to fight anymore. The remaining marines had no chance against Lin Tian.
Looking at the silhouette who barely stood in the distance, Lin Tian reminded “Smoker, strength is everything. If you want to realize your dream, you also need strength. Remember, the weak are prey to strong. Strength is the foundation of everything.”
Knowing that the back has disappeared in the rain, Smoker’s clenched fist was released, and his mouth muttered: “Strength, everything is strength… Tashigi, gather the troops, East Blue is not for us anymore. We go to the Grand Line.”