One Piece: How Can I Become King Of The Pirate If You Don’t Work Hard?

Kuro raised his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I knew you would survive, but what happened to him..."

Looking at Gin on Gawain's shoulder, Kuro frowned slightly. He still hadn't recovered from the danger of that battle.

Especially the determination shown by Gin to risk everything for victory; even Kuro couldn't help but feel in awe.

If Kuro's mentality had not sublimated during the battle, the outcome of the battle would have been hard to predict.

"You should know his identity. Even the enemy has to rescue him. Gawain, being too merciful will not allow you to enter the Grand Line or even the New World."

Gawain gently put Gin down and called the ship's doctor to treat Gin's injuries and the toxins in his body. He then turned to Kuro and explained:

"He's a poor man too."

"Besides, no one would dislike a crew member who would stand up for his captain and exchange his life for another's even if he was abandoned."

"However, with injuries of this degree, whether he can survive depends on his fate."

Kuro was slightly stunned and said lightly:

"Just keep it in mind."

"If he still wants to avenge Krieg after he wakes up, I will deal with it myself. But you..."

"How?"

"Nothing."

Gawain glanced at Kuro and threw a probe at him:

[Name: Kuro]

[Potential: Silver]

[Rating: Bronze, understand his true nature, awaken his Observation Haki, and make up for his shortcomings!]

As expected.

After the sublimation of his mentality, Kuro's potential is already on par with him, and his combat power is directly increased to the Bronze level due to the awakening of his Observation-Haki.

Once his injuries are healed, his combat power will directly increase by one level.

No wonder this kid has the word inflation written all over his face.

Otherwise, who would come up and speak to their captain in this tone in front of everyone?

Gawain sneered in his heart.

It doesn't matter.

After this, he would be fine after a few beatings.

And he can't just distance the gap to the point where he loses hope. Otherwise, it will be difficult if he just gives up and lies flat…

Thinking of this, Gawain had an idea in his mind. 

He put Kuro's matter aside for the time being and turned to look at Gaza: "The Marines fleet is coming in, we-!"

Just as Gawain opened his mouth, he heard hurried footsteps outside the lord's mansion.

The Marines led by Smoker are on their way here, and even before they get close, there is already a sense of oppression, as if a storm is about to come.

The guard at the door came in hurriedly and reported in a panic: "My lord, the Marines have surrounded this place with their men. The leader is a white-haired man who looks like someone who is not easy to mess with. What should we do?"

Gaza frowned upon hearing this:

"Logically, this kind of thing shouldn't happen. They dared to do it even without a search warrant, right?"

Jasmine looked at Gawain and the others with a serious expression: "My lord, we have to be on guard. If they really try to force their way in, we..."

"Don't panic, I'll go take a look."

After patting Jasmine's shoulder and nodding to Gawain, she led Jasmine towards the door.

Gawain interrupted Gaza's actions:

"That guy did something rather outrageous. To prevent him from attacking you directly, it's safer for me to follow you."

Gawain was well aware of Smoker's style.

It is simply impossible to expect a person who dares to yell at his immediate superior and even directly refuses to attend the promotion ceremony to abide by the internal rules and regulations of the Marines.

Once he really takes control of Gaza, his side will be completely passive.

"Okay."

Gaza nodded and asked Gawain to put on the guard's armor and helmet to cover his face. 

Gawain then handed Guanze Masamune to Kuro, and after picking up a long sword at random, he followed her out.

...

Squeak!

The door of the lord's mansion was pushed open.

Smoker's slightly ferocious face appeared directly in front of Gaza.

Standing behind him was a row of marines armed with live ammunition, all of them with alert looks on their faces, exuding an invisible sense of oppression.

Gaza swallowed subconsciously upon seeing this:

"Sir, how can I help you?"

Smoker said expressionlessly: "We are tracking down a group of pirates. We have already searched the entire city. This is the only place left."

"There won't be any pirates here."

Gaza shook her head: "You can look somewhere else."

Smoker frowned.

They had searched every place on the island, but there was no sign of the White Knight Pirate.

It is impossible for a pirate group of dozens or hundreds of people to disappear out of thin air. 

In addition to Gaza's attitude at the moment, he is almost certain that the members of the White Knight Pirate group are hiding in the city lord's mansion.

The attitude is getting worse:

"Please don't make it hard for me..."

Whoosh!

The Marines raised their guns in response.

Surrounded by the black muzzles of guns, Gaza calmed down and looked at Smoker coldly: "So the justice of the Marines is to flee when facing pirates and turn around and point the guns at civilians, right? Or have you been tired of making money in the name of building a branch base for so many years?!"

"I... "

Smoker was speechless for a moment and cursed the Marines scum in his heart, but still said with a stiff face:

"I will report the previous events to the headquarters separately. I will also deal with those who asked you for money one by one."

"But now!"

"You'd better know what you are doing and the price you need to pay for it, otherwise..."

Smoker slowly took off the weapon behind him, his eyes cold and stern:

"Don't blame me for using force!"

Along with his words, there was a fierce aura emanating from Smoker's body, pressing down on everyone like a mountain.

Gaza, who was in the center of Smoker's sight, got goosebumps all over her body.

She felt her legs go weak, and she was about to fall backward.

But suddenly, she felt a large hand pressing down on her shoulder, and the aura that had been pressing on her like a mountain disappeared in an instant.

Gawain took a step forward, protected Gaza behind him, and said coldly:

"Do you know what you are doing?"

"Even the Marines cannot break into the mansion of an affiliated country of the World Government without a search warrant. This is a decision made after the Marines and the World Government reached an agreement."

"Are you going to disobey?"

"If necessary."

Smoker's tone was firm, and there was no hesitation in his eyes.

As time passed, he became more convinced of his initial judgment. Once White Knight Gawain successfully escaped here, it would become increasingly difficult to capture him later.

"Even if I lose this outfit, as long as I can catch that guy, my trip will not be in vain."

"And... "

Looking at the guard in front of him, Smoker frowned slightly.

Just because of the aura that the other party had just released unintentionally, he felt extreme danger.

If there really is such a thing in this harbor, how could it be so easy for Krieg's people to invade?

Or…

"Who are you?!"

Gawain quietly tightened his grip on the sword in his hand, ready to fight here.

Gaza spoke first: "Just a guard in the lord's mansion."

"It is impossible for the guards of the lord's mansion to have such a look."

Smoker said in a cold voice: "Who on earth are you—"

But at this moment, a small stone entered Smoker's sight from the side.

He crushed it with one hand and turned around to see a girl with tears in her eyes and countless harbor residents with angry faces.