The fleeing pirates halted abruptly in their tracks, casting wary glances at the White Hunter of the marines, who stood squarely in the path of their escape.
"Who would've thought some big shots would be dealt with by me?" Smoker clutched his weapon, puffing a cloud of smoke.
"What do you intend to do in the circumstances when you're outnumbered?" Gojo winced, exhaling an exasperated sigh.
Smoker rolled his eyes towards Gojo. 'The man who caused chaos on Impel Down with a mysterious and unknown devil fruit.' "A word is enough for the wise. I'll deal with all of you."
'A single marine officer was able to infiltrate fear into the hearts of these strong pirates? Just who exactly is this White Hunter? I guess I'll see for myself.' Gojo thought to himself, leaping forward with his clenched fist and struck the marine officer who stood unfazed by the assault.
Gojo's fist phased through Smoker's body compelling him and the other pirates in the vicinity to gawk in agony as the scene unfolds.
"Oi, why didn't you guys tell me he's a Logia user?" Gojo grinned, equalizing it was impossible for him to whoop the ass of the marine that stood before him.
"Your attacks are absolutely futile. When you notice you couldn't defeat me, you could've run for your lives." Smoker's grin widened, seeing the rookies who'd made a name for themselves utterly struck by fear of the immense power he'd established.
Smoker propelled himself forward with considerable speed, thrusting the tip of his weapon—clad in seastones—toward Gojo, where it halted mere inches before him.
Smoker and the pirates were struck dumbfounded as the scene unfolds, glancing at the weapon unable to proceed further. "You may be invisible to others, Hunter, but… I'm invisible to all." A wide grin plastered across his lips.
Smoker skidded backwards in a flash, distancing himself from the latter who was said to possess a mysterious devil fruit by the elders of Mary Geoise.
"How long do you intend to play with your little ass tricks?" Smoker smirked.
"Quit your yapping and come get me, smoke freak." Gojo spanked his butt relentlessly, trying to get the marine soldier on his nerves.
"Gojo Satoru, the man who possesses a mysterious fruit. How amusing." Enzo, the captain of the Laser pirates remarked.
"It's futile for you to resist your fate. There's no place for you to run because the whole island is surrounded by marines as well as your anchored vessels." Smoker warned the pirates.
Gojo lunged towards Smoker once more, his fist engulfed in azure flames of curse energy as it phased through the body of the marine once again.
Tsk!
Smoker's body flared up into clouds of smoke as he tried to render the vision of the blindfolded pirate useless, unfortunately, his smoke couldn't infiltrate past his Infinity.
"A battle between the two of us might continue for eternity." Smoker hissed, realizing he couldn't do anything to surpass the Infinity of Gojo.
The pirates sprang into action as they fled the scene, abandoning Gojo who was occupied by the White Hunter of the marines.
"Not on my watch." Smoker bit his lips, propelling his cloud of smoke towards the fleeing pirates. Smoker engulfed the pirates in his all-consuming smoke, seizing their complete engrossment and binding their bodies so thoroughly that they were rendered unable to break free from the grasp of the relentless, suffocating vapor.
"Shambles!"
Law hissed, activating his devil fruit abilities once again to fracture himself and the other pirates bound by Smoker's ability. The pirates vanished instantaneously from the vicinity, transposing their own bodies with those of the defeated marine soldiers within Smoker's enveloping plume of smoke.
Gojo and Smoker could not apprehend what had just transpired in the blink of an eye; both stood glaring at the defeated marine soldiers, who had somehow swapped places with the pirates bound in smoke only a few seconds earlier.
"Wha–" Smoker was struck dumbfounded, instantly dissipating the smoke that'd bound his soldiers.
"Yall should be grateful I'm in a good mood." Law bit his lips, trying to help himself and his crew alongside the other pirates in the vicinity.
"Trafalgar Law!!" Smoker roared, his body flaring up into a huge cloud of smoke as he propelled himself forward, this time, he was eager to defeat the pirates.
"Room, shambles!!" Law flicked his hands upside down, extending his 'room' ability to its absolute peak, swapping the incoming marine vice admiral with an object across the island.
The 'room' vanished, leaving Law writhing in agonized pain of surpassing his own limit in order to flee away from the grasp of the marines. "He'll be back any moment from now," Law warned the unknown pirates in the vicinity, showing no interest in befriending any of them, for they would be separated as soon as they set out to sea. "I'll advise everyone of you to flee at this moment or else, it'll be game over for all of us."
The pirates did not thank Law for saving them from Smoker; instead, they could do nothing but argue and curse Law for underestimating their strength and abilities.
"Hey, Law," captain Kid raged, "don't get too comfortable because I could kill you right here and now."
Capone Bege, a pirate from the North Blue stepped in, "we'll have to give our thanks to him or else we would've all been captured by now."
"Cut that crap," Jewelry Bonney exclaimed, "I could also beat his ass."
Gojo chimed in, "are you all out of your mind? That nigga actually possess a Logia-type devil fruit. Do you think your attacks will inflict even a slight damage on him when I couldn't hit him?"
Silence loomed across the atmosphere.
"You saved our ass, thanks buddy." Gojo gave Law a thumbs-up, "If you wish to be ensnared by that smoke fiend, then you are welcome to remain here, awaiting his arrival and engaging him in combat to your heart's content. However, if you will excuse me, I shall take my leave and be on my way to link up with my crew."
X Drake shot an intimidating glare at the fleeing blindfolded pirate as he took the opportunity to escape the island.
"Shambles!" Law and his crew disappeared from the upper yard in the 'room' he'd created, while the remaining pirates and their crew were left behind in the upper yard to wander alone.
"That bastard, I'll get him for humiliating me." Kid snarled while Killer could only laugh evilly behind his mask.
"That pirate is actually weird. It creeps me out." Jewelry Bonney whispered to herself as he trailed behind Gojo to locate her ship anchored at the island's port.
Meanwhile, Buggy and his crew watched the scene unfold in disdain, hiding themselves in Vane's castle as they sabotaged and stole the cash and golds in Vane's castle.
"Captain Buggy-sama, we've secured everything you asked us to do."
"Good job, men. Let's take the opportunity and flee from this scary island."
"Roger that, captain."
…
Vane and marine vice admiral Momonga clashed with tremendous force; each attack annihilated their surroundings, reducing trees, buildings, and even the ground itself to rubble under the immense impact emanating from the duo's overwhelming power.
The marine officers could not step onto the battlefield; all they could witness was the death of any one of them who dared to venture into that domain.
Of course, Vane was out of breath, employing his armament and observation haki as well as his devil fruit powers, his muscles ached a lot, fatigue skyrocketing and adrenaline surging through his veins.
He gritted his teeth, his punches carrying the weight of twenty kilos as they collided with vice admiral Momonga. Vane couldn't think of anything else at the juncture than to annihilate the vice admiral in his territory.
The marine clutched their pistols, unable to shoot at the pirate who was moving so fast, clobbering Momonga into pieces, blood splattered across his cladded black fist as he punched the face of Momonga relentlessly into the ground, causing a vast earthquake at that second.
The fight was over in a blink of an eye as the marine officers witnessed the tremendous massacre of a notorious pirate who'd once sailed into the New World.
Momonga lay on the floor, drenched in his own blood; his face was barely recognizable after enduring a relentless series of punches from the gravity man.
"Vice admiral Momonga!!"
The marine officers exclaimed in unison, reloading their pistols, they fired a series of bullets at Vane who parried everyone of them with his fist cladded in deep black.
"I'll fucking kill you all!"
Vane roared and plunged forward toward the soldiers, who had been traumatized by the display of his prowess—especially after what he had just done to the vice admiral.
He pummeled the marines in the vicinity with his fist clad in haki as he crashed onto the floor, breathing profusely. He endeavored to steady his breath nonetheless, detecting the sound of footsteps closing in.
Gojo, who'd taken the lead in order to meet up with his crew, glanced at the bloody scene before the other pirates popped in.
"One after another," Vane snapped, his veins bulging on his neck as he picked himself up. "Gojo Satoru, nice to meet you."
Gojo stood unfazed by the aura emanating from Vane who stood metres away from him. "Yo, it seems you were bored playing tags with these scumbags."
Vane laughed furiously, "you fascinate me, Satoru." Vane let out a deep breath as he crouched down and employed his battle stance. "I can't have my toys running around anymore."
"Entertain me." Gojo loosened his blindfold, staring down at Vane with his shimmering azure blue eyes.
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