Newspapers carrying the events in Rogue have spread throughout the East China Sea. But Smoker still hadn't waited at the bottom of Upside Down Mountain for the group he wanted to wait.

Because of Ace, they changed their plans and wandered around several islands in the East China Sea and went on several adventures.

No way. There were two more people on the boat, and they were two people who didn't have such a strong sense of belonging, so they must have to put a little more effort into it.

The voyage was still very effective these days. Karumon recognizes Ace's true colors. That's a polite idiot.

In fact, the Ace people are still very good. When he was in Rogue Town, it was Karuman who misunderstood him.

When Karumon asked what Ace's "you found out" was talking about at that time,

Ace looked at Karumon with a puzzled expression. Ace said he thought Karumen had sensed he wanted a cook at their restaurant.

Karumen sighed helplessly. How could anyone guess this kind of thing! Ace's brain circuit is really clear!

Karumon eats the Nami Devil Fruit that Guina brought out. There's no way, her strength is completely a burden.

Therefore, if she wants to improve her strength in a short period of time and be able to complete self-preservation, she can only eat this Devil Fruit.

But Karumen was lucky. This Devil Fruit is a slippery fruit. After taking this fruit, she can control the friction around her body independently.

In other words, as long as she doesn't want to, ordinary bullets and knives can't hurt her a pound. But domineering and Hailou Shi are still her nemesis.

However, at least she already has some self-protection ability. Coupled with Luo's fruit ability, there is no big problem in keeping her safe.

As for Dusty, her opinion of Ace and his gang has also changed a lot over the past few days. These pirates have subverted her perception of pirates.

In naval education, pirates were synonymous with evil, plundering caravans and slaughtering villagers at every turn. But Ace and his gang of pirates will be chased by the villagers. It simply shocked Dusty's eyeballs.

However, in the adventures of these days, Dusty also noticed one thing, that is, there are really no famous swords in this part of the East China Sea.

They had ventured in the East China Sea for so long, but they still hadn't encountered any famous swords worth snatching back.

Moreover, Dusty noticed that the grade of the ice spirit in Guina's hand was also not low, but Dusty couldn't tell what kind of famous sword it was. It wasn't written in her notebook.

When she asked Guina about her doubts, Guina told her that the ice was made a few years ago. It's normal that she doesn't know.

……

East China Sea, near Upside Down Mountain. Smoker's warship has been here for a little month. They didn't wait for Ace to come to them.

Not only did they not wait for Ace, they also waited for the accountability call from the Navy Headquarters.

The Navy Headquarters demanded that Smoker must go to Rogue Town on a deadline, but Smoker rudely refused the Navy's order.

A corporal only. A navy that they have cultivated for a long time, and only has the strength of a corporal, only Smoker will care. His subordinates, as well as the Navy Headquarters, did not take this soldier to heart.

Even, the people in the Navy Headquarters wanted to sell this Navy file. A naval soldier who was captured by the pirates and stayed with the pirates for a month without dying may have rebelled into a pirate.

However, Smoker, sitting on the bow of the boat with a cigar in his mouth, did not think about these things at all. He is the head of the Navy.

He could accept the soldiers dying in battle with the pirates, and he couldn't accept the soldiers being captured by the pirates.

But even he is at his limit at this point. The Navy had already called him.

Smoker knew that the next time he was disobedient, the Navy Headquarters would definitely be more than just a phone bug. But...... So what.

Now it was actually himself who was even more angry in Smoker's heart. He miscalculated the course of Ace and did not block Ace here.

"But if they don't come to the Upside Down Mountain, will they not be able to sail from the windless belt to the Great Ones?" said Smoker, cigar in his mouth, musing at the bow of the ship.

"Colonel, your phone bug is ringing!" At this moment, a soldier ran over with a phone bug. It's not the shipboard high-power phone bug in the warship mast, it's a small phone bug.

Smoker casually took the phone bug and picked up the receiver. "This is Smoker, is there something wrong?"

As soon as Smoker finished speaking, a loud roar with extremely high decibels came from the opposite side. "What the hell have you done, you bastard, can't you do what your headquarters order!"

Smoker bared his teeth and swapped the phone bug into the other hand. He rubbed his ears with this hand. The sound on the other side was too loud.

"Can you be quiet, Tina. Smoker complained to the phone bug, and then decisively removed the receiver.

Sure enough, even if the earpiece wasn't placed next to his ear, he heard Tina's sharp ear shouting in the earpiece.

"Smoker, you idiot! When have you been thinking about these issues! If you disobey the order again, the navy should directly send someone to arrest you back! In this case, it will be light for you to be demoted again!"

"It's up to the superiors to do what they want to do, and I just want to get Dusty back from the pirates. ”

"Tina is angry, Smoker!" the admiral roared again across the phone bug.

"The Navy's order has come down, let me come and bring you back to the Navy Headquarters! You prepare in advance! I don't want to have another fight with you then!"

With that, the admiral on the other side hung up the phone bug. Smoker looked expressionless and deducted the phone bug back.

He knew that time was running out for him. If he hadn't saved Dusty before Tina arrived, he would never have been able to save Dusty.

Smoker stood at the bow of the ship, his face changing several times. Finally, he let out a long breath and still chose to stick here.

Now, there was no turning back for him. The East China Sea is so big, and with the various naval bases and headquarters not cooperating, he has no way to find Ace's traces.

Three days later, another warship reached the foot of the Upside Down Hill. This warship was brought over by a windless journey. Half an hour later, the two warships left the area in the windless zone.

After another two hours, a brig flying the pirate flag sailed to the foot of the upside-down mountain. At the bow of the boat stood a man with a hat without a shirt, and two girls who looked like twins on board.

"This is the last stop in the East China Sea, Dusty. Your commander never came to your rescue. The shirtless man looked at the bespectacled woman and said.

The blue-haired girl with glasses didn't say a word. The blue-haired girl who didn't wear glasses on the side had a trace of regret on her face, pity for this girl.

"Maybe there's something wrong with him, Dusty. We'll always have a chance to meet in the future. We'll be sure to help you find out. ”

"Guina is right, Dusty. Ace smiled brightly. "The smoking man didn't come to the rescue, you should have something hidden. I'll ask him for you later!"

After a long time, Dusty silently said, "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome, we're companions!" Ace looked at Dusty with a warm smile on his face.

When not stupid, Ace looks really reliable.

"Please take care of me then, Captain. ”