"Mr. Zefa."

As soon as Smoker landed on the ground, he greeted him casually with some apprehension.

Although I was convinced that ordinary people couldn't detect the Devil Fruit in their womb, this feeling of "being a thief" was still indispensable.

"Well, did you bring the cigar roots?"

Instead of asking him anything about the hunt, Zefa swept his empty hands and asked about the cigar tree with a smile on his face.

Smoker couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that Zefa didn't seem to have discovered anything.

"It's... Hey.. Teacher, I forgot~" Smoker rubbed his hands embarrassedly, then paused and said, "I forgot to ask the teacher the direction of the cigar tree when I set off... So I didn't find it. ”

Hearing Smoker's defense, Zefa said puzzledly: "Haven't you been to the top of the mountain in the center of the forest, how can you not see it?" ”

"What, teacher, he knows I've been to the top of the mountain?!"

Smoker heard Teacher Zefa suddenly mention the top of the mountain, and his heart chuckled again. Yes, how could Mr. Zefa let these fourteen-year-old students risk such a dangerous environment without any safety measures?

Could it be that Mr. Zefa already knows about the Devil Fruit, and now he is just testing me? Smoker was a little overwhelmed, and he slightly looked into Mr. Zefa's eyes, trying to see some clues.

But what is frustrating is that Mr. Zefa is still wearing that pair of sunglasses, and he can see that there are ghosts~

"That's... I did reach the top of the central hill in pursuit of a large bird, but it was bare and there were no trees... Those trees?! ”

Smoker struggled to put together words to describe the environment at the top of the mountain, but as he spoke, his tone became more and more uncertain, as he began to think of the dead trees he described as "little old men."

"Hmph, do you remember?"

Zefa took out a cigar from his arms, lit himself on fire, and then skillfully swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog, and continued behind him: "I knew that you kid was not very reliable, so I had already asked Kenshin to take it." ”

"Mr. Zefa, thank you!" When Smoker heard this, he immediately reacted and thanked him gratefully. He didn't believe that Zefa would send a dignified rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters to the top of the mountain for the sake of those "cigar branches".

At the same time, I finally knew why Mr. Zefa knew that he had been to the top of the mountain. And judging from the other party's delay in talking about the performance of the Devil Fruit, it is not that he has been monitored for 360 degrees.

However, this also made Smoker feel guilty about Zefa, and Zefa's weight and protection of himself, of course, he saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. But he actually acted distrustfully of the other party, which was really a bit of a jerk.

But he didn't regret it, and he wouldn't feel guilty about it, so he immediately took out the Devil Fruit and the handwritten notes and handed them to Zefa.

"Hmph, boy... Since you didn't bring back the cigar roots as agreed, you won't have your share in waiting for the cigar to be ready in two days. Zefa said after receiving Smoker's advantage.

"Huh? How so! ”

Hearing that the "blood bottle" that could replenish his physical strength was gone, Smoker looked at Zefa painfully, and his eyes were full of resentment~

Seeing that this kid was looking at him with such goosebump-inducing eyes, Zefa shook his hand and knocked on Smoker's head: "You little kid who doesn't have any hair, what kind of cigarette are you smoking?" ”

"That's not what you said before.... Hiss~" When Smoker just protested against Zefa's repeated remarks, an extremely familiar pain suddenly came from his waist, and when he looked back, he saw that it was indeed the masterpiece of this little girl!

"It hurts... It hurts, Tina! Let go, let go! ”

Well, in fact, it doesn't hurt that much, after all, this little girl's strength is limited, and she doesn't really do it, but at this time, if you don't act disappreciatively, it will become more troublesome!

"Hmph, Tina is angry!" Tina withdrew her little hand and said with her hands crossed on her waist.

Gion, who was standing on the side, watched such an interesting interaction between Tina and Smoker, and suddenly felt that the original depressed mood seemed to have dissipated a lot, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

"What's wrong, Tina? Who messed with you? ”

Tina pointed at Smoker: "Hmph, Smoker made Tina angry~"

Hearing Tina's words, Smoker scratched his head, very puzzled, when did he provoke her? He's just returned.

"Hehe, just now when you were flying in the air, Tina called you, and you left without answering."

Gion saw that Smoker's eyes were full of doubt, and finally couldn't help but interject.

"Yes, yes, Tina called you, you idiot actually ignored Tina~ Did you say you were wrong!" Tina nodded in agreement.

So that's the case, Smoker understood what was going on, when he came here before, he seemed to be in a state of thinking about life, but this kind of thing is difficult to explain.

Smoker apologized to Tina, and then changed the subject very stiffly.

"So, how's your hunt going?"

Gion and Tina looked at each other for a while and didn't reply, and now Smoker understood, it must be not ideal~

Gion and Tina captured a "bread lion". At this moment, Zefa suddenly said.

"Bread Lion?"

Smoker looked back at Zefa suspiciously, and then found that the other party was pointing in one direction, and turned his head to look at the instructions, and soon saw the true face of the so-called "bread lion".

At this time, a group of sailors in the distance, under the command of the officers, were carrying the carcasses of animals of strange shapes and sizes to the warship in large carts. And among them, there is a body length of about two meters, pale yellow hair, the overall image looks similar to the lion in the previous life, but the sideburns are trumpet-shaped egg yolk solid.

"The bread lion, a social creature, is two meters long, four meters tall, weighs four hundred and twenty kilograms, and its mane is a high-grade sponge cake, which tastes very good. They also use their manes as megaphones, allowing them to emit shockwaves from their mouths. ”

"The meat is tough, but when grilled, it becomes soft and has a strong cake flavor, which is delicious for those who like desserts!"

At this moment, Kenshin looked at the "bread lion", swallowed and foamed, and then introduced it with emotion, he was very fond of sweets......

"Gregarious!"

In this introduction, Smoker did not pay attention to anything else, but was surprised by the word group at the beginning!

"Tina, are you alright?" Smoker looked at Tina worriedly, if the lion was a single one, there would definitely be no problem, but once the number increased, it would definitely not be something that these two girls could handle, after all, Tina was not able to quickly bind multiple targets.

"It's okay, Tina and Gion were saved by this Mr. Osa, otherwise something would really have happened~" Tina pointed to the nearby side, but she was silent and said to Smoker aggrievedly.

Really! Teacher Zefa arranged a master for each group to secretly protect Ah, Smoker looked at the tall man who was dressed in a justice coat and hung a big rank.

Then walking to the other side, Smoker suddenly bowed his head and bowed.

"As the leader of the elite class, thank you for your rescue! And a heartfelt thank you to all the Navy that secretly protected! ”

This scene was watched by everyone around, including the other students who had already rushed to converge, and at this moment, because of Smoker's bow, he completely won the recognition of all the students and stood firmly in the position of "squad leader".

Even Gaspardy and Shig, who had a bad relationship with Smoker, did not refuse Smoker to represent them at this moment......