Chapter 44 - 44

By the time the sun rose. Arlong managed to wake up his crew. Now all of them are walking to Arlong's park with slow steps, they still have to pick up their stuff and the maps that Nami drew before leaving .

Arlong and the rest of the fishmen were gloomy as there are holding many negative emotions in their hearts. The humiliation that they suffered by that one small human shall be repaid. As they were walking, all of the villagers were watching through the windows of their houses. It was a real wonder to those monsters injured and in the measurable state.

All of them thought that it was the deed of the one who killed two fishmen with a spoon.

"Mister Arlong, we have arrived, " a Fishman said looking to the gates of the park. Arlong nodded with a dark expression. The fishmen opened the gates and entered.

As they entered, they saw something that almost made their fishy hearts jump. In front of them were 50 marines with swords and guns, in the middle of them stood smoker with two cigars in his mouth. All of the marines had a gloomy face, earlier when they arrived, they found about the corpses of the marines and all of them got triggered.

The fishmen all were caught off guard and surprised.

"Arlong, a former pirate of the sun pirates " Smoker said slowly as he walked forward, he waved his hand to the marines behind:" arrest them, kill them if it is necessary "

"Yes " The marines started walking forward with their guns, to them, fishing those injured Fishman was easy.

Arlong got triggered and dashed forward, now, some pity marines think they can do whatever they like. Arlong decided to attack the smoker first, he went forward like a spear and opened his huge mouth to bite Smoker's head. Smoker didn't move and looked to Arlong with relaxed face. As Arlong bite his head, Smoker's head turned to a white smoker.

"You are.. The white hunter "Arlong opened his eyes widely as he saw the smoke gather and form Smoker's head.

To Arlong It's too late to escape. Smoker fist turned to a cloud of smoke and pushed Arlong flying to the wall, as Arlong fell, Smoker appeared above him and tied his arm suppressing him with brute force alone. Smoker looked around to see some three fishmen were troublesome even after being injured. His free hand turned to smoke and flew to the three fishmen. The smoke wrapped them and lifted them from the ground.

As those three were captured, the rest of the marines had an easy time to capture the rest of the fishmen. After being captured, those fishmen would have a trail and they would be punished according to their crimes. Murdering, killing marine, slavering humans, piracy..ect. In East blue. Public execution would be the smallest punishment.

The marines quickly caught the pirates and put some hard metallic shackles on them. The fishmen didn't even have the chance to jump to the pool and were gathered all on the ground.

"Good job captain smoker " Lucas entered the gates and stretched his back, he didn't forget to give Arlong a pitying look.

"Ah, thanks to you we got easy time, " Smoker said, it was really hard to believe that Lucas made all of these fishmen injured alone, even their leaders. It was hopeful as it slowed the fishmen and made their escape hard. Smoker took a check from his pocket and was about to give Lucas the bounty of the fishmen.

Yet Lucas refused to take it and said in rightful tone " I refuse to take a bounty for doing my duty as a human and stopping those evil creatures from slaving my race"

His statement was shocking to everyone who heard him, the amount of the money he would take from those fishmen should be more than 50 million berries, it is enough for anyone to live without working for the rest of his life with his family, he can even open a business and rest with a beautiful wife.

Lucas appeared very rightful in the eyes of the marines. Yet Arlong almost exploded from the shamelessness, Lucas gained an amount of money that is more than the bounty of 4 sea emperors, it was his money that he wanted to use to build a country. It is no wonder that Lucas is looking down on his bounty.

"YOU LOWLY CREATURE, YOU TOOK THE VILLAGERS MONEY AND ACT RIGHTEOUSLY, TENS OF BILLIONS YOO TOOK " Arlong wanted to expose Lucas in front of everyone.

The marines looked to Lucas with doubtful eyes, there still the possibility of Arlong lying

"Oh really, where is the money then" Lucas said.

Arlong looked to Smoker "He has devil fruit that allows him to store it"

"Is this right " Smoker asked Lucas with a calm tone, all Lucas has to do is to say no.

Lucas smirked as he walked to the pool :" That's right, I have a devil fruit power, I was the one who told him to kill the marine and I was the one who made the revolution army "

Everyone was shocked by his statement, even Arlong, it was so shocking to be true.

Some marine in the corner asked his friend:" Do you think he is telling the truth "

"If it was the truth then he wouldn't say it " replied his friend.

"But what if he said this because he knew that we won't think it's the truth, so he is covering the truth by saying the truth which would make us think it is a lie"

"huh?, you think too much " the other marine rolled his eyes and looked at Lucas.

Lucas without hesitation jumped to the water and started swimming between everyone's eyes.

"Hahaha "

Some started laughing, seems that Lucas has some good sense of humor, it was known that devil fruits users can't swim. This proved that Arlong is just a liar and his words was his desperate attempt towereke Lucas down with him. No one believed Arlong.

Arlong was shocked, this shouldn't happen, he saw Lucas's ability with his own eyes. He tried to say something else, however, his words hold no truth value.

"Take them away, " Smoker said and the rest of the marines took the fishmen to the ship.

Lucas thought of something, it is the time. His heroic deeds in the east blue should be enough. and he has been in this world for more than a half year. It is time to take the next step.

Lucas pretended to put his hand in his pocket and took something out of his storage. It was a recommendation letter that he made Calorina write. He called Smoker and hand it to him "I would like to apply for joining the navy "

Smoker held the recommendation and frowned, he would have to do more paper works, however, he felt it was good since this is someone who is strong enough to hold a group of fishmen alone, he can become an elite with his talent and age. "Usually I wouldn't accept it because the family name, but your case is special, Do you want to work directly or join the elite camp".

What Calorina wrote in the letter that Lucas has a high talent and should be trained in elite camp before starting, but Lucas fame can make him able to join directly in the east blue's brunch.

"Can you explain to me the difference between the two" Lucas asked.

"If you choose to join directly, you would pass some investigation and at best you would start as a petty officer in the east blue. As for the second one, I believe you heard about the grand line? right "

"Yes"

"Well, In the elite camp you would be able to train by elite marines, you can access to the best resources of training, be it martial arts, swordsmanship or even medicine, any thing, and you can get your own devil fruit if you can get enough contribution points " Smoker explained. the conurbation points system was something for the marine to exchange for resources, one can get those points by hunting pirates, retrieving devil fruits, treasures, and it can be exchanged for money with other marines. Some of the trainers in the camp are actually marines from the weak seas, so they can use it to exchange for resources.

"Anyway, you can apply for graduation whenever you like, but I advise you to take your time since the test isn't easy, especially for non-devil fruit users like yourself. Anyway, at very low, you can become an officer. Captain, or even commander, depending on your performance " Smoker said as he rubbed his head while remembering his training days . It was a pity that Z is no longer the teacher there other wise the navy wouldn't get weaker.

Lucas was left in deep thoughts, if he took the first choice then he would take a lot of time to promote, but if he chose the second, then, not only he would start as high officer or a captain giving his swordsmanship, but he would be able to increase his strength to a higher level. And let's not forget that he has the strongest system to assist him.

Lucas asked to be taken to the elite camp, anyway, the smoker said that he can graduate any time he likes, so Lucas didn't think that he would spend a long time there anyway. Smoker said that paperwork would take time and after everything is done, he can pass by his base to take the token and transfer to the grand line. Lucas decided to go there after a month since he has some girls to spend time with.