Chapter 115

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nI Want to Smoke

nThe inexplicable pressure formed by a group of big shots made the soldiers guarding the gate tremble involuntarily.

nSoon, they crossed the stairs and came to the door.

n“Open the door,” Akainu said coldly.

n“Yes!”

nThe armored soldier saluted and turned around. “Open the door!”

nWith the sound of the mechanism, the silver-white door gradually opened a small gap, revealing a white light.

nAs the door opened, the blazing white light turned into an extremely beautiful scenery, and Mariejois appeared in front of Kuro.

nWhat came into view was an extremely long and wide road. In the deepest part, the outline of a gate could be seen, and beside the outline, there was a huge golden palace.

nBeside the road was a large forest. The height of the trees was the same. There was a river lying in the forest, surrounding it and looking extremely neat.

nThere is no clutter, fresh grass, fallen flowers, blue sky, white clouds, and fresh air. The combination of forest and river is just right. This place is first-class no matter where it is.

nNo wonder many kings want to live in Mary Joa.

nThe road is dotted with some huge pebbles, but there is an extremely long stone road in the center.

n“Please use it.”

nThe armored soldier took a few connecting rods and handed them to them respectfully.

n“No, we can walk.”

nCrane waved his hand and walked to the side road.

nKuro glanced at the stone road and said nothing.

nKizaru saw Kuro staring at the stone road and said with a smile, “That’s an automatic sidewalk. Put the connecting stick in the hole above and the road will automatically move. However, it’s better not to do this kind of thing. That road is not suitable for us.”

nKuro said in a deep voice: “I understand.”

nNo one was willing to step on the middle road. They all walked to the side and moved forward.

nThe atmosphere was a little heavy.

nThis scenery seems to have lost its gorgeous aura.

nAlong the way, everyone was silent, and the armored soldiers accompanying them were trembling with fear.

nIt was not until they reached the second door that the accompanying armored soldiers heaved a sigh of relief. They did not have to walk the rest of the way. There was another group of people accompanying them.

nThe second door was a crossroads with a total of four doors. One of them led to the huge palace, where the real core of Mariejois was.

nAfter passing through the door, Kuro and others walked for a while and saw a golden bridge. Inside the bridge was a golden city gate, which was the entrance of the palace.

nCrane looked up at the huge golden palace and said slowly, “Let’s go, Sengoku is still waiting there.”

nThe door on the bridge slowly opened. Before the group of people walked in, they saw a figure riding something out.

n“Hurry up, you lowly fool!”

nIt was a tenryubito riding on the back of a huge man, followed by a group of guards. He was holding a scepter and constantly hitting the huge man slave.

nThe slave’s limbs and neck were shackled, and his limbs were on the ground. His crawling body was swaying, and he was covered in wounds, some new, some old, but all of them serious.

nHis life force was already very weak.

nWhen the nearby soldiers saw who it was, they all consciously parted to the sides and knelt down obediently.

nOnly Marine standing in the middle of the bridge looked so abrupt.

nLike a penholder.

nTenryubito, who was beating the slaves, stopped and looked at a group of Marines standing in the center.

n“It’s Saint Rossward.”

nKizaru whispered to her beside Crane.

n“Ah… I know.”

nCrane nodded and glanced at the Sky Dragon Man.

n“Marine, get out of the way. This is the noble Saint Rozwad, you are in the way!”

nAmong the guards behind the tenryubito, a person stood up and ordered them.

n“This is Tenryubito…”

nKuro looked at Rozwad. To be honest, this was the first time he had seen one alive in more than twenty years.

nOf course, he had no chance to see the dead.

nRossward was wearing a white dress that wrapped him up tightly. The style was thin on the top and thick on the middle. He was wearing sunglasses and his hair was the color of withered grass. It was combed into a club-like hairstyle and he had a thick beard.

nHe didn’t bring a helmet. In Mary Joa, tenryubito didn’t need helmets.

nInstead, when they went to the Lower Realm, they would think that the air there was polluted and wear helmets.

nKuro smiled. “Like a crooked conch.”

n“Quiet, that’s Tenryubito after all,” Bogart whispered.

nKuro shrugged and looked at the dying slave. He exhaled and took out a cigar and lit it.

nWhen the guard who spoke before saw this scene, he immediately shouted, “Hey, smoking is not allowed in the Holy Land. It will pollute the air here. Hurry up!”

nRossward’s face darkened, “You want me to suck your dirty smoke? Slave!”

nWith that, he hit the slave under him.

nHearing this, Kuro was stunned for a moment. Then, he picked up the cigar, stretched out his hand, and flicked it with his finger.

nThe ash fell to the ground.

nKuro opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of smoke. It was unknown if it was intentional, but the direction he spat out was in the direction of Rossward.

n“Sorry, I was too excited to see Tenryubito and was a little nervous. I didn’t mean it.”

nKuro spoke without a trace of nervousness.

nRossward’s face changed, “You!”

n“Oh~ I’m addicted to smoking.”

nSuddenly, Kizaru also took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and lit it with a match.

n“Alalala, I want to smoke too, have one.”

nAokiji took out a pack of white cigarettes from his trouser pocket and put it in his mouth. He took out a lighter decorated with white snowflakes and lit it.

n“Pfft, hahaha, give me one too.”

nGarp laughed and reached out to Kuro. Kuro was stunned and quickly took out a cigar and lit it for him.

nThe remaining Vice-Admiral and Rear Admiral all lit cigars or cigarettes.

nAkainu raised his head and bared his lips. His white teeth bit into a thick cigar, and the smoke from it was bigger than anyone else.

nHis expression was as arrogant as a Yakuza big shot.

nAll the Marines, with cigarettes in their mouths, raised their heads and stared fearlessly at those guards, or… stared at Tenryubito.

nThis appearance made the guards behind Tenryubito freeze.

nThe guard who spoke broke out in a cold sweat. He did not expect this to happen.

nThe Marines that he had come into contact with in the past were all extremely humble. When they heard the words tenryubito, they would grovel. How would they dare to do such a thing?

nWhat’s going on!

nAren’t Marines the slaves of tenryubito?!

nAmong the people present, the only one who did not smoke was Crane. A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and then she put her palm on her chest and perfunctorily bowed to Ross.

n“Marigoya did not say that smoking is not allowed. Of course, we will not stand in your way.”

nWith that, Crane put down his hand and walked to the side.

nMarines followed Crane to the side road, completely ignoring Tenryubito and his guards in the center, bypassed them, and walked forward.

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