Great Voyage: Luffy’s voyage is revealed at the beginning Chapter 079

Chapter 79: Smoker, the Scapegoat

In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and quite a few things happened during this time.

Two days ago, a large number of Marines entered Alabasta. Nico Robin’s new wanted poster was plastered everywhere, in every street and alley of every city.

Currently, Nico Robin’s bounty has increased more than tenfold, from 79 million Berries to a staggering 1 billion Berries.

This rate of increase stunned a large number of people.

Because of the large-scale Marine presence in Alabasta, the Straw Hat Pirates also felt a sense of crisis. They hastily bid farewell to Princess Vivi and quickly left Alabasta.

In these three days, due to the exposure of Pluton, a large number of pirates also entered Alabasta, but they were all dealt with by Smoker and Hina.

This made Ling Long and Cobra secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Ling Long secretly breathed a sigh of relief because this incident was caused by him.

If, because of him, those pirates caused destruction, burning, killing, looting, and raping throughout Alabasta, Ling Long would indeed feel some self-reproach.

Ling Long knew that Alabasta would remain lively for a long time, so he also stayed, preparing for the factory matters while waiting for the arrival of those great pirates.

Currently, the orphanage matter has been settled with Cobra. Alabasta will provide people and land, and the royal family even squeezed out 200 million Berries to jointly build 20 orphanages.

The factory matter has also been settled. Ling Long purchased a large plot of land at an extremely low price in the port city of “Naharahara” to build new factories.

King Cobra also formed a merchant fleet to travel to neighboring countries to pre-purchase various raw materials needed for mobile phone production, which saved Ling Long a lot of effort.

Although the progress was gratifying, it would still take a considerable amount of time before mobile phones could be officially produced.

Ling Long could exchange for fully automatic mobile phone production machines. By simply inputting various materials, the machines could automatically produce mobile phones.

However, building large factories would take a lot of time, and purchasing various raw materials would also take a lot of time. In the short term, mobile phones would still not be able to appear in the world.

…

By the sea in “Naharahara,” Ling Long sat cross-legged on a large rock, his eyes closed, with golden lightning flashing around his body.

Suddenly, terrifying sword intent surged out from Ling Long, overwhelming everything and rushing rapidly in all directions.

“Chichi…”

In the surrounding space, terrifying sword qi appeared out of thin air, leaving deep sword marks on the surrounding rocks.

On the distant sea, two warships were slowly but surely pursuing a pirate ship, neither too close nor too far, just baiting it, like a cat playing with a mouse.

On the deck, Hina took a deep puff of her cigarette, turned to look at the warship next to them, and said with a solemn expression, “Smoker, did you feel that?”

Smoker glanced at the excited Tashigi beside him and said indifferently, “In Alabasta, only that guy can have that level of sword intent.”

Smoker was filled with emotion. Ling Long’s growth rate was truly astonishing.

Such terrifying sword intent, it should have reached the level of a high-tier Great Swordsman, right?

“You’re not talking about Ling Long, are you? He’s actually that strong?”

Hina was filled with shock. Although Smoker had told her that Ling Long was a Great Swordsman, she hadn’t expected Ling Long to have come so far on the path of a Great Swordsman.

Such terrifying sword intent, even Marine Admiral Candidate – Gion, probably couldn’t compare, right?

Suddenly, Smoker and Hina’s expressions changed drastically. They instantly activated their Observation Haki and saw Ling Long stand up from the rock, his right hand gripping the hilt of his sword at his waist.

“Boom~”

The two only saw a golden light flash by, and the entire world seemed to lose its color, leaving only that brilliant golden light.

In an instant, the sea was easily cut open, revealing a huge that extended all the way to the horizon.

“Bang~”

The huge pirate ship instantly disintegrated, turning into neat pieces that scattered in the air and fell towards the seabed.

“Pop~”

The cigar in Smoker’s mouth fell onto the deck, his face blank as he watched everything unfold before his eyes.

Smoker had once watched Mihawk and Shanks’ battle from a distance. Although he was deeply shocked, he also felt a sense of inevitability.

After all, one was a Sea Emperor and the other was the World’s Strongest Swordsman. It was normal for them to be powerful.

But Ling Long’s attack was already no less than Mihawk’s at that time.

“Gulp~”

The soldiers on the two warships, looking at the converging sea in front of them, all swallowed hard, their faces filled with horror.

Hina’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she smiled, “Smoker, this man named Ling Long is indeed very powerful. Hina is very interested in him.”

Smoker nodded, lit another cigar, and said, “Let’s go. Since we’ve met this guy, let’s go chat with him.”

Hina elegantly took a puff of her cigarette and smiled, “Hmm, because of his news, we’re half dead from exhaustion. He definitely has to treat us.”

…

At night, Ling Long stumbled back to the palace, drunk. Princess Vivi quickly had someone bring him hangover soup.

Nami helped Ling Long to a chair and said discontentedly, “Vivi and I have been busy, with no time to rest, yet you have time to go drinking. That’s too much.”

For the past three days, Nami and Princess Vivi had been worrying about the orphanage.

Things like site selection, personnel selection, food prices, and sources all needed to be overseen by the two of them, keeping them so busy that they had no time to rest.

And Ling Long, on the other hand, had time to drink, which made Nami feel a bit unbalanced.

Princess Vivi chuckled and shook her head, saying, “Alright, Nami, he’s already drunk. Let’s help him to bed to rest.”

“Let him drink himself to death then.”

Nami rolled her eyes, but her hands tightly held Ling Long’s arm, afraid that he would accidentally fall.

Princess Vivi looked at Nami, who was saying one thing but meaning another, smiled, and also supported Ling Long’s other arm.

Nami helped Ling Long towards the bed and asked in confusion, “Didn’t Ling Long say that his strength had broken through and he needed to properly comprehend it? How did he get so drunk?”

“That Marine named Tashigi said that Ling Long met Smoker by the sea, and then they drank from noon until night. Smoker was also very drunk.”

“…”

Nami’s face darkened, and she said angrily, “That damned Smoker! After meeting him, Ling Long learned to smoke, and now he’s going to teach him to be a drunkard too?”

Originally, Ling Long didn’t smoke and rarely drank.

However, after meeting Smoker, that heavy smoker, Ling Long not only learned to smoke but now he didn’t even let go of alcohol.

It had only been a few days since he arrived in Alabasta, and Ling Long had gotten drunk several times because of Smoker.

“Is that so?”

Princess Vivi frowned, nodded, and said seriously, “It seems we can’t let Ling Long associate with Smoker. Smoker will corrupt him…”