Chapter 835 Smoker: What does this man want to do?
"Colonel Smoker! A UFO was spotted in the sky!!"
On the navy ship, an ordinary-looking scout wearing a navy uniform was the first to notice the landing of the Hope and immediately reported loudly to Smoker.
"Um??"
Smoker frowned and looked up at the sky. He saw a huge silver-white iron box. The iron box blocked the sun above the warship, slightly alleviating the heat of the hot summer.
"Who is that? A pirate? Hey, Tashigi! Stop standing there in a daze and get ready for battle!!"
“Yes…Yes!!”
Dashiqi hurriedly put away the Huazhou she had just seized, put her hand on Xiaoye Shiyu's waist, and looked up at the large iron box slowly falling above her head: "I have never seen this type of ship before..."
Smoker held two cigars between his teeth and said seriously, "This doesn't look like a ship! As far as I know, there is only one person in the world who has the ability to make objects fly!"
Dashigi was instantly alert: "Are you talking about the legendary pirate?"
As one of the legends of the last era, even though Shiki the Golden Lion has disappeared for more than 20 years, his reputation on the sea has not diminished in the slightest. Even young successors like Tashigi have heard of his story.
Smoker nodded and said, "Yes! He is..."
However, before the two could say the name of "Golden Lion", a familiar blue figure emerged from the iron box above their heads. A cute blue cat with a white belly spread a pair of snow-white wings and flew down from the sky.
Dashiqi was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes were filled with joy: "Harpy?!"
Hearing the conversation between the two, the young navy soldiers behind them were all confused: What? ? The legendary pirate is actually named Harpy? ? How could someone choose such a cute name? ? It doesn't sound majestic and domineering at all! !
The harpy flew very fast, and landed on the warship in less than three seconds from a height of several dozen meters: "Long time no see, Tashigi!"
Smoker waved his hand behind him, temporarily lifting the alert. Tashigi also released the hand that was holding Sayo Shigure and greeted Happy: "Happy? Why are you here? What's going on with that... uh... ship up there?"
"That's our guild's airship!"
Dashigi was stunned for a moment, then she thought of what Natsu and Happy had said to them in Rogue Town: "The guild... is that the 'Fairy Tail' you mentioned before?"
"Yes!"
"So he's not a pirate after all?"
"Of course! We are wizards!"
After getting a positive reply, Tashigi finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she quite liked Natsu and Happy. If they were pirates... Of course, out of justice in her heart, she would still draw her sword in the end, but that would definitely not be an easy thing to do.
Kira sent Happy down first to prevent the two sides from fighting due to misunderstanding. However, he did not think that the navy's combat power was that high. He was mainly afraid that they would attack rashly and be defeated by the automatic defense system of the Hope.
In order to ensure the safety of the sea voyage, Kira cast an automatic counterattack magic on the Hope, which could bounce back any attacks launched at the Hope intactly - the "attacks" here include elemental energy attacks, purely physical attacks, and mental attacks that are invisible to the naked eye.
With this layer of automatic counterattack magic, not to mention cannonballs and slashes, even Sea King-type, Haki, and Devil Fruit abilities cannot hurt the Hope in the slightest.
However, the Hope is an airship that can only fly in the sky and cannot go into the water, so most of its defenses are actually useless. More often than not, this layer of defense is used to ensure that it can sail normally in bad weather.
Well...every time Kira encounters bad weather, he will use magic to dispel it directly.
"An airship... This is the first time I've seen something like this..."
Dashigi looked at the Hope, her eyes full of curiosity, "How does it work? Electricity? Wind energy? Solar energy? Or a devil fruit?"
Happy looked at Tashigi as if she was an idiot and said, "How can you be even dumber than Natsu? We are wizards, so of course the working principle is magic!"
“…”
Dashiki was not angry at being criticized by the cute harpy, but just felt a little embarrassed: "So... So that's how it is..."
It seems normal for wizards to use magic... but the principle of the airship is magic? It is impossible for a normal person to think of this, right?!
Smoker on the side didn't say anything, but just complained: "This airship is really ugly, and its shape is also bloated. If a ship has this ratio of length, width and height , it can't sail on the sea at all!"
Habby shuddered instantly, looked up, and found that the Hope was still some distance away. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Actually, I think so too..."
"Is that little Natsu up there too?" Smoker asked.
After spending a few days together in Rogue Town, he was very optimistic about this cherry-haired boy. Although he was a little bit stupid, a little playful, and a little noisy, he was indeed an upright person.
"Yes, there are other partners here too!"
"The other companions...are they the two girls who came to Rogue Town to redeem you?" Smoker thought of the report from his subordinates. Those who came to accept Zi were a blonde woman with big breasts, a blue-haired loli with twin ponytails, and a white female harpy.
"In addition to Lucy, Wendy and Xia Lulu, there are several other companions. Some of them came to pick us up at the beginning, and some of them we found during this period."
Dashigi covered her mouth and exclaimed: "So you guys actually have a partner?!"
Habibi complained speechlessly: "So you guys never believed it?!"
During the conversation, Kira had already lowered the Hope to a position almost as high as the warship, with the decks of both sides level and roughly in a position where they could see each other.
It was not until this time that Kira realized that a naval warship was so large. Its length was three to four times that of the Hope, its width was more than four times that of the Hope, and even its height was much higher than the ten meters of the Hope.
But think about it, a naval warship can accommodate hundreds of people, while our Hope can only accommodate ten people, which is a bit too small. The two sides are simply not on the same level.
Kira knew that he had no talent for shipbuilding, but the moment he saw the navy warships, he couldn't help feeling a little dwarfed by them. However, this feeling was quickly dispelled by another thought.
"There are so many warships here, why don't we rob one? ... Forget it, it will be troublesome if we are mistaken for pirates, so we should go to the Seven Waters and find someone to build one. I am a little tired of riding airships these days, I wonder if I can take a ride on their ship?"
"Hello again, Navy!"
"It's you?! Hopelet?!"
Smoker immediately recognized the red-haired man who had spoken so much in the "Rogue Times Square". He felt that this man was extraordinary and would definitely become a prominent figure on the sea in the future.
Later, Kira introduced himself and said that he was a wizard. When Smoker returned to the naval base, he received the news that Natsu had been redeemed. Putting the two things together, he quickly deduced that Kira might be Natsu's partner. Now it seems to be true!
"Oops...my name is Kira, not Hopelet!"
Kira deliberately smiled like a poisonous snake, and waved his hand and said, "Our culture in Aslant is different from yours. The first name comes first, and the last name comes last!"
"Kira...Hoplite..."
Smoker kept pondering Kira's name. His last name was "Light of Hope", but his first name was "Killer". He was suddenly filled with thoughts: What was this guy hinting at? What was he alluding to? What was he trying to subvert? Who was behind his actions? What was his purpose?
However, Kira had no idea what Smoker was thinking. He just pointed at the warship in front of him and asked, "Well... can you give us a ride?"
