"Sorry, guess I'm gonna die!" Luffy, still wearing that goofy grin, said those words to Buggy the Clown, who was about to bring his blade down on the execution platform!
Ignis chucked his Randuin's Omen! It smashed into Buggy, stopping the execution! He knew Luffy couldn't die here, but he was still scared that his presence might screw up the timeline!
But before his shield could even land, a bolt of lightning shattered the execution platform!
Guess he didn't need to sweat it! Luffy's old man was looking out for him! Ignis recalled Randuin's Omen to his System stash and grabbed Nami's hand! They needed to run back to the ship!
"Watch it! You're gonna drop my new clothes!"
"Seriously? You're worried about that now?!"
Buggy and Alvida were chasing Luffy! They didn't have time to mess with Ignis!
They still needed to haul ass! The Marine Base was close! If a riot broke out, the Navy would be all over this place! They'd be facing some serious Marine firepower!
He pulled Nami along, running like hell! He could see the Going Merry bobbing at the dock in the distance!
"Slow down! You're dragging me!"
Nami had barely gotten the words out when she crashed into Ignis!
A white-haired man with a cigar hanging from his lips and a freaking iron club on his back made 'em freeze in their tracks!
"The White Hunter... Smoker."
"Didn't expect a big-time pirate with a 29,990,000 Berry bounty to know my name!"
Smoker's upper body had already turned into smoke!
"What do we do? This guy looks freaking strong!"
"He's a Logia-type Devil Fruit user! The Smoke-Smoke Fruit!"
"Crap! We're screwed! A Logia! We can't beat that!"
Nami knew Logia-types were mysterious and powerful!
Smoker clenched his fist! He wasn't chasing Buggy and Alvida! He was after the bigger prize!
Ignis, with his 29,990,000 Berry bounty!
The Straw Hats had come to Loguetown to enter the Grand Line!
Once they were in the Grand Line, they'd be harder to catch!
He needed to bag this fish now!
Ignis could fight him, but his priority was getting Nami outta here! Every second they wasted was a second closer to disaster!
Luffy and the others would be running like hell without Smoker on their tails! They were probably already on the ship! He had to move fast!
"Nami! Grab your clothes!"
Ignis shoved the bags into Nami's arms and activated his special form!
Forge God Form! The dark-red ram-beast towered over the street!
Smoker's eyes widened! This wasn't in the freaking report!
The Marine soldier's file said Ignis hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit!
He was just strong and had tough gear!
But this transformation couldn't be explained by anything but a Devil Fruit!
Was he a Zoan user?
Even so, Smoker wasn't impressed! This was the East Blue! Nobody knew Haki here!
Logia powers were freaking invincible!
He just had to wear Ignis down and slap some Sea Prism Stone cuffs on him! He'd catch this big fish yet!
"Nami! Grab my horns!"
Ignis lowered his head so Nami could climb on!
"Got it!" Nami saw Ignis had a plan! She clung to his massive horns, holding tight to her bags of clothes!
Searing Charge! The earth's heat surged through Ignis, feeding his power! His hooves thundered on the ground!
Smoker almost laughed watching Ignis charge!
Was this guy really worth 29,990,000 Berries?!
Every pirate in the East Blue knew you couldn't get close to a Logia user!
But this idiot was charging straight at him!
Smoker puffed up his smoke body, making it even bigger! He was already imagining the look on Ignis's face when he snapped the Sea Prism Stone cuffs on him!
This was gonna be the easiest catch of his career!
That was Smoker's last happy thought! The next second, Ignis slammed into him, and his smoke body went flying in a million pieces!
Impossible?!
Did he use Haki?!
Nobody in the East Blue knew Haki!
Smoker was still trying to figure it out when he saw Ignis's form disappear over the docks!
"Nami! Ignis! Over here!!!"
Ignis had made it to the Going Merry!
"We're safe!"
Luffy and the others had already weighed anchor and raised the sails! They were getting the hell outta Loguetown!
Smoker stood on the docks, gritting his teeth as he watched the ship sail away!
The Straw Hat Pirates and Ignis... He'd remember those names!
On the Going Merry, the crew lay sprawled on the deck, totally exhausted!
Ignis canceled Forge God Form! The clothes and Nami tumbled off his horns! He caught Nami in his arms!
There was no "princess carry" in the One Piece world! Nami wasn't the type to get flustered anyway! She stood up and started checking her new clothes for damage!
Ignis gazed at the stormy sky! He had a lot on his mind!
He'd tested his new transformation! It was freaking awesome against Logia users! He could touch their freaking smoke bodies!
Next stop was the Grand Line! It was crawling with Logia users!
He'd joined this crew to see the crazy sights of this world! The adventure was just getting started!
Every day would be dangerous! But every day would be amazing! Ignis was sure of it!
While Ignis was planning his gear build, Nami and the others were gathering around the sake barrel!
"Ignis! C'mon over!!!" The crew was calling him!
Ignis felt a little awkward, but his crewmates were fired up!
Nami saved a spot for him! Ignis put his foot on the barrel!
"I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!!!"
"I'm gonna be the world's greatest swordsman!!!"
"I'm gonna find the All Blue!!!"
"I'm gonna draw a map of the whole world!!!"
"I... I'm gonna be a brave warrior of the sea!!!"
"I'm gonna see all the pretty ladies!!!"
"Let's set sail for the Grand Line!!!"
Usopp: "Wait a minute! What did Ignis say?"
Sanji: "You pervert! That's my dream!!!"
Nami just rolled her eyes at Ignis!
I dunno what to say!
I didn't think this through!
He'd just blurt something out! They wouldn't take it seriously anyway!
In the end, the Going Merry sailed off towards the New World, bobbing on the waves!
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