Lin Qing flew for a distance, and when he saw that the distance was about right, he raised his palm and aimed it at the warship, intending to destroy it.
Then, suddenly remembering that Kin'emon was still upstairs, he instantly appeared in the cell where Kin'emon was and swept him into his sleeve.
Then Lin Qing appeared in the air above the warship in a flash, raised his palm, and slapped it down hard.
"Bang!"
The entire warship was shoved into the sea by Lin Qing, creating huge waves.
The warship was flattened by Lin Qing, and as for the people on board, well, they were all scum, so their deaths were no big deal.
Having settled everything, Lin Qing was about to head back when several artillery shells came hurtling towards him from afar.
Without Lin Qing making any move, the shell fell straight into the water and remained motionless.
Lin Qing immediately looked in that direction and saw that the ones firing the shells were none other than Smoker and his gang, whom Lin Qing had sent away the day before.
"Lin Qing, you actually dared to kill an entire ship of navy personnel, including Vice Admiral Vergo and Commodore Guotou."
“This time, I won’t let you off the hook!” Smoker shouted angrily, his eyes red.
"You're such a waste. You didn't even realize that Vergo was a pirate spy. You're really useless."
Lin Qing felt that Smoker, the Smoke Man, was a bit weak in combat, as if he couldn't beat anyone, yet he kept chasing after the Straw Hat crew.
“Nonsense! How could a vice admiral be a pirate?” Tashigi immediately retorted.
"A pirate's words are all nonsense. Tashigi, let's prepare to die!"
Lin Qing greatly admired Smoker's fearless spirit.
“Yes, Mr. Smoker, I was already prepared,” Tashigi said solemnly, holding a sword.
"Tashigi, your expression is so cute, I can't bear to see you die."
"Come with me, I have something to entrust to you." Lin Qing simply took out a silk thread and tossed it onto the warship.
Before Smoker and his men could react, they were all bound tightly, their mouths gagged, and unable to speak.
Especially Momonosuke, who had turned into a child, with only two nostrils sticking out, was hung inside the cabin by Lin Qing.
The swaying Momonosuke kept bumping into the wall, internally screaming, "Who did I offend? Why am I always the one who gets hurt?"
Afterwards, Lin Qing tied the silk thread to the headboard and pulled the warship back to the Wanli Yangguang.
“I capsized Vergo’s warship, and that warship was led by Smoker,” Lin Qing said.
"Smoker? Isn't Tashigi up there too?" Sanji's eyes lit up with hearts upon hearing this.
"Who is Smoker?" Luffy asked, scratching his head.
"You don't know Smoker? He's the Marine who captured you in Loguetown," Nami said, speechless.
Luffy tried hard to remember, but he just couldn't recall who Smoker was.
"Smoker is that heavy smoker, the white-haired guy who smokes cigars all the time," Lin Qing said, unable to stand it any longer.
"Ah, I remember now, so he was Smoker." Luffy suddenly realized after hearing Lin Qing's words.
"I'm defeated by you," Zoro retorted.
The rest of the people were speechless.
"Since you're the Straw Hat owner, let's have Smoker take these kids back to their hometown."
“Smoker may not be a very good person, but with Tashigi up there, she’ll definitely get the kids home,” Sanji said.
Then everyone started discussing it, and finally decided that Smoker would send the children back to their hometown, and Caesar would also be handed over to him.
With a casual wave of his hand, Lin Qing sent Smoker flying over, and Lin Qing untied the threads from Smoker's head.
Smoker found himself flying, and then his eyes fell on the Straw Hat crew. He immediately started cursing.
"Straw Hat Crew, you can't escape."
"Are you done talking? Now it's my turn to speak. See those kids? You better take them home safely."
"And this Gas-Gas Fruit user, Caesar, is the culprit behind these children growing so big," Lin Qing said, pointing to the children in the distance.
"These, these children?" Smoker looked at the enormous children and thought they were giants.
"Alright, enough said. Take care of yourself." Lin Qing then escorted Smoker back to the warship.
"Big brother, are we going to go home with that uncle who's smoking?"
"Big brother, he's so fierce, I don't like him."
"Big sister, please take us back!"
"Ahem, we have important things to do. Don't let that uncle's fierce appearance fool you, he's actually a very nice person, and he has a beautiful older sister upstairs."
Lin Qing was speechless when he saw Smoker. He was tied up tightly by Lin Qing, and there was even a cigar in his mouth. Lin Qing admired Smoker more than anyone else.
“Okay.” The children accepted the fact that the opium addict would take them home.
Afterwards, Lin Qing sent all the children to the warship and also untied Tashigi.
Chapter 154 Doflamingo Appears
Upon seeing that she had escaped, Tashigi immediately drew her sword, ready to attack, but stopped when she saw the children beside Lin Qing.
Lin Qing quickly explained the whole story to Tashigi and then returned to the Thousand Sunny.
"Goodbye, big brother and big sister!" The children waved goodbye with laughter.
"Goodbye, I'll miss you all." Nami, Chopper, and the others laughed as they said goodbye.
At this moment, Law suddenly took a step forward: "Since you're the Straw Hat, I think it's better if we lead Caesar."
"After all, only Caesar can produce the raw material 'sad.' There might be other pirates infiltrating the Navy. Maybe Doflamingo will go to rescue Caesar."
Lin Qing originally intended to pass the huge problem of Caesar to Smoker, and was too lazy to even bother with him. But now that Law has said this, Luffy and the others will probably have to take Caesar with them.
Sure enough, Luffy said, "That's right, we're taking Caesar with us. We can't let Doflamingo rescue Caesar."
Lin Qing had no choice but to do this. With a wave of his hand, he captured Caesar and threw him onto the deck.
Then Lin Qing gently blew a breath onto the sails of the warship, and a gust of wind appeared, propelling the warship forward.
"Tashigi, remember to take good care of the children. This wind will blow for an hour, then it will stop, and Smoker and the others will be free."
"Oh, right, and this samurai too." Lin Qing casually tossed Kin'emon over.
"Ah, it's a centaur. I was wondering where it went. So you took it with you." Luffy scolded Lin Qing.
The person standing to the side was speechless.
"Damn it, Straw Hat crew, you just wait, I'll catch you!" Tashigi said angrily, then turned around and gently comforted the children.
A moment later, the warship disappeared from sight, and the Straw Hat crew continued their journey toward Dressrosa.
An hour later, on the warship where Smoker was located.
The warship, which was moving at high speed, suddenly slowed down. Without Lin Qing's strong wind, the warship's speed decreased by countless times.
The threads binding the people on the ship had disappeared, and Smoker had also escaped.
"Big sister Tashigi, look, the threads on these uncles are all gone."
"It's gone, all gone."
Tashigi ran out of the cabin carrying some desserts and was overjoyed to see Smoker free.
"Mr. Smoker."
"Damn it, those despicable Straw Hat crew, and that Lin Qing, I'll never let them get away with this again." Smoker got up from the ground, a cigar dangling from his lips.
"Boss Smoker, look, these kids!" The escaping marines also saw the children on the deck.
“Regardless of whether what Lin Qing said is true or not, we still need to get these children home first,” Smoker said.
"Mr. Smoker, is it true that Lin Qing and the others said Vergo is a pirate?" Tashigi asked nervously.
"Hmph, of course it's fake. How could a Marine Vice Admiral be a pirate? How could he be Doflamingo's subordinate?" Smoker didn't believe it at all.
"Kids, come inside the cabin. I'll ask the cook to prepare more food for you," Smoker suddenly said with a smile.
Smoker looked at the blazing sun overhead and, worried that the children wouldn't be able to withstand it, let them go inside to rest.
"Thank you, Uncle Smoker."
"Thank you, Uncle Smoker."
"Thank you, Uncle Smoker."
The children's words of thanks almost made Smoker unable to hold his cigar.
“Mr. Smoker, I told you to smoke less, but you wouldn’t listen.” Tashigi laughed as well.
"Hmph, my fighting power increases by fifty percent when I'm smoking a cigarette," Smoker said dismissively.
The children all rushed into the cabin, and the chef ran into the kitchen to start making desserts.
Kin'emon also recovered his strength within that hour and is now guarding his young master Momonosuke in the cabin.
Suddenly, a small, dark shadow appeared in the distance, steadily approaching them.
"Something's flying over here." A navy man with only a tuft of hair on his head spotted a dark figure in the distance.
After a few strange noises, the figure appeared on the deck of the warship without the others noticing.
"Hmm? Who is that guy?" Smoker's eyes suddenly sharpened as he spotted the figure.
The newcomer had short blond hair, wore blood-red sunglasses, a pink feather coat, cropped trousers, pointed shoes, and had long, sexy leg hair.
"How...how could this be?" A navy officer carrying a cannon on his back was extremely shocked.
"You, you are, Do, Doflamingo." The navy man with a golden broom-like hairstyle revealed his identity.
"Shichibukai."
Why, why did you come here?
Doflamingo straightened up, listening to the Marines' discussion, veins bulging on his forehead, probably annoyed by their noise.