Chapter 40 Summoning a Devil Fruit Power User

Navy Building, sixth floor.

"Colonel Smoker!"

"Colonel Smoker!"

The navy guard on duty knocked anxiously on Smoker's office door.

"What are you doing in a hurry? Is there anything special?"

in the room.

White smoke billows.

Only a tall figure could be seen sitting on the sofa, smoking two cigars and stacking fist-sized stones.

At this time, there were more than four bases.

After the gangsters in Rogge Town were taken away by Coles and the casinos were closed down, Smoker could only use this method to kill time.

The navy guard on duty stood upright and saluted quickly: "Report to Colonel Smoker, something big has happened!"

"What's the big deal?"

Smoker tried to keep stacking the bases.

The navy officer on duty replied: "Sailor Charlotte Cole defeated the Liquor Pirates at the restaurant on the sea."

"What?"

A look of surprise appeared on Smoker's somewhat ferocious face, and the stones that had been stacked fell directly onto the table.

Smoker asked in confusion: "Didn't Coles take a leave of absence?"

The navy officer on duty reported the news he had just learned in detail and earnestly.

"Report, Coles contacted us through the phone bug in the restaurant on the sea, where he was attacked by the Liquor Pirates, and he happened to be there.

He had just wiped out most of the pirates, including Barbarossa the Red Beard, but there were still more than 300 pirate prisoners left on the scene.

Coles asked our naval base to send a warship to escort the captured pirates. "

Smoker's expression also became solemn: "Is the news confirmed?"

"It's been confirmed."

"Then let Lieutenant Colonel Morgan lead a warship to the restaurant on the sea."

"yes."

As the navy on duty left.

Smoker rarely took off the two unfinished cigars, stood up slowly, and pushed open the two windows on the wall.

With that comes an outlet.

Smoke rushed out of the window instantly, and the light in the room gradually became brighter.

Smoker couldn't help but fell into thought.

He originally thought that Coles could eliminate the entire Rogue Town gang by himself, and his strength had grown extremely fast.

But I never expected it.

Coles was even able to defeat the red-bearded Barbarossa who had a bounty of 24 million.

This speed of becoming is terrifying.

It seems that the previously decided military ranks have to be renegotiated by the Navy Headquarters above.

…

As Lieutenant Colonel Morgan left with three hundred sailors, news about Coles' victory over Red-bearded Barbarossa quickly spread throughout the naval base.

In this regard, the navy members discussed each other a lot.

"That's a large pirate group with a thousand people. How did Charlotte Cole do it alone?"

"No way! Is this true?!"

"Although Coles is a Devil Fruit user and the strongest navy recruit, defeating Barbarossa the Red Beard is a bit too exaggerated, right?"

"Lieutenant Colonel Morgan has led a warship and three hundred sailors to the offshore restaurant to receive prisoners. The news has been confirmed."

"Due to the Black Cat Pirates' incident, Charlotte Cole temporarily postponed the award of the title. I don't know how high it will be this time."

"Who knows! After our recruit period is over, we are just an ordinary private. With so many military achievements, Coles is at least an officer. It's really infuriating!"

And Xiu Kahn, who was in the infirmary, also heard the noise outside, but he didn't know what happened.

After confirming the authenticity of the news, Maude immediately returned to the ward to report to the major, with a hint of disbelief in her eyes.

"Reporting to Major, we are looking for a discussion outside. Charlotte Coles, who has just become an official navy, solved the red-bearded Barbarossa alone in the restaurant on the sea with a reward of 24 million Baileys."

Hearing this, Kahn only showed a slight look of surprise on his face.

He did not question or deny the authenticity of the news, because he was very aware of Coles' combat power. After summoning the swordsman-level [Lanlos], almost none of the pirates in the East China Sea were Coles' opponents.

Of course, the William Pirates, who hide their strength, must be excluded from this list!

…

Sea restaurant.

After taking Barbarossa's body aboard an unmanned pirate ship, Coles issued the same summoning command as before.

"stand up!"

A breeze blew.

Flags flying on the pirate ship.

As for Barbarossa's body, there was a surge of shadow, but when the shadow condensed to half, it suddenly became extremely difficult, and finally dissipated quickly.

Um?

Why didn't the summoning succeed?

Is it because Barbarossa ate a devil fruit?

Coles put his hand on his forehead and began to close his eyes and think.

If the dead Devil Fruit user's shadow cannot be summoned, then wouldn't he be unable to summon Whitebeard who died in the war three years later?

wrong?

This isn't the first time the summons has failed!

Coles' soul flashed in his mind, and he remembered the failed summoning of [Lanlos].

Grand Knight Commander Lanros is a high-level shadow soldier who retains his own will.

So the summons will be hindered.

It requires a strong will to successfully summon the other party.

This time, Barbarossa's strength obviously cannot reach the level of a high-level shadow soldier. The biggest possibility is that it is still the influence of the devil fruit.

The failure of the first summoning does not mean that it will not succeed!

After thinking it through.

Coles summoned again.

"Red Beard Barbarossa, stand up!"

The shadows kept surging on the dead body, and quickly formed a [Barbarossa] wearing iron armor and with a red beard.

Success!

Coles was happy.

Then he couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering whether the shadow soldiers summoned by his shadow fruit could inherit the devil fruit ability.

"[Barbarossa], use your ability."

Hearing Coles's order, Barbarossa was stunned at first, then opened his hands, and a strong liquor appeared out of thin air.

Then, white hot air surged from [Barbarossa's] shadow body, and his momentum and strength were greatly improved.

It is worthy of being a pirate with a bounty of 24 million!

Coles could clearly feel the current strength of [Barbarossa]. This was the strongest shadow soldier among the shadows he summoned, except for [Lanros].

However.

What made Coles most happy was that [Barbarossa] retained the ability of the devil fruit.

If he could not retain the ability of the devil fruit, he would only be limited to summoning masters of physical skills and swordsmanship in the future.

This would seriously affect his development direction.

Fortunately, the "devil fruit ability" can coexist with shadow soldiers.

As for why shadow soldiers can have devil fruit abilities, Coles guessed that it was because of the special nature of the shadow fruit.

The essence of shadow soldiers represents the dead biological shadows, but they were resurrected in another way, and having fruit abilities can also explain it.

...

In the restaurant on the sea.

After restoring stability.

Zhepu and other chefs immediately arranged a grand dinner.

Several nobles and wealthy people actively came to Ronald and began to ask about his well-being.

Coles solved the Red Beard Barbarossa of the East China Sea at such a young age, and his future in the navy must be bright.

If he doesn't flatter them now, it will be even more difficult to get along with the Charlotte family later.

"Brother Ronald, we were wrong before. We underestimated your son. Don't blame us, don't blame us!"

"We sincerely apologize here. We are really sorry. Please forgive us!"

"Yes, yes! Didn't we know the specific situation at that time!"

"Ronald, this time your son solved the thousand-man pirate group. He is expected to rise rapidly in the navy and become a senior officer. Remember to take care of us in the future!"

Ronald was somewhat disgusted by these rich and noble people who had disdained his son before but now flattered him.

These people are like the butcher in the philosophy book "Slaughtering the Lamb". After the lamb grows into a strong body, they always show a hypocritical smile.

Because the better the lamb grows, the more profit the butcher can make from selling it in the future.

In response, Ronald just smiled on the surface, neither agreeing nor rejecting.

This is the attitude in the book.

Ronald thought it was very reasonable, so he used it to deal with these hypocritical rich people and nobles.

On the other side, Wei Ershiya was constantly eating food. There were already four and a half rows of empty plates stacked up, but she didn't show any signs of being full.

She was going to eat with an open stomach today!

Otherwise, it would be difficult to eat these delicious foods after returning to Rogue Town.

Until an hour later.

When the empty plates accumulated to eight rows, Wei Ershiya was finally completely full.

There were at least twenty plates in each row, which showed how much Wei Ershiya had eaten.

"This trip is so happy!" Wei Ershiya was full of joy.

After hearing his sister's words, Coles, who had eaten ten plates of food, just smiled and rubbed his sister's head.

Everyone has a different definition of happiness.

Sister Wei Ershiya's happiness is to be full, and father Ronald's happiness is to see his son and daughter grow up healthily.

Coles' happiness is to stay with his family and live a normal and peaceful life.

But in this era of pirates, the order is chaotic. Maybe just walking on the road will be robbed by bandits, and sitting at home may be bombed by shells and suffer unexpected disasters.

Like this time to eat at the sea restaurant.

If Coles had not summoned the swordsman-level [Lanros] on the ghost ship, how many people in the sea restaurant could escape under the powerful power of Red Beard Barbarossa?

But can one [Lanros] make Coles' family rest assured?

Seven Warlords of the Sea!

Vice Admiral of the Navy!

Four Emperors of the New World!

Admiral of the Navy and even the Admiral of the Navy!

There are countless people on this sea who are more powerful than [Lanros].

If he wants to really make his family rest assured, his strength is still not enough.

Coles's desire to become stronger, which had been somewhat relaxed, became active again.