Chapter 27 : The Voice of All Things?

In the face of Hiruma's scolding, Smoker just smiled and accompanied him, "Hiruma-san, you are such a great person, naturally, you don't take them seriously."

He didn't have the courage to face Hiruma.

After being lectured about the essence of smoke by Hiruma, he has been unable to grasp that flash of insight in his mind for more than a year.

This has also led to his strength improving somewhat, but there has been no fundamental change.

The two stood facing each other, surrounded by the Marines who were watching with excitement.

They knew just how powerful Smoker was. Just the fact that he had a Logia-type devil fruit, in their eyes, was a symbol of invincibility.

It was precisely because of this that they were so eager to see what Hiruma was capable of, someone who even made Smoker so respectful.

Smoker took a deep breath, said nothing, and launched an attack first.

White Spear!

Suddenly, Smoker's entire arm turned into a long spear several meters long and stabbed towards Hiruma.

Although the tail end of this spear appeared somewhat illusory due to the nature of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, the tip was extremely solid and seemed to reflect a faint cold light in the sunlight, just like a real metal spear.

Hiruma grinned, "There is still a bit of progress at least."

The fact that he could condense the scattered smoke into this form was already quite good progress.

"But it's still far from enough!"

Hiruma suddenly moved, directly extending his index finger towards the tip of the gun.

The surrounding marines were shocked to see him being so presumptuous. They seemed to see the scene where his finger was blown up by the gun.

"Ding!"

However, the imagined scene of flesh and blood splattering did not occur. With a sound of metal colliding, to everyone's surprise, Smoker's long spear gradually began to dent.

It seemed as if the spear had not pierced flesh and blood, but something as hard as seastone.

Hiruma twisted his wrist, picked up the tip of the spear with two fingers, and then flicked his fingers.

"Swoosh!"

With a sound of breaking through the air, the solid-tipped spear whistled towards Smoker.

"Bang!"

Smoker's body exploded directly into his smoke form.

After reassembling his body, Smoker didn't attack again, he just stood there with a dark expression on his face.

He knew there was a gap between him and Hiruma, but he didn't expect the gap to be so great.

The other party hadn't even used his Armament Haki, and Smoker had already been defeated.

They were not even on the same level.

Originally, Smoker was very satisfied with his progress during this period of time. The solid spear tip could even penetrate thick steel plates. He was even proud, thinking that he could at least hold his own against Hiruma when they meet again.

But now...

Hiruma waved his hand and suddenly, a milk bottle appeared in Smoker's mouth.

"As a man, you should be able to be hard and soft. Always being hard, isn't it tiring?" Hiruma said as he walked towards the warship, leaving Smoker holding the milk bottle lost in thought.

"Being able to be hard and soft...so that's how it is!" Smoker had a different understanding from Hiruma's words full of bravado.

Suddenly, Smoker felt the vague enlightenment in his mind become clear.

Hiruma didn't waste any time and went directly aboard the warship.

Standing at the bow of the ship, he looked out at the vast sea, feeling a sense of the insignificance of life.

Even the powerful ones, like the Three Admirals of the Marine or even Roger were as small as grains of sand before the vast sea.

Humans always like to give themselves some laughable behaviors with grandiose names.

Crushing mountains, conquering the sea, conquering the world.

What a joke!

Little did they know, mountains collapse, seas churn, and the world undergoes great changes. Who/what can resist them?

The swirling currents, the surging waves, carried the warship forward at high speed.

The sound of waves crashing became the only melody in this world.

All the marine personnel had already left the deck and returned to the cabin.

They didn't need to drive the warship too much here, they just needed to follow the waves.

Smoker specially arranged for the Lieutenant who accompanied Xigo to come over and speak loudly enough for Hiruma to hear.

"Hiruma-san, go back to the cabin, it's too noisy here!"

Hiruma remained unmoved, still immersed in that state of awe for the power of the world.

The Lieutenant called three times in a row, but Hiruma remained oblivious and ignored him.

The entire deck was empty, with only Hiruma standing there proudly.

If someone were standing in front of him, they would notice that he was in an extremely peculiar state. The expression on his face was a mix of enlightenment and confusion, but his eyes, which looked to an unknown place, were incredibly bright, like the most brilliant star.

Hiruma was completely unaware of his current state; he was immersed in the profound state of comprehending the universe.

He had forgotten everything, even the sound of the waves crashing against the ship's hull had slowly disappeared.

After some time, the world suddenly became incredibly quiet in his ears, with no other distracting sounds.

But just then, he heard a voice.

The voice seemed to be next to his ear, but also far away in the distance. It sounded like it had just been uttered, yet it was also like it had been coming from an endless time and space.

It sounded like someone was unconsciously whispering softly, but also like it was specifically telling every creature that could hear "him" the story of its existence.

Hiruma suddenly realized that he had awakened the ability to listen to the voice of all things!

He didn't know why, but he had awakened this rare ability.

The ability to listen to the voice of all things was extremely rare. The Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi, for example, could hear the voices of sea creatures and became one of the three ancient weapons capable of destroying the world.

Similarly, Tony Tony Chopper could hear the voice of animals.

Luffy and Roger, on the other hand, could truly hear the voice of all things.

Hiruma even suspected that Roger's ability to listen to the voice of all things was not limited to living creatures; it even included wind, waves, the universe, and even time and space!

During the Battle of Edd War, Roger was pushed into a desperate situation by the Golden Lion Shiki. However, at a critical moment, a huge storm suddenly appeared and destroyed most of Shiki's fleet.

Shiki was not an ordinary person, and the crew on his ship were all elite warriors, but no one was able to warn them of this disaster in advance, which was quite abnormal.

Therefore, it was highly possible that Roger, using his ability to listen to the voice of all things, had communicated with the wind, waves, and ocean to cause this terrifying disaster!

Hiruma was overjoyed and fully focused on trying to hear the voice of the creature that was speaking.

"What are you telling me?"

"The history of this world or the essence of this world?"

Hiruma was eager to know, and the voice became clearer and clearer until he could fully distinguish it.

As soon as he heard the other's voice clearly, the expression of enlightenment and confusion on his face disappeared instantly. He stood motionless on the deck, and the strange voice had disappeared.

The sound of the waves crashing against the hull resurfaced.

Hiruma lowered his head and fell silent.

After a long while, he suddenly raised his head, his face full of anger.

"Who the hell is cursing at me?"