I summon the shadow army in Pirates.

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 Rogue 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 doubtfully: "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 at the restaurant on the sea. There was an attack by the Liquor Pirates there, 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 of 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."

"Because of 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!"

Kahn, who was practicing 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 was Coles' opponent.

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 came.

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.

Ok?

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 the 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 Lanlos 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.

But this time, Barbarossa's strength obviously cannot reach the level of a high-level shadow soldier. The most likely reason is the influence of Devil Fruit.

Just because the first summons was unsuccessful does not mean that it will not be successful!

After thinking about it all.

Coles called again.

"Redbeard Barbarossa, stand up!"

Above the dead body, shadows continued to surge, quickly forming a figure of [Barbarossa] wearing iron armor and a red beard.

It worked!

Coles was delighted.

Then he couldn't help but feel some worries, wondering whether the shadow soldiers summoned by his shadow fruit could inherit the devil fruit abilities.

"[Barbarossa], use your abilities."

Upon hearing Coles' order, Barbarossa was stunned for a moment, then opened his hands, and a stream of strong liquor came out of thin air.

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

He is indeed a pirate with a bounty of 24 million!

Coles can clearly feel how powerful [Barbarossa] is now. This is already the strongest shadow soldier among the shadows he summoned, except for [Lanlos].

but.

What makes Coles most happy is that [Barbarossa] retains the ability of the Devil Fruit.

If he can't retain the ability of the Devil Fruit, he will be limited to summoning masters of physical skills and swordsmanship in the future.

This will seriously affect his development direction.

Fortunately, "Devil Fruit abilities" can coexist with Shadow Soldiers.

As for why the Shadow Soldiers have Devil Fruit abilities, Coles speculated that it is because of the special nature of the Shadow Fruit.

The essence of the Shadow Soldier represents the dead creature Shadow, but it is resurrected in another way. It makes sense to have the fruit ability.

……

Inside the sea restaurant.

After regaining stability.

Zhepu and other chefs immediately planned a grand dinner.

Several nobles and wealthy people actively came to Ronald's side and began to inquire about his welfare.

Coles defeated the red-bearded Barbarossa in the East China Sea at such a young age, and his future in the navy is bound to be bright.

If you don't fawn over now, it will be even harder to have a good relationship with the Charlotte family later.

"Brother Ronald, it was our fault before. We underestimated your son. Don't blame me, don't blame me!"

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

"Yes, yes! We didn't know the specific situation at the time!"

"Ronald, your son has defeated a large pirate group of a thousand people this time. He will probably rise rapidly in the navy and become a senior officer. Remember to take care of us in the future!"

Facing these rich men and nobles who had previously been dismissive of his son, but now flattered him in all kinds of ways, Ronald felt a little disgusted from the bottom of his heart.

These people are like the butcher in the philosophy book "The Slaughter of the Lamb" who always shows a false smile after the lamb grows into a strong body.

Because the lambs that grow better determine the profits that the butcher can obtain from future sales.

In response, Ronald just smiled on the surface and neither agreed nor vetoed.

This is the attitude note in the book.

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

On the other side, Wilcia was engrossed in eating food. There were already four and a half rows of empty plates stacked up, but she showed no sign of being full yet.

Today she wants to eat with open stomach!

Otherwise, it will be difficult to eat these delicious foods after returning to Rogge Town.

Until an hour later.

When the empty plates accumulated to eight columns, Wilsia was finally completely full.

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

"This trip is so happy!" Vilciya said with a happy face.

After hearing what his sister said, Coles, who was eating ten plates of food, just smiled and rubbed his sister's head.

Everyone's definition of happiness is different.

The happiness of sister Vercia is to have enough to eat, and the happiness of father Ronald 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 great pirates, order is in chaos. You may encounter robbers just walking on the road, or you may be bombarded by cannonballs while sitting at home and suffer unreasonable disasters.

Like this time I came to the sea restaurant for dinner.

If Coles had not summoned the swordsman-level [Lanlos] on the ghost ship, how many people in the sea restaurant would have been able to escape under the powerful power of Barbarossa the Red Beard?

But can [Lanlos] make the Coles family feel at ease?

Shichibukai!

Vice Admiral!

The Four Emperors of the New World!

Admiral or even marshal!

On this sea, there are countless people who are more powerful than [Lanlos].

If he wants to truly let his family have peace of mind, he still doesn't have enough strength.

Coles, who was already somewhat lax in his desire to become stronger, became active again.