User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Smoker's Bravery/@comment-4754162-20120320044718/@comment-4754162-20120320134854

Hmm... ya got a point there Soul. Perhaps not the top bada$$ pirates, but Ace was like a infamous youngster that has a high bounty (probably due to his logia), but he is still not as established as those you mentioned. So, Smoker, knowing just captain only, had the necessary battle experience as advantage and the logia ability too, so decides to take on Ace based on calculated risk. In a way, this is still within my original thoughts without much compromise. How about this?