Maelstrom Iron Triangle, Impel City.
Blah blah blah...
Amidst the sound of gears turning, the three-meter-thick iron door was slowly lifted up, revealing the dim space behind the door.
Dorag opened his eyes slightly, noticed the figure walking in, and closed them again.
Similarly, Garp did not pay attention to his "misguided" son and walked all the way to the deepest iron bars of the prison.
"Ace, I'm here to see you, hahahaha!"
The hearty laughter woke up Ace, who slowly raised his head... In the process, his whole body gradually ignited with bright fire, and his hair was like a ignited broom, revealing a red light.
The entire cell quickly turned from dim orange to red, and then the high temperature gradually calmed down as the chains trembled.
After shaking the sea tower stone chain on his body, Ace looked outside and raised the corners of his mouth.
"Am I so funny like this? Old man!"
"No, it's just that I find it interesting when I think of you falling into the hands of that brat Ron twice in a row."
"When I took him into the Navy, I didn't expect him to go this far."
Garp laughed so hard that he almost shed tears.
Then he took a breath and said seriously.
"But this time... you went too far, Ace!"
"I don't remember that I taught you to be lawless children!"
Breaking into G10 to save people, did he really crush the Navy Soryu into mud? !
To put it bluntly, do you really think that the "First Year of the Navy" in 1518 was just blown up? !
As an older generation, Garp knows best how far the navy's military strength has expanded in recent years. It is an extent that even the five old stars are moved by!
Just a pirate…
They are really just "just pirates"!
"Tch, I still like preaching so much!"
Ace curled his lips, radiating hot heat from his body to compete with the restricting effect of the Sea Tower Stone.
However, even if the essence of his body is assimilated by the flames, as a "Devil Fruit", no matter how strong his resistance is, he cannot break free from the shackles of the Sea Tower Stone.
Soon, the firelight dimmed, and Ace sat with his back against the wall, looking at Garp.
"But I don't regret it at all, old man."
"If I had a second chance to choose, I would definitely not leave Luffy alone!"
"Well, as a grandfather, I am very happy to see such a deep relationship between you brothers..."
"But do you know, you will die!!"
Suddenly, an explosion resounded throughout the lv.6 Thunder Hell.
Garp clenched his fist and hit the iron railing in front of him, directly smashing the railing made of special alloy and denting it deeply inward.
The curved iron rod broke away from the cement up and down, and then extended like a sleeve, trapping the front half of his arm in the middle.
Just one punch made the entire Impel Down City tremble!
"But Sabo and Luffy survived, didn't they?"
"…Sorry, old man."
Ace did not show the irritability that he should have after being assimilated by the power of fire, and said in a low voice.
He knew that even though he had all kinds of excuses and courage to face death, he could not change the sadness in the heart of the old man in front of him.
“…”
Garp was silent for a few seconds, then slowly retracted his fist under Hannibal's cautious gaze.
"Why, Ace...why are you all so disobedient?"
Garp raised his head and covered his old face with his hands, his voice choked with sobs.
"Obviously it would be nice to be a navy, but it would be fine if you don't go to sea. Why do you have to go to this point?"
"I'm a bad old man, don't I deserve your concern?!"
Upon hearing this, Ace perked up and opened his mouth to explain, but nothing came out.
Finally, he hung his head slumpedly and laughed to himself.
"Maybe..."
"Because I was born to be a pirate."
"By the way, old man, that Canglong guy, you'd better be careful..."
Outside the door, Magellan, who overheard this sentence, had a dark face and purple smoke coming out of his body. He was about to step in, but was stopped by Ron beside him with a wave of his hand.
"Lieutenant General, this..."
"It's okay, let them go."
Ron bit his cigar, completely ignoring the poisonous smoke emanating from Magellan's body, and took a deep breath.
“When have I ever cared about other people’s opinions when I do something?”
"That's... okay."
Magellan nodded. Since the parties involved didn't care, he had no reason to stop it.
"Shut up!"
As the words fell, Garp's suppressed angry roar came from inside.
The voice surged wildly along with the extremely strong domineering force, and Garp's hair and beard rose up, looking like a demon, leaving Ace, who was about to say something more, stunned on the spot.
In his impression, even though he almost fell to death when he acted mischievously when he was a child, he had never seen Garp so angry.
"As a pirate, what qualifications do you have to tell a vice admiral?!"
Garp stared at a pair of red eyes and opened his mouth to question.
Ace was speechless.
Indeed, even when Garp appears here now, he only uses the identities of grandfather and grandson.
Navy and pirates are two extremes that cannot be crossed in this world. Since he has chosen this path, how can he be qualified to say these words
He is first a pirate, and then the grandson of "Iron Fist" Garp.
"Since this is your own decision, don't regret it, Ace!"
After saying that, Garp shook off his cloak of justice, turned around and left.
Ace was left alone, even though he was old, he still stood tall and tall without any hesitation on his back.
The two big characters on the cloak, "Justice", gradually disappeared into the darkness as he walked away.
"You're an old bastard who talks too much about your integrity, tsk tsk!"
Ron took a puff of his cigar with an unpredictable smile on his face.
After all, he clearly remembered that even if he said such ruthless words to draw a clear line, in the original war, he was still punched away by Luffy.
"What do you mean? Uh..."
Magellan looked back in confusion, his expression immediately horrified.
"What the hell? Where are the people?"
(Д≡д)!
You were here just now, where is such a big person? !
…
The final stop of the first half of the journey is the Shampoo Islands, where supernovae gather one after another.
As time goes by, the plot gradually develops to the chapter where supernovae gather, but this time there are undoubtedly many fewer supernovae reaching the end than in the original work.
In addition to Luo, who joined Ron's camp, Kapenbeki, who was executed early by Ron in the West Sea, and Drake, who tried to break through G10 and return to the North Sea, as well as the Straw Hats, the remaining people are...
"Captain" Eustace Kidd, with a bounty of 315 million beli.
"Magician" Basil Hawkins, bounty of 249 million beli.
"Hai Ming" DJ Yin Apu has a bounty of 198 million beli.
"Killing Samurai" Kira has a bounty of 162 million Baileys.
"Big Stomach Girl" Joe Allie Bonny has a bounty of 140 million Baileys.
"Monk" Urki has a bounty of 108 million beli.
Just these six people.
"Have the Straw Hats completely disappeared?"
In area 13 of Shampoo Land, it is impossible to enter a tavern.
"Captain" Eustace Kidd bit into the chicken leg with disdain on his face.
"Really... you really can't expect too much from them!"
The Straw Hats who solved the crisis in Alabasta once overshadowed the most popular rookie pirates today, namely themselves. Kidd had already planned to compete with them.
However, a wrong judgment and a wrong choice of route caused them to fail at G10, a place known as "the chasm that pirates can never pass".
Since then, it has been several months since they disappeared.
"That being said, Captain Kidd... the focus of everyone's discussion now is still them."
Of course Kira would not really say this to irritate his captain, but they were not the only pirates in this tavern.
DJ Yin Apu, a long-handed clansman whom Kira knew was very sharp-tongued, smiled when he heard this, turned around and said.
"Really, why did Xiong and Mihawk, one of the Shichibukai, appear in G10? They are obviously a group of losers, but they turned out to be more famous than us."
"Hmph! Boring topic!"
Kidd snorted and looked over: "If you are not satisfied with this result, go to the commercial street and find something to do! Instead of being jealous of other people's fame, it is better to find ways to increase your own bounty."
"No, no, no... Of course I know, it's just..."
Before she finished speaking, on the other side, Qiao Ailiboni shouted impatiently: "The bar is so noisy!"
"Do you guys also have two mouths? One for eating and one for talking?!"
"Watch your words, Miss Bonny."
Kira's cold voice came from under the blue and white mask. He flicked his hands and two unique sickles popped out from his elbows.
"Huh? Want to fight? I'm here to help you anytime!"
Bonnie turned her eyes away like a little girl, waving a plate and roasted leg of sea animal meat in her hand.
"Calm down, Captain!"
"Now is not the time to fight them!"
Bonny's crew members were startled and jumped up to stop her.
They knew very well that if their captain said to take action, he would definitely take action.
"Damn it, who is the boss? Let me go, bastard!"
Seeing this scene, Kira shook his head and put away his weapon, thinking that it was better not to get involved with such a girl who was so quick to explode, as her IQ would be lowered.
Bang!
At this moment, an unknown pirate suddenly burst open the door with a look of horror on his face.
"Big... big things are bad!"
"The Navy announced that Portcas D. Ace will be publicly executed. The new world is about to explode!"