Tran Island.
Somewhere on the outskirts, in the woods.
Many pirates from the Spade Pirates are gathering here. Wine glasses and bottles are placed everywhere, meat and fruits are spread out on the grass, and a banquet is being held.
"Ace, your last move was really cool."
"Really? Hahahaha."
Ace was wearing a fur hat, sitting in front of a pile of meat and fruits, holding a wine bottle in his hand, smiling brightly like the sun, without any expression of pride or arrogance.
The pirates of the Spade Pirates under his command do not call him "boss" or "captain". Instead, they call each other by their names just like their companions.
"How dare you underestimate us, those guys deserve it."
The person next to him smiled.
They met a group of pirates on the island, and they started fighting after a disagreement. Although the captain of the pirate group was also a figure with a bounty of 80 million beli, he was easily defeated by Ace. , and one person defeated everyone on the other side.
After defeating the opponent, they went to the suburbs and held a banquet. By now, they were almost done eating.
"Hey, is the magnetic force of the recording pointer stored?"
Ace rubbed his belly and looked at his fellow navigators opposite.
"It should take another half a day."
The fellow navigator looked at the record pointer on his wrist and responded to Ace.
When sailing on the Grand Route, it is impossible to identify the direction by relying on maps. The only things that can be relied on are recorded pointers and permanent pointers.
The permanent pointer points to a certain island in a single and fixed way, while the record pointer will point to the next island after reaching an island until the magnetic storage is full, leading to the new world.
The magnetic storage time of each island is different, some require several days, and some even require a month. This is also an important condition for the navy to pursue pirates, because pirates often have to stay on certain islands for enough time in order to move forward. long time.
"Then take another rest, it's almost time."
Ace smiled and lay back.
But at this moment, one of the crew members suddenly looked startled, then changed slightly and jumped to the tree next to him.
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"People are coming, lots of people."
The man who jumped onto the tree responded to Ace, then jumped again, jumped to the top of the tree, looked into the distance, and then his expression suddenly changed.
"It's the Navy! The Navy is coming!"
"ah?"
His voice instantly woke up everyone who was still drinking and eating meat.
Ace also recovered from his slightly drunk state, but he was not nervous. Instead, he rubbed his brows helplessly and said: "It will take half a day for the record pointer to store the full magnetic force, and we have to fight with the navy again. .”
When most pirates encounter a navy, their first reaction is to flee rather than fight, including Ace, who doesn't really want to fight the navy.
Although he is not afraid of the navy, because of Garp, he doesn't really want to hurt the navy. After all, that would make it difficult for Garp to do it.
"Ace, they are surrounding us and there is no way to retreat."
"Really, there is nothing we can do."
Ace said helplessly, "Then we can only beat the navy down first."
After hearing Ace's words, many members of the Spade Pirates all looked at each other and smiled, and no one looked too nervous.
Although they have only been together for more than a month, they have already fought with the navy many times. Their target is the Pirate King, so naturally they are not afraid of the navy.
"Hey, wake up. Before you leave, beat the navy down first!"
"Actually, I think it's better to sneak away first, hahaha. Fighting with the navy is always very troublesome. They fight one after another without ever ending."
Everyone laughed at each other and picked up their weapons.
And at the next moment, a figure appeared in the jungle. It looked very delicate and seemed to be a girl. The girl was holding a thick and long black shadow in her hand, and the top of the shadow seemed to be faintly emitting a little white light.
"Um?"
Ace looked at the figure that was gradually becoming clearer. He was a little strange at first, and then he noticed something. His expression changed slightly, and he made a fist with his right hand and swung it forward.
"fire punch!"
While Ace waved his fist, Nami in the jungle in front of him also waved the elf wand in her hand, and an extremely slender wind blade burst out. This wind blade was ten feet long, but it was very slender and had a huge attack range.
It swept all the way, and wherever it went, all the trees were cut off from the bottom.
boom!
Ace's fire fist collided with the slender wind blade, and the blazing flames burst out, shattering the wind blade and continuing to attack Nami.
The wand in Nami's hand moved horizontally, and a strong wind suddenly rose, forming a wind wall blocking the front. The blazing flames hit the wind wall and were immediately blocked by the wind wall, unable to break through.
Crash!
The trees cut by the wind blade fell down, revealing Nami's figure and the many marines in the jungle behind.
Ace was a little surprised when he saw his attack blocked by a young sailor who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, and pushed forward with both hands.
boom!
The blazing flames suddenly surged and swept over fiercely, forcing the wind wall released by Nami to disperse, and continued to sweep over.
"Ah yo."
Nami was startled and jumped back. At the same time, she pushed her right hand forward slightly, and the magic barrier opened to block the front of her body.
But although her magic barrier blocked the flames directly in front of her, the range of Ace's attack was extremely large. The large-scale flames impacted from both sides of the magic barrier and swept towards the many marines behind.
When many navy saw this, they showed frightened expressions.
The ability that Nami had just used certainly surprised them. They didn't expect that the girl assistant brought by the base commander would have extraordinary strength, but Ace's explosive power was even more frightening.
Moreover, a large area of flames invaded. For them holding fire guns and swords, they simply did not know how to resist such an attack.
And just when the large fire was about to sweep through dozens of marines.
Buzz!
A strange force suddenly passed to the field.
The flames that were raging wildly were frozen in the air. The nearest navy soldiers were less than one meter away, and they could already feel the terrifying heat wave!
"It's too early for you to win the Fire Fist."
Ron's slightly chuckled voice came from the sky.
Many marines looked up to the sky, and Ace and others also subconsciously raised their heads.
Because a large area of nearby trees has been cut off by Nami's wind blade, revealing a large open space, there is no cover from the leaves. At a glance, you can see Ron floating in a white robe and a navy cloak of justice. in the sky.
Ron looked down, stretched out his right hand, and grabbed it weakly.
"Um?!"
Ace's expression changed slightly and he was surprised.
He was not very surprised when the flames were stopped by some strange force before, but at this moment he was a little shocked, because he felt that he had completely lost control of the flames and was directly cut off. .
Immediately afterwards.
Under the slightly shocked gazes of many navy and pirates from the Spade Pirates, they saw the flames fixed around Nami and others, as if being pulled by some kind of force, rushing towards the sky quickly, coming. When it came to Ron's palm, it gathered together and condensed into a huge red fireball, floating quietly.
"Don't play with fire in the jungle. It will be very troublesome if it burns."
Ron spoke casually, threw his right hand towards the sky, and the fireball flew into the sky, exploded in the sky, and dissipated like fireworks.
Ace's strength is not as strong as Enel's, and he has not yet mastered the Haki of seeing and hearing, nor has he awakened the Haki of Overlord. His control over fire is not as good as Enel's control over thunder. In addition, Ron is far more familiar with the element of fire than with the element of fire. Due to the attributes of thunder and lightning, seizing control of flames is easier than expected.
Seeing this scene, almost all the navy showed a bit of shock.
Flying in the sky, he controlled the flames released by Fire Fist Ace with a simple press and grab... Ron, the base commander, was indeed not a playboy, but a strong man with real strength!
(End of chapter)