Johnny caught up from behind and shouted excitedly: "Brother Ian, you are so smart! You even took the opportunity to run away while someone was eating for free! In this way, even if we are caught by the sheriff, then The guy is also the leader!"
Joseph also echoed on the other side: "Yes, yes! When the time comes, just ask him, the leader, to pay for it!"
Ian was so angry when he heard that, he waved his hands to the two of them: "Shut up! I'm not just doing it for free, okay?"
Looking at the way that guy Ace ran away as soon as he left the store, he didn't even need to think about it. Where did it go!
After finally seeing Ace here, how could Ian let him run away so easily
In fact, Ian didn't need to be so concerned at first. Although Garp gave Ian a commission in exchange for a boat and handcuffs, he didn't send anyone to supervise him. It stands to reason that Ian would be fine even if he saw Ace. Pretend you haven't seen it, and even if you really meet Garp and ask about it, just say you haven't met it.
But things didn't work out that way. In the past few days after leaving Garp's ship, Ian suddenly thought of a question. Since the old man Garp is a vice admiral, he should have more power, right? Moreover, he is also good friends with Admiral Sengoku, and he must be able to talk to the World Government. Then, can you ask him for help and let him introduce Vegabank for you
It's not just to meet this mysterious scientist, but Ian thinks that this technological genius who has surpassed human beings for 500 years will have a way to help him wake up Kuina! ? Vegabank can even transform the human body, so does he know something about the soul
It's fine if Ian doesn't know about these people and things, but he is a traveler, and he must try everything he can think of when he knows something about famous people in the world.
This fantasy world does have a soul, and the most obvious example is Brooke's fruit of the underworld! If Bergabank is really that genius, then it is impossible for him not to know about souls.
With this kind of thinking, Ian felt that the line between himself and Garp could not be broken! But Ian is no one of Garp's, at best he just knows him, and the only thing Ian can rely on now for Garp to help him, naturally falls on the matter of catching Ace.
That's why he was so anxious to chase him out. He had already figured it out, before Garp left Donghai, no matter what, he wanted to catch Ace! Send Ace to him.
But... Nima Ace runs so fast!
Ian has been chasing after him, looking at his bare back. At this time, Ace has not joined the Whitebeard Pirates, so naturally there is no tattoo of the Whitebeard Pirates logo on his back. After all, Ian is early After going to sea for three years, some things haven't happened yet.
I don't know why Ace appeared in Rogue Town. Ian originally thought that he was planning to go to the great route, so he stopped in Rogue Town, but this made Ian feel a little confused because the time was too coincidental. Well, it happened to be the time when his grandfather Cap left for Shields, and Ace showed up...
"Stop!" Ian yelled at Ace, "Stop!"
However, I don't know if Ace regarded Ian and the three of them as the restaurant owner's pursuers, not only did not stop obediently, but stepped on his feet and ran faster!
Johnny and Joseph, although they were running with Ian, were out of breath. Seeing that Ian was calling out to the freeloader in front, they asked, "I... Brother Ian! You... are you going to arrest him?" Is that... guy?"
"En!" Ian didn't have time to pay attention to the two funny comparisons, so he responded casually.
Then Johnny and Joseph didn't speak, and ran even harder.
"Ace! Stop!" Ian continued to shout again. This time, he put the Nian on his lap, accelerated his speed again, and finally got closer to Ace.
But the strange thing is that Ian found that Ace's speed was comparable to his own after he was blessed with Nian, and now he was barely on par with his speed.
Ace turned around and saw Ian approaching, he was startled and said, "Stop chasing, even if I catch up, I won't give you any money!"
"It's not about the overlord's meal..." Ian chased after him and said, "I have something to tell you!"
"What's the rush? Chasing me for two blocks?" Ace said in disbelief, "And I don't know you at all!"
That's right, in such a short period of time, Ian has already chased Ace for two streets. It can be seen how fast the speed is. Countless pedestrians along the way watched them rushing past like a gust of wind, not knowing what happened matter.
Unfortunately, no matter Ian or Ace, they are both monsters. Needless to say, Ian, Ace's physical fitness from fighting wild beasts in the mountains and forests since he was a child is not lost to Ian at all. After running so far at such a fast speed, no one is out of breath.
Knowing that chasing him like this is not an option, Ian rolled his eyes and thought of a way.
"Stop Ace, do you want to know about Sabo!?" Ian shouted.
With a creak, Ace in front stopped suddenly, and Ian was caught off guard, and collided with him immediately, and the two of them turned into gourds.
Ian fell dizzy, but before he recovered, he found that Ace had grabbed his collar.
"What did you just say!?" Ace asked Ian anxiously, "How do you know Sabo!? He... isn't he already dead!?"
"Let go first!" Ian slapped his hand away angrily.
"I'm sorry, I was impulsive, and I apologize to you!" Ace said anxiously, "Tell me quickly!"
Ian picked up his hat, looked at the phone bug inside, found that the little guy was fine, put the hat on his head, and said to Ace: "Who told you that Sabo is dead?"
Just now I wanted to stop Ace out of desperation, but if it is not easy to use Garp’s name, Ace will probably run faster when he hears Garp’s name, so Ian can only use Sabo’s name Yes, he knew Ace would stop.
He didn't mind letting Ace know about it. In fact, from the time he saved Kuina, Ian knew that because of his intervention, the history of this world had inevitably undergone some changes. In this case, Then letting Ace know that Sabo is not dead is not a big deal.
As for whether Ace will look for Sabo after knowing the news about Sabo, that is out of his control. In the original history, Ace never saw Sabo again until his death. , maybe his own appearance can make up for this regret for him
"He... isn't he dead? Great... really great!"
After hearing Ian's words, Ace burst into tears in an instant, repeating this sentence repeatedly in his mouth: "If Luffy knows, he will be very happy..."
Ian didn't speak, but just looked at Ace quietly. He understood the feelings between Ace and the three brothers, so he could naturally understand Ace's feelings at this time.
After crying for a while, Ace suddenly remembered something, grabbed the corner of Ian's clothes and wiped his face, leaving tears and snot directly on Ian's clothes.
Before Ian lost his temper, Ace suddenly sat cross-legged on the ground, bowed deeply to Ian, and said, "Thank you! This is the best news I have heard since I went to sea, but please Tell me, since Sabo is not dead, where is he now?"
"To be honest, I don't know where he is now!" Ian shook his head and said, "That happened many years ago, when I was only a ten-year-old child, I saved Sabo's ship , docked in our village, so I know about it! If I remember correctly, the person who saved him should be the revolutionary army!"
"Really? It turned out to be the Revolutionary Army?" Ace smiled openly and said, "Then, in addition to the benefactor who saved Luffy, I have one more person to thank!"
Ian heard that something was wrong, and quickly reminded: "Hey, the Revolutionary Army is an organization, not a single person! Don't make a mistake!"
"Really? No wonder, I said this person's name is so strange..." Ace was taken aback: "Then where can I find the Revolutionary Army?"
"How do I know?" Ian glared at him angrily, suddenly thought of a bad idea, and asked him in a low voice, "I said, you don't mean to join the revolutionary army, do you?"
"No! I still want to be a pirate!" Ace said with a smile.
Ian breathed a sigh of relief. Don't make Ace become a pirate instead of a revolutionary army because of his appearance. That would be bad. The old man Kapu will probably kill himself by then, but he is all-in-one I want Ace and Luffy to be in the navy...
The two just sat and chatted on the street like this, causing all passers-by to look at them with weird eyes.
At this moment, Ace suddenly thought of something, tilted his head and looked at Ian with a question mark on his face, and said, "It's strange, no matter how I recall, I don't even remember that I've seen you! What's your name? Why do you know me? What about Sabo?"
It's definitely hard for Ian to explain this question. It's impossible to say that he is a time traveler, so I know you guys, right? So he had no choice but to say vaguely: "Don't worry about it so much, just take it as a destiny arrangement! We are about the same age, you can call me Ian!"
"It's so profound!" Ace laughed loudly: "Since you don't want to talk about it, then I won't ask!"
Ace is just funny occasionally, but it doesn't mean he is stupid. Although he wonders why a stranger like Ian knows about him, he not only calls out his name, but also knows the existence of Sabo, but He could see that Ian wasn't cheating on him, and that was enough.
He stretched out his hand and said to Ian, "Hello Ian, we are friends from today! Thank you for the good news you brought me!"
"Don't thank me in advance!" Ian also stretched out his hand to hold him together, but said: "Just don't scold me later!"
"Why?" Ace asked puzzled.
"Because of this..." Ian said as he took out the Hailoushi handcuffs from behind his waist with his left hand, and with a click, he handcuffed Ace and his own wrists!
"..." The painting style changed a little too fast, and Ace looked confused: "What... what do you mean?"
"It's very simple, because someone entrusted me to catch you!" Ian shrugged, "It's your old man, Garp!"
"Huh!!!???"
Ace's surprised cry resounded throughout Rogue Town...