Donghai, Goya Kingdom, Windmill Village.

"Ace! Look at it!"

Luffy followed Ace to Windmill Village to prepare for the upcoming big day.

Ace was eating in Maginot's tavern, with the clothes and daily necessities he bought were placed next to him, and he packed a large bag of them.

"ah?"

Hearing the shout, Ace turned his head and saw Luffy breaking in with a newspaper in his hand.

"Ace! Look! The newspaper says that Mr. Wright has become the 'supervisor'!"

"Oh! So awesome!"

Ace stood up and said in surprise.

"But, what is the candidate for the general?"

Luffy tilted his head and became distressed.

“…”

Ace had a black line in his forehead - this idiot, I don’t know what it means and is so excited!

"Haha... Luffy is still so energetic!"

Maginot came out with a basket of bread and poured Luffy a glass of orange juice.

"'A general', I think Mr. Cap said that he is also a top figure in the navy!"

"Magino!"

Luffy jumped onto a chair and grabbed the bread and ate it voraciously:

"Mmmmmmmmmmm..."

"Fool!"

Ace slapped his forehead weakly. Luffy was so out of line. If he was not here, he wouldn't have any problems, right?

"Swallow the things in your mouth before you can speak!"

Luffy took a bite of juice and swallowed the bread: "Ace, General, I know, what is the candidate for General?"

"The candidate for generals in the Navy headquarters is to have the strength of the general at the first level. If there is a vacancy in the general, you can be directly promoted to general."

Ace took the newspaper Luffy put aside and read it carefully.

Take charge of the new world and resist the threat from the "Four Emperors" for the Navy;

Lead the army to fight under the strongest "Four Emperors" Whitebeard Pirates;

Kill Jack the "drought" of the Beast Pirates, and repel the "Four Emperors" Kaido, who came to take revenge and was known as the "strongest creature"...

Wright's recent big thing has been published in the newspaper.

After setting the tone with the Warring States Period, Wright and Morguns discussed that the World Economic News will cooperate with the Navy headquarters to carry out a reputation publicity plan.

The record that supports Wright as a candidate for the general is to be reported, but it is not written in detail.

But even so, young people like Ace who have not yet gone to sea are excited.

“It’s so wonderful!”

Ace was excited as he watched Wright's report.

"Uncle Wright is already fulfilling his promise..."

"Then I'm going to work hard too!"

"But speaking, if I really become a navy, how do I thank Captain Red-haired Shanks?"

"Well...then you will become stronger. Thank you when fighting him!"

"Ace, your birthday is a few days away. Are you really ready to go out to sea?"

Maginot wiped the cup and looked at Ace who was excited, a little worried.

When Maginot went to Dadan from Luffy, he often brought clothes and food to the three brothers, and taught them some etiquette.

Since Sabo's incident, Ace has asked Maginot to teach him more etiquette in dealing with people and strive to be the "brother" of Luffy.

In Maginot's heart, Ace was like his younger brother.

Therefore, although Maginot supports their decision to make an agreement between the three brothers "going to sea at the age of seventeen", he inevitably worried about it.

"No problem, Maginot."

Ace raised his head and smiled confidently: "I am very strong, and ordinary pirates are no match for me!"

"I will soon become famous all over the world...you just wait for good news!"

"Ace, don't you be a pirate?"

Luffy touched the straw hat on his back. He was 14 years old and was already very strong with Wright's teachings.

"Haha... What's the matter with Luffy, pirates, navy, or adventurers?"

Ace knocked Luffy on the head: "No matter where you are, no matter what your identity you become, we are all brothers!"

"We all have the dream we want to pursue, and moving towards our dreams is our purpose of going to sea!"

"Um!"

Luffy laughed: "I'm going to be One Piece man!"

"Ha! Then you have to be careful not to be caught by Mr. Wright!"

"No! I will knock down Mr. Wright!"

"Hahaha! You can't even beat me!"

...

Finally, it was the day when Ace went out to sea.

Standing on the small sailboat, Ace waved goodbye to Luffy, Maginot and the bandits who came to see him off on the cliff.

"Goodbye, Luffy!"

"When I go to sea in three years, I will definitely become stronger!" Luffy shouted.

The boat drifted farther and farther away until the coast was no longer visible.

"Ah... the sea is so beautiful, just like Uncle Wright said."

After Wright's teaching, Ace had a certain understanding of navigation and could see that it seemed that today was a good weather.

"It's good to be an adventurer..."

With a vision of the future, Ace yawned and fell asleep.

The sea seemed to give face, and the weather was calm in the first few days.

Not a purely naughty Ace, he still has plans for his overseas goals, and has also arrived at an island to replenish fresh water and food.

"It is not good to eat for free. Ace - paying for food is the minimum morality."

Ace kept Wright's teachings in mind, but how did the money come about...

I can only work hard for the pirates to contribute!

A few more days later, Ace lay on the edge of the boat in disgust.

The boat was swaying pitifully on the sea surface, and the mast had been broken. If there was no pitiful wooden board barely as a oar, Ace would have no way to control the direction of the boat.

"Ah... it went smoothly at the beginning, why didn't it work at all these days?"

"First it was raining rain, then it was strong wind. If I hadn't learned some navigation techniques, I heard Mr. Wright telling the story of him just going to sea that year, I'm afraid the boat would be destroyed and the people would be killed..."

"But Tamsui is almost consumed, and I haven't seen the island yet..."

Ace sighed and rolled to the other side of the ship: "Hmm? What is that?"

At the boundary of sight, the shadow of an island appeared.

"Haha! I shouldn't die! Let's go!"

After a spirit, Ace picked up the wooden board and rowed the boat desperately toward the island.

"The sea area around this island seems to be not right, this current is so strange!"

As he approached the island, Ace felt something was wrong - the boat was getting faster and faster!

I was dragged by the special current around the island and rushed towards the island!

"Wow, I'm so lucky... not right! Why stop ahhhh!"

The boat got faster and faster, and finally... rushed to the gravel-covered coast.

"Damn... the bottom of the ship leaked!"

Ace jumped off the boat - this weird current was simply unreasonable, dragging everything that entered the range to the island!
To be continued...