Time flies, and a full week has passed since Shanks arrived at Gaya Island and collided with Gawain.
During this period, the return of Sky Island Golden City and the collision between Gawain and Shanks have become the hottest news in the world!
Near Trillance Island below the Upside Down Mountain, the members of the Spade Pirates also welcomed the arrival of the News Bird.
After taking out the latest newspaper, Deus, who was wearing a blue blindfold mask, threw the newspaper to Ace, who was lying on the bow of the boat basking in the sun.
"Ace, look at the latest newspaper, there are really big things going on in the sea recently!
The red-haired Yonko who has just been a Yonko for a year actually clashed with the Black Bird one like the old Yonko Whitebeard!"
While speaking, looking at Ace who was motionless, Deus curled his lips helplessly.
"Hey, is it really okay to sleep like this all day long? You are the captain, shouldn't the captain be very busy?"
Snapped!
While talking, Deus pressed the spread newspaper onto Ace's sleeping face!
Ace's face was suddenly attacked, and two balls of fire burst out of Ace's face. Fortunately, he woke up in time and rescued the remaining newspapers before the flames burned away the newspaper.
Taking the newspaper with burn marks and looking at it twice, Ace pointed to the eye-catching photo on the newspaper with interest.
In the photo, Gawain is seen holding a girl in his left hand, and holding Lu Minghu Tetsu in his right hand, constantly confronting Shanks' Griffin!
Of course, in fact, Gawain was knocked away in just an instant, and the confrontation only lasted a moment.
But taking pictures is so magical. Under the control of the reporter, the picture stopped exactly at the moment when Gawain's knife collided with Griffin!
So, in the eyes of uninformed onlookers like Ace...
I saw Ace let out a loud exclamation!
"Oh, he is so strong. Two of the four strongest pirate emperors on the sea are already going to challenge him!
Moreover, the newspaper has never published any news of this person's failure!
So, haha...!
This guy must be the real number one in the world!"
Having said this, Ace excitedly slapped the newspaper on the deck.
"Guys, I have decided that the next step is to find this man who fought with white beard and red hair respectively!
As long as I defeat him, my strength will definitely be recognized by the entire sea. In that case, I will definitely get closer to the Pirate King!
One Piece, I’m determined!
!”
"Why?!
Aaaaaaaay, Ace!
?”
Hearing Ace's words, Deus was stunned on the spot, and he rubbed his head depressedly.
"I'm afraid you are taking it for granted. We and the person in the newspaper don't seem to be on the same route, right?
Moreover, this guy is a Celestial Dragon. You don’t know the meaning of a Celestial Dragon, right?
Those are the nobles of the world, the group of people who should not be offended the most!"
"cut!"
After hearing what Deus said, Ace waved his hand casually.
"What can't be messed with? Didn't the red hair and white beard both fight him?
One of them is the Four Pirate Emperors, and the other is the strongest man in history!
In this case, of course I want to have a good fight with this guy named Gawain!
If we want to become the Pirate King, we must be recognized by the entire sea. What can be faster than letting them recognize my strength!
So, let’s turn from now on, we are going to Gaya Island to follow this guy’s footsteps, and then defeat him in front of the whole world!
!”
After finishing his words, Ace rubbed his hat.
"How about it, are my words very powerful, haha.
Anyway, it’s decided, let’s head to Gaya Island!
It just so happens that I also want to meet the savior who is always talked about by my brother!
Red-haired Shanks, white-bearded Newgate, and the black bird Gawain who fought against them respectively and never lost!
They will all be defeated by me!
!”
"But……."
On the side, Deus shook his head helplessly.
"But when we left Upside Down Mountain, we took the route to Trillans Island. If we want to go to Gaya Island, then... let me see."
Having said this, Deus turned out the navigation route introduction given to them by the old doctor named Crow Carter on the Twin Capes.
"The old man from Twin Capes claims that he has visited many islands. According to the route map he left behind, our current route does not pass through the ocean currents of Gaya Island at all!
If we want to go to Gaya Island, we have to go back to Upside Down Mountain and then take the Whiskey Peak route again, which is really troublesome!"
"Haha, trouble is not a problem at all. After all, there are black bird Gawain, red-haired Shanks, and white-bearded Newgate on that route!
So, let’s start returning now. No matter what, I want to see the red-haired one!
In order to see him, I have rehearsed how to say hello countless times over the years!"
Having said this, Ace pressed his hat and looked towards the sky in the distance.
The experience he had in Windmill Village as a child came to his mind.
At that time, when Maginot, the owner of the Windmill Tavern, was teaching him and Luffy etiquette, he specifically asked Maginot for advice on how to greet the redhead!
Now that I have gone to sea, I can use all the things I learned back then!
At the same time, Ace also remembered something special.
Apart from the red-haired man who saved Luffy, he also had to meet a more important person.
That is... his father's vice-captain back then, Pluto Rayleigh!
He wanted to have a good chat with his father's former deputy captain in person. Firstly, he wanted to talk about what kind of guy his father was.
As for the second one….
He wants to talk about why Rayleigh boarded someone else's ship!
!
While Ace was meditating, Deus on the side opened his eyes and looked towards the sea behind him.
"Hey, Ace, there's a Navy ship approaching!
It looks like it belongs to that fierce woman!
Isn’t she the second lieutenant of the East China Sea? Why did she follow the Grand Line?
Ah, this person is simply haunting!
!”
As he spoke, Ace's ship quickly turned around and then rushed towards the navy ship.
Looking at the oncoming ship, Ace jumped up, and then suddenly released a huge fireball tens of meters in size.
"Flame acceleration mode, start!"
Ace let out a loud roar, and then, relying on the flames gathered at the stern, his ship quickly sailed past the navy ship!
At the same time, on the bow of the naval ship, a beautiful female marine with orange-red hair cursed angrily at the Spade Pirates who passed by.
"Damn it, after having the Shao Shao Fruit, that guy can escape even faster!"
After chanting, the female marine raised her sword and shouted at Ace.
"Fire Fist, don't run away if you can, come here and hit me, you bastard!"
"Haha, how is that possible? I just fall asleep often, I'm not really stupid!
In short, I want to change to the route of Whiskey Peak to have a good fight with Gawain the black bird!
Goodbye, Yinska, haha!
!”
Amidst the laughter, Ace's boat disappeared as soon as the smoke disappeared, leaving only Yinska herself standing on her boat with an angry face!
Beside her, the sailors she was in charge of came closer.
"Second Lieutenant Yinska, that Fire Fist Ace seems to have told us their next target.
So what should we do, should we continue to pursue it?”
"certainly!"
Yinska nodded quickly.
"He is going to see that Saint Gao Wen. This is really a rash decision!
Even if there is no need for Gaobunsheng who has fought with white beard and red hair one after another, Gion-sama next to Gaofunsheng will kill him with one sword!"
Having said this, Yin SiKa quickly ordered her subordinates.
"Everyone, turn and speed up, we must reach Gaya Island before Fire Fist Ace is hacked to death by Lieutenant General Gion!
Fire Fist can only be captured by me personally, that guy is my old enemy!
!”
Following Yin SiKa's order, his ship quickly turned around and then chased Ace all the way.
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At the same time, the capital of Alabasta, Albana.
King Kobra looked at the drought warnings coming from all over the country, and his whole body became extremely depressed.
"Why!"
With a faint sigh, Kobra put the drought alarm aside, and then planned to hold a customary meeting with his subjects.
However, a sudden newspaper interrupted him.
Looking at the newspaper delivered by the attendant about the confrontation between Gawain and the red-haired man, Kobra swallowed hard!
There has been so much information about the drought in the country recently that he almost forgot about another upcoming trouble!
That Saint Gao Wen said that he would visit Alabasta in the near future!
Therefore, there is no rain in Alabasta, and water shortages have lasted for more than six months in various parts of the country, so much so that people are about to kill each other for a mouthful of water...
How is it possible to do a good job of welcoming the Celestial Dragons!
Thinking of this, Cobra was at a loss as to what to do. He held his head in annoyance and paused in front of his desk for a long time.
Until his daughter broke into his room!
Weiwei, who has long blue hair and is only thirteen years old this year, holds a large armful of pudding and bangs open Kobra's door with her head.
"Father, why didn't you attend the breakfast banquet?
But it doesn't matter, I brought pudding for you, all of which are my favorite flavor!
Father...?"
Speaking of this, Weiwei could not help but see Cobra's frown. She could probably understand the reason for Cobra's anxiety, so she came to Cobra worriedly.
She reached out and picked up the briefing paper and newspaper on the desk. After taking a look at each, Weiwei grabbed Cobra's sleeve.
"Father, are you still worried about the drought?"
"Yeah, hey..."
Kobra let out a long breath, and then he gently rubbed his daughter's head.
“For six months, no rain has fallen in our country except for the capital Albana!
A six-month period of super drought has worsened the desertification situation around the country.
Water shortages have already occurred across the country, and food shortages will soon follow.
The main thing is that some cities are already showing signs of rebellion, and it’s all because of the water!”
Cobra was not afraid to say this to Weiwei, because he had always trained Weiwei according to the standards of training an heir.
As his only daughter, Weiwei is destined to be the future queen of Alabasta, so his training method for Weiwei is equivalent to that of a prince, rather than an ordinary lady's education.
On the side, Weiwei tilted her head slightly after hearing Cobra's words.
She kept thinking about all the information she knew.
But no matter how hard she searched, she could not find a solution to the water shortage based on the knowledge she had learned.
After all, Alabasta has never had weather like this in the thousands of years since its founding!
So, after thinking about it in various ways, Weiwei could only tentatively say it to Kobra.
"Father, can we ask for help from Marie Joa and ask them to provide us with enough water and vegetables?"
"Humph, don't even think about it!"
As soon as Weiwei finished speaking, Kobra said to his daughter seriously.
"Remember, Weiwei, although we are just like them, we are all descendants of the twenty kings who built the world!
But ever since our ancestors chose to stay in Alabasta, we have been completely different from them!
Their water and vegetables will not be handed over to us for no reason!
If I make a similar request to the world government, the amount of heavenly gold we need to bear this year will be countless times more than the basic number of heavenly gold!
But the problem is, with our current national conditions, it is difficult for us to even collect enough money for basic heavenly gold!
Therefore, it is impossible for us to get support from the world government because we have no money to ask for their support!"
"Is it……?"
After hearing her father's words, Weiwei gently showed the newspaper in her hand to Kobra.
I saw her pointing expectantly at Gawain in the newspaper.
"Father, won't Saint Gao Wen be visiting our Alabasta soon? In this case, we can make a request to him alone when he arrives!
This Saint Gao Wen once helped Fishman Island realize its dream of landing on land. Just a few days ago, he also rectified the name of the adventurer Rolando who had been misunderstood by the sea for four hundred years!
Look, Gao Wensheng, who is willing to bring so much help to others, must be a warm-hearted and good person!
I think if we ask him for help, he will definitely help us inside Marigioa, right?"
"this……?!
"
Hearing this, even Cobra suddenly realized something, and he hit his head in thought.
"Wait, let me think about it, I really didn't think of this problem before!
I used to only think of him as a problem because I saw him as a traditional Celestial Dragon!
Since Saint Gao Wen has brought help to many countries, if we allow him to return satisfied with Alabasta and his party.
He must be willing to arrange some aid food and water for us!"
Having said this, Kobra finally became excited, and he rubbed his daughter's hair happily.
A child's perspective on the world is indeed different. The first thing he sees is Gao Wensheng's identity as a dragon, but what a child sees is Gao Wensheng's actions!
Although I don’t know exactly how much treasure Fish-Man Island paid in exchange for Gao Wensheng’s help.
But what the Fish-Man Island has, the Naferutali clan definitely doesn’t lack!
As for the mermaid princess, Cobra didn't take that matter to heart. After all, in his opinion, the fact that the mermaid princess became Gawain's fiancée was obviously a great achievement on the part of the mermaid!
If the princess really had to pay for Gao Wensheng to lend a helping hand, then Kobra would definitely agree.
After all, in order to protect a girl, Gawain is willing to personally fight against a big pirate like Red Hair (newspaper promotion). He is also very handsome, and he is a world noble who treats women very well!
Although he only has one daughter, if Gawain can marry his daughter, then his grandson will be a Celestial Dragon!
As for the heir to the country of Alabasta, you only need to choose one of the children of Gawain and Weiwei.
Alabasta has been a country for thousands of years. When there was no world government, they were one of the great powers.
There have been various precedents in Alabasta for various troubles regarding inheritance rights!
As for whether Weiwei will face the threat from the mermaid princess?
Haha, as a descendant of the king, how could Kobra not know the inheritance relationship of the Celestial Dragons?
If you want a child of a Celestial Dragon to inherit the identity of a Celestial Dragon, the child's father must be a Celestial Dragon, and the mother must be at least a human!
Therefore, even if Gao Wensheng already has a mermaid fiancée, he still lacks a real wife who can inherit the identity and surname of the Tianlong!
For a moment, Cobra completely remembered it, and the joy on his face made Weiwei laugh unconsciously.
Although she didn't know what her father was thinking, but her father was happy, Weiwei felt happy from the bottom of her heart...
But less than a minute after they were happy, there was a knock on their door again!
I saw Cobra's attendant striding in, and then he said to Cobra and Weiwei in a panic.
"Your Majesty the King, Your Majesty the Princess, there is a rebellion in the city of Juba!