In the tavern, Lu Jiu held the tea cup in front of her with her slender hands and looked at Ace with a calm face.
"Yes, I want to see how the man who abandoned us conquered this sea."
Ace sat upright, his eyes evasive and afraid to look at Lujiu.
In his imagination, his mother was absolutely against him going to sea.
Originally, he was planning to go to sea secretly, but in the end he wanted to ask his mother for advice.
"Do you know the outside world is cruel?"
Lu Jiu picked up the teacup and took a sip, her heart full of reluctance.
"I know, so I have doubled down on the training tasks assigned to me by Old Man Garp and Rayleigh since I was little. I have also mastered the things you gave me."
Ace is very confident.
"If your identity is discovered..."
"I will be careful." Ace interrupted before Lujiu finished speaking.
"Then when will you leave?"
Lujiu had never thought of keeping Ace chained in this small village, no matter how reluctant she was to leave him!
The child has grown up, and she has done all the hard work she should do.
It's just that Lujiu is very worried, afraid that Ace will suffer outside.
"Ah...you promised."
Ace didn't react at first and looked stupid.
"kindness."
Lu Jiu lowered her head to look at the teacup, her eyes full of sadness, but Ace didn't notice it, she just jumped for joy.
"I will leave tomorrow. I will take Sabo and Luffy's dream with me. I will become the Pirate King."
Ace stretched out his hands and said his target.
"Okay, I'll go pack your things for you."
Lujiu stood up quickly and walked into the courtyard behind.
But Ace was still cheering, he wanted to tell Luffy the news.
After saying that, he rushed out of the tavern.
A few years ago, Sabo was bombarded by the Draco and died. In these years, only Ace and Luffy were left. The two had a goal since they were young. They would sail freely on the sea with Sabo's will and become the Pirate King.
After growing up with Capuai's education, Rayleigh's systematic teachings, and Luju's influence, Ace and Luffy are now several levels stronger than when they first set out in the original work.
For example, Ace has now mastered Overlord Color, Seeing Color and Listening to All Things, the second stage of armament, and his physical skills have reached the level of Major General.
In other words, Ace's overall strength combined far exceeds that of the major general.
The only flaw is that I don't have much combat experience.
The same is true for Luffy. Now he has mastered weapons, knowledge, and has vaguely developed a second gear.
You know, there are still two to three years before Luffy goes to sea.
Now Ace and Luffy's strength has changed beyond recognition from the original, and all of this is because of Foxy.
In the back mountain, Luffy was doing physical training. The blood in his body was constantly compressing, and steam began to appear on his body.
But it failed at the critical moment.
This made him very upset.
"Luffy."
Ace flew into the air on moon steps and waved to Luffy.
"Ace."
Luffy stopped training and watched Ace land in front of him.
"Has Aunt Lujiu agreed?"
Faced with Luffy's curiosity, Ace pretended to sigh deeply.
"Aunt Lujiu doesn't want us to become navy like grandpa does!"
Luffy was very discouraged.
"I agree, I can go to sea and become a pirate."
Ace grinned.
"ah..."
Luffy was shocked at first, and then cheered with excitement.
But the two of them stopped cheering halfway, and at the same time, their faces were full of disappointment.
"Let's go tell Sabo the news!"
"I'll get the soju."
Luffy quickly disappeared on the spot.
A few minutes later, the two came to a grave, where Sabo was buried.
"Saab, I'm going to sea."
Ace and Luffy were sitting in front of the tombstone, with three wine bowls in front of them. Luffy opened the bottle and filled it up.
The atmosphere is a bit heavy.
Lujiu, who was far away in the bedroom in the courtyard of the tavern, was packing some simple clothes for Ace, but she was moving very slowly.
Finally he sat on the bed and sighed.
The child has grown up after all.
The next day, when the sun hovered over the horizon, almost all the villagers at the small port of Windmill Village came.
Ace was sitting on an independent wooden boat, carrying the things Lujiu had packed for him and waving to the shore.
"This brat shouldn't become a pirate in the Navy."
The village chief was very vicious with his cane.
Lujiu stood at the front and looked at Ace silently.
"Luffy, I will go to sea first. When we meet again, we may be enemies. I will not give up the Pirate King to you, even if you are my brother."
Luffy was crying loudly on the bank, his tears couldn't be stopped even by the water from the faucet.
"Asshole Ace, I will definitely find ten friends to become the Pirate King. Even if you are my brother, I will not let you."
Luffy wiped away his tears and shouted, "I will be 17 in two years, and I will definitely surpass you."
Behind him, Maggie comforted Luffy.
"Mom, I will definitely take a good look at the sea that guy has conquered. If he can do it, I can do it, and I will even surpass him."
Ace pressed the orange cowboy hat on his head, his eyes a little moist.
"kindness."
Lujiu smiled.
"Mom, thank you for growing up with me."
Ace was already choking.
"kindness."
Lujiu still smiled.
"I love you."
Ace roared angrily, and with a roar the wooden boat quickly left the port.
"kindness."
Lu Jiu still smiled, but her eyes were filled with tears.
Looking at the wooden boat and its back in the distance, Lujiu's simple skirt kept fluttering in the sea breeze.
"Asshole Ace, just wait for me."
Luffy was still roaring at the sea.
"Lujiu, we can't stop the child when he grows up."
The village chief walked up to Lujiu, his cloudy eyes full of memories.
"Let's all go back! It's not a separation of life and death."
It wasn't just Luffy and Lujiu who were crying, many aunts and uncles were also wiping away their tears.
After all, these people all grew up watching Ace and Luffy, and they often made mischief in the village when they were young.
Not long after, Garp, who was far away in the New World Fortress, walked out of the office and stood in the corridor after answering a phone call, looking at the majestic wavy horizon in the distance, his face a little sad.
"You're still a pirate, why don't you follow the path I arranged."
Chambord Islands, Ripoff Tavern.
"Little Ace went to sea?"
Xia Qi looked at Riley after answering the phone.
"kindness."
Reilly wore rimmed glasses and drank wine alone.
"And you?"
Xia Qi pondered for a moment, pretending not to care and wiping the wine glass.
"I will go to sea when necessary."
Rayleigh couldn't leave Ace alone.
"Wouldn't it be better to let Ace follow the path arranged by Garp?"
Xia Qi couldn't understand.
"It can't be stopped, whether it's Garp, me, or his mother; Ace's fate was doomed from the moment he became the captain's child."
"But you have to know the consequences of Ace's identity being exposed."
"I know that if possible, I would like Ace to join the navy, but this guy is just like the captain. He is usually careless and heartless, but he will pursue his dreams and goals no matter how hard it is."
Rayleigh's eyes were filled with memories.
"Ace is very talented. He has already mastered the three colors of Haki, and like the captain, he has also awakened to listen to all things. What he lacks is actual combat experience.
Perhaps he can do what the captain cannot."
“It’s true that a son has inherited his father’s legacy!”