New World, around an island not too far from the Totland Sea, dozens of pirate ships with white bearded skeleton flags were moored densely.
On an island not far from the anchorage of the ship, on a hillside where flowers were hidden, a white-bearded pirate group was thorny on the back, an orange cowboy hat on his head, a red bead necklace hanging on his neck, and a pair of shorts on his lower body was lying in the flowers and reading the newspaper.
The slightly drunk sea breeze blows the petals, making the sea of ​​flowers dance. This picture looks particularly warm...
"Hello!"
"Ace?"
"You are so leisurely..."
However, this calm was soon interrupted.
Because, at this time, a guy with a golden punk head, a dagger on his waist, a black tattoo with a white bearded pirate group on his chest came here, and shouted out the name of the man lying in the flowers and reading the newspaper.
"ah!"
"Margou, are you here?"
"Look at it!"
"That little girl seems to be doing a good job. She has captured eleven ministers in the thirteen islands of the nations. The BIG MOM Pirates seems to have not reacted at all and have no ability to resist!"
Seeing the visitor, Ace sat up excitedly, then waved the newspaper he had just received and said.
That's right, this man is Ace, Fire Fist Portkas D. Ace, Sabo and Monkey D. Luffy's sworn brother, now the captain and boss of the Whitebeard Pirates!
"Yeah?"
"However, I think it's probably the BIG MOM who deliberately showed weakness."
Shaking his head, the captain of the first team of the Whitebeard Pirates, Margao, the ship doctor, said calmly.
“As far as I know…”
"She has now joined forces with Kaido, the latest news from Wano Country shows that the pirates of the Hundred Beasts have begun to mobilize greatly, and many ships are heading towards the direction of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms, I guess..."
"The final battle should be near Cake Island!"
"According to the current naughty kid's offensive, at most, the decisive battle will begin in just one month."
Holding his arms, Malgao, who stood in front of Ace, began to express his analysis quietly.
"Ha ha!"
"You are right, it's almost the same as what I guess. I think so too, maybe it's about one month?"
"It seems that we must prepare as soon as possible. How are the supplies, combatants and supplies prepared?"
"No big problem, right?"
Grinned, then Ace suddenly asked at Margot with a stern face.
"A little bit!"
"You also know that we just started a big fight for the war not long ago, and we have suffered a lot of money, food and supplies. Now we are going to carry out another expedition, which is really worrying."
"But those are small problems!"
"What I'm more worried about now is actually something else..."
As he spoke, Margao gradually frowned, and then his face was a little unfair.
“??”
Ace seemed to see something wrong with his partner, so he gradually restrained his smile and hurriedly stood up and signaled to Margao with his eyes.
"well……"
"Ace!"
"Although I also know that we are about to go to war, the situation in our own territory now seems a little unoptimistic!"
I didn't want to say it, but when I saw Ace's firm eyes, Margot still had to sigh and say it out.
"What's wrong?"
"ah!"
"Can't it be that Serena Williams is here to make trouble again, right?"
"He's really here again?"
Ace suddenly realized what was a troublesome thing, and then asked with a trepidation.
"Yes!"
"Although we have been intentionally avoiding him, he still chased him and many places have been attacked..."
"We lost another island yesterday."
Speaking of this, Margao couldn't help but sigh again.
At the beginning, shortly after the end of the war on the top, their white-bearded father ordered Ace to take over the responsibility of managing the family. In response, Margao and others did not express their opposition, but even expressed their support for the decision.
After all, Ace has a very good relationship with others in this big family. Otherwise, when the war was over, there wouldn't be so many people who would have heard my father's call and went to rescue him in response.
Margao, the ship doctor, still remembers that after Margao returned, his father's health was getting worse day by day. Finally, when his father tried to discuss with the captain of the first team of Margao, whether to let Ace inherit it, the first team leader who did not have the title of deputy captain but had the reality of deputy captain nodded on the spot to express his agreement.
Of course he knew what his father meant at that time, and also knew that Ace was the best candidate.
Because Ace is the most popular in this big family, he can effectively unite all captains and captains after his father passed away. At the same time, the other party's identity is enough to shoulder the responsibility of leading and reorganizing the Whitebeard Pirates.
Ace is the only son of the former One Piece King Gol D. Roger. He is favored by his father. He is also a "repeated criminal" announced to the world by the Navy and the world government. In addition, he finally successfully escaped from the public execution of Marinfando, the Navy Headquarters. Now he wants to be prestigious, popular, powerful, and his identity and background are top-notch. There is nothing more suitable than Ace.
What can I do...
At this moment, Edward Wimble, who claimed to be "Whitebeest II", suddenly appeared. The other party claimed to be the biological son of the Whitebeard Dad. He wanted to inherit the inheritance left by the Whitebeard Dad?
In that situation, the positions of the "old men" who had just accepted his father's will and expressed their firm support for Ace's succession suddenly became embarrassing.
Of course, what embarrassed them the most was that they investigated the identity of Edward Wimble and found that the other party seemed to be the biological son of the white-bearded father. Not only was he very strong, but he also looked very similar to his father when he was young, especially the iconic white-bearded man. If it were not hereditary, he might be the first to believe him!
But there is no way. Letting Ace inherit that position was not only my father's last wish, but also everyone's unanimous choice. As for Edward Wimble, the other party's identity made them a little afraid and embarrassed. As for others, there was really no sense of identity.
However, it was that identity that made them feel very aggrieved for a while and had to give in everywhere, which really made the other party occupy a lot of territory, making them, the "old men" hate and annoyed, but they can't do anything about it.
No matter what the other party said, it was their white-bearded father's biological son. They couldn't kill his father's biological son before his father's bones were cold, right?
So, the tricky and troublesome thing was delayed again and again, and no one could come up with a reliable solution.
"It's really him..."
"pity!"
"Not long ago, he had just accepted the navy's reunion and replaced the position of King Xia Qiwuhai vacated by the expelled Don Quixote Doflamingo and Poya Hancook. Otherwise, after the war ended, I really wanted to give him the seat."
"only……"
"It's a pity that he became an accomplice of the Navy at this time. For this reason, everyone will probably not pay attention to him anymore."
When Ace heard that it was really Serena Williams, he not only sighed in frustration.
But being frustrated is useless. It is no longer a question of whether Ace wants to get his position or not, but it is absolutely impossible for the other party to accept the inheritance left by his father peacefully. That kind of choice has become impossible!
Even if Ace is really willing to let him go, then once he makes that decision, the old men in the Whitebeard Pirates who are still gathering together and the captains of the Pirates under him will have to fall apart in an instant and go their separate ways!
That kind of thing was something Ace absolutely didn't want to see, and it was something their respected father, white beard, didn't want to see even more.
"That's right!"
"From the moment he became the King of Seven Warriors, volunteered to be a navy thug and attacked us, our big family could no longer tolerate his idiot."
"perhaps……"
"This is the main reason why Dad never wants to mention that he has a son, and then he still wants you to inherit when he is dying, right?"
Shaking his head, Margot also agreed with Ace's words and sighed with laughter and cry.
"And that black beard!"
"That traitor, he has taken the opportunity to occupy a lot of our territory recently. If we weren't rushing to go to the whole country, we would never forgive him!"
Then, Margao talked about Blackbeard again and gritted his teeth with hatred.
But hatred is useless!
That traitor, who was originally a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, knew their territory and arrangements well, and was very cunning, and never fought head-on with them. So, while they were mobilizing their main forces to participate in the war, they shamelessly occupied a lot of the seas and islands that originally belonged to their Whitebeard Pirates, which made them very annoyed but a little helpless.
If it were the past, they would have gathered their partners to kill each other and destroyed them!
But not now!
Because of all kinds of priorities, such as their need to concentrate on supporting the naughty children, and to deal with the step-by-step pressing of "Whitebeest II", as well as the troubles found after the death of the father of the Whitebeard, etc., this will lead to them not having more energy to deal with other things for the time being.
"never mind!"
"We don't want those annoying guys anymore!"
"Look, the naughty kids have now entered the heartland of all nations, so we can't continue to wait here."
"If you don't go, it's probably too late!"
As he said that, Ace, who was not planning to worry about the "Blackbeard" and "Whitebeard II", reached out and handed the newspaper in his hand to Margot and said.
“…”
However, Margot did not take the newspaper because he had read it before.
So, he just looked at the stunning photo of the "Golden Mothership of the Naughty Children" above and the big portrait of the Naughty Children himself and was silent and thinking.
"But……"
"Ace, are we going to join that Naughty Kids Pirates?"
After a long time, Margot finally asked hesitantly.
Now that Ace left behind the matter in his territory, he gathered almost all his strength to find the naughty child, it made Margao a little crazy and had to confirm it first.
"Isn't this an joining?"
"We're going to help!"
"No matter what, our Whitebeard Pirates and myself owe that little girl a huge favor, and we will pay it back!"
"Another!"
"The naughty kid is going to cause trouble for Kaido, why don't we go?"
"And if we go, we can avoid that guy Weibull for the time being. Anyway, we are not determined how to deal with the son who claims to be inheriting his father's inheritance, right?"
"When Kaido is solved, I believe that we should all think clearly at that time."
Ace explained it casually and stated that this time they were just going to support and return favors, and they did not really want to join the naughty child.
"That's right!"
After thinking about it, Margao nodded reluctantly.
"That's what it's decided!"
"Margo, let everyone prepare. We won't wait anymore, let's go immediately!"
"Go to all nations!"
Seeing that Margot also agreed to his decision, Fire Fist Ace cheered, threw away the newspaper in his hand, and said his decision loudly.
"All right……"
"But!"
“Material issues…”
However, Margot was still a little hesitant.
Of course, he didn't want to help, but felt that the materials had not been allocated and if he went to sea rashly, once the war continued, the supply of their entire fleet would be a big problem, and that kind of thing would be careless.
"Go!"
"Don't worry about material issues!"
"I heard that the little girl is very rich. At that time, we will go directly to her golden boat and eat her and drink her!"
"You can still get her money after the call!"
It can be seen that Ace was very optimistic and did not take the supply issues that Margot was worried about.
"All right!"
"Hopefully catch up."
Nodded, Margao no longer insisted.
"You must catch up!"
"Otherwise, the favor we owe will not be able to pay back!"
"By the way!"
"You go and see if Joz and Bista arrive?"
Suddenly, Ace asked about something else.
“It’s early.”
"Then you prepare and announce that decision later!"
After saying that, seeing that the plan had been decided, Margao waved his hand, then put his trouser pocket in his arms and turned around and left the place with flowers.
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Chapter completed!