Codex Pirates

Chapter 173: The Wine of the Sorcerer

In Gaozhen's interrogation office, the cell door where Ace and Luffy were located was opened by an expressionless guard.

"You are free, go away." Seeing that Ace and Luffy were in a daze, the guard cursed.

Ezra picked up Luffy, glared at the guard, stepped through the cell door, and saw Sabo standing behind the guard at a glance.

Sabo grinned, and said to Ace who was full of doubts: "Let's go out first."

...

"So you're leaving here? What kind of school are you going to live in?"

On a hill near the sea, Ace asked Sabo excitedly.

"Ace, I have always hoped to leave this country, see the whole world freely, and then record what I saw and heard, and write it into a book," Sabo said with a smile, "so I must learn enough sailing knowledge, This opportunity may be just right for me."

Sabo was telling the truth, not all of it. He didn't tell Ace that his father threatened the safety of the two of them to force himself to agree to go to William's school, because he knew Ace's character well. If he told the truth , Ace is likely to do irrational things.

"Isn't it impossible to learn here? I still want you to be my navigator when I go to sea in the future!" Ace said dissatisfied.

"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Besides, I am going to school, not going to jail. I will definitely come back to see you when I have a chance." Sabo said.

"We're'?" Ace asked, following Sabo's gaze, he looked at Luffy beside him, his face was not very good-looking, "You mean him?"

Sabo waved to Luffy who had been watching the two of them eagerly. After Luffy came over, Sabo asked: "Lufei, why do you always want to be friends with Ace? And he treats you so well, why do you still want to be friends?" Take the risk to save him?"

Ace crossed his arms, Luffy glanced at him and said loudly, "Because I hate bandits!"

"Bandits? You mean the Dadan family?" Sabo glanced at Ace and said with a smile, "It's the same as Ace."

With Sabo as a lubricant to guide slowly, Luffy finally had the opportunity to confide in front of Ace.

Because of the experience in Windmill Village, Luffy hated and resisted the group of bandits. Therefore, after being thrown into this strange place by his grandfather Garp, he had no one else to help him except Ace, who was similar in age. acknoledged.

For a person like Luffy, living alone is more sad than pain, so the existence of Ace has special meaning for him.

Ace pursed his lips and didn't speak, but Sabo, who was familiar with him, had already pulled him over with a smile and dragged him to Luffy's side.

"We are all helpless people, so we can only rely on each other," Sabo pushed Ace, "Didn't you say that you also hate those bandits?"

Sabo worked hard to reconcile the conflict between Luffy and Ace because he felt that after he left, he needed to find another companion for Ace who could rely on each other.

Portgas D. Ace is Ace's name, followed by his mother's surname. His real name should be Gore D. Ace.

Ace is the son of One Piece, he knew this at a very young age, so he can hear people slandering and cursing his biological father every day, and he grew up in this environment of constant denial of his existence.

All this makes Ace both strong and fragile. Ace has always been obsessed with becoming a big pirate, a big man who can attract the attention of the world. The world accepts him and has to face up to the fact that he exists.

So in the original book, after the members of the Whitebeard Pirates accepted Ace into the big family, Ace's idea changed from being an independent big pirate to assisting Whitebeard to become the One Piece, because he found a group of people who accepted him here, And let him have a family with survival value.

Sabo, who is only ten years old, naturally cannot draw the above conclusions in detail, but Sabo has always been an extremely smart child. He has been with Ace day and night for five years, and he already knows Ace's character very well. I agree, if he is really left alone, Ace will definitely feel very painful like Luffy.

But Ace is irritable and irritable because he is too sensitive. Like a hedgehog, he resists the approach of others. He can only wait for others to approach him actively. This is exactly what Sabo is worried about.

In the next four days, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy have been adventuring in Mount Korber and the terminal of the uncertain object. Sabo tried his best to forget the fact that he was going to leave this land and his friends, and played carefree , and did not forget to bring the relationship between Ace and Luffy closer.

This led to Luffy's perception of him even better than his perception of Ace. The day before the farewell, Luffy also suggested that the three of them should go to sea now and never separate, but was rejected by the more rational Sabo Now, it is too unrealistic for two ten-year-old boys to go to sea with a seven-year-old landlubber in tow.

Ace had an idea when he heard the words. He asked Luffy and Sabo to wait for him, then ran to Dadan's room and stole a bottle of wine.

"Sabo, Luffy," Ace said to the two with uncontrollable excitement on his face, "Let's become sworn brothers!"

"Sworn?" Luffy looked confused.

"As long as we drink together, we will be brothers from now on, no matter how far we are apart," Ace looked at Sabo, then at Luffy, and said seriously, "No matter how many barriers we face, we There is a special bond between us, and we will always be together!"

After saying this, Ace uncorked the bottle, only to realize that he forgot to take the wine glass.

He was scratching his head to think of a way, a pair of dirty little hands clasped into a small bowl, stretched out in front of him.

"Come on!" Sabo said with a smile.

Seeing this, Luffy stretched out his hand in a similar manner.

Ace was taken aback, poured the wine into the hands of the two, then grabbed the bottle, and the three of them touched: "Sabo, from now on, no matter where you are, don't forget, you have two brothers to accompany you you."

Sabo didn't speak, he raised his head and poured the wine in his hand down his throat, a spicy taste hit his head, and Sabo burst into tears.

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On the evening of the fifth day, when William and the others set off, there was a small figure in the team.

Sabo followed William and others onto the boat in a sullen manner, and didn't have much to say to his parents who came to see him off.

The ship sailed around the shore, and when it passed the coast where the terminal of the uncertain object was located, Jesus Bu, who had been leaning against the fender, suddenly underestimated: "What is that?"

Sabo felt a feeling and lay down in front of the guard board. On the shore, he could faintly see two figures chasing the faster and faster ship.

William on the side took out a binoculars and looked towards the shore, only to find that there were two little boys running. Although they were sweating profusely, they kept waving in the direction of the boat.

William took a second look at Luffy wearing a straw hat, frowned slightly, then smiled, and handed the binoculars to Sabo.

He watched Sabo wipe his tears while watching the shore with the binoculars, then came to the stern of the ship, and said a few words to the employees of the Four Seas Trading Company at the stern.

Ace and Luffy on the shore finally had no road in front of them. They could only watch the boat carrying Sabo go farther and farther. Luffy cried and Ace bit his lip.

Just at this time, they found that a row of sky lanterns suddenly rose from the stern of the boat, and under the action of the hot air, the lanterns were swinging towards the sky, which was beautiful.