Pirates go undercover from Advance City

Ace had a battle with the Queen of the Apple Nine Kingdom.

Phantasmal beasts are of the animal type, but they can often master abilities beyond the scope of the animal type.

For example, Marco's blue flame, Kaido's flame, wind, thunder and lightning, Luffy's rubber...

These extra abilities caught Ace off guard.

Fortunately, Ace's own fighting talent is very good. Although he was at a disadvantage at the beginning, he still managed to escape after he figured out the abilities of the Queen of the Apple Nine Kingdom.

Ace originally wanted to rest in the Apple Nine Kingdom, but his boat almost capsized in the gutter. He didn't dare to stay any longer and immediately turned around and left the Apple Nine Kingdom.

Ace and his friends then drifted along, following the path Roger had walked.

Ace was undoubtedly paranoid at this time. He blindly wanted to deny his identity as the son of the Pirate King. He hated his birth and hated that man.

On this day, Ace and his friends met the elephant owner while traveling.

"It's so big! How can there be such a big creature here!" said Deuce, one of Ace's partners and the vice-captain of the Spade Pirates.

"It's really big, bigger than the biggest Neptune I've ever seen!" Ace also sighed.

Just when Ace was thinking about climbing on the elephant owner's back to take a look, suddenly cheers rang out from an island not far away: "Wuhu~ There is really a treasure!"

Ace's eyes lit up when he heard the word "treasure". After all, Ace was a pirate and would naturally be interested in treasure.

(ps: In the original work, Ace met red hair after going to Wano Country, and he specifically went to an island covered in ice and snow to find red hair. I have slightly changed the magic here, because I plan to let

Ace is staying in Wano Country for a while.)

When his eyes came to the small island, a man who was as fat as a ball wearing sunglasses shouted excitedly, "Boss, we found the treasure. We really found the treasure!"

"Hahahaha, let me just say this treasure map is correct!" the red-haired man said excitedly.

He ran to the dug pit and looked inside. There were several large wooden boxes placed here.

The red-haired man is none other than the red-haired Shanks, one of the four sea emperors, and the fat man who yelled just now is his crew member Lakilu.

"Quickly take out the treasure and open it. There should be something valuable in such a big box!"

After hearing this, Jesus Bu and Beckman carried out the box together.

"It feels quite heavy. There might be something in it," Jesus said.

"Well, we really found the treasure this time!" Shanks patted his deputy captain on the shoulder with a proud look on his face and said, "I have said before that there is definitely a treasure in this treasure map!"

Beckman expressionlessly pushed Shanks' hand away from his shoulder, then kicked the box open.

The box was opened and everyone in the red-haired pirate group gathered around.

"Huh? What is this?" the red-haired man asked with a confused look on his face.

Jesus glanced at the contents of the box and couldn't help laughing.

"What is the colorful paper in here?" Hom Jones asked.

"Obviously it's money," Beckman said.

"Bailey doesn't look like this either!"

"It should be the currency of some country!" Beckman squatted down and took down a pile of banknotes and looked through them carefully before saying, "I'm sorry Shanks, these banknotes are from the year 1118 of the Hainan calendar, which is the year 400."

The period before Nolando.

From a time point of view, there is a high probability that the country that used this banknote has been destroyed, so these banknotes are almost equivalent to waste paper!"

"Ha?! Is there any mistake? Is the person who buried this treasure a fool? No one would bury paper money as a treasure! Can't the paper money be exchanged for gems, gold or something like that?" Shanks asked.

He said with an unhappy face.

"Boss, we have gained something this time! The wood used in these boxes is very unusual. It has not rotted after being buried in the ground for 400 years. The banknotes inside are still intact. These boxes alone are worth several million.

Bailey’s.”

"Only a few million! This is far from my psychological expectations. I thought..."

Shanks suddenly scratched his head and looked in the direction of the coast while he was speaking. The crew members of the Red-haired Pirates also looked in that direction in unison.

"The breath of life is not weak, are you here to challenge us?" Lakilu said.

"Maybe! Recently we have encountered many fledgling new pirates looking for trouble." The red-haired man said expressionlessly.

"Boss, do you want me to knock them into the sea directly?" Jesus asked.

"No, just give them a chance to challenge."

While the red-haired pirates were talking, everyone from the spades pirates had already arrived at the island.

Originally, the Spade Pirates came to snatch the treasure, but when Ace saw the red-haired Shanks, he immediately changed his mind.

"Hello, Mr. Shanks, my name is Portcas D. Ace. I come from Donghai Windmill Village. I am Luffy's sworn brother. I have heard about you from Luffy before. Thank you very much for your support.

His care." Ace greeted the redhead very politely.

The red-haired man was stunned when he heard this, then laughed and said: "Hahahaha, it turns out you are Luffy's brother! Is that kid okay now?"

...

After reminiscing about his childhood, on a deserted island, Shanks, the captain of the red-haired pirates, was drinking with Ace, arm in arm, with a smile on his face.

The matter of the treasure has been forgotten by the red hair now. Compared with those pieces of paper, Luffy's brother is obviously more important. Now is a good time to have a banquet.

Regardless of Ace's identity, his identity as Luffy's brother is enough for Shanks to express goodwill.

After a grand banquet, Ace also expressed his desire to challenge Whitebeard, but Shanks neither agreed nor dissuaded him.

As a pirate, Shanks would not laugh at other people's dreams. Although he felt that Ace's strength was far behind Whitebeard's, he would not directly reject Ace's ideas.

However, Lakilu on the side asked too much why he wanted to challenge Whitebeard?

Ace was a little hesitant when he heard this. He knew that the man in front of him was his father's former crew member, and he didn't want to talk about it in front of them.

But after a few large glasses of wine, Ace's mind became a little unclear.

He asked the red-haired man: "Shanks, what do you think of Roger the Pirate King?"

"Are you talking about the captain? He is a very unreliable person with a very out-of-touch personality. This is somewhat similar to Luffy."

"What about the personality aspect?"

"Personality aside? Then the captain should be a very admirable person."

"Admiration? But didn't he usher in the era of great pirates and cause countless people to die? Even..."

Ace did not say the second half of the sentence. He wanted to say that even his own birth was based on the sacrifice of many babies, and he was born with sin.

"If you look at it from this aspect, the captain is indeed not a person worthy of admiration. The captain was incapable of creating a new order, but he broke the old order, leaving a mess and causing countless people to suffer.

But before the captain, no one dared to stand up and do similar things. His behavior of breaking the old order is enough for me to admire.

And what I’m doing now is helping the captain do what he couldn’t do at the time.”

"No one is perfect. Everyone has two sides. You have to evaluate a person from many aspects. Many people did die because of Roger, but he was also the first to stand up and resist the world government's establishment of order.

people," Beckman said.

"Yes! I think Roger was a very free man. He lived without restraint during his lifetime, and after his death he gave people in this world a chance to live without restraint, unlike me who will never be able to live without restraint." Jesus said.

He said with a lonely look.

"What qualifications do you, a scumbag who abandoned his wife and children, have to live freely? You should bear these burdens." Shanks said with contempt.

Jesus Bu was a little unconvinced when he heard this: "Boss, you were the one who wanted to get me to join the gang!"

"Really? Why don't I remember?"

The serious topic passed away in the gags of the red-haired pirates.

Ace lowered his head and pondered what the redhead and the others said. These words made him understand Roger from another angle.

Ace suddenly wanted to know more about Roger. He wanted to know what kind of person Roger was who could make a man like red-haired Shanks remember his mission for a lifetime and admire him endlessly.

The lively and noisy banquet lasted for a day and a night.

Early on the third day, Ace decided to continue going to sea. After saying goodbye to everyone in the red-haired pirate group, Ace set sail.

The redhead smiled and waved goodbye to Ace.

After the Spade Pirates' ship had completely disappeared under the sea level, the smile on red-haired Shanks' face gradually faded.

After a moment, there was a trace of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Ace, Ace, is the child left by the captain a son? He was also adopted by Garp. Obviously I am quite looking forward to the appearance of a girl named An." The red-haired man murmured to himself.

During the conversation last night, Shanks had already discovered the relationship between Ace and the captain.

First of all, Ace's attitude towards the captain, and the fact that Ace was named after Roger after the supreme sword he carried with him, and that Ace is Luffy's adopted brother and Garp's grandson.

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If you think about it this way, the captain most likely gave Estor to Garp before he was executed.

The red-haired Shanks knew the relationship between Garp and Roger and was an enemy and friend. With the previous clues, the red-haired one easily guessed Ace's identity.

"Captain, is this your choice?" Shanks murmured to himself.

"Shanks, if you are worried about this kid, we can follow him and have a look." Beckman, who also guessed Ace's identity, said.

"No, but I can't watch him die like this. Beckman, please write a letter to Whitebeard for me!"

"What's the content of the letter?" Beckman asked.

Shanks thought for a moment and then said with a silly smile: "Let's just say that there is a very interesting young man who is going to challenge him. This young man is the son of an old friend."

After hearing this, Beckman took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter according to Shanks' wishes.

.......

An encounter with Shanks made Ace's attitude toward Roger change somewhat, and he also became curious about Roger.

In the days that followed, while traveling, Ace asked the people he met about their opinions on the Pirate King.

In this way, a few months later, the Spade Pirates accidentally came to Wano Country.

Ace was unfamiliar with the land of Wano, and Ace didn't know if Roger had ever been to Wano before.

But Ace knew that General Kozuki Oden of Wano was once Roger's companion on the ship.

Ace had asked someone before to find out that the generals of Wano Country were equal to the kings of other countries.

He was curious why there was a king of a country on Roger's ship.

This time I accidentally came to Wano Country to find a chance to meet Kozuki Oden and ask him about Roger.

Today's Wano Country has returned to the paradise it once was after Kaido was driven away.

Ace first met the girl Ayu in Guri, and then met Kozuki Hiyori by chance.

Today's Hiyori Kozuki has not become a useless woman who can only play shamisen like in the original work.

Now she has learned swordsmanship from samurai since she was a child, and is now a strong woman.

A big fight broke out when the two met for the first time, and they became friends.

Hiyori Kozuki learned that Ace wanted to meet his father, and immediately expressed his willingness to introduce him to Ace.

Then the group of people walked towards the Flower Capital, but halfway there, Kozuki Hiyori met Kozuki Oden who had sneaked out from the Shogun's Mansion for a joyride.

When Moyu met his daughter, Kozuki Oden felt embarrassed. Normally Kozuki Hiyori would have sent her father back.

But with Ace here today, Hiyori Kozuki did not dismantle her father. She introduced the two of them to each other.

After Ace learned that the person in front of him was Kozuki Oden, he immediately asked Oden what he thought of Roger.

In the past few months, Ace has asked all kinds of people what they think of Roger, but most of these people are ordinary people, and Kozuki Oden is different from them. He is the king of a country.

Ace is very much like listening to what a king of a country says about Roger.

After a moment of silence, Kozuki Oden only said: "Roger may not be a good person, but he is a person who dares to fight and is a great person."

After getting Oden's answer, Ace fell silent.

Kozuki Oden and red-haired Shanks were both people who had stayed on Roger's ship. Now their status and strength are top-notch existences on this sea, and the answers they gave were so consistent.

At this moment, Ace felt that he really didn't know Roger well. He wanted to know more about Roger's deeds before making a judgment about this person.

So Ace asked Oden to let him stay in Wano Country for a while.

Oden readily agreed, and later sent someone to help Ace and his friends arrange a place to stay.

Ace settled down in Wano, perhaps because Ace has the blood of Roger. Kozuki Oden felt that he looked at Ace very kindly, just like chatting with an old friend whom he has known for a long time.

From then on, Kozuki Oden often slipped out of the general's mansion to chat with Ace, and the two soon became friends.