9: Chapter 9 VS Ace, SaboEarly in the morning, Luffy was awakened by the sound of a door closing.He ran to the door and saw Ace running up the mountain.Then Luffy remembered something and immediately rushed out the door, ignoring Dadan's shouts behind him, and chased after Ace.
"That brat," Dadan said through gritted teeth.
A short while later, Luffy found Ace and asked with a grin, "Ace, where are you going?Can I come with you?" But Ace only gave him a cold look and continued running forward.Luffy had only run a short distance when a large tree suddenly crashed down.Luffy quickly stopped and saw Ace standing on the trunk, giving him a cold glance before walking away.Luffy didn't chase after him, just chuckled and said, "There'll be plenty of time to reform you later ๑乛v乛๑hehe"
"Ding dong, ding dong, you foolish host, there's a new mission.Would you like to check it?"
"(▼皿▼#), check," Luffy said through gritted teeth, "Befriending Ace and Sabo and becoming brothers will reward the host with 3000 Pirate Coins and a 10% increase in Devil Fruit development progress.Failure will result in the host being unable to be a man for the rest of their life."
"(ﾟ皿ﾟ)"
"No, Ling'er, isn't this punishment a bit much?" Luffy said with a dark face.
"What is it?" Ling'er said calmly."What, does the host want to stop being a man right now?"
"No, no, no, I think that's too good.It will motivate me to complete the mission perfectly," Luffy said with a determined look.
Hehe o(*￣︶￣*)o
Luffy scratched his head and said, "Never mind, let's go train first.If it really doesn't work, I'll just."
After saying that, Luffy slowly walked towards the place from the previous night and began training his breathing techniques and Devil Fruit abilities.The next day, as soon as Luffy opened his eyes, he rushed to the door and saw Ace running up the mountain again.Luffy panicked and shouted, "Shave!" He used the Six Powers of the Navy to charge at Ace.This time, I must make Ace talk to me and take me to see Sabo.
"Ace, wait for me!" Ace turned around and saw a shocking scene.Luffy was rushing towards him at lightning speed—or rather, he was teleporting to his side."Ace, wait for me!Are you going on an adventure?Can you take me with you?"
"What move did you use just now?How were you so fast?" Ace asked疑惑地问道."Ah, that's called Shave, my grandfather taught me."
"Hey, that stinky old man?"
"Yeah, let's not talk about that now.Can you take me with you on your adventure?"
"Hmph, don't think you can defeat me just because you're fast.If you can beat me, I'll consider taking you along."
"You said it yourself!" Luffy said excitedly, "Don't regret it!"
"Temporary mission issued: Defeat Ace.Reward: 500 Pirate Coins"
"Hmph, you can talk after you beat me," Ace said, pulling out the water pipe from his back and charging towards Luffy.Luffy wasn't flustered and said with a grin, "Hmph, then let me show you my strength." After saying that, Luffy bent down, picked up a stick, and met Ace's water pipe with it."Don't underestimate me," Ace said angrily."It's just a broken stick, watch me break it." With a "bang," the stick and the water pipe collided, but instead of the stick breaking as Ace expected, his water pipe bent."What!" Before Ace could react, he felt his hand go lightly and saw his water pipe being knocked away, and a stick was placed against his neck.
"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission and receiving 500 Pirate Coins.Too bad, you're still a poor wretch (ಡωಡ)hiahiahia"
"Tsk, the rest is unnecessary (ノ=Д=)ノ┻━┻"
"How was it?" Luffy said with a grin.
"How did you manage to bend an iron water pipe with a wooden stick?" Ace asked.
"Emmmmmm, this." Luffy grinned slyly, "You have to promise to take me on an adventure first."
"you!"
"Okay, but you have to keep up with me…" Ace said, then suddenly remembered something, "Never mind, with your speed just now, not to mention keeping up with me, overtaking me would be a piece of cake.Just come with me!"
After saying that, he ran forward, and Luffy excitedly followed him.Before long, the two arrived in front of a huge tree.Ace looked up and called out, "Sabo, Sabo, are you there?"
"Huh?Ace, you're here," a boy dressed in a nobleman's formal attire and wearing a top hat with goggles popped out of the tree and said.
"Is this Sabo?I've finally met him in person!" Luffy thought excitedly.
"Huh?Who's this kid?"