"Try out Ace?"
Jabba stood up and met Kevin's gaze at close range.
He found the young man's eyes firm and calm, not sharp but unyielding.
"Remarkable."
Jabba couldn't help but praise him.
Since he came, he must know my identity, and to remain so composed in front of me, Shanks was very afraid of me when he was young.
"How did you get the information?"
Jabba asked curiously.
There were very few people in the sea who knew 'Ace' was in his hands and its exact location.
"This is Mr. Rayleigh's Life Card, which he gave me."
Jabba looked at the Life Card in Kevin's hand.
It was his Life Card.
Red-Haired Shanks stood on tiptoe, craning his neck: "How did he meet Mr. Rayleigh? Mr. Rayleigh even gave him Mr. Jabba's Life Card. Is Mr. Rayleigh that impressed with him?"
He mumbled with a hint of sourness.
Mainly, Makino being on Kevin's ship had caused Red-Haired Shanks' mentality to somewhat collapse.
"Does he not deserve it?" Benn Beckman taunted Shanks: "Captain, you're looking a bit pathetic right now, a bit like a sore loser."
"What sore loser? What did I lose?"
"He's getting agitated, he's getting agitated."
The Red Hair Pirates burst into laughter again.
"Boss, this is fate! I've long wanted to meet the legend of the sea and drink with him."
"Boss, can we bring out our treasured fine wine?"
"Let's continue the banquet."
Yasopp and the other crew members looked at Kevin with burning eyes.
They were filled with curiosity and a hint of admiration.
"They're not even this enthusiastic about me." Red-Haired Shanks felt even more depressed, "Don't rush him. He's going to try out 'Ace'. Don't disturb him yet."
Thinking of this.
Red-Haired Shanks's eyes widened excitedly.
Red-Haired Shanks, who had been silently deflated, stared intently at Kevin.
Go on.
Go try out "Ace", and then, like us, be utterly defeated, hahaha.
I must film this.
It must be very interesting.
Red-Haired Shanks secretly pulled out his camera.
"He's gone."
"He's already holding 'Ace'. What do you think, can he use it?"
"Probably not. Even if he's a legend, our boss failed, Hawkeye Mihawk failed, everyone except Captain Roger failed."
"Will he cry from frustration like our boss?"
"Huh… Why doesn't he prepare anything and just pick it up directly? This is Supreme Grade Swords 'Ace', Captain Roger's saber. Doesn't it need to be taken more seriously?"
Under everyone's gaze.
Kevin casually picked up "Ace".
His expression remained calm.
With a casual swing, the "Ace" blade stopped an inch from the giant rock in front of him, no longer falling.
Silently.
Kevin looked at the blade in his hand.
Black spine, red edge, with serrated red patterns on the blade.
"This sword is mine."
Kevin looked at Jabba.
Jabba's eyes, initially stunned, immediately shifted to joy, and a smile of approval appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Of course, you are worthy to take it."
"Ah?"
Many of the Red Hair Pirates were bewildered.
What was going on?
They didn't see Kevin test the sword.
At least use a Flying Slash so we can clearly see if you can use it. What kind of situation is this?
Just pick it up, swing it twice, and it's done?
That's too simple, isn't it?
It was as simple as picking up a random stone.
Especially Lime Jomes, who had just failed to use "Ace", couldn't accept it.
"Can he really use it?"
He questioned.
"Quiet, Ace is his, there's no doubt about it." Red-Haired Shanks looked at his crew members seriously: "There's nothing to question."
"Right." Benn Beckman nodded: "He can indeed use it."
Then he pointed to the rock, which had silently split open, the crack as smooth as a mirror.
"Go see for yourselves."
Although Kevin didn't use a powerful move with "Ace".
But in the eyes of true experts.
They could see through it at a glance.
The essence of Kevin's casual strike just now—the force and sword energy—flowed unobstructed, perfectly integrating with "Ace".
Jabba and Shanks both said so.
The other crew members also knew.
There would be no mistake.
"'Ace' actually chose him, how enviable."
They all showed envious looks.
But no one was jealous.
They had tried it themselves; if they couldn't use it, they couldn't blame anyone else.
"Why isn't it that Kevin conquered 'Ace'?" Gyon retorted.
"....?"
Red-Haired Shanks and the others narrowed their eyes.
"A good sword, but the aesthetics are a bit off."
Kevin looked at the hilt.
A guard made of gold.
"Mr. Jabba, can I remove the guard?"
"Of course, 'Ace' is yours now, it's all your freedom. Actually, I've long disliked the gold guard. Roger's aesthetics have always been speechless; he just had to add that gold guard to a perfectly good Supreme Grade Swords, like drawing legs on a snake."
Jabba couldn't help but complain about Roger.
He made the sword neither a rapier nor a greatsword.
Kevin reached out to remove the gold guard.
"No!"
Red-Haired Shanks let out a wail.