One Piece: From the Rocks Era to King of the World

Chapter 422: Ace accidentally eats the Flame-Flame Fruit
"Xia Qi, sister!!"

Hancock said weakly.

"Do you realize how dangerous the outside world is now? Do you still dare to sneak out?"

Although Xia Qi was lecturing Hancock, she glared at Li Yuan unhappily. As a woman from Nine Snake Island, how could she not know what was going on with Hancock's look?
This little girl must have been mesmerized by Li Yuan’s handsome heroic gesture of saving the beauty just now!
"I, we get it. We won't dare to do it again next time, Sister Xia Qi!"

Hancock lowered his head and admitted his mistake, while glancing at Li Yuan from time to time.

"Since you know too little about the outside world and are easily deceived, why not join the Wuji Pirates and gain experience? Only when you become stronger will you not have to worry about encountering danger."

Li Yuan didn't see Xia Qi glaring at him. Hancock had great potential. If trained properly, she would be a good fighting force in the future.

"Yeah, I do!"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Hancock didn't know what she was thinking about. Her face turned red and she immediately agreed.

In response to this, Xia Qi couldn't help but cover her forehead. Sometimes she wondered if Li Yuan did it on purpose, or if he completely pretended not to see it, or if he really didn't notice anything unusual!

"In that case, let's go and return to the Wuji Sea first."

Then, everyone left the auction house.

"Boom boom!!!"

However, not long after Li Yuan and his companions left the auction house, before those who were stunned by the quilt woke up, the entire auction house suddenly collapsed, and all the people in the auction house were buried in the ruins.

“Ahhhhhh, run!!”

The collapse of the auction house immediately caused panic among the people around, and they all began to flee. Who knew if the next collapsed building would be the one next to them!

"What? You said you sensed a strong domineering aura, and then you were knocked unconscious?"

After the navy arrived, they immediately began to dig out the ruins of the auction house and dug out those who were not dead yet.

Who knew that there were a few worldly-wise navy men in this auction house, so those navy men knew very well that what had stunned them was definitely the domineering aura, and not just any ordinary domineering aura.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for a naval colonel to be knocked unconscious and not be able to withstand it for even a second.

The situation here was immediately reported directly to the Navy Headquarters.

Navy Headquarters:

"What? A strong domineering aura appeared in the Sabaody Archipelago, and an auction house under the supervision of the World Government was destroyed?"

"Check the surveillance immediately and find out what's going on!"

"Also, check the whereabouts of those big pirates."

After hearing the news, Zhan Guo suddenly frowned. Due to the continuous decline of the World Government's economy, the World Government has intervened in the management of many places. The Sabaody Archipelago is close to the Red Earth Continent and the Navy Headquarters. There are many industries that are secretly operated by the World Government, such as the auction house!
"Marshal, the other pirates are staying in their territories and have not appeared near the Grand Line. The whereabouts of Li Yuan, the captain of the Wuji Pirates, have been uncertain recently. He has appeared in the New World, Fishman Island, and the Sabaody Archipelago."

"The General Staff speculated that it was probably because of the three women on Nine Snake Island and because Li Yuan happened to be in the Sabaody Archipelago that Li Yuan took action."

"From this, we can guess that the relationship between the Wuji Pirates and the Nine Snake Island is very unusual."

A few hours later, the intelligence agent handed over the information.

"Damn it, it's Li Yuan again!"

"Pass the information to the World Government. Our Navy will not be involved in this matter."

Zhan Guo smashed the table in anger, and threw the pot away with a wave of his hand. Morrison Island in Wuji Sea:
In a fruit shop, Lu Jiu was busy packing the fruits needed by the customers, and Ace was also diligently helping his mother with the work.

At the same time, Ace, who was tired from working, rolled his eyes, then picked up a fruit and took a bite.

However, the moment Ace bit into it, the fruit suddenly changed, and became covered with all kinds of strange patterns.

"What a disgusting fruit! How could our family have such a disgusting fruit? Which fruit plantation sent it to us?"

The moment Ace took a bite, his face suddenly turned black and he wanted to spit it out immediately, but he couldn't spit out the fruit he had already swallowed.

“Ahhhhhhh, Mommy, Mommy, help!!”

But the next moment, Ace found that his hand was suddenly on fire, and he couldn't put it out no matter what he did. It didn't hurt, so he was so anxious that he ran to find his mother.

"Ace, what's wrong with you?!"

Seeing that Ace's hand was on fire, Lu Jiu quickly took some water and poured it over. Immediately, the fire in Ace's hand went out and it returned to its original palm.

But the next moment, the flame that had been extinguished began to burn again.

"Ace, why are you like this? Does your hand hurt?"

Lu Jiu asked hurriedly.

"Oh, Mom, I don't know what happened. I just ate a piece of fruit, but it tasted terrible. After I ate it, my hand started burning!"

Ace cried.

"Fruit, that's a devil fruit!"

"Ace, calm down and listen to your mother. Take your time. Don't be anxious. Just think about letting your hand recover, and he will recover on his own!"

Although Lu Jiu had never eaten a devil fruit, she had heard Roger talk about it and often saw such news in the newspapers.

"Mom, it's really out!"

"Mom, isn't it amazing that I have this ability? Can I join the Wuji Pirates in the future?"

He saw that the fire in his hand was really extinguished, and then with a thought, the fire reappeared by itself. Suddenly Ace was as happy as if he had found a toy.

"Yeah, that's pretty powerful, but Ace, you have to be good and not use this ability to hurt innocent people!"

Lu Jiu said gently.

"Yeah, don't worry, mom. When I grow up, I will protect you and won't bully innocent people!"

Ace said sweetly.

"Nine years have passed in a flash. Let's leave the future to the future!"

Looking at Ace's happy expression, Lu Jiu couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

She came here with Li Yuan. After Ace was born, she opened a fruit shop. Business was very good. They and their son had no worries about food and drink. The ordinary life here made her very satisfied.

I thought this kind of life would continue forever, and that Ace would grow up, get married, have children, and live an ordinary life.

But she didn't expect what happened today. Ace, who originally wanted to go out and explore the world, got the power of the devil fruit. In the future, as a mother, she will not be able to stop her son from going to sea.

(End of this chapter)