Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

Given Ace's current strength, this unremarkable naval captain has no chance against him.

With just a few punches, the naval captain was already dead...

However, this behavior caused a great uproar in the town of Logue.

The murder of a naval captain is no small matter in Loguetown; it has already sparked chaos...

of course.

This has nothing to do with Rocks; it was Ace who did the killing, not him...

……

at the same time.

Rogge Town Naval Branch Base.

With a 'snap', a navy officer hurriedly pushed open the door.

He shouted into the room at the white-haired man with a cigar in his mouth, "Report! Colonel Smoker, news has come that Colonel Odo, who was about to be transferred, has been murdered!"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, the white-haired navy officer, who was looking at the intelligence report in his hand, stopped what he was doing, looked up, and his expression turned serious: "What's going on?"

"We haven't investigated the specifics yet."

The naval soldier suppressed his panic and reported quickly, "However, the culprit is a young man whose body is covered in flames, and he is suspected to be a Logia-type Devil Fruit user!"

"A Logia-type Devil Fruit user?"

The white-haired naval officer was none other than Smoker, the "White Hunter," who had been transferred from the Navy Headquarters and was about to become the head of the Loguetown Naval Base.

Upon hearing the words "Logia-type Devil Fruit user," Smoker's eyes flashed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Is the information accurate? What is the other party's background?"

Another Logia-type Devil Fruit user like him?

Did they even kill a naval captain?

That's something we need to take seriously!

The naval soldier quickly replied, "The exact origins are still unknown, but there are many eyewitnesses. The perpetrator's arm can turn into flames, and he uses flames as an attack!"

"First, have the port sealed off, and no ships shall be allowed to set sail."

Smoker exhaled a large puff of white smoke and gave orders to the naval soldiers.

Then he asked, "Where is the murderer now?"

The fact that a Logia-type Devil Fruit user assassinated a Navy captain demonstrates that the perpetrator was an extremely ruthless and highly threatening criminal.

Then we need to capture them; we can't let them escape.

Otherwise, it will be a huge problem in the future!

"Over there at the execution platform square!"

The naval soldier replied, "For some reason, the murderer didn't leave after killing Colonel Oddo, but instead headed towards the execution platform..."

"Execution platform?"

Smoker frowned, picked up his weapon Jitte, and said coldly as he walked, "Summon all the Marines and surround Execution Platform Square."

"Although I have not officially succeeded to the position of base commander, as long as I am here, no pirate will be able to escape this island!"

Loguetown is his future jurisdiction.

He has a duty to ensure the safety of the town of Logue.

The corrupt navy, the troublemaking pirates, and those gangsters—none of them will escape his punishment!

Chapter 40 The Unlucky Clown Bucky...

Execution Platform Square.

This is where Roger was killed, igniting the Great Pirate Era; it is arguably one of the most famous places in the East Blue.

Countless people naturally visit this place.

Among them were quite a few pirates passing through Loguetown...

"..."

In one spot, Ace silently gazed at the execution platform standing in the center of the square, lost in thought.

This is where the nominal biological father was executed.

Ace felt a complex and conflicted emotion towards this father he had never met.

While hating and resenting, they also try to understand each other.

The hatred and resentment stem from the fact that the other party is the greatest evil in the world, and he has inherited their evil bloodline; his mother also died because of the other party, and also because of himself...

If he could, he wouldn't want to be born into this world!

He was trying to understand the other person because he wanted to know why the other person would resolutely embark on such a path, even abandoning his pregnant wife for it...

Is this move merely intended to wreak havoc on the world, or is there some deeper meaning behind it?

He wanted to know what different people thought of his father, whom he had never met...

This is one of the reasons he went to sea!

"Ace, we should leave."

Seeing that Ace remained silent, Deus, though unaware of the specific reason, knew that now was not the time to be lost in thought.

He said, "Many people saw you kill that naval captain just now, and it's no longer safe here!"

The safest course of action would have been to leave directly, but their captain decided to come and see Roger's execution platform anyway.

I've already seen it.

If we don't leave quickly, we might run into the navy...

"Ah."

Ace snapped out of his daze and, realizing the situation, gave Deus an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, Deus, for making you indulge my whims..."

Diuss waved his hand: "Although I don't know why you insisted on coming, you are the captain, and your decision is the final one."

Ace smiled and pulled down the brim of his hat: "Let's go, it's time for us to head to the Grand Line, that ocean is our stage!"

With one last glance at the execution platform, Ace silently resolved: 'I will keep moving forward until I surpass you!'

Surpassing that man was his biggest goal when he set sail.

He wanted to follow the path that man had walked, then surpass him and become the Pirate King who was even stronger than him!

Just as Ace and Deuce were about to leave.

A man rushed over and stopped not far from them, his voice reaching their ears: "Captain Bucky, something terrible has happened!"

"The navy has completely surrounded this place; they're probably after us!"

"Huh? How did the Navy know we were here?"

Then another exasperated voice rang out: "We've already disguised ourselves, how could we have been exposed!?"

Ace looked over there.

They discovered that the person speaking was a man wearing a cloak.

It's unclear whether the disguise wasn't good enough or if the facial features were too obvious.

A round, red nose was clearly visible where the cloak concealed the man's face...

"Damn it! It's all that bastard's fault. If I ever run into him again, I'm going to kill him!"

Bucky is now very angry and panicked.

He had clearly disguised himself, so why was his whereabouts still discovered by the Navy?

His experiences during this period can be described as "full of hardships and misfortunes".

Ever since a bounty of 50 million Berries was placed on his head, his life has been plunged into a living hell...

The navy hunted them relentlessly, bounty hunters were after his head, and even some of his colleagues wanted to gain more fame by stepping on his corpse...

How utterly innocent!

He was wrongly accused of those things, yet he was burdened with this fabricated crime.

A bounty of fifty million Berries!

After hiding for a while, Buggy decided to leave the East Blue and head to the Grand Line to avoid trouble...

When passing through the town of Rogge.

Buggy, an apprentice crew member of the Roger Pirates, ultimately decided to risk coming to the execution platform to pay his respects to Captain Roger...

then……

They've been spotted by the Navy!

Bucky is very sad right now.

He desperately wanted to kill Rocks, the one who had brought him to this state, a thousand times over; only then could he vent his hatred...

"Captain, now is not the time to talk about this."

Chief of Staff Kabaji, riding his unicycle, wiped away the sweat dripping from his brow and said in a hoarse voice, "Now that the navy has discovered us, we have no choice but to break out!"

Bucky gritted his teeth and shouted, "Men, be on high alert and prepare for battle!"

'Tap tap tap!'

Footsteps approached from all directions around the plaza, and the navy, armed with various weapons, had surrounded the area from all sides...

At first glance, there are at least a hundred people.

The square was completely surrounded.

"Everyone, listen up! Don't move!"

Smoker strode out, scanning everyone in the square, and said coldly, "I am the new commander of the Loguetown Naval Base..."