Angel investor in the One Piece world

The dark clouds in the sky had dissipated, but the onlookers were still marveling at the sight.

"As expected of Boss Barto! He even managed to take down such a powerful ability user."

"Boss Barto is an ability user too!"

"That idiot is dead meat! President Damian won't let him get away with this!"

"But what was with those clouds and rain just now?"

"Where did Boss Barto get this secret weapon from?"

Among the whispering crowd, a man with short blue hair and wearing a mask that only covered his eyes had a drastic change in expression.

Not good!

Ace and Skal have been captured!

We must find a way to rescue them!

Hurry up and meet up with the remaining two!

Later.

In the study of the Moretti family estate.

Damian was leisurely flipping through a book.

Although the Moretti family's business has expanded several times over recently, Damian is not as busy as he had imagined.

As the top decision-maker, all he needs to do is make decisions on major issues.

Other tedious tasks can be left to the subordinates to handle.

If he really had to do everything himself, even if Damian had several clones like Vegapunk, he still wouldn't have enough time.

"Big brother! I've caught a Logia-type Devil Fruit user!"

The tranquil reading atmosphere was broken by Barto, who excitedly pushed open the door and entered.

He barged in, grabbing one person with each hand.

"A Logia-type Devil Fruit user?"

Damian put down his book and raised an eyebrow the instant he looked over.

orange color.

An orange orb of light, just like Nami's, was now floating around the guy that Barto was holding in his right hand.

It seems Barto has landed a heavyweight.

A Logia-type Devil Fruit user?

Could it be that...

The doubts in my heart disappeared completely after I saw the hat on the man's head.

That's really true.

Barto casually tossed the two men he was holding onto the stall, pointed at the unconscious Ace, and said, "This guy caused trouble at that shop by the square, he burned the whole pharmacy down, so I took care of him with the Cloud Maker and Rain Bombs."

"Because I thought this guy was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, and you might want to see him, bro!"

"Well done, Barto."

Damian readily praised it.

The second orange-tier level after Nami, but—

"What's going on?"

Damian looked at Ace's upside-down mountain with some confusion.

Speaking of this, Barto couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Hahaha, brother, that idiot ate ten Power Pills in one go!"

Damian's lips twitched slightly; he was so repressed.

No, it should be that they had no idea about the effects of Gangliwan.

As expected of Luffy's brother, right?

More reliable than that kid, but not by much.

"Forehead!"

At this moment, Ace's eyelids suddenly twitched while he was unconscious.

"So fast?"

Barto was somewhat surprised. He hadn't held back in his previous attack, so why was she waking up so quickly?

"I feel so awful!!"

Ace's eyes snapped open, still in a dazed state, and flames surged from his body once more.

"This is not a place to play with fire."

Damian extended his right hand.

Ace's body suddenly stiffened, and the flames on his body vanished instantly.

"Let's help this guy deal with his excess energy first."

Gangliwan is a simple and direct energy-boosting drug, specifically designed to replenish energy in key areas.

Ace is currently experiencing an excess of energy, to the point of losing his temper.

We just need to let him release his energy in other ways.

So, a little later, at the manor's training grounds.

Boom boom boom boom!

One after another, huge fireballs shot into the sky, bursting into dazzling fireworks.

On the ground, Ace simply kept throwing fire punches into the sky.

Behind him, Damian gently twirled his fingers.

"Can you even do something like this?"

Bartolomeo, watching from the sidelines, clicked his tongue in amazement. "Big brother, you can even control other people's abilities?"

"Isn't it interesting?"

Damian chuckled softly.

The puppets controlled by the Puppet Fruit are naturally not just about simple movement control.

Sasori of the Red Sand from the Naruto series can control human puppets to use the ninjutsu he used in his previous life. Is there anything strange about him controlling the puppets to use his original abilities?

"Young Master!"

Uncle Tyrone strode over. "There are a few unfamiliar faces spying outside the manor."

"Oh?"

Damian raised an eyebrow, glanced at Ace whose expression was gradually easing, and roughly guessed who it was.

"Ignore them."

"Yes."

Let's rewind a few minutes.

"This is it!"

The blue-haired man is named Mascud Deus, the doctor and vice-captain of the Spade Pirates.

The man hid around the corner, gazing at the manor in the distance. "The manor of Moretti, the wealthy merchant family of Loguetown! Ace and Skar must have been captured here!"

"Then what are we waiting for!"

A voluptuous woman eagerly spoke up, "Let's hurry and rescue them!"

"That's not easy."

Another man, observing the manor through binoculars, spoke up, "The security is tight. It won't be easy for just the few of us to break in. Don't forget, that boss, Barto, is also an ability user!"

"Then what should we do—"

The woman's voice abruptly stopped.

All three of them saw the flames shooting into the sky from behind the manor house.

"It's Ace!"

Without hesitation, Deuce said, "Who is he fighting! Let's go around him! We'll rush in from the back of the manor and meet up with Ace!"

"good!!"

The remaining three members of the Spade Pirates—the ship's doctor Deus, the sniper Michal, and the cook Boncy—began their operation.

On the training field, Ace was still unleashing his energy.

It was visible to the naked eye that he had gradually calmed down, and the altitude of Upside Down Mountain was decreasing sharply.

Ace's expression became somewhat dazed, as if he was about to fully wake up.

It was at this moment that Damian's lips curled into a smile.

I can't see, and I can't hear.

However, the sixth sense, which transcends sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste, can be sensed by the Observation Haki that it has only recently learned.

The results of such a long period of practice are indeed very gratifying.

coming.

Ace, use the Flame Fist.

Fire Fist Ace's right arm transformed into flames, and he punched towards the wall not far ahead.

boom!

Like a heavy cannon hitting the ground, the scorching flames instantly blasted the wall and even the trees planted next to it to smithereens.

"Wow!"

Amid the explosions, several terrified screams could be heard.

"Ace! You idiot! Watch your step! You almost blew us away!"

The hot-tempered cook, Bonnie, burst through the hole in the wall that had been blown open.

Behind her were Deus and Mikhail.

"Bangshi? Diussi? Mihar?"

Ace was now fully awake. Looking at his companions rushing in through the smoke-filled gap, he was somewhat bewildered. "How did you get here? Where are we? Where's Skar?"

His memory disappeared shortly after he took the medication.

Diuss sensed something was wrong. "Isn't this what we should be asking you? What's going on?"

"I also want to ask you what exactly is going on right now!"

Ace was confused.

"Shouldn't you answer my question before we ask each other questions?"

Damian smiled and said, "Causing trouble in my shop, and now breaking into my home, can you at least give me an explanation?"

"You bastard—"

Ace only then realized someone was behind him, and turned around in shock, "Who is it?"

"For the time being, you should be considered both your creditor and your benefactor."

Damian smiled. "Fine, let's arrest you all and then talk things over properly."

Ace was about to say something more, but Damian had already raised his right hand and said, "Go!"

So, Ace went in.

Like a cannonball, it flew directly towards its three companions.

"What?"

"Ace, should we just run away?" Bonsai yelled.

"Wait! Bumshi! Something's wrong! Get out of the way!"

Michal, a former teacher and the most composed and level-headed member of the Spade Pirates, immediately noticed Ace's unusual behavior.

Ace can't fly at all when he's not using his abilities!

But it was too late. Ace grabbed Bonsie by the neck, swung her around, and slammed her against the wall.

Deuce rushed forward and caught Bronsie, but he himself was thrown against the wall by the impact. "Ace! What are you doing!"

But Ace completely ignored him—he couldn't ignore him anyway, as he was now completely under Damian's control.

With a few punches and kicks, he sent the flustered Mikhail flying, crashing into the other two.

"Forehead!"

Michal groaned, "Ace, he's probably being controlled by that guy! That guy must be a Devil Fruit user too!"

"Also an ability user!!"

Diuss cried out.

How many ability users are there in the entire East China Sea?

Does this local tyrant in Rogge have two of them in his family?

The shock lasted only a moment; Deus's face immediately turned deathly pale. He had witnessed something horrifying. "Ace! Stop!"

Floating in the air, Ace's right fist had already turned into flames, and he was about to unleash a devastating punch on his comrades in the next instant.

Stop! Stop!

Ace's pupils trembled, and he roared inwardly.

However, he still couldn't control his body.

The Puppet Fruit's power isn't hypnosis; willpower alone cannot overcome it.

The fiery fist is about to be thrown.

Of course, Damian just wanted to give them a warning. This punch would miss, otherwise how would he talk to Ace about investment later?

However, at the very moment the fist was about to be thrown.

Stop it right now!!

The roar in Ace's heart transformed into a boundless power, surging out of his body in an instant and spreading in all directions.

"this--"

Bartolomeo, who had been watching the whole thing from the sidelines, was stunned and exclaimed incredulously, "Just like my brother, Conqueror's Haki!"