Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

In the East China Sea, there is an island with many huge windmills.

There is a wide coastline with fine, clean sand, and small boats moored along the shore, which are used by the island's residents for fishing.

Somewhere on the beach, a red flag was planted, seemingly marking something.

Suddenly, two figures darted out of the woods not far away at almost the same time, rushing toward the location of the flag.

Both of them looked like children.

One of the children had black hair, freckles on his cheeks, and was wearing a red vest.

The other child has short blond hair and is missing a tooth in his mouth, making him look mischievous and energetic.

The black-haired child turned to look at the blond child and said, "Sabo, if you're no match for me, you should just admit defeat now, that way you can save some face!"

"Heh~"

Sabo scoffed, looking at Ace with disdain.

"Ace, what are you bragging about? How many times have you beaten me in our matches so far? A defeated opponent should have the attitude of a defeated opponent, okay? Stop spouting nonsense here!!"

"What did you say?! I clearly won more!!"

Ace was so angry he was jumping up and down, but it was this moment of distraction that caused Sabo to take the lead over Ace, instead of the two of them moving side by side.

With only a dozen meters to go before the finish line's red flag, a distance that Ace would normally never be able to catch up with Sabo.

Without a second thought, Ace used his God Hand to grab Sabo's clothes.

The sudden pulling force caused Sabo to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

Ace's eyes lit up, and he strode forward, not forgetting to turn back and mock Sabo as he did so:

"I already said it would definitely be me in the end..."

Bang! !

Ace tumbled face-first into the sand, getting a mouthful of sand.

Looking back, he saw Sabo gripping his ankle tightly.

This infuriated Ace!

"Sabo! You cheated!!"

"Don't you have any self-awareness about who cheated first? And you're trying to shift the blame like the villain!!"

Sabo was furious.

He then got up, stepped on Ace's back, and continued running towards the red flag. However, he tripped and fell flat on his face after only one step.

Ace was gripping his ankle tightly.

"Don't even think about...winning against me so easily!!"

For the next while, the two of them were entangled like two earthworms, neither wanting the other to escape.

It crawled toward the red flag at an extremely slow pace.

Just as the two of them were about to crawl to the red flag, a pair of feet suddenly appeared behind it, followed by a small, fair hand that picked up the flag, and at the same time a voice came over.

"Sorry, it seems I won in the end~"

The sudden sound startled the two people entangled in the sand. They looked up at the same time and saw a boy who was about their age and had an incredibly cute appearance.

The boy was Kyle, and he couldn't help but smile as he looked at the two of them.

The system notification sounded again.

[Ding! Recruitable geniuses detected nearby. Loading genius profiles...]

[Sabo: Born into nobility yet able to see through their hypocrisy, he suffered a difficult childhood, losing his memory after being attacked by the Celestial Dragons. He grew stronger within the Revolutionary Army!]

[Recruitment Recommendation: Sabo, the future Emperor Yan, possesses exceptional talent and is believed to become a pillar of the Navy!]

[Recruitment Rewards: Observation Haki, Devil Fruit Experience Book!]

As he guessed, Sabo was also within his recruitment scope.

However, what puzzled him was that in the original story, Ace and Sabo would only meet at the Uncertainty Terminal when they were ten years old, and then become close friends.

At this point in time, they were both only eight years old, but judging from the current situation, they have known each other for quite some time.

Kyle only hesitated for a moment before stopping thinking about the question.

Who cares? It's actually easier for him to have the two of them together. Otherwise, his original plan was to recruit Ace first and then go to the Goa Kingdom to find Sabo and recruit him.

It's better to avoid all that trouble now. Just go to Windmill Village, recruit two geniuses, complete two tasks in one trip, and make a killing!

Although the two of them don't know Kyle yet, and have no intention of joining the Navy.

But Kyle was still somewhat confident in his ability to persuade and recruit.

The rewards for recruiting Sabo are similar to those for Ace, only the rewards are different.

Once these two tasks are completed, he will have all three types of Haki.

Nice!!

"Who are you?!"

Suddenly, Ace's voice interrupted Kyle's reverie.

Looking up, he saw that Ace and Sabo had both stood up and were staring at him with hostile eyes.

What's with this brat who appeared out of nowhere acting so familiar? He even pulled down their red flag!

Thinking of this, Ace put one hand on his hip and pointed at Kyle with the other, saying:

"Little brat, give me that red flag right now, or I'll beat you until you're crying for your mommy!"

"Kid, don't listen to him. Give me the red flag. You know what will happen if you don't, right?"

As he spoke, Sabo deliberately made a fierce expression.

"Sabo, what are you doing? Give me the red flag! I'm the winner!!"

Ace yelled at Sabo, straining his neck.

"You're talking nonsense! Give it to me!"

The two started arguing about who should get the red flag, completely ignoring Kyle standing to the side.

Kyle frowned slightly, then relaxed, giving a forced smile.

Sure enough, he wasn't very tolerant of these impolite brats.

The next moment, Kyle flashed and disappeared from their sight in an instant.

Before the two could react, two fists landed on their heads, one on the left and one on the right.

The next moment, a tremendous pain came, causing the two of them to scream in agony.

Both heads were smashed into the sand, like upside-down scallions.

Kyle patted non-existent dust off his hands.

Acting arrogantly in front of him? Who are you messing with? Seriously!

The two men, who were upside down, suddenly twitched, then their feet touched the ground, and they forcefully pulled their heads out of the sand.

The first thing you see is Kyle's calm and indifferent face.

In an instant, the memories from just now flooded into their minds.

"You little brat, how dare you hit us!!"

Ace roared and charged toward Kyle, while Sabo, standing on the other side, was equally eager to follow suit, as he too was holding back his anger.

The two charged at Kyle from the left and right, one using punches and the other kicks.

However, Kyle merely glanced at the two of them indifferently and spoke disdainfully:

"You two are really patheticly weak!"

After saying that, Kyle slightly turned his body, dodging the attacks from both of them.

At the same time, he grabbed Ace's arm with one hand and Sabo's calf with the other.

With a slight exertion, he pulled the two of them together, colliding face to face.

The impact made the two see stars and stagger, like drunkards who had drunk ten kilograms of liquor.

Before they could react, Kyle kicked each of them again, sending them flying and crashing onto the beach.

He walked slowly forward, stopping a meter in front of the two, looking down at them with disdain that was almost overflowing in his eyes.

"That's it?!"

……