Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Gurararara... I see... So you went to the East Blue to find him?" Whitebeard was also taken aback, then asked with a loud laugh.

“No, I went to the East China Sea to find his younger brother!” Reina shook his head and replied.

"His brother? Roger has two children?" Marco's eyes widened in disbelief as he asked.

"Who told you his brother was Roger's child? His brother's name is Monkey D. Luffy! He's Garp's grandson! His own grandson!" Reina said with a smile.

"Garp? That Garp? You don't mean the Marine Garp, do you?" Marco and Sachi were a little confused by Reina's words, waving their hands and saying, "Wait a minute, let me sort this out..."

"When Roger surrendered, his child wasn't even born yet, but his body couldn't hold on any longer, so he surrendered to the Navy before the child was born! In prison, he entrusted his child to Garp of the Navy, which is why the child took his mother's surname, Portgas! As for Garp... well, he could raise one or two anyway, so he simply raised Ace and his own grandson Luffy together, so they can be considered brothers!" Reina explained their relationship simply.

“I see… But if this child’s identity is revealed… it will probably cause a huge uproar, won’t it?” Marco said, frowning.

“That’s for sure, he’s the child of the Pirate King! That title alone is enough to make many people’s hearts flutter!” Reina nodded and said.

"So what action do we need to take?" Sachi, standing to the side, felt a little sympathy for the child.

"That depends on what our captain plans to do! Big brother... do we need to take action?" Reina gestured towards the white-bearded man and asked.

"Ignore him for now. Let me know when he comes to the New World!" Whitebeard thought for a moment and then said, "But have someone keep an eye on his whereabouts, make sure he doesn't die... he's Roger's bloodline after all!"

After receiving Whitebeard's reply, Reina went down to arrange for people to keep an eye on Ace's movements. He was actually somewhat looking forward to the appearance of this very charismatic character from the original work.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before he received news that Ace and Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, had made contact on an island and were making inquiries all the way to the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, before he could find the Moby Dick, he encountered the Fishman Pirates led by Jinbe.

It was because Jinbe heard that Ace planned to challenge Whitebeard that he rushed over to stop him. However, the two fought for five days and five nights without a clear winner.

As the two collapsed to the ground, exhausted, a deep voice rang out.

"Who wants to take my head?"

Chapter 272 Portgas D. Ace

"Who said they wanted to take my head? I'll grant your wish and make you my opponent! I'm enough on my own, so don't interfere!" Whitebeard said in a deep voice, standing at the bow of the Moby Dick.

"It's...it's the Whitebeard Pirates!!"

The Spade Pirates were utterly shocked to see the enormous Moby Dick; they never expected the Whitebeard Pirates to be here.

"Hmph!" Whitebeard, who jumped off the ship, only released his aura, and the members of the Spade Pirates were all blasted away.

"Ah~ you guys... Flame-Up!" Ace struggled to get up, then used flames to isolate himself from Whitebeard.

"Captain Ace... what are you doing?"

"Captain Ace!"

The members of the Spade Pirates shouted loudly towards Ace inside the flames.

"You guys run! Don't worry about me!" Ace shouted back to his companions.

"What? You're only getting scared now?" Whitebeard looked at Ace, not in a hurry to make a move.

"Spare my comrades! On the contrary... I will absolutely not run away, okay?" Ace looked at Whitebeard, panting. He knew he was doomed, but it was his decision. He didn't want all his comrades to die here because of him.

Whitebeard simply looked at Ace, neither refusing nor agreeing.

"Ah~~~~" Ace knew that the fact that the other party had not ordered a pursuit meant that he had tacitly agreed with his statement, so he charged straight at Whitebeard.

"Pfft!" Whitebeard's naginata struck Ace directly, and blood gushed out, but Ace seemed not to feel it and continued to attack Whitebeard desperately.

“Mr. Reina…” On the other side, Reina, who had brought the captains down from the ship to watch the excitement, came to Jinbe.

"What happened? You're so badly injured? You should get some treatment first!" Reina said, frowning as he looked at Jinbe, who was covered in blood.

“Mr. Reina, Ace wasn’t a bad person, he… he just…” Jinbe trailed off, unable to continue. Countless people challenged the Whitebeard Pirates every year; were they all bad? Not necessarily…

However, since they dared to challenge the Whitebeard Pirates, they must have been prepared.

"Alright, don't worry about it, your brother will know what to do! You should go and treat your injuries first!" Reina waved his hand and said.

Jinbe hesitated for a moment before nodding and turning to find the ship's doctor to treat his injuries.

"Gurarararar... What? Still thinking of getting up?" Looking at Ace lying on the ground, seemingly struggling to stand up, Whitebeard laughed and said, "It would be such a waste if you died now!"

Ace raised his head and looked at Whitebeard, but he no longer had the strength to speak.

"Want to make a name for yourself? Then let's make a name for ourselves on this high seas! How about it? Become... my son?" Whitebeard laughed as he looked at Ace and extended his hand.

"What...what kind of joke is this?" Overwhelmed with emotion, Ace yelled and then passed out.

"Ah~ Ah~~ Big brother... Did you go too far? This kid has passed out!" At this moment, Reina and the others slowly walked up.

"Gurararara... It's alright, this kid won't die like this!" the white-bearded man replied with a loud laugh.

"Captain Ace..."

"Bastards...you actually killed Captain Ace...we'll fight you to the death!"

At this moment, the Spade Pirates members, who had returned, saw Ace lying in a pool of blood. Their eyes turned red, and they charged towards Whitebeard with their weapons raised.

"A bunch of idiots... Look closely, your captain has just passed out! And... he has already joined the Whitebeard Pirates. You can choose to leave or join the Whitebeard Pirates like him!" Reina released a little of his aura to intimidate the group of pirates before speaking softly.

"What... Captain Ace?"

"The captain has joined the Whitebeard Pirates?"

"We...we can join the Whitebeard Pirates?"

Seeing the incredulous look on the pirates' faces, Reina nodded and said, "Of course, Ace was personally invited to join us by our captain. You're not expecting my big brother to invite you too, are you?"

"Big Brother? His name is Whitebeard Big Brother... Could he be...?"

"That's right, it's him... the great pirate with a bounty of 1.5 billion Berries... the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates... Akame Reyna!"

After receiving Reina's assurance, the entire Spade Pirates joined the Whitebeard Pirates and returned to the Moby Dick along with the unconscious Ace.

The New Sun Pirates, led by Jinbe, also left with them.

A day later, Ace, now fully conscious, emerged from his cabin and went up to the deck.

"Yo~ You're awake? I'm Sachi, the captain of the Fourth Division. Since we're going to be partners... let's get along well from now on!" Sachi sat on the ship's railing, looking at Ace as he came out of the cabin, and said with a smile.

"Stop nagging!" Ace snapped impatiently, ignoring the politeness.

"Hahaha... Is it because you woke up early that you're in a bad mood?" Thatch said with a laugh, seemingly unconcerned. "By the way, after you fainted, your crew came back to save you! But since Reina said you've joined the Whitebeard Pirates, they joined too! Now we're all on the same ship!"

"Is that so?" Ace's heart stirred, as if he wanted to say something, but for some reason, he sat down again.

"Are you really okay with letting me roam freely like this?" After a moment of silence, Ace asked softly.

"Huh?" Sachi looked at Ace with some surprise, not understanding why he asked that.

Ace then realized that he was on the Whitebeard Pirates' ship. As a defeated general, the other side would naturally not be afraid of him running away.

"Hey kid, long time no see! I didn't expect you to actually come to the New World! Why don't you follow the path Garp laid out for you?" At this moment, Reina appeared out of nowhere and asked Ace.

"Mr. Reina!" Upon seeing Reina, Ace immediately stood up and bowed.

He still vividly remembers what Reina said to him back then.

"Don't be so formal. Since your brother has personally invited you to join the crew, you can consider whether you want to join the Whitebeard Pirates! Of course, I'm not forcing you, it's up to you!" Reina waved his hand and said with a smile.

“But my identity…” Ace said hesitantly.

“Identity? What identity? Aren’t you just an ordinary pirate? Okay… although you’re called a Supernova, in my eyes… you’re just a pirate! If you hadn’t refused back then and had become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you would at least have some identity… As for now… what identity do you have?” Reina said with a smile.

Ace was taken aback and remained silent.

Seeing this, Reina didn't say anything more; his workday wasn't over yet!

And so Ace stayed with the Whitebeard Pirates.

The following night, Ace slowly approached Whitebeard's room, a dagger in his hand, intending to kill Whitebeard under cover of darkness.

"Bang~"

"Boom!"

Ace was thrown out of the cabin by Whitebeard. Covering his mouth, Ace spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at Whitebeard inside the cabin, who seemed to be fast asleep.

"Hey... what's going on? Be careful in the middle of the night!" A member nearby was startled when he saw Ace fly out.

In the following period, Ace would seize any opportunity to attack Whitebeard, attempting to assassinate him, but he never succeeded, even when the captains and Reyna did not intervene.

"Hey~ Reina, is this going to cause any problems? Why does that guy want to kill Dad?" Marco asked Reina, looking at Ace who had been knocked away again.

"In this world, besides us... who wouldn't want to kill Big Brother? Reputation and bounty, whatever the reason, there's always a justification! As for them... don't worry about them, Big Brother will handle it himself!" Reina glanced at them, too lazy to care at all.

Ace at this point is no match for Whitebeard; he only relies on his Logia-type Devil Fruit!

While Logia-type Devil Fruits are indeed powerful, becoming a top-tier powerhouse isn't simply a matter of relying on Devil Fruits.

Whether it's Aokiji, Kizaru, or Akainu, in addition to their Devil Fruit abilities, they are all quite skilled in Haki, physical combat, and even swordsmanship.

"Is this the man's former opponent?" After being knocked away by Whitebeard again, Ace lay on the ground and couldn't help but murmur.

He wanted to kill Whitebeard not for fame or bounty, but to prove that he had surpassed that man. His entire life had been influenced by that man's name, and he was constantly thinking about getting rid of it.

"It's like this every day... That guy is really persistent!" Even Vista couldn't help but say after Ace's attack on Whitebeard failed again.

"This must have happened at least a hundred times, right?"

"I think I've got it...probably!"

The remaining crew members also treated the daily attacks as a performance, a way to pass the time when they were bored.

“That’s enough, Marco…go and talk to him! There’s no point in continuing!” Reina said to Marco beside him, looking at Ace who was squatting in the corner.

Marco nodded, picked up the food, and walked directly toward Ace.

"Clang!"

"Eat something! Otherwise you won't have any strength!" Marco placed the food next to Ace, plopped down, and said softly.

"Why do you guys call that guy 'Dad'?" After a moment of silence, Ace suddenly asked.

“Because he calls us son!” Marco replied calmly.

Looking at the silent Ace, Marco smiled and said, "We are both people hated by the world, isn't that gratifying? Just words can make people so happy..."

Ace held his head and didn't answer.

"You've escaped with your life, do you still want to continue doing this? It's about time to give up, isn't it? You can't defeat Old Man now! Are you planning to leave this ship and start anew, or are you planning to stay... and carry Whitebeard's mark?" Marco asked softly, looking at Ace who seemed to be in some pain.