One Piece: Start Collecting Nicolo

"Well... firstly, you're unarmed, so using a sword wouldn't be fair to you. Secondly..."

Caesar paused, chuckled, and didn't continue speaking, but Ace understood what he meant.

This undisguised contempt made him a little angry, even though Caesar was his savior.

"Come on, let me see your strength..."

Caesar said this and hooked his finger at Ace. Before he finished speaking, Ace rushed in front of him with a quick step.

call--

A powerful punch went straight to Caesar's face, but Caesar just turned slightly and easily dodged it.

After missing the attack, Ace suddenly stopped, turned around and hit Caesar in the abdomen with an elbow.

Caesar retreated slightly, and Ace's elbow passed in front of him by a hair's breadth.

"Wow... that's pretty neat, this guy!"

Yamato raised his hands to block the sunlight and said in surprise, "His strength and speed are quite good, even stronger than Caesar when we first met!"

As he spoke, Ace, who was not far away, suddenly twisted his body and raised his leg to sweep towards Caesar's waist.

However, just as he raised his leg, Caesar raised his foot first, tripping him lightly at the ankle of the leg that was supporting him. With a dull thud, Ashe fell on his butt.

The moment he fell, Ace suddenly rolled backwards to create distance between the two of them, crouched on the ground, one hand supporting the ground, the other hand hidden behind his back, looking at Caesar warily.

"Ok?"

Seeing Ace's actions, Big Bear was slightly stunned.

The other person's movements reminded him of someone.

A young man who is about the same age as Ace, also from the East China Sea, equally talented, and now an important cadre of the Revolutionary Army.

There was a clear difference between the boy's fighting style and Ace's. In comparison, Ace's punches and kicks were more impetuous and violent, but their fighting postures were highly similar, which inevitably made him speculate about the connection between the two.

Just as he was thinking, Big Bear's eyes suddenly fell on the tattoo on Ace's left shoulder.

ASL?

There's a cross on the S in the middle...

Is it a person's name?

If so, A is Ace and L is Luffy...

So this S...

It reminded me of the young man from the East China Sea in the revolutionary army who lost his memory due to the bombardment, and Ace's familiar fighting posture.

A white light reflected from Big Bear's frameless lenses.

there is only one truth!

Just as he was lost in thought, Ace suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Caesar not far away.

Straight punches, jabs, swinging punches, punches from all angles and in all shapes and sizes all poured towards Caesar.

Caesar was like a nimble bat, dodging all of Ace's attacks with simple moves.

"Amazing!"

Deuce was shocked. He could see that Ace must have some strength, but Caesar could easily dodge all of his opponent's attacks as if he was teasing a child. It was not difficult to see that Caesar's strength was definitely far above Ace.

"hateful…"

Seeing that he couldn't hit Caesar at all, Ace gritted his teeth.

He naturally realized now that Caesar was not fighting him seriously at all, but was just leading him around like a child.

Suddenly, he threw another punch, blocking Caesar's sight with his right fist, and with his left hand, he drew out the dagger from his waist and slashed at Caesar while turning around.

However, the next second, in front of Ace's stunned gaze, a slender hand seemed to have been waiting there for a long time, and it lightly grasped the blade of the dagger!

This is impossible!

Ace's eyelids twitched, and before he could react, a fist as big as a sandbag suddenly appeared in front of him.

Snapped!

There was a crisp sound, and Ace saw several golden stars exploding. Then everything went black, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ah this..."

Looking at Ace who couldn't get up again, Nami was bewildered: "Is this the end? Where's the natural disaster? And this is too trifling, right? It looks like Caesar didn't even put in any effort!"

"Do you want to kill him?"

Baby5 sighed. "That light punch could easily shatter a rock, but if it hit you, your internal organs would be scattered everywhere."

Nami shrank her neck: "Ah...don't say such horrible things!"

"Bato, carry him back to the room."

Caesar waved his hand, Barto stepped forward, carried Ace and left, and Caesar came to Deus.

Seeing Caesar walking towards him, Zeus suddenly felt panicky.

"take it easy."

Caesar smiled gently, and his words seemed to carry a magical power that instantly calmed Zeus's mood.

"How about it, Deus? Have you made up your mind? Do you want to come on my boat?"

"I…"

Hearing Caesar's invitation again, Deust felt awkward.

After learning so many shocking secrets in just one morning, it would be a lie to say he wasn't looking forward to it.

But his past life experiences made him feel deeply uneasy about all this.

Since childhood, he has always longed for the mysterious and desirable sea in the books, but the people around him responded to him with ridicule, rejection, and even bullying.

The ugly faces of the people around him fostered his solitary character, causing Deuce to always be suspicious and skeptical of others, which in turn fostered a world-weary mentality.

Therefore, when faced with Caesar's invitation, his first reaction was not excitement, but whether there was any trap in it.

But... even if it's a trap, what good can a guy like me do?

"Can I ask why?"

Zeus mustered up the courage to look Caesar in the face. "With your strength, a weakling like me shouldn't be worth mentioning, right?"

“How rude…”

Before Caesar could say anything, Nami couldn't help but complain: "Then what am I? No matter how weak you are, can you be as weak as me?"

"Forehead…"

Deuce was taken aback by Nami's question: "Aren't you Mr. Caesar's girlfriend?"

Nami's face darkened. "Who is his girlfriend? I'm the navigator! The navigator!"

"See, this is why."

Caesar smiled faintly. "Even with my strength, I still need a navigator to take me where I want to go. Without a navigator, I would be lost. Without a historian, I would not be able to understand the historical texts... although I myself have no interest in that."

"Everyone on this ship has their own position and responsibilities. It's true that I can do everything they do, but omnipotence doesn't mean I can do anything. Although I am powerful, I am still human after all. I will feel lonely and suffer, and naturally I need companions."

"But...why me?"

Deuce was puzzled: "Just because I want to be an adventurer?"

"Maybe it's fate?"

Caesar laughed: "Who cares?"

"Eh?!"

Deuce was stunned. "So careless? But...what can I do?"

"Do you have any skills?"

Deuce thought for a moment. "Well... I'm a medical student. Not a particularly outstanding one, but still pretty good. Also, because of my dreams, I've seen a lot of ship designs since I was a kid. I have some shipbuilding skills, and a few other miscellaneous skills..."

"That's right, I need someone like you!"

Caesar was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zeus would be a medical student, and an all-round one at that!

Sure enough, he was right. Anyone who could serve as Ace's deputy must be quite capable. At the very least, his character must be trustworthy.

"Can I...really do this?"

"Don't get it wrong, I never asked if you can, but whether you want to!"

Caesar held out his hand: "Want to go with me and see this world?"

Zeus was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief and reached out to shake Caesar's hand.

"Please advise me, Captain Caesar!"

Chapter 87 Goodbye Garp

"What if the Pirate King has a son?"

"Hahaha, beheading of course!"

"No, no, no, burn to death!"

"Public execution! Public execution..."

Ace stood quietly in the darkness, the shrill laughter echoing in his ears.

From the moment he learned of his bloodline identity, these laughs have been like a thorn in his flesh, haunting him until now.

My existence itself is a mistake!

But…why is this happening?

"Because in the eyes of the world, Roger is evil. The Great Pirate Era he started caused many weak people to suffer. This debt will naturally be attributed to him."

"But this kind of thing doesn't matter, right? Caesar said that we can't choose our birth, but we can choose who we become and what kind of life we ​​live!"

There were shadowy figures in the darkness, and it seemed that countless wronged souls had transformed into evil spirits and were rushing towards Ace, as if they wanted to devour him completely. However, Ace had no expression on his face and remained indifferent.

“What kind of person you become determines what kind of life you live…”

"But do I really have the qualifications?"

"Of course!"

Suddenly, a leisurely voice came to my ears.

In an instant, an even deeper darkness surged in, and as soon as it came into contact, it easily strangled the countless wronged souls and evil spirits.

Ace looked into the depths of darkness and saw only a pair of blood-red eyes.

The next moment, he felt dizzy and then suddenly sat up from the bed.

The cabin was empty, with only the warm yellow light of the bedside lamp softly filling the entire room.

Ace rubbed his burning eyes and looked out the window. The sky was dotted with stars and the moon was bright.

Gululu…

His stomach suddenly growled. Ace rubbed it, sat up, opened the cabin door cautiously, and walked along the corridor towards the deck.

Suddenly, a lively guitar sound accompanied by laughter came. Ace leaned over to the round window of the cabin door and looked out. On the deck, everyone was sitting together, having a lively party.

Caesar leaned back in his chair and strummed his guitar, while baby5, wearing a maid dress and holding a bright red rose in her mouth, danced to her heart's content in the middle of the crowd.

The wide skirt danced into a circle as she spun, and the girl's footsteps set a cheerful rhythm to the sound of the guitar.

"So beautiful, what kind of dance is this?"

Nami stared at baby5's dance with sparkling eyes and asked curiously.

"This dance is called Flamenco, and it originated from Dressrosa." Robin smiled.

"Oh! I've heard of it! The legendary land of love, passion, and toys!"

Deuce was well-versed in the rumors circulating on the sea. "Love and passion are easy to understand, but what about toys? Do they even produce toys there?"

"It's human."