The gourmet among pirates

The captain of the Redbeard Pirates, the furthest away from the Bursam Pirates, instantly recognized Ace after seeing the huge fire fist.

After recognizing Ace, the red-bearded man felt so regretful that his intestines turned green.

"Damn it, I shouldn't be so mean and accept this task... How can it be so easy to get 10 million Baileys?"

"Captain, what should we do... run away?" the red-bearded man asked in a panic.

Looking at the many subordinates surrounding him, as well as the members of the Red Beard Pirates who didn't care about him at all and fled for their own lives.

A hint of cruelty flashed in the red-bearded eyes.

He said solemnly: "If you want to survive, run away..."

With that said, Red Beard ran away with him.

Seeing that their bosses had all run away, the remaining members of the Red Beard Pirates dispersed in an instant.

Scattered away.

They had seen the power of Ace's fire fist.

That kind of move is simply not something they can resist.

However, Ace is only one person.

If they ran separately, they would still have a chance to survive. But being together and being wiped out by Ace with one punch would be frustrating.

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After running away for a while, Red Beard took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, gritted his teeth, and rushed directly into the sea of ​​​​fire in the garbage mountain.

Redbeard, who had carefully lived in the East China Sea for several years, knew better than anyone the horror of the monsters that were unleashed in the Final Fortress.

Although there was a slim chance of escaping, he was the captain of the Redbeard Pirates, so what if he happened to be targeted by Ace.

So he decided to do the opposite.

Rush into the garbage mountain and disguise yourself as a refugee in the garbage mountain.

After Ace left, he passed the line of the guard captain of Goa Kingdom and left this unfortunate country.

Of course, before leaving, the guy who asked him to do it must compensate his red beard a sum of money.

Otherwise, Redbeard wouldn't mind, and before leaving, he would kill those hypocritical nobles who were one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes, and steal their wealth.

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The Skeleton Pirates, a newly established pirate group, obviously have never encountered a strong man like Ace.

Even when escaping, people gathered together and ran for their lives.

This saves Ace a lot of effort.

After extracting the flames from the nearby garbage mountain.

Ace killed all these scum with a few fire fist moves.

The sight of the Redbeard Pirates fleeing in all directions gave Ace a headache.

After killing a dozen members of the Red Beard Pirates, Ace gave up the pursuit.

Return to the garbage mountain and use your ability to burn the fruit.

Take control and extinguish the raging fire burning in the garbage mountain.

In the garbage mountain, there are still many refugees who did not escape from the garbage mountain in time and were stopped by the three pirate groups.

In Ace's mind, saving the refugees struggling to survive in the sea of ​​fire was obviously more important than chasing the pirates.

When Ace used his fruit power to extinguish the raging flames burning on the garbage mountain.

From the garbage mountain, thick smoke quickly rose into the sky.

After smelling the rotten smell, the sour smell, and the poisonous gas produced by burning garbage, Ace couldn't help it for a long time, coughed, and retched.

"Cough cough cough..."

What followed was a nauseating feeling of dizziness.

"No, this smoke is poisonous..."

With his heart sinking, Ace picked up a refugee who was stunned by the thick smoke and ran towards the outskirts of the garbage mountain.

While running, Ace yelled: "Cover your mouth with your clothes. This smoke is poisonous. If you smoke too much, you will die..."

"what!!!!"

The Dadan family, who had just rushed into the burning garbage mountain and rescued people with Ace, heard this and immediately covered their mouths with their clothes.

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With the help of the refugees who can still move around in the garbage mountain.

It took Ace and the others ten minutes to rescue the still-breathing refugees from the mountain of garbage.

As for the rest, even if they were not burned to death, they were killed by the thick smoke.

"hateful······"

Ace punched the trunk of an old tree. Looking at the refugees with extensive burns on their bodies, the anger in his eyes was as real as fire.

These refugees in the garbage mountain are just poor people who have lost their property and land and were driven out of the "siege city" by the Kingdom of Goa.

They have already lost everything.

Wandering around this smelly garbage mountain all day long, I just want to pick up a bite to eat and fill my stomach.

It is already very difficult for them to live, so why are the nobles of Goa Kingdom unwilling to give them even this small hope?

After taking a short breath.

The refugees who had woken up, organized by several old men, came to Ace and knelt down with a "swish" sound.

"Old man, thank God of Fire for saving my life. Thank God of Fire for killing those pirates and avenging us."

"Thank you Kagami!!"

"Thank you Kagami!!"

"Thank you Kagami!!"

"..."

For the refugees living in the garbage mountain, Ace suddenly appeared, extinguished the raging fire in the garbage mountain, and could control the flames to kill the pirates.

It was like the God of Fire in myths and legends descended to save them.

Seeing this, Ace quickly helped the people in front of him, smiled bitterly at them and said: "I'm not a Vulcan, I'm a navy!"

"Killing pirates is our navy's duty!"

A skinny little girl hiding behind an old man heard this and asked timidly: "Brother, are you really a navy? Mom said that the navy is a hero who protects civilians. Will you protect us?"

Ace looked at the little girl who was covered in smoke and was dirty, with thin and yellow hair. He took a deep breath, nodded heavily and said, "Of course, I... I'm a navy!"

At this moment, Ace's voice was full of perseverance, seeming to have lost its previous immaturity and became unusually rich, sounding very reassuring.

When a refugee heard this voice, he subconsciously raised his head and said in confusion: "Can the navy... really... protect us refugees?"

Upon hearing this, Ace's face became solemn and he said seriously: "Of course, our navy will not give up on any civilians."

As he said that, Ace bowed at 90 degrees, his posture unusually low: "I'm very sorry. This time, we were late and let you be harassed by pirates. This is our dereliction of duty. I'm very sorry!"

"No, no, no, sir, just come."

"Yes, if your lord hadn't arrived in time, we would have been buried in the flames just now. If we asked for help before, no one would pay attention to us. My lord, you are a good navy."

"Yes, your kindness will never be forgotten by us."

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Chapter 294 Stick to the justice in your heart

At this moment.

A thin boy of fourteen or fifteen years old suddenly walked up to Ace, pulled the corner of Ace's clothes, pointed at a man whose back was burned by the fire, and was lying on the ground motionless, and said cautiously.

"Brother Navy, that man is not a scavenger from the garbage mountain. He is a bad guy who wants to burn us to death. I just saw him kill Uncle Wesker with a knife."

After saying that, the little boy quickly retracted his finger, fearing that the figure lying on the ground would find him pointing at him.

Ok.

Follow the direction the little boy pointed before.

Ace soon discovered an unsociable being among the burned refugees.

Good guy.

The other refugees in the garbage mountain all have sallow complexions and skinny muscles, with barely a few ounces of meat on their bodies.

But that round, fat and strong figure, even though it was covered with dirty water from the garbage mountain, still looked so different.

Ha ha.

These resources in the garbage mountain cannot support such a figure.

Thinking of this, Ace nodded to the little boy and gave me a "leave it to me" look.

In a few leaps, Ace appeared behind the fat and muscular voice.

Lifting up the guy's waistband, Ace threw the guy disguised as a refugee into the garbage mountain.

Boom!

The burnt, charred garbage was scattered everywhere.

"hateful!"

When he was arrested, Redbeard realized that his identity might be exposed.

This made him deeply regret his previous decision to pretend to be a refugee and blend into the garbage mountain.

If he had known earlier, he would have escaped with the large army.

Now those who are smart enough to stay here are actually being misled by their cleverness.

Not to mention that he didn't escape, but his back was burned a large area by the flames.

He was thrown away and smashed into the back of a mountain of garbage.

Red Beard, enduring the pain in his body, climbed out of the garbage mountain with great pain.

He still had a shred of sense and did not run away.

Because he knew that running away blindly in front of the famous "Fire Sword" Ace in the East China Sea would only cost him his life.

The moment he climbed out of the garbage mountain, Redbeard shouted at the top of his lungs: "Don't kill me, I surrender. I am still useful. I have evidence that those noble lords bribed us pirates to let us set the garbage mountain on fire. Don't kill me!!!!"

As he spoke, Redbeard gritted his teeth and took out the letter from the Kingdom of Goa that had previously contacted him, as well as a deposit of gold coins worth one million Baileys.

Redbeard is the master who doesn't let go of hawks when he sees no rabbits.

In order to persuade him to take action, the captain of the guard, Ferranjes, had to apply for a fund of one million beli from Minister Zuo. For this, he was scolded by Minister Zuo as a waste.

However, what Franjis probably didn't expect was that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes in Red House was actually so cunning that he even kept the only letter they exchanged as evidence.

You must know that in order to increase the credibility of this letter, he sent it in the name of the left minister of Goa Kingdom.

In fact, in this letter, Red Beard originally planned to blackmail Minister Zuo afterward.

But he didn't expect that this time he would use it to save his life.

Ok?

Hear this.

Whether it was Ace, the surrounding refugees, or the Dadan family, they were all in an uproar.

Some of the survivors of the garbage mountain refugees still can't believe that the big shots in the Kingdom of Goa actually colluded with the pirates and set the garbage mountain on fire in order to kill them.

(In fact, the Kingdom of Goa just wants to burn down the garbage mountain. As for the refugees in the garbage mountain, it is incidental.)

But now, the pirates have produced evidence that the nobles of Goa Kingdom colluded with them.

When the facts are in front of them, can they still not believe it?