The gourmet among pirates

"Go to hell! You brat!"

Ace, who was kicked out, stood up with a grin on his face and patted his aching butt.

But this time, there was not much anger on his face.

Instead, there was a smile on his face that he couldn't stop.

[Hehehe, I finally know what my mother looks like. Mom, wait, I will get your photo back soon. I promise. 】

The physical pain could not stop Ace's mental excitement at all.

But despite being excited, Ace couldn't help but have a strange thought in his heart.

[Strange, how come that guy has a photo of his mother, and in the photo, his mother looks so happy, that look is just like the look in Sister Mary’s eyes when she looks at his fiancé. 】

[Since this kind of photo is in the hands of that guy, it means that his mother sent it to him, or he simply took it for his mother. 】

[There’s something wrong with this look! 】

Although Ace is small, he is a big kid. The precocious Ace is much more precocious than his peers. In addition, Maureen's previous attitude towards her cheap dad was extremely unpleasant.

But it's also because of his mother's strange attitude towards him.

In addition, Mo Lin is young, handsome and holds a high position, but there is no news of getting married so far.

Ace couldn't help but have a strange and ridiculous guess in his mind.

Handsome men and beautiful women, and a strange connection across the two seas.

Could it be...that there was an unknown past between this guy and his mother?

In other words...my cheap daddy is the real third party.

After all, his father was already 53 years old when he died, so calling him a bad old man is not an exaggeration.

But my mother is so young.

There is such a big age difference between the two of them, no matter how you look at it, they are a bit unmatched.

If they commit a crime of stealing love between them, it seems... much more reasonable.

I don’t know if it was developed since childhood, but I have a dislike for my biological father, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger.

Ace's various speculations about Roger have always been based on the worst possible direction.

【Ah ah ah! If it is really what I guessed, how will I face that guy next? 】

Thinking of this, Ace couldn't help but grab his hair frantically! ! !

"Little Ace, if you hold on any longer, your hair will fall out. If you have any troubles, you can tell your sister!"

When Ace was going crazy, Taoyao happened to be passing by. After seeing it, she couldn't help but walked over curiously.

Originally, Taoyao had always been noncommittal about Ace's existence, and just treated him as an ordinary second-generation marine.

But in the slums of the Qurifus Kingdom, Ace used his actions to win Taoyao's respect.

This changed Taoyao's impression of Ace a lot.

Otherwise, a few days ago, even if she saw Ace going crazy, Taoyao probably wouldn't have looked at him more.

Seeing the beautiful elder sister walking quickly, Ace didn't know who to talk to about his troubles. After hesitating for a long time, he pulled Taoyao and carefully told Taoyao his guess.

After hearing Ace's guess, a trace of astonishment flashed in the depths of Taoyao's beautiful eyes.

There is also a faint sense of loss.

[A photo that represents memories? It turned out that he actually hid a photo of a woman. No wonder, no wonder I haven’t seen him find a girlfriend in so many years, I see...]

Based on the 'intelligence' provided by Ace, as well as his own observations over the years, and some speculations.

Taoyao, who had imagined an inner drama, seemed to understand something and glanced at Mo Lin's office with some disappointment.

But soon, this emotion was hidden by Tao Yao.

After hiding her innermost emotions, Taoyao smiled and touched Ace's head, and said with a smile: "Children should stay away from adults' matters."

"In your little mind, instead of thinking about all this nonsense, you should think about how to get Colonel Morin to give you your mother's photo!"

"By the way, don't think about some crooked tricks. The colonel's strength is beyond your imagination. If you want to snatch your mother's photo from Colonel Molin, you will have to practice for at least ten years with your small body."

After messing up Ace's hair, Taoyao turned her head and glanced at Mo Lin's office. She made an inaudible hum from her nasal cavity, and then returned to her room on the ship.

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The next few days.

Driven by the motivation to prevent his mother's photos from being burned by his own abilities, Ace's desire to become stronger is stronger than ever.

In just a few days, he gradually mastered simple control over the ability to burn the fruit.

At least he won't cause the flames to leak out and ignite the items around him because of his emotional fluctuations.

And every day, this kid would sneak out of Mo Lin's office and secretly take a look at his mother's photo.

When no one is around, Ace will talk a lot to the photo of Portcas D. Luju, just like a child talking to his mother.

Of course, all this was tacitly approved by Mo Lin, otherwise Ace would not have been able to sneak into his office so easily.

And the smart Ace is well aware of all this, and his attitude towards Mo Lin has also improved a lot.

Although he no longer recognized Teacher Mo Lin's identity, he still used the honorific "Mr. Colonel".

On the way back to Navy Branch No. 127, Morin deliberately slowed down the ship.

According to the news channels circulated within the navy, he constantly adjusted his direction and led Ace to meet all kinds of pirates.

Chapter 57 Red Hair Enters the East China Sea

These pirates are strong and weak, and have very different personalities.

But their attitudes towards civilians and merchant ships are surprisingly consistent.

Cunning, cruel, and greedy.

Facing these most real pirates, Morin directly gave them a ticket to hell.

After letting Ace see that the pirate he dreamed of was not as free and noble as he thought, Maureen did not choose to preach.

Instead, let Ace listen and see for himself.

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the other side.

When Morin took Ace to hunt pirates.

Garp also rode his dog-headed warship across the windless zone and returned to the navy headquarters.

Navy Headquarters, among Marinefando.

Garp sat in Seng Guo's office with a prickly look on his face, hunched his nostrils and looked at Seng Guo with raised eyebrows.

Warring States had nothing to do with his old friend Garp, but he didn't want to see a big man picking his nose. He said unhappily: "Stop picking your nose. I didn't ask you to come back just to watch you pick your nose."

"Tch!" Garp snorted and said, "Hmph, you can let me fight Whitebeard, but I won't wipe the butts of those annoying guys?"

After hearing this, Warring States turned his head and said seriously: "I'm not asking you to wipe the butt of those guys. I'm asking you to go to the New World so that the strong young men in our navy will not sacrifice more."

"The World Government doesn't have a stronghold in the New World. That bastard Whitebeard is now going crazy and destroying our navy's stronghold in the new world. So far, our soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and our navy can no longer This is a loss."

Garp frowned when he heard this and said: "The matter was caused by those Celestial Dragons. Didn't the World Government show any sign of it?"

Warring States was silent for a while before saying: "This year's naval military expenditures have been shipped in advance by the World Government, and it is 10% more than in previous years. Even the funds that were stuck with us last year have been made up. "

boom!

Upon hearing this, Garp slapped his palm heavily on the coffee table in front of him.

The cups on the coffee table were shaken away.

"Asshole, are the lives of our navy worth a little military expenditure in the eyes of the World Government? We work hard to maintain order on the sea for them on weekdays, and they still want to use military expenditures to block us. What kind of logic is this? "

Garp was a little angry at the World Government's move, which was similar to compensation.

If the Five Old Stars were in front of him at this time, Garp might point at the Five Old Stars' noses and scold them in front of them.

"What a bunch of bastards, Sengoku. As the marshal of the navy, don't you say a word about this kind of thing?"

Sengoku took a deep look at Garp, and then exuded his domineering aura, making sure that no one was around his office.

His conversation with Garp would not be secretly followed.

Warring States walked over to Garp and sat down next to him, and whispered in Garp's ear: "Don't you understand me yet? Don't worry, even the Five Old Stars will have to pay the price for me this time!"

Garp's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately wanted to ask.

But before Garp, the loudmouth, could speak, Warring States covered Garp's mouth tightly and whispered in his ear: "Asshole, Garp, please be quiet. If this matter is leaked, It’s not good for our navy, so just shut up.”

Garp, whose mouth was tightly covered by Sengoku, nodded excitedly when he heard this, and looked at Sengoku, his old gay friend.

"I know, I won't tell anyone. Tell me your plan and let me listen!"

Warring States shook his head: "The plan can't keep up with the changes. I have already started to implement that matter. You just have to wait until the end to watch the excitement."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

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After a while.

Sengoku and Garp returned to their previous sitting positions.

At this time, Warring States suddenly asked: "By the way, when you were in the East China Sea, why did you stop the Navy Headquarters from recruiting Colonel Mo Lin of the East China Sea Branch No. 127? As far as I know, the colonel of the East China Sea Branch should be pretty good. .”

"The current Navy Headquarters is lacking such strong men. Could it be that that boy is afraid of death? Doesn't he want to come to the Grand Line?"

Garp shook his head: "Are you afraid of death? I don't know, but that kid's strength is really unfathomable. I tried a few of that kid's moves, and I estimate that his strength is not as good as the general candidates in this department, but it is worse than Ordinary veteran lieutenants are much stronger."

"Huh? So strong?"

Sengoku looked surprised at Garp's answer.

Originally, he only thought that Mo Lin could at most have the strength of a rear admiral-level officer at the Navy Headquarters. After all, there were too few strong men from the East China Sea.

And Maureen's age of being in her early twenties is also very deceptive.

But he didn't expect to learn from his old friend that a small colonel of the East China Sea Branch had at least the strength of a veteran vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters, and might even have the strength of a candidate general. How could this not surprise the Warring States Period?

Even in the huge naval headquarters, there are only a few strong men with the combat power of a general candidate.

Looking at the confused Sengoku, Garp nodded: "It's very strong, and this little guy has a lot of things hidden. When he gets serious, even I feel the danger."

Warring States thought for a moment and then said: "In that case, why do you want to stop me from transferring him to the Navy Headquarters?"

"Tch, if you were asked to come to the Navy Headquarters, who would teach me how to teach my grandson?" Garp curled his lips and said.

Teach grandchildren.

As soon as Garp said these words, he sold himself completely.

It also made Warring States instantly understand the reason why Garp blocked Molin's recruitment order.

Soon, Sengoku's roar rang out in Sengoku's office: "Garp, you bastard!"

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While Maureen was wandering around with Ace.

A huge two-masted sailboat also gradually sailed out of the windless zone.

Aboard the Red Forth.

Red-haired Shanks and his subordinates were holding a small banquet.

The theme of the banquet was a huge piece of meat dozens of meters in size on their deck.

This piece of meat was none other than the piece of meat that the red hair had just removed from a giant lobster-shaped sea king that was a hundred meters in size.

Because the Neptunes were too huge, the red-haired pirates only took the best shrimp meat from the lobsters and grilled them.

Other pieces of meat and carapace were thrown into the sea.

Delicious charcoal grilled lobster, coupled with delicious rum, filled the Red Forth with laughter.

After the banquet, red-haired Shanks, carrying a large wine glass, came to Jesus who was leaning on the edge of the boat and looking at the scenery and said: