Chapter 72: Crazy Smoker, The Competition Between Luffy And Ace. (Thank You For Your Monthly Ticket
Hearing Smoker's words, Tashigi was extremely surprised and exclaimed.
"Headquarters?!"
"Should you call for reinforcements from Naval Headquarters?"
"But Straw Hat is just a pirate with a bounty of 60 million Baileys. Will the headquarters send reinforcements?"
Smoker suddenly stopped when he heard this, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Tashigi.
Just looking at Smoker's eyes, Tashigi was so frightened that his body trembled and he didn't dare to look directly.
Then, she heard Smoker roaring in an extremely angry voice.
"Listen up, Tashigi!"
"That straw hat boy... is definitely not worth 60 million Baileys!"
"I reported this to the headquarters last time."
"But those bastards said that because the wanted order had just been issued, they could not make any changes immediately, so he kept the reward of 60 million Erli.
"That Straw Hat boy... is definitely a pirate worth over 100 million..."
Smoker roared and roared so hard that Tashigi almost cried.
The Marines behind him were also trembling. They had never seen Colonel Smoker look so crazy.
After informing Tashigi of the seriousness of the problem, Smoker turned around again and walked towards the coast with hurried steps.
Inside the restaurant!
While Luffy was eating, he chatted with Ace.
"Speaking of which, Luffy. You...are famous now!"
"[The Baddest Newcomer]?!"
"It's simply more popular than when I went to sea!"
Ace had fighting intent in his eyes and looked at Luffy with a smile on his face.
Luffy kept eating in his mouth and said vaguely as if it were a matter of course.
"Isn't that natural! I'm much better than you!"
Hearing what Luffy said, Ace suddenly lost his temper and said unconvinced.
"..."
"You were stronger than me at the beginning, but I went to sea three years earlier than you and have experienced much more experience than you."
"Now, you are definitely no match for me."
Seeing Ace's fighting spirit, Luffy smiled and said.
"What? You want to try?"
The corners of Ace's mouth raised, his fingers crackled when he squeezed them, and his eyes were full of fighting spirit.
I have competed with Luffy so many times and he has never won, so how could he not want to win once?
At this moment, Ace suddenly became serious and said.
"Hey! Luffy! Have you ever felt that it seems a lot quieter outside?"
The streets were originally very noisy, but now they are surprisingly quiet.
Luffy smiled when he heard this and said.
"I've been waiting for them for a long time."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luffy stuffed the last piece of meat into his mouth.
Then he patted his belly, stood up slowly, took a straw hat from the table next to him and put it on.
Looking back, I saw on the street outside, a group of big men armed with knives and guns, who looked like extremely vicious men at first glance, surrounding the restaurant.
Ace couldn't help but asked doubtfully after hearing Luffy's words.
"Are those guys here to see you?"
Luffy smiled slightly, shook his head and said.
"It's me who is looking for those people!"
The three of them came outside the restaurant.
I saw that the streets, rooftops, and all places where I could stand were crowded with such thugs.
At first glance, Luffy roughly estimated that there were at least five hundred people.
Vivi glanced at these people and quickly recognized their identities and said.
"They are billions of elders and millions of elders, senior agents of Baroque Studio."
"The strength of the million elders is not inferior to that of the bounty hunters at Whiskey Peak."
"The strength of hundreds of millions of elders is even stronger than those of low-level cadres."
In fact, Luffy didn't care at all about Vivi's introduction to these miscellaneous fish.
To him, it's all rubbish.
His eyes kept wandering among these people, looking for something.
Suddenly, when Luffy saw two people standing on a roof, his eyes suddenly shone as if he had discovered a new world.
On the roof of that building, stood a man with a "3" on his head.
Next to him, stood a girl with twin ponytails.
Mr.3 and Ms. Golden Week!
Luffy didn't need to think about it to know that those miscellaneous fish definitely didn't know the specific battle plan.
So his initial target was the cadres of Baroque Studio.
But now that he saw these two people, his eyes brightened.
On the roof.
Mr.3 and Ms. Golden Week stood together, looking down at the battle below.
"Hmm hahahaha..."
“A combination of 500 billionaires and millionaires.
"Each of them is a top-notch killer who grows by sucking blood in battle."
"Especially the hundreds of millions of elders, some are even stronger than the cadres after 6.
"Even if Straw Hat is a pirate with a bounty of 60 million Baileys, he can't be defeated easily."
Mr.3 looked at this overwhelming numerical advantage and laughed, his eyes full of confidence.
Ms. Golden Week said nothing, staring straight at Ace, holding a piece of paper in her hand.
Mr.3 saw that Ms. Golden Week did not respond to him, so he turned to look at her and asked doubtfully.
"What are you doing, Ms. Golden Week?"
Noticing the note in Ms. Golden Week's hand, Mr.3 asked curiously.
"Why are you still holding that note? Haven't we already found Straw Hat Boy and Princess Vivi?"
Ms. Golden Week said calmly and calmly.
"This is not the previous report, this is the latest report submitted to me by hundreds of millions of elders just now."
"It says that the shirtless man standing next to the Straw Hat Boy is Fire Fist Ace, the captain of the 2nd Division of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
The air fell into silence for a moment.
The next second......
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Mr.3 bared his teeth and yelled in fear, and his body was instantly covered in cold sweat.
How could he not know about the Whitebeard Pirates?
How could he not have heard of Fire Fist Ace's name?
That’s a monster on the sea!
Even if Crocodile is here, he may not be an opponent.
At this moment, Mr.3 panicked.
I already had a plan to escape in my mind.
After discovering Mr-3 and Ms. Golden Week, Luffy suddenly spoke to Ace.
"Ace, don't you want to compete with me?"
"Then let's target these people and determine the outcome based on the number of people solved, how about that?"
"Of course, no Conqueror's allowed!"
A simple contest would lose its meaning if Conqueror's was used.
Ace smiled strangely when he heard this and said.
"Hmm... Luffy!"
"You don't know yet, do you?"
"After I went to sea, I also ate Devil Fruit."
"I eat the Mera-mera Fruit and can control fire."
"One fire punch can take down a large area, but you will definitely lose to me.
Luffy was noncommittal about this and smiled.
"Let's try it!"
Luffy has said so, and Ace will naturally not shirk it anymore.
Suddenly the corners of his mouth raised, he clenched his fists, and his eyes were fixed on the people around him.
The next second, the two of them used their strength at the same time, and their figures flashed into the crowd.
Where the two were fighting, blazing flames were flying in the sky on one side, and fists on the other side were dense like rain.
The hundreds of millions of elders and millions of elders who surrounded them were manipulated at will like chopping melons and vegetables, and they kept wailing.
It only took less than a minute for the large force of five hundred people to be cleared away.
On the roof, Mr. 3 was already frightened.
Is this something that a pirate worth 60 million Baileys can do?
That Straw Hat boy obviously looks as strong as Fire Fist Ace!
These billions of elders and millions of elders are manipulated at will.
Ms. Golden Week is also scared, but because she has always looked expressionless, there is not much change in her appearance.
"Run away!"
Mr.3 said a word and took IMk·Golden Week to escape from here.
However, when he came to the edge of the roof and was about to jump off, he saw a man wearing a straw hat and smiling on the ground.
Mr. 3's heart suddenly tightened, and he stood there like a sculpture, sweating like rain, and his eyes filled with fear.
In a narrow, dark alley.
Luffy clapped his hands and walked out satisfied.
At this time, Ace suddenly ran over and said with a proud look.
"Hey! Luffy! I just counted, I killed 250 people, but you only killed 249 people."
"I won this competition!"
"I finally beat you once!"
"Wa hahaha………………"
Ace laughed loudly. He felt extremely happy that he had defeated Luffy in the first competition.
At this moment, Luffy smiled softly and said.
"Who said I lost?"
With that said, Luffy turned sideways and looked away.
Suddenly, the scene behind him appeared.
In the alley behind him, Mr. 3 was beaten like a pig's head and was no longer human.
Ms. Golden Week looked frightened, with tears on her face, and fainted.
"249 plus these two, 251, I won!"
The corners of Luffy's mouth rose, and there was a proud look in his eyes.
After that, he took Vivi and left here.
Ace was left there angrily, shouting unconvinced.
"Damn it! Just a little bit worse!"
Rapeseed Port, a hidden coast.
Luffy returned with Vivi, followed by Ace who was still struggling with losing to Luffy.
The rest of the people have also returned, and each has purchased some necessities, such as the video phone bugs and projection phone bugs that Luffy asked them to prepare, which are now being distributed on the deck.
Before boarding the ship, Vivi's excited voice could be heard on the ship.
"Everyone, we are back!"
"We have obtained information!"
Hearing Vivi's voice, everyone came to the boat and said excitedly.
"Great, we haven't gotten any useful information yet!"
"No one from Baroque Studio came to us. Their target should be Vivi!"
"Thanks to you! This way we can start preparing to implement the plan."
Suddenly, Sanji noticed an unknown man following Luffy, and asked curiously.
"Huh? Luffy! Who is he?"
Hearing Sanji's question, everyone looked over.
Without waiting for Luffy to introduce them, Ace got rid of his previous entangled state and returned to his previous state.
Looking confident and proud, he smiled slightly.
"Hello everyone! My name is Portgas·D·Ace."
"My brother, I owe you all for taking care of me, thank you!"
In front of Luffy, he can never win Ace.
But in front of others, he is the famous fire fist in the sea!
So at this time, he changed into a confident and polite look.
After hearing Ace's introduction, everyone was stunned.
"Brother?! Are you... Luffy's brother?"
"I didn't expect Luffy to have a brother!"
"But, how come Luffy's brother is in the Grand Line?"
Luffy smiled and said.
"Ace is the captain of the 2nd Division of the Whitebeard Pirates. Like us, he is also a pirate.
Hearing Luffy's words, everyone on the boat was shocked.
"Whitebeard Pirates?! The captain of the ship who is known as the strongest man in the world......"
"He is such a powerful person!"
"As expected of brothers, both of them are like monsters."1
When everyone was sighing, Ace looked around and suddenly asked Luffy in confusion.
"Luffy, where is Uta? Is she not here?"
Luffy suddenly realized that Uta would not see Ace after hearing this, and said with some regret.
"Oh! I asked Uta to carry out a secret mission."
"Would you like to stay with us for a few more days, and then you can see Uta.
Ace shook his head.
"I don't have that much time."
"In fact, I am chasing a man who calls himself Blackbeard."
"That guy used to be my subordinate, but he killed his companions and escaped from my ship."
"As the captain, I must solve this matter and give an explanation to my 410 dead subordinates!"
Luffy heard what Ace said, but he couldn't say anything for a while.
He knew that with Ace's personality, he would definitely not be persuaded.
So he didn't choose to speak.
At this time, Ace suddenly handed Luffy a piece of paper.
"This is for you. ”
Luffy took the paper and recognized it as Ace's life card.
Ace continued.
"This piece of paper will allow us to meet again next time."
"You must... always hold this piece of paper!"
Luffy looked at Ace's concerned smile, smiled and nodded.
After handing Luffy the life card, Ace suddenly spoke.
"Okay, I came to you this time mainly to see you, and give you this thing by the way.
"Although it's a pity that I didn't see Uta."
"But... I should go too!"
Hearing that Ace was leaving so soon, everyone on the ship spoke up.
"Huh? Are you leaving so soon?"
" Luffy's brother, don't you come up and have some tea?"
"Stay a little longer!"
Ace smiled and waved his hand.
"I'll continue to rely on you for my younger brother."
Then, Ace looked at Luffy again, with excitement and expectation in his eyes.
" Luffy, next time we meet, I hope we'll be at the top of the pirates!"
Luffy nodded and said only one sentence.
"Take care!"
The next time we meet, it will be at the top of the pirates, but not at the top of Ace.
Luffy looked at Ace's receding back and made up his mind.
"Ace, I will definitely rescue you!"
After Ace left, Luffy called everyone to explain the plan.
"We have already found out about Crocodile's plan."
"They will start the action at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"That is to say, if nothing unexpected happens, the rebels will start to march into Albana shortly after this time.
"So we have to rush to the vicinity of Albana in advance."
"When the rebels break through the defense line of the king's army and attack the capital, we will show up at this moment, go to expose Crocodile's conspiracy, and get rid of the people in Baroque Studio.
" "
After explaining the general course of action to everyone, Luffy told them the detailed plan.
The conclusion after the overall resolution was...
Let Nokigo stay in Rapeseed Flower, and wait until tomorrow to broadcast the videos recorded by others from Crocodile and the cadres to the city through the projection phone
, and protect the live broadcast from being disrupted by the people from Baroque Studio.
Then the rest of the people drove up along the Santa Dora River overnight.
The Santa Dora River runs through almost half of Alabasta, separating several major cities in Alabasta from the middle.
And the upstream location is close to Albana, there is no port, and there are few people, which is the best hiding place.
Tomorrow, they can set out secretly from here to expose this conspiracy.
After confirming the action plan, everyone immediately started to act.
The final battle is about to begin!