The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"Thank you, thank you~~ woo woo woo~~"

"You are the great benefactor of our Whitebeard Pirates—"

"What's going on in the future, just say it! Let us chop whoever we want..."

"Let go, let go!!"

With a creaking sound, the white knight broke free from the embrace of the enthusiastic crowd, and the armor on his body was dented by these big and three thick guys.

"It's a good thing my body didn't come over, otherwise I wouldn't have been killed by your move 'Hold someone in my arms'?"

Faced with the white knight's complaints, several big men with tears in their eyes gave up their heads in embarrassment. On the other side, after careful inspection of Ace's body, several careful captains also nodded their thanks to the white knight.

"You're welcome, as I said, I didn't do this for you Whitebeard Pirates."

No matter how grateful the captains were, the white knight just waved his hands calmly. At the same time, there are "notes" to explain to Ace:

"Because he has already died once, Ace's ability to burn fruit is definitely gone. At the same time:"

"First, about Ace's soul; after all, I'm using the 'inferior version' of the devil fruit ability, so your soul still needs to get used to your body for a while."

"That is to say, in the short term, you'd better not be attacked by domineering. —Otherwise, it is easy to cause your soul to be injured or even leave your body."

"No problem, no one is allowed to use Haki from now on!!"

Kingudo, the captain of the eleventh team, slapped his chest muscles loudly, and asked the white knight to rub his forehead. ——The IQ of this group of guys... Luffy, I blamed you wrongly. It turns out that you are not the only one with such a simple brain circuit.

But most pirates are like this!

"As long as it's not a violent domineering attack against Ace, it doesn't matter. Don't you guys have to fight in the future?"

After finishing speaking, the white knight continued directly.

"Second, about Ace's body; I filled your heart and wounds with imitation fruits, but this is my creation after all—that is to say, your life is completely in my mind."

Facing the cold words of the white knight, Ace just nodded politely.

"Well, thank you."

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"Well, there's another hidden danger that if I die or pass out, it will stop your heart. So:"

The white knight pointed a finger at Ace's chest.

"You must strengthen the training of domineering, wear away my 'brand' with domineering and strengthen it. Make this 'heart' completely your own! Even if something happens to me, it will not affect you."

"Okay, thanks again."

Facing Ace who nodded with a smile, Roman, who controlled the white knight, didn't know what to say for a while.

The current Ace gives him a kind of polite appearance from before, hiding everything that seems to burn everything, including his own irritability, and he has really become calm on the outside.

Well, it's normal to change after dying once. So:

"Third, it's about the future of your Whitebeard Pirates."

The words of the white knight quieted the happy captains, and Roman had already controlled the white knight to continue talking.

"I believe that at this very moment, your territory under the name of the Whitebeard Pirates should be being attacked by pirates from all walks of life in the New World. And most importantly, the Blackbeard Pirates are about to attack!"

The white knight looked around at the captains present. Although they all have the combat power of an admiral, the only ones who can be called true masters are 'Phoenix' Marco, 'Diamond' Jozzy, and 'Foil' Vesta. These three, the others~~~

Don't mention it.

"First of all, Blackbeard: Even if it was a sneak attack without the fruit ability, he once killed your fourth division captain Saqi. Then he ate the 'dark fruit' that can restrain other devil fruits, and then I won't say how strong it is after taking the 'Zhenzhen Fruit' which is the number one attack in the superhuman system."

"Then there are several members he originally recruited. I can tell you clearly that there is absolutely no weak person."

"As for the prisoners he brought out from the sixth floor of Advance City..." the white knight touched his chin, "Let's put it this way, if you are all imprisoned in Advance City, there will only be Ace, Marko, and Joz here. , Bista is eligible to close the sixth floor."

"And those guys recruited by Blackbeard are masters left after killing the other prisoners in the same cell!"

The strength will definitely not be weaker than the previous captains of the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Understood,"

Ace nodded.

"What you're trying to say is that we have no chance, are you?"

Not only did he have no chance of winning, he was beaten to pieces without even taking away a cadre of the opponent! Of course, Roman would not say such a thing. But what he wanted to say in his heart was written on his face... the mask.

"Hey, even if you are our great benefactor, you still underestimate us—"

Short brown hair, blue eyes, short but cute. Harta, the captain of the twelfth division, wearing white-green medieval-style clothing and a pair of white tights, made a dissatisfied voice, but was immediately stopped by Ace next to him.

"I believe your words, maybe you are the one who sees the power of this sea most clearly."

"Ace, why do you say that?"

Facing Harta's rhetorical question, Ace looked at the white knight.

"Your identity... can you tell me?"

Facing Ace's question, the white knight shrugged. "It doesn't matter, everyone here has been exposed to my puppet's breath, and I'm in such a conspicuous position on the top, you should have already guessed it."

"Mmmmm~~"

Facing a group of captains nodding repeatedly, Ace introduced to the white knight.

"Okay, this is the 'staff officer' on my brother's Straw Hat Road spaceship, White Knight-Roman."

Until now, the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates knew Roman's name. And they finally understood why the other party kept emphasizing that it had nothing to do with the Whitebeard Pirates, but kept helping them.

It's all because the other party is Ace's brother's crew!

"At the same time, his body has been sitting on the execution platform, that is, the Tianlong man next to me."

∑(っ°Д°;)っ X12

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"What kind of expression do you have! Haven't you noticed that your arrogance is all fake?" Facing the white knight's complaints, Marco waved his hand with an embarrassing smile.

"How is it possible, I have noticed it a long time ago!"

'Foil Sword' Vista slicked his mustache.

"I see. No wonder I've been wondering about that Tianlong man... no, little brother Roman's breath is so familiar."

"Yes, yes, I noticed too..."

"Me too."

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So only Marco and Vista noticed it?

"In short, just don't talk nonsense about my identity."

"Understood!" X14

This time the captains immediately nodded at the same time, and the identity of the other party was actually a Tianlongren of the world's nobles! Given that Roman can appear on the execution platform, it can explain his clear perception of everyone's strength, as well as the source of information he sent before... But:

If the fact that Roman secretly helped these pirates was exposed, even if it is a Tianlong person... No, it will be even worse because it is a Tianlong person.

"Don't worry, we will never speak out!" X15

The White Knight nodded. The captains of the Whitebeard Pirates were undoubtedly heroes who kept their promises. Of course, there is no need to worry about them 'selling' themselves. So:

"Come on, Ace."

The white knight looked at Ace who had come back from the dead, "What are you going to do in the face of the coming Blackbeard?"

"I····"

Ace looked around at the captains who were all wounded. — especially Jozy, with an arm covered in bandages! It was the wound cut by Aokiji during the battle.

"Let's go back and gather people together..."

Just when Roman in the white knight sighed secretly, Ace changed his mind.

"Then retreat to the west of 'Blaster Wind Island' to defend!"

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"Where is Blizzard Island?"

Facing the words of the white knight, Marco next to him explained to him: "The only place nearby that can be repaired in the sea area where there are ten strong winds blowing all year round is Blast Island, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack. But if we retreat there... ···”

"We need to give up two-thirds of the territory."

Faced with this proposal of cutting flesh and bloodletting, Ace looked around at the captain present, "Everyone, I also really want to avenge my father! I really want to kill that bastard Blackbeard with my own hands! But:"

Dad, I won't be willful anymore.

"We are not opponents of each other. Revenge cannot be achieved with emotion. Before we accumulate enough strength, we must be patient."

Amidst the loud words, the captains present were all silent. And Roman, who controls the white knight, nodded:

Ace, you finally look like a big brother.

"Although I'm an outsider, I agree with what Ace said."

The white knight stood up and broke the oppression in the cabin.

"With all due respect, it is impossible for the current Whitebeard Pirates to defeat the Blackbeard Pirates. Temporary retreat is not cowardice, just like fighting. You must retract your fists to accumulate strength before you can deliver a fatal blow! And:"

The white knight looked at the captains of the white-bearded pirate team who looked dazed after losing their leader in the room.

"It won't be long before our Straw Hats will enter the new world!"

"At that time, the Blackbeard Pirates will also be our enemies. ——Because my captain is going to be the 'One Piece' man!"

All the big pirates who target the "big secret treasure" will be the enemies of the Straw Hats!

"How about we join forces to deal with the Blackbeard Pirates?"

Facing Roman's proposal, more than a dozen captains looked at me and I looked at you, and finally all their eyes were on Ace and Marco.

"Ace, what do you think?"

Marco gave Ace the right to choose, and it was also a gesture—a gesture in which Ace will be the master of the Whitebeard Pirates in the future!

Marco has a calm personality and a humble personality. He is very qualified as a deputy. but:

The only thing he lacks is 'ambition'!

And a person without ambition is not suitable to lead a pirate group.

"Yes! But I have one condition:"

Ace looked at Roman, as the 'consultant' of the Straw Hats, the opponent was qualified and capable of negotiating on behalf of the Straw Hats. ——And Luffy will definitely support 100%: whether it is Roman or Ace.

"Blackbeard's head, I will take it off!!"

"no problem."

Anyway, the Straw Hats have never been interested in 'heads'.

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"In that case, let me say something happy."

Ace has completely changed, and Roman can also consider 'strengthening' the opponent.

"Losing the 'Shao Shao Fruit' is not a bad thing for you."

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"Ace, you were only focused on developing fruits before, but you forgot to practice domineering. In fact, you are born with an advantage over others! That is the aptitude of excellent domineering and domineering."

Ace has a domineering look, and he used it to save Luffy when he was very young.

"Although you don't like it, the blood of Roger the Pirate King has endowed you with the excellent qualifications of three-color domineering. Overlord-color domineering is not as simple as pure aura. Once you exercise to the degree of 'entanglement', you will immediately be among the top masters .”

Of the entire Whitebeard Pirates, only Ace has this qualification, and it can even be said that he should have taken this path in the first place. ——Roger, who has no fruit ability, can overwhelm an era! His bloodline will never be bad.

"...Roger's power?"

Clenching his fist, Ace raised his head, only seriousness remained on his face.

"I understand! I will no longer refuse the power of this body. Because:"

"My life belongs to my father and my friends!"

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"That last thing."

Roman took out a white mask and threw it to Ace. ——This is not a creation of his ability, but a normal dance mask.

This is the convenience of Roman as a Celestial Dragon. This thing has only one characteristic:

That is solid!

"Ace, you can't go out to meet people with this face, otherwise the navy will go berserk."

Just announced that he had killed the son of One Piece, and the next second he was jumping around alive and well in the sea. The Navy's face is gone? The face of the world government is gone? Soon the three generals will descend from the sky, believe it or not!

"thanks."

He put on the mask to cover his freckles, took the white suit handed over by Bista next to him, and put it on to cover his tattoos. A mature and slender man appeared in the cabin.

"From today onwards, I am no longer Ace, but:"

"Eca!"

Whitebeard Pirates, I will protect them!