The gourmet among pirates

at the same time.

Maureen is taking Buddy and Ace to the Kingdom of Ouikot.

He planned to use Buddy's daughter Catherine's superhuman teleportation fruit power.

Establish a teleportation anchor point between the Sky Island and the Final Fortress, and then use this to transport a large amount of gold and other precious materials on the Sky Island back to the Final Fortress.

Of course, this time, Molin also planned to take this opportunity to recruit Buddy's daughter into the logistics force of the Fortress of the End.

Catherine's ability to teleport fruits is a rare space ability.

Morin didn't want to miss such a devil fruit user with extraordinary potential.

In addition, with Buddy's relationship, Maureen felt sorry for herself if she didn't drag this little girl Catherine into the "Final Fortress".

and.

Letting Catherine join the Final Fortress is not only the wish of Maureen, but also the wish of Buddy and his wife.

Ever since this girl Catherine revealed that she is a devil fruit user.

She seemed to have unleashed her natural instincts, running wildly everywhere like a wild Erha.

Now Buddy's wife can hardly control this crazy girl who is playing crazy.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Catherine's mother changed her past attitude and asked Buddy to take Catherine to the Final Fortress for training for a few years.

At least, in the Fortress of the End, Buddy can control Catherine.

Moreover, joining the navy is safer than running around alone.

It just so happened that Mo Lin could also take this opportunity to go back home and see his parents in this life.

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blue sea, blue sky.

The sea breeze is gentle.

On the deck of the warship where Morin and the others were riding, Morin held up Gui Tetsu and Ace with one hand to practice swordsmanship.

The famous sword "Deadwood" seized from the Golden Lion Shiji was wielded by Ace with great power and airtight.

The fierce sword winds even scratched scratches on the deck of the warship.

From time to time, Ace can also slash out flaming sword energy that emits scorching heat.

"Gorgeous!"

Lifting up Gui Te, he gently handed it forward. The tip of Gui Te's sword hit the spine of the dead wood just as Ace swung his sword, when the old strength was exhausted and the new strength was not yet generated.

At the same time as a wail-like sword chant sounded, the dead wood flew backwards from Ace's hand.

After spinning several times in mid-air, it landed on the deck with a "sizzling" sound.

Looking at Ace who was holding his wrist in severe pain, he looked ashamed.

Mo Lin frowned and said, "Can't you even hold the sword firmly?"

Ace said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, teacher."

Mo Lin shook his head and sheathed Gui Te's sword.

After greeting Ace to take back the dead wood, they went to sit on the wooden box nearby.

He took out two yellow-orange oranges from the box and handed one to Queen Ace.

Mo Lin said: "Your heart is confused, and your sword is also confused. Is it because of Kurokas?"

After Ace took the orange handed over from Maureen, he held it tightly and nodded.

"Well, Mr. Kurokas told me a lot about that man, but the man he mentioned is what I learned before..."

At this point, Ace's face was filled with confusion, as if he didn't know how to describe it.

"Is it different from what you have learned before?"

Ace was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

He said confusedly to his teacher: "Teacher, the person Mr. Kurokas mentioned is completely different from what I know."

Mo Lin smiled and said: "What's weird about this? The butt determines the head, and the stance determines the attitude."

"The same person may have a thousand images in a thousand people's hearts."

"Mr. Garp and him have a friendly relationship, but no matter how sympathetic they are, they are also rivals, so Mr. Garp probably won't have anything nice to say about him."

"Not to mention, because of Lujiu and other things, I really don't have a good impression of your father. If I don't scold him when I mention him, I feel good."

"What you know from other people or even some information is pretty much the same. After all, few ordinary people would have a good impression of him."

"But Mr. Kurokas is different. They are partners, friends who can trust each other with their lives. I think Mr. Kurokas has told you a lot of his stories and heroic deeds recently."

"Ok!"

Ace hummed.

After hearing this, Mo Lin smiled and rubbed Ace's head and continued: "Besides, who told you that good people will always be good people, and bad people will always do bad things? Who can tell the difference between right and wrong so clearly? .”

"You have a good relationship with Robin. She should have told you about her past experience. The once historical holy land of O'Hara was directly wiped off the map by the World Government's demon-slaying order."

"But who knew that the original order of the World Government was only to arrest and execute those scholars who violated the World Government's prohibitions? It did not mention the civilians on the island at all?"

"As for the civilians of O'Hara, were they ordered to be executed by Admiral Akainu, who now represents justice to a certain extent?"

"In order to eradicate the root cause, all the civilians on an island who were originally going to be relocated were executed. Is this really justice?"

A hint of sarcasm flashed across the corner of Mo Lin's mouth.

This is also the reason why Akainu has expressed good feelings and appreciation for Mo Lin several times, but Mo Lin doesn't like him anymore.

Although Akainu is more suitable to be a navy marshal than Aokiji and Kizaru.

But his character and his pursuit of "thorough justice" are destined to make most people dislike him.

Because it is thorough, it never means being absolutely correct.

The law is nothing more than human feelings.

Even the law must formulate corresponding results based on the actual situation, let alone justice in the sense of personal supervision.

"This······"

On the other side, when Ace heard the secret about O'Hara's destruction from Maureen.

Shocked beyond words.

He never thought that the admiral, who represented justice, would do such an inhumane thing.

Seeing Ace's doubtful look on life, Maureen threw the last piece of orange meat in his hand into his mouth, then patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Okay, the purpose of what I'm saying is actually to hope that you can have your own judgment on some things and don't follow others' opinions."

"That guy is your father. This is an undeniable fact, but you don't need to care so much about other people's opinions of him. He is him and you are you."

"What he does is none of your business, so there is no need for you to feel any psychological burden."

In recent years, Ace has been running around the East China Sea desperately, chasing down pirates, and often giving all his money to the poor people who were robbed by pirates.

Mo Lin can still guess some of his mentality.

It's just that in his subconscious mind, he believes that everything on the sea today is caused by his father starting the great pirate era, which has caused the order on the sea to become increasingly chaotic.

But is this really the root of the matter?

If it weren't for the greedy and extravagant world nobles and the layers of exploitation by officials from various places, the common people would not be able to survive and would have to go to sea and embark on the road of no return to become pirates.

How come there are so many pirates in this world?

If a normal person can survive, who would want to go to the sea and live a precarious life with his head in his belt?

Therefore, Ace's little thought was completely unnecessary in Molin's opinion.

It was precisely because he saw Ace's thoughts that Maureen enlightened him.

Mo Lin didn't want his apprentice, so he took advantage of the situation and led himself to a dead end.

If Mo Lin initially hired Ace for system tasks, after a few years of sincere relationship, Mo Lin had long since regarded the extremely gentle Ace as his true apprentice.

Ha ha.

Ace's reputation as a teacher in recent years is not for nothing.

Looking at Ace who still wanted to say something.

Mo Lin waved his hand and interrupted:

"Okay, don't think about that guy. With this skill, you might as well improve your strength a little more. Oh, by the way..."

With that said, Maureen took out the photo of Portcas D. Lujiu from the pocket of her jacket and handed it to Ace.

"Here, this photo is for you."

Looking at the photo that was thrust into his hands by Mo Lin, Ace showed an incredible expression.

"Ah! Teacher, you gave it to me like this, teacher, didn't you mean..."

The significance of Portkas D. Luju's photos to Ace is self-evident.

Ace had begged Maureen many times to give him this photo, but Maureen remained indifferent.

Instead, he placed it in his office with great care, and Ace gritted his teeth as he looked at it.

Secretly, I don’t know how many times I scolded LSP. After all these years, I still miss his mother.

But now.

Looking at Ace's unbelievable look, Maureen smiled, deliberately showing a tangled and regretful expression, and then slowly stretched out her hand.

"What, you don't want it? I'm reluctant to give the photo back to you!"

Ace, who was so moved a second ago that he couldn't believe it, immediately became vigilant the next second he saw the hand extended by Morin.

Ace kicked his foot, and there was an instant "whoosh" sound.

He jumped out a long way and put a long distance between himself and Mo Lin.

He looked at Mo Lin warily.

He muttered: "There is no reason to take back something you gave away. Besides, teacher, you are already in your twenties. It's time to forget the past and find a new girlfriend."

"If you take a picture of Sister Taoyao, Sister Robin, or Sister Bellemere from Cocosia Village, and put it on the table, it's no more appropriate than putting a picture of my mother."

"Haha." Mo Lin sneered, "You're so brave that you even dare to interfere with the teacher's affairs."

He instantly disappeared from the spot and ducked behind Ace. When Ace couldn't react at all, Morin hit him with a loving iron fist on the forehead.

"Ugh...it hurts so much!"

After screaming, Ace didn't care about the big bump that suddenly appeared on his head. Instead, he hugged the photo tightly with both hands, fearing that Mo Lin would snatch it away.

Mo Lin burst out laughing.

To be honest, Portcas D. Luju's photo was not as important to Maureen as Ace thought.

Since Maureen decided to give it to Ace, how could she take it back from him?

After looking at Ace speechlessly, Mo Lin said: "Okay, it's just a photo. I won't take it back yet. If I don't have time to think about all this mess, it's better to improve my strength as soon as possible."

"Whenever you have mastered the art of swordsmanship to the level of a swordsman, or become a master of armament and domineering, I will take you to the South China Sea to pay homage to your mother."

Worship my mother.

Ace's body trembled when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "Teacher, is what you said true?"

Maureen rolled her eyes: "When did I lie to you?"

"Ah, no..., that's not what I meant..."

After arguing in a panic for a long time, Ace finally got to the point and asked, "I want to say, teacher, do you know where my mother is buried?"

Mo Lin nodded: "Well, after the battle in Wano Country, I asked specifically from Mr. Garp. The South China Sea is not like the East China Sea. There are pirates and gangs over there. If you are not strong enough, I will not take you. past."

"So, if you want to pay homage to your mother as soon as possible, practice quickly and improve your strength."

At this point, Mo Lin deliberately sighed, "Speaking of it, Lujiu has been dead for twelve years. It has been abandoned for more than ten years and no one has taken care of it. I don't know what is happening to her cemetery now."

No one has taken care of it for more than ten years.

Abandoned, dilapidated cemetery.

A cold wind blows.

So bleak.

After Mo Lin finished speaking, this picture directly appeared in Ace's mind.

Thinking of this, Ace's eyes instantly turned red.

Hot tears rolled down Ace's face one after another, like broken beads.

But what was even more uncomfortable was Ace's heart, which was throbbing in pain.

After casually wiping his tears with his sleeve, Ace wordlessly pulled out his famous sword Kumu, then found a place and started practicing vigorously.

When I think of my mother who has exhausted all her energy and exhausted her last bit of vitality in order to give birth to herself safely.

After his death, no one even took care of the cemetery.

Ace was so worried that it was hard to stop.

As a son of man, he doesn't want to wait any longer.

Therefore, he wanted to break through to the realm of swordsman as quickly as possible, and then let his teacher take him to the South China Sea... to pay homage to his mother.

For this, he can... give everything.

In just a few minutes.

Ace, who was still struggling with the matter of Pirate King Gol D. Roger not long ago, had already forgotten about Roger.

Compared to his mother who gave everything for him, Roger's irresponsible scumbag father was nothing.

Instead of wasting time worrying about him, he might as well spend this time and experience on cultivation, so that he can defeat his mother as soon as possible.

In Ace's heart.

The weight of his scumbag father, Gol D. Roger, is compared to the weight of his mother, Portcas D. Luju.

Gol D. Roger was defeated.