The gourmet among pirates

boom! ! !

After a loud noise.

The water column empties and waves splash.

On the rough sea, Ace's sword cut a huge sword mark tens of meters long, which did not heal for a long time.

Seeing the results of his sword attack, Ace's lips raised an excited smile.

"Flying Slash, I finally succeeded. From now on, I will also be a swordsman traveling everywhere with my sword."

Inheriting part of the teacher's legacy and becoming a swordsman is a very happy and celebrated thing for Ace.

But what excited Ace even more.

Mo Lin once promised him that as long as he became a swordsman and had a certain ability to protect himself, he would take him to the South China Sea, to the beautiful island where her mother was buried, to worship his mother - —Portcas D. Luju.

The Portcas D. Luju who sacrificed himself to allow Ace to be born.

Ever since Garp learned the truth about his birth, Ace has always had a deep admiration for his mother Lujiu, who sacrificed herself to let him live. Deep guilt.

Many times, Ace believed that it was precisely because of his birth that his mother died in her prime.

If Ace had a choice, he would definitely choose to let his mother live instead of himself.

of course.

Portcas D. Lujiu probably thought the same way back then.

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After a year of hard training, Ace finally broke the mirror.

I could no longer contain my excitement.

He put the famous sword "Withered Wood" away from his waist, jumped up directly, turned into a jet of fire, soared into the sky, and flew quickly towards the Final Fortress.

A blazing human-shaped flame cut through the sky at an extremely fast speed and fell towards the top of the Final Fortress.

This wonderful sight has attracted the attention of many people.

Upon seeing this, some navy recruits subconsciously picked up their weapons and shouted hurriedly: "Alert, enemy attack!!!"

"Enemy attack!!!"

Suddenly, the entire Final Fortress was filled with the shouts of the new recruits.

But in contrast to the new recruits, the veterans were not surprised and looked indifferent.

Soon, some of the recruits discovered something strange about the veterans. A slick recruit secretly took out a cigarette, handed it to the veteran who was familiar with him, licked his face and smiled.

"Brother, why didn't you react to such a big movement? Did you just let the fireball hit our fortress?"

The veteran took the cigarette handed to him by the recruit, put it under his nose, took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly: "Hiss, I haven't smelled the high-end cigarettes produced by the Kingdom of Morocco in the East China Sea for a long time. The smell of such high-end cigarettes It tastes great, boy. If you can afford such a good cigarette, it seems like your family situation is good, right?"

After the veteran said something meaningful, he took another drag on the cigarette, showing an intoxicated look, but avoided answering the recruit's question.

[Bah, you even refused to say anything about a high-quality cigarette. Greedy bastard, after my recruit training is over and I go to sea to make meritorious deeds, you, this guy, must spit out everything you have cheated on me during this time... ·】

Although he was cursing in his heart, the recruit showed a flattering expression on his face, then he went deep into his arms, took out all the box of cigarettes in his hand, stuffed it into the veteran's pocket and said with a smile: "Hahaha, I didn't expect the veteran Brother is actually a person who understands cigarettes. It just so happens that I don’t know much about cigarettes. Brother, please help me taste this box of good cigarettes brought by the trustee to see if they are genuine..."

After giving the recruit a look that said, "You're on your way!"

The veteran calmly took out the special-grade cigarette produced in the Kingdom of Morocco from his coat, then took the single cigarette and the cigarette case out of his coat and stuffed it into Uchimura's pocket.

He then said slowly: "Our Final Fortress is the strongest naval fortress in the East China Sea. If there is really an enemy attack, how can we veterans react like this?"

"Then this is..." the recruit said in confusion.

"You new recruits! Before you came, you didn't pay attention to a few celebrities in our Final Fortress. The flame flying in the sky was not an enemy, but the eldest disciple of Governor Morin, the famous natural The user with the Burning Fruit ability, 'Fire Sword' Ace!"

"Boy, do you know what a natural devil fruit is? You don't know. I'm kindly telling you that today's three navy generals are all natural devil fruit users. Now you know how powerful this thing is. Bar."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, if you also have a natural devil fruit ability, you might be able to be accepted as a disciple by our Governor."

"what!"

In the middle of their conversation.

Ace has hidden the flames on his body.

It returned to its original appearance and landed just outside the glass on the upper floor of the Fortress of the End.

The veteran pouted in that direction, "Look, this is the 'Fire Sword' Ace, a celebrity in our Fortress of the End."

talking.

The veteran glanced at the recruit who was looking up at the window sill and was in shock.

He silently took the pack of cigarettes and left with satisfaction.

[Hahaha, what a cigarette. I can enjoy it when I have a rest in the next few days. Well, but I can’t let those old guys see it, otherwise this pack of cigarettes will at least be divided by those guys. half. 】

I don't know how long it took.

When Ace disappeared from the window.

In the Fortress of the End, there are a group of navy recruits who have never seen Ace and don't know the devil fruit, a secret treasure of the sea.

Only then did he slowly recover from the shock.

When he was about to ask something else, he turned around and realized that the veteran who had spent a pack of cigarettes and finally got through to him had gone somewhere long ago.

Suddenly, the recruit's face darkened and he cursed secretly in his heart.

[This profiteer, with just a few words, cheated me out of a pack of cigarettes. 】

Especially when he walked through most of the training ground and found that many veterans were giving free introductions to the new recruits, even more detailed than what the veterans gave him.

The recruit's face suddenly turned darker.

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the other side.

Molin, who was sitting in his office, writing and drawing on his notebook with a pen, felt the movement coming from the window.

He cursed without raising his head: "I won't leave until there is a door. I have to climb out of the window. Why, I have to leave a few black marks on my windowsill!"

Ace, who had just climbed in through the window, curled his lips and said, "Teacher, please stop looking at the almanac. Now I can control the power of the burning fruit freely, so I won't burn your window sill anymore." Woolen cloth."

"Heh, don't tell me what you said to those stone slabs that were burned black and cracked by you before!"

(Slate: I cracked...)

"what!"

Molin, who was about to continue teasing Ace, suddenly raised his head in surprise.

After looking at Ace carefully, a dazzling light flashed in Mo Lin's eyes.

After seeing this light, Ace's body seemed to be stimulated, and he emitted a sharp energy uncontrollably.

After seeing the condensed sword energy on Ace's body, Mo Lin smiled happily and said:

"Good boy, isn't it good? In less than a year and a half, you have reached the level of a swordsman."

Hearing this, Ace said with a proud face: "Of course, I am your apprentice, teacher, and you are already a great swordsman. I, your apprentice, must become a swordsman no matter what, otherwise I won't embarrass you, old man." ?”

Mo Lin rolled his eyes when he heard this and said: "Haha, pull it off. I have never seen you work so hard before. You have been working so hard for more than a year just to worship your mother early."

said here.

Molin found that Ace, standing in front of him, fell silent for an instant.

It seemed that his cheerful appearance before was just a disguise.

Seeing this, Mo Lin stood up.

He patted Ace on the shoulder and said, "I just don't have anything urgent to do recently. Let's get ready. We will set off to the South China Sea in a few days to pay homage to Lu Jiu."

Upon hearing this, Ace immediately raised his head and asked with surprise:

"Ah! Really?"

Mo Lin rubbed Ace's head and said with a smile: "Of course, I can still lie to you."

"Teacher, I'm not a child anymore. Don't rub my head. It's embarrassing if someone sees it..."

Ace said it was embarrassing, but he showed no intention of slapping Molin's mischievous hand away.

He even narrowed his eyes with some enjoyment.

In fact, Ace really liked the feeling of having his head touched.

This made him feel unusually friendly, having lacked the company of his family since childhood.

But if someone saw it, the arrogant Ace would feel very ashamed of himself.

"Hahaha, yes, Ace has grown up."

After smiling and retracting the big hand that twisted Ace's hair into a mess, Mo Lin seemed to remember two or three meters, and suddenly said: "By the way, Lujiu liked flowers when she was alive. I remember that there was a time when she still Decorate your hair with hibiscus flowers, and when the time comes, we can prepare some when you go to worship your mother."

flower?

Or hibiscus?

Under the influence of veterans in the Navy, Ace is no longer the novice who knows nothing.

Hibiscus flower!

The floral language and symbolic meaning of hibiscus flowers: fresh love and subtle beauty.

Between men and women, sending this kind of flowers has many hidden meanings.

Subconsciously.

Ace turned to look at his teacher, with a hint of vigilance, and said solemnly: "Teacher, I will prepare the flowers on my mother's side. Forget it on your side..."

"It's been so many years since my mother passed away, and it's time for you to step out."

"Besides, you have Sister Taoyao. If you still miss my mother and send her flowers, it would be inappropriate if Sister Taoyao finds out about this!"

For Ace.

He has never forgotten the persona that Mo Lin originally set up to be his father's love rival.

Fortunately, Mo Lin suddenly said that he wanted to send flowers to his mother, or hibiscus, a flower with a hidden flower language. Even though Lujiu had been dead for more than ten years, Ace still felt a little inappropriate.

It's not that Ace thinks that Maureen is not worthy of his mother.

Compared to his cheap father, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, Ace actually recognized Maureen as his father.

even.

In Ace's heart, Maureen has long been regarded as both a teacher and a father figure.

Master Master.

He is also a teacher and a father.

Maureen has always played the role of Ace's father to some extent.

Teach swordsmanship and physical skills.

Teaching Ace the principles of life and establishing a correct outlook on life and values ​​for him, aren't these what a father should do?

But that's why.

Ace was even more reluctant, more than ten years after his mother passed away.

Maureen is still "quiet" in his relationship with his mother and is unwilling to come out.

Your own teacher deserves better.

In Ace's opinion.

last year.

My teacher finally got over the "emotional injury" and accepted Sister Taoyao.

If I bring back the memory of the teacher again, something will happen.

Ace felt that sister Taoyao, who had always taken good care of her, would kill him.

Ah!

Maybe the scheming sister Robin would secretly attack him.

Well, there are also the teacher’s other “confidantes”...

Ace didn't want to think that because of a bouquet of flowers, his happy life in the future would become filled with dangers and dangers.

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Maureen was in front of Ace, although he didn't hear Ace's thoughts.

But look at Ace's wary little eyes.

Even if Mo Lin makes a blind guess, he can still guess a lot about Ace's little thoughts.

therefore.

As soon as Ace said these words, Mo Lin's face turned dark instantly.

He even had the urge to slap Ace, the "traitor" to death.

[Asshole, that’s a character design. Do you understand the character design? Although Lu Jiu is good, I am not a thief, not to mention she has been dead for more than ten years. Is it necessary to be so guarded against me? 】

"Humph, it's just a bouquet of flowers. At such a young age, you are thinking about all kinds of messy things all day long. I think you are still too idle. You follow those old veterans and don't learn from the good ones. The bad ones study."

"Starting tomorrow, I will make a new training plan for you. When the time comes, you should stick to that plan. After you become a swordsman, it is not easy to improve your swordsmanship. Be prepared to endure hardship!"

After silently making a plan for Ace to double his training volume, Maureen snorted coldly, kicked Ace on the butt, and drove him out of his office.

[Hmph, you dare to arrange your teacher and me like this, you brat, just wait and see if I can train you to death. 】

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After being kicked out of the office by Maureen.

Ace, who was accomplished in physical skills and had a thick skin, patted his butt.

After slapping the footprints off his butt.

Ace ran towards the West District Amusement Park on New Log Island, where there was the best flower shop on the island.

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