The gourmet among pirates

When Baird Alves' body was swallowed up by the blazing flames, it was completely burned into ashes.

Ace slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this guy Baird Alves has a bad temperament, his Devil Fruit ability makes him undeniably difficult to deal with.

Phantom beast type·Devil form!

This phantom beast species is definitely ranked among the best among all phantom beast species in terms of ability!

If Baird Alves hadn't been incompetent and failed to fully develop the power of this Devil Fruit, there might even be a great pirate no less powerful than the Yonko appearing on the sea.

If nothing else, just look at the various secret techniques and abilities that Baird Alves has developed, and you will know how powerful the phantom beast species and devil form are.

If someone could fully develop the power of this devil fruit, there might be a real devil in the sea!

of course.

This does not rule out the fact that during his peak years, Baird Alves was imprisoned in Recommended City for more than eighty years. That long prison career blunted his courage and his spirit. The edges and corners have smoothed away all his ambitions, leaving only an old guy who was just begging for a living.

If this old guy hadn't been imprisoned in Impel Down City back then, it's not certain that he would have made such a big name on the sea.

After all, the powerful and domineering plundering demon Ximu that Ace had seen in the data was completely different from the Baird Alves in front of him.

Ah!

This kind of thing is not without precedent.

Just looking at the situation, Moonlight Moria, who had been able to fight Kaido of all beasts for a day and night, and almost got a 50-50 draw, became disheartened after being defeated by Kaido of all beasts.

Didn't he become the shameful Shichibukai King who wandered around the dark Devil's Triangle all day long, and was the only one who was expelled from the World Government because of his lack of strength?

Just by looking at this, you can know how much a person's courage and belief will affect his combat power and future.

of course.

This life.

Because of Maureen's emergence.

This led to Kaido's early fall, and also allowed Moonlight Moria, who once participated in the battle to encircle and suppress Kaido, to regain her confidence. Today's Moonlight Morinya is stronger than the one in the original work, even more powerful. Quite a few.

Back to the point.

But when he saw the Pope of the Moonlight Church, Baird Alves was pierced through the heart by Ace's sudden sword, and his bones were shattered into ashes.

There was a trace of confusion in the eyes of Saint Monroe standing next to Baird Alves, and there was also a sense of sadness.

She was not sad for Baird Alves, but sad and confused for the Moonlight Church and the civilians who believed in the Moonlight Church in the Principality of Moskot and several surrounding countries.

After Baird Alves returned to the Principality of Moskot, in order to hide his identity, he chose to sneak into the Moonlight Monastery and become a priest with no sense of presence.

But in his first year after entering the monastery, the old abbot of the monastery died unexpectedly.

Then Baird Alves, who had just joined the monastery not long ago, inexplicably became the leader of the monastery.

As a nun adopted from Moonlight Monastery since childhood.

Although Monroe didn't know what was going on here, her intuition told her that there was something fishy going on here.

Maybe even the death of the kind old dean had something to do with Baird Alves.

For this reason, Monroe had always excluded Baird Alves.

I don’t usually like to come into contact with Baird Alves.

If Monroe hadn't accidentally eaten a Devil Fruit, he would not only have mastered the healing power, but also had extremely powerful affinity.

It is impossible for Baird Alves to make her a saint of the Moonlight Church.

Even so, Baird Alves has been sending people to secretly monitor her.

Not to mention anything else, Samuda with a scar on his face, even if the other party sends chess pieces to follow him and monitor her.

Therefore, Monroe had very complicated emotions towards Baird Alves who died suddenly.

Even after Baird Alves died, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

But compared to this hint of complexity and relief.

Monroe, at this time, was more worried about herself and the future of Moonlight Church.

Without Baird Alves, a ruthless and wealthy mysterious man at the helm, and without the powerful force of the four Knights of the Apocalypse, where will the future of the Moonlight Church believers go?

Is the future that just sparked a glimmer of hope about to be shattered again?

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After taking care of Baird Alves.

Ace looked at Monroe, who stood aside as motionless as a statue, and also had a headache.

He could feel it.

Monroe was different from the rest of the Moonlight Church.

Maybe it was because he had saved her before.

From beginning to end, Ace never sensed any hostility towards him from Monroe, let alone any murderous intent.

Even when she rescued Baird Alves, she only used some small means to hold her back and make them disappear from her sight.

Ace couldn't touch such a person.

And according to what I learned, Monroe, who treated countless civilians for free every day, could even truly be called a saint.

For those who have been, helped, healed by Monroe.

Saint Monroe is their belief.

It was precisely because of Monroe's existence that they chose to believe in the Moonlight Church.

For these reasons, Ace did not want to kill the opponent.

But since you don't plan to kill him, how to arrange the other party is a big problem.

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Monroe, who stared at Ace for a long time, smiled and asked, "Do you...want to kill me too?"

"No, in fact, I never thought about killing you. At the beginning, I didn't want to kill anyone. I just wanted to take you back to the Fortress and ask Robin, Chief of Staff, if there was a better way. , I’m just here to accommodate you, it’s just...it seems like you don’t believe me.”

"But..." Ace shook his head, "It's meaningless to say this now."

So far, Baird Alves, the boss behind the Aslian family, and the four Apocalypse Knight Commanders in charge of force have all been killed.

Could it be possible to be better?

But the speaker has no intention, but the listener does.

When she heard that Ace originally planned to take her to meet the legendary woman from the East China Sea, the wise and almost demonic Miss Robin.

Monroe suddenly felt something in her heart and asked: "Now, can you still take me to see Miss Robin?"

After hearing this, Ace suddenly asked in surprise: "Have you changed your mind now?"

Monroe nodded and said: "So what if I don't change my mind. The Pope is dead, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are also dead. Now our Moonlight Church and all its high-level military forces have been wiped out. If I still don't change my mind, then the Moonlight Church will... It’s almost destroyed.”

"what!"

Monroe's words made Ace feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Monroe did not dwell on this matter.

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After making a decision.

Monroe did not immediately leave the Principality of Moskot with Ace, but instead returned to the Moonlight Monastery.

While walking on that familiar road, Monroe saw tens of thousands of people lying on the ground at the foot of Moonlight Monastery.

I was shocked for a moment. He showed a shocked look.

Fortunately, in order to avoid misunderstanding.

On the way here, Ace had already vaccinated Monroe and briefly informed Monroe of the situation here.

He also told her about the situation where he used his domineering domineering energy to knock out many people.

However, hearing is false and seeing is true.

Only those who have actually seen such a scene can imagine the strong shock that "tens of thousands of corpses fell to the ground" brings to people.

Although a lot of time has passed.

At the foot of the mountain at Moonlight Monastery, there were many people who had recovered from the shock of Ace's domineering aura and regained consciousness.

Most of these first batch of guys to wake up are the tough-willed people in the Moonlight Church.

same.

They are also often senior leaders in the church.

After telling these people that she would be leaving for a while.

Monroe did not stay long, and soon he disappeared from everyone's sight.

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The saint who owned the former Moonlight Church personally came forward to comfort him.

The group of Moonlight Church believers at the foot of the mountain became much quieter.

after that.

Returning to the monastery, I followed a few middle-aged nuns and a guy hiding in the shadows to explain a few words.

The Saint of the Moonlight Church returned to the "Flame" with Ace.

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"Haha, I didn't expect our little Ace to grow up yet? I just asked you to go see what's going on in the Moonlight Church. It's good for you, you even kidnapped the saint girl of the Moonlight Church."

After learning on the phone that Ace had killed the Pope of the Moonlight Church, Baird Alves, and the four Knights of the Apocalypse, he also brought back the saint.

Robin on the other end of the phone couldn't help but feel a little funny.

It was rare to tease Ace.

Ace, who has not yet become a strong-willed person and has a relatively thin skin, turned red when he heard this.

He immediately explained: "No, sister Robin, please don't talk nonsense. I beg you, please."

"Besides, I asked Monroe to come back with me because I wanted you to think of a way to help her!"

"Although the Pope of the Moonlight Church, Baird Alves, has evil intentions, in order to gain the trust of the people, he has done a lot of good deeds that are fortunate to the people."

"Such a church should not be disbanded like this."

"..."

On the other end of the phone, Robin was silent for a moment and said, "In that case, let her come over first and let me see her."

"Okay, thank you, Sister Robin!"

Nico Robin: "········"

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After hanging up the phone call from Ace.

Robin picked up a pencil and quickly started writing and drawing on the table in front of him, recording something.

"Plunder Demon Ximu!"

This old guy has been locked up in the recommendation floor for eighty years, why is he not dead yet?

How ironic that a devil disguised himself as a divine Pope!

I don’t know if the creature behind the Moonlight Church will jump out of the coffin in anger after seeing this scene.

Haha, it seems that since the world government took the initiative to break the relationship with all countries in the world.

The sea became turbulent.

Really all kinds of monsters, ghosts, gods and snakes appeared.

Especially the North Sea, which is the main battlefield. It is said that many islands were destroyed by the collision of these two superpowers.

Otherwise, the last year.

There will not be more and more Beihai forces running out of the North Sea and heading towards other sea areas.

why?

Aren’t these small and medium-sized forces simply unable to resist?

Even some large underground forces that Robin had heard about took the opportunity to leave Beihai.

Some of them even entered the East China Sea in batches.

Ok.

It seems that the underground mafia family is not far from where Ace is now. Why don't you ask Ace to take a look when he comes back and investigate the situation?

Think for a few seconds.

Nicole Robin eventually gave up on the idea.

Because, as far as he knew, there was one or even several strong men among the underground forces under the sea.

Those cruel and ruthless guys are not comparable to the half-dead Pope of the Moonlight Church that Ace met.

Some of them even control some underground chains in the entire world.

Although Ace's current strength is good, it is still too early for him to deal with the ruthless underground kings who control the underground world.

Let's leave these things to Enel or Uncle Fujitora!

Ah!

You can also let Maureen take action.

This guy has been practicing for two years, and it's time to take action.

"Well! Since we are ready to let them take action,"

"Then, why don't you take this opportunity to clean up the East China Sea!"

In the past two years, due to various reasons, even the East China Sea, which has been calm for a long time, has become much more chaotic than the previous two years.

If Mo Lin hadn't been practicing behind closed doors for the past two years.

Robin had long ordered to eradicate the root causes of changes in the East China Sea.

However, it's not too late.

thought here.

Nicole Robin picked up what she just wrote on her hand and walked upstairs.

Two years of silence.

It’s time for the Final Fortress to show off its edge again.

Otherwise, those forgetful guys will forget the lessons learned back then.

Tatata!

Nicole Robin, who was wearing high heels and showing off her long legs, soon arrived at the door of Maureen's office.

Tuk Tuk Tuk!

After knocking lightly on the door of Mo Lin's office a few times, she pushed the door open and went in.

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