One Piece: Arrival on Sky Island at the beginning

Crunch.....

As the door opened, Ace walked in with a casual expression in a white, Angel Island-style building.

"Mother?"

He shouted, and after realizing that no one seemed to be at home, he sat down on the sofa in the living room, lay down, and stared at the ceiling above his head.

"One Piece?"

"boring!!!"

After murmuring, he closed his eyes and lay on the sofa and fell asleep.

It wasn't until the sound of the door being pushed open again that he slowly opened his eyes, turned his head and looked sideways. His mother, Porter Carter D. Lujiu, came in holding a jar of something unknown, her face Full of smiles.

Although twenty years have passed, the years do not seem to have left any traces on Lujiu's face. Instead, she looks more gentle and kind.

Looking at her son lying on the sofa with a tired look on his face, Lu Jiu came in and asked a little strangely.

"Why did you come back so early today? Have you finished all the work at the shipyard?"

Ace thought for a while and said.

"No, there is a guest at Cornis' house, so I came back first. What is that?"

"Here, this is the cherry jam that Bea's family just made. They gave me some as a gift. We can eat cherry pie today."

After hearing this, Ace was not very interested and lay back on the sofa, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Lu Jiu saw it, walked over, and asked a little strangely.

"What's wrong? You seem unhappy today? Did you and Cornis have a fight, Ace?"

"No, I...I'm just a little...bored. I'll just take a rest."

After Ace finished speaking, he covered his face with his hat without saying anything else.

Lu Jiu was stunned when she saw this, and then walked towards the kitchen.

"Then let's eat cherry pie today!"

As Lu Jiu became busy in the kitchen, Ace, who originally wanted to rest, also felt a little irritable for no reason. He sat up from the sofa and returned to his room. Lu Jiu in the kitchen also saw this scene. .

Ace's room looked very empty, except for the walls covered with photos of him from childhood to adulthood.

To be honest, it was a bit embarrassing, but this was Lujiu's request by activating her mother's majesty, and Ace had no choice.

Among these photos, there is a very special one called: Father and Mother.

The mother is naturally the young Lu Jiu, and the father is a man who looks very heroic.

"One Piece?"

Ace, who is already twenty-one years old, already knew all this.

When Ace was twelve years old, Lu Jiubian told him the identity of his father. In the Qinghai below, there was the legendary pirate: Pirate King Gol D. Roger, but this did not make Ace feel that he was a child. Pride, instead, carries an inexplicable burden.

The reason is also very simple. When Ace was younger, he saw some people from Qinghai below who came to Angel Island to build towns and suffered from the loss of their children and wives.

At that time, he didn't know that he was the source of these people's pain until his mother told him all this.

In the past ten years, he has worked hard to cultivate and protect this angel island, just to repay.

As for One Piece, he was really not interested and even felt bored.

Because in the eyes of the vast majority of people he has come into contact with, from Qinghai to Angel Island, who work, travel, and live, the Pirate King is a vicious criminal, a destroyer of world order, a robber, and a thief.

Although Ace couldn't say he had any dislike for pirates because of the Rainbow Kingdom, becoming the Pirate King was definitely not among his dreams.

And since he was growing up, although he has met many people who want to become the Pirate King, most of them are doing it for his treasure, which makes him hate this title even more.

This is why today, he suddenly wanted to teach this silly boy a lesson.

He is obviously a weak and pitiful guy, but he still talks about becoming the Pirate King and so on. He also says that the Pirate King is the freest person on the sea.

"It's too ridiculous!"

"With this lesson, they should recognize the reality!"

With this thought in mind, Ace lay down on his bed and closed his eyes to rest.

But just when he was about to fall asleep, a loud shout suddenly woke him up.

"Ace, we are here to find you..."

Ace was startled, stood up and looked out the window, and saw the strange guys who had just been defeated by his Overlord Color Shock appearing outside his home, except for the one with the long nose.

"trouble!!!"

Ace directly pushed open the window, jumped out of the window, and looked at the surprised Luffy and others in front of him with an impatient expression.

"Hey, what, you weren't beaten just now? So, do you want to try again?"

"Do not......"

Luffy shook his head excitedly.

"Ace, you are really powerful, we can't beat you!"

Ace was stunned by Luffy's immediate admission of defeat.

"So, we are here to become apprentices. Please teach us the power called domineering!"

"!!!"

Ace was completely shocked now, and then said impatiently.

"Hey, are you making a mistake? Don't tell me why I have to teach you. I just humiliated you just now. Don't you hate me?"

"Hate, why?"

Luffy looked confused.

"You obviously didn't mean to hurt us. Otherwise, with your power Ace, you would be able to defeat us easily. Moreover, I want to thank you."

"Thank me!"

Ace was stunned again.

"Yes."

Luffy looked very motivated, clenched his fists and said firmly.

"It was you who showed us the power of domineering and made me understand that I am still far from the Pirate King. Even if I enter the Grand Line, I will not be able to protect my companions or become the Pirate King. Therefore, I beg you, teach me domineering!"

At this moment, for no reason, Ace suddenly felt a sense of recognition when looking at the young man in front of him, but he did not agree, but asked.

"Do you really want to become the Pirate King? Why, what's the reason?"

"reason!?"

Luffy was taken aback.

"Of course it's because the Pirate King is the freest person in the world, and..."

Having said this, Luffy grabbed the straw hat on his head.

"I also made a promise with the owner of this hat. I must become a better pirate than him, find a group of companions who are not inferior to him, and then find the world's best treasure."

"I see!"

Inexplicably, Ace felt a sense of shock in his heart when he looked at the young man in front of him who looked similar to him.

but....

"But unfortunately, sorry, I still refuse..."

"Eh!? Why?"

"Because you look so stupid..."

Of course, the real reason was that Ace didn't want to waste time with this group of strangers.

But at this moment, the door was pushed open, and Ace's mother walked out gently.

"Well, Ace, since your friend is here, why don't you please come in and sit down?"