【One Piece】Painter

Entering the town, I found a shop that could develop photos and developed all the photos in the camera. I happily joined my friends holding the photos. I couldn't wait to draw the things on these photos.

"I want to ask, have you ever seen this man?"

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came into my mind. I turned around sharply, and all I saw was a crowd.

Is it an illusion...

"He may have come to this town. I've been looking for him for a while."

This voice broke into my mind again, and I found the target correctly this time, because Sauron and the others had also discovered the man.

My voice trembled, "Ace?"

The man with the upper body turned around, and my eyes filled with tears of excitement, "Ace!!"

I hugged him tightly and listened to his steady heartbeat and panicked tone: "Lila?!"

I let go of him, "Ace, why are you here?"

Ace touched my head nostalgically and compared my height by the way. He found that I was a head shorter than him and said with a smile, "I came here to deal with some things. I didn't expect to meet you first. Where is Luffy?"

"Lila, who is he?" Nami and the others came around and asked. I smiled and said, "He is my and Luffy's brother!"

"Brother?! And it's Luffy's?!"

Several people were very shocked. We went to a restaurant to eat and chat. Ace smiled and said, "My brothers and sisters are really grateful for your care, especially Luffy. That guy is a headache."

"No, there is no such thing."

Nami and others waved their hands in unison, but it was unclear what they were thinking.

"Ace got a tattoo? When did it happen?" I looked at the tattoos on his body and Ace smiled: "This symbol is my pride. I have now joined the Whitebeard Pirates."

"It sounds like you've been through a lot." I sighed, and Ace became more mature.

"Actually, I just wanted to tell you what happened to your costume? Did someone force you to wear it?" Ace looked at my dancer's costume up and down and then glanced around my friends. In response to this, I Can only be vaguely passed over.

"Rubber Rocket!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the store, and then Luffy flew into the restaurant, shouting for food.

Upon seeing this, Ace silently walked over and patted his shoulder. Luffy turned back, "What are you doing—Ace!!"

"You're here too Ace!!!"

Luffy said in surprise, but he didn't forget to eat. His mouth was full, and Ace laughed: "You really haven't changed at all, Luffy."

Ace and Luffy sat next to us. Ace raised his hand to light Sanji's cigarette. I asked in surprise: "Ace, did you eat the devil fruit too?"

"Ah, I ate the Shasha fruit." Ace said while holding the brim of his hat. Luffy had just swallowed the food in his mouth and wanted to say something when an uninvited guest came.

"Portgas d. Ace."

A male voice shouted, and I turned around to see a man holding two cigars, "And Monkey D. Luffy, they are all gathered here."

"Smoke Man?" Luffy recognized him. I didn't know why, but the Smoke Man said again: "Just let it go, I will arrest you as a navy officer."

"Luffy, Lila, you go first, I'll hold them back and meet you later." Ace said. I believed in Ace's strength, so we climbed out of the window and escaped with Luffy and the others.

We found Weiwei waiting for us in a rotten corner and they went back to the Meili together.

"Does Ace know the route..." I held the lever and looked forward to it, but since it was a straight line, he should be able to find it.

The flames and smoke above the town were inextricably entangled, but in the end the flames were stronger and dispersed the smoke.

Nami looked at this rare battle and asked, "Luffy, is that Ace really your and Lila's brother?"

Sauron also asked: "Why is he also in the Grand Line?"

Luffy looked at the flames dissipating in the sky with burning eyes: "Because Ace is a pirate, he went to sea three years before me to find the One Piece."

"Speaking of which, I thought Luffy's brother was a guy who had his own way of doing things." Zoro crossed his arms, "But he is a very polite person."

"Yes, I believed him when he was said to be Lila's brother, but it's unbelievable that he is also Luffy's brother." Usopp also nodded in agreement.

"Luffy, is it okay to let your brother stop them like this?" Sanji asked, Luffy waved his hand: "It's okay, Ace is very strong. He was very strong before he ate Devil Fruit. I was also very strong once." I didn’t beat him.”

"Have you never won once? Against an ordinary person?!" It can be seen that Nami was very surprised. Usopp complained: "Sure enough, the monster's brother is a big monster."

Luffy nodded: "Ah, Lila can testify, but if we fight now, I will definitely win, hahaha——"

"I'm telling you, who do you want to beat?"

Ace jumped onto the railing of the ship, and Luffy's eyes lit up: "Ace!"

"You must have a lot to say. Why don't you come in and I'll make you a cup of tea." Sanji said while holding a cigarette. Ace nodded lightly: "No, don't bother."

"It's the ship of Baroque's billionaires!" Weiwei said looking at the many sailboats not far from our ship. Ace jumped off the ship: "I'll deal with them."

He stepped on a small boat that seemed to be powered by flames and rushed to the sailboats, "Fire Fist!"

A huge ball of flames smashed each sailboat to pieces, but within a quarter of an hour, only the wreckage of the ship, or more precisely, the fragments, were left on the sea.

……

"Yo Xi, to celebrate Ace becoming our partner, cheers!!"

Usopp, Chopper and Luffy raised their glasses and cheered. Ace sat next to them and raised an eyebrow: "Who said I want to be your partner?"

"Then cheers to this good wine!!"

The three clinked glasses again.

"You guys just want a reason to cheer." I adjusted the colors, "Ace, don't move."

I am currently drawing Ace. He has changed a lot since I haven’t seen him in three years, so I have to record it carefully.

Luffy chewed meat in his mouth and asked: "Ace, are you really not our partner?" Ace remained still and just opened his mouth to speak: "I am chasing a man, that guy's name is Blackbeard."

"black beard?"

Weiwei hurriedly asked: "Isn't that the pirate who attacked the Drum Island?"

Ace nodded, "He was originally a member of the second team of the Whitebeard Pirates, my subordinate, but he committed an unforgivable crime on the pirate ship."

"He killed his companions and escaped from the ship, so as the captain, I have been chasing him." Ace's eyes darkened, "The reason why I came to this country is also because I received intelligence that he was seen in Yuba."

"Then your destination is the same as ours." I said happily, so we can sail together!

Weiwei took out the nautical chart, "Now the ship has entered the Sundola River, and now it has landed at Elmar, and traveled upstream in the interior of Alabasta, and then to Yuba."

"Because the leader of the rebel army is in Jubah."

……

Anyway, we went together for the time being, and Weiwei asked Nami to dock the boat nearby.

"Kalu, now go to the Yarobana Palace alone and give this letter to your father." Weiwei pinned the letter to Kalu, "This letter contains information about Crocodile and Baroque work. The conspiracy of the Society and the results of the investigation by Ikarem and I are all written here.”

"And it also writes about the fact that I made it to Alabasta alive, and about the group of reliable friends around me." Weiwei looked at Karu seriously, "Can you do it? You have to cross the desert alone. .”

Karu roared and made a salute gesture, and Weiwei helped him hang the water bottle around his neck, "Listen up, you should drink water sparingly in the desert."

"Also, by the way, I want to tell my father that this country can be saved."

"Ah-"

Karu roared and disappeared in a flash.

After several days of sailing, we finally reached our destination and docked.

Nami and Weiwei had already changed into robes, and I went back to the room to change into a loose robe with a hood.

"Yo Xi, we've landed!!"

Following Luffy's shout, I packed up my camera and things for drawing and left the cabin.

"...What the hell is this?"

I glanced at the manatees who were surrounding Luffy and responded in a confused manner. Luffy had already started teaching the group of manatees how to box before I could understand the current situation.

The end result was that we lost a bunch of lunches and left the manatees to stay here to help us guard the boat.

“Is this the town of Juba?”

A group of us came to a ruined wall. Weiwei shook her head, "No, this is Elmar, a place that was once called the Green City."