【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Brother!?" Except for Qi, everyone else looked at Luffy in shock. They had never heard Luffy mention him before and didn't expect that he actually had a brother.

"Should we wait for him?" Vivi asked, she could see Luffy's brother chasing after their ship.

"It's okay, Ace is very strong." Luffy said with a smile on his face, "But now I must be stronger!"

"You kid..." Ace jumped from the Rocket onto the ship and landed on the railing behind Luffy. "Who are you stronger than?"

Luffy looked at Ace squatting on the railing and shouted excitedly "Ace~"

"Hi! Long time no see, Luffy!" Ace said with a smile, "You haven't changed at all."

"I haven't seen you in a long time either." Luffy said with a grin, then turned around and hugged the shocked Straw Hat Pirates and happily introduced them to Ace, "Ace, they are my friends!"

"Ah!" Ace bowed to the Straw Hat Pirates and said, "Hello everyone, thank you for always taking care of my brother."

"Huh? No, that's not the case." Everyone was shocked by Ace's politeness and hurriedly bent down to say.

"This kid is a little uneducated. You guys probably find him difficult to deal with." Ace said with a smile.

"No, that's not the case." Everyone waved their hands in surprise.

"Please take care of me." Ace bowed again to express his gratitude.

"Anyway, you guys probably have a lot to talk about, so why don't you come in and I'll get you a cup of tea," Sanji suggested, pulling out a cigarette.

"No, don't bother," Ace responded with a smile before lighting Sanji's cigarette with his own.

"That's... really unexpected." Sanji said.

"Indeed." Zoro agreed.

"I thought he was a guy who went his own way even more than Luffy," Usopp continued.

"No, how could such a polite person be Luffy's brother!" Nami said in disbelief.

"What a good brother who loves his younger brother!" Zoro said in disbelief.

"It's great to have an older brother!" Chopper said with emotion.

"Wait... wait a minute, you guys..." Weiwei looked at them awkwardly as they said these words in front of the other person's brother.

"Look, these guys are funny!" Luffy asked Ace with a grin.

Ace was about to respond when he noticed a boat approaching ahead, so he paused the conversation.

Weiwei turned around and looked at the several ships in front of them and exclaimed, "They are the ships of the billionaire elders from Baroque Studio."

"Fire Fist Ace, and Straw Hat Pirates, let me show you the power of our Baroque Billionaire Elder!" A voice from the opposite ship shouted at them.

"Luffy, I'll go clean them up." Ace said and jumped off the Merry and entered the Rocket which was tied to the Merry. Then he quickly untied the rope, ignited the engine of the Rocket, and controlled the Rocket to quickly sail towards the ship of the Billion Elders.

When he was close enough to the Billionaires' ship, Ace jumped from the Rocket and kept it moving forward while he flew past the five Billionaires' ships and landed safely on the Rocket, which had reached the other side of the ships.

"Fire Fist!" Ace yelled and swung his flaming fist at the five opposing ships, successfully destroying each one.

Everyone on Merry looked at Ace's attack in shock, but Luffy just smiled happily.

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"Cheers! Let's celebrate Ace becoming one of us!" Luffy cheered and clinked glasses with Usopp and Chopper.

"Hey, Lu, I didn't say I wanted to join you!" Ace said while drinking.

"Don't worry, they're just looking for an excuse to have a toast," Nami said with a smile as she sat nearby.

"Ace, are you really not going to join us?" Luffy asked after biting a piece of the flesh on his hand.

"That won't do. I and another Whitebeard buddy are currently hunting down a man." Ace took a sip of his wine and continued, "His name is Blackbeard."

"It must be the pirate who attacked Magnetic Drum Island." Vivi remembered that Dalton had told them about this person.

"He was originally a member of the second team of the Whitebeard Pirates, and was my subordinate. However, he committed an unforgivable crime on the pirate ship. He hurt his companions and then escaped from the ship." Ace said in a dangerous voice, "As the captain, I must find him and get rid of him."

Qi couldn't help but frown when he heard what Ace said, but he suppressed his worries when he thought that there was someone else tracking with him. If Ace was alone, he would definitely act rashly with his temperament.

"My purpose of coming to Alabasta is to find his information and meet you here." Ace said, looking at Qi who had been standing behind the crowd, grinning, "By the way, I want to meet your crew, Luffy."

"Oh! By the way, I haven't introduced you to Ace yet!" Luffy said, grinning at the crew members who were shocked by his words.

"What!?" Nami and the others instantly transformed into shark mouths and shouted at Luffy, "We thought you had already introduced us to Ace!"

"I forgot." Luffy said innocently.

"In that case, let's get acquainted again." Qi walked forward with a smile on his face. It seemed that he couldn't avoid it. "I'm Qi, Luffy's vice captain."

"Hello, we can talk later." Ace said with a grin. Although he was a little confused about the guy's choice of words, he still smiled and said, "I'm a little curious about you."

"Really? What an honor." Qi said with a smile. It seemed that Ace should know his identity. I just don't know why the main body didn't come with Ace to see Luffy.

Next up was Zoro, who simply said "Roronoa Zoro, the swordsman of this ship."

"I'm Sanji, the chef of this ship." Sanji said.

"I'm Nami, the navigator of this ship." Nami said with a smile.

"I'm Usopp, the greatest sniper on this ship." Usopp said proudly.

"You've got a good team, Lou!" Ace said with a grin.

"Nihihihi!" Luffy had the brightest smile on his face.

"So Ace, do you want to travel with us for a while?" Qi suggested with a smile.

Luffy turned his head instantly when he heard Qi's words, looking at Ace expectantly with wide eyes.

"No, I have a partner somewhere else..." Ace said as he moved his gaze away from Luffy's dark eyes. He couldn't bear to see Luffy's expectant look, as he was afraid that he would not be able to help but agree to him.

At this moment, the sound of Den Den Mushi interrupted Ace's next words.

Ace heard the voice and hurriedly took the Den Den Mushi out of his backpack and answered the call. Soon, the Den Den Mushi's expression gradually changed into a masked look, and Lucci's voice came out from it, "Hey, Ace!"