"You are still young and can learn. No one is always the king at the beginning."
Marco said with a hearty smile.
"It's not that Dad never makes mistakes. He also started from a small piece of territory. Patience, calmness, and learning are all what you need now."
Ace pursed his lips and nodded.
Maybe they were really too impatient, at least they still had a chance to start over.
He will never forget how his father died and how those brothers and sisters died, and he will avenge them.
At this moment, the phone bug in Ace's pants pocket rang.
"look."
Marco waved his hand and said.
"Perhaps Davy Jones has changed his mind and wants to ally with us."
Ace answered the phone, but the person on the phone was not Davy Jones as Marco expected, but one of theirs.
"Captain Ace! We are under attack! The enemy is invading the island!"
"What?"
Ace was shocked because the island the informer was responsible for guarding was the one he was currently standing on.
"Who is attacking you? How many people are there? Where are they?"
The person on the other end of the phone sounded panicked and confused.
"Captain Ace, this person calls himself... claims to be..."
"What do you call yourself?" Ace asked.
"He...he calls himself 'Whitebeard II' and says he is dad's biological son Edward Weeble...he wants all of us to be loyal to him!"
"fart!"
Ace cursed, but couldn't help but look at Marco. After seeing Marco shaking his head, he continued.
"That's a fake."
"Yes, I understand!" The tone on the other end of the phone was still a little suspicious. "There are only two of them, Weibull and an old lady. We can't stop them. Please ask for support."
Two people?
Ace and Marco looked at each other in shock. The two of them had just penetrated the blockade on the outside of their island, arrived at the base camp of the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, and could continue to penetrate deeper into the island.
Is the other party a monster?
Soon, they understood why.
There was an explosion in the sky, and a rumbling sound came from afar.
Ace and Marco suddenly looked up and saw the crack-like aftermath of the bombardment on the horizon, and then saw the concussive smoke and dust rising up into the sky.
For a moment, they thought they were dreaming that their father was back.
However, dad's tombstone is right behind them, so this is absolutely impossible... Then they have to consider another possibility.
After a Devil Fruit user dies, the Devil Fruit he eats will be reborn, but no one can be sure where this fruit will be reborn.
Since their father's death, the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates have been unable to do anything else in order to preserve their father's territory, including looking for traces of the "Shock Fruit".
Now it seems that the whereabouts of the "Shocking Fruit" are clear.
A man who calls himself "Whitebeard II" uses the power of "Whitebeard". Nothing can make the crew of the Whitebeard Pirates more hesitant and confused than this.
The phone bug in Ace's hand also made a harsh buzzing sound, and then stopped. It seemed that the person on the other end of the phone had been brutally murdered.
Marco pushed the stunned Ace.
"Let's go meet this Weibull. We must not let an unknown person, after eating daddy's fruit, claim to be daddy's child and smear daddy's innocence!"
Ace nodded and hurried to the coast with Marco.
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Under the illumination of the flickering candlelight, Davy Jones stood up in the thick mist sprayed by the tubular coral pipe. He had just finished playing a song and felt quite wonderful.
He pushed open the door to the captain's cabin and walked to the deck of the Terror Ghost. The surrounding water seemed like a fleeting light.
In addition to the Terror Ghost, there were six pirate ships that also set off from Fish-Man Island, belonging to Kidd, Apu, Becky, Bonny, Hawkins, and Drake.
As for Jinbei and Aladdin, they stayed on Fishman Island to guard the rear area in place of Davy Jones who had left, also to ensure the safety of this route.
The seven pirate ships covered with green light really floated from the bottom of the sea like seven coffins, giving people a gloomy and dead feeling.
What ordinary people are afraid of, Davy Jones likes very much. This is his unique aesthetic.
"Captain." Arrita walked over from the bow of the ship, took off the hat on her head, and her black curly hair fell from her shoulders to her waist. "We are almost reaching the sea."
"Have you notified Crocodile?"
"Yes, he is waiting at the harbor of Terror Ghost Island."
"Send a signal to the other ships to tell them it's coming."
"Yes." Arrita bent down, and then walked towards the gunwale, "Xiaoba, where are you? The captain ordered to send a signal to other ships, they are almost reaching the sea surface."
"oh oh!"
Xiaoba responded, and through the dim light, he got into the sea water, and his whole body was instantly enveloped by the sea water.
A group of murlocs swam on the side of the Terror Ghost. Some of these murlocs were from the Sun Pirates, some were from the new murlocs, and some were newly recruited on the murloc island.
The fish people are extremely strong in the sea water, and they are all following the leader of this team-"Six-blade Octopus" Xiao Hachi.
He made several unexplained gestures towards the other fishmen in the sea, as if conveying some order, but they were all confused and did not understand what the octopus fishman captain meant.
It wasn't until Hachi personally went to Kidd's pirate ship to send out signals that the other murlocs reacted one after another and went to different pirate ships to send out signals.
Soon, all the pirate ships knew that they were about to arrive at the terrifying ghost island in the "New World", and that this undersea journey was about to come to an end.
Soon, Xiao Yayou returned to the Scary Ghost and made a gesture to Arrita.
"Without pre-explained gestures, it's just a puzzle." Arrita shook her head and complained, "Sometimes I really don't understand what's in your mind."
However, just by tacit understanding, Arrita also knew that Xiaoba's gesture meant "all signals have been transmitted and the mission has been completed", so she turned to report to Davy Jones.
Davy Jones stood at the bow of the ship and nodded.
As it gets closer and closer to the sea, the light becomes more and more abundant. When the sharp bow of the Terror Ghost pierces the sea and rushes to the surface, the noisy rolling sounds of the waves can be heard.
The sun, blue sky, white clouds, sea breeze... these familiar things gradually appeared.
The water curtain fell, the green light gradually dissipated, and an island came into view.
Bang bang bang—accompanied by six loud noises, six pirate ships followed closely and came to the sea.
They accurately arrived at the pincer-shaped harbor of the terrifying ghost island.
Xiaoba and other fishmen climbed onto the boat one after another, shaking off the water drops on their bodies, and they were all wet.
Arrita handed a clean towel to Xiaoba, who took it and wiped his body casually.
"Ashore," said Davy Jones.
Arrita followed and shouted: "Get to the shore!"
Someone blew the horn, and the other six ships responded by blowing the horn. The seven pirate ships sailed toward the shore in a majestic manner.
Getting a little closer, Davy Jones saw a group of people standing on the pier on the shore, led by Crocodile in a fur coat.
Seven pirate ships docked, and the gangplanks were pulled out and set up on the shore. The pirates poured out of the gangplanks onto the dock like a bumper catch.
However, when Davy Jones slowly walked onto the dock, the pirates subconsciously spoke softly.
Crocodile raised the golden hook of his left hand to his chest, led a group of pirates from the Terror Ghost Island, and bowed respectfully to Davy Jones.
"Captain Davy Jones, welcome."
"Arrange the people who will follow you and take me to your office." Davy Jones waved his hand and said.
"yes."
Crocodile looked behind Davy Jones. In addition to Arrita, Xiaohachi and others, there were many more new faces, including humans and fish-men.
At least their combat power has been enriched, but it's unclear how much.
Crocodile ordered his men to arrange the residence of the new pirates, and then personally welcomed Davy Jones to the depths of the terrifying ghost island.
This island is densely forested and somewhat eerie, with several villages and towns located at the foot of the mountains in different directions on the island.
When walking on the main road in the village, the villagers cowered and looked at each other from a distance, not daring to get close.
"Captain." Crocodile said as he walked, "Clok and Luo are each responsible for controlling an island. I asked them not to leave their posts without permission, so they cannot come to greet you."
Crowe and Luo are the leadership-level cadres on the two "tentacles" extending out from the terrifying ghost island.
Davy Jones nodded. He was not at the point where all the frontline cadres had to come here to see him.
Crocodile led Davy Jones into a rather plain-looking high-rise building, which used to be an office building in the village and is now owned by them.
(End of chapter)
