Sabo put on his black hat and asked, "Ace, are your injuries healed?"
Ace took off the bandage, bent his arm and tried it, then asked, "Well, where are you Sabo?"
Sabo grinned, "Me too."
"The injuries on my body are finally healed..." Ace raised his head, his eyes full of fighting spirit: "I want to challenge Kisame Inari Kaki again!"
Nangong Nayue's young body appeared at the door of the ward and said in a cold tone: "You are not allowed to go anywhere."
"It's you again." Ace frowned.
"I don't want to come to see you two unlucky guys." Nangong shrugged in that month: "Eric knows everything about your recovery from injuries, so he asked me to take you to prison."
"You'd better obey me."
"What if I don't go?" Ace asked without any fear, puffing up his chest.
"Ace..." Sabo stretched out his hand and tugged at the corner of Ace's clothes to signal him not to be so excited.
"...Do you think why your men didn't come to see you today?"
Sabo and Ace's expressions changed at the same time.
"!" Ace's eyes widened. The members of the Spade Pirates and the Revolutionary Army came to visit them every morning, but they didn't come today.
Ace's body ignited with flames, and he asked excitedly: "What did you do to Deus and the others?!"
"Don't worry, they are fine, if you are obedient..."
"Damn it!" Ace gritted his teeth.
Nangong Nayue unfolded her fan: "If you have any questions, go and ask Eric in person."
Ace and Sabo looked at each other and nodded at the same time: "Okay!"
Ace and Sabo followed Nangong Nayue to find Eric.
Eric looked up at the three of them and said angrily: "That month, didn't I tell you to send them to prison to serve their sentences?"
"It's these two troublemakers who insist on seeing you." Nangong Nayue spread his hands.
Ace quickly ran to his companions who were sitting in a circle and asked with concern: "Deus, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Deus hesitated to speak, and finally said: "The Dawn Pirates 'invited' us here. They just want you to go to prison to serve your sentence in peace."
"Kra!"
Sabo walked quickly to Kerla and looked at Kerla carefully. Kerla turned red and whispered: "Saab, I'm fine."
Bello Betty joked: "Saab, you only care about Kerla."
"No, I also care about the commander and Haku." Sabo scratched his head: "The commander's chest is wide open, and you can see whether he is injured at a glance..."
"..." Bello Betty rolled her eyes secretly.
Haku said succinctly: "The Dawn Pirates invited us here very politely and did not use force."
"Really..." Sabo felt relieved.
"Eric, I want to challenge Kisame Kisaki and the Fairy Queen again!" Ace made his request.
Kisame, who carried Samehada muscles on his back, split one corner of his mouth.
"Huh?" Eric sneered: "I'm not a mastermind here."
"I know, but..."
"More than ten days ago, you just lost to Inigaki Kisame. Do you think you are a Saiyan? If you are seriously injured, your combat power will increase?" Eric scolded rudely.
"S-Saiyan?" The others were stunned.
"Ahem." Eric cleared his throat and changed the subject: "You were sentenced to one year of hard labor, and you will start serving your sentence today."
"I..." Ace seemed to have something else to say.
"Bang bang bang" Eric knocked on the table and stared at Ace with sharp eyes: "If you make a mistake, you must be punished. Ace, you won't go to sea in a playful mood, right?"
"Of course not!" Ace denied loudly.
"Pirates are not just playing house. You, who have been out at sea for more than half a year and defeated dozens of pirate groups, should understand this."
"Furthermore, your willful and reckless character will kill many people, especially your companions..." Eric said while aiming at the Spade Pirates.
"..." The members of the Spade Pirates just wanted to speak, but were horrified by Eric's eyes and kept silent.
"Your insistence will eventually lead to the death of many people, especially the people who are closer to you, the greater the harm they will suffer."
"Ace doesn't know that!" Sabo stood next to Ace.
"The same goes for you." Eric glanced at him coldly: "A ten-year-old child went to sea. If you hadn't happened to meet Dorag, you would have been buried in the belly of the fish."
"What's wrong with me pursuing freedom!?"
"That's right." Eric smiled: "But pursuing your dreams also requires sufficient strength. At least you didn't have this strength at the time, so you almost died."
"..." Sabo wanted to refute, but couldn't find a point to refute.
"With your current strength, it is undoubtedly a fool's errand to defeat Whitebeard." Eric continued: "It's right to keep an eye on the target, but you must also pay attention to the road under your feet. Be careful not to step in the air and fall to pieces."
A young boy under twenty years old actually wanted to challenge Whitebeard, who had been roaming the sea for decades. Fortunately, Whitebeard was merciful, and Ace did not die early.
If it fell into Big Mom's hands, Ace might have died long ago; if he challenged Kaido and failed to surrender, then he would dig mines for the rest of his life!
It's obvious that Ace has suffered a lot of severe beatings, but he still goes his own way, whether he challenges Whitebeard or wants to avenge Oden. He obviously knows how to collect intelligence information, but he insists on leading his companions to the ghost island alone.
Eric didn't expect that the labor camp could change Ace's personality. He just wanted him to be quiet during this period of time and not disrupt his development plan.
"I understand. I will serve my sentence obediently, but in exchange, you are not allowed to attack my companions."
"...Ace, you still don't understand." Eric shook his head and said, "As a weakling, you are not qualified to raise conditions."
"...!?"
"I have no intention of attacking them. As long as they do not violate the Dawn Pirates' laws, they can leave at any time."
"Now, Ace, Sabo, you two go to jail obediently!"
"Click"
With the Sea Tower Stone handcuffs closed, Ace cannot use the ability to burn the fruit, but his body will not be affected at all.
"This is……"
"Controlling the purity of the sea floor stone allows the prisoners with abilities who are handcuffed by the sea floor stone to be unable to use their abilities while working but can still work."
"...You are really well prepared."
"Thanks to the power of scientific research, Nazuki-chan sent them both back to prison."
"Don't shout E-chan in front of so many people!"
"Captain!" the members of the Spade Pirates shouted reluctantly.
"Everyone..." Ace lowered his head and said, "I will be back soon."
Perona said abruptly: "You will be detained for one year."
"..." Ace fell into silence. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Deus, if you..."
Before Ace could finish what he said, Deus interrupted loudly: "Ace, we will wait for you in the Kingdom of China!"
"You, you guys..." Ace clasped his lower lip in emotion.
"We are the Spade Pirates!"
"If you leave Ace alone, I don't know how much trouble you will get into!"
"In short, we are committed to following you! Don't forget the agreement between us!"
The members of the Spade Pirates shouted, making Ace's eyes well up with tears.
"It's not like we're separated by life and death..." Eric complained: "Otherwise...you'll be doing labor camp with Ace?"
"Eh?" The members of the Spade Pirates were stunned: "Is it okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay, anyway, there will be a few more free manpower..."
"Okay, I'll accompany Ace to the prison!"
"I am coming too!"
"You, you idiots...!" Although Ace was scolding, he was deeply moved in his heart.
"Saab, me too..." Kerla was about to speak.
"There are almost all men in the prison. If you think about it seriously, there is no place to take a bath there, and you have to do manual labor every day." Nangong asked that month: "Are you sure you want to go?"
"...Forget it." When Kerla heard that she couldn't take a bath, she immediately backed down. She was not the dirty child she was when she was first rescued.
"The Revolutionary Army Headquarters still has a lot of things to do." Bello Betty said: "Saab, you won the bonus as development funds, I took it all away."
"Yeah." Sabo nodded in agreement. He didn't value money anyway.
"Don't you have anything else to say?"
A magic circle appeared behind Na Yue, and Ace and Sabo, together with those who volunteered to go to prison, disappeared in front of everyone.
"I'm finally leaving." Eric exhaled and waved his hand to the Revolutionary Army: "You should leave quickly too."
Bello Betty pulled down her sunglasses and asked, "You seem tired?"
"It's very tiring to reason with these young children." Eric raised his head, looked at Bello Betty, and issued an expulsion order: "When will your revolutionary army leave China?"
"Right away." Bello Betty said casually: "You don't seem to want us to stay here?"
"Well, the news of your appearance in China must have been reported to the World Government by agents. I don't want to go to war with the World Government yet, so you revolutionary army should have less contact with me in the future."
"Understood~" Bello Betty continued to ask: "I feel that you have some prejudices against the revolutionary army."
Eric smiled and did not answer her question directly. Seeing that he could not get the answer he wanted from Eric, Bello Betty did not intend to get to the bottom of it.
Bello Betty left a note: "See you again in the future..."
After the three revolutionary soldiers left, Eric picked up the note with a series of numbers written on it, which was obviously a phone number.
"Tsk..." Eric smacked his lips: "If I didn't know your background and the way you were dressed, I would have thought you were just standing on the street..."
At this moment, Zhongyuan Zhongya knocked on the door: "Boss."
"Come in."
"Boss, are you looking for me?"
"Yeah." Eric nodded: "Zhongya, you were a member of the mafia before, right?"
"yes."
"I want to send you to the West Sea."
"Western Sea?" Zhongyuan Zhongye was startled.
"Xihai is the famous birthplace of the mafia. There are five mafia groups that rule the underground society. So I want to send you, who is familiar with the mafia's style, to Xihai to unify these mafia groups and prepare for the occupation of Xihai in the future."
"Please rest assured that the mission will be completed successfully!"
"I believe you." Eric tapped his finger on the table: "There are many countries with strong military power in the West, and the mafia that can survive under their noses is definitely not weak. Chuuya, if you go there alone, you will definitely be alone. Bo, find some helpers and go to Xihai together."
"In order not to attract the attention of the World Government, you'd better choose members whose appearance is not eye-catching."
"Then Brother Kisame is not suitable." Nakahara Chuuya nodded.
The two worked together for a long time, and Kisame said jokingly: "Boy, do you want to be exploited?"
Nakahara Chuya apologized with a smile: "I was wrong."
"I choose Ajin and Artoria as my helpers."
"Is it enough for two people?" Eric frowned.
"No problem, hiding is suitable when there are few people." Zhongyuan Zhongya nodded: "Besides, Artoria can defeat a thousand troops by herself."
"...Okay." Eric temporarily agreed with Nakahara Chuuya's idea.
"Kisame, you also need to select a few members. The mission of searching for Devil Fruits must continue, and you have two less members."
Kisame immediately pointed out: "Deidara and Genos."
"No problem, you guys will rest for a few days and then set off again in five days."
"yes."
Nakahara Chuuya and Kisame left the room. Nakahara Chuuya made a drinking gesture: "Brother Kisame, do you want to have a drink together?"
"Your wine is not very good." Kisame glanced at him.
"Ah haha..." Nakahara Chuuya laughed dryly and scratched his hair in embarrassment.
"Call the other two people." After more than half a year of getting along day and night, working together to survive the disaster at sea, even a ninja like Kisame who was difficult to deal with had formed a deep friendship with the other three.
"I'll call them." Zhongyuan Zhongya ran away and turned around and shouted: "Let's meet at the tavern in half an hour!"
"..." Kisame watched Nakahara Chuuya's back disappear. There was no intrigue in the ninja world here, so he didn't have to tense up all the time.
On the contrary, people in the pirate world are so cute that they can make others follow them regardless of life and death with just one sentence.
Kisame exhaled and slowly moved towards his destination. Anyway, he had nothing to do recently. Once he relaxed, he felt like his body would be rusty.
After the others left, Perona, who stayed where she was, murmured to herself: "It's great, you can order others at will..."
Eric glared at her angrily: "What are you still doing here?"
Perona stuck out her tongue at Eric: "I'm kind enough to work with you, but you..."
"Did you escape Esdeath's training?" Eric revealed Perona's little plan.
"..." Perona, who was floating in the air, involuntarily floated backwards.
"You should know the consequences of skipping training, right?"
"..." A lot of cold sweat flowed from Perona's forehead and cheeks.
Eric babbled toward the door: "Well, just wish yourself well..."
Perona turned her head tremblingly and found Esdeath standing by the door.
"How dare you escape my training."
"Hey!" Perona screamed and was frozen in the ice.
Some people died, but not completely...
