Pirates: Flash Pirates

Chapter 56 Esbeth Sanji
East China Sea, unknown location.

Ace lay on the rudder of his boat, bearing the scorching sun on his back, staring helplessly at the endless sea in front of him, with his tongue lolling out of his mouth, radiating the heat from his body like a puppy.

"Ah~ why can't I touch the island? I'm about to starve to death. Why don't I have a navigator? I should have looked for it in Goa Kingdom if I knew it."

Ace pursed his lips, rubbing his right hand back and forth on the rudder.After a while, he rolled over and leaned against the rudder, with his arms inserted into the rudder wheel.With a tan cowboy hat covering his face, he raised his head and turned his body to the left and right for a while.

"It's so boring, and so hungry. Why is no one willing to go to sea after passing through so many places? It seems that everyone is talking about the expansion of the Kingdom of Goa, and long live King Staley."

"Wandering in the sea is the romance of human beings, isn't it? Those old uncles like to live honestly in one place."

"Heath, how did you find so many partners, why didn't I find a single partner?"

In Ace's soliloquy, the boat is going on a winding course, heading towards an even more unknown course.However, Ace doesn't even have a map of the East China Sea anyway, so it doesn't matter where he goes.

Suddenly, Ace saw a ship appearing in the direction of his stern. He swung his arms and got out of the rudder, then jumped to the stern, raised his hands and waved left and right, shouting:

"Hey, where are you going? Can you tell me where I am now?"

That ship was a merchant ship owned by the Noah Merchant Group in the East China Sea. This merchant ship had just finished trading with the Goa Kingdom and made a small fortune. It was about to take the members on board to go to the famous restaurant on the sea——Balati for consumption.

The merchant ship slowly stopped beside Ace's boat, and a tall young man with a friendly face appeared beside the railing on the ship's side. The young man looked down at Ace, and the small cross on his chest was shining with golden light. He said enthusiastically:
"Hello, my name is Bates, and I'm the captain of a caravan under the Noah Merchant Group. We are going to the sea restaurant Bharati, where are you going?"

Ace's eyes lit up, and his stomach couldn't help but growl.He hurriedly shouted: "I'm going to Bharati too, can I follow you?"

Eston paused, a name suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked doubtfully, "Noah? Is it the Noah from the Flash Pirates?"

Baez's eyes changed, and he held the musket at his waist with his hand without changing his face, and said with a smile: "Huh? Probably not, the previous leader of our business group has been missing for a long time."

Ace said "Oh", he touched the back of his head with his right hand, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry, I thought it was my former friend."

Baez squinted his eyes, put his left hand on the railing, leaned forward, and asked curiously, "I don't know your name yet?"

"Ah, sorry, my name is Ace!"

When Baez heard the name 'Ace', he compared in his mind the photos of Ace when he was a child that had been circulated within the business group.

【Well, freckles, curly hair, and dead fish eyes don't quite look like it. 】

Bates didn't relax because of this, and kept a kind face, asking: "Ace, why are you here alone, does the family know?"

It was rare for Ace to meet someone at sea, and Bates had an amiable face, so he said unpreparedly: "I'm going to sea alone! My grandpa doesn't know, I have a younger brother, but he's still young."

Bates was even more certain in his heart, and suddenly asked, "Ace, is your brother called Luffy?"

"Eh!? How did you know?" Ace blurted out and finally felt that something was wrong, and he realized that he had been tricked out with too much information. He was a pirate, even though he didn't even have a pirate flag.

Baze looked at the vigilant Ace, raised his hands, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Ace. It was my fault for testing you before, and I formally apologize to you!"

Baze bowed deeply to Ace, and then jumped onto Ace's boat.He stabilized his body and said in a low voice: "Master Noah told you before leaving that you and Luffy should be treated with courtesy. I'm really sorry just now. After all, Lord Noah's current identity is a little sensitive and cannot be exposed. "

Ace was taken aback, then crossed his waist, raised his head and smiled, "Haha, it's okay. I don't blame you."

Baez stretched out his right hand and said with a smile on his face, "Nice to meet you, Ace!"

Ace flung out his right hand from his waist, firmly grasped Baez's hand, made a crisp "snap" sound, and said, "Me too, Baez!"

"Ace, we are friends now, I am treating guests today, let's go to the Balati Restaurant for a meal! Moreover, the Noah Merchant Group has a discount for eating there~ and many dishes that are not on the menu will be open to us!"

Ace sucked his saliva and said loudly, "Thank you, Bates!"

"Haha, we are all friends, so thank you if you don't talk about anything."

Baez didn't even return to the ship, so he steered the rudder, and together with Ace, led the merchant ship to Bharati Restaurant.

Ace sat cross-legged behind Baze, and said sincerely, "Baze, do you want to go to sea with me, to the legendary great route?"

Baez smiled and said, "Invite me as soon as we meet, Ace."

Ace smiled and continued: "Of course, you are my first friend after going to sea!"

Baez laughed heartily and said, "By the way, what is your dream, Ace?"

"One Piece! I want to be the One Piece!"

"What a dream, Ace!"

"Hahaha, what is your dream?"

A scene flashed in Baez's mind: a figure with a golden halo wearing a cloak mixed himself in a mess in the garbage dump.He smiled and said, "I, I probably want to pass on the kindness in my heart to everyone I've met."

Balati Restaurant.

Sitting together with Bates, Ace looked around at the clean and luxurious facilities, and exclaimed, "From the outside, I thought this small fish-like boat was not big, but it turned out to be so beautiful inside."

Baze picked up the wine glass, touched Ace, and said:

"Yes, I heard from the seniors in the caravan that Bharati Restaurant is invested by the Noah Merchant Group. Moreover, there are rumors that Bharati Restaurant will be expanded again."

Ace drank the juice in the glass, smacked his lips intoxicated, then stared at the glass in front of him, wondering, "Why don't you give me wine, Bates?"

Bates sipped the pale yellow wine, winked at Ace, and whispered, "Of course it's because you're underage, Ace. I told the waiter secretly!"

"Ah, you are really not enough friends. How can a man who goes to sea not drink?"

"Hahahaha!"

A table of people laughed at Ace, Bates filled Ace with juice while laughing, and said, "That's not okay, minors just can't drink, just bear with it!"

"Oh!"

The door of Balati's restaurant was kicked open, and a group of pirates walked in with a knife and fork with a ferocious expression on their faces.The leader wore a pirate hat with a few holes, and his gray clothes were considered decent among the group of pirates.

"You guys, cook for me obediently, and then take Bailey out. I will spare your lives! I am the captain of the Greyhound Pirates who is offering a reward of 1000 million Baileys—Guwei!"

The ordinary people in the restaurant huddled together in panic, and slowly approached Noah's caravan sitting firmly on the table.

Ace and Bates stood up one after another. Ace flicked the brim of his hat with his right index finger, and said calmly: "Really, a good meal time, just interrupted by a group of bastards."

Bates squeezed his hands on his chest, making bone noises, and said with a gloomy expression, "I'm sorry, Ace, I'll treat you to another good meal tonight."

The rest of the caravan rolled up their sleeves and stood behind Baze and Ace, looking angrily at the guy who disturbed their employees' welfare.

Sanji, dressed in a black button-down gentleman's uniform, walked up to Ace and Baze, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, guests, I'll let you have a quiet and peaceful dining atmosphere again."

Ace heard the confidence in Sanji's tone, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Haha, you're welcome, just exercise before meals, right, Baze?"

"Well, that's a good point, Ace."

The three stood in a row and laughed in unison.

Gewei raised his knife and pointed at the three of Ace in front of him, already wanting to make an example of others, he shouted: "Little ones, come to me, kill them all!"

"Aooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!" the member of Greyhound Pirates jumped over Guwei with a grim expression, and rushed towards the three of Ace.

The three of Ace stepped forward with their left legs at the same time, then turned their left feet outward on the ground, and shot their right feet straight ahead along the twisting way, and the three pirates who rushed to the front fell immediately. He flew back and hit a group of people.

Ace held the brim of his hat with his left hand, Baze held the gun stock on his back with his right hand, Sanji chewed the toothpick in his mouth, and his three long legs hung in the air like protruding spears, making everyone in the Greyhound Pirates Stay away.

Ace chuckled and said, "Brother in black, my name is Ace, I don't know your name yet?"

"Sanji, the head chef of Balati Restaurant."

Ace's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak again, when he was interrupted by Guwei on the opposite side.

Gewei said angrily: "It's useless, come with me!" Just after finishing speaking, he hid the knife in his gray clothes and quietly hid among a group of pirates.

Ace laughed loudly at the menacing Greyhound pirate group, put away his right leg, and took a few steps forward, hanging a pirate on his right arm with one punch, and then grabbed the white-eyed sea pirate. The thief smashed to the left and right.

While avoiding the attack of the Greyhound Pirates, he said, "Sanji, come be my partner!"

Sanji kicked away the pirate behind Ace, pulled out the toothpick in his mouth with his left hand, and flicked it onto the eyelid of an incoming pirate, wondering, "Why did you invite me?"

Baze stood aside, took out his musket, watched the battle group of Ace and Sanji cautiously, squinted his eyes and searched for Guwei carefully.

Ace easily hung the members of the Greyhound Pirates on the wall of the restaurant with his fists and feet, and said sincerely: "Because I think you are very close to each other. Besides, my dream is One Piece!"

Sanji chuckled, raised his legs and printed the two jumping pirates on the ceiling, and said, "What a surprising reason, Ace. How many members do you have now? The future One Piece."

Ace smiled and said without shame: "Two!"

Sanji made a wrong footstep, he didn't stop the strength of his kick, and a pirate was directly kicked out of the cabin.Sanji said in disbelief: "Are there only two people in your pirate team now!?"

"Ah, yes!"

While Ace and Sanji were staring at each other, Gewei suddenly jumped out of the crowd, raised his knife and slashed at Ace's back, shouting, "Go to hell! You bastard!"

"Boom!" "Crack!"

Before Gewei in the air fell behind Ace, he was shot in the chest by Baez. At that time, Gewei lost consciousness and even dropped the knife to the ground.

Then Sanji kicked up, passed through Ace's shoulder, and kicked Guwei out of the restaurant door.

The Greyhound pirates immediately looked like frightened birds and beasts, howling "Captain" and ran out, even ignoring their lying companions.

Baez blew the gray smoke from the muzzle helplessly, and said:

"Ace, if you have anything to say, let's sit down and talk about it, okay? Also, the partner you mentioned to Sanji doesn't count me, does it?"

Ace grinned and said, "Isn't there still you and Sanji! You are all my good partners, of course I trust you! Hehehe."

Sanji rolled his eyes, retracted his long legs, and walked towards the kitchen.He waved his back to Ace and said, "I'm going to prepare the cooking, thank you for your help."

Ace scratched his cheek, turned to Baze and said, "Baze, how about our future chef?"

Baez patted his forehead with his right hand, and said, "Hey, Ace, let me tell you, I haven't agreed to be your partner yet."

Ace put his arm around Baez's shoulder and said seriously, "Then promise now."

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　At the beginning of letting go of myself, I was thinking about the plot of Sanji being pulled away. If there are book friends who disagree, I will change the rumors if there are more than 200~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)