Arkham in the pirate world

"Without what happened with Sabo and having a troublesome brother like Luffy, I wouldn't want to live."

Ace's consciousness was wandering in the darkness.

Who could have imagined that for Portcas D. Ace, being born into the world and just living would wear out his soul.

"If Gol D. Roger had a child, he would be beheaded, too."

"No one wants him to have children, there is nothing we can do about it"

"There are as many people in the world who hate Roger, just stick him with as many needles as possible and burn him at the stake, making him the laughing stock of the world as he looks about to die."

"Everyone will definitely say that he deserves it."

On the execution platform in Rogue Town, Gol D Roger revealed the secret of the "One Piece", a treasure that represents everything in the world, and ushered in the era of great pirates.

The tide of the times has not only brought people good luck. Needless to say, the mermaid hunting suffered by the Dragon Palace Kingdom is also rampant in the world, where villains who wantonly destroy and plunder are rampant.

No matter how later generations use glorious heroic deeds to whitewash this era of great pirates, to the unknown people living in this era, pirates, like droughts and storms, are the incarnation of disasters that are ruthless and take away the lives of their families.

"It would be great if he could leave such last words."

Someone said: "I am a scumbag who was born with sin. Such last words are more acceptable than one piece."

There is no causal connection between the life of this guy who is being despised and what Roger actually did.

The more destitute people hang out in casinos and pubs all day long, the more likely they are to blame others for their misfortunes while drinking bad wine mixed with water.

"The worst criminal in history who was executed by the world government is a scumbag who should be stepped on by everyone in the world."

"Isn't he just a pirate? He dominated the Grand Line and arrived at the final island, Ravdru. So what, he wasn't executed by the navy?"

People are so critical.

The person is dead, you can say whatever you want. If Roger was standing in front of them, there should be few people who would dare to say that.

Is the reason why the World Government belittles Roger's past so much because he knows the secret of "One Piece" or is it because he incited the world and encouraged young people to become pirates? Nothing is conclusive.

However, it doesn't matter how much the innocent people insult Roger, and it doesn't matter if they put all the sins on him and let him die to atone for his sins.

If there are people who inherit his bloodline, they must be eradicated.

Go ahead and chase his wife and children with stones.

Such an atmosphere and stereotypes have spread throughout the world, and this is commendable behavior.

The blood of sinful people should not exist in this world

The one who instigated all this is undoubtedly the World Government. Roger's existence and his actions are extremely dangerous to the world's noble Dracos and their rule. Maybe that's it.

The people knew nothing about this, they didn't even know his real name, but they still insulted him

"Gol D. Roger, does he mean Gol D. Roger?"

"You ask if you know, don't you understand why there are so many people in the world who have been harmed by pirates?"

"It's all that Goldo Roger's fault."

"That's a person who shouldn't have been born into this world. He's the most rubbish bastard."

"He was a scourge when he was alive, and he is a scourge when he is dead. Remember, he is the worst scum in the world."

When he was in Gorbo Mountain in the East China Sea, Ace, a naughty kid who even had trouble dealing with bandits, would cause incidents of stabbing people every time he went to town.

"What on earth are you doing in the city? Ace heard that the gangsters in the city were almost killed by children. The matter was really big." Dadan asked with concern in her loud voice.

"It's so noisy. If I had enough power, I would have killed them all." Ace cast a hateful look at everyone.

It's not that anyone knows about Ace's father, but just by being alive, Ace always feels like everyone he meets is blaming him, as if to say, Roger's bloodline should die soon.

The rubbish life of relying on bandits' charity is worse than those days without food and care.

When Ace gradually became wiser and reached an age where he was not only living but also thinking about death, Ace's resentment became stronger and he didn't think about his father's affairs every day.

If the fact that his father was Roger was revealed, Ace felt that even the best friends would leave him, so Ace had no intention of getting close to anyone from the beginning.

If there is someone in this world that Ace is grateful for, there must be someone named Garp

Although he was a Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters who fought against Roger, and was even called a naval hero, the two formed a wonderful friendship during the battle.

Roger surrendered to the Navy. After being arrested and decided to be executed, Roger quietly told Garp about the birth of his child.

"The government has been searching for the blood of the Pirate King. Your woman will be a death sentence, and the same will be true for the child who will be born," Garp said to Roger, and rejected Roger.

But in any case, Roger did have a pair of discerning eyes. In the end, after Roger was executed in Roger Town, Garp went to Batlila Island in the South China Sea and hid the baby who was born after 20 months in the womb. got up.

The human gestation period is 10 months. Judging from the time Roger was arrested, normally, this could never be Roger's child.

According to his mother's last wish, Garp named the child Ace and entrusted him to his acquaintance in his hometown in the East China Sea, the bandit Dadan.

Garp occasionally visits Ace, and only Garp, Dadan and Ace himself know that Ace is the orphan of the Pirate King.

"Grandpa, you have a grandson, right? Is he happy?" Ace asked Garp once.

"Ah, Luffy, he is growing up healthily," Garp said with a smile.

Soon after, a child wearing a straw hat that was disproportionate to him came to the bandit Dadan's territory. His name was Luffy, Garp's grandson.

Maybe Garp saw Ace's loneliness and sent that annoying follower to him.

"grandfather"

"what"

"Is it true that I was born into this world?"

The more seriously I consider this question, the less I can find the answer in the end.

Garp thought seriously for a while and said to Ace: "You will know this kind of thing as long as you live."

The sound of the waves echoed in his ears, and Ace's consciousness gradually became clearer.

My mouth was dry, and the back of my throat hurt like a crack.

"vomit"

Ace coughed, vomited out a mixture of blood, saliva, gastric juice and other liquids that had condensed into lumps, and jumped up.

"cough cough"

There was a lump in my throat and I coughed even harder.

Ace felt weak all over, just like when he was bedridden with a high fever as a child. His muscles, joints, and whole body felt uncomfortable.

"Give you"

Ace was startled and smelled the smell of fresh water. He suddenly felt that he was almost unbearably thirsty. The sea breeze scratched the mucous membrane in his nose. He couldn't help but grab the cup handed to him and drank the water in one gulp. .

Ace came back to his senses and looked at the person who handed him the water again. He seemed to have been lying on the deck for a long time. The other person was sitting on the edge of the boat. He always felt that he was looking at him like he was looking after a kitten.

where is this

Not my own ship, but a much larger ship.

"Who are you?" Ace asked directly as he didn't like to use his brain too much and threw the cup back.

“Don’t throw away utensils”

"Leave me alone"

Ace said, trying to stand up, but his body wouldn't obey.

"What happened and why am I on a strange ship?" Ace's mind was in confusion.

The man sitting on the edge of the boat smiled. He was wearing white clothes. He looked like a chef. No, for a guy with a scar on his face, God knows what he was cutting with a kitchen knife.

"Are you sleepy?" Sachi smiled gently.

"here is"

"Our ship, the Moby-Dick"

""

Whitebeard, Edward Newgate's Ship

That is

Ace looked around, it turned out to be like this

"I am Sachi, the captain of the fourth team. If you want to be our partner, just get along well."

"Fuck you," Ace said.

"Hahaha, I was so angry when I woke up. By the way, let me tell you what happened after you fainted," Saatchi said.

After using the "Fire Net" to build a wall of fire and allowing his companions to escape, Ace confronted Whitebeard alone.

At that time, he had just fought Jinbei for five days and five nights. Ace was covered in wounds and exhausted and could not even stand still.

For Whitebeard, Ace's wall of fire was not an obstacle at all, but after he saw that Ace used himself as his companion to fight for the hope of escape, he still waited until the Spade Pirates withdrew, and then accompanied With a domineering blow, Ace knelt on the ground.

Not to mention fighting, Whitebeard instantly killed the natural ability that was supposed to be the incarnation of fire.

Despite this, Ace stood up, and the fire of "Fire Internet" increased again. He shouted to Whitebeard: "I will not run away."

In order to keep Deus and the others alive, and to protect his beloved partners in the Spade Pirates, Ace used up his remaining strength.

And he also has dignity. Since Whitebeard, who is an enemy, is obviously open to his friends, Ace would rather burn his own life than escape.

Otherwise, even if he could escape now, Ace would probably be called a coward for the rest of his life, and it would be impossible for his name to become louder than Roger, the Pirate King.

"Gu la la la, can you still stand up?" Whitebeard chuckled.

If Ace chooses to escape, the Whitebeard Pirates will catch up and his friends will be in danger, so Ace cannot retreat and must take Edward Newgate's head here.

"It would be a pity for you to die now, kid," Whitebeard said.

Unfortunately, Ace failed to understand what Whitebeard meant, but he still heard some of the meaning contained in this sentence.

Whitebeard looks down on himself

This is the only thing Ace understands

anger

"If you still want to cause trouble, then make a big fuss on this sea with my name on your back."

Whitebeard said, reaching out to the defeated Ace.

"Be my son"

Qi and blood surged to his head. No matter how he looked at it, he felt uncomfortable. Did this man regard himself as a child?

"what a joke"

Ace surged with strength and rushed towards Whitebeard.

Then, completely defeated

Ace didn't even remember how he lost. If he had to say it, it would be like his head was split open by overwhelming power.

If there was a "dad's fist" in the world, this would probably be it.

Anyway, Ace understood the truth.

Lost

He became a prisoner and was carried onto the ship of the Whitebeard Pirates, and then was thrown on the deck. He spent the night, no, it would take longer. The island before was no longer visible.

"After this, your partner came back to rescue you." Sachi crossed his arms and said, "We gave him a beating."

"what"

Ace held his breath, no way

Deus and the others narrowly escaped death and managed to escape from Whitebeard. Why did they come back?

"Don't worry, they are not dead, they are on our ship." Seeing Ace's angry expression, Thatch comforted him.

they are still alive

Is this possible?

The Spade Pirates were all wiped out, and they had a full-scale conflict with the Whitebeard Pirates, and were defeated.

The battle between pirates and pirates is a war that neither follows the law nor is moral. If you lose, you will die.

That is

Ace's eyes darkened.

For Whitebeard, the battle with the Spade Pirates is not a war at all. The opponent is just a newcomer, and there is no way to fight a real war. The level of the pirates is too different.

Ace stared at his wrists, not even wearing iron handcuffs, let alone the Sea Tower Stone that sealed the Devil Fruit's ability.

Knowing that if Ace used his ability on the spot, it was entirely possible to burn the ship down.

"Is it really okay to just put me on the boat without even cuffing me?" Ace asked.

"Um"

Saatchi said in his unique relaxed tone: "Well, Dad didn't say he was going to put you in a cell. You should be fine."

at night.

On the deck of the "Mobydick", a suspicious figure appeared on tiptoe.

Moving away from the guards' eyes was not a difficult task for Ace, who had been used to stealing and robbing since he was a child.

Moreover, Ace also checked the bottom out in advance.

Ace found the captain's room. He was a man known as the King of the Sea. He probably wouldn't lock the door like a coward.

But Ace is not an idiot who would openly knock on doors to seek revenge.

No, he just no longer has the energy to be a fool.

"Guck"

A loud sound of deep sleep came through the wall.

It's now

嘭

Ace turned into flames.

The disadvantage of this ability is that it cannot hide in the dark, nor can it cover up heat.

The chance is only a moment, so use the first blow to kill him.

Ace turned his body into flames and stabbed the world's strongest pirate lying on the bed with his knife.

Snapped

Kang dang

"Hey, what are you doing? You kid, please pay attention, it's so late." Whitebeard said, pushing away Ace who turned into flames like waving away annoying mosquitoes, turned over, and then I started snoring.

As if it was a joke, Ace was slapped out of the captain's room while still maintaining his flame form, and fell down in the corridor.

blood

I got a nosebleed, that's it, why talk about a sneak attack?

After Ace's eyes dimmed slightly, a stronger flame ignited.

Cessna Island.

Just as Ace was starting his new life as a "captive" on the Moby-Dick, the casino on Cessna Island officially opened to the public.

In this world where everyone has some strength, the speed of construction projects can be compared to that of "infrastructure maniacs".

Surrounded by nine casinos, there are commercial streets, food streets, amusement parks and other facilities extending in all directions. On the opening day, the casino launched various preferential activities, coupled with the promotion of various casino owners, it attracted a large number of people from all over the world. gambler.

In addition to gamblers, there are also many businessmen and pirates gathered here.

The advantage of Cessna Island being adjacent to the Yonko territory has been highlighted.

During the opening period, Liszt did many things personally. The New World was different from the Paradise section. It was not easy for him to occupy a piece of land, so he naturally attached great importance to it.

At night, Cessna Island was brightly lit. On the top floor of the luxury hotel located in the center of the city, Lister hosted a banquet for the directors of nine casinos.

Except for the Crocodile Casino in Crocodile, where he personally appeared, the other eight casinos only sent representatives.

Crocodile was holding a cigar in his mouth. He had high hopes for the casino on Cessna Island, otherwise he would not be responsible for it himself.

The person in charge of Doflamingo's Flamingo Casino is Monet. She is Doflamingo's sidekick. She is both loyal and highly knowledgeable. She is one of the few talents who acts as a housekeeper. , doing things much more reliably than Diamanti and the others.

The person in charge of the Sun God Casino of Dark Gold King Lufeld is a man named Hurley. It is said that Hurley is Lufeld's illegitimate son. He has a similar body shape to Lufeld. The difference is that he is simple and plain in his clothes and elegant in conversation. , behaves politely, unlike Lu Field, who is completely dressed like a nouveau riche.

The person in charge of the Golden Casino in the Golden City Tezzolo is called Bacara. She is one of Gilder Tezzolo's confidants. Because Mr. Tanaka is responsible for the security work of the Golden City and contact with other forces, he sent Baccarat come here.

In addition to the four companies that obtained their quotas through auctions, representatives from the casinos owned by the Four Emperors were also present.

The person in charge of the Whitebeard Casino of the Whitebeard Pirates is Foil Bista. Whitebeard is not interested in casinos. When he heard that Liszt was going to give him a casino, he turned around and gave the casino to Bista. .

Charlotte Blowyer is in charge of the Big Thief Group's Dessert Casino. The Cashew Island under her jurisdiction is very close to Cessna Island, making it easy to manage. Of course, this opportunity was also obtained by Katakuri for her. Charlotte Lingling has so many children, many of whom are unemployed and have no jobs.

The Beasts Casino of the Beasts Pirates is in charge of Drought Jack. Kaido doesn’t care about this casino. When I heard that Jack reported this matter, Kaido was drinking. Before Jack could finish speaking, Kaido asked Jack to I figured it out myself, and then hung up the phone.

The red-haired pirates' casino is named after their ship, the Redfors Casino. The person in charge is Ben Beckman. As the IQ person on the ship, Ben Beckman still knows that money is not everything, and those who have no money cannot. Yes, at Shanks's speed of throwing banquets, without some extra income, he would probably be unable to make ends meet.

In addition, there is a casino that belongs to the Navy of the Kingdom of Flowers, called Jiuhua Casino, and the person in charge is naturally Chen Mirage.

Nine casinos opened at the same time, and they were considered competitors. After all, there were only those customers on the same island. If one casino had more casinos, the other would have fewer, so the atmosphere at the dinner table was far from harmonious.

Liszt sat at the table and shouldered the task of calming the atmosphere. Fortunately, everyone was still very respectful and their interests came first, and no one would fall out casually.

The dinner lasted until 12 o'clock in the evening, and the daily turnover data of each casino was presented to Liszt.

It took a lot of manpower to get this data so quickly.

Whether you make money from doing something or not depends on data. If you make money, your enthusiasm will naturally come.

Liszt glanced at it and said: "The highest turnover today is the Golden Casino, with nearly 30 billion beli. Congratulations to you."

Baccarat shook her red wine glass, her face was very calm, very calm. 30 billion beli is a lot. The standing capital of the Golden City is 5000 billion beri.

"Second place is Crocodile Casino in Crocodile. Congratulations on the turnover of 24 billion beli."

Crocodile also looked calm, with only the cigar in his mouth tilted upward.

"The last one is the Beast Casino, with a turnover of 4 million Baileys."

"Okay, the above is the approximate data for today. The turnover is not profit, but the significance to the casino. I think everyone knows that the turnover of Golden Casino and Crocodile Casino is so high today because they have experience in operating casinos. I hope everyone can learn from them."

Liszt closed the document, glanced at the dissatisfied Jack, and said: "Of course, I like competition, but I don't like malicious competition. I still hope everyone can study the relevant laws and regulations of Cessna City carefully. It is for Protect everyone's interests. It is always easier to make money in an orderly city than in a chaotic city. If someone breaks the rules here just to make a little profit, it will harm not only my interests, but also everyone here. , and the interests of the forces you represent.”

Jack snorted. He was not an idiot. He knew that although those sitting here might not go to war with the Beast Pirates for the sake of some interests on the island, but if they were influenced by Lister and really united to fight, The Beast Pirates, even if Kaido is the strongest creature in the world, he can't withstand a group of people beating him up.

This possibility was only one in , but it was this one in that made Jack afraid.

Not only Jack, but also others, because the forces sitting here have really united and have the power to subvert the world. However, due to various reasons, they are hostile to each other and cannot unite.

However, no one can guarantee that others will not join forces.

Checks and balances

Nine casinos and nine forces check and balance each other, thus achieving a balanced situation on Cessna Island.

And Liszt, who single-handedly constructed this check-and-balance relationship, stands outside this network and has the power to move every check-and-balance line.

"This is much more sober than the guy who misestimated his own strength," Ben Beckman thought to himself.

I heard that guy has been defeated by Whitebeard

Haha, there are really too many newbies like this every year who don’t know what the world is like.