One Piece's Vice Captain 2

"Master", Ayu suddenly stumbled over and fell to the ground with a pale face and sweat on his face. Then he quickly knelt on the ground and shouted in a panic, "Forgive me for cooking the rice without authorization, but this person is mine. My savior, cough, cough, please don’t make me ashamed. I will knit more hats. Please forgive me. I want to repay my kindness to Brother Luffy, cough, cough.”

The panicked shouts were interrupted by a violent cough, and it didn't take long for Ayu to cough up a lot of river water and then fell to the ground, her pale face full of pain.

"This is it." Fei Zui rushed up to help her. His heart sank when he saw the strange-colored water on the ground shining in the sun. "Why are you so stupid? Did you drink the water from the river to suppress your hunger?"

"Ayu, are you okay?" Luffy also ran up quickly. He couldn't help but worry when he saw that the little girl who was full of energy a few minutes ago had become so weak. Hearing what Feizi just said, he asked in confusion, "What water"

"The water in this country is polluted by the wastewater from Kaido Factory. To a young girl, this wastewater is simply poison."

"Then why do you live in a place like this?"

Feiji sighed, carefully let Ayu lie on the ground, and then explained, "Although there is a little bit better, but this kid is waiting here for a pirate named Ace who has an appointment to come again. "

"Ace," Luffy blinked and asked in confusion, "Is it Portcas D. Ace?"

The old man nodded, and then looked at the faintly visible traces of the village in the distance, "Although I really want to take Ayu to live in other places, I have been waiting here for a long time."

Luffy tilted his head and couldn't help but asked curiously, "Speaking of who are you, Grandpa Long-nosed? How do you know Ace? And why is Ayu waiting for Ace here?"

"My name is Feizi, and I am a sword forger. Although there are only two people here now, there used to be a village called Weli Village. However, more than a year ago, Kaido's army joined a new Shinta. A pirate named It became an illegal wilderness under Kaido's hands." Feizi paused, and then remembered with some emotion the scene when he met the young man, "That man came four years ago, and this village was already very poor. , everyone had no meals, and people often starved to death. Just when everyone thought the village was finished, Ace was washed up on the coast. The villagers took away all the food and water from the weak pirates. We survived after eating them all. Ace, who watched us finish eating, easily released the restraints with fire after that. Everyone was ready for revenge. But he just smiled and asked Ayu and the others Are you full? Then we started to prepare desserts and other things for them. We were all shocked. After that, Ace stayed in the village for a few more weeks, especially Ayu who was very close to him. Unexpectedly, he would be rescued by a pirate in distress. life"

"I see." Luffy laughed happily and said, "I didn't expect Ace to have such a story in Wano Country."

"Mr. Lu Fei, I'm back." At this time, Brooke, who went to investigate the situation in that village, also came back, holding a chubby white bun full of weeds, "Mr. Lu Fei, I brought the bun back yo ho ho ho ho ~"

"Brooke~", Luffy waved his hand, and then introduced to Feiji, who was starting to be vigilant, "Uncle, this is my partner Brooke and Baozi. Brooke, this is Grandpa Long Nose and Ayu~"

"", Feizi now didn't know whether to complain about what Luffy called him, or to be surprised by Brooke, who looked like he only had a pair of bones.But he is also a person who has seen the world and knows that there are all kinds of strange devil fruits in this world, so it is not surprising even if it is really a white skeleton.

"Well", Brooke noticed Ayu lying on the side with a painful expression, and couldn't help but asked worriedly, "What's wrong with this little lady? She seems to be sick."

"Ah, by the way, the river water Ayu drank is polluted. We need to find Chopper quickly." Luffy jumped up and looked around anxiously, "We separated from Anke and the others not long ago, they should still be nearby. "

Although Brook didn't know what happened here, he still explained after seeing Feizhu's vigilance, "Mr. Chopper is our ship's doctor. He is very skilled in medicine and will definitely cure Miss Ayu."

"Ahem, cough, cough," Ayu coughed in a daze. Their conversation just now was a little blurry, but he still grasped the key points. He couldn't help but look at Luffy in surprise, "Brother, do you know Ace?" "

"Of course I know you," Luffy proudly said with his hands on his hips, "Ace is me."

Brook rushed up and covered Luffy's mouth tightly, pulled him away under the puzzled looks of Feizi and Ayu, and nervously reminded him in a low voice, "Mr. Luffy, please don't forget that you can't spread it everywhere now." What’s the news about Mr. Ace?”

Luffy took off his hand and asked in confusion, "Why is Ace the person Ayu is waiting for?"

"Although I say that, we can't talk about Mr. Ace now, especially the fact that he is still alive." Brooke carefully looked around and made sure that only they and Feizi, who was taking care of Ayu, were nearby. He continued to remind, "Now is the time of the World Conference, and we cannot let various countries or navies pay attention to Mr. Ace. Otherwise, in order to save face this time, the World Government will take action personally."

"Let them do that kind of thing, anyway, they will definitely not be able to catch Ace now." Lu Fei puffed his face, and didn't think that Ace could not escape from those guys after two years of training, after all, Ace Si has been very powerful since he was a child.

Brook sighed. Although he couldn't bear it, he still mentioned the battle for the top two years ago. "Mr. Luffy, I can't be so sure. If there is another battle like the battle two years ago, this time it won't be the same." Maybe it will go as smoothly as two years ago. Not to mention the decline of the Whitebeard Pirates, and the pirates who have joined you now have not grown. The most important thing is, if Mr. Ace"

Brooke paused, looked worriedly at the silent Luffy, and then continued in a low voice, "If anything happens to Mr. Ace, even Ms. Anke will be helpless. Her eyes are indeed amazing. , but it is impossible to resurrect the dead indefinitely. In order to save Mr. Ace last time, I am afraid that the price she lost was the ability of her hands. One thing, it is Miss Anke's younger brother."

Luffy was stunned and looked at Brooke who seemed to know everything in confusion, "What's wrong with Noah?"

"If you guessed right, that child is a tool used by the world government to control Ms. Anke. Although Ms. Anke doesn't seem to care much about others, she acts a lot in a low-key manner, and even the news released is suppressed. Mr. Noah's coming out to see a doctor this time must be one of Miss Anke's plans to let him leave the world government completely, maybe she will send Mr. Noah to a little-known place later."

Is this the reason why Anke suddenly brought Noah back this time and even guarded him every step of the way? Luffy frowned slightly, thinking of the boy whose memory began to deviate after the blood transfusion, and he had asked Noah before. Remember anyone and anything related to World Government.Even if I lose my memory, it won't be such a coincidence. Is Enke involved in this?

"This Wano country is not only a battle between us and Kaido, maybe more unexpected things will happen." Brooke seriously reminded the always nervous Captain Straw Hat, "Mr. Luffy, You have to be prepared mentally. This is a country beyond the jurisdiction of the world government, maybe Miss Anke will completely solve these troublesome things here."

Luffy just slightly lowered the brim of his hat and pursed his lips tightly. He didn't really understand what Brook said, after all, he rarely thought about these complicated things involving multiple interests.But even if he doesn't understand, he doesn't want the person he cherishes to fight alone.

After taking a breath, he called out the red communication disk that Encore had given him before, and looked at the red butterfly with the mini straw hat. After a while, he just grinned brightly, then took a deep breath and raised his head. Gao Zhishou shouted, "Let's do it, encore"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Brooke was startled, and when he saw the butterfly flapping its wings and disappearing, he shouted in a panic, "Mr. Luffy said not to mess with Kin'emon-sama before he is found." What's the trouble? What if Miss Anke gets into a fight with someone else?"

"No way, that's Encore~"

"That's right, Miss Anke won't be so impulsive." After calming down, Brooke nodded in agreement. After all, the smart deputy captain will not cause any disputes when she is not sure.

"Cough cough cough." At this time, Ayu's painful coughing sound came over. The two rushed to her side and found that the girl's pale face began to have an abnormal blush, and she even had trouble breathing.

"Oops, this must be a fever." Although Brooke has been turned into a skeleton for decades, it can still be seen from Ayu's face, "I need to go to a doctor quickly."

"Ooooooooooo", Baozi didn't understand what they were talking about at all, so he shouted a few times when he saw them in such a hurry.

"Ahem, cough, cough." Ayu took a few breaths, then looked at Luffy anxiously and asked the question again, "Brother, do you know Ace? How is he now?"

"", Luffy quietly looked at Ayu's expectant eyes, and suddenly remembered the battle on the top two years ago, the figure swallowed by the hot magma, and himself who was helpless and helpless.

After slowly clenching his fist, Luffy just smiled and asked about something that Ayu mentioned before, "Speaking of which, Ayu, why did you decide to become a ninja?"

"Alas", although she didn't understand why the topic jumped, Ayu coughed a few times and said, "Because this is the agreement between Ace and I. As long as I become a charming female ninja, he will take me out to sea for adventure~ Hehe~~"

"I see.", Luffy nodded.Then he smiled and narrowed his eyes and said, "Then come on, there will be a day."

Ayu blinked in confusion, then nodded vigorously and then smiled happily, but coughed violently in the next second, and passed out after a while.

"Ayu", Luffy checked her condition in a panic, but was startled by the high temperature on her forehead, "It's so hot, I need to go find Chopper and the others quickly."