Pirates: I, who cultivated phantom beasts, made myself emperor

The Zoro Nami on the Meili all looked solemn. In their impression, Cheng Cheng had never spoken in such a serious tone.

Even when he met the three naval warships in Cocosia Village, Cheng Cheng looked calm and indifferent.

Luffy asked curiously: "Who is Teach? Is he strong?"

"Blackbeard Teach, he used to be my subordinate, but he committed an absolutely unforgivable crime on the ship!" Ace explained to Luffy with a calm face.

Then he turned to look at Cheng Cheng, shook his head slightly, and said in a soft and extremely firm voice: "Brother Cheng Cheng, I can also listen to you on other matters, but on this matter, I'm sorry, I can't do it." arrive."

"Ugh!"

Cheng Cheng sighed deeply, poured another glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. He looked at Ace and continued to ask: "Even if it costs your life, do you still want to go?"

"Go, and must go!"

Ace's eyes were firm and he said without hesitation: "Dad's ship will never tolerate the existence of any traitor, and as the former captain of Blackbeard Teach, I have to do this, and only I can clean up the door!"

"There are some things where you know you will die, so what? Luffy, let me ask you, if you knew you would die in the process of becoming the Pirate King, would it be okay for you to continue on this sea?"

Luffy immediately stopped smiling and said righteously: "Of course!"

"Brother Cheng Cheng, you were much smarter than the three of us when we were young. Luffy, Sabo and I would listen to you almost every time. However, since I left Windmill Village, I have long been Life and death have been abandoned.”

"After I joined the Whitebeard Pirate King, I gave my life and death back to Whitebeard."

Cheng Cheng remained silent and quietly poured another glass of wine. This time, he didn't drink it all in one gulp. Instead, he put it to his mouth and tasted it slowly.

Ace continued: "From the moment I chose to go to sea and become Haize, I have chosen freedom instead of suppressing myself. As for what you said, let me wait until I am strong enough. Revenge, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late, it’s really something that can’t be done.”

"Ten years have passed, so how should I spend the intervening ten years? Is delayed revenge still revenge? It is the honor of my life to be lucky enough to join the Whitebeard Pirates, and my mission will also be He died defending this honor."

"I knew this would be your answer."

Cheng Cheng put down his wine glass with a helpless smile, came to Ace and patted his shoulder gently, and continued: "Whether it is from the perspective of being born as a human being, or from the perspective of my brother, or from the perspective of the sea, From a thief's point of view, you, me, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, each of us are equal and free in terms of personality."

"I am free, so I use what I know to decide to follow my own will to stop you and prevent you from chasing Teach!"

"At the same time, you are also free, so whether you go after Tiqi or whether you listen to my stop should be based on your will and it is up to you to make the decision."

"Your will is very important to me!"

"I will also obey your will and let you make free choices!"

After saying this, Cheng Cheng was trembling all over, his legs were weak and he almost fell to the ground.

It seemed that these words had used up all his strength, and his body, which was already weak and had only a trace of energy left, was completely drained.

After taking several deep breaths, Cheng Cheng's face returned to rosy. As if he had made up his mind, he exchanged ten fairy beans from the system and handed them to Ace himself.

"These fairy beans can restore your physical strength and injuries. Be sure to eat them when you are injured."

"Also, I will teach you a breathing method now, which should be able to improve your strength in a short time. It took Tuanzi three days to learn it and Zoro two days to learn it. I believe it will not delay you too long. Time."

Ace smiled warmly for a moment, and immediately agreed: "Yes, Brother Cheng Cheng."

Cheng Cheng looked at his playful smile and cursed: "Damn it, if I hadn't been so weak now, I would have tied you up a long time ago, and you're still talking nonsense here!"

"Hehe, that really causes trouble for Brother Cheng Cheng." Ace said with a smile.

Luffy stuffed two chopsticks in his mouth, staggered over, and said vaguely: "Brother Cheng Cheng, I want to learn too, I want to learn too. After Zoro learns, everything will be different now." It’s so powerful, I can’t even beat him.”

"You sun god, learn how to breathe water! Get out!"

Cheng Cheng cursed angrily, and then looked at Zoro, who was full of energy: "Zolon, use your sword and let me see how well you can master the breath of water now?"

Zoro smiled and nodded, happily agreeing.

Two days later.

The Meri continued towards Juba, upstream along the Sentora River.

Alabasta is a superpower in the first half of the Great Line. The kingdom's standing army alone has 60 people. Yuba is the trading center of western Alabasta and a former oasis city.

But after three years of continuous drought, the rebel army had already destroyed the place.

Along the Sundola River, as far as the eye can see, there are ruins of collapsed buildings, desolate and deserted. The original oasis city is now almost deserted.

Ace is so powerful. When he came into contact with the Breath of Water, he learned it in just one day. On the second day, he had improved the breathing trajectory of the Breath of Water into the Breath of Fire.

Originally, Ace didn't pay much attention to what Cheng Cheng taught him. After all, in his eyes, Cheng Cheng's current strength was not very strong except for being armed and domineering, which was somewhat beyond his expectation.

After he began to learn the breath of fire, Ace could clearly feel that his strength could be increased by at least [-]%.

He couldn't help but change his views on Cheng Cheng.

Is Brother Cheng Cheng really strong?

Ace jumped onto the guardrail and said to everyone: "Everyone, I'm leaving now. Goodbye!"

"Blackbeard is not in Yuba. You can go to the west of Alabasta and have a look." Cheng Cheng said calmly.

"Okay! You and Luffy keep these two pieces of white paper. It will guide us to meet again."

Ace agreed readily and handed two pieces of white square paper to Luffy and Luffy respectively: "Goodbye. The next time our brothers meet again, it will be at the pinnacle of pirates!"

"Yes!" Luffy said with a smile.

Cheng Cheng remained silent and said silently in his heart that he was more than the pinnacle of a pirate.

Everyone waved goodbye to Ace, and in the sunset, Ace jumped into a small boat and drifted away.

Tuanzi has changed a lot in the past two days. Thanks to the efforts of Nami and Vivian, he is no longer the little beggar with messy hair and dirty body.

The current Tuanzi is wearing a pink dress, her hair is tied into a pair of ponytails hanging around her waist, her skin is fair and icy, and her facial features are still not exquisite, but they are also pretty, especially her slender eyebrows that are slightly raised. The choice made her a little less weak as a girl should be, and a little more heroic out of thin air.

With the dragon-slaying sword hanging on her waist and the sea-suppressing sword on her back, she now looks like a heroine who can walk freely on the sea.

With eyes as dark as pearls, she stared at Ace's retreating back, and she murmured: "Master, Uncle Ace is not really dead, is he?"

"of course not!"

Cheng Cheng let go of his hand holding the wooden railing, looked away from the distance, and turned to rub Tuanzi's hair, which had become much smoother, and said softly: "It seems that Master will seize the time to plant trees!"

Tuanzi stared at the five deep finger marks dented on the wooden railing and fell into deep thought.