[One Piece]Nix likes idiots

Ace noticed Nyx's behavior: "Tired?"

"Hmm..." Nyx followed his words. She put down the hand covering her face, looked around and pointed to the other end of the station, "Put me there."

Ace carried Nyx and ran to the place she designated, but hesitated before letting him go: "But I'm worried that after I let you go, that guy will snatch you away again."

Nyx put both hands on her face again.

"It doesn't matter." Nyx's voice came from under the palms covering her face, "I just want him to come."

Ace: "Huh?"

"Ahem." Nyx adjusted her mood and said with certainty, "He will definitely come over. When the time comes..."

Ace said glumly: "You seem to be looking forward to it?"

Nix held back her laughter as she continued her plan: "In order to prevent me from being snatched away, when he comes over, you must..."

-

Under the joint siege of the Spade Pirates, the Lord of the Labyrinth was in a very embarrassed state at the moment.

Most of his subordinates have been defeated by Ace or Nyx, and the survivors of the maze have other ideas. At this moment, they are all hiding aside and watching, just waiting for his defeat.

The Lord of the Labyrinth's greatest reliance is none other than one of his fruit abilities - the "Gate of the Labyrinth".

His two life-saving abilities - whether they are the ability to transfer damage to the maze or the ability to move instantly - are essentially "maze doors", that is, establishing a door to the maze anywhere within a certain range. entrance.

He built the maze entrance in front of him and had an invincible shield that could absorb everything. If the "entrances" within the maze are strategically placed, they can even allow enemy attacks to fall on themselves.

When he places the entrance to the maze under his feet, he can move to any place in the maze. In the same way, when he places the entrance of the maze at the enemy's position, he can throw the enemy into the maze.

But like all superhumans, there are limits to the Labyrinth Master's abilities.

First, he can only open one maze door at a time.

Second, when activating the ability, the left hand must make corresponding movements.

Third, when activating the ability, his body must be in contact with the maze to be connected.

Apart from the fruit ability, the Lord of the Labyrinth's own combat power is not outstanding. His physical fitness and combat awareness are far inferior to Ace's. After Ace figured out his movement patterns and ability limitations, the Master of the Labyrinth quickly fell behind in the duel.

Must escape.

but……

The Master of the Labyrinth thought he was secretly glancing at Nyx who was watching the battle from a distance.

He also wants to pluck the roses.

Just wait for the right time——

When the two warring parties unanimously moved the battlefield to the place furthest away from Nyx, the Lord of the Labyrinth immediately teleported to Nyx's side.

"Come with me, Rose."

He will search for more prey for her, build a better stage for her, and let her bloom more beautifully.

The Lord of the Labyrinth stretched out his left hand, preparing to open the door of the labyrinth at his feet.

He will be able to pluck the rose in no time. The Master of the Labyrinth showed a determined smile on his face.

But he suddenly realized that the rose, which had always been cold to him, was actually smiling at him.

A bright and dangerous smile.

The Master of the Labyrinth was dazzled by that smile, and suddenly felt dizzy.

No, not right!

He is really spinning!

An invisible force grabbed his ankle and hung him upside down in the air.

Before the Lord of the Labyrinth could figure out what was going on, the flames that followed quickly engulfed him with unparalleled momentum and power.

In extreme pain and confusion, the Master of the Labyrinth lost consciousness.

-

After using a spell to hang the Lord of the Labyrinth upside down in the air, Nyx immediately used another spell to move to the vicinity of the Spade Pirates.

But her legs seemed really weak. Fortunately, Ace hurried over and helped her.

Ace: "Are you okay?"

Nyx used the force to stand upright: "It's okay."

As the master of the maze fell into coma, the maze model on the side also turned into a ball of loose sand. The people who were left inside also appeared nearby one after another, and soon half of the station was filled.

Although the Labyrinth Pirates have a large number of members, only a few of them are still conscious, and most of them have no intention of resisting.

"It seems like everything is over here." Ace took a look at the situation on the field and said, "Let's go back to the Spedil."

He had not forgotten that the Spedil had been attacked.

Ace: "Nix, can you still use your powers?"

Nix: "No problem."

At this moment, a man carrying a boy on his back hurried towards them with an anxious look on his face.

Ace: "Who are they?"

Nyx: "The person imprisoned by the Lord of the Labyrinth."

Ace: "You were deceived like us? You're so unlucky."

The man smiled bitterly.

Ace: "What's the matter? Do you want us to take you out?"

After the man put the boy on his back to the ground, he suddenly made an unexpected move.

He knelt down in Ace's direction.

"Although it is very sudden," he buried his face deeply between his arms, "but please, Mr. Captain, please listen to my unkind request."

Ace was startled by his sudden move: "Stand up quickly! If you have anything to say, just say it!"

The man still refused to raise his head: "There are still many people imprisoned deep in this maze."

He clenched his fists tightly: "I want to implore Mr. Captain...save them."

Ace's brows furrowed.

"There is a vein of gold mine buried under this maze. And those people were locked in the gold mine to work for him day and night. Half of them were civilians who were robbed, and the other half were unwilling to submit to the maze. The pirates who surrendered and..." the man gritted his teeth, "a small part of the navy."

"Civilian..." As a pirate, Ace made a decision quickly as if he couldn't hear the word navy, "We can come back to help you after we deal with the enemy ships that attacked. Do you know the way there? ?”

"Thank you!" The man raised his head in surprise and looked at Nyx with hopeful eyes. "Previously, this lady not only found all her partners in the maze, but also found the exit of the maze."

Ace suddenly realized: "What? It turns out you want to borrow Nyx's power."

He turned his head and looked at Nyx as well: "What do you think?"

Ace has always respected the crew's choices.

Nyx asked back, "Does Ace want to save him?"

Ace: "It would be quite pitiful to leave them alone."

Nyx: "Yeah, I'll help."

The man was overjoyed and thanked him again: "Thank you!"

Ace looked at the man who was still kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up quickly. We'll be right back after we finish solving the problems on the ship."

Man: "Please."

Ace looked at Deus again: "You and the others are waiting here."

Deus: "I know."

Ace: "Nix, can you still use your powers?"

Nyx extended her left hand to Ace: "No problem."

Ace took Nyx's hand very naturally. With a wave of the wand, the two quickly disappeared into the maze.

The martial arts factions watched them leave, with ambiguous expressions on their faces.

"Although Nyx's strength is different from what we imagined, these two people..."

"That's right!" The idle martial arts faction started another gossip meeting, "Do you remember how Nyx moved others with her before?"

"Basically, you just grab the opponent's arm or shoulder directly through a layer of clothes. It only happens when you move with Captain Ace..."

Two of them even deliberately imitated the movements of Nyx and Ace, causing the others to smile narrowly.

Deus couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Nyx's voice suddenly sounded from behind them.

"You're talking about..." The smiles of the fighting factions gradually solidified, and they turned back stiffly, "Nix?!"

Deus was also very surprised: "Why did you come back so soon?"

Nyx was still holding someone's back collar. She threw the person she was holding on the ground in disgust.

"Bring this guy here."

The person who came back with Nyx was not Ace, but a guy they had never seen before.

Deus: "Who is this?"

"It is said that he is their vice-captain." Nyx used a spell to summon a stream of water and flushed her hands, "I will go back and bring Ace here."

The so-called vice-captain of the Maze Pirates faced the ground, lying on the ground unable to move.

Before Deus could observe much, Nyx and Ace came back.

Deus: "How are the others?"

Nyx: "They're fine."

Ace added: "It just looks a little weird. Even though I defeated this guy, I still seem sad."

Deus asked worriedly: "Is anyone seriously injured?"

Ace was also confused: "I think they are all quite lively. Maybe it's because the deck was severely damaged."

Nix added: "This guy destroyed almost a third of our deck."

Deus breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as everyone is fine. The deck can be repaired if it is damaged."

The fighting factions surrounded the enemy's vice-captain curiously and poked him with their weapons: "This guy looks very weak."

The vice-captain of the Labyrinth Pirates who was lying on the ground suddenly said: "You are too cunning...!"

It's just that his voice was very weak, even to the point of being weak.

"After you found out that you couldn't beat me head-on, you resorted to despicable means!"

"How can a pirate group that uses treasure maps to deceive people have the nerve to call others despicable!" Deus's mouth twitched, "But I'm quite curious, what despicable means are you talking about?"

Maze Vice Captain: "You actually used sea tower stone handcuffs to deal with ability users!"

Seafloor stone handcuffs?

Deuce thought of the pair of handcuffs that Nyx had shown him before. Nyx met Deus' gaze and pointed at the ankle of the Maze Vice Captain.

The familiar Hailou stone handcuffs were cuffed to the enemy's feet.

The excited Vice Captain of the Labyrinth turned over with a burst of anger: "Just wait, the Master of the Labyrinth will definitely avenge me -"

His voice suddenly got stuck.

Because he saw that the Lord of the Labyrinth was lying not far from him. Looking carefully again, this place looks very familiar.

"O-Boss——!"

The voice of Vice Captain Maze attracted the original leaders of the Maze Pirates. He ran over slowly: "Brother Ace, this guy knows the way to the gold mine."

He gestured maliciously: "Do you need my help to 'question' him?"

Maze Vice Captain: "You?!"

The cadre rubbed his hands: "Don't the boss always say that those who understand current affairs are heroes? I just do things according to the boss's instructions."

The sullen expression on the face of Maze Vice-Captain faded away, and he lay on the ground with a despairing heart: "I can tell you, but you have to let me and the boss live."

"Impossible!" The man rushed forward excitedly, "You have killed so many of my teammates, but you want to evade responsibility?!"

"This world is dominated by the weak and the strong, and I don't think I have done anything wrong." Vice-captain Maze sneered, "What's wrong with an unenlightened guy going to sea?"

Maze Vice Captain: "Besides, I'm making a deal with the guy who defeated me. It's none of your business."

The man froze.

The vice-captain of Maze looked at Ace and his group: "How about a deal? Buying two lives for a gold mine is a good deal."

"Two people?" Ace said solemnly, "Do you not care about the lives of your other partners?"

"Partners? No, how can they be considered partners." The vice-captain of Maze was indifferent to them, "I only care about me and the boss."

As long as he and the Lord of the Labyrinth are around, the Labyrinth Pirates will soon be able to make a comeback.

Deus asked the cadre: "Is this guy really your deputy captain?"

The officer shook his head and nodded: "He is the highest-ranking and most senior officer on the ship, deeply trusted and relied upon by the Master of the Labyrinth. He has always regarded himself as the deputy captain, and the Master of the Labyrinth has never refuted it. "

The cadre added: "Only the Master of the Labyrinth and him know the way to the gold mine."

The vice-captain of Maze said indifferently: "Of course. Guys like him originally relied on betraying and betraying their companions in exchange for the opportunity to join the Maze Pirates. How could the boss and I regard such a person as partner."

The cadre's face turned green: "Impossible! He even gave me the map leading to his room before! How could he not trust me enough?!"

The vice-captain of Maze was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore, but looked at Ace and his group: "Have you considered it?"

Ace: "I...have thought about it."

Man: "Mr. Captain!"

"As expected..." Ace lowered the brim of his hat, "You look very unhappy!"

Ace punched Maze's vice-captain hard.

"Aren't you the ones who have been sowing discord? Aren't you the ones who have been inciting others to betray?!" He grabbed the collar of the vice-captain of the labyrinth, "Took away other people's partners with despicable means, and still looked aloof. What the hell!”

The vice-captain of Maze showed no remorse: "It's because they themselves are not strong-willed enough."

The man listening on the side angrily accused: "Then why didn't you let the others go?"

The vice-captain of Maze grinned: "The boss just asked them to go to the most suitable place to exert their strong will. After all, people with a strong will can endure hardships and stand hard work."

Ace punched him hard again: "That's enough!"

The vice-captain of Maze fainted from the heavy blow.

"Sorry." Ace let go of the vice-captain of the labyrinth with an expressionless expression, "It seems that I can't get any information from this guy."

Deus patted Ace's back nonchalantly: "I've guessed it a long time ago."

Nix: "Yeah."

The man was very disappointed, but he couldn't blame Ace, after all, he wanted to beat that man up like that.

Ace: "Is there any other way to know the way?"

Nyx took a step forward: "Leave it to me."

Deus: "What are you going to do?"

Nyx glanced at the man next to her who was not part of the Spade Pirates. He wisely turned and left.

Nyx first cast a spell on the Master of the Labyrinth to keep him unconscious, and then woke up the Vice-Captain of the Labyrinth.

As soon as the Maze Vice Captain opened his eyes, he met Nyx's gaze.

Nyx: "Tell me the map of the maze."

The vice-captain of Maze did not answer immediately. He looked at Nyx with dull eyes, as if his soul had left his body. After a while, his whole body twitched as if he suddenly woke up.

"you you?!"

Cold sweat covered the back of the Maze Vice Captain, and he only had time to say this sentence before he fainted quickly.

Nyx ignored it, but closed her eyes and held her forehead, as if remembering something.

After a while, she opened her eyes, exhaled, took out a larger notebook from her cloak, tore off one page, and drew a map on it.

After finishing drawing, Nyx handed the map to Ace. Ace almost fainted without even looking at the winding map.

Ace said frantically: "Why did this guy make the maze so complicated!"

Nyx: "Because he's scared."

Deus: "There is no need to explain at this time!"

Once you get the map, the rest is much easier.

The members of the Labyrinth Pirates didn't feel that they could get ownership of the gold mine if they stayed, so many of them ran away early.

The cadres who had rebelled early on gritted their teeth, pointed out the location of the warehouse to them, told them that there were sea-floor stone handcuffs there, and left sadly.

After hearing what the vice-captain of Maze said, he had no intention of hugging Ace's thigh anymore.

He thought of his former companions and the happy times he had spent with them.

But he can never go back to those days.

Deus directed the martial factions to pack up the treasures in the warehouse and let them move them back to the ship first - if there was a map, Nyx wouldn't have to waste energy on making more trips.

He stayed behind and headed to the gold mine deep in the maze with Ace and Nyx.

After taking out two pairs of seastone handcuffs from the warehouse and cuffing the Lord of the Labyrinth and his vice-captain, Nyx also took back her own handcuffs.

She frowned and threw several cleaning spells on it, then wrapped it in a cloth and solemnly received it in the cloak.

Deus asked in confusion: "Why do you have to replace it? Why don't you just get a new one?"

The man on the side explained: "Hailou stone products also have purity. The higher the purity, the stronger the restraint on the ability user. Judging from the previous reaction of the deputy captain, the purity of this pair of handcuffs should be very high."

There was a rare hint of showing off in Nyx's tone: "More importantly, this is a gift from my brother to me for self-defense."

Ace: "Brother?!"

Deus: "Defense yourself?!"

Nyx first answered Ace's question: "Is it weird that I have a brother?"

Then he pointed to the vice-captain of Maze and answered the second question: "Self-defense."

Deus was speechless after being retorted, but Ace was still surprised: "Why haven't I heard you talk about your brother?"

Nix: "No?"

Ace: "Not at all!"

Nyx thought for a while: "Didn't I make two puppets this morning? Except for Luffy. Those two puppets are based on my brothers."

"That's it." Ace didn't know why his mood suddenly improved a lot.

Man: "To be able to obtain such high-purity sea floor stone handcuffs, your brother must be a very powerful person."

Nyx nodded, with a proud look on her face: "He is very powerful."

Ace suddenly felt a little uncomfortable again. He struggled with the reason for his dissatisfaction for a long time, and finally asked seriously: "How does it compare with Luffy?"

"Although Luffy is cute," Nyx said with a serious face, "but no matter what, my brother is better."

Ace: "!!!"

Ace: "That's the Luffy you've never seen after all these years of hard training!"

Nix: "That's because you haven't met my brother!"

Invisible sparks burst out as the two looked at each other.

After a few seconds, they both snorted and turned away, neither looking at the other.

Deus, who has only one older brother but no younger brother at home: "...Are you worried?"

Ace & Nyx: "My younger brother is a matter of principle. People who don't have younger brothers won't understand!"

Deus watched speechlessly as the two of them finished shouting at the same time and then looked away at the same time.

But it's not okay to let them continue like this.

So Deus pretended to wipe away his tears and choked up: "Yes, I don't understand. My brother will only feel embarrassed and dislike me and alienate me..."

As he talked, those disgusted past memories came to his mind, and Deus felt a little uncomfortable.

Nyx comforted him a little at a loss: "I'm sorry..."

Ace hugged him with tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry, Deus! I will treat you like a younger brother from now on!"

Deus' sadness disappeared instantly: "Get out!"

Amidst the noise, they arrived at the gold mine hidden in the deepest part of the maze.

The guards in the gold mine didn't know what was going on outside, so they thought they were companions sent by the Lord of the Labyrinth to change shifts. In the end, they were knocked down by Ace in a few strokes.

The slaves, who were originally a little scared, gradually lowered their guard against them after seeing them defeat the guards and with the persuasion of the men.

When they learned that they were liberated, they all hugged each other and cried bitterly. Some people were crying and grateful to the group of people who saved them, while others kept cursing the Lord of the Labyrinth who imprisoned them, and even resented the man who brought about the great pirate era.

Most of the people who are grateful to them are pirates, while most of the people who curse the pirates are civilians.

The pirates and the civilians hugged each other and cried, but they were completely different from each other.

Ace looked at the emaciated people in silence, listening to their gratitude while accepting their resentment.

And whenever they mentioned the "culprit" "Gordo Roger", the darkness on Ace's face would become darker.

A pair of slightly cold hands pressed on both sides of Ace's cheeks, making him tremble with the cold.

Nyx's body temperature has always been lower than normal. But now, the hands on his face were like a handful of cool spring water splashing on his face on a sweltering summer day, bringing some comfort and calm to him who was suffering.

Ace's right hand subconsciously touched his right cheek, resting on the back of Nyx's cold left hand.

"I'm tired." Nyx was smiling at him gently, "Shall we go back?"

Ace closed his eyes and rested his head gently on Nyx's hand.

"it is good."