One Piece: Divine Bird Phoenix

Chapter 104 Adventurers Guild

Windmill Town.

After these years of development and the conscious development of the Windmill Kingdom, the original small mountain village has evolved into a prosperous town.

When the town became prosperous, the newspaper gulls that originally rarely visited it naturally came more frequently.

"Ah, thank you!"

Luffy "touched" a newspaper from the paper gull's newspaper bag and ignored the paper gull pecking at the top of his head. Luffy read the newspaper carefully.

"Wow! This is my sister," Luffy said excitedly as he counted Ann's bounty and threw the newspaper gull on his head aside and ran towards Mount Corpo.

Lying on the ground, the newspaper gull's eyes were as wide as bells and its mouth was wide open.

"Ace!" Come and see this. Luffy, who was running around, quickly rushed back to the villa.

In the yard, the boy was shirtless, wearing a brown cowboy hat with a crying and laughing expression on his head, and a slightly larger fiery red bead necklace hanging around his neck. He was obviously the grown-up Ace.

Ace did not respond to the shouts behind him, but closed his eyes tightly to perceive the world.

In the dark consciousness, a light spot appeared, getting bigger and brighter.

Gradually, Ace's thoughts seemed to have broken through a certain layer of shackles and gained a new life. The whole world began to become clear from blur, the original darkness disappeared, and the familiar courtyard emerged in his mind.

"See, hear and see, turn on!"

Pulling out the scimitar dagger from the outside of his thigh, Ace threw it back without looking.

"Keng!"

The dagger was stuck straight into the ground in front of Luffy.

Opening his black eyes, Ace turned around and said helplessly: "Luffy, why did you sneak out to play again?"

"Ace, look at this," Luffy said, looking past the dagger and presenting the spread newspaper in front of Ace.

After a few breaths, Luffy said loudly: "Ace, do you see clearly? My sister has become a pirate, and the reward is a full 1 million Baileys!"

"Luffy, it's 15 billion Beli!!" Ace was already helpless about his brother's cultural knowledge.

When his sister was around, Luffy could still imitate him, but when his sister wasn't around, he would just let himself go. Ace didn't even know how to explain (deceive) his sister when he met her in the future.

"How much is 15 billion beli," Luffy asked blankly.

"Oh my god," Ace covered his face and said in despair, "About 1000 Baileys you hid under the quilt."

"Ace, how did you know I hid money under the quilt."

Halfway through his words, Luffy suddenly looked at Ace eagerly, "Have you awakened to your senses?"

"That's right, I've just awakened to see and hear. Luffy, you have to work hard," Ace said proudly.

"If you are still as lazy as today, you will be finished when my sister comes back."

"Humph! I'm not afraid. My sister likes me the most."

"Ah, yes, yes! Let's go, let's go to the Adventurer's Guild today to take on a mission with a high bounty."

Before leaving, Ace glanced at the "AASL" wooden sign that Luffy hung at the door of the villa.

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The Adventurer's Guild was founded by Doug Sheehan, a royal member of the Windmill Kingdom, and the Adventurer's Hall where it issues tasks is a famous building in the Windmill Kingdom.

Anyone who has come here to receive or issue tasks will never forget the special sculpture of a long sword and hammer placed in an "X" at the entrance of the hall.

There are two types of tasks in the Adventurer Guild. One is daily tasks, which is to help task publishers complete some ordinary daily tasks.

The second type is combat missions, in which mission publishers add extra bounties to pirates to motivate some people with some strength to fight against pirates and prevent them from going to sea to become pirates.

Of course, strong men who have the strength to fight big pirates will not come here to accept missions, so most of the Adventurer Guild's combat missions are for pirates with bounties of less than 10 million.

If a truly powerful pirate is encountered, the Windmill Kingdom's Ministry of Finance will issue a special mission or dispatch the Windmill Guard to deal with it.

At the door of the Adventure Hall, a young man wearing a black windbreaker, a top hat with diving goggles on his head, and a white "Cravat" around his chest stood at the door.

"Why did Mr. Dorag come out?" the young man muttered, raising his head to reveal his handsome face, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

"Huh? I found someone walking towards me," the young man tightened the water pipe in his hand.

"Don't be nervous," I am the leader of the Adventurer's Guild. I just saw you standing here and wanted to ask if you need help.

"Thank you, I'm just waiting for someone." Looking at the blushing girl in front of him, the young man refused very politely.

"What's wrong with Sabo?" asked Drago, who had just come out of the Adventurer's Hall.

"Mr. Dorag, things..."

Before Sabo could open his mouth to explain, the girl in front of him disappeared.

"Let's go! Sabo, we're looking elsewhere."

Not long after Drago and Sabo left, Luffy and Ace walked into the Adventurer Hall.

"Mr. Dorag, I didn't expect that just after not coming back for a few years, earth-shaking changes have taken place here," Saab said with emotion as he walked on the street.

"Compared to the previous Kingdom of Goa, where even the air was disgusting, this kind of country is the country that Sabo yearns for.

"Not only was Sabo surprised, but even Dorag himself didn't expect that his hometown had changed so much. If Koushiro hadn't informed him, it would have been a long time before he discovered it.

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In the crowded adventure hall.

"Hello, please check for me. Are there any high-paying tasks recently?" Ace politely asked the young receptionist in front of the reception window.

"Lord Ace, there happens to be a mission here that meets your requirements."

As a rare young strong man, Ace's existence is naturally well known.

"Tell me," Ace said to the female receptionist with a handsome smile.

"Okay!" The elated female receptionist told all the information in one breath.

"The Maxim Pirates were washed away by the tsunami in the East China Sea due to bad weather on the Grand Line. Captain Maxim offered a bounty of 1 million beli, first mate Oleg offered a bounty of 5 million beli, and second mate Eski There is a bounty of 1 million Baileys, and their latest appearance was near Orange Town."

The issuer of the task is the Ministry of Finance of the Windmill Kingdom, and the reward for the task is 3 million beli.

"Wow! 3 million Baileys!" Before Ace could react, Luffy beside him exclaimed first.

"Let's take on this mission! Ace," Luffy leaned his head in front of Ace.

"Hey! I know Luffy," Ace, as his younger brother-in-law, reluctantly agreed.

"Okay Sir Ace, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Finance, after killing the mission target, you only need to take a photo and bring it back as evidence," the female receptionist reminded with a smile after registering Ace.

After accepting the mission, Ace took Luffy and left the adventurer hall.

On the crowded streets, countless people were coming and going in the Adventurer Hall, looking for commissions that suited them.

"Please wait!"

Ace and Luffy hadn't gone far when a girl wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans stopped them.

"Excuse me, what's the matter?" Ace and Luffy asked in confusion when the person came closer.

Taking off the sunhat on her head, revealing her short black hair, the girl asked: "Excuse me, are you the ones who have accepted the mission to defeat the Maxim Pirates?"

"Yes, we have accepted this mission. Are there any problems?"

"In that case, please let me join you," the girl asked with her hands clasped together.

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