After speaking, Sabo left with Luffy on his back, leaving only Leo, Ace, and Burr Jamie confronting each other.

Burr Jamie's four men lay on the ground and were all knocked unconscious.

"Smelly brats! Do you really think you can leave alive?" Seeing Leo and Ace's swearing, Jamie Burr knew that he was completely underestimated.

In this country, most people hear his name with awe.

As one of the members of a group of pirates that exists by default by the country, he himself can't remember how many people he killed.Being underestimated by two children now makes Burr Jamie very angry.

"As long as I hit you, can't I leave alive? Is it difficult?" Seeing Burr Jamie's angry look, Leo teased him again.

"Hahahaha! Leo is right." Ace laughed out loud when he heard Leo's words.

Ace has always thought that Leo is a boring guy, and it's no wonder that Ace has a bad impression of him.

For the past three months, Leo has been practicing, giving Ace the image of a fool who only knows how to practice.

"Damn it! I want you to know what price you have to pay for teasing me! If I lose to you two brats, I won't be a pirate anymore!"

Burjami raised the long knife in his hand and swung it at Leo and Ace.

The long and narrow silver blade shone with icy light, carrying a bit of strong wind, and fell towards the place where Leo and Ace were standing.

Naturally, Leo and Ace wouldn't be easily hit by an attack of this level. The two reacted quickly, leaping to the left and right respectively, avoiding the blow.

The long knife in Berjami's hand fell to the ground and made a loud noise, stirring up dust on the ground.

"It's too slow!" Leo swung the steel pipe in his hand, quickly came to Berjami's side, and hit him hard on the side.

"Wow!" After being hit by Leo's blow, Berjami let out a cry of pain, his eyes widened, and he flew upside down.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, Berjami's whole body hit the wall, and the raised dust swept the entire room.

"Is it resolved?" Ace showed a smile on his face when he saw that Leo knocked down Jamie Burr with one blow.

"It shouldn't be that easy." Leo didn't relax his vigilance, staring in the direction of Berjami.

"Ahhhh!" Burr Jamie got up on his stomach, holding a long knife, and rushed towards Leo again.

"Leo, don't make a move this time, let me do it." Ace took a step forward, jumped with both feet, and jumped more than one meter high.

The steel pipe in his hand slammed down on Burr Jamie, and Burr Jamie raised the long knife in his hand, ready to block Ace's blow.

"Ding!" With the sound of gold and iron clashing, Ace's blow was blocked by Burr Jamie.

Missing the target, Ace fell from mid-air to the ground.As soon as he hit the ground, Ace attacked Burl Jamie again.

The two began to engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat. For a while, the sound of steel clashing, and the roar of the two echoed in the dilapidated wooden house.

When Ace and Burr Jamie fought back and forth, Leo noticed something unusual.

The little bastard who fell on the ground behind Burr Jamie stood up. Since Ace's attention was all on Burr Jamie, he didn't notice that there was a person behind Burr Jamie.

"Ace, be careful!"

Leo realized something was wrong and immediately reminded Ace.

Sure enough, after Ace blocked Burr Jamie's blow, the little gangster behind him stabbed Ace with the knife in his hand, taking advantage of Ace's unpreparedness.

At the critical moment, Ace instinctively realized the danger, let go of the steel pipe in his hand and rolled back.

Kankan dodged the sneak attack of the gangster, but Berjami immediately swung a knife at Ace, and Ace couldn't dodge at this time.

'Am I going to die here? 'Seeing the silver blade getting closer and closer to him, Ace felt desperate.

Just when Ace was desperate, a figure appeared in front of Ace in an instant, blocking the long knife in Berjami's hand for him.

"Leo..." Ace stared blankly at his back.

"Don't tell me that you are scared out of your wits." Leo said without looking back.

"No way." Ace got up, ready to deal with the gangster who attacked him just now.

Leo and Burr Jamie started a fight, but he was not Leo's opponent at all. Apart from his height advantage, Burr Jamie was useless in front of Leo.

Whether it is strength or speed, Leo is stronger than Berjami.

After fighting for a few minutes, Leo knocked the long knife out of Jamie's hand with one blow, and knocked him down with a club.

"Let's go." Ace had already dealt with the little bastard, and when he saw Leo defeat Jamie Burr, Ace came to him.

"En." Leo nodded, who knows if Boer Jamie's companion will come, it's better to leave here as soon as possible.

Throwing down the deformed steel pipe in their hands, Leo and Ace ran away.

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"Ace, Leo!" Somewhere in the forest, Sabo saw Leo and Ace coming, and waved excitedly at them.

"Is Luffy okay?" Leo ran to Luffy to check his condition.

"I'm fine...thank you..." Luffy was wrapped in bandages, with several Band-Aids on his face.

"It's fine..." Seeing that Luffy was fine, Leo felt relieved.

"Why don't you just say it." After a short break, Ace looked at Luffy while wrapping the bandage.

"Because...if I say it...you can't be friends." Luffy answered Ace's question with a teary voice.

"You...Why do you want to be friends with me? Haven't I teased you less these three months?" Hearing Luffy's answer, Ace stopped what he was doing.

"If I don't look for you... I'll be too lonely! Leo knows how to practice all day long, so I can only find you, Ace." Luffy raised his head and looked at Ace.

Hearing what Luffy said, Leo touched his head in embarrassment, because he had to stick to the training plan formulated by Garp, and he really didn't have the time and energy to play crazy with Luffy.

"Then...do you want me to live?" Ace was silent for a while, then raised his head to look at Leo, Luffy, and Sabo.

"Of course!" Luffy was the first to answer Ace.

"What are you talking about? Ace. We are friends. Who doesn't want their friends to live." Sabo said these words with a smile on his face.

Leo was the only one who didn't make a statement, so the eyes of the three were all on him.Especially Ace, with a glimmer of hope and a glimmer of fear in his eyes.

Leo doesn't know what Ace is looking forward to, and he doesn't know what he is afraid of. Regarding his question, Leo will only decide according to what he thinks in his heart.

"Although we've only known each other for a few months, I don't have a good impression of you..." Leo paused, and Ace's expression changed.

"But I never thought that you shouldn't live in this world." Leo's words were like a hammer, breaking the wall erected in Ace's heart.

Over the past ten years, the high walls built to keep others away...

PS I am sorry for the three-day interruption, and the update will resume today. Thank you, readers, for your support.

Chapter 23 The Mountain Forest

At this moment, Ace recognized Leo and Luffy in his heart.He is the son of Gol D. Roger, the pirate king, and has inherited the blood of the devil. Everyone thinks he is the son of the devil.

Most people he met hated him, and once the government knew that Roger's son was alive, they would definitely send someone to arrest him.

For these reasons, Ace has always resisted contact with other people.

Before meeting Leo and Luffy, the only person Ace opened up to was Sabo.

After what happened today, Ace finally recognized Leo and Luffy.

Luffy kept the secret for himself, even though he was beaten up, he didn't betray himself.

Leo stayed and dealt with Bur Jamie together with him. Ace was undoubtedly very moved by what the two of them did.

It may be because Ace is not very frank now, he has a somewhat tired (tsundere) personality, and he didn't say thank you to Leo, but judging from his attitude towards Leo, he is much friendlier than when he just met up.

"By the way, I have a question to discuss with you." Just when Luffy and Ace were arguing, Sabo walked between them.

"What's the problem?" Hearing Sabo's words, Ace and Luffy stopped arguing and looked at him suspiciously.

Leo stood aside and watched them from the beginning to the end, without speaking.

"Today we completely offended Blue Gem and his gang." Ace, Leo, and Luffy all nodded at Sabo's words.

Today, not only Ace robbed them of their money, but also repaired Burr Jamie. As a group of pirates, they will definitely not let it go.

"I've been living in this forest so far. Tell me, what will happen if they catch me while I'm sleeping?" Sabo looked at the three people in front of him.

"I'm going to die."

"Yeah." Ace and Luffy looked heartless, and Leo, who was on the side, felt a little sad for Sabo.

"Then what are you going to do?" Leo knew that since Sabo asked this, there must be a way.

"Hey, I have a proposal." Sabo looked at the three of Leo and smiled mischievously.

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"Ace! Luffy! Who is this brat?"

Leo, who finished his morning exercise, heard Dadan's roar as soon as he came back.

After some self-introduction, Sabo stayed in the Bandit House.The proposal Sabo said yesterday was to live in the Bandit House with Leo and the others.

Bruggem and his party are pirates and rarely come to Gorbo Mountain. In addition, there are many ferocious beasts on Gorbo Mountain. It is undoubtedly the safest place to live in the Bandit House.

Although Dadan looks vicious, he is kind in heart.Can't bear to refuse Sabo's request, let him stay here.

Leo on the side saw Dadan pretending to be distressed, and couldn't help being a little funny.

For the next period of time, Ace and the others took Leo out every day.

Hunting in the forest with Ace and others, fighting with gangsters in the town and pirates on the coast.Their strength gradually increased, and their names spread to the central street surrounded by huge walls.

Except for the high town where the princes and nobles live, almost everyone knows that there are three teenagers who dare to fight against the pirates at a young age.

Today Leo and the others went to the town as usual, but this time they didn't go to cause trouble.Recently, Leo and the others like to eat crocodile meat, so they hunted and killed many crocodiles.

After eating the meat, the crocodile skin was left behind. The nobles living in the high town liked the leather shoes made of crocodile skin very much, so today Leo and the others took the crocodile skin and sold it in the town.

On the way back, Leo and the others met a well-dressed man on the street, who called Sabo's name.

But Sabo just paused for a moment, and then left without looking back.

Of course Leo was curious about why that man knew Sabo, as for Luffy and Ace... now they are already interrogating Sabo.

"I told you I didn't hide anything from you..." Seeing Ace and Luffy looking like I'll clean you up if you don't recruit them, Sabo felt a lot of pressure.

"I advise you to speak out, otherwise Ace and Luffy will not easily spare you." Leo looked at Sabo with a half-smile.

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