clack.

A person sat across from Ace.

Ace glanced at the person opposite. He was a handsome guy with curly hair, high cheekbones, high nose, deep-set eye sockets, and black and yellow complexion. It looked like he had been running on the sea all year round.

"I'm Soka." The handsome guy introduced himself: "Make friends?"

Ace ate the barbecue, his cheeks were bulging, he nodded repeatedly, let go of the stick in his hand, and shook hands with Soka.

Seeing Ace gobbling it up, Soka clicked his tongue and said, "Hey buddy, how long has it been since you ate?"

Ace finally swallowed the food in his mouth, and he let out a long breath: "I didn't eat anything except drinking a glass of milk in the morning and eating two slices of whole wheat bread and a slice of cheese at noon."

Soka immediately gave Ace a thumbs up: "It's amazing, so you dare to go surfing? Are you not afraid of hypoglycemia falling into the sea?"

Ace smiled: "No, the sea breeze here is very gentle."

Soka silently glanced at the gust of wind outside the window. After high tide, the sea breeze also became wild, but the person in front of him actually said that the sea breeze is very gentle?

Ace introduced himself: "I'm Ace, nice to meet you."

"Wow, the name of the big man~" Soka whistled, and he said with a smile: "Since the big man from the sea came ashore three months ago, countless Aces have appeared."

"..." Ace laughed: "This is really a coincidence, if you think it's weird, you might as well call me Portgas."

Soka raised his eyebrows, he shrugged and smiled: "It's just a joke, don't mind."

He asked Ace: "Are you a tourist here?"

Ace nodded: "That's right, I took my friend's younger brother out to play, they were fascinated by Rodhall's museum, and I..." He laughed at himself: "I, a person who has never been to college, can't I understand the beauty of those things, so I ran out to surf and relax."

This sentence resonated with Sokka: "Oh man! I love you so much, and so do I. I am a local. Although we have a few high schools in Rodhall, most of them will end up Go to two universities in Rodhall, a marine university and a business university."

"What's even more unfortunate is that the history courses in these two universities are taught by a teacher, and this teacher is already 70 years old, and he is an extremely stubborn old man. He will never give me this kind of history. Those who are interested will get a passing grade."

Soka spread his hands: "So I haven't graduated until now."

Ace laughed: "It's better than me anyway, I didn't even take the exam."

Soka curled his lips: "Without graduation, there is no certificate. If I don't have a certificate, I will always be a student. No one wants me to find a job. I can only find some jobs on the beach."

"It sounds good too. There are a lot of jobs at sea, so don't look at the certificate." Ace changed his voice: "Can you tell me about that stubborn old man?"

Soka was taken aback, and he looked Ace up and down: "...Why are you looking for him?"

Ace sighed: "The two little guys I brought are obsessed with an academic problem. If the old man you mentioned is really good, I'll tell the two little guys to sneak into the university and listen."

Soka tutted: "Ace, your two little guys are really good babies." He said: "The old man is George, Professor George, who lives at No. 22 Coconut Tree Street, Real Madrid District. The old man hates me for being like this." student, but he is a respectable person, he is very good to those good babies, and he has a great character, as everyone knows."

After hearing this, Ace understood: "I see, thank you."

He put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the beer next to him, asked the waiter to serve another bottle, touched the glass with Soka, and said, "Then tell me, what do you want from me?"

Soka pursed his lips, his expression was a little apprehensive: "...Can you teach me how to surf like you?" After a pause, he spoke quickly: "I can pay!"

Eswaner: "Of course you can, but I don't guarantee that you can learn it."

Soka was so excited: "It's okay, I will study hard!"

Ace suddenly remembered something: "By the way, who is that red-haired beauty?"

Soka rolled his big eyes. He actually wanted to tease the other party for ignoring the beauty's favor, but considering that he still had to learn surfing from this Ace, he swallowed this sentence, and just said haha : "The ship her father built sails inland seas every day."

Ace understood: "Is their family a shipbuilding tycoon?"

Soka snapped his fingers: "Bingo! The answer is correct."

Ace scratched his head: "Then I may really not be able to go to that beach again, where can I teach you?"

Soka hesitated for a moment, and showed a determined smile: "Leave it to me! I'll take care of it."

Ace smiled immediately: "Then I'll wait for your call."

Soka left excitedly, Ace finished his last bite, watched the sunset outside the window, and the night gradually fell.

He swiped his card and walked out of the store, the sea breeze blew by, Ace closed his eyes slightly, and the wind swept damp water vapor towards his face.

Ace went to the nearby grocery store, bought a map, and then according to the map's guidance, Shi Shiran came to the home of Professor Johnny who taught history that Soka said.

Professor Jonny lives in a small villa, and Ace knocks on the door.

It was a young man who opened the door, and he looked at Ace warily: "Are you...?"

Ace is wearing a turban and sunglasses, and he doesn't look like a good person at first glance.

Ace said: "Hello, I'm Soka, a student of Professor Johnny. I want to communicate with the professor about my failing course last semester."

The young man was speechless for a few seconds, and he said, "Wait a minute."

The young man turned back to the room, and after a while, he came out.

"Come in, grandpa is waiting for you in the study."

So Ace actually managed to enter the professor's house?

It was incredible that everything went smoothly, so Ace couldn't help but say to the young man who led the way: "Just let me in like this? Aren't you afraid that I will plot something wrong?"

The young man hehehe said, "Conspiring against others? No matter what you do, as long as you fail the exam, you will never pass the test. Grandpa will not show mercy."

In short, even if you kidnap and kill people, if you fail the exam, you fail!It's useless to use your brain! !

Ace: "..."

The young man took Ace into the villa, and then sent him into the first room on the left on the second floor.

Ace froze as soon as he entered.

This is a huge study room. The study room is filled with various bookshelves. The bookshelves are full of books. Even the ceiling above the head is inlaid with bookcases, which are partitioned by glass and filled with thick and large books.

There is a desk at the end of the bookshelf. It is said that an old man with gray hair and glasses is sitting behind the desk. The old man is concentrating on reading. There is a sofa and a coffee table next to the desk. Ace takes off his sunglasses and walks over to sit on the sofa.

He didn't say a word, just waited quietly.

After a while, the young man came in with a pot of tea, he put the tea pot on the coffee table, and then backed out silently.

Ace waited for almost an hour before the old man raised his head. He put down the pen in his hand, took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said, "It's really rare."

The tone of the old man's speech was extremely flat, except for the intonation that came with the grammar, there was no emotion, which made people feel uneasy.

"Soka, you actually..."

Halfway through the speech, the old man saw Ace's face clearly, and he said in astonishment: "You are not Soka!"

Ace touched his nose: "Hi, I'm Ace, Soka's friend."

Professor George was shocked: "Has that little bastard lost the courage to come to see me?"

Ace coughed again and again: "No, actually I have something to see you, Soka didn't know that I came to you."

The old professor's expression suddenly froze, and he said angrily: "You liar! Please leave immediately!!"

Ace got up quickly and kept bowing: "Please don't be angry, I am actually a tourist who came to Rodhall, and I got half a gold cup by accident. It is said that the last queen of Rodhall used it to poison a certain captain. I want to find out about that cup. Soka told me that although you are a stubborn and annoying old man, if you want to know the history of Rodhall, you must come to you. He said, You're a respectable and admirable person, and of course that doesn't stop him from hating you, oh, because he never graduated because of the failing grades you gave him."

The old professor's expression improved a little bit.

He originally wanted to ring the bell to call his grandson to chase away the little bastard, but when he heard the other party say that he got half of the gold cup, he stopped and listened to what the other party said.

Ace naturally noticed that Professor George's attitude had softened. He quickly took out his mobile phone, called up a photo of half a gold cup, and put it in front of Professor George: "Look, it's this cup."

The old professor picked up the phone and put on his glasses to examine it carefully. He looked focused and serious, and he breathed a sigh of relief after looking at it for a long time. This cup is an imitation, and it also has certain historical significance and value."

Professor George put down his phone, took off his glasses, and then looked at Ace: "You said your name is Ace?"

Ace nodded.

The old man muttered, "Oh, the name of a big man."

"Where's the cup?" he asked.

Ace said: "I am not traveling alone. The cup is with my friends. They are looking for Rodhall's books carefully, trying to find out the story behind the golden cup!"

Old man George was taken aback, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "My old friend told me that someone borrowed all the books about the last dynasty from the city library early this morning."

"Oh, that's them." Ace said with certainty.

Old man George said: "I also pressed a hunter's license."

Ace pointed at himself: "I am a hunter, and they are using my hunter certificate."

Old man George stared at Ace for a while before saying: "Well, it seems that you are really interested in this aspect, then..."

"No, no, no, I'm not interested in this aspect. Those who are interested are my friends." Ace said, "I'll ask them to visit tomorrow. Can you take some time to chat with them? Just chat, You won't be wasting any time."

If Qiya and Yingwan can impress the old man in front of them, it will be much better than looking through books to find information by themselves.

Ace felt that he was not research material at all. If so, then find someone who is good at this field.

This is also a concept that Joptel has been instilling in him over the years-as a leader, you don't need to know everything, you just need to put the right people in the right position.

Professor George pondered for a moment, and said, "I want to see the real thing." He was referring to the half cup.

"No problem!" Ace agreed.

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