Chef of Spades

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"It's about Luffy..." Weiwei lowered her head and said shyly: "When I first met him, I was shocked. Luffy... he doesn't look like a captain at all. Usually pirate ships The captain will be very respected by the crew, like during the day, he just drank a little more water and made trouble like that. But...but after getting along with him for a long time, I only know..."

"That's Luffy's style." Ace continued, seeing Weiwei's surprised face, he smiled and said, "It's been like this since he was a child. Although he has such virtues, he always has a group of friends around him." "Looking at his younger brother's happy sleeping face, Ace sighed, "My younger brother, he possesses an incredible charm."

"Student Ace is also very attractive." Xiaoyuan grabbed Ace's clothes and said with a sweet smile: "Although Ain, Senior Sachi, Harta and the others often bully Ace, but Everyone also likes Ace-san. So, Ace-san, like Luffy's brother, has incredible charm!"

"I eat too much sugar, my mouth is very sweet." Ace patted Xiao Yuan's head, and said, "Said such a thing suddenly, could it be that he drank a bar secretly?"

Xiaoyuan's body trembled with guilt, and his eyes wandered, "I just drank a little fruit wine given by Mr. Sanji..." Both Nami and Weiwei drank to warm up, she didn't have the nerve to refuse, and that one didn't taste like alcohol , looks like juice.

"Only this time, I forgive you." Ace continued to follow the hair, comforting Xiaoyuan, and he raised his head to thank Weiwei: "Thank you anyway, just thinking about whether I would mind."

Witnessing Xiaoyuan and Ace's intimate way of getting along with her own eyes, Weiwei's eyes flickered slightly, and she blushed and said, "It's okay...but it seems that I think too much." Great, it looks like Xiaoyuan has successfully confessed Bar!

Sending away Weiwei who was inexplicably excited, Ace looked at Xiaoyuan's flimsy skirt below, frowned and said, "You, I gave the clothes to Luffy again, that kid is not as fragile as you think, from childhood to I've never been sick, but you catch a cold because you wear so little." He raised his hand to cover her arm, feeling the soft skin under his palm had been frozen cold.

Hearing this, Xiaoyuan raised his hand and lifted the corner of Ace's robe, and slipped in. The warm current from the skin inside made her tremble, and she moved closer, letting his clothes completely cover her , only one head was exposed.Under the dark and thick robes, the two of them stick together, warm and comfortable, the soft girl directly hugged Ace's naked chest under Ace's clothes, and whispered: "It's so hot, so warm, so comfortable... "Student Ace is a natural furnace.

"Xiaoyuan..." Ace's voice became hoarse from the numbness in his chest and the touch of skin-to-skin contact.

"what happened?"

"..." Looking into her clear eyes, Ace swallowed, sighed helplessly and stretched out his hands to cover her eyes, suppressing the vigorous desire/hope in his heart and saying: "It's okay, you go to sleep." He will probably keep vigil in good spirits tonight.

"I want to watch the night with classmate Ace, you will be boring alone." Xiao Yuan buried him on his body, and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I caused you trouble during the day." Not only did it not help , but made him carry himself on the road.

Ace leaned against the stone wall with a chuckle, lifted the brim of his hat and said, "Your weight is nothing to me. Forget that I fought with Jinbei for five days and five nights?"

"Hmm... didn't Ace classmates think about going to the toilet at that time?" Ace touched his memory, and Xiao Yuan asked what he had been holding back for more than two years.

"..." Ace was silent.

"Student Ace?" Xiao Yuan hugged his arm tightly.

"...Sleep!" Ace leaned back against the stone wall, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"Oh..." Isn't it necessary to watch the night?

Although he was puzzled, Xiao Yuan obediently obeyed Ace's instructions, retracted his head into his arms, and then fell into a deep sleep.After hearing her steady breathing, the feigned Ace opened his eyes, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, and he moved/body embarrassingly, while the sleeping Xiao Yuan frowned and hugged him even harder.

"..." Oops, I can't move.

Ace rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly.I ate too much watermelon, what should I do if I want to go to the toilet...

.........

So, Brother Ace guarded his bladder/bladder that was about to explode, and spent a sleepless night until the early morning. When Sauron came to take over, he saw his bloodshot eyes staring with a depressed face. And the soft girl was still sleeping sweetly on top of him.

"...It's been hard work, go and rest for a while." Sauron sympathized.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine..." Xiao Yuan looked cute when he was asleep, and couldn't bear to wake him up.

"Hmm..." Hearing the conversation between the two, Xiao Yuan opened his eyes, let go of his grip on Ace, and yawned, "Is it daytime yet?"

"No, you go to sleep in Nami and the others' tent, and we will start again when the air-conditioning warms up a little bit." The body finally regained its freedom, Ace endured the swelling feeling and pretended nothing happened to Xiao Yuan.In order to prevent her from dawdling for a while longer, Ace dodged into the tent where the boys were after finishing speaking.

Seeing that Ace had left, Xiaoyuan entered the girls' tent in a daze.But 2 minutes after she walked in, Sauron saw Ace sneaking out of the boy's tent, and then mysteriously ran behind the boulder.

Sauron raised his eyebrows, and just about to ask him what happened, he heard the sound of water being released from behind the stone.

"..."

It's just a relief, is it worth dodging like this? Hey...

******

At 4 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the temperature has risen, and it is no longer as cold as before, and it is not as hot as an oven at noon.This is the best time to start, neither too cold nor too hot.They had already discussed yesterday to bypass the hottest time period and use the time in the early morning and after sunset to rush.

After Xiaoyuan and Weiwei tented, they saw Luffy, Usopp and others gathered together, shouting in surprise that they had found the shrimp.

"Look! There are shrimps here!" Luffy shook the black shrimp with pincers in his hand in surprise.

"How come there are shrimps in the desert, are they desert shrimps!?" Usopp approached in surprise.

"It looks delicious..." Lu Fei drooled, "Should be edible, right? You can even eat hermit crabs."

How could there be shrimps in this desert? After Nami and Weiwei Xiaoyuan approached and took a closer look, the pitch-black body and the poisonous tail of the terrifying pincers all showed that it should not be underestimated. This is not a shrimp, but A living poisonous scorpion!

"Luffy is dangerous! Throw it away!" Weiwei panicked, her face pale.

"I don't want it, it's a pity, you can eat it..."

"That's not a shrimp, it's a poisonous scorpion. Although it's not big, it's highly poisonous. If you get stung, you'll die!" Weiwei explained.

"What, I can't eat it, I'll give it to you." Hearing that it wasn't for food, Luffy immediately lost interest in the scorpion and handed it to Usopp.

"Don't give it to me!!" Usopp backed away screaming.

Xiao Yuan walked over, holding a small basin in his hand, and said with a mysterious smile, "Give it to me."

"Oh." Lu Fei put it into the basin without changing his face.

"When I'm done with it, I'll fry it up for Luffy's brother."

Hearing Luffy's cheers and other people's unbelievable screams, Xiaoyuan curled the corners of his mouth eeriely.He almost stung Ace's brother, even a bug can't forgive him.

(Scorpion: Fuck/trough! So eccentric! Obviously he wanted to eat me first!)

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"The venom of scorpions is a neurotoxin, and it will not harm the human body through the stomach, so it can be eaten with confidence."

Surrounded by a group of people with strange faces, Xiaoyuan took the scorpion he had just caught out of the tea water that had been soaked for 3o minutes with a blank expression, and after draining the water, put in condiments such as onion, ginger, salt, and monosodium glutamate. Spread the custard and start frying in boiling oil.Scorpions are eaten in many areas of the Celestial Dynasty, but few people in the Pirate World would think of eating them, so even Sanji, who is a chef, watched the soft girl cooking poisonous scorpions with trepidation.

"Although scorpions are poisonous, they can also be used as medicine. It is anti-cancer, detoxification, and if girls eat it, it can also remove peas on the face. If you eat it regularly, summer mosquitoes will not bite." Xiaoyuan put the fried scorpion on a plate Handed it in front of everyone, except for Luffy and Ace, a group of people immediately took two steps back in horror.

"It's really edible." She would never let classmate Ace eat something dangerous, in order to prove her point.Xiaoyuan took one with chopsticks and chewed it in his mouth.Ace was startled when he saw this, but he didn't have time to stop him. He stared at her with breathless concentration for a while, and finally felt relieved after seeing that she was fine.

"Wow..." Seeing her eating with a normal expression, Lu Fei opened his mouth wide, stretched out his hand and pinched a scorpion, put it in his mouth, chewed it tentatively... and said in surprise, "It's super delicious! It's very crispy and very delicious." Fragrant!" He stretched out his hand as he spoke, stuffing fried scorpions into his mouth non-stop.Usopp next to him swallowed, and was eager to try.Sauron walked around Luffy and stretched out his hand, took one from the plate and put it in his mouth, and nodded with bright eyes.

Sanji caught a few of them and sniffed them, and endured the discomfort in his stomach, he ate another one, unexpectedly said: "It's really delicious..."

"Yeah!" Xiao Yuan put the remaining scorpions in the pot into a container, and handed the pot to Ace eccentrically.And explained: "Although you can eat it, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much fried food, you will feel uncomfortable, and some people will be allergic..."

"Most of the dishes made by Ms. Xiaoyuan are very healthy, and there are often many unexpected and magical ingredients." Sanjishi remembered the efficacy and method of this scorpion dish in his heart, and thought of the stew she had stewed on the boat before. The chicken soup with several kinds of traditional Chinese medicines such as ginseng, angelica head, and astragalus... If she and Ace were not looking for someone, it really seemed like a good communication.

"Well... When I started learning to cook, I used it for a long time to memorize the effects of various ingredients, so as not to cause poisonous side effects due to wrong mix." Thinking of his strict master, Xiao Yuan remembered: "My The teacher is very good at cooking medicinal food, and also likes to study cuisines from all over the world." He is a real five-star chef and a nutritionist.It's just that I was angry with my children and I was getting older, so I went back to a small place to be a chef.

Seeing that Sanji seemed very interested in this, Xiao Yuan took out a cookbook from his pocket and said, "Here is this for you. It contains the various ingredients and effects I discovered after I came to the new world. And Some dishes that I have tried myself, and I think they taste pretty good..." Suddenly thinking that there were still some Chinese characters that hadn't been wiped off, Xiao Yuan scratched his hair, blushed and said, "I don't know English...so it was all helped by Ace's classmate. I wrote it, the Chinese characters on it, you just ignore it."

"Thank you so much, Miss Xiaoyuan, for giving me such a precious thing!" Sanjishi said with undisguised joy as he carefully put away the small notebook.

"It's not something precious..." Xiao Yuan waved his hand shyly.

Ace stood aside watching this scene, Xiaoyuan and Sanji stood very close because of the conversation, the boy had a handsome smile on his face, while the girl was shy and gentle.Seeing this scene, others may sigh that the man and woman are well-matched, but in the eyes of Ace, there is a sense of depression in his heart.

With three people standing together like this, he seemed to be redundant.

When she revolved all the tracks of her life around him, he always felt bad and wanted her to be more independent.And when she really became independent and dazzling as he wanted, he began to feel uneasy again, hoping that she would always have only himself in her eyes.

Xiaoyuan...don't ignore me, don't ignore me...

Stretching out his hand to grab Xiaoyuan's hand, Ace pulled her back from Sanji's body to his side without any trace, and changed the subject: "Don't dawdle, let's set off quickly, otherwise when the sun rises, the temperature will rise again. It's hot." He doesn't know how to cook, so he can't talk about the same hobbies as Sanji and Xiaoyuan, so he can only use such clumsy methods to draw her attention away.

"Yes, Ace carried me all the way yesterday. The weather is not hot now, let me carry Ace for the rest of the journey!" The soft girl really focused on him as Ace thought. It's just that this topic is a little weird.

Embarrassed, Ace's previous depression turned into astonishment. He pointed to his nose and said, "What did you just say? Back me?"

"Yeah, student Ace, don't be shy!" Xiaoyuan stretched out his hand to hug Ace's waist, but he nimbly dodged it.

Brother Ace blushed, his big head was looking at the weird eyes of the straw hats around him, and said, "No need for Xiaoyuan, you, you just go your way, I'm not tired at all..."

And Xiaoyuan put on a serious face, imitating Ace's serious look yesterday, and ordered: "This is the chef's order. If you don't obey, your wallet will be confiscated and you will not be allowed to go anywhere!"

"This has nothing to do with the chef..." How can a chef manage someone's wallet!Ace put his hand over his pocket and smiled wryly.It was already less, and if it was confiscated, it would really be gone.Although he can hunt all the way to solve the problem of food and clothing, it will still be troublesome if he is penniless.

"Oh, student Ace, don't be shy, don't dawdle and waste time." After finishing speaking, Xiaoyuan used his sense of knowledge to figure out Ace's movements in advance, and held him tightly before he ran away. He lifted him up on his shoulders with both hands, and walked briskly forward.Ignoring Ace's collapsed protests, he turned his head and said to the stunned Straw Hats, "Let's go, everyone."

"..." The group of straw hats messed up in the wind.

"..." I really wanted to find a hole to get in... Brother Ace covered his face with his hands, not looking at the expressions of the people next to him.

"Wow! Nami..." Only Luffy's eyes sparkled, envious of his brother, he turned his head and reached out to the women in the pirate group to hug her.

"I refuse!" Nami dragged Wei Wei to follow Xiao Yuan's footsteps, glanced at Ace sympathetically, and couldn't help looking away.

What a match!

******

Fortunately, this embarrassing situation for Ace did not last long. While he was praying non-stop, the sun still rose into the sky, and the heat swept across the earth again.Xiao Yuan, who was walking like a fly, gradually slowed down, and then... fell face down in the desert, and even fell down with Ace on his shoulders in the same embarrassment.

"Huh...hot..." Ruanmei ate a mouthful of yellow sand, and stuck out her tongue aggrievedly.

"I told you not to be brave." Ace picked her up, stuffed the water bottle into her arms, and the two of them switched positions, into the normal male-backed-female position.

The rest of the journey returned to calm again, and Xiaoyuan rested on Ace's back in a daze, until he walked into the shadowed stone group that blocked the sun, and was awakened by Luffy's shouting.Now the straw hat gang is in a mess, and a group of people are collectively criticizing Luffy who was tricked by the bird to take away his luggage.In order to survive in the desert, all kinds of animals will naturally become smarter. The desert thief bird uses Luffy's kindness to pretend to be injured, and takes the opportunity to snatch his luggage.

Of course, if those birds met Xiao Yuan.They've now transformed into a delicious meal full of color, flavor and flavor.

The crowd followed Lu Fei to the place where the birds had pretended to be dead. The thirsty people looked forward and saw that the desert thieves, instead of leaving, gloated and sarcastically drank water. Provoking Luffy, who was already on fire when he was cheated out of his luggage.

"Bastard! Wait for me, return our luggage!" Luffy really couldn't stand the provocation, and chased after the birds.

"Wait Luffy, don't chase him! You'll get lost..."

Lu Fei didn't hear Weiwei's shout from behind, and at this moment, he was already dizzy with anger.After chasing Rogue Bird into the desert, it quickly turned into a running dot in the eyes of everyone until it disappeared.

"It would be great if Qingqing was here, and it would be easy to catch those birds." Xiao Yuan said regretfully.The youthful bird that absorbed the flames of the phoenix fruit was born to be the king of flying.It's like how Brother Marco can communicate with animals after he turns into a bird.

"That guy doesn't want to come to the desert with us, so stay on the boat and sleep." Ace sorted out his luggage, distributed a few pieces of dry food in the package to Sauron and the others, and said, "Fortunately, just now I didn’t hand over my luggage to Luffy, otherwise it would be troublesome. If I lose the withdrawal card, Ein will probably kill me. But there is not much food in my bag, so let’s make do with it.”

"Brother Lu Fei hasn't come back yet, I'll go look for him." Xiao Yuan stood up, looked at the direction where Luffy left and said worriedly.

As soon as she finished speaking, the ground shook violently, and Luffy's scream sounded in the distance.Everyone heard the sound and looked, and saw a waterfall of yellow sand rolling towards here, in front of them were the thieves and birds, and Luffy who was riding a camel and kept screaming.

"The one behind him...isn't a sandstorm, it seems to be something." Sauron frowned.

As Luffy and Rogue Bird approached, the huge creature hidden under the rolling yellow sand also emerged from the ground, revealing its original posture.It was a giant lizard with a hard purple shell, and its head was as huge as a whale.

"It's the desert lizard! Among the lizards that live in the desert, it is one of the largest reptiles! It usually hides in the desert and waits for its prey. It has sharp claws and fangs! No one has caught it yet because it is too large. It's huge! Anyone who catches it will be eaten in one bite!" Wei Wei Kepu said.

Sitting on the rock, Ace curled his lips and said, "That guy, Luffy, is such a troublesome genius!"

"... I don't know which broom star came down to earth, it keeps causing these troubles!"

Although Zoro and Sanji complained, they still stepped forward together, helping their own stupid captain to deal with the huge monster behind.The giant lizard, which was attacked by the three main combat forces of the Straw Hats, also became pitiful.

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The huge desert lizard was easily solved in this way, and the so-called record of never being caught also became history at the same time.Snatch back the defrauded food and water from those thief birds. Although there is not much left after being eaten and drank by them, it is better than nothing, at least it should be able to survive to the oasis.

"It should be edible, right?" Luffy pointed at the dazed lizard.

"Probably can..." Sanji lit a cigarette and exhaled smoke rings.

"It's so big, it's enough for us to eat for many days." Xiaoyuan patted the sand on the clothes, took out the condiment and said, "It's too hot in the desert, and the food is easy to spoil, so we need to dehydrate it first. It can be preserved after drying."

"It's such a big one, even if you go to Yuba, you won't be able to finish it." Weiwei looked at this lizard that was as big as a tall building.

"Don't underestimate Luffy's appetite... If you let go of your stomach, you can probably eat it all in one meal..." Nami sighed while holding her forehead.

"Besides, it's not just one..." Xiao Yuan whispered, then looked at Ace who woke up from his drowsiness and lazily opened one eye.At the same time, not more than 1 meters behind them, another large desert lizard suddenly sprang out from the ground, and opened its mouth towards Ace and Xiaoyuan.

Nami backed away screaming, Weiwei said in cold sweat, "I forgot to mention! This kind of big lizards usually come out together to look for food..."

Xiao Yuan covered his nose, choking on the lizard's bad breath because he was too close.Ace next to him blinked sleepily, stretched his waist and yawned, and lazily jumped off the rock, and said to the big lizard, "What a trouble... do you want to play with me?" ?”

The lizard's answer was to open its mouth suddenly and let out a terrifying roar.Ace pressed his hat, nodded and said in a coaxing tone like a child: "Yo Xi Yo Xi... I really can't do anything about you..." He turned his head and looked back at the girl who was still behind him, Asked with a chuckle: "Xiao Yuan?"

"Almost everything is fine." Xiao Yuan shook the condiment and said.

"Okay!"

Ace jumped up from the spot and went straight into the lizard's growing mouth.Usopp and the others next to him covered their mouths in horror. As soon as the scream came out, the lizard shook, and flames burst out from the gaps in the teeth, and then the whole body was cooked instantly.And Ace got away in time, half of his body was still carrying a flame that was not extinguished.

It turns out that those layers...is the degree of doneness of the barbecue...?Weiwei and the others burst into sweat.

Xiaoyuan walked over, leaned against the lizard, sniffed it, poked it with a fork, and said, "It's already 9 years old. I haven't cooked lizards before, so I don't know if this is good or not." Knock it out so it's easier to try.

"Haha, go ahead and do it, I will eat them all." Ace smiled and sat back on the rock where he was just now, crossing his legs and dragging his chin.

"Then I'll give it a try."

With Ace's support, Xiao Yuan rolled up his sleeves and tied up his hair, excitedly walked aside to discuss with Sanji how to make lizard meat.And Ace was on the side, looking at the two of them talking happily, with a vague expression.He stretched out his hand and pulled down his hat to block his view, only a faint sigh came out.

.........

After filling their stomachs, Nami and Weiwei rode on the camel rescued by Luffy, only willing to leave early on the camel carrying women.Before leaving, Nami stretched out her hand to Xiaoyuan and said, "Come on, Xiaoyuan can't stand the desert, it's much better to ride a camel."

"It's too much work for three people, you go first..." Xiao Yuan shook his head and said.

"Miss Xiaoyuan can ride Ace." Luffy said beside him.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Ace slapped his brother's head.

"Did I say something wrong..." Luffy said aggrievedly, covering his head. Seeing his brother clenched his fists again, he quickly covered his mouth with both hands and shook his head hastily.

"In this case, let's go!" Nami shook the rein, and the camel named Eyelashes ran out immediately as if it had been stimulant, leaving a trail of smoke and dust in the desert, and disappeared in front of everyone.Only Nami's voice was left behind, and it still spread to everyone's ears: "Hurry up, you won't be able to get out of the desert alive if you get separated!"

"Stop it!"

"Miss Ruthless Nami is so charming!"

While complaining, the Straw Hat gang hurriedly packed the luggage and food that had been scattered all over the floor, unable to keep up in time.And Xiaoyuan, who had taken care of everything long ago, was directly picked up by Ace, and the two of them followed the traces of the camel and followed the past one step ahead.

It’s just that the desert is not static, and there will be storms from time to time. The footprints left by Nami and Weiwei will soon be covered by sand, so after Ace walked half of the journey with Xiaoyuan on his back, he found that not only were there no two There is no figure of a person, and Luffy and others cannot be seen behind.To be exact, Ace and Xiaoyuan were stuck in the middle of the desert, completely...

"...I got lost." Xiao Yuan crouched behind Ace and concluded in a low voice.

"..." Lost, why do you still seem to be in a happy tone of clothes, Ace looked around, surrounded by endless desert, he pressed his hat and said: "What should we do next? We are going to find Namiwei in front Wei, or look for Luffy at the back?"

"Nami and the others should be fine. With Weiwei around, they won't get lost, but brother Luffy might not." Xiaoyuan hugged Ace's neck and gave his own advice.

"Alright then...let's go back and find Luffy."

Ace turned around and walked back in the direction he came from. Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, the sand in front of him began to rise.There was a sound like a giant surging from the ground, which was very similar to the sound before the desert lizard came out.Sure enough, the next moment, as he expected, a desert scorpion not much smaller than the previous desert lizard appeared in front of the two of them. The hill-like volume blocked the sun, allowing the little lizard lying on Ace's back Yuan opened her eyes, and she popped her head out from behind him curiously, and saw the scorpion's constantly waving pincers and blood-red terrifying eyes.

The hairs all over his body stood on end, Xiao Yuan screamed and hid behind Ace.With a little guilt in his heart, he said: "Scorpion... Could it be because I fried a lot of scorpions to eat before, so mother Scorpion came to us to avenge her thousands of sons and grandchildren?"

Scorpion... Mom...?Ace opened his mouth to look at the huge creature in front of him, then closed his mouth, and said in boredom: "Stop making trouble..." How can there be such a terrifying mother.He jumped up with Xiaoyuan, stepped on the head of the scorpion showing off its might, pushed him into the sand with one foot, and then used flames to bake the dazed tiger into red.The aroma of barbecue filled the desert once again, and the overcooked desert giant scorpions were somewhat similar to lobsters.

It's just that Ace seems to have been infected by Luffy's bad luck. Just after finishing the desert scorpion, another strange lizard-like creature about his height appeared in front of him.Cold sweat rolled down Ace's face, and he moved to the left, and the idiot who might be a lizard also moved to the left.Ace moved to the right again, and it also moved to the right.After repeating this more than a dozen times, no matter how Ace walks, it will be in front of him.

Ace frowned impatiently, and threatened in a low voice: "Are you also here to trouble me..." As soon as he finished speaking, the little lizard trembled violently, and tears spewed out of his eyes like a fountain .Xiao Yuan lay on Ace's hat, pointed at the stupid lizard and said, "Student Ace, you made him cry."

"Hey! I don't know what's going on!" Ace said annoyed.

"But he's not murderous, he's quite cute." Xiao Yuan tilted his head and said.

"That's why I can't do anything." Ace spread his hands, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Hey, what do you want to do?"

The stupid lizard waved its claws and gestured strangely and ridiculously, and a lot of tears spewed out of its eyes.Xiao Yuan was puzzled, but Ace nodded and said, "I see, you and your mother got lost, were hunted down by that scorpion, almost got eaten, we happened to save you?" After he finished speaking, he saw The big lizard nodded heavily like garlic.

Xiao Yuan almost dropped his jaw in surprise, and said, "Classmate Ace, can you understand what it is saying?"

"Hey..." Ace himself was also taken aback, and he couldn't figure it out: "Yeah... I seem to understand it for some reason." Speaking of the noise he heard when he was in Fishman Island... maybe it was The sound of fish.Thanks to them, I didn't encounter any danger in the process of diving into the deep sea.

"...Have you somehow awakened the talent of the species?" Xiaoyuan grabbed Ace's hat, thinking that when he was on the boat before, every time Ain and Ace were beaten black and swollen, he would say loudly that Ace was superior Human species advantage.

"...I'm human." Ace twitched the corner of his mouth, raised his arm and patted Xiao Yuan's cranky head.Fu recalled again: "Thinking about it carefully, Luffy often communicated with small animals when he was a child. I thought he was joking..." Both he and Luffy have a d in their names.And on this great route, one often hears about d's will. Could it be that this is also a unique ability of the d clan?Thinking of this, Ace frowned.

Thinking of my father once mentioned that a certain person has the ability to listen to the voice of all things...

Is it something inherited from Roger again... This thought made Ace feel uncomfortable, and his whole body exuded a gloomy air.The little lizard took a step back in fright, but Xiao Yuan, who was riding on Ace, didn't notice anything wrong, still lying on his head, thinking seriously: "Well... classmate Ace's father's surname is Luo, then Is classmate Ace following her mother's surname Portgas?"

"Eh?" Isn't his surname Geer...

"Luffy's younger brother is called Monkey D. Luffy, and Ace's classmate is called Portgas D. Ace. Both names have the letter d. Maybe Ace's mother and Luffy's brother's father are related. That's why everyone can understand the words of animals." Xiao Yuan guessed with a smile.

"..."

Ace opened his eyes wide, and it was only when Xiao Yuan said that that he suddenly realized this.He has been struggling with his father, but he has forgotten that his mother, Portgas d. Loujiu, also belongs to the d clan.Although he was abandoned by his father, the blood of his mother who died for him also flows in his body.After thinking it through, Ace let go of his frowning eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth curved into a big arc.

That's what I said... Thank you, Xiaoyuan.

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Hearing Ace's continuous low laughter, Xiao Yuan moved his chin away from his hat, tugged at the brim of his hat and said, "Student Ace, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt that Xiaoyuan, you are a genius!" Ace bent down and put Xiaoyuan down, then turned around to support her waist, lifted her up high, and turned around in a circle.With astonishment on his face, Xiao Yuan passively felt the joy of Ace's inexplicable arrival.She lowered her head and looked at him. At this moment, the smile on his face was bright and bright, which was her favorite scene.

Stretching out his arms around his neck and returning to the ground, Xiao Yuan lay on Ace's neck and said in a low voice, "Student Ace, are you teasing me?"

"...Why do you say that..." Ace asked with a twitch of his brows, as if someone had poured cold water on his head.

"What Ain said, to praise a girl for no reason is just to tease..." "That's not the case!" Ace retorted through gritted teeth, and when he met Shangruanmei's clear eyes, he immediately released all the fire.He could only support his forehead, and explained word by word: "Xiao Yuan, forget everything that guy said in the future, don't learn from him!"

"Well... if you forget all of it... Then Aiyin embezzled a lot of pocket money from classmate Ace, and he confessed to leave more wine and meat for the second team, should you also forget all of it?" Xiao Yuan was very serious. asked.

"...No need for that." Ace slapped his forehead, and seeing Ruanmei seemed to have something to say, he immediately covered her mouth and said, "Let's go first, this stupid guy said there is an oasis ahead, it's an oasis." A small village that is more prosperous because of the rebel army stationed there. Let’s go there and wait for Luffy and the others, and collect some food and water by the way!” Anyway, don’t continue with the previous question!Ace picked up Xiaoyuan by the waist and put it on the right shoulder of the stupid lizard, then leaned forward and jumped, and landed firmly on its left shoulder.

"Student Ace..." Xiao Yuan, who didn't have a good sense of balance, quickly grabbed Ace's arm and managed to stabilize his body.

"This guy is willing to take us to the oasis. Hey, let's go!" Ace patted the head of the stupid lizard, and Ace whistled like he was driving a horse, and the stupid lizard immediately rushed forward in the desert. out.Xiao Yuan on one side held his arm tightly, and sat on the dumb lizard in fear.Unlike the excited Ace, she just finds this wobbly thing scary!

And that stupid lizard, although it looks silly, is unexpectedly familiar with human nature.It rolled its huge eyeballs, and its unsteady footsteps, which were swaying left and right, gradually slowed down, and only after Xiaoyuan got used to the shaking, did it speed up again.Although it carried two people on its back, it didn't seem to be struggling. It didn't show any signs of fatigue until it reached the oasis.If it weren't for Ace and Xiaoyuan who are not suitable to take him on a trip now, they really want to abduct him back to the Moby Dick as a partner.

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The oasis that Silly Lizard took Ace and Xiaoyuan to, as it said, there is a seemingly peaceful and prosperous village. Because it is covered by rocky mountains and there are many buildings, the temperature is milder than that of the desert. Some.just presumably to prevent