[One Piece] Brother Ace, please pay the bill

~~~~~Brother Ace, your behavior is actually playing hooligans~~~~~

"How long have I been sleeping?" When Ace woke up, he opened his eyes and saw the golden sunlight, and the dazzling light made him close his eyes again quickly.

"Two days and three nights." Mandala held an apple in his hand and carefully peeled it with Nereus. "After you fell asleep, we drank with the red-haired pirates all night. The next day In the morning, it stopped. But it’s okay, Shanks and I were still awake at that time, and he gave me the pointer of the island where Whitebeard is.”

"Are we heading towards the Chambord Islands these two days?" Ace sat up, and he found himself lying on the canvas.

The sails were not raised, but the hull was still slowly moving forward with the ocean current.

"The direction of the two islands is the same, except that the island where the Whitebeard Pirates is located is to the northwest. Anyway, there are pointers, and you can go wherever you want." Mandala understood that Ace wanted to go at this moment. She was ready to compete with Whitebeard, and she headed towards the island where the Whitebeard Pirates were located.

"What if I say I want to go to the island where Whitebeard is?" Ace stared at the pointer on Mandala's wrist, without looking up at her expression.

"I won't stop you from doing anything you want." Mandala had already peeled the apple, she raised her hand and handed it to Ace, "Unless you are going to die."

"Do you think I can win Whitebeard?" Ace was a little surprised. He took the apple and didn't bite it.Mandala is definitely not one to cheer people up in a muddle in order to encourage others, so she supports her, which surprises Ace.

"How is that possible." Mandala took out a cotton cloth from his pocket and wiped Nereus carefully, "It's just that even if you lose, Whitebeard won't kill you."

"You seem to know everything." Ace picked up the apple and bit off more than half of it in one bite.

"No way." Mandala trembled, and the finger holding the hilt was cut by the sharp blade, and she quickly covered the wound with the cotton cloth, "Didn't Shanks say before that Well, Whitebeard likes a promising young man like you very much."

"Promising young man, hahaha!" Ace laughed loudly. He raised his head and lay down on the canvas again.He swallowed the apple in one gulp, chewing even the core.

"By the way, I received a new reward order this morning." Mandala handed Ace a stack of reward orders that had been kept by his lap, and Ace's headshot was printed on the first page.

"[-] million Baileys, doubled." Ace squinted and looked at his photo carefully, "My freckles are not even shown in the photo, what kind of technology."

"You rejected the invitation of the Navy Shichibukai, they naturally want to put you to death. This amount will rise even higher in the future, especially after they know that you have seen red hair and white beard." Mann Dala still has some small expectations in his heart. A rookie under the age of 20 has a bounty of more than [-] million Baileys.What do the leaders of the other pirate groups think?Maybe more and more people will come to challenge Ace, but looking at the current development, Ace will soon join the Whitebeard Pirates.Once he got in touch with Blackbeard, Mandala's mission really started.

The man who will be the culprit in killing Ace and Whitebeard, Mandala must kill him before he eats the dark fruit.But Mandala had no idea, the villain who had been lurking in the Whitebeard Pirates for 20 years must be extremely powerful.Even if he doesn't have the ability of devil fruit, he may not be able to defeat him.

But for this matter, Mandala had to do it by herself, and she couldn't ask anyone for help.Because before all the evil results have been borne, killing criminals will not be understood by anyone.

Maybe the Sirens could help, but Mandala didn't want to involve her.If something happens to him, Siren can continue to take care of Ace for himself.

Thinking of this, Mandala's nose turned sour, and his eyes turned red unconsciously.

After all, she and him are still people from two worlds.

"Hey, Mandala, why don't you have your reward order?" Ace kept flipping through the stack of reward orders, and didn't notice Mandala's strange emotion.

"Yes." Mandala stretched out her hand, and she crossed Ace's body lying on the canvas, grabbed a reward order from his side, and handed it to him.

"This is..." This ambiguous gesture reminded Ace of the touch on his hands last night, the tightly clasped hands were extremely warm.

Moving his fingers slightly, Ace's fingertips touched the tip of Mandala's hair.Her purple hair looked dreamy, like the sheen on soap bubbles about to burst in the sun.

"This is my reward order." Mandala sat back again, and she brushed up a lock of hair, playing with it between her fingers.

Ace withdrew his mind, squinted his eyes, and looked at the reward order that Mandala gave him, "Vice-captain of the Spades Pirates, Manman, the reward is 6000 million."

"It's not bad, it's more than your first bounty." Mandala was a little proud, she raised her eyebrows and smiled.

"This is you?" Ace opened his eyes wide, ignoring the glare of the sun, and looked at the photo on the reward order again.

The background of the photo was covered with snow, and the scenery behind it could not be seen clearly.And in the white snow, there is a tall figure in a black cloak.Not to mention the close-up of the face, there is not even a front face.

This is completely different from Ace's bounty order, but the bounty is frighteningly high for the deputy captain of a new pirate group.

"I don't know if it's me." Mandala shook his head. The height and signs of the back look quite similar to his own, but there is no front face, so he can't tell at all, "You said that the navy is not doing things well. Be strict, this kind of reward order will cause many people to be caught by mistake."

"I won't be caught by mistake." Ace folded the worthless reward order in half, and then held it in his hand, "No matter where you are, the person standing closest to me must be you—— Manman, the vice-captain of the Spades Pirates."

"Hey, don't be so nasty." Mandala heard him calling herself that, her heart was so warm that it was about to melt into a hot spring, she turned her face away, not wanting Ace to see her red eyes, "You still call me Mandala is alright, you can call me Seafood Fried Rice like Luffy did."

Although Ace has never taken himself too seriously, Mandala knows that he has also slowly accepted himself this year.Especially recently, she can feel that Ace is slowly approaching her.Although he still doesn't know what's going on with his feelings for him, at least he faces it squarely.

Perhaps, she has gone beyond the concept of "companion" now.

"Hahaha." Ace didn't expect Mandala to be shy in this situation. He smiled and put the reward order into his shorts pocket while she was not paying attention.

Mandala pouted, and decided to ignore his ridicule.She jumped off the mast and went into the captain's cabin.

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The small island in the distance was already clearly visible, and the crew was busy furling the sails and anchoring.

Mandala stood at the bow of the boat, holding the hilt of Nereus' sword at her waist, feeling a little uneasy.She didn't know if she couldn't help but draw a knife to chop Whitebeard when she saw Ace was defeated by Whitebeard and carried back to the boat.

But before this incident, Ace had to fight Jinbei for five days and five nights.During this time, Mandala can watch the battle from the sidelines, and then consider the next step.

"Manman, what are you thinking?" The siren saw that the knuckles of Mandala's fingers holding the sword hilt turned white, and knew that there must be something worrying in her heart.

"Siren, do you think Ace won Whitebeard?" Mandala just asked casually, she already had the answer in her heart, and she just wanted to change the subject.

"It doesn't matter if I win or not, as long as I invite a big storm, they won't be able to take advantage of it." Siren replied directly, tilting her head.

"Siren, you can't do this." Espen came here to prepare them for landing, but unexpectedly, he heard Siren say something that shocked him, "We, the Spade Pirates, can't do this. A sinister thing."

Although Ace knew that the Siren was not as innocent as it seemed on the surface, he never thought that she had this ability.Thinking that the siren is a devil fruit capable person, Ace stopped the siren.

In the past year, Ace has not seen the Siren use his ability.He couldn't help but looked at Mandala approvingly. He felt that Mandala must have taught her well so that the siren didn't come.

"But, Captain, what should we do if you are defeated?" Siren didn't mean to find fault, she thought that this was what Mandala was worried about before.

"If Ace is defeated, we'll grab him back and whip him well until he's invincible." Mandala said firmly, stroking the siren's head.

"You two, don't discourage me before the battle." Ace reached out and held the heads of the two of them.

"Stop!" Mandala's neatly combed hair was messed up by Ace, and she raised her hand, trying to stop his claws from raging on her hairstyle.

"Docking!" shouted the lookout sailor of the main ship, and the angry voice was transmitted directly to the shore.

"Ah!" The hull of the ship hit the rocks on the shore, and with a shake of the hull, Mandala's body shook, and she fell into Ace's arms.

"If I lose, you take Siren and Vick and run first!" Ace lowered his head and whispered in Mandala's ear.

"You..." Mandala was a little angry, how could this guy care about others.Just now he said that they discouraged him, but now he himself.

"I'll catch up, don't worry. I owe you a debt, and I won't repay it." Ace's lips brushed lightly over Mandala's cheek, and he let go of her waist hand, and then jumped onto the shore.

Mandala caressed her cheek and kept giggling.

The Siren looked at Ace who was walking towards the island, and then at Mandala who kept laughing, frowning in confusion.