[One Piece] Brother Ace, please pay the bill

~~~~~ The water temperature of the bath is best adjusted at 41 degrees~~~~~

Hearing the siren, Blackbeard slowly got up and walked towards the deck.The movement was too slow, and when he arrived, the place was already full of people.

He doesn't want to expose his strength now, he is trying his best to pretend to be useless, he is the last to appear in everything, even grabbing food is in this state.

To his surprise, there was actually a woman among the men.

The woman who had dinner with him at the same table last night and was obviously hostile to him.

Black Beard leaned over slowly, standing behind her, sizing her up carefully.

She was wearing a plain white shirt and black shorts.Those long, white legs were just exposed without warning.The slender ankles are connected to a pair of snow-white feet, perhaps because of the hot deck, the round toes are slightly pink like roses.

Looking down at those feet, Blackbeard grinned.

During his more than 20 years of pirate career, Blackbeard has seen many beauties.But there are not many who can make him fall in love.There was one more than twenty years ago, but that woman was snatched away by Whitebeard.

But now, there was another extremely similar woman in front of him.

It's just that this woman seems to have fallen in love with that black-haired and freckled boy.

Looking at that beautiful purple hair, Blackbeard's breathing became heavy.His heavy breath even brushed her hair.

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Mandala couldn't bear it anymore, she clenched Nereus tightly, and wanted to pull it out, and slashed directly at Blackbeard.

But at this moment, the crowd in front suddenly cheered up, and they raised their hands, as if to welcome someone to board the boat.

Mandala turned her head and found that Blackbeard had disappeared.She looked around, only to find that he was squeezing towards the bow, not knowing what to do.

He wanted to chase after him, but Mandala chose to stand where he was when he remembered his wretched behavior just now.Now he hasn't got the dark fruit yet, and he can't make any waves.

There seemed to be his breath in the hair, Mandala pouted, and wanted to go back to the cabin and take a shower first.

"Ace!"

"Ace!"

"Ace!"

Before Mandala could move his legs, the crowd cheered loudly.She raised her head and saw the figure of Ace who was thrown up by everyone.

Completely forgetting the extremely uncomfortable experience just now, the corners of Mandala's mouth slightly raised.As soon as her eye sockets became hot, tears rolled down one by one.

Fire Fist Ace officially became a member of the Whitebeard Pirates on this day.At the same time, the darkness hidden in Blackbeard's heart also began to slowly wake up.

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The bathrooms in the Whitebeard Pirates have always only been men's bathrooms, and they never thought that there would be female members on board, so taking a bath has become a big problem for Mandala.

She couldn't directly ask Whitebeard, after all, she came with Ace.And Ace is not the captain, nor does he have any special rights.

So Mandala had no choice but to let Sage find a big wooden bucket for himself, connect a pipe from the bathroom to the room, and take a bath in the bucket by himself.

Rubbing her hair desperately, Mandala wanted to wash away all the unpleasantness of today.She even mentioned Nereus impulsively at one point, wanting to cut off all her hair!

"Mandala?"

While Mandala was washing her hair like a rag, Ace's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Ace?" Mandala was of course very happy that Ace came to find her, and she didn't care about her current image. She grabbed her hair, tied it casually, and wrapped it in a towel.

When he opened the door, he saw the familiar face with freckles.

Ace raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, "You are washing your hair, then I will come to you later."

Before Mandala could reply, Ace turned around quickly and walked away as if fleeing for his life.

Mandala looked at Ace's back and didn't speak.She clearly saw the purple tattoo on Ace's back.

A cross made of two white bones, and a crescent-like beard.

The logo of the Whitebeard Pirates was finally engraved on Ace.

The sky darkened, and the sky was full of stars.The sea is calm, reflecting the starlight like a mirror.Under such a view, the Moby Dick slowly shattered the bright light.

Sitting on the side of the boat, Mandala looked down at the stars twinkling in the waves.

During the day, she didn't notice that the soles of her feet were scalded. She didn't realize the burning pain in the soles of her feet until after taking a bath.No medicine for the burn was applied, Mandala just let the cool wind from the sea blow his feet.

The slight pain allowed her to concentrate and concentrate on how to deal with Blackbeard.

Before he felt the horror of Blackbeard, Mandala naively thought that he could easily kill this person who had not obtained the Devil Fruit.But now, she realizes that those 20 years of pirate career were not spent in the middle of eating and waiting to die.

If Blackbeard is really a useless piece of wood, Whitebeard will not keep him until now.

Lost in deep thought, Mandala didn't notice that there was a black figure slowly approaching him.

"Mandala." Ace's voice suddenly sounded, and the black figure seemed to be taken aback, and quickly retreated into the cabin.

Mandala didn't turn her head. She knew it was Ace, so she just responded softly, "Hmm."

Ace walked to Mandala's side, and he turned over and sat on the side of the boat, "I'm sorry about what happened a few days ago."

"Which thing, I don't remember." Mandala stared at her big toe. There was a small brown scar under the fingertip, which was left after being burned by the deck before.

"That day, I had already decided to follow Whitebeard. But at that time, I still couldn't give up the agreement with Luffy and Sabo. I was afraid that if I could meet him again one day, I would be laughed at by him " Ace looked at the sea under his feet, the dark sea was illuminated by starlight, as if countless creatures were attracted to the bottom of the water by the light.

It was the first time Mandala heard Ace mention Sabo, she turned her head and looked at Ace.

When I left the real world, where did the serialization of the manga go?She only heard people say that Luffy went to Fishman Island, and she didn't know anything about the other plots.

After Ace died, she didn't touch the OP's manga at all.One reason is because Ace is by his side and has no chance to look.Secondly, the characters who attracted her most are all dead, so what else is there to see.

Maybe on the day of the finale, she will buy it and double it.But she didn't want to touch those adventure stories without him.

"No one will laugh at you, Ace." Mandala raised his hand and gently covered the back of Ace's hand, "As long as you feel that what you are doing now is not against your own wish Yes. Even under the hands of Whitebeard, you can sail freely on this sea. Besides, I think Whitebeard is quite rich, and you don’t need to save any more money when you go to the Chambord Islands for coating. Yes, it's a good thing."

"Chambord Islands..." Ace lowered his head and looked at his hand holding the side of the boat, "Mandala, do you still remember when I fell into the sea and saw the phone bug?"

"Do you want to investigate this matter?" Mandala knew that Ace now fully regarded himself as a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, so the nosy things he didn't want to meddle with before became the most important thing now.

"After arriving in the Chambord Islands, I want people to see the type of phone bug. If it's a wiretapping type, don't worry about it. But if it's a talking type, then you must bring out that spy." Ai Slightly lifted his index finger, he could feel Mandala's soft fingertips above his knuckles.

"Do you remember the details?" Mandala let go of her hand, she pressed Ace's shoulder, turned over, and jumped onto the deck, "I can draw it for you, after a long time, you will forget it .”

"Oh, good." Ace didn't expect the topic to slowly change. He nodded and wanted to jump off.

"You wait here, I'll go find paper and a pen." Mandala patted him on the back, the skin of the newly tattooed Whitebeard Pirates logo was still a little red and swollen, and felt rough to the touch.

"Well, I'll wait for you." Ace withdrew a leg that had been crossed over, and sat back awkwardly.

Mandala returned to her room. She opened the desk drawer and found a piece of brown paper and a quill pen.This desk is what she asked for from Sage. Although Sage is dressed as a chef, he is actually the Minister of Supplies, and he takes care of all sundries.Among the things snatched from other pirates and the messy things picked up from the sea, Mandala picked out such a beautiful little desk.Moreover, this desk also comes with a pen and paper. The person who discarded this desk is really very conscientious.

Picked up the paper and pen, turned around and was about to go out.But Mandala felt a little cold, especially the soles of her feet.Stepping on the smooth floor, some moisture from the sea has already come up.

"Slippers..." Mandala looked around the room, but didn't find her shoes.Without thinking too much, she thought she had crossed to the deck.

Barefooted, he ran to the deck, Mandala grabbed Ace's arm, and sat on the railing of the ship's side again, "Come on, tell me what the phone bug you saw looks like. "

"Where are your shoes?" Ace glanced at Mandala's feet, he had rarely seen Mandala so disregarding his image.Although he doesn't wear shoes, he always feels something is wrong when he sees Mandala not wearing them.

"My shoes..." Mandala looked back to the deck, but did not see her shoes, "Where are my shoes?"

"How do I know?" Ace blinked, how could he know where her shoes went, "I didn't see you wearing shoes when I came just now, and there are no shoes on this deck."

"Oh, never mind, it's just a pair of slippers anyway. Let's draw the phone bug first, that's the serious business." Mandala didn't think too much, she licked the tip of the pen with her tongue, and drew a The snail's head comes out.

"The phone bug's back shell is pink and yellow stripes, and it wears super ugly glasses on its eyes." Esby scratched, trying to make Mandala better understand what he was describing.

"Pink and yellow stripes, super ugly glasses?" Mandala tilted her head, as if thinking of something, she slowly drew a pen and drew a very weird phone bug.

"Hmm..." Ace stretched his neck and looked at the brown paper in Mandala's hand, "It's almost like this. Also, that phone bug's tongue sticks out very long."

Ace held Mandala's hand, and with his own strength, took the pen in her hand and drew a long tongue on the phone bug.

"This is..." Mandala looked at the phone bug on the paper and thought of someone, "Don Quixote Doflamingo?"

The author has something to say: Although Naruto, Reaper and Pirates were divided into three parts in the past, but now JUMP can only rely on Pirates to take the lead

This is of course not without reason. Oda Oda’s grasp of the overall plot and countless details are incomparable between 98 and AB.

As for why Mingo is pulled out for a walk in this chapter, I will mention the reason later in the plot, so I won’t spoil it here first.