[Pirate] Navy King

Abandoning my name, identity, and established life, I chose to go to sea alone to create my own adventure.

I hope one day I can create an adventure story like "Liars."

In fact, I did encounter a lot of adventure stories that can be said to be beyond my imagination.But all this is impossible for me alone.

It all started with meeting that man.

Portgas D. Ace.Posthumous son of Pirate King Roger.

Now it can be said that the whole world knows it.After all, he was beheaded live, and his identity was announced to the world at the same time.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, he is unpardonable—after all, he is the son of the heinous One Piece.

And in fact?Those guys are just following suit.

Word of mouth, rumors.

This is exactly the reaction of grown-ups that I hate the most.

When I was a child, I really liked the novel "Liars".I have a yearning for the world described in it.However, the adults arbitrarily decided that it was a deceptive story.

Wearing tinted glasses, the joke "Liars" is absurd, and at the same time jokes that I even believe such a foolish story.

I hate such adults.

But in fact, I almost became the adult I hate the most in the beginning.

At that time, I was unfortunately caught in a shipwreck and trapped on an uninhabited island as soon as I set out to sea.That's where I met Ace.

However, at that time, I didn't trust others, let alone in the uninhabited island, in the generation when I realized that the other party was actually a villain, I didn't trust him even more.And when I found out that he actually had food in his hand, I had a terrible idea—I wanted to kill him and take that fruit.

Because the other party is the son of the One Piece, there must be cruel villain blood in his body.Because he must also be an extremely evil person, so killing him does not require any guilt.

That's how I convinced myself at the time.

And what about the facts?Ace found me holding the stick, and asked with a smile, "Are you here to help me build a boat?" He even handed me the only fruit in his hand that came downstream.

Thinking about it now, fate is really amazing.

That fruit is actually a very rare devil fruit, and it is also a natural "burning fruit".Ace split the fruit in half and shared it with me.And it happened that Ace took the first bite first, and he successfully obtained the ability of "flame".

Relying on the power of this flame, Ace and I successfully left the uninhabited island.And I became his first partner.

When holding his hand, I thought, if it was this person, I would be willing to dedicate the rest of my life.

And gradually, just like me at that time, more and more people were attracted by Ace and became his partners.

Ace is truly a man worthy of admiration.Even the most powerful enemies will look at Ace differently, like the sun, surrounding everyone.

However, he never thinks so, and even in his opinion, he is an existence that should not be loved by others.Whenever he encounters his most sensitive nerves, his eyes will show that haze.

Ace created our home, but can we be Ace's home in the end?Or, after that, in the new world, can we together find a home for Ace that can make him laugh from the bottom of his heart?

At that time, we didn't know.

Obviously Ace is more entitled to happiness than anyone else.

Later, in order to surpass One Piece, he took aim at the head of the man closest to One Piece—White Beard.

And I also went from being terrified at the beginning to extremely grateful later.

If it is the "White Beard Pirates", maybe it can really become Ace's home.At least, it is more suitable than our "Spades Pirates".

So, when Ace decided to be on Whitebeard's crew, I wholeheartedly agreed.

Is that enough?For us who are originally a bunch of half-assed, marginalized and brats, is this enough?

The companions surround Ace because they always admire the captain.

Obviously, when I became Ace's partner, I decided to dedicate the rest of my life to him, but in the end, I couldn't give him anything at all. Instead, I got a lot from him, even my name.

Madford Deuss, Ace gave me the name without authorization.Because at that time I abandoned my name and did not want to reveal my name, he arranged it for me without authorization.And this name has now become a part of my life.

Sure enough, we are all useless and can't do anything, so in the end we can only entrust the captain to Whitebeard.

I think in this way, Ace will be able to live happily.

However, what awaits us is three years later, Ace was beheaded by Marlin Fandor.

As we thought at the beginning, all the Whitebeard members went to rescue him together.

Only in the end, like the traditional protagonist with a tragic background, the tragedy ends.

"Ah, so it's true..."

The unique lazy tone came from above, both Iska and Deus raised their heads in surprise, and immediately, the pair of dead fish eyes that had been depressed for a long time came into view.It was obvious that the other party looked like he hadn't woken up, but in their eyes, it was extremely terrifying.

"Sakata Gintoki? Why didn't you die?" Iska couldn't help asking.

Yin Shira shrugged his head, kept scratching the back of his head, and said with a sad face: "It's too much... It was obvious that I had always pretended to have a good impression of Yinsang, but it turned out to be a fairy dance or something... Thinking about it, Yinsang is about to cry. Sure enough, even a beautiful woman can't believe it!"

Iska sneered: "If you say that, don't you actually believe me at all?"

"However, you were clearly still in the room just now, why..."

"Let me tell you, if Yinsang could be killed so easily, it's impossible for her to be alive right now?"

Iska frowned deeply, but Deus nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, Iska, we underestimated the enemy."

Gintoki turned his attention to Deus—a man he had never seen before.

"Revenge for Ace... Does that mean you were his companion in the past?"

"...Although no bounty was offered, I used to be a crew member of the 'Spades Pirates'."

The "Spades Pirates" was a pirate group founded by Ace before he became a member of the Whitebeard crew.

"Really, does that mean you will avenge your captain after a year?"

"Are you trying to call me stupid?"

Before Yinshi could speak, Deus showed a weak smile.

"It's true, Estuary has been publicly executed by the navy, and it's pointless to take revenge now. It's just that, compared to the fact that he was killed, what I can't bear is another thing... "

Deus suddenly took out a long cannon barrel and fired directly at the big rock at Yinshi's feet.

Silver, which lost its support, fell down, but in the thick smoke, it was Deus who rushed in first.He firmly pressed Yinshi to the ground, and pointed the cannon barrel at Yinshi's face.

Yinshi did not show a panicked expression, but looked at the man in front of him very calmly.

"I said you...in fact, it's just because Yinsang is easy to bully, right?"

Yinshi looked at Deus indifferently.

"If it was General Red Dog who killed that guy, would you dare to do such a thing?"

"........."

Certainly not.Among the three generals, Akainu can be said to be the most terrifying existence.However……

"...What really makes me angry is not the fact that Ace was beheaded by the navy..."

Deus's voice was not loud, but it was trilled with gnashing of teeth.

"It's... that you,... his most important brother, personally killed him!!!"

Gintoki was really stunned by surprise.

He looked at Iska who was standing behind Deus, and saw that she had no expression on her face, obviously she already knew about it.

"……why……"

Ace said it?impossible……

"Ace never said anything about you..."

As if seeing through Yinshi's doubts, Deuss said everything as if to vent.

"Ace... He often mentions his brothers! For him, he has two best brothers and a younger brother! Among them, one brother has become a revolutionary army now, and the younger brother will also become a pirate in the future. There is only one other brother, but he never mentioned it..."

"Since he didn't take the initiative to say it, we generally don't take the initiative to mention it. But when he mentioned his brother, people would still ask curiously. But at this time, Ace, who was still talking happily, suddenly fell silent. , just smiling. Gradually, we stopped asking."

At that time, they were all thinking that something bad happened to this brother.That's why Ace never said what this brother is doing now.

until one day...

"The captain's bounty has increased again! It's the first time I've seen it rise so quickly!" A crew member said happily with Ace's bounty, "If this continues, in the near future, Captain I will definitely become the Pirate King!!"

"What One Piece? Didn't the captain always say it? To surpass One Piece!!" Someone else retorted with a smile.

"When the time comes to surpass One Piece and be captured by the navy, will there be another division of the era? The era called 'Ace', I think it's super exciting to think about it!!"

A crew member was slapped on the back of the head from behind as soon as he finished speaking.

"Can you talk, you? The captain will not be caught!"

"Hey, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...a slip of the tongue! I'm sorry, Captain!!"

Ace didn't care, he just smiled.

"If I surpass One Piece, it doesn't matter whether I'm caught or executed. It's just... I still can't be caught... No, it should be said that while that guy is still in the navy, I can't be caught." catch!"

"That rascal?"

Hearing something interesting, the other crew members surrounded Ace.

"Captain!! Which guy is that guy referring to?"

"Captain, are you talking about Iska?"

"Haha, is the captain finally enlightened?"

Ace frowned: "What are you talking about?"

"Come on, no need to explain, Captain, we all understand!!"

The crew all showed "I know" eyes, but Ace didn't seem to react, seeing that they didn't ask any more questions, he skipped the topic.And to be honest, at that time, Liandeus thought so too.

Later, a few days after this incident, such a news was published in the newspaper.

['Peacock Pirates' was arrested, the navy won another big victory! 】

Accompanied by the title, there is also a large picture on the huge page below which also shows the appearance of the navy that destroyed them. One of them, a man with curly hair and dead fish eyes, is picking his nose at the camera.

"Wow, is this navy actually picking boogers in public? Isn't it too casual?" a crew member complained.

"Navy who can pick his nose... isn't that pretty cool?"

Ace grinned in a way they'd barely seen before—a smug grin that couldn't be suppressed.I don't know if other people realized it, but Deuss did.

Afterwards, when it was found many times that Ace would be very happy whenever the news about this curly-haired navy was mentioned in the report, Deuss was almost convinced.

It turned out that there was another brother who became a navy.

In this way, it is understandable why Ace doesn't mention this brother.It's not that I don't want to mention it, but that I can't.

It's no big deal for a pirate to have a navy brother, but the navy must not have a pirate brother.

This is the truth.

Ace has been protecting this brother in his own way.

"...Then, it was you, brother, who killed Ace under the knife!!!"

All of his brains were vented, and Deus seemed to be exhausted.But even so, he still held Yinshi tightly, and the gun barrel in his hand didn't even move halfway.

"Ace...Ace has always attached great importance to you...and you, what have you done??"

"You killed him!!!"

"Relying on his trust in you, you killed him!!!"

If other people had killed Ace, Deus might still lament the misfortune of good fortune.However, it was his dearest brother who killed him, and Deuss couldn't pass this level no matter what.

When Ace watched his good brother put the knife into his body, what was he thinking, and what expression did he make?

Dius couldn't imagine.

Maybe it was too dazed.When Deus was bounced off by Yin Shi's knee kick, he was still thinking about Ace.

"Really...it's actually for this kind of thing..."

Gintoki muttered angrily, and kicked the cannon barrel far away.Behind her, Iska had already pulled out her slender sword, and stabbed at Yinshi several times at an astonishing speed.

Gintoki evaded and asked, "Hey, you are a navy, right? You actually became a partner of pirates, isn't it right?"

"Shut up, you hypocrite!!"

Iska, who was wielding a sword, stabbed at Yinshi accurately and quickly without any hesitation.

"A navy that is not recognized by six relatives is not as good as a pirate with love and righteousness!! Ace is so much greater than you!! Ace... Ace shouldn't die at all!!!"

Iska stabbed at Yinshi with a stride, but before she could react, Yinshi had already come in front of her, and cut off her sword with one blow.

Iska took a few steps back while clutching the broken sword, and finally fell to the ground.

But even so, she was still relentless and shouted: "I...I will never admit you!!"

"Whatever you say..." Yin Shi shook Toya Lake lightly, and said flatly, "Anyway, whether you admit it or not doesn't affect me at all."

"It's just that, don't appear in front of me in the future. Otherwise, I will directly complain to you next time!"

"As for you..."

Gintoki looked at Deus.

"For the sake of your pity that you can't kill Yinsang with all your efforts, let's forget it this time! Oh, Yinsang is so kind~"

Yinshi said strangely, turned around and prepared to leave here.

Iska's angry cry came from behind.

"Do you think we will appreciate it? You are a villain! Despicable villain!!!"

As for Yinshi, ignoring the scolding behind him, he left without looking back.

"How does it feel to be scolded?"

In the woods, Punyan, who was waiting quietly, asked.

"It's not bad, it's better than someone's venom." Yin Shi complained angrily.

Looking at Yinshi's back, Punian narrowed his eyes slightly.

"However, have you been here before? Do you know what's going on here?"

"Because I've heard of it."

When I accidentally flew to Whitebeard's boat and met Ace, I heard many things from him, and one of them was about this uninhabited island.

Gintoki believed in Iska at the beginning.However, Punian, who has always been rigorous, investigated things about her, so he knew that she had been hunting down the "Spades Pirates" for a while.

Until one day, after the death of Lieutenant General Doro who came to Ace with the order of "The King's Qiwuhai", Iska, who was with him, stopped chasing Ace.

Neither Yinshi nor Punian knew what happened, but one thing was certain, for Iska, Ace was definitely not her enemy.

But now it seems that they are not only enemies, but even very special talents.

Therefore, as a navy, she participated in the original pirate's plan to kill Gintoki.

"However, it's a good thing you didn't fall into the beauty trap!" Punyan teased.

"What kind of beauty trick..." Yinshi sighed with his eyes wide open, "That's clearly a poor acting skill!"

In fact, Yin had noticed it from the very beginning, and Iska never wanted to look directly at herself.

At first he thought it was because the other person would feel shy when looking at him, but then he gradually realized that it was probably because once they looked at each other, he couldn't help but show hatred.

Hate herself for killing the man she liked.

"Actually, you should have such awareness from the very beginning. From the moment you choose to 'kill' Ace..."

As long as this fact remains, and before the truth is revealed, Yinshi will always be charged with "killing his righteous brother".Just like being questioned by Luffy's partners before, he will also continue to be cursed and scolded by people from Ace's side.

This is the sin that Yinshi must bear when he chooses to "kill" Ace.

"Have you ever regretted it?" Pony asked quietly.

From behind, he couldn't see Gintoki's expression.He could only be seen looking up slightly at the sky.Then there was a sound like just waking up.

"Don't be silly."