[One Piece] Isano's Rebel

Before Adelina and Ace left the Moby Dick, they didn't expect to encounter such a change in Candy City, so the ship they took was just an empty motorboat without supplies.However, Adelina was quick and decisive in dealing with emergency affairs. She first went back to the west coast and sent the purchased materials back to Mrs. Jenny—they would pick them up after they came back, and then got a small amount of supplies from the market at the port, which should be enough. On to the next island.

Ace found the only miniature phone bug on the motorboat. He directly contacted the crew of the Moby Dick, and learned that Sage hadn't returned to the ship, and his hope of getting news from Chichila was dashed.He was about to end the call when Adelina was returning to the motorboat. He handed the receiver to her, and she took the receiver and called directly to let the captain of the first team, Marco, answer the phone.Seeing her explain the situation here quickly and logically, Ace put his hands on the table and looked down at her on the phone without interrupting.

"...That's right, there is also a messenger from the Isano family."

Marco's voice was as calm as ever, and he believed that Adelina had the ability to handle the matter well, "You and Ace should go together. For private matters, I think you're fine, Dinah."

"I know." Adelina's five fingers holding the receiver were slightly tightened, "That's it?"

"Want to tell daddy?"

"...Let's say that the captain and I went to find Qiqila."

By the time all the busy work is done, it's getting late.Ace turned the storage box in the cabin upside down, and only found a few thin sheets. He looked at Adelina, who shrugged, "I only got some food and drink."

Ace was a little dumbfounded. To be honest, it didn't matter if he slept on the floor by himself, but he didn't expect that she didn't care about it.

He crumpled the sheet and threw it into her arms, "Then you use this."

Adelina thought for a while, "Let's divide the vigil into the first half of the night and the second half of the night, to be fair."

"But you..."

"When I was in the navy, it was common for me to not close my eyes for days and nights."

To be fair, compared to the discarded wooden barrels and semi-closed containers she slept on, the wooden floor was considered lucky.

Although he knew that she didn't intend to take advantage of this, he still couldn't help but tease, "Well, but you are now a member of the second squad of the Whitebeard Pirates."

After hearing this, Adeline laughed.Knowing that this person had agreed to take turns to watch the night, she took out the nautical chart from the storage box and began to study it.

With no way to obtain useful information from Saqi, Adelina had no choice but to handle it herself.She first circled the island where E6 was located in her impression, then stared at the nautical chart and thought, tapping the wooden table with her fingertips from time to time.Suddenly, a small island came into view, and she immediately remembered where she had heard this name before.

"Go to Minos Island first?" Ace, who was leaning on the table and watching her plan the sailing itinerary, saw her eyes falling on a coordinate, and said her thoughts aloud.

Adelina nodded, "Qiqila often talks about this place. It seems that there is a maze here, but I have never been there."

"I've passed by here before." Ace seemed to be recalling something, "It's a very closed place, with a wall separating the interior of the island from the outside. It seems that outsiders are not very welcome there, anyway, that place is not within our route, so I will Not logged in."

"It's a closed place, that Qiqila still runs here all day long." Adelina rubbed her temples, "Forget it, with that kid's temper, he can sneak in no matter how closed a place is."

Adelina connected E6 with the coordinates of their current location with a line, and found that Minos Island was the first stop, and it happened to be on the way.

Even though Adelina chose to be in the middle of the night that night, Ace couldn't sleep either - the series of events that happened today kept his brain in a state of tension and excitement, making it difficult to fall asleep.When he opened the cabins, he found Adeline standing at the bow, with her back to him, holding something that seemed to be shining.

Under the dark blue night, the short and delicate dagger was wrapped in moonlight, with a very faint silver light emitting from the surrounding area, and the sapphire placed on the silver bracket at the top of the handle - reminded Ace of this The color of a woman's pupils.

Ace knew it was the short dagger she never left her hand.

Adeline had already noticed that he had left the cabin, and when he came to her side, the two chatted.The aimless chat started from Ace's sailing experience. He talked about the fact that he had only a small canoe when he first went out to sea, and then he gathered the crew of the Spade Pirates, made a big fuss at the naval base, and ate the Overlord's meal collectively. He also said that he accidentally fell into the sea once—it is not a fun thing for a landlubber to fall into the sea as a capable user—that frightened his companions, and some even urgently wanted to give him artificial respiration.Ace laughed and gestured and said, "You know that after struggling in the sea, when you were fished up, you opened your eyes and saw a big white fat man's face in front of you, eyes closed... Wow, that feeling..."

Of course, what impressed Adelina the most was the fact that he fought with Seaman Jinbe for five days and five nights before attacking Whitebeard.

Adelina recalled the description that Sachmarco and his gang used when they mentioned the battle between Ace and Jinbe, "It's the same as Jinbe?"

"To be precise, it's a draw." Ace propped his chin, looked at the sea and said, and then turned his head to look at her, "But since the position of captain of the second team has been vacant before I came, why don't you be team leader?"

"Me?" Adelina pointed at herself and shook her head, "I'm not suitable to be the captain."

Ace recalled the conversation he had with Whitebeard outside the room that night when he confessed his identity, and couldn't help but make fun of her, "Don't tell me the bounty is higher than mine?"

"How should I put it..." Adelina, who was pretending to be thinking seriously one second, changed her expression the next second, "Captain, you have to charge forward bravely and wait for our team members to help you aftermath."

After Adelina finished speaking, she observed Ace's expression with interest, but unexpectedly he just raised his eyebrows and did not deny her statement.

Even Adelina herself thought that it was a good decision for the person in front of her to become the captain of the second team.Marco told her that when Ace challenged Dad head-on for the first time, he stopped and bowed his head at the last moment, not because he was exhausted or anything, but because he cared about the lives of his fellow Spades Pirates.

Adelina propped her chin up and looked at the man's resolute and handsome profile.

Whether it's responsibility, sense of responsibility, or the heart to fight for her companions without hesitation, she thinks that she is not qualified to be a captain.

Not to mention being comparable to the man in front of me.

As for her, she is just a guy who is very lucky to still have a chance to live in this world.

She gently stroked the sapphire on the tip of the dagger, "My bounty has status bonuses and personal grievance bonuses. The ingredients are more complicated and cannot be directly used as a standard for evaluating strength."

"Status bonus?" Ace replied with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "You think I don't have one?"

She remembered the lineage of the man she had overheard outside the room that day, and immediately understood what he meant.

If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, it would be hard for her to believe that the blood of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger was flowing on this man.

"So, I am very lucky to be able to live in this world."

"Because of this, I am quite unwilling to live a good life."

Adeline's blue eyes reflected Ace's handsome profile when he said this.Behind him is a vast and vast night sky.The stars were sparsely distributed in the dark blue sky washed clear by the moonlight, his gaze fell on the distant horizon, and although his tone of voice was leisurely, it revealed a sense of firmness.Adelina thought that apart from the cheerfulness and occasional foolishness she was used to, the maturity and stability he showed from time to time was probably part of his personality charm—after all, he was able to get along with the Whitebeard Pirates in a short period of time. The wind and water guy.

Like her, he is not the brightest star in the night sky, but he still holds on to every opportunity to shine.

Even faint starlight is fine.

Because they never know when the stars will dim.

It could be the next second, or it could be a long time later.

Seeing her silent for a long time, Ace thought she was sleepy and just wanted her to rest.She spoke suddenly.

"I know your business, but you don't know mine, it seems a bit unfair."

—If she hadn't said it herself, you probably never would have known.

Of course Ace remembered Sage's reminder to himself.

So he smiled at her, "If you want to say something, I'm all ears."

Looking at the man's warm and bright smile like the sun, Adelina thought that she hadn't made a wrong decision.

They talked from late at night until dawn.Adeline looked at a blazing light slowly emerging from the sea level, and felt that her throat was a little dry after talking so much.

Why did you tell him so much all of a sudden?

Because the moonlight is too beautiful, or the sea breeze is too cool?

As soon as these weird thoughts popped up, Adeline only found it funny.

... To be honest, I just think that this friend is worth making.

As soon as the concept of a friend came up, she subconsciously called that person's name, "Hello... Ace."

The guy next to him didn't seem to be able to react - this was the first time she called his name, not "Hi" or "Captain". It took a few seconds before he realized it and responded slowly.

"Look at that."

She pointed to the rising sun.

"Well, it's pretty." Ace narrowed his eyes, "like the color of flames."

"Yes, like fire."

The fiery red of the rising sun dyed the soft clouds in the sky red.

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Not to mention what Dinah told Ace :-D