Rain

Things are moving too fast like a tornado...

"Hey..." I squatted down and poked Ace, who was still lying on the floor, and laughed, "Luffy was chased by Smoker, why don't you get up, brother?" Seriously doubted Ace It's because I feel so ashamed to be roughly pushed down by a man, so I don't get up at all...

"Rain... that kid Lu Fei can save the day no matter what..." Ace pointed out the truth, pulled out his bag from under the shattered bar, lowered his head and got up, "You... how have you been recently? Sample?"

I handed over the restaurant paper and asked him to wipe the blood and ashes on his face...

"It's hard to explain in one word." I thought for a while, and gave up explaining clearly in a few words, "Let's get out of here first, and I'll talk to you later."

"Okay." Ashley walked forward, not forgetting to explain to me, "The one I told you just now is Luffy, my younger brother."

"I know." I threw a gold coin to the stunned shopkeeper as Ace's meal money, and kindly informed, "That was Captain Smoker just now, don't forget to ask him for compensation for the damage to the house."

After catching up with Ace, my tone was relaxed: "I haven't said anything yet, I'm accompanying Luffy's pirate ship now."

Ace's footsteps faltered, he stopped and turned his head to face me: "Didn't you say..." He stopped before he finished speaking, the smile on his face disappeared, and was replaced by a calm.I let him look at me, but I couldn't read any thoughts from his face, from those seemingly penetrating black eyes.

Seemingly clear.

I shuddered violently, how could I use this word on him?

Only then did I look at Ace again, no longer from the perspective of an old friend, but objectively, like looking at a stranger.After the wind and rain on Whitebeard's boat, his physique looked stronger, and he grew a little taller.The crow-black hair is still in a mess, and under the brim of the hat that shows signs of wear and tear, the facial features of the young man are much more mature than two years ago.The scattered freckles on the face are indeed still there, but they no longer make people feel childish.Half of the face is clouded with thoughts, and everything is no longer written on the face as before.The whole person is extremely calm, not as young and frivolous as before, but his self-confidence is carved into his bones.

The billowing heat wave passed by, I sighed and sighed, and suddenly felt a little unclear.

Time is such a complicated thing, tick tock, and then the old friend is gone.

Both he and I have changed.

"Anyway, find Luffy first." Ace suddenly smiled, holding the bag in one hand, turned his head and continued walking, with a calm tone.

In this case, I can't say much.

We searched for the chaotic place, and as expected, we met everyone who was being chased by the navy and fled in embarrassment, and Luffy, who was at the end, was about to be caught up by the white smoke of Smoker.

Esten stepped forward and stood behind Luffy in an instant. His whole body was ignited with soaring orange flames, entangled with white smoke in mid-air, and impacted each other with terror, completely stopping Smoker, forcing this fellow naturalist The colonel stopped.

Just standing there, it is impossible to ignore the existence, the domineering and wild fire.

He turned his head and smiled at Lu Fei, the corners of his mouth were raised slightly, with perverseness, his black eyes were as bright as stars, there was no doubt about it: "You guys go first." After speaking, he raised his hand and put himself and us together The high wall of fire separates them, and the barrier seems to shake the world and cannot be crossed.

This scene overlapped with the past, I laughed.

I took the goods from Weiwei next to me, and ran along the alley to the harbor with everyone, listening to the shocking noise behind me, I didn't look back.

What was I thinking before...

Even if his appearance, clothes, mannerisms, and speech have changed, Ace is clearly still the same Portgas D. Ace, and hasn't changed at all.

The boat's bridle was released, and we left the inner harbor with the wind, and set sail.

Everyone grabbed Luffy, who had been separated before, but now flew from the port with a rubber gun, knocked down Sanji and Chopper before getting on the boat, and asked in surprise.

"Brother!" Nami's surprise was self-evident, her black eyes widened, and she repeated, "The man just now was your brother!"

"I'm not surprised that you have an older brother." Zoro frowned, folded his hands on his chest, and leaned against the wooden railing, "It's just that he is also on the great channel?"

"Ah, Ace is three years older than me, and went to sea three years earlier than me." Luffy sat on the railing of the boat, patted his feet on each other, smiled brightly, and said very easily and without recklessness, "He also Want OnePiece."

Sanji leaned leisurely on the railing, with a cigarette butt in his mouth, as if he didn't know what to say, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that both of you brothers ate devil fruits..."

"Well, I was shocked too!" Lu Fei smiled innocently, his eyes were full of the joy of meeting old friends.

I looked at Luffy and smiled lightly, his eyes bright.Yes, just to be happy to meet again, why bother to think about that?

After all, a person is still the same person. No matter how much his appearance, personality, and handling of things have changed, his soul has not changed.

Usopp keenly grasped what Luffy meant, and was taken aback: "You didn't know he ate a devil fruit?"

Luffy nodded, looking nostalgic: "Ace, who didn't eat the fruit before, would beat me in every fight. Anyway, Ace is very powerful."

I nodded approvingly, with a gentle expression on my face.Of course, being able to single out Jibel, one of the Shichibukai two years ago and draw a tie, and then join the Whitebeard Pirates, the strength of Fire Fist Ace is not covered.

Lu Fei's eyes became extremely upright, and then he returned to his usual carefree look: "Now I can definitely beat him!"

Zoro and I twitched the corners of our mouths when we heard his brazen words, and muttered in a low voice at the same time: "Listen to your nonsense..."

But the sound of the breaking waves getting closer to the Golden Merry, isn't it... a figure jumped up behind Luffy, with a cowboy hat in one hand and a backpack in the other, with a slight smile in his deep voice: "You said ...Who can win?"

Ace landed steadily on the railing with a smile on his lips.Luffy fell to the ground, reacted and jumped up with one hand on the ground, grinning wide, looking at his brother, grinning cleanly: "Ace!"

Ace glanced dotingly at his younger brother, with a helpless look on his face, and raised his hand indifferently to say hello: "Hi!"

Then he turned to us, lowered his head solemnly, and said in a calm tone, "My little brother has been taken care of by you, and Rain has also been taken care of by you, please take care of us."

"Where is it?" Everyone bowed their heads in embarrassment, "We are..."

"Lu Fei has always been a troublesome genius." Ace continued the truth without looking up, speaking extremely politely and sincerely, "Thank you for your tolerance."

"No, no." Everyone was shocked to the point of panic by the politeness of this extremely polite pirate named Luffy's brother, and they didn't dare to take it seriously, "You are too polite..."

"As for Rain." Ace didn't look at me, with a smile still on the corner of his mouth, "Thank you so much for taking her with you."

"No trouble." Nami continued to bow and said, then looked up at me, then at Ace, the gossip in my eyes flickered that I absolutely did not admit my mistake, and her tone was persuasive, "So it's not just with Luffy, Do you know Rain too?"

I'm a bit dumbfounded, Nami, are you going to talk to this guy because you can't find anything from me?

Sanji is the most sensitive one, with an unlit cigarette butt in his hand, he raised his eyebrows and looked at me: "You said that you entered the Great Channel before, could it be that time..."

"Yes." I nodded, smiled amiably, and surprised everyone, "Ace used to be my captain."

The author has something to say:

People change.The boundaries between good and evil will be blurred, and values ​​and outlook on life may even be completely different from before.But the essence will not change.