Chapter 145 Are You Looking for This Blackbeard or that Blackbeard?

"Luffy!"

Rapeseed flowers on the streets of the port city.

The crimson falling from the sky suddenly landed next to Luffy, shocking the passers-by, and then they followed Luffy's footsteps and started running together.

"Yeah, it's red!"

Luffy shouted in surprise: "Why are you here too!"

"Of course I don't trust you~!" Chi Hong glanced at him hard: "We will have important things to do soon!"

"Ah, I'm so sorry!"

Luffy showed a rare apologetic look, but then looked forward firmly, and explained to Chihong:

"But there's nothing I can do..."

"Because I just saw Ace's figure!!!"

"There are so many people here that we can't run away at all!"

The next second, with the red electromagnetic floating move, the two of them instantly flew into the sky, shocking ordinary passers-by again.

boom! ! !

The next second, the bodies of the two brothers suddenly collided with each other, making a dull sound.

"Long time no see, Ace!"

A look of surprise flashed across Luffy's face as he was hung in the air by Red Red. Then he took a deep breath and shouted to the front:

"That's right~"

"...Luffy~!!!!!"

But Luffy, who was hugging Ace, immediately jumped off of him and laughed excitedly:

"It's really you!"

And he still clearly remembered that Ace, who had just appeared, had a big B in front of the Straw Hats!

"I didn't expect that you would suddenly fall from the sky."

"Is this the direction?!" Chihong nodded, and then a bright electric light suddenly flashed under his feet.

Luffy stepped aside and saw Red, who had already fallen to the ground but did not come forward to disturb the reunion of the two brothers, stepping forward.

"That's right!" Luffy's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, "Then I'll leave it to you, Red!"

"Yes, Luffy!" Ashton responded excitedly: "After I heard that you went to sea, I originally wanted to inquire about your whereabouts on the nearby islands..."

"I'm actually starting to look forward to it." Chihong murmured to herself.

"Speaking of which..." Ace was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "How did you fall from the sky!"

Hearing Chi Hong's way of greeting, Ace was stunned for a moment, but after looking up and down, a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face:

"Ace!? Your sworn brother?"

"Um?!"

When the crowd who heard the shouting saw this scene, they immediately dispersed in panic.

The first appearance of Luffy's sworn brother Ace seems to be in this city.

"I'd rather fly you there!"

Under Luffy's domineering grasp, he immediately stretched out his finger and said to the street in front:

"Ace is right there!"

Chihong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered the plot of Pirates.

The two figures flashed and flew towards the street in the distance.

correct!

After knowing the reason for Luffy's sudden disembarkation, he didn't say anything more and instead directly grabbed his hand on Luffy's collar.

I wonder what Ace would think this time if he knew that Blackbeard, whom he had been chasing so hard for so long, was defeated by the Straw Hats not long ago and his life and death were unknown.

"It's indeed Ace! It can't be wrong!"

"Hello!!!!!"

"Ah, speaking of that!" Luffy grinned widely, "Of course it's because of my partner!"

"Who are you……"

Ace, who was looking for a restaurant on the roadside, suddenly stopped: "Is it my imagination? Why do I feel like I heard Luffy's voice!?"

"Are you Red from Windmill Town!? Wait! You went to sea with Luffy!?"

He turned around in confusion, and then he saw a red figure descending from the sky with claws and teeth, and then smashed straight towards his location.

Ace was the only one left standing there with a look of surprise on his face, and shouted:

"Ace——!!!!!"

In less than ten seconds, a figure wearing an orange sunhat and bare upper body appeared in the sight of Luffy and Red.

"It's been so long, Ace!!!"

"I can already feel it! Only he has such a strong aura!"

Thinking of this, the corners of his red mouth turned up slightly, and a playful smile suddenly appeared.

Red smiled slightly.

Although when he traveled through time, Ace had already gone to sea to become a pirate.

But after all, Chi Hong’s original body was a native of Windmill Town, and a peer of Luffy and Ace...

Even though I can't get along with Ace and the others, their friendship is still at the stage where they look familiar and can call each other by name.

…

…

Ten minutes later, in a restaurant near the street.

Luffy and Ace each had a bowl of fried rice stacked as high as a hill in front of them.

As if they were racing, the two picked up the spoons in their hands and ate quickly.

Just tens of seconds later, all the rice, which was half a person's height, fell into their stomachs.

After drinking another large glass of juice, the two brothers seemed to come to life. They fell on the recliner and patted their bellies in unison:

"Yeah~ I'm full! I'm full!"

After doing all this, Ace finally had time to turn around and said to Red, who was drinking the Desert Country's specialty drink with a straw:

"I didn't expect so many things to happen after I left!"

"Haha, when we learned that you joined the Whitebeard Pirates, everyone was also shocked for a long time!" Red responded to him in the same tone.

Then he changed the subject: "Speaking of which, as the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, why did you suddenly appear in the first half of the Grand Line?"

"You didn't really come here to visit Luffy because you heard about Luffy's departure?"

"Hahaha, although I really want to meet Luffy in my heart, but..."

At this point, Ace's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he lowered his head as if he remembered something, and said in a deep voice:

"I came to the first half of the Grand Line this time to do some official business!"

"Official business!?"

Luffy, who was sitting on the other side, blinked blankly, revealing a puzzled look.

But Ace suddenly raised his thumb and pointed at his back.

Behind his naked body, there was a skull with a crescent-shaped white beard.

This is a logo that is enough to make most people who know it immediately show a horrified expression.

Because behind this skull, it represents the strongest man in the world - Edward Newgate, the Whitebeard! ! !

Ace smiled proudly again and explained to Luffy:

"This is the logo of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

"It's my pride!"

"By the way..." Ace looked at Luffy and Akane again and smiled:

"Do you two want to join the Whitebeard Pirates?!"

"I don't want to!"

As soon as Ace finished speaking, Luffy immediately and decisively refused.

And Ace was not angry because of Luffy's refusal, but laughed:

"Ahahaha... I think so, I'm just asking casually."

"But..."

Ace's eyes suddenly became serious:

"Whitebeard is the best pirate I have ever met, I want that man to become the Pirate King!"

"Not you, Luffy."

"I can't pretend I didn't hear that, Ace."

At this moment, Akane suddenly put down the glass in his hand, and said with a confident and affirmative smile on his face:

"The one who will become the Pirate King will definitely be Luffy!!!"

"Hehe, that's right!" Luffy grinned: "Anyway, when the time comes, we just need to fight!!!"

"Really?" Ace looked at his silly brother, then looked at Red behind him, and couldn't help shaking his head:

"You two are really confident!"

"But be careful~ This sea is not as naive as you think!"

"Hahaha~ We already knew this!" Luffy continued to answer with a laugh.

Hawkeye in the East China Sea, the giant in the small garden, Blackbeard not long ago...

He now has a very deep understanding of the power of this sea!!!

"By the way, Ace, can you tell me about the business you mentioned before?"

Feeling that Sanji and others were about to go back, Red changed the content of the communication again and asked knowingly.

Luffy on the side also immediately cast a curious look.

"It doesn't matter if I tell you." Ace said seriously: "I'm chasing a man, and that guy's name is Blackbeard!!!"

"Blackbeard!?" Luffy was stunned, "What a familiar name!"

"Familiar?"

"He has indeed done a lot of things in the first half of the Grand Line recently."

Ace looked at Luffy in surprise, but explained:

"That guy was originally a member of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, and that is, my subordinate!"

"But he committed a felony that is absolutely unforgivable!

"He killed his partner and then escaped from the ship!"

"As the captain, I have the responsibility to find him and make him pay for his sins!"

"The purpose of my coming to this country is also because I saw the intelligence saying..."

"In the Yuba area of ​​the Kingdom of Alabasta, someone saw Blackbeard appearing!"

"Oh, right!"

Luffy suddenly slammed his palm:

"Didn't we just defeat a guy named Blackbeard a few days ago? ! "

"That guy is really ridiculously strong, and he has a very powerful fruit ability, which is that his smile makes people feel extremely annoying."

"I didn't expect that there is also a guy called Blackbeard in this country?"

"That's really a coincidence!"

Luffy said with a smile, while picking up the drink that the store just sent over.

But just as he was about to put the drink into his mouth, Ace suddenly widened his eyes and rushed over:

"You...what did you say! ? "