Section 40

"We are obviously about the same age as them, why is there such a big difference?"

On the road.

"Where are we going to play today?"

Luffy asked looking at Ace.

Ace held the back of his head with both hands: "Hmm... I'm not sure that the terminal is burned down. I'd rather go play in the mountains."

"Are you going to catch the one-horned fairy?"

Luffy's eyes were shining with anticipation.

Sabo listened to their conversation with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, he saw a boy with black hair and a girl with short blue hair walking towards him directly in front of him.

After seeing the faces of those two people.

Sabo's eyes widened slightly.

He is...

"Ron?"

Ron, who was returning from shopping with Kuina, raised his head and saw Sabo looking at him with surprise, and Ace and Luffy beside him.

"It's you."

Ron was a little surprised, he didn't expect to meet the three of them here.

"Saab, who is this guy? Is he someone you know?"

Luffy asked Sabo curiously, pointing at Ron.

"He is the benefactor I mentioned. He helped me escape from the city, so I could find you at that time."

Sabo looked at Ron with excitement and said.

Upon hearing this, Ace's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Ron.

He took a step forward, bowed his head to Ron with a serious expression and said:

"My name is Ace, and I am their sworn brother. Thank you for helping Sabo. Although you may not know what happened, your help to him saved three of our lives. I will express my gratitude to you." Remember."

"Luffy, come and say thank you too."

He held down Luffy's head.

"Thank you."

Little Luffy said obediently to Ron.

"You are welcome."

Ron accepted their gratitude, then he looked at Sabo and said:

"Have you decided not to go back to that home?"

When Sabo heard this, his smiling expression suddenly froze.

He lowered his head:

"I, I haven't thought about it yet."

Ron didn't say much.

Watching him and the girl with short blue hair carrying the word Wado on her back enter Maginot's Tavern.

Ace couldn't help but ask Sabo: "Sabo, are you sure the benefactor you mentioned who defeated several noble guards in an instant was really him?"

"It can't be wrong."

Sabo nodded.

"But he obviously looks about the same age as me, how could he defeat several adult noble guards in an instant?"

Ace still couldn't believe it.

Little Luffy said to him while picking his nose:

"I think he is much taller than you."

"Shut up Luffy."

Sabo turned to look at the tavern and said, "Ron may indeed be about the same age as us, but he is definitely much stronger than us. I'm sure of this."

"It's really that powerful..."

Ace held his chin, thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up.

"Then how about we ask him to teach us how to become stronger."

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Inside Maginot's Tavern.

"Would you like me to teach you how to become stronger?"

Ron, who was sitting at the table, was a little surprised when he looked at the three brothers in front of him who bowed their heads to him.

The three of them nodded in unison.

"Ron, you are very strong, right? We heard that you knocked away that guy with a single punch, and we want to be like you."

Ace said.

Sabo and Luffy looked at him with wide eyes and expectant faces.

Ron took a sip of juice and said calmly: "I can't directly help you become stronger."

The three brothers looked disappointed.

"But for Maginot's sake, I can let you exercise with me."

The three brothers instantly became excited again.

"Can you become stronger by exercising with Ron?"

Sabo said excitedly.

"At least I can be stronger than you are now. But my training is very hard. Are you sure you want to join me?"

The three brothers looked at each other and grinned.

"Sure!"

After experiencing that fire, the three of them realized their weakness and really wanted to become stronger.

"Okay, let's meet at the foot of Mount Gorbo at five o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Five o'clock?"

Luffy was shocked.

Ace and Sabo looked at each other, nodded firmly to Ron and said:

"Understood!"

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32. Days of practicing together (1/5)

Early the next morning.

It was around five o'clock and it was still dark.

Ace and Sabo left the bandit's house with Luffy, who was dozing, and arrived at the foot of the mountain they had agreed with Ron.

When they arrived.

Ron and Kuina had just finished a competition, and they were surrounded by large trees that had been chopped off.

"Then let's get started."

Ron, who was carrying Rachel on his back, looked at the three of them and said.

"The first exercise is to run from the bottom of the mountain to the top, back and forth three times."

"Three, three times?!"

Sabo and Ace opened their mouths.

"This is the most basic physical training. If you can't achieve it, you won't be able to get stronger."

After Ron said that, he and Kuina ran towards the top of the mountain.

Ace and Sabo looked at each other.

"What's wrong?"

"We can only run!"

They nodded.