People are pirates, and a sheep comes to open the gate of heaven

Chapter 151 Flags
"So hungry~I'm starving to death!"

As soon as the genius dawned, a sound like a ghost crying or a wolf howling sounded from the jungle.

Apart from Ace, who had just regained consciousness, there would naturally be no other person shouting that he was hungry at this time.

"Tsk~"

Noticing Robin and Yamato sleeping next to him, he frowned subconsciously. Ornn, who had not planned to pay attention to Ace at first, jumped down from the window sill of the moving castle, raised his hand and threw out a blazing magma ball:
"Shut up, it's so noisy!"

Ace finally recovered from his overdraft, but unexpectedly felt a strong sense of crisis.

Following this instinct of survival, he subconsciously used elements to create a big hole in his body. Immediately afterwards, he felt something that made his body of fire feel extremely hot and flew past the big hole he had made. .

That feeling was so hot that his originally confused head suddenly woke up.

However, waking up seemed to be of no use, because after throwing out the magma ball, Aoun raised his leg and hit a knee strike covered with armed domineering force.

Bang!
The knee hit Ace firmly in the face, causing two nosebleeds to flow immediately.

"Hey~ you bastard, I just woke up!" Ace covered his bleeding nose, tears of pain almost falling.

"This is not the reason why you can wake me up." Aoun glared at him, what stood out was that he was unreasonable.

"Sorry, sorry! Our captain has caused you trouble."

Deus, the vice-captain of the Spade Pirates, was also awakened by his captain's movements at this time. He was obviously very afraid of the powerful Ornn, so he came up and apologized to Ornn.

goo~
As he spoke, a strange sound came from Deuce's abdomen. Along with this sound, Ace's stomach also began to growl.

"I mean, Deus, haven't you had dinner too?"

Ace glanced at Deus, who was getting more and more embarrassed because of his stomach growling, and asked the question in his mind regardless of the occasion.

It's a good thing he didn't say this. As soon as he said this, the word "well" appeared on Deus' forehead:

"You have the nerve to say that if you hadn't insisted on showing off your skills to everyone, captain, and ended up burning all the seven days of rations on the ship in one go, we wouldn't have had to land here in advance to look for rations before we arrived at the Chambord Islands. !
As a result, after logging in, you ran to save the cat because you heard its meowing before entering the town, and then... In short, where do we have time to find food! "

After being reminded by Deus, Ace also recalled the whole story of the previous incident.

By chance, they got a permanent pointer to the Shampoo Islands. They wanted to quickly go to the Shampoo Islands and become the first supernova pirates to arrive in Shampoo this year.

But because of his "whim", he had to stop at Monteros Island. As a result, he heard the cry of "cat" just after landing on the island, so he excitedly ran over with his men to prepare for hunting, but later found out that it was poaching. The gang was poaching the precious white lynx and was determined to save the "cat". Later, they attracted everyone from the Orn Pirates. During the whole process, Deus and the others were not given time to buy food at all.

"Sorry, sorry, I will pay attention next time."

When facing his crew, he had no airs at all. After being yelled at by Deus, he hurriedly smiled and touched the back of his head, and apologized profusely.

Aoun looked at the scene in front of him and shook his head helplessly:
"Being a pirate and reaching your level is really an exaggeration..."

Having said this, Aoun stretched out his hand and pressed on the moving castle, instantly enlarging the moving castle to its original normal level.

Reaching out to push open the castle door, Aoun looked back at the two poor creatures and said:
"Seeing how miserable you are, come in and have something to eat."

The food he had stored in the mobile castle was enough to feed him and the crew for more than half a year, but he didn't worry about it being eaten by Ace, a big eater.

At this moment, Aoun stood in the bright halo of lights. In the sight of Ace and Deus, the halo unique to the saint seemed to appear behind him in a trance.

"Thank you!"

The two of them bowed to Orn with a synchronization rate of 100%, and then without Orn's greeting, they turned their heads quite familiarly and woke up a group of members of the Spade Pirates who were sleeping in hunger. People just like the reincarnation of starving ghosts squeezed into the castle following Orn's guidance.

"Wow~"

As soon as they entered the hall, everyone couldn't help but be shocked by the luxurious decoration style inside the castle. They all exclaimed. The white lynx was so embarrassed that he didn't even know where to put his feet, so he could only keep moving. Wandering around the door.

Affected by past experiences, Robin and Peyton have always slept very lightly.

Hearing the sound at this time, the two of them subconsciously walked out of the room on the second floor and looked here with some curiosity.

"You're welcome, just sit down wherever you want."

Under this situation, Robin acted very naturally as a hostess and politely and gently greeted everyone in the Spade Pirates to sit down at the long table in the restaurant.

"No, don't bother!"

Seeing that Robin was preparing dinner for them, Deus, who was obviously from a noble family, was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. He stretched out his hand to stop Robin's movements and said in embarrassment:
"Just giving us some dry food like biscuits and water is enough."

"Is that so?" Robin saw the embarrassment of Deus and others, so he did not insist and only turned to look at Ornn.

Aoun smiled at her, and then with a thought, the door of the warehouse opened automatically, and a large bag of biscuits and dried meat was "pushed" to the restaurant by the constantly churning floor - because he had 100% control over the Moving Castle. , to achieve this level of things is just a child's play for Orn.

"We don't often prepare this kind of dry food on the ship. You can take these and eat them first. If you don't have enough, we will talk about it later."

This is indeed true, because before he met the old master of the Flower Country, he and Yamato Leia ate dry food for a time, which left a psychological shadow. The Orn Pirates seldom prepared such strange shelf life. It's been a long time.

After recruiting five masters from the Kingdom of Flowers, they have never eaten a bite of this kind of dry and hard food. They only reserve a very small batch every time they land on the island for emergencies. .

Diesel thought that the bag might contain biscuits that were dark, hard, and probably stained with a lot of mold, but after opening the bag, he found that the biscuits inside were still very fresh, and the stacks were wrapped in oil paper. , exuding a sweet smell.

Even the surface of the dried meat is not moldy, and it must not be stored for more than a month.

Staring at the large bag of jerky and biscuits, everyone in the Spade Pirates couldn't help but look at each other - these foods were countless times better than the meals they usually ate on the ship.

With trembling hands, he picked up a cookie and brought it to his mouth. Although the texture when he took a bite was not as crispy as a freshly baked cookie, the taste could still be described as sweet.

Tears flowed down the corners of his eyes unconsciously. For the first time, Deus felt how stupid it was for him to encourage Ace to give up becoming a Shichibukai and continue their sailing adventure.Deus couldn't help but think in his unpromising mind that if one day the captain encountered difficulties that he couldn't overcome at sea, it would be a good idea to persuade the captain to join the subordinates of any big force... at least he would be able to eat. When you're full, you can even enjoy top-notch delicacies from various chefs.

Although this thought only existed in his mind for half a second before he threw it away, the gears of fate were already turning slowly at a certain moment - this day was July 1517 in the Haiyuan calendar. On the 7th, there are less than five months until all members of the Spade Pirates start a new life!

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After about half an hour, all the biscuits and dried meat were eaten cleanly, without even a trace of crumbs left.

"thanks for treatment!"

After swallowing the last cookie in his mouth, Deus stood up and bowed solemnly to Ornn and Robin.

"You don't have to be so polite." Aoun waved his hand casually.

But Deus was unexpectedly polite. Not only did he salute, he also wanted to drag Ace to salute with him.

However, Ace did not follow Deus in saluting. Instead, he said to Deus in a confused manner:
"You are waiting for me here."

Then he strode out of the moving castle, leaving the crew members of the Spade Pirates alone looking at each other.

"Hey, your captain is not going to run away, is he?" Rhea, who woke up at some point, asked subconsciously.

Perhaps it was because there was a lot of movement in the kitchen, but everyone in the Orn Pirates was already awake at this time.

"You are not allowed to say that about our captain!"

Deus, who had always been gentle and polite, suddenly lost his temper and yelled:
"Our captain is not that kind of person!"

The determination in his tone was eye-catching, and what was even more unbelievable was that it was not just Deus who was like this, but everyone in the entire Spade Pirates had the same determined expression.

Aoun silently looked at the people of the Spade Pirates and said to himself that although their strength was ordinary, they had unexpected trust in Ace as the captain. No wonder they would join Whitebeard along with Ace in the future without any complaints. Pirates.

Just as he was thinking about it, Ace ran back panting, holding something black tightly in his hand.

He was breathing heavily, but his eyes were staring straight at Ornn.

Step by step, step by step... Finally, he came to Aoun.

Just when everyone was wondering what he was going to do, Ace bent down extremely abruptly, and then handed the thing he was holding in front of Orn with both hands - it was the pirate flag of the Spade Pirates. .

"captain!"

After seeing clearly the pirate flag held in Ace's hand, everyone in the Spade Pirates remembered everything that happened that afternoon, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Shut up! Do you want me to be the laughing stock of others?"

Ace turned and roared at his crew:
"As a man, you must keep your word. Since I have made an agreement, I should naturally fulfill it!"

Having said this, Ace looked at the pirate flag painted with spades in his hand. Even though his whole body was shaking and his teeth were gritted, he still held back tears and said:

"Keep your eyes wide open and watch today's scene..."

Having said this, Ace looked up at Aoun, his expression as persistent as ever:

"I am convinced that I lost today, but I will not give up. One day, one day, I will win this flag back. This is also a promise as a man!"

Listening to Ace's words, looking at the pirate flag in Ace's hand that they had been with day and night, tears and snot had covered everyone's faces at some point, but they pressed their lips tightly to prevent themselves from speaking out. No sound at all.

Aoun, Yamato, Robin, Rhea, Urki... everyone looked at the scene in front of them in confusion. At the corner of the second floor, Payton also silently put down the mechanical arm in his hand.

To suspect that such a person would harm his own captain would not only be an insult to the other party, but also an insult to himself.

Aoun came back to his senses, looked at the flag handed over by Ace, and finally stretched out his hands to take the flag solemnly - this fluttering flag was as heavy as a stone at this moment!
"Robin, come to the study with me."

Robin glanced at his captain and followed him into the study without saying a word.

About 10 minutes later, the two of them walked out of the study again, with a brand new pirate flag in their hands - the pattern was still mainly the spades, but the original one on the head of the spades had a cry and a smile. The two emblem skulls were replaced with a fist dripping with lava.

At a glance, it looks like the fist filled with magma is about to punch through the spade...

"Take it, your new flag... In addition, I will keep your previous pirate flag well. I am waiting for the day when you come to me to win back your pirate flag."

Ace glanced at the pattern on the pirate flag and didn't say much. He only said two words in a hoarse voice:
"must!"

After saying this, he held up the pirate flag, led the members of the Spade Pirates, and left the moving castle.

Although the most important pirate flag has been lost, Aoun can clearly feel that a force called "cohesion" has become more and more prominent in this young team.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up at the direction Ace was leaving, wondering whether this was Ace's unique personality charm, or another manifestation of his "king's qualifications"?

To be born as a "king", in addition to not bowing to anything in this world, every move and gesture will make the enemy tremble. It is also an extremely important quality to make one's own peace of mind.

Do you...have such an innate qualification?
At a certain moment, Aoun had such a question in his mind.

But soon, this doubt was overturned by him.

It's not whether he has such qualifications, but that he must have such qualifications... After all, he has a far more ambitious goal than becoming the Pirate King.

Aoun's fist was unconsciously clenched, and he silently told himself in his heart:

That day... won't be too far away!

(End of this chapter)