One Piece: Divine Bird Phoenix

"Ace, can you do it?" Luffy said scornfully as he squatted on the deck.

"Don't be too proud, Luffy."

Ace felt uncomfortable all over when he thought of Luffy's contemptuous gaze.

The younger brother must be reluctant to give up, so he can only use someone else to vent his anger.

Maxim, who was suddenly running at high speed, suddenly felt that his restless blood began to calm down, and a chill from the depths of his soul froze him.

"Flame·Cross Gun"

The orange flame, which is hotter than the red flame, overflows from Ace's body and floats in mid-air. The shape of the orange flame continues to change, and finally condenses into a dozen spears with cross-shaped heads.

He stretched out his hand and waved it, and the flame spear flew into the sky above Maxim, surrounding him in a hemispherical shape.

Ace tightened his grip and swarmed down with sharp spears.

Feeling the arrival of death, Maxim's body expanded again, and the high-temperature flame gun tip came into contact with the thick flesh, emitting bursts of barbecue smell.

"Break it for me!"

As Ace roared, the flame spear broke through the defense, and the cross spear head pierced out from the abdomen, ending the battle.

"Luffy! Who are you saying can't do it? Look at this guy. Can you do it instead?"

As soon as the battle was over, Ace immediately threw his arms around Luffy's neck, trying to regain his brother's authority.

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Mount Colpo.

Sabo, who had recovered his memory, took Drago to the bandit's house.

Looking up at the old house, Sabo smiled.

Knocking lightly on the wooden door, Sabo shouted: "Bandit Dadan!"

Soon a familiar voice came from the dilapidated house, "Who is it! I can tell you that the Dadan Bandit Group has been disbanded long ago, and now I am the Ambassador of the Windmill Kingdom to Mount Kolbo!"

With a slight smile on his face, Sabo said to Drago: "Back then, Mr. Garp forced Dadan to raise Luffy and Ace by sending them to prison.

"Of course there is sister!"

It's just that when he said this sentence, his voice was a little low.

"Saab, Ann may not be dead," Dorag said casually, not knowing how to comfort others.

"Squeak!"

The door opened, and Dadan, who was a little out of shape and holding a wine bottle, walked out.

"Dadan, long time no see!" Sabo, who took off his hat to reveal his golden hair, took care of him.

"Crack!"

The wine bottle in her hand fell to the ground, and the wine in the smashed bottle wet the uppers of her shoes.

Dadan still kept holding the bottle, unable to believe his eyes.

"Saab, is that you?"

"I'm back! Aunt Dadan..."

Holding the boy tightly with both hands, Dadan sobbed: "Welcome home."

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"I swim, I swim, I swim for my life!"

In the windless zone of the Grand Line, Rayleigh, with gray hair and a strong body, was shirtless and "dog-pawing" in the sea.

The overlord-colored aura was released from the body, and the surrounding sea kings fled. The waves brought up by the arms formed a white line that spread rapidly forward on the sea surface.

"Finally found it!"

This month, relying on his strong sense of knowledge and the help of the fish-man, Rayleigh finally discovered An's traces.

"Give me a moment, borrow it for a moment."

Using his muscles, Lei Li forcefully opened the whale's mouth and dived in.

"???, there is such a good thing, food is delivered to the mouth," the whale and sea king were confused.

Inside the body, all the way through the Neptune's internal organs, Rayleigh found An's figure in the beach area.

After observing the physical condition of the white-haired girl in front of him, Rayleigh was surprised to find that although the girl's body was full of vitality, there was no fluctuation in consciousness.

"Vegetative state?"

"This is going to be difficult. Forget it, let's take her to Nine Snakes first," Rayleigh made a quick decision while stroking the short beard on his chin.

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Castletown.

The three Aces brought the heads of the Maxim Pirates to the 153rd Marine Branch.

"Wait a moment, I'll inform the base commander, Colonel Mengka," the navy soldier who redeemed the reward ran towards the back.

Ace and others had no objection to this, but stayed where they were and looked at the branch base.

Soon, Mengka, who was nearly 3 meters tall and wearing a cloak of justice, walked out with a smile on his face.

At this time, Mengka still hadn't had his jaw broken by Crowe, nor had he been hypnotized by Zangao into the nightmare of Branch 153. Instead, he was a passionate and righteous marine.

"It was you who defeated the Maxim Pirates," Mengka stared at the three young people in front of him in disbelief.

"Hey! Big man, what's your attitude?"

Luffy pouted and was very dissatisfied when he heard someone doubting his own strength.

Realizing his gaffe, the tall Mengka explained awkwardly, "I'm very sorry. I didn't doubt your strength, I was just surprised."

"That's right! If that's the case, I'll forgive you."

Emotions come and go quickly, this is Luffy's characteristic.

"Alright, Luffy," Ace directly stated the purpose of his trip, fearing that his brother would do something wrong.

"Sir Colonel, we are here to collect the bounty this time."

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you receive the bounty, but before that, could you please ask a few of you to discuss it with me?"

Noticing the enthusiasm in Mengka's eyes, the three of them knew that they couldn't escape this time, so they had no choice but to agree for the sake of the bounty.

"Lieutenant Colonel Lipa, go and prepare the bounty. Everyone, please follow me."

As the navy around Mengka left, the three Aces also followed Mengka to the naval academy.

On the school field, Mengka held a giant ax and stared at the three people opposite him with a fighting spirit on his face.

Holding down Luffy who wanted to attack, Ace asked Kuina, who was the strongest, to attack.

As for why Luffy was not allowed to play, there was no other reason, but Ace felt that Luffy would definitely make things worse.

"Are you ready, little girl? I'm going to fight!" Monka was eager to try with his weapon.

"Let's start!"

Just as Monka took a step and prepared to launch an attack, a blue sword energy with a width of 5 meters flew past Monka's ear and split several mountains behind the training ground.

"This attack was just an ordinary one for Kuina. As she grew older over the years, she found that her physical fitness and domineering power had improved too quickly."

"Faced with this situation, Kuina also consulted her father, but Koshiro could not give a good explanation and could only blame Kuina's talent."

"But in her heart, Kuina secretly guessed that her change might be related to An."

"Sword, swordsman!!"

On the training ground, Monka stood there motionless with a giant axe with a section cut off at the top, muttering.

...

After lunch at the 153rd branch, Monka's invitation to join the navy was rejected again, and the three left the navy branch with 345 million berries.

...

The Calm Belt.

Holding An's soft body, Rayleigh stared at the sea kings surrounding him.

Under the bright sun, the sea kings that surrounded him for more than a dozen circles looked at Rayleigh with unfriendly eyes. If they had not been concerned about the unconscious An, they would have rushed up long ago.

The sea surface rolled, waves rose, and a giant lion head appeared, looking down at the sea surface from above.

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