Who made him the Pirate King?

Cold, shaking.

The moment he regained consciousness, Rayleigh realized that the layer of clay covering his body suddenly disappeared.

Before he opened his eyes, a conversation came into his ears.

"Is this Pluto Rayleigh?"

"This is Pluto Rayleigh!"

"He looks like an ordinary old man!"

"Because he is an old man!"

"Why is there so much blood on his body? And his arms are a little crooked."

"Of course I beat him! Both of his arms are broken! Why are you looking at me like that? At least he is still alive!"

"After all, he is just an old man, right? Why did you hit him so hard..."

"I said you have a weird personality! If you want to help him, then go over! Here! Bandages for you."

"Thank you... I'm not weird!"

"You said this in a super weird way!"

Rayleigh recognized the identity of one of them - the white dragon who had just fought with him.

But the other strange voice was younger and seemed very rude...

Rayleigh opened his eyes and immediately saw two young men standing in front of him.

The one on the left was Bai Long.

The one on the right was tall, muscular, and had black hair. He looked familiar for some reason.

Ace saw Rayleigh wake up, he pursed his lips, but finally came forward with the bandage.

Tear-tear--

With the sound of bandages being wrapped, Rayleigh's arms and other parts of his body were all wrapped in bandages by Ace.

"Thank you, young man."

Rayleigh accepted Ace's kindness, but he looked at the face so close and asked uncertainly.

"Have we met somewhere? East China Sea? Or somewhere else?"

"I haven't seen you!"

Ace responded coldly.

He wrapped Rayleigh with the "Supreme Bandage" and then retreated directly.

It was as if he just wanted to bandage an old man he met for the first time.

"Really?"

Rayleigh felt much better after being bandaged, and nodded to Ace.

"Maybe I'm getting old and confused... Sorry."

Ace said nothing, and didn't even look at Rayleigh.

Storm on the side couldn't help shaking his head when he saw this.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

In the quiet space, Storm's "tsk tsk" sounded so loud and harsh.

Ace turned his head instantly, stared at Storm, and questioned.

"What are you doing!?"

"This is Rayleigh! Pluto Rayleigh! The right arm of the Pirate King!"

Storm waved his hand very exaggeratedly.

"Don't you have anything else to say to him?"

Ace glanced at Rayleigh over there and answered stiffly.

"No!"

"Okay."

Storm waved his hand and directly released a large ball of clay, wrapping Rayleigh up again.

"Hey! White Dragon! Who is this young man--"

Rayleigh had some questions to ask, but Storm acted too quickly, and he was immediately submerged in the clay, even his voice was blocked inside.

Until Rayleigh's voice was completely blocked.

Storm spoke up.

"We've seen the person, and the bandages have been applied, so let's go!"

After saying this, Storm turned and left, and the surrounding clay instantly left him a wide passage.

Ace glanced at Rayleigh, gritted his teeth, but still chose to follow Storm.

"Do you really want to hand Rayleigh over to the World Government?"

"Yeah! One Pluto sold for six Devil Fruits."

"How cheap! That..."

"If you have something to say, don't be shy like a little girl."

"You are like a little girl! That... If the World Government catches Rayleigh, what will he do to him?"

"Public execution! Just like the Pirate King back then. As for whether it will be broadcast live to the world... I don't know."

"Live broadcast? What does that mean?"

"It means that the entire process of the execution of Pluto Rayleigh will be broadcast to the world using Den Den Mushi, so that the world will be aware of the World Government's attitude towards pirates!"

Storm said casually.

"But I feel that the possibility of this operation is not high...

"Because Roger's words 'One Piece' directly set off the Great Pirate Era.

"If Rayleigh is executed live now, and Rayleigh says 'One Piece really exists'... wouldn't the people in the World Government go crazy?"

The Great Pirate Era originated from Gol D. Roger.

Countless people choose to go out to sea as pirates in order to find the treasure of the Pirate King.

But since Roger's execution, the Great Pirate Era has been opened for nearly twenty years.

But no one has found the treasure of the Pirate King.

If at this time, the World Government executes Pluto Rayleigh live again.

Rayleigh will once again set off the second wave of the Great Pirate Era at the cost of his life...

The pirates will definitely go crazy!

The World Government and the Navy Headquarters will definitely go crazy too!

Ace didn't quite understand what Storm said, but he realized a problem.

If Pluto Rayleigh is really caught by the World Government, he will definitely die!

Thinking of this, Ace suddenly stopped.

"Huh?"

Storm noticed something strange about the other person, turned his head and glanced at the other person.

"What's wrong?"

"you……"

Ace gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.

"Can you let Rayleigh go?"

"Um?"

Storm became interested and looked at Ace curiously.

"Why did you suddenly say that? Didn't you just say that you were 'indifferent' to the outcome of the members of the Roger Pirates?"

"because……"

Ace opened his mouth, but didn't know how to explain. In the end, he just said vaguely.

"Because I didn't know Pluto Rayleigh before!"

"You mean, you just met Hades Rayleigh."

Storm followed Ace's words and continued talking.

"So now you feel that the other person's life and death are meaningful to you, and you want to save his life, right?"

"No! Whether Pluto Rayleigh is dead or alive has nothing to do with me!"

Ace said very stubbornly.

"But he is an old man now, right? The World Government is not a good person either! We cannot let the World Government execute pirates!"

"What a mess!"

Storm looked at Ace speechlessly.

"Can't you honestly say, 'Because Hades Rayleigh is your father's good brother, so you don't want him to die'?"

Since Storm planned to bring Ace to see Rayleigh.

He was already prepared in his heart for Ace to plead for Rayleigh.

But what he didn't expect was that this guy's character was so awkward...

Ace's true thoughts were exposed by Storm, and his face instantly turned red, but he spoke forcefully.

"I don't know Pluto Rayleigh! Why should I care about his life or death!"

"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean."

Storm shook his head and joked.

"You put bandages on Rayleigh, heal his wounds, and intercede for him, but you don't care about his life or death.

"How could I meet such an awkward person like you? And he's actually a man!"

Ace blushed, veins popping out on his forehead, and argued.

"Begging for mercy doesn't mean you care...begging for mercy...how can the matter of pirates be so complicated?"

What followed was a burst of incomprehensible words, such as "Rayleigh is an old man", "The members of the Roger Pirates have nothing to do with me", "Roger's brother is not my uncle" and so on.

This caused Storm to burst into laughter.

The blue-eyed white dragon is filled with joyful air both inside and outside.

After a while.

Storm wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. Why hadn't he noticed before that Ace's talent for comedy was not inferior to that of his younger brother?

Is this the charm of the "D family"?

"In short, it is impossible to release people. Even pirates must pay attention to 'faithfulness'!"

Storm said seriously.

"Not to mention that I still have four Devil Fruits that I have not yet obtained. I have already obtained two Devil Fruits from the World Government, and I will definitely hand over Rayleigh to them!

"When you come out to hang out, you must be trustworthy! You must do what you say!"

Upon hearing Storm's refusal, Ace's entire mood suddenly became depressed.

"Hey, hey, who are you showing this ugly face to?"

Storm couldn't help but raise his right hand and slapped Ace's back hard, making a muffled sound.

"Have you forgotten what we do?"

"Cough cough cough!!"

Ace was slapped red by Storm, and he coughed several times before he managed to recover.

"Aren't we pirates?"

"yes!"

Storm nodded generously.

“Since you are a pirate, if you want something, just go and grab it!

"If you want to save Rayleigh, why don't you just wait until the World Government picks him up and then snatch Rayleigh back!"

Is there such an operation?

Ace's eyes widened and he looked at Storm in disbelief.

"Didn't you just say that pirates should be loyal?"

"yes!"

Storm said seriously.

“I said that Rayleigh should be handed over to the World Government, but I didn’t say that I wouldn’t take Rayleigh back again.

"If you hadn't interceded with Rayleigh before, this 'Pluto' would have died.

"But since you plead for Rayleigh, I can't break the hearts of my subordinates because of an old man from the past, right?"

certainly.

Except for this reason.

Storm had another reason she didn't mention.

That is——

It’s not like Pluto Rayleigh can only “sell” once!

Sell ​​first, then rob, then sell, then rob...

Green, healthy and sustainable fishing is all about fishing!

If the world government doesn't mind.

Storm doesn't care if he does the pirate's business a few more times.

Anyway, he doesn't have any psychological burden for trying to steal the wool of the World Government and Pluto Rayleigh.

"you……"

Ace somehow felt that he was coming into contact with the sinister world of real pirates.

"If we do that, what will the world government do?"

"World Government? Have you lost your mind?"

Storm looked at Ace strangely.

"Are you actually worried that the World Government will suffer losses because of this?"

Snap!

Ace immediately covered his face.

Storm didn't look at Ace anymore. He manipulated the surrounding clay and took out a famous knife from the clay.

"I remember that your 'Supreme Water Pipe' seemed to be worn out, right?"

Storm casually threw the famous sword into Ace's arms.

"Try this knife! A 'black knife', if nothing else, it's definitely durable."

"Black knife?"

Ace weighed the heavy famous knife in his hand and drew it out of its sheath in an instant.

"It's a bit heavy! But it's very easy to use! Does this knife have a name?"

"The Black Knife [Autumn Water], one of the twenty-one great swords!"

Storm reported the real name of the black knife.

"By the way, I said I'd introduce you to a new guy, but I actually missed one guy here...

"Weibull! Get up and eat!"