Chapter 90 Fire Fist Ace Is Arrested, Big News For Summit War! Arrived At The Capital Of Seven Waters

[Recruited crew member Foxy, devil fruit user. Obtained 200 adventure coins]

After losing the pirate game, Foxy joined the Straw Hat Crew.

At the same time, Luffy also received a reward of 200 adventure coins.

After everyone regained some strength, Foxy solemnly bid farewell to the pirate crew he once led.

His subordinates were very reluctant to see him leave, so they held a farewell party on the island that evening.

They invited the Straw Hat Crew to participate, as well as the two pirate crews who were hostile during the day. They all happily drank together at night.

Luffy did not participate, but he did not stop his crew members.

It's not that he dislikes this kind of gathering, but he simply doesn't like a noisy atmosphere either.

And when he appears, the atmosphere of the party will be off.

It's similar to a modern-day company gathering. Everyone is enjoying their meal and drinks, chatting and having fun until the leader arrives, and a sudden hush falls over the crowd.

Knowing this, he didn't join in the fun.

Alone, Luffy came to the shore and stood in front of the Merry Go, once again taking out Ace's life card.

Before, only one corner was burning, but now it has spread, almost half of the paper has been burned, and there is no sign of it calming down for the time being.

"Are you still fighting?"

Luffy fell into contemplation.

In such situation, why is Ace not escaping?

Or, maybe he couldn't escape.

Putting aside Ace's issue, Luffy was more concerned about Blackbeard's movements.

Why did Blackbeard and his group leave Mock Town at that time? What did they want to do?

He inherited Rock's will and wanted to dominate the world.

In the original story, capturing Ace and handing him over to the Marines to start the Summit War was part of his plan.

He knew that Ace was Roger's son and that Whitebeard would not give up on Ace.

The Marines would definitely publicly execute Ace, and Whitebeard would definitely come to rescue him.

And the target was Whitebeard's Shock Fruit.

"I also need to be prepared in case Whitebeard dies, so we can't let Blackbeard have the Shock Fruit. Before the war comes, we must obtain a blank fruit."

While pondering, Zoro walked over with a bottle of wine.

"Luffy."

"What's up?"

"There's no one on this island, don't you find it strange?"

It's clearly a very suitable island for human habitation.

There are no people, but there are many strange animals.

Long-bodied dogs, horizontally developed wolves, slender birds, even the apples on the apple trees are long like cucumbers.

"How come there are no people on this island."

"too strange"

Zoro was surprised.

Luffy lightly laughed and explained it to him briefly.

Long Ring Island is very unique, surrounded by ten small islands in a circle, forming a circular shape.

"For most of the year, the waters here are in a state of high tide, flooding most of the area, and only the ten small islands remain above water."

"But there are also a time each year when the tide recedes, and only during this time does Long Ring Island truly reveal its original appearance."

"And the people who live here are nomads, migrating to the next small island during the low tide."

Pausing for a moment, Luffy jokingly said, "Your Observation Haki range is too small, it can't cover the whole area, that's why you think there's no one here. In reality, in the north of us, on the opposite small island, there are many people living there."

Zoro suddenly realized and admiringly said, "I see."

Not only that.

The next island after Long Ring Island is the City of Seven Waters.

The City of Seven Waters experiences a massive tidal wave every year, known to the locals as the Water Gods' "Aqua Laguna."

And the time when Long Ring Island's tide recedes is almost the same time as when the Aqua Laguna occurs in the City of Seven Waters.

"How can I train my Observation Haki to have such a wide range like you?" Zoro frowned.

"This will require hard work! Some people are born powerful; but not everyone is lucky, they have to earned it through diligence and sweat!"

Of course excluding the systematic people. 

Luffy spoke earnestly, "Instead of Observation Haki, you should first master Armament Haki."

"Is there a good method?"

"Don't use your Sword, try using your fists to break the Candle Wall of Mr. 3."

Mr. 3's Candle Wall has a hardness comparable to iron.

Zoro's eyes lit up, grinning, "I got it, thanks, Captain."

Saying that, he turned around to find Mr. 3.

The banquet continued until the next morning.

A group of drunkards lay scattered on the ground.

Luffy opened the Adventure Shop and made some purchases, getting a box of six-style Devil Fruits, which was on sale.

It only cost 500 adventure coins to buy one box.

Immediately, he called Chopper and had him extract the essence according to previous procedure, making it into Strengthening Water.

After that, it was training time.

They didn't use Thunderclouds for training like the previous day, but instead found suitable opponents to spar with.

Afterward.

On the third day, the fourth day.

When the fifth day arrived, everyone's training finally paid off.

[Shipmate Zoro has mastered Paper Arts, Shave, Iron Body, rewarded with 600 adventure coins]

[Shipmate Sanji has mastered Moonwalk, rewarded with 200 adventure coins]

[Shipmate Bartolomeo has mastered Iron Body, rewarded with 200 adventure coins]

In addition, Usopp learned "Paper Arts," Yosaku learned "Shave," Johnny learned "Iron Body," Nojiko learned "Shave," and both Robin and Chopper mastered "Finger Pistol."

Of course, the ex baroque work Five Men also each mastered one of the six styles.

Unfortunately, the Three Women were too weak and temporarily no one has mastered any moves.

In total, they consumed seven six-style Devil Fruits and ultimately gained 3200 adventure coins.

[Adventure Coins]: 6825

"Profit! Originally, with only 7 fruits, one could only master 7 moves. But now, not only are there so many people who learned, but I also made coins. If I continue with this method, soon everyone will be able to master the Six Styles, and I won't even have to spend money, instead I'll make more money"

Luffy thought happily.

This shouldn't be considered a loophole in the system, but rather the result of everyone's hard work. He only provided a little insignificant help.

"Nami, is the magnetic pointer fully charged?"

"It was fully charged last night. Do you want to end the training?"

"Training can be done anytime. It's about time we head to the next island."

The captain's orders were quickly passed down, and the Straw Hat Crew finished their training one by one and boarded the ship.

The three pirate ships set sail towards the next island.

The newly joined Foxy was temporarily assigned to the second team.

On the deck of the Sunny.

Luffy took out Ace's Life Card again.

At this moment, the Life Card was only the size of a fingernail.

"After six days and five nights of fighting, it seems like Ace lost"

Grand Line, a certain autumn island.

There is a small town here where bounty hunters gather, and many information merchants sell information about pirates here.

But on this day, the entire town was almost empty, everyone had run away.

Many people set sail, but they didn't go far. Instead, they looked back at the terrifying scene on the island.

A huge fireball almost engulfed half of the island, as if a scorching sun had appeared out of thin air.

And the terrifying power that extinguished the scorching sun turned almost half of the island into a permanent winter island, completely changing the local climate.

Blizzards raged, and the bone-chilling cold could even reach the sea.

"The sun has gone out! Is it finally ending?"

"What exactly is going on? The battle has been going on for so long, has a winner been decided?"

"Marine Admiral Aokiji and Whitebeard's second division captain, Fire Fist Ace!"

After days of continuous battle, the final conclusion finally arrived.

The ending was not unexpected.

At this moment, in the center of the battlefield.

Ace fell to the ground with a thud, no longer having any strength to move a finger.

"Ah... he's tough, worthy of being one of the Four Emperors' commanders. If I gave him another ten years, I might not be able to defeat him," Aokiji exhaled a cold breath, looking equally tired. He walked step by step towards Ace, taking out a Den Den Mushi.

"Hello, it's me."

"Aokiji?"

"Well, how should I put it, I've got the person."

"Well done."

"I want to request a..."

Before he could finish saying the word "vacation," the other side spoke first.

"Bring him back and return to headquarters as soon as possible. After that, Kizaru and Akainu will also be summoned back to headquarters. Aokiji... prepare for war!"

Click.

The call was cut off.

Aokiji scratched his head and sighed in resignation. "Going to war with Whitebeard? Admirals really have a tough life!"

Three days later.

The Straw Hat Pirates' fleet entered the waters of the Sabaody Archipelago.

And a piece of news spread throughout the world ahead of time.

On the deck of the Sunny Go.

Vivi looked up at the news bird flying overhead and caught the newspaper it dropped.

"Huh? They're not charging for it!" Nami exclaimed in surprise.

"Every time there's major news, the World Economic News doesn't charge..."

Vivi had a bad feeling and opened the newspaper to read it together with Nami.

At first glance, both of them turned pale.

The headline on the front page was enough to shock the world.

The photo showed a man being arrested by the Marines.

"Execution Notice for 'Fire Fist' Ace"

The shorter the news, the more weight it carried.

"Fire Fist Ace..." Robin happened to pass by and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't he Luffy's adopted brother?"

"Luffy!!" Vivi shouted towards the sky.

On the Ark Maxim, on the deck.

Luffy watched as Zoro used Mr. 3 as a punching bag to practice, his fists hitting the wax wall repeatedly until they bled.

Zoro had been training day and night for Armament Haki these past few days.

Upon hearing Vivi's shout, Luffy immediately jumped down.

"What's wrong?"

"Take a look at this."

Vivi handed him the newspaper, and Luffy's expression froze slightly. He probably guessed what it was about.

Taking the newspaper, he saw that indeed, Ace had been arrested.

"Hmm?"

Slightly surprised, Luffy noticed that the news mentioned Aokiji capturing Ace, not Blackbeard.

Aokiji?

The Marines wouldn't go so far as to fabricate news just to boost their reputation, and even if they did, they wouldn't bring up Aokiji.

So, was it really Aokiji who captured Ace?

Then where is Blackbeard? What was Blackbeard doing?

Luffy couldn't help but frown.

Nami hurriedly said, "The news says that Ace will be publicly executed in a month. What should we do, Luffy? He's your brother, right?"

Several girls looked at Luffy with concern.

Luffy, on the other hand, remained calm and unsurprised. He returned the newspaper to Vivi and smiled, saying,

"It will probably take the Marines a month to mobilize their forces. They will also test the reaction of Whitebeard's pirate crew. Anyway, let's first go to the capital of the Seven Seas!!

New World, Cake Island."

"Mamamama... Did they catch the kid on Whitebeard's ship? How interesting!"

A large and obese woman sat on the queen's throne, grinning as she watched the news. The drool that fell from her mouth seemed to sizzle on the ground like sulfuric acid.

In front of her, a tall man with a scarf covering his mouth spoke in a deep voice,

"Whitebeard won't stay silent, Mama. Marine Headquarters is probably going to clash with Whitebeard!"

His name was Charlotte Katakuri, a member of the Four Emperor's Big Mom Pirates, the pinnacle of the Charlotte family, and one of the Sweet Commanders!

"Mama, should we do something?"

"Hmph, Whitebeard is already old. We can't be sure what kind of reaction he'll have."

New World, Wano Country.

Kaido squinted his eyes and a pleased smile appeared on his face.

"Jin, go and investigate from the sky. Keep an eye on that old man Whitebeard!"

"Kaido Sama, should we take this opportunity to take over Whitebeard's territory?"

"Worororo... Aokiji occasionally does something good! Go, Jin!"

"Yes!"

On the deck of the Moby Dick.

One of the Four Emperors, Whitebeard Edward Newgate gathered with his pirate crew.

At this moment, the atmosphere within the Whitebeard Pirates was extremely solemn.

"Damn it, that bastard Aokiji!"

"Ace has been captured. It's really reckless. The Sea of Paradise is within the jurisdiction of Marine Headquarters. Going there will definitely attract attention."

"I should have stopped Ace at that time!" Marco's face was filled with regret.

"Gu ra ra ra ra..." Whitebeard gulped down a barrel of wine and slammed it hard on the ground.

"That guy Sengoku wants to start a war? He thinks I'll back down? I am Whitebeard. Get ready to set sail, my boys!"

Dressrosa.

Doflamingo, one of the Shichibukai, received a Naval Headquarters Vice Admiral in the royal palace.

Dalmatia said in a deep voice, "That's the situation. Shichibukai Doflamingo has called for a roundtable meeting of the Shichibukai. Come with me to the headquarters."

Doflamingo sat on the throne, crossed his legs, and grinned as he looked at the news.

"Furfurfurfur... The sea is about to go wild. Whitebeard won't stay silent. War is imminent"

"That's why we need the power of you Shichibukai!"

"Furfurfurfu... Then let's go. The construction on the island has been going smooth lately. I'm already bored to death."

He stood up and said, "By the way, that brat, Straw Hat Luffy, will he come?"

"What's the matter? Are you interested in him?"

"I'm a little interested in someone who can take down that bastard Crocodile."

"I don't know if he'll come, but a Vice Admiral has already invited him. According to the route, they should meet in the capital of Water 7."

....

Water 7.

When the Straw Hat crew's fleet arrived at the port, it caused a sensation.

The pirate ship flying in the sky attracted countless citizens to come and watch.

"These people here aren't afraid of pirates at all?" Usopp said, confused.

"Who knows, let's just get off the ship for now."

Zoro dropped the anchor and was the first to jump off.