Chapter 359 Ace
Blackbeard has been dormant in the Whitebeard Pirates for more than 20 years. He does not strive for fame and fortune. He seems to have no desires, but his heart is full of evil and cunning. Blackbeard has read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia since he was a child. He is waiting for the appearance of the Dark Fruit, and for this he does not hesitate to commit the heinous crime of killing his companions.
As the captain of the second team, Ace ignored Whitebeard's advice and insisted on going to hunt down Blackbeard. Ace's recklessness laid the groundwork for the Battle of Marineford.
Ace goes alone to hunt down Blackbeard. He must kill Blackbeard with his own hands to avenge his best friend and to maintain Whitebeard's reputation and dignity.
Ace's strength is not weak. He quickly established the Spade Pirates after he went to sea. With the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he quickly rose in the Grand Line and became a super rookie. Ace once visited Red-Haired Shanks, and when Red-Haired Shanks saw Ace, he immediately drew his sword.
Ace was able to become Whitebeard's second captain, and his strength was recognized by Whitebeard and everyone else. Ace's strength is not weak, why did he lose to Blackbeard?
Blackbeard has been hiding his strength. He was able to scratch Red-haired Shanks. Even Red-haired Shanks was afraid of Blackbeard. Ace lacked understanding of Blackbeard and overestimated his own strength.
1. Blackbeard hides too deeply and does not easily reveal his strength. He can scratch Red-haired Shanks without any fruit ability.
Blackbeard was originally a helpless orphan who suffered from the poison of war. Whitebeard saw that he was an orphan and took him in. Whitebeard was also an orphan in his childhood, so he never turned away orphans.
Blackbeard has always been law-abiding in the Whitebeard Pirates and has never revealed his true strength. His strength should be very strong. Blackbeard is ambitious. He has seen the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and wants to get the Dark Fruit. He chose the Whitebeard Pirates in order to increase the probability of obtaining the Devil Fruit.
There is no wall that is impenetrable. Blackbeard's strength was discovered by Red-Hair Shanks. Even without the ability of the devil fruit, Blackbeard was able to scratch Red-Hair Shanks.
Even though Red-Haired Shanks' strength has not reached the level of the Four Emperors, Red-Haired Shanks also said that the scar still hurts slightly and he is not careless. Red-Haired Shanks' words are enough to prove that Blackbeard is powerful and he cannot be careless at all.
2. Ace lacked understanding of Blackbeard, underestimated Blackbeard, and overestimated his own abilities
Ace is young and full of energy, always showing off his talents. He is very confident in his abilities and does not know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is at a young age. Ace wants to defeat Whitebeard and become the Pirate King. He fought with Jinbe for five days and five nights, and even dared to challenge Whitebeard, but was killed instantly by Whitebeard.
After Ace joined the Whitebeard Pirates, he showed his talent and defeated several pirate groups. Ace also became the second captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. Although Blackbeard was a veteran crew member, he willingly gave up the position of second captain and let Ace become the captain.
Ace lacks understanding of Blackbeard. Blackbeard hides himself too deeply and never easily reveals his strength in front of anyone, so Ace mistakenly thinks that Blackbeard is very weak.
Ace was too young and impulsive, and did not consider the consequences. He was very confident in his abilities, which was the most fatal point. He underestimated Blackbeard's strength and overestimated his own abilities.
Blackbeard hides his strength. He never exposes his strength easily. He can scratch Red-haired Shanks without the power of the fruit, which is enough to prove that Blackbeard is very strong. Ace lacks a basic understanding of Blackbeard and he overestimates his own strength.
Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit ability is completely restrained by the Dark Fruit. Ace lacks the training of physical skills and domineering.
After Blackbeard obtained the Dark Fruit, his strength increased greatly. The Dark Fruit's ability restrained the Flame-Flame Fruit's ability.
There are three main types of devil fruits: natural-type devil fruits, animal-type devil fruits, and superhuman-type devil fruits.
Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit and Blackbeard's Darkness Fruit both belong to the natural system, but the Darkness Fruit is a special existence. It cannot be elementalized and can restrain all devil fruit abilities.
Blackbeard said that the Dark Fruit was the strongest power that could devour everything. Blackbeard wanted to show Ace the powerful ability of the Dark Fruit from the beginning, hoping that Ace could join his team.
In the early days, Oda Sensei attached great importance to the principle of mutual promotion and mutual restraint of Devil Fruit abilities. Luffy was able to defeat Crocodile and Thunder God Enelu by relying on the mutual promotion and mutual restraint of Devil Fruit abilities.
Blackbeard's Dark Fruit is a special existence. The ability of Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit is completely restrained. In the face of the ability of the Dark Fruit, the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit is ineffective. Ace's main combat power relies on the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit. After he lost his ability, he was seriously injured by Blackbeard and was finally defeated.
2. Ace is highly dependent on the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit and lacks the training of physical skills and domineering
Devil Fruits can give people powerful abilities. When people get Devil Fruits, they have superhuman powers.
Devil Fruit abilities are very powerful, especially the natural Devil Fruit abilities, which can transform into elements.
Devil fruit users all have a common problem, they are all highly dependent on the power of the devil fruit. Kizaru is a natural-type glitter fruit user, and Zephyr once told Kizaru not to rely too much on the power of the devil fruit. Once a devil fruit user loses his power, he will become very weak and vulnerable.
After Ace's ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit was restrained, his physical skills and Haki were not outstanding.
Ace was very good at physical skills when he was young, but after he got the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he lacked the training of physical skills and Haki. Ace should be able to use Haki, but there was no setting for Haki in the early days, and Ace also suffered from his early debut.
Ace's abilities, physical skills, and Haki were all inferior to Blackbeard's, so he was captured alive.
The ability of Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit was perfectly restrained by the Darkness Fruit. Ace, who lost his ability, became weaker, and his physical skills and domineering were inferior to Blackbeard. Ace had been fighting with Blackbeard with his ability, but was finally captured alive by Blackbeard.
Ace has no way out. Blackbeard has set his sights on Luffy. If Ace escapes, Whitebeard's reputation will be damaged.
Ace has no way out, Blackbeard is targeting Luffy
Blackbeard killed Captain Thatch, who has been on the run. Blackbeard probably didn't know that Ace was hunting him down. Blackbeard is still a silent pirate. After getting the Dark Fruit, he wants to seize Whitebeard's position.
Blackbeard wanted to become famous, so he sent Lafitte to the Navy Headquarters to recommend Blackbeard to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Blackbeard had to kill a big pirate to get the recognition of the Navy.
Luffy defeated Crocodile in the Alabasta chapter, and the bounty was 100 million berries. Blackbeard had already made a plan to hunt Luffy down. Ace listened to Blackbeard's plan, and he had no way out. If Ace ran away, Luffy would be the one to die.
2. Ace's character is destined not to run away. He was killed by the plot. He wanted to protect Whitebeard's reputation.
As the blood of Pirate King Roger, Ace has hated Roger since he was a child. Ace's personality is not similar to Roger. Ace is very stubborn and never runs away in the face of danger. He will fight to the death.
Blackbeard killed his companions and broke the iron discipline of the Whitebeard Pirates. Blackbeard committed a crime against humanity. Ace must make a break with Blackbeard, it's either you or me.