Chapter 584 Mr. Nice
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"Damn it! Why are you helping Straw Hat Boy!?"
Smoker asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Haha, I can't help it. As a brother who has a brother who causes trouble, I can only pay more attention to him!"
Ace flicked the brim of his cowboy hat with his index finger in a cool way.
"Brother? In other words..."
Smoker frowned when he heard this.
Last time it was the leader of the Revolutionary Army, and this time it’s the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates!
Damn it! Why is it that every time we capture the Straw Hat Boy, there are always some unexpected people who show up to mess things up?
"Get out of my way! Portgas D Ace!"
Smoker said angrily.
"No way!"
"Boom!"
Fire and smoke collide again.
"Hey! Luffy, there's this troublesome navy here, it's not convenient to talk, I'll stop him, you run first, I'll come find you later."
Ace turned and said to Luffy who was standing beside him.
"Ah? Okay Ace! But I finally found a restaurant and I haven't eaten yet!"
Luffy looked reluctant.
"Hey, hey, hey, Luffy, is this the time to think about eating? You're just as annoying as always!!"
Ace said with a smile.
"Hey! That kid with the straw hat over there!"
Gur yelled.
"My name is Luffy, and I'm the man who's going to be the Pirate King! Not some brat with a straw hat!"
Luffy shouted with a serious expression.
"Oh, then little one, do you still want to eat?"
Gel conjured up a pile of barbecue like magic, put it on the table and called on everyone.
"Come over here if you want to eat, and don't block us from watching the navy fight the pirates!!"
"Wow! Meat! Yogada! Thank you!"
Upon hearing that, Luffy shot forward from the spot.
"I'm gonna start now!!"
He plopped down in a chair next to Ger and began to eat voraciously.
"Ah! Delicious! It's so delicious, so great! Such delicious meat!"
Luffy stuffed food into his mouth as hard as he could, and his rubber cheeks were able to hold it just like a hamster.
"Hey, are you a barbecue master? This barbecue is so delicious!"
Luffy asked loudly, slurring his words.
"Haha, if it tastes good, just eat more and don't make any noise."
Ger said with a smile.
"Squeak!"
In the field
The fire slowly died down, the air became distorted by the heat wave, and the ceiling of the restaurant was already blackened by the smoke.
"Waaaaaah! Why do I have such a miserable life?"
The restaurant owner hid behind the bar and cried.
"How about we just forget it, Marine? You are smoke, and I am fire. If we compete with each other in terms of fruit abilities, it will be hard to tell who will win in a short time!"
Ace walked out from a ball of fire and advised with a smile.
Although Smoker was very unhappy that he could not defeat the opponent, he had to agree with what the other party said. He clenched his fists and said.
"I've already told you that I'm not interested in you, just get out of here!"
"That won't do!"
"I will never let you do anything to my cute brother!"
"Then stop talking nonsense! Just get on with it!"
"Whoosh!"
Smoker didn't even use his abilities, he just stepped forward and punched Ace in the head!
Ace was not to be outdone, he jumped high and then kicked in the air with a whip kick!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The two began their physical duel again.
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The two sides fought back and forth for dozens of rounds in the blink of an eye, but it was still difficult to determine the winner.
"Hey! Luffy?!"
Ace turned around and saw Luffy still trying hard to eat, and couldn't help but complain helplessly.
"You guy! Have you finished eating? Hurry up!"
"Ah! Sorry Ace, I'll be right there! Give me a second!"
Luffy, who was concentrating on eating, then remembered that Ace was still fighting with the navy nearby. He quickly opened his big rubber mouth and packed all the food on the table into his mouth like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.
"Arigato! Thank you for the treat! You are such a nice person!"
Luffy held his cheeks and took the time out of his busy schedule to give Gul a nice guy card.
"Haha, you're welcome. It's 100 million Baileys in total! Thank you."
Ger held out his hand and smiled.
"Nani? One million Baileys!?"
Luffy shouted with an exaggerated expression, almost dropping the food in his mouth.
"What you just ate was the best barbecue in the world! It's usually sold by the gram, and other people may not be able to get it even if they have the money to eat it. You ate so much at once, so charging you one million Baileys is already very cheap."
Gel said with a smile.
"Ah, but I don't have any money!"
Luffy rummaged through his pockets and said as a matter of course.
As soon as he got off the boat, he rushed towards the restaurant following the smell without having time to apply for funding.
"Hey kid, you dare to come out to eat without money? Have you decided to just eat a free meal today? I'm telling you, don't look at me as a nice guy. If you dare not pay, I will make it very difficult for you!"
Gol reached out and grabbed Luffy's face and said seriously.
"Ah this..."
Sweat began to form on Luffy's forehead.
"How about you come back with me and I'll let Nami give you the money?"
"No, no, no, you guys are pirates. If I go back with you, I'm afraid I won't get my money and I won't be able to get my people back either!"
"I'm the man who wants to be the Pirate King, not a bad pirate!"
Gel frowned and asked.
"Hey kid, why do you have to be the Pirate King?"
"Because I like freedom and adventure, and the Pirate King is the freest man on the sea!"
Luffy immediately became more energetic after changing the topic from meal money to this one.
"Bullshit, who told you that the Pirate King is the freest person? If I remember correctly, the Pirate King Roger was publicly executed by the Navy, right? How can this be called the freest person? You don't even seem to understand what the Pirate King is, right, Straw Hat Boy."
"no…"
Before Luffy could figure out how to refute, he was interrupted by Gol.
"Forget it. You can complain all you want. It's your own business what kind of person you want to be. Just don't do anything bad and end up in my hands."
"Also, I want to ask you a question."
Looking at Ger's eyes, Luffy also became serious for a rare time.
"If you want to wear the crown, you must first bear its weight."
"The road to becoming the Pirate King is destined to be lonely. I mean, if you want to become the Pirate King, you are destined to lose some people around you, such as your partners or relatives. Then, will you regret it?"
Luffy thought about it and said firmly with a smile.
"No! I will do my best to protect them!"
Gel fell silent. For a moment, he didn't know whether to say that the young man was ignorant and fearless, or that he had lost his youthful ambition too early.
However, seeing Ayusa standing beside him, Geer immediately understood that having big breasts is enough, and it doesn't matter whether one has big ambitions or not.
I am the freest person in this ocean!
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