Chapter 678 Ace goes to sea
Haiyuan calendar year 1517
Ace finally reached the age of 17 as agreed with Sabo and Luffy. Before reaching this age, he went to Windmill Village to find Makino to learn how to talk to people in a friendly manner. His purpose was to find Shanks and say thank you to him in a friendly manner.
Because Shanks saved Luffy's life, and he was the man who led Luffy on the road of pirates. Today is the day that Ace goes out to sea, Luffy and many villagers of Windmill Village came to see him off, and Dadan and his gang also hid in the dark and silently saw Ace off.
"Ace! Are we finally going out to sea? Luffy is next, almost! Almost there!"
On top of a large windmill unknown to everyone who was seeing him off, Vic was standing there quietly, watching the dock of the windmill village. Even the birds resting on the windmill blades were unable to sense Vic's presence and were busy combing their feathers.
Ace was loading supplies onto the boat, and looked towards the windmill building as if he had sensed something, but there was nothing there except two birds playing around.
He withdrew his gaze and continued to carry the supplies. Luffy also helped. Ace is now much stronger than when he first went to sea in the original work.
In the original work, Luffy, who possessed the Devil Fruit, was always unable to defeat Ace, who relied on pure physical skills. Here, Ace and Luffy have become stronger. Ace has even awakened his Observation Haki. Victor told him about the three colors of Haki and the Devil Fruit in advance, and he also performed some training in the illusion.
Ace's trip to the sea went smoothly. He did not encounter the King of the Sea outside the Windmill Village. It was not known whether the giant loach sensed Vic's presence and hid itself, or it happened to be away hunting today. In any case, it did not come out to harass Ace.
Ace's boat disappeared on the horizon. Luffy felt no reluctance but was full of fighting spirit. In three years, he would be 17 years old and would be able to go out to sea for adventure.
Luffy left Windmill Village directly and went into the mountains. He wanted to hone the moves he had come up with using the power of his fruit. However, after returning to the mountains, he saw a familiar figure, which made his face change drastically.
If he were to ask who he feared the most in the world, it would definitely be his grandfather. Then who was the second person he feared the most? It would definitely be Vic.
At the beginning, Luffy liked Vic very much and brought him a lot of delicious food every time he came. However, he changed after being taken to the mountains by his grandfather. Although he still had delicious food, he had to go through all kinds of terrible hardships.
Even a man with such a big heart was on the verge of collapse, but what he didn't know was that over the past few years, his will had become extremely firm. Even when facing real life and death, he would not frown but face it calmly. His strength had also greatly improved, but he still couldn't beat Ace who had no fruit ability.
"Luffy! I'm here to treat you to food again!"
Victor turned around and looked at Luffy with sweat on his forehead with a smile. Every time before he came to train the two of them, he would treat them to a big meal. It was not only to replenish a large amount of energy for the subsequent training in the illusion, but also a reward for their hard work in training.
Few people can eat the food made by Vic himself now. The ingredients are basically from sea kings, which is of great help to the training and growth of the two. This is also the reason why the two did not run away even though they knew Vic’s special training was terrible. It is worth dying to eat the delicious food made by Vic!
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Vic has started his annual special training again, while Ace has become a real pirate. With his strength, he has almost no rivals in the East China Sea.
But he had no way to deal with nature. A small boat could not carry his pirate dream. Although he was not trapped on a deserted island with Deuce this time, he still got the Flame-Flame Fruit. Maybe this was his fate. The will of the Flame-Flame Fruit chose Ace!
Ever since Vic killed the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, this fruit has disappeared and no one has found this devil fruit, but as Ace went out to sea, it drifted into Ace's hands again.
This time, Ace did not eat the devil fruit because he was hungry. It was as if there was a voice in his heart telling him that this devil fruit came all the way to find him.
Ace, who ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, almost burned down his own pirate ship, and a lot of hair of his companions was burned off. But at this time, Ace already had all the elements to become a top warrior, and the next step was to accumulate time.
With Ace's strength, he was already invincible in the East China Sea. Now that he had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit, he was even more invincible. He was quickly listed as an account by the Navy Branch in the East China Sea and a bounty was offered.
It's just that the naval strength of the East China Sea is limited, and no one is domineering. They have no way to deal with Ace's ability, whether it is the navy or the pirates here. Ace, who has been wandering around the East China Sea, felt very bored. There is no one here who can fight. He has already planned to go to the Grand Line to challenge that legendary sea area!
"Ace! Did you know? I was the one who killed the last Flame-Flame Fruit user. Don't think you're invincible just because you have a natural Devil Fruit! He also thought he was invincible, but he still died in my hands in the end."
Before Ace went to the Grand Line, Vic found him, who was invincible in the East China Sea. Because the photo on the bounty warrant was taken when Ace was performing a fire move, Vic wanted to find Ace and talk to him about the development of the fruit ability.
But when he found Ace, he discovered that this guy had become arrogant because he had no rivals in the East China Sea. Such a character would lead to great losses, so Victor decided to teach Ace a lesson and crush his arrogance before suggesting him to develop the ability of the fruit.
"Mr. Victor! I admit that you have been helping Luffy and I to become stronger over the years, and we are all very grateful to you. But I don't accept your belittling of the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit. Since I obtained the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit, I have never lost. I am different from others. If you don't believe me, Mr. Victor, you can fight me and see!"
Although Vic introduced the three colors of Haki and the Devil Fruit to Ace, he did not tell Ace the relationship between the fruit ability and Haki.
So Ace didn't know that Armament Haki could restrain Natural-type abilities, and coupled with the fact that Wick had trained him and Luffy to death, he was more or less resentful.
Before he obtained such invincible power, he could not resist Vic. But now it is different. He has not met a decent opponent since he ate the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Although he had never actually fought with Victor, he felt that Victor's strength could not be beyond his imagination, so he still wanted to avenge himself and Luffy. This was because he had too little experience and knowledge, so he could only see the surface of the problem.
"Okay! Let's find an island to land on."