Chapter 681 Post-War Guidance
As the ashes moved, if there were other strong people watching the fight from the side of the two people, they would be able to see a huge fist made up of tiny ashes and air hitting Ace.
Just like the constellations in the sky, he was not aware of the invisible fist until it hit Ace. Then his partner saw Ace spit out blood and was knocked away.
Ace's eyes rolled back and he lost consciousness while in the air. His elemental transformation, which had always been effective before, was of no use at all. They didn't know what Vic had done, but they knew that it wasn't even a move!
Ace was seriously injured and fell into a coma. In the end, it was Wick who rescued him. Ace's Spade Pirates had only been established for a short time and had not yet found a reliable ship doctor.
When Ace woke up, he was already unharmed. He looked at Vic in front of him with a complicated expression. He thought the elemental being was invincible, but he couldn't even take a single blow from him.
And this uncle who had been forcing him and Luffy to practice was so powerful and terrifying, with unfathomable strength. He always thought he was invincible in the East China Sea, but the man in front of him woke him up with one move!
"Do you know why you can't take my attack?"
After Vic healed Ace, his companions stayed away from the two of them, knowing that this Shichibukai had something to say to their captain. Although they didn't know what the relationship between the two was, they knew that if this Shichibukai really wanted to kill Ace, it wouldn't be too easy. Since he had failed to kill him before and even treated his injuries, he would definitely not attack again, so they were relieved.
"Because natural ability users are not invincible, the Armament Haki can capture the fluid that natural ability users transform into after elementalization.
The stage of the East China Sea is still too small. It is true that you have no rivals in the East China Sea. Even if you go to the Grand Line, you can still be arrogant for a while.
But if you continue in this state, you will be beaten the hardest when you go to the new world. If I can wake you up now, my trip here will not be in vain!"
Ace didn't say anything, and Vic didn't expect him to say anything. His visit to Ace this time could be concluded, and Ace should be able to avoid many detours from now on!
Even if Ace continues on his old path and joins Whitebeard's pirate group, his character should change. Then Wick can make one more move and defeat the invincible Whitebeard in front of him.
"Why didn't you mention this when you were telling me about domineering?"
Ace did learn a lesson, but he was a little angry when he knew that Armament Haki could restrain natural ability users. He believed that if he had known this earlier, he would never have been defeated so badly. So he still had some resentment towards Vic. Not only was he injured, but he was also humiliated. The more invincible and glorious he was before, the more ashamed he was now.
"Are you blaming me? Do you know? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even know what Haki is. At least you couldn't even touch it in the first half of the Grand Line, let alone you awakening your Observation Haki now!
Another thing is, how could I know that you would become a natural ability user? And once you awaken your Armament Haki, even if you encounter a natural enemy, you will quickly discover the special effects of Armament Haki.
So I didn’t remind you that men should be more generous, not blame others, and not push all the unhappiness and mistakes onto others. You should learn to think about problems from other people’s perspectives, so that you can see things clearly and understand them! ”
Vic really didn't expect that Ace would encounter the Flame-Flame Fruit again. After all, his strength is different, and the things he experiences will also change a lot. He didn't expect that this would allow him to eat the Flame-Flame Fruit!
As expected, the devil fruit has will, but this is not surprising to Victor. When a person's strength reaches a certain level, he can change many things as long as he is willing.
"Mr. Vick! I'm sorry! I know I was wrong!"
Makino's teaching of Ace worked. In the past, because of the relationship between Vic and Garp, Ace was somewhat resistant to Vic, or even a little rebellious.
But now he has grown up and is able to think independently. What Victor said quickly woke him up. And when he thought about it carefully, Victor had never harmed him and had never objected to his wanting to be a pirate. The purpose of training him and Luffy was to enable them to survive better outside. It can be said that he had good intentions.
During this period of sailing and adventure in the East China Sea, he realized how confident Vic's previous training had given him. Not to mention the help of the Flame-Flame Fruit, his Observation Haki alone made him invincible. This was definitely a great blessing to him.
"It's worth my trip to realize the problem. The old man asked me to take care of you when I was a navy. If you want to become a pirate, I can't take care of you openly.
So I thought about it, whether you want to be a navy or a pirate, as long as you are strong enough, you don't need me to take care of you. This is just like the principle of giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish.
So I will go to Windmill Village when I have time to help you become stronger. Before I came to see you this time, I went to Windmill Village to see Luffy, and then I came to see you because I was afraid that you would change psychologically after going out to sea and lose your original intention and become arrogant.
This is very detrimental to your improvement and future, so I am doing this to make you understand that there are always people who are better than you. There are many people in the new world who are stronger than you, and you still have a lot of room for improvement!"
Vic felt that Ace's resistance to him had completely disappeared, so he told him his purpose. It is the most difficult to instill one's own ideas into others, and it is even more difficult if the person has resistance to you, so improving the relationship is the first step.
"Mr. Victor! Luffy and I will definitely repay your kindness in the future!"
Ace looked at Vic with a determined face and said that he was now completely in awe of Vic and would probably continue to be in awe of him before he met Whitebeard, because no one else could give him such a powerless feeling!
And Vic not only defeated him, he also understood some of the things Vic did. This was the effect achieved under the double impact.
This is almost how Whitebeard in the original work defeated Ace. Whitebeard did it after defeating Ace many times at any time and in any place, whether by head-on attack or sneak attack, while Wick only did it once.
"Since you've eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit, let's talk about the development of the fruit.
The ability of a devil fruit is not static, and the direction is also diverse. It depends on which direction you want to develop it. What do you think is the direction of the development of the Flame-Flame Fruit? What kind of effect do you want to achieve? "
After knocking Ace's heart down from the sky, Vic's second purpose of coming here should begin. In the original work, Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit was developed quite well, but it was a bit fancy and had not touched the essence of the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Another reason is that his Haki training is not enough, so this ability cannot reach its full power. Another reason is that he relies too much on the ability of the fruit and has not considered special situations where the ability cannot be used.
These are all the factors that led to Ace's eventual death. Vic is prepared to solve Ace's shortcomings bit by bit so that Ace will be a strong helper when he repays his gratitude in the future.
"The development direction of the Flame-Flame Fruit should be burning, right? I've been using it this way recently. The means of attack may be different, but the final result is burning!"