On top of two small peaks tens of meters high, Rhodes and Ace were not far apart, testing each other's skills.

Neither of the two natural ability users used their full strength from the beginning.

In the hot weather, you can even see waves of heat. Sweat dropped from Rhodes' forehead to his feet and evaporated in an instant.

"Musket!"

Ace suddenly raised his arms, pointing his index and middle fingers at Rhodes like guns, and fired continuous flames from his fingertips.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Rhodes stared at the oncoming flames and screamed inwardly that something was wrong. He quickly stepped on his feet and jumped into the air, but the number of flames did not decrease but increased, and he could only keep dodging.

"It's an interesting move." Thinking of this, he suddenly felt something in his heart. While constantly shifting his body in the air, he imitated Ace's gestures and aimed his index and middle fingers at Ace.

Then with a thought, a transparent bullet passed through the flames that rushed towards his door and shot towards Ace.

"Huh? What kind of ability is this?"

Although Ace couldn't see Rhode's 'Transparent Bullet', with his arrogance, he noticed something was wrong in an instant, and elementalized his chest in advance to skillfully avoid Rhode's attack.

As the 'transparent bullet' penetrated his chest, Ace, who had turned into a flame, immediately understood the opponent's moves. He stopped what he was doing and showed an interesting smile on his face, "It seems you should be the one." It hasn’t been long since I ate Devil Fruit, and I’m developing new moves very quickly.”

Rhodes slowly landed on the mountain peak and said with a grin: "I learned it temporarily. Your move is called musket, so let me call this move empty gun. After I ate the empty fruit, my body can turn into air."

"A very good fruit." Ace said, simply sitting on the mountain peak and nodded towards Rhodes, "My name is Ace, captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates."

"Rhode, pirate hunter."

After a brief exchange of blows, both of them seemed to find it boring to continue fighting, so they simply stopped.

Rhodes even ran to Ace carelessly and started talking to him.

Although he has only been a pirate hunter for a short time, he knows that many pirates are not bad, such as Akin before, Bucky with a red nose, and Ace now.

"You must be from the East China Sea, you have the smell of the East China Sea." Ace hugged his knees and looked at the distant town, his stomach growling.

"Well, we just entered the Grand Line a few days ago." Rhodes took out a piece of barbecue wrapped in paper and handed it to Ace, "My ship's cook made it. It's delicious."

"Thank you!"

"Shouldn't you stay on Whitebeard's ship? Why did you come to the Grand Line?" Rhodes finished the roast beef in two bites and lay back down.

"Find a guy named Teach, defeat him, and then take him back to dad." Ace said.

"Okay, I think you can't find anything after searching like this, so I'll give you a little help."

As he spoke, Rhodes had a thought, and [Pirate Pointer] appeared instantly.

Looking at the lines above, there are three thicker lines pointing in different directions.

The thickest one represents the person sitting next to him.

"Does that guy named Teach have a high bounty?" Rhodes asked while pointing in two directions: "There is a guy with a bounty of about 3 million who is rushing towards this direction from that direction. It will be a while. We’re here, and there’s another guy in that direction. As for Alabasta, there’s no one with a bounty of over [-] million except you.”

Ace looked at Rhodes with a confused look on his face, but he didn't ask anything out of upbringing. Instead, he looked in the direction of Rhodes's finger and took out a map to compare it carefully.

"If it's true as you said, that guy from Natic ​​is on this line, Asso Island, Hasud Island, Banaro Island..."

Rhodes looked at Ace who was concentrating on him and tightened his grip on the baseball bat in his hand.

Forget it, I can't beat...

……

Standing on the hot land of Nahana, Big Bear closed the Bible in his hand, looked in one direction, and suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Soon after, on the Carl Rode, Duke was lying dying on the deck, and Carmen was missing.

"Cough...cough..." Duke coughed out a mouthful of blood and looked at Big Bear mockingly, "I didn't expect that a person like you would become a lackey of the Tianlong people. I don't know what the revolutionary army has. What a conspiracy."

Sitting cross-legged on the fence, Big Bear was not angry because of Duke's words. He asked calmly: "You actually know that I am a revolutionary soldier?"

"Haha, my surname is Rocks, what do you think?" Duke sneered and leaned against the fence, staring at the big bear not far away, "Saint Chalmark is really a villain. If he continues If I get a chance, I will kill him and those bastards, not to mention his wife."

After hearing this, Big Bear showed a rare look of shock on his face, and then thought of the red-haired man who ruled the sea in the new world, "Does he know you are still alive?"

"What's the use of knowing, what's the use of not knowing. His mother is sitting on the throne of the void, his cousin is sitting on the Shichibukai, and he is sitting on the throne of the four emperors. How can he risk the world's taboo? Come to rescue my lonely cousin?" Duke smiled mockingly, "Besides, who knows whether he and his mother are in the same group."

"No wonder, Long once said that maybe it's not a good thing for red hair to sit in the position of the Four Emperors." After Big Bear finished speaking, he slowly stood up and walked towards Rhodes, "You are also a hard-working person, you have to travel. If so, where do you want to go?”

Duke was very clear about Bartholomew Bear's ability. He looked at the sky in the distance and said slowly: "Don't you know where I want to go?"

"That place has disappeared. Forget it, let me deal with that boy first." After Big Bear said that, he slapped Duke unconscious, then looked into the distance and disappeared on the ship.

……

"Well, I still think you should listen to your father. That guy named Teach looks like an old silver coin at first glance. A stupid young man like you will be played to death by him." After listening to Ace's words, Rhodes Gave his own opinion.

If Teach could stay on Whitebeard's ship for many years without seeking fame or fortune, he must be dormant and waiting for the opportunity.

And this kind of person must have an agenda.

Once the time is right and his true nature is exposed, the execution power of this kind of person will be terrifyingly strong.

After all, after so many years, everything that needs to be done must have been planned.

Just like a lottery ticket buyer, before he wins, he must have fantasized about how to spend the 500 million won. The plan is clear!

"I said listen, forget it's wrong. That guy Teach couldn't have killed Thatch for no reason, so he must have gotten something, such as a huge treasure, a treasure map, a devil fruit, or OnePiece There are no clues."

"After getting something, he just hides and develops secretly, or establishes his own faction to quickly increase his strength."

"If you hide that kind of person, you will never find him in your life."

"To increase your strength, you need to either recruit powerful partners or gain a status that will be feared by everyone."

"In this way, no matter what his ultimate goal is, he already has the capital to sit at the poker table."

"So, your idea of ​​trying to capture him single-handedly is very dangerous. Maybe when you find him, they have found a reinforced company with Italian cannons waiting for you. When the time comes, you will be handed over to the navy. You can still make a lot of money, after all, the 5 million bounty can be used to pick up girls for the rest of your life."

Rhodes' head turned quickly and he analyzed it for Ace.

Ace frowned after hearing this, then laughed loudly and said, "That's right, then I might as well let you catch me."

"That's right, come on, don't move, I'll knock you unconscious with my hammer and pull you back." After saying that, Rhodes pretended to stand up.

Ace shook his head helplessly, and then his smile suddenly faded: "You are a very good friend. If I are really caught by the navy, will you save me?"

"Save me with a hammer, how can I do business with the Navy in the future? I am a pirate hunter, okay? I just can't beat you now, otherwise I would have knocked you unconscious with a stick and called the Navy."

Rhodes waved the baseball bat in his hand, "And even if one day comes, your father and his thousands of sons will definitely overthrow the Navy Headquarters. I am a little person like Whitebeard. I’ve heard of it all.”

"Hahaha, dad should like you very much."

Ace patted Rhodes on the shoulder and stood up slowly, "I will stay in Alabasta for a few days to wait for my brother. If I see him again, I will treat you to a meal."

"Your brother? Is his bounty high? I should be able to beat him. Just bring him here and I swear I'll give him a stick." Rhode joked.

"I'm afraid not. His fruit won't knock you out even if you have Armed Color Haki, unless it's the Overlord Color." Ace smiled, then jumped off the mountain and walked towards the city in the distance.

Rhodes: "...It's all a waste of time."

Watching Ace walk away, Rhodes was about to go back to the ship to see Duke and Carmen. But before he could go far, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and at this moment, a window popped up:

[Target information: Bartholomew Big Bear]

[Level: S6]

[Fruit: Meatball Fruit]

[Domineering: Knowledge Color (Advanced), Armed Color (Advanced)]

[Physique: SR8]

[Others: King Shichibukai]

[Estimated income: 29000 points. 】

Rhodes looked at the man in front of him with a bear hat and bear paws printed on his body, and swallowed...

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