People are pirates, this navy is not very fair!

January 1517, 1 in the Circular Calendar.

East China Sea, Mount Corpo.

Sephiroth and Maginot were talking and laughing, walking side by side on the mountain road leisurely.

From a distance, the two of them saw two small wooden houses standing on the lawn in front of Bandit Dadan's house, with a plaque hanging on each of them with the words "Ace Country" and "Luffy Country" written on them.

This is the wooden house that Ace and Luffy built when they were kids and they were having trouble. They said it was to cultivate the ability to live independently.

However......

The two guys still often go to Dadan's house to borrow things, which makes people very doubtful whether they are really living independently...

Ace stretched out his hand and pointed in front of him. He saw a two-meter-tall clay doll dancing with fuzzy facial features and only clear limbs. He said with a smile:

"Look! Luffy, the doll I made out of clay can actually move according to my thoughts!"

Luffy looked at the clay doll, his eyes sparkling and said:

"Wow! It's really awesome! It's great!"

When Sephiroth approached, he saw the two brothers standing in front of a dancing clay doll, discussing happily. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly and said with interest:

"This devil fruit ability...should be a clay fruit, right?

The ability to create clay at will and manipulate it into shapes...

Ace, how did you get this devil fruit..."

Hearing this, Ace came back to his senses from the curiosity of testing his own abilities, and said with a smile:

"a ha ha ha!

Yesterday, when I went to the high town of Goa Kingdom with Luffy, I happened upon a group of pirates and snatched a sum of money and a strange fruit from their hands.

I took a bite out of curiosity and didn't know it was a devil fruit...

The taste is really terrible!

As a result, I am now a landlubber.

However, this ability seems very interesting... hahaha! "

Sephiroth: "..."

After briefly explaining how he obtained the Devil Fruit, Ace curiously asked:

"By the way! Why are you here?"

"Isn't today your 17th birthday?

You also said before that you would go to sea on your 17th birthday, so Maginot and I came to see you off..." Sephiroth explained.

He has known Ace and Luffy for almost eight years.

Although Sephiroth only came to see the two of them every once in a while and gave them some guidance on their cultivation, after such a long time, they naturally developed a bad friendship...

Originally, he planned to let Ace choose one from his Devil Fruit collection before he went to sea as a gift for his birthday and sea voyage.

After all, Sephiroth felt that with Ace's talent, if he did not die prematurely, he would sooner or later be able to cause a scene in the sea and attract some of the attention of the Navy and the World Government...

Unexpectedly, the other party actually obtained a devil fruit first.

After hearing Sephiroth's words, Ashton suddenly realized:

"Ahahaha! It seems that is indeed the case..."

"Well! I guess you don't even know how to get to the Grand Channel when you go to sea now...right?" Sephiroth guessed.

"Huh!? This...

It’s not a big problem. Let’s go to sea first and then talk about it. There will always be a way! "Ace said with a guilty conscience.

"Really!

Sephiroth couldn't help but smile and shook his head, took out two maps and a recording pointer from his pocket, and explained:

"Here are the maps of the East China Sea and the nautical charts of the great waterways, and the pointers of record..."

"Hahaha! Sephiroth, you have helped me a lot. Thank you so much!"

After Ace reached out and took the three items, the smile on his face became even stronger, and his heart was filled with joy.

He didn't expect that Sephiroth would send him the item he needed most urgently, giving him a big surprise.

............

Colbo Mountain, on the coast,

After everyone held a banquet for Ace at bandit Dadan's house, they came to the beach to see him off.

Ace jumped onto a small fishing boat docked on the shore. He smiled and turned to look at Sephiroth, Makino, the bandit family, and his younger brother standing on the shore.

"Luffy, next time we meet, I will be at the top of the pirate list!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately raised his right hand, pressed it on the straw hat above his head, and said with a smile:

"Hahaha!

Ace, just wait and see, when I go to sea in the future, I will definitely become the Pirate King! "

As soon as Luffy finished speaking, Sephiroth casually punched the former on the top of his head, causing him to roll on the ground in pain and tears streaming down his eyes.

Then, Sephiroth thought for a while before speaking:

"Hey! Ace, you must be careful, there is a man named Marshall D. Teach.

This guy is very dangerous, very ambitious, and absolutely cannot be trusted..."

"Teach? Who is he...?" Ace asked with confusion.

"Just remember what I said now. I also hope that you will never encounter..." Sephiroth said thoughtfully.

"Okay! I remember."

With a nonchalant expression on his face, Ace finally waved to the people on the shore, raised the sail, and let the fishing boat slowly sail away from the coast.

Sephiroth glanced at Luffy, who was still on the grass, holding his head and screaming, rolling on the ground.

"Hey! Have you had enough lying down?"

Luffy touched the big swelling on his head, stood up from the grass, and said helplessly:

"Damn it! Why do you hit me every time I say that..."

"It used to be to warn you not to talk nonsense in front of me, but now it's just a courtesy."

"..."

"Okay! Let's get back to the subject, you should be almost completely able to adapt to the low-purity Sea Tower Stone shackles now, right?"

"Well! Now I can easily carry two or three tons of things while wearing the sea tower stone shackles!"

As he spoke, Luffy raised his right hand, wanting to show off his biceps, but unfortunately he couldn't see any muscle curve at all.

"That's it! Although your foundation is still a bit weak, it's almost time to help you develop your fruit abilities...

If you use that trick now, your lifespan shouldn't be lost, but fatigue is still unavoidable. "

Sephiroth murmured as he stretched out his right hand and pressed it directly on Luffy's chest.

"Feel it carefully, this move is called... second gear!"

As he spoke, he used the vampire fruit's ability to control blood to accelerate the blood in Luffy's body, causing the latter to instantly turn red and filled with heat.

Luffy clenched his fists and said with a surprised look on his face:

"Wow! This...I feel like something terrible has changed in my body!"

Hearing this, Sephiroth immediately patiently explained:

"This is my ability to help you speed up your blood, thereby strengthening your body's toughness and explosive power...

If you want to enter second gear, you have to use your hands and feet as pumps..."