Chapter 105 Invitation and Inheritance

"...Huh?" Ace scratched his head in annoyance at Akutagawa Ryunosuke's words of redemption, "Can't you just tell me where they are?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned and was about to take action. A boy named Hisaya who had been hiding came out in a hurry. He smiled and said tactfully while trying to stop Akutagawa Ryunosuke secretly: "We also want to tell you, but we really need money now. We still hope that both of us can reach a mutually satisfactory result. What do you think?"

He just observed that this man should be the type that is easier to talk to. And if Akutagawa kills the man right away, how can they ask this man for more money? The only money he has is in his trouser pockets, so he probably doesn't have much on him. They can ask him to pay more money to redeem the two men.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned, not quite agreeing with him jumping out at this time, but he didn't blame him out loud either.

However, Ace's thinking process is different from that of ordinary people. He asked directly: "Do I have to pay to see them?"

"Isn't this nonsense?" Akutagawa Ryunosuke was already a little impatient. He wanted to rob or use violence to force the other party to hand over the money.

Kumi pulled at the sleeve of Akutagawa Ryunosuke and said with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry, but you should give us the money first, right?"

"Hmm..." Ace didn't think much about it. He took out the secondary card that Sen Ou had stuffed into his pocket and asked, "Can I pay with the card?"

Hisa's smile froze. "Don't you have any cash?"

"Ah? I don't even carry any money. This card was given to me by someone else."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke raised his hands fiercely, "If you don't have money, just kill him and exchange the things on him for other things! Rashomon——!"

This time, Kumi was unable to hold him back, and the beast head transformed from the cloth pounced on Ace and bit him.

Ace's eyes lit up, and he dodged the frontal impact by leaning to the side and grabbed the clothes that were still rushing forward from the side, but the next moment his expression changed slightly and he wrapped his hand in domineering aura.

The violent friction between the clothes and the armed color domineering that passed through Ace's clenched palms made a slightly harsh sound similar to that of metal, and even faint golden sparks could be seen from the black domineering!

"You are a person with special abilities." Ace exclaimed.

When Akutagawa Ryunosuke saw that his attack was not only blocked by him but also caught by him, his face suddenly changed drastically, and several strange beast heads appeared under the hem of his clothes, connected with the clothes, and attacked Ace from all directions.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiumi who was next to him immediately ran away and hid back in his original hiding place.

Ace let go of the clothes that were already shrinking in his hands, and the black domineering aura instantly wrapped around his two arms. With just a slight movement, he caught all the gray beasts that attacked him in his hands. In the eyes of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, he grinned, took a half step back, and at the same time, he exerted force with both hands, directly pulling the clothes in his hands, and in turn pulling Akutagawa Ryunosuke himself towards himself.

Long-term malnutrition made Akutagawa Ryunosuke thin. His past colds and fevers were not treated in time and he suffered from lung disease. His strength was completely based on his special abilities. The rest was his flexible movements when dodging attacks. His body strength was not strong, especially in front of Ace. That little bit of strength was almost negligible.

This little bit of strength, when Ace grabbed the monster formed by the clothes and pulled it hard, caused Akutagawa Ryunosuke to be thrown into the air!

In the panic, the cloth extended by the supernatural power that Ace was holding in his hand was instantly removed, and the newly appeared gray strips randomly stabbed to the ground, trying to stabilize Akutagawa Ryunosuke who was falling in the air.

At this moment, Ace took a step back, got into position, then suddenly rushed forward and jumped, approaching Akutagawa Ryunosuke from the air before he could react.

Noticing Ace approaching him, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's pupils suddenly shrank, and he was about to use a strip of extended clothing to attack Ace. However, when the gray beast just poked its head out, the swift Ace had already hooked Akutagawa Ryunosuke's waist with one arm and lifted him directly from above a pile of sharp gray strips!

"I got you." Ace's voice rose slightly, with a slightly uplifting smile.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke's heart tensed up, the hem of the clothes was stirring again. He bit his lips tightly, and in his narrowed eyes he saw the gray beast head extending from under the hem again, like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue, rushing towards Ace's back from behind.

“clang——”

The sharp cloth that transformed into a gray beast did not penetrate Ace's chest as he wished. Instead, it rubbed against Ace's back, creating sparks and making a fierce and harsh friction sound. It bounced out from the other side and stabbed into the stone brick next to it.

Ace's landing brought him a slight shock, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke was about to fight back when he was pinned to the ground with his back facing up. He saw that the man still had a smile on his face, "You lost, can you take me to see my companions now?"

The other person's hand pressed his neck, but he didn't feel suffocated. Akutagawa Ryuunosuke slowly came to his senses and noticed that the other person's exposed arms, arms, and muscles under the half-open shirt collar had all turned black.

So that's how it is. Is it strengthening?

Akutagawa Ryunosuke's eyes darkened a little, "Ahem, you are a person with special abilities."

"Hmm? No."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned, not understanding why this person would tell such a lie that could be exposed at a glance, but he didn't intend to ask any more questions about it.

"I lost. Why didn't you kill me?"

After the fight just now, he knew very well that he did not have the ability to kill him. Even if he attacked by surprise, as long as he still had that ability, he would not be able to break the opponent's defense.

But it was absolutely impossible for him to take this guy to his base. He had no way to subdue or kill him. This guy was dangerous to him, and his sister Akutagawa Gin was still in their base. He couldn't bring this danger to his sister!

If the other party was deceiving him, he would have brought death to his own sister with his own hands!

Ace tilted his head. "Why would I kill you? You just attacked me. This isn't something that would make me kill a brat like you, right?"

"But I also captured your companions, and now they may be dead." Akutagawa Ryunosuke said maliciously, "You are not naive enough to think that Ray-Bow Street is a place with good intentions, right?"

Ace widened his eyes slightly and looked at him in confusion: "Are you provoking me? Why?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke shouted irritably, "I told you that your companion is dead! Didn't you hear me?!"

"They won't die." Putting aside the special ability with Xie Ye Akiko, "Ranbu took the initiative to follow you, right? Since he did this, it means you will definitely not hurt them."

Ace still believed in Ranpo Edogawa on this point. If Ranpo Edogawa did not follow them voluntarily, given their location at that time, Ranpo would definitely not have made any noise to attract his attention, nor would he have left any clues that would have attracted his attention. This was clearly a calculation that they would not be harmed during the time before Ace found him.

"You guys—"

"Click."

There were footsteps right in front of them, "You, you let Akutagawa go!"

There were other voices shouting from the back: "Hey! Xingchuan! Come back soon!"

Ace looked up and saw a boy about the same age as Akutagawa Ryunosuke standing there holding a rusty knife with the tip of the knife pointing at him. His legs were still shaking and there was fear on his face.

"Hey, you, let him go!" the boy named Yukikawa repeated again.

His appearance was like a signal, and the other children who had been hiding came out from behind the shelters in various corners, slowly approaching with some weapons that were so broken that they looked ridiculous, and surrounded Ace.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke also saw it. His face turned pale and he shouted angrily, "Who let you out? Get out! Go back! Cough, cough!"

The loud roar caused an uncontrollable itching in his throat, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke couldn't help coughing.

If he was the only one who was captured or killed, they could have gone back quietly to report the news, leaving the two troubles behind and moving away before this guy found their base camp. But now it was different, if they wanted to keep the location of their base camp, they had to either kill this guy or all of them!

Ace immediately understood what was happening, "You want to protect your companions."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke struggled violently in his hands, and his clothes began to stir again, "I'll hold this guy back, you guys run away! Cough, cough cough!"

Ace looked at the fabric that was frantically stirring again, and said in annoyance, "Well, I'm not going to kill you, there's no need to react so violently, right? To be honest, I admire people like you... By the way, do you want to leave Raibo Street?"

Yukikawa Hiko, who was the closest to him besides Akutagawa Ryunosuke, was stunned. He didn't quite believe his own understanding and asked back, "Are you saying that you want to take us away from Raybo Street?"

"Stop joking! How can you believe what adults say! Have you forgotten our companions who were kidnapped by those adults before!?" Akutagawa Ryunosuke yelled and struggled hard, trying to break free from Ace's shackles, but the opponent's strength was beyond his ability to resist. He couldn't even pry open the opponent's hands that were pressing on his neck.

The rest of the boys and girls, who had originally shown signs of doubt, immediately regained their vigilance.

Seeing that they didn't believe him, Ace couldn't help but explain: "If I wanted to attack you, you would have no ability to resist, right?" He thought for a moment and asked again: "Do you want to become stronger?"

"……?"

The teenagers looked at each other, not understanding what he meant.

"I've been to Rayo Street before, and there aren't any strong people there. The last one was Chuuya, but he's not in Rayo Street anymore. If you want to become stronger, there's no hope for you to stay in Rayo Street."

"Chuya...? Are you talking about that Nakahara Chuuya?"

Nakahara Chuuya has lived in Raybo Street for seven years and left Raybo Street only two years ago. Nakahara Chuuya, who was born in Raybo Street, has now earned the reputation of Gem King and Gravity Manipulator in the Port Mafia. Even though he is no longer in Raybo Street, it is impossible for the people of Raybo Street to completely forget his existence.

"Yeah." Ace nodded. "So you guys are leaving with me? A heart that yearns for freedom will not be constrained. If you want to see a wider world, you will definitely leave here one day. Now you are just leaving early."

He grinned and said, "When I was your age, I had already decided to become a pirate king. At the age of 17, I left my hometown on a small boat and became famous on the sea. But now I have ended my career. How about you go to the sea to see it?"