Chapter 126 Souvenirs

Over the course of a year, Akutagawa sent many postcards back, just as they had said on the day they set sail. Even the colonel who stayed in the United States sent an email back to Ace, mentioning Akutagawa and the others.

There was no substantial intersection between the two sides, but the colonel did make use of Akutagawa and his men.

The Vermillion Pirates robbed several batches of goods from the local mafia, and then sold them in another area. However, some of the goods were agreements and negotiation terms between different mafia organizations. Once the goods were lost, they had to urgently recover them, otherwise conflicts would arise between the two parties.

The colonel used this trick to secretly clean up the Asuka Pirates' tail, preventing the organization chasing the cargo from losing it. He also sent people to secretly spread rumors between the two parties, completely destroying the cooperative relationship between the two organizations. He is currently secretly devouring these problematic organizations.

「To Ace:

Your student is quite talented, but he still lacks some experience. With more polishing, he will surely shine.

Overall, it is a good prospect worth looking forward to.

——By たいさ

Ace was quite happy to receive the email from the colonel. He felt like the first time he saw Luffy's bounty order.

At the speed of a cruise ship, it is actually possible to sail around the world in less than a year, but the Pirates of the Caribbean did not set out specifically for the purpose of sailing around the world, so the time spent in various countries along the way was relatively longer, so much so that it was not until a year had passed that they left the United States.

Everyone in the Asuka Pirates is now equipped with a smartphone. In addition to postcards and local specialties sent back, Ace also received a lot of mail from the Asuka Pirates. Except for a few crew members hired on board, there were mails from almost every member, and the most were probably from Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

Unlike other people who told him interesting things that happened recently or complained about other companions' stupidity, Akutagawa's emails were all written in a diary style, basically a daily account plus his thoughts and insights. They were very formal and boring, but Ace could vaguely see his slow changes in them, which made him feel very interesting.

Ace took the newly arrived package back to the office and immediately opened it to take a look. As expected, there was food inside again.

【What is it this time? 】

Moriogai had already gotten used to the food deliveries that Ace had received from time to time over the past year. Akutagawa had obviously also known Ace's preferences very well, and every time he sent back, he would either send postcards or local specialties.

"Let me see... Hmm, Turducken... What is this?" Ace opened the plastic packaging and guessed, "This looks like... roast chicken? It seems to be a variety of roast chicken that I have never seen before..."

Alice also leaned over the table. She snorted and said, "It smells so good."

[It's turkey. I guess.] Sen Ouwai had never made any special effort to learn about American cuisine, so this was a rare opportunity to touch upon his blind spot in knowledge. He perfunctorily said, "How about you look it up on the Wikipedia?"

Ace is not such a nosy person. He doesn't have an encyclopedia, so he decides to use his mouth to figure out what kind of chicken it is.

"It tastes like roast chicken!" He broke off another piece and handed it to Alice. "Huh? There's more inside? This looks like... roast duck?" Ash suddenly became interested. He pulled two duck legs and broke the roast duck in half. "Wow! There's more! This tastes like... roast chicken too?" He broke it off again. "Ah... no more."

Mori Ou was habitually silent and didn't respond to this.

It's very strange to pack two whole chickens and a whole duck in there. You can't really put 17 or 18 of them in there, right? Even if you want to put them in there, you can't.

The turkey was quite big, especially since it contained a roast duck and a roast chicken. The portion was quite large. Ace not only ate it himself, but also shared some with Alice. However, he still had burping after eating it.

Mori Ogai always wanted to touch his stomach. With this amount of food, if Ace hadn't been exercising a lot, he would have suspected that he might have become fat in middle age.

...No, no, no, 38 years old is still youth, he is still a young man!

Ace drank some water, turned around and called Alice: "Let's go, let's go out and digest the food."

“Here we come!”

…

The turkey buns, roast duck buns and roast chicken were eaten at three in the afternoon, and dinner was eaten at six in the afternoon. When the meal was switched, Ace hadn't even finished eating.

Thanks to the position he chose in the corner, Mori Ougai was able to conjure Alice out again before anyone else noticed the abnormality.

Mori Ougai glanced at the unfinished beef rice in front of him and silently put down his chopsticks.

How should I put it? Even though it was “himself” who ate this bowl of rice before, he felt like he would be eating someone else’s leftovers if he continued eating.

I can't eat.

Besides, he had just eaten such a large portion of meat at three o'clock in the afternoon, so he was not actually hungry now. If he were in his place, he would not have planned for dinner.

Seeing him put down his chopsticks, Ace couldn't help but ask: [Why don't you eat anymore? Don't you like it? ]

[…I’m not hungry, or rather, I’m actually quite full right now.]

[Is that so? Then I'll eat it.]

[Wait a minute!] Upon hearing Ace say this, Mori Ogai immediately stopped him, [Don’t come out now!]

Suddenly a tall man over 1.80 meters tall appears. Do you think everyone else is blind?

[…Oh. Then are you still eating? ]

【I won’t eat anymore.】

[Then pack it up, otherwise it would be a waste. ]

Mori Ogai: [……]

Has the leader of the port mafia fallen to the point where he has to take away a cheap meal like beef rice?

…

Although Sen Ou was reluctant, he finally packed the bag.

After leaving the hotel and finding a secluded place for Ace to come out, the packed lunch box fell into Ace's hands again.

Ace followed Morigull while walking and eating with his lunch box, and occasionally he would take a piece of meat from his lunch box to feed Alice.

Compared to Mori Ougai who was a little disgusted with the meal that Ace had eaten using his body, Ace didn't disgust at all with the meal that he had eaten using Mori Ougai's body. To him, it was just a matter of continuing to eat at a different time and place.

"Huh? It seems like there's a sister being teased over there."

Ace looked over as Alice said and frowned: "Have we seen that lady somewhere before?"

A few dozen steps away, a blonde lady was sitting on a bench on the street. She had her head slightly lowered and was holding a can of beer in her hand. Three thugs with dyed red and yellow hair and highlighted hair were surrounding the bench. One of them even tried to pinch the blonde lady's jaw.

"...If I'm not mistaken, they seem to be subordinates of the guerrilla force directly under our leader." Mori Ogai said.

No matter how you look at it, with this identity, the ones who suffer are the thugs who surround her and want to tease her.

"What if she's drunk?" Ace said as he headed over there. His companion couldn't be bullied.

The corner of Sen Ou's mouth twitched, and he didn't follow over immediately.

He felt that even if a person was drunk, he could be incorporated into the guerrilla unit directly under the leader, and he should not be someone that anyone could control.

As expected, as Ace approached, he saw the lady grab the wrist of the yellow-haired man's hand that was reaching out to her with her left hand, and then smashed the yellow-haired man's head with the beer can in her right hand, knocking him dizzy. When the other two thugs surrounded her, she gave them another roundhouse kick, knocking them to the ground.

So Ace, who was originally preparing to go over to help, grabbed the lunch box and applauded her.

The blonde lady looked at him and was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Ace?"

The three hooligans saw that the person they were teasing was so fierce, and now there was a strong and tall guy who looked like he could fight, so they immediately ran away smartly.

After clapping, Ace caught the lunch box in his mouth with his hands and said with a smile: "I told you I've seen you before, you were really good just now!"

The blonde lady lowered her head in embarrassment. "No, it's just that the three guys just now were weaker."

Although she had only joined for two years, Higuchi Ichiyo had seen Ace at the organization's training grounds, and the other's fighting level was far beyond her current level. She was a little ashamed to be praised by such a senior in the field where the other was good at.

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"Ah?" The topic jumped too far and Higuchi Ichiyo was stunned.

"After we eat, let's go shopping together!" Ace started to randomly recruit people to form a team. He turned around to call people, but there was only Alice left in the direction he came from. Moriogai had left without knowing when, so he greeted Alice: "Alice! Come here quickly!"

"I'm here." Alice came over and smiled at Higuchi Ichiyo. "Hello, sister. What should I call you?"

In front of the two children who were both leaders, Higuchi Ichiyo said a little shyly: "My name is Higuchi Ichiyo, you can call me whatever you want."

Ace immediately followed up with the conversation: "Have you had dinner yet? If not, let's go eat together!"

What does the fact that Moriguwai can't eat have to do with him and Alice having special powers? Anyway, they won't be full no matter how much they eat!

Higuchi Ichiyo's eyes fell on the beef rice in Ace's hand, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Although she did not have dinner, Mr. Ace does not look like he did not have dinner. Aren't you eating now?

Alice took her arm and said, "Come on, let's go have a seafood dinner!"

I just finished eating meat rice, and now I want to change to something else, there’s nothing wrong with that!

“Go, go, go!”

…

Sitting in the seafood restaurant, Higuchi Ichiyo hadn't reacted yet to the fact that he was being dragged by the leader's two children to have dinner together.

Hmm... somehow, it's as if I have established a good relationship with the leader's children.

After watching Ace order the food, Alice asked with her cheek in her hand: "Sister Higuchi, why were you sitting there alone just now? And you were drinking——"

"I..." Higuchi Ichiyo looked a little dazed and didn't say anything further.

Alice casually guessed, "Could it be that he's heartbroken?"

"!!" Higuchi Ichiyo's face flushed immediately, and he nervously denied, "No! I have never been in love!"

"So you just want to drink it, right? Do you want to try rum? I think rum is delicious!" Ace recommended enthusiastically.

"I, I can't drink strong alcohol..."

"Stupid Ace! It's obvious that Sister Higuchi is in trouble. What does it have to do with whether she likes to drink?" Alice snorted at Ace twice, then looked back at Higuchi Ichiyo. "Sister Higuchi, if you have any problems, please tell us. Maybe we can help."

Higuchi Ichiyo looked a little embarrassed, "I... I don't have any difficulties..."

Alice seemed to be guiding him casually: "Come to think of it, I feel that Sister Higuchi is not really suitable for the armed forces."

Higuchi Ichiyo's pupils shrank.