Chapter 43 Long Live Friendship

After a friendly exchange, Ace got his wish and sat in the car arranged by the two drug dealers. Alice had already put it away when he was eavesdropping on the wall.

The man with the crew cut, who had ordered the car, sat in the passenger seat, while the bearded man, Alexander, and Ace, who had beaten them both into pig heads, sat in the back seat.

The black car driver glanced in the rearview mirror and asked, "How many of you are there?"

The man with the crew cut also glanced at the rearview mirror secretly, but he didn't expect to see the strange guy in the rearview mirror suddenly looking at the rearview mirror, and then revealing a creepy smile.

That guy...suddenly laughed so scary, was he threatening him? He must be threatening him not to say anything nonsense, right?

The buzz cut man was startled, and quickly looked away, took a breath, and answered the driver: "There are five more."

The black car driver didn't feel his fear at all, and said, "There are quite a lot of you. If we change people, others won't be willing to take us."

"Haha, yes, yes..." The man with a crew cut responded with a forced smile.

Seriously, where did this weird guy come from? Why is he doing this kind of performance art in the middle of the night? If he is pretending to be a fake, the edges of his fake nose are a bit bulging and not fitting the skin well! And those weird sunglasses, don’t you think they are too conspicuous?

What are you saying about looking for a way to escape from Yokohama just like them? What the hell! Such a chuunibyou... an old chuunibyou, would do such a thing? Aren't they all "destroying" the world because "it's not my fault, it's the world's fault" or "saving" the world because "the world can't live without me"? Why are you doing such a despicable thing like them?

If not, well, this brother's fighting ability was recognized by them, they would not have let him get on the car!

Ace, who was sitting in the back seat, actually did not intend to "threaten him not to talk nonsense" as the crew-haired guy speculated. He simply noticed that the other party was looking at him through the rearview mirror, so he smiled back.

As for the so-called creepy feeling, it is completely the filter that the other party has added themselves.

Mori Ogai, who had to sit in the car because he couldn't control his body, was very tired. [Are you just going to rush over like this? ]

Although the two said they were going to pick up five more people, Moriogai had no doubt that Ace could beat them. From the small details, it was clear that these two were so rubbish, how powerful could their accomplices be? Not to mention Ace, even if Moriogai himself came with twenty more of these people, he would not be intimidated.

The problem is, he never thought that Ace would pretend to be your accomplice and force his way into your car, and then wait until you pick up everyone before catching them all in one fell swoop!

And what are those messy things on your face? Are you pretending? Can you even call this pretending!? It's too perfunctory!? Are you sure you're not kidding!?

Now I really just pray that before Ace takes off this mess, he won't run into anyone he knows! Especially not someone he knows! Otherwise, he'll really want to stab someone!

Although the bearded man and the crew-haired man really wanted Ace to get off the car as soon as possible, they didn't dare to say anything when they thought of the other party's terrifying fighting power.

If there wasn't a suspicious and menacing stranger, the two might have chatted with the black car driver and dug up some information, but now both of them were as quiet as chickens. The black car driver felt a little strange, but he didn't know these two people well, so he just assumed that they were just silent.

But Ace was different. He had no sense of being a stranger to be watched. He completely considered himself one of their own and asked with a smile, "Why aren't you talking?"

The buzz cut guy and the bearded guy: "..."

Dare not say, dare not say.

The black car driver still didn't sense their fear and helplessness. When someone approached him, he smiled and said, "I thought you didn't like talking."

"No, actually I think it's nice to chat." Ace started chatting with him very naturally. The two people next to him dared not say anything, "I just think this speed is not exciting enough, so boring."

"Huh?" The black car driver became interested when he heard this. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you think I drive too slowly?"

"Yeah," Ace had no idea what euphemism meant. Not only did he directly confirm it, he also found an experimental group to compare it with, "I have a friend who is a super good driver! Whoosh - he flew over the wall!"

Black car driver: "...flew over the wall?"

His face was blank for a moment, and then he asked cautiously, "Is he a person with special abilities?"

The man with a crew cut and the man with a beard both had indescribable expressions on their faces at this moment.

This level of skill isn't something that only people with special abilities can achieve, right? Just because you can't do it yourself, you want to force everyone who can do it to become a special ability user? Have you a little self-awareness?

Mori Ogai: [……]

Listening to these marginal figures talking about people with special abilities, he felt quite strange.

Yokohama is a pretty magical place. Although the authorities have concealed the existence of people with special abilities from the public, due to the weak control, many people with special abilities never thought about concealing their abilities when using them, and they are too lazy to even give them face. Therefore, the local people in Yokohama basically know the existence of people with special abilities, and everyone knows it tacitly.

"No." Ace's words broke his self-deception, "My friend seems to be very good at driving anything. I heard that he can also fly airplanes and submarines! But I have only ridden in a car driven by him, and it was super exciting!"

Although he was rather anxious at the time and did not really experience the speed and passion, when he thought about it again, he could not help but want to do it again a few more times in a relaxed mood next time.

However, the next few times when Albatross drove him, taking into account that the person sitting in the car was the leader, and when there was no need to rush, safety and comfort became the primary considerations, so Ace never rode in such an exciting car again.

[By the way, Mr. Ougai, why don't we go take a plane and a submarine ride sometime? It would be really fun! ]

Ace's own Spade Pirates have never been to the legendary Sky Island. When Whitebeard was young, he led the Whitebeard Pirates to Sky Island. However, when Ace's Spade Pirates were merged into Whitebeard Pirates, Whitebeard was already very old, and because of old injuries from his youth, he was still on long-term intravenous drips and taking medicines. Even the pirates' favorite activity of drinking was strictly restricted.

The technology in their world has not yet developed to the point where they have high-altitude flying vehicles. Moreover, the sky islands above the clouds do not have exact coordinates, and most of them are even constantly moving.

The target location is uncertain, and the way to reach Sky Island is also full of uncertainty and danger. Whitebeard's physical condition can no longer withstand the rigors of going to Sky Island, so after Ace joined the Whitebeard Pirates, he still did not go to Sky Island.

Therefore, he still has a great curiosity and yearning for heights.

As for submarines, Fishman Island, located ten thousand meters deep under the ocean, is the only way to reach the second half of the Grand Route - the New World. If you want to reach Fishman Island, you must coat the ship at the previous stop of Fishman Island, the Sabaody Islands.

After the ship is fully submerged in the sea, this membrane will be peeled off from the hull and turned into a spherical bubble that wraps the entire hull. This bubble can withstand the high-intensity water pressure at a depth of 10,000 meters underwater, allowing the ship to still have breathable air and not be sunk by water pressure when it reaches 10,000 meters below the sea.

In other words, every pirate group that successfully reached the New World must have dived into the deep sea ten thousand meters below.

Therefore, Ace's expectations for going into the sea were not as high as those for going into the sky. He wanted to ride in a submarine because he had never been in a submarine and was curious about submarines. He was also curious about what was different under the deep sea in another world.

However, with Mori Ogai's status, it was impossible for him to ride on an airplane or submarine without special circumstances. So Mori Ogai ignored his words.

Instead, the black car driver gasped, "Hiss - your friend is quite impressive? He can even drive a submarine. He can't be from the military, right?"

The other two people in the car also looked towards him dimly.

"Haha! No, he's from the Mafia."

The carriage fell into silence.

The word "mafia" is both unique and common in Yokohama, but a mafia that can fly both airplanes and submarines is not simple no matter how you think about it! ?

The buzz cut man couldn't help but ask, "Is your friend a member of the Port Mafia? Or is he a member of the Takase Society?"

"It's from the Port Mafia."

"Scared—" the bearded man gasped, "Your friend is from the port mafia, and he didn't even get rid of you. He really treats you as a friend!"

The drug prohibition was an order from the port mafia, and was originally only for internal use. However, because their goods flowed into the port mafia, the port mafia used this as a source to start dealing with people related to this batch of goods. Later, they didn't even distinguish whether they were related to this batch of goods or not. Anyone who had anything to do with the goods in Yokohama was arrested or dealt with directly.

That's why they have no choice but to leave Yokohama and go abroad in this roundabout way.

I have a friend in the port mafia, and his friend hasn't caught him yet and sent him to serve as a reward. Isn't this true friendship?

Ace laughed and glossed over the past, "So I have to leave now. I can't make things difficult for my friends."

"That's right. If it accidentally falls into the hands of his colleagues or superiors, it would be difficult to get it out."

After driving for a while, the car stopped outside an abandoned old warehouse. Under the low beam, five people, some tall, some short, some fat, and some thin, stood there and waved to the car.

The few of them didn't say much, they just looked at the situation inside the car and wanted to get in.

The man with a scar on his chin was carrying a suitcase and found another person inside. He asked the man with a buzz cut and the man with a beard, "Why is there another person? Who is this person?"

The buzz cut man and the bearded man looked at each other, got out of the car and said, "That guy forced us to let him get on the car! We don't even know who he is!"

Upon hearing this, the scarred man immediately pulled out his gun and pointed it at the figure in the dark carriage, "Come out! You'd better not let me shoot!"

The black car driver was startled, and then sat back in his seat as if nothing had happened. He was not too nervous. Even if it was a case of black gangs robbing black gangs, what did it have to do with him as a driver?

Ace got out of the car with his hands raised. After entering the range of the low beam, Scarface saw the dizzyingly funny sunglasses at first sight.

Wow! It's a bit scary to see something like this in the middle of the night!

He shuddered with fear, pulled off his sunglasses, and demanded, "Who are you? What's your purpose in getting on our car?"