Chapter 91 Detained at the Police Station
Port Building underground parking lot.
Nakahara Chuuya was leaning on his motorcycle. When he saw Ace coming over, he said casually, "Why did you come just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"I came here wearing some clothes." Ace also came over and touched his own car everywhere.
Nakahara Chuuya glanced at his white pullover T-shirt with a colorful cyberpunk print on the front, but he didn't change his pants. He had gotten used to seeing Ace shirtless for some time and had forgotten to ask him to wear clothes when he went out.
After all, he didn't like being stared at strangely when he went out.
Both motorcycles were proposed by Chuuya Nakahara's subordinates, so they are placed together.
Like Nakahara Chuuya, Ace also chose a black and red motorcycle. He also liked the passionate and cool color. Although he actually preferred the brighter orange, the original vehicle did not have this color. At that time, Nakahara Chuuya told him that if he needed it, he could buy it and paint it a different color later.
"Hey." Seeing Ace touching his car, Nakahara Chuuya took out the key of his car from his pocket and threw it to him, "Your car key."
"Oh!" Ace took it and went back to his car.
Just as Nakahara Chuuya took out his car key and prepared to start his motorcycle, Ace's voice came from the side: "Strange, where does this key go?"
Nakahara Chuuya: “……?”
He stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Ace with a subtle expression, "Don't you know where to insert it?"
“I don’t know.”
Nakahara Chuuya showed an incredible look, "You even bought a car, but you don't know how to drive it at all?"
"Ah? Isn't it true that you can figure out how to open this kind of thing once you get the hang of it?"
Ace showed his genuine doubts. In his world, everyone was like this. It was just a means of transportation. Didn't everyone learn it right after seeing it? For example, the means of transportation in the Sabaody Archipelago, which they bought but couldn't use on the ship, what a waste. They could only say that they were trying it out. Of course, they rented it right there, learned it right there, and played with it right there.
Nakahara Chuuya: “???”
However, if you want to drive without knowing anything about it, aren't you afraid of getting into an accident?
Nakahara Chuuya tried to give him some guidance, at least to let him know what the various parts of the car were for. After he explained everything to Ace one by one, he asked him, "Have you memorized them all?"
"Remember!"
Nakahara Chuuya breathed a sigh of relief, pointed at a random part and asked him, "What is this for?"
Ace thought for a moment and answered affirmatively: "Turn signal!"
Nakahara Chuuya's tone was raised again, he hesitated: "...This is the brake."
Ace was shocked: "Impossible! The brakes are clearly under my feet!"
"The one under your foot is also a brake. There are two brakes..." Nakahara Chuuya wiped his face, "Forget it, let me ask you, is the brake under your foot on the left or right foot?"
Ace immediately lowered his head, lifted his foot, thought for a moment, raised his head and said with a firm smile: "Left foot!"
Nakahara Chuuya looked at Ace helplessly as he saw him lift up his right foot and then told him it was his left foot. His heart suddenly became very heavy.
He took a deep breath, then sighed heavily, "Why don't you buy a practice car first?"
He wasn't worried about Ace, a supernatural being who was very skilled and not afraid of harm, he just felt sorry for this new car. When he bought it, he didn't think that Ace needed a practice car, so he bought the best one!
Ace's eyes widened: "Huh? Why? If I buy a new one, won't I be unable to ride it today?"
Nakahara Chuuya frowned and thought for a moment, "I got it, why don't we go to Albatross and register to get one?"
Besides, Ace was using the leader's money, so wouldn't keeping his account be equivalent to reimbursing the organization?
We can forgive him for asking the organization to reimburse him because he has been very short of money recently. Although his salary has been paid, the commissions and bonuses for various tasks have not been distributed yet. After buying this motorcycle, he has been a little tight on food recently. He even thought about selling a bottle of expensive red wine that he had collected three months ago.
But it doesn’t matter, he will have money again once the commission and bonus are credited to his account!
…
"Hey? Checking in for a practice car?" Albatross, who was leaning on the sofa in the office reading a magazine, turned around with the help of the chair, put down the magazine, put his hands on the armrests, stretched his upper body and faced them, "You actually came here to check in for a car, Chuuya, but I remember you told us yesterday that you bought a new car?"
As he spoke, his eyes slowly moved to Ace who followed Nakahara Chuuya in, and he said with understanding, "Is it for him? Hmm, I see." He took out the registration booklet from the drawer, and took out a ballpoint pen from the pen holder on the table and handed it to Ace, "Just register according to the above format."
Because he was injured in the previous Dragon War, he has not been on any field missions recently. After being discharged from the hospital, he sits in the office every day to deal with some paperwork and read magazines and play on the computer. He lives a pretty comfortable life.
Ace took the manual and pen and tried to fill out the form on his own, finding a spot on the table.
Albatross stole a glance at him, and seeing that he was attracted, he immediately pulled Nakahara Chuuya aside and asked him in a low voice: "Chuuya, Ace, is he the eldest son of the leader who ran away from home and became a pirate?"
Nakahara Chuuya pulled up the corner of his mouth awkwardly: "..."
I want to say something but I hesitate. It’s hard to finish what I want to say.
He didn't know how to answer this question, so he just mumbled a few words and got through it.
Ace filled out the booklet and handed it back to Albatross. Albatross put the booklet away and picked up the key to the garage. "Come on, I'll take you to get the car."
…
The three of them quickly selected a cheap and easy-to-use heavy motorcycle in the garage. Nakahara Chuuya turned around and asked Albatross, "We're going out to test drive the motorcycle later. Do you want to come with us?"
"I'll give up," Albatross refused, "My injuries haven't fully healed yet. I'll be broken after racing."
"Okay then, let's go."
“Have fun.”
After seeing off Chuuya Nakahara and Ace, Albatross returned to the office, took out the booklet and turned to a new page, wanting to see how Ace filled it out.
"Name: Portgas D. Ace... Oh! There's a surname! So the leader's wife's surname is Portgas? Hiss - that's not right, Westerners' surnames seem to be at the end? So Ace is actually a surname? But this doesn't look like a surname either? Hmm... maybe in some European countries, the surname is placed at the front?"
Albatross, who suddenly discovered the new gossip, amused himself for a while and looked at the reason for picking up the car. This one was quite ordinary, just saying that he was learning to drive.
Hiss, wait, this handwriting... why does it feel a bit like the leader's handwriting?
Albatross frowned, found a document that the leader had previously approved, looked at it, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Good boy! The handwriting is exactly the same! The leader must have taught him how to write!
Well, if you are learning to drive, it is considered a non-mission vehicle. If there is any damage to this vehicle, you will definitely have to pay for it yourself. Albatross thought about the driving style of himself and his companions, and felt that the driving style that could be played with Chuuya would not be much different, so he could prepare in advance.
Since he is the leader's son, there seems to be no difference between the leader paying and the organization reimbursing him. Anyway, just keep a record of the account. If the Ministry of Finance does not approve it, then come back to Ace to get the account back.
…
The consequence of learning on the go without any foundation is undoubtedly disastrous. As Ace's driving route and speed are completely unpredictable, it is difficult for Chuuya Nakahara's ability to take care of Ace while taking care of himself.
In short, there was a car accident.
Ace's body reacted very quickly. Just before the motorcycle uncontrollably crashed into a roadside telephone booth, he used his legs to jump out from behind the motorcycle.
Nakahara Chuuya drove his car to the damaged telephone booth and motorcycle and asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, I was very fast and dodged it." Ace shook his head, a look of pity in his eyes, "But the car is broken, and I just got it today."
"…Think positively. Even if you have to pay compensation, you're holding the leader's secondary card."
Ace sighed, "Forget it, let's go buy a cell phone."
Just as Nakahara Chuuya was about to say "OK", he found that they were suddenly surrounded by traffic police.
The leading traffic policeman took a look at the motorcycle that was indistinguishable from the tragic telephone booth, then looked at the motorcycle that Nakahara Chuuya was leaning against, and a scrutinizing look appeared on his face.
She stared at Ace questioningly, "Please show me your driver's license." Then she turned her head and stared at Nakahara Chuuya, "You are still a minor, right? The displacement of this type of car is far beyond the limit! In short, you are breaking the rules, kid."
Nakahara Chuuya couldn't stand being called "little boy", but the person on the other end was a girl, and he felt a little guilty for breaking the rules, so he just stood there stiffly without saying a word.
On the contrary, Ace, who was standing next to him, had no idea what this meant and turned to ask Nakahara Chuuya, "Chuuya, what is a driver's license?"
Behind the policewoman, several traffic policemen inhaled softly.
Good guys! This guy is blatantly provoking them, right?
But Nakahara Chuuya knew that he was unreliable from the moment he met him. After hearing what he said, he knew that this guy really didn't know. He was such a straightforward and stupid person!
This situation could not be explained, so the traffic police directly confiscated his intact motorcycle. The two people who wanted to escape together had to be taken to Yokohama Police Station.
One of the two men was an adult of 20 years old, and the other was a minor of 16 years old; one was driving without a license, and the other was driving in violation of traffic rules; one was caught by the traffic police and criticized and fined, and the other was held in the tea room and asked to call his guardian to pick him up.
Nakahara Chuuya has no guardian. If you have to say it roughly, the leader and Sister Hongye can be considered as his guardians. But how could Nakahara Chuuya call these two people for such an embarrassing matter?
He immediately called his deputy Kawasaki, hinting that he was detained at Yokohama Police Station with his vehicle for illegal driving and needed a "guardian" to pick him up.
Kawasaki is very reliable. He personally pretended to be Nakahara Chuuya's guardian. However, given the superior-subordinate relationship between him and Nakahara Chuuya, Kawasaki pretending to be a boss and guardian inevitably paid too much attention to details and was full of inconsistencies. The traffic police noticed something was wrong and asked him to provide proof of kinship.
Of course, this kind of proof cannot be provided. Kawasaki can only say that they are not related and that he is just his current guardian. So the traffic police did the next best thing and asked him to provide proof of guardianship.
Kawasaki had no choice but to make an excuse to go back to get the materials, and then called the colonel, Nakahara Chuuya's boss, for help.
The colonel, who was working on a report in Mori Ogai's office, heard his cell phone ring for a moment. Just as he was about to turn it off, Mori Ogai said, "It's okay. You can answer it first. Maybe it's something important."
The colonel picked up the phone and listened for a while with a dull expression on his face: "...Wait, you said you want me to help arrange to go to...Yokohama Police Station to pick someone up? Because of illegal driving?"
Hearing this, Sen Ouwai's expression changed, and he glanced at his phone.
Just now, a notification came on his phone, notifying him that his secondary card had been charged more than one million yen in an instant, and he couldn't help but have a bad feeling in his heart. When the colonel agreed to help arrange it later, he interrupted him and said, "Ask him if Ace is with Chuuya."
The colonel asked for him and then replied to Mori Ogai: "He said that Ace-kun was detained for driving without a license, and it seems that he was discussing the fine and compensation inside."
Mori Owl: "..."
Sure enough, he knew it!