Ace and Appetite
At the scorching midday, the temperature suddenly dropped, as if winter had arrived.
Merry and Robin shuddered at the same time, and their hearts grew cold.
Kuzan followed the two running figures slowly, getting closer and closer.
"Jump!" Meli shouted softly, tightening her grip on Robin's hand. She suddenly leaped onto a low wall, stretched out a tentacle to grab the top of the wall, and with the force, she swung and jumped onto the roof with Robin.
The tiles were scorching hot from the sun, like branding irons, but Meli didn't care about the pain. He used several tentacles to climb the eaves and walls, sticking, retracting, and bouncing, and his little figure kept jumping between the roofs.
Icicles followed, freezing the ridges and tiles, and even the heat waves swirling in the air.
"You go first." Robin suddenly pulled Merry's hand away, "He's targeting me."
Before he could finish his words, another tentacle of Merry had already wrapped around Robin's wrist like lightning.
"No," Merry said teasingly, sticking out his tongue and grinning, "My bounty is much higher than yours."
As we were talking, we finally reached the coast.
Crash——
The sea water suddenly surged, and several sea kings broke out of the water, opened their huge jaws, and rushed straight towards Kuzan.
"Ice Age." Kuzan just raised his hand casually.
In an instant, the world fell silent and the temperature plummeted to dozens of degrees below zero.
The sea king that pounced on them was frozen in mid-air, maintaining its original posture and turning into an ice sculpture.
The white ice layer continued to spread around Kuzan, leaving only ice crystals wherever it went.
The cold air soon reached the feet of Merry and Robin.
Merry pushed Robin hard towards the sea water which was not yet completely frozen.
"Take her away!"
Robin stared at Merry's figure in surprise, not even having time to exclaim.
The thin ice exploded, and a sea king suddenly broke out of the ice. It opened its huge mouth, held Robin in its mouth, and dived quickly into the deep sea.
The ice quickly climbed up Merry's tentacles and chest, spreading all over her body inch by inch, and soon completely enveloped her.
Merry was frozen into a large block of ice and fell on the frozen sea.
boom--
The ice was broken again by another sea king, and the ice block carried Merry to the bottom of the sea.
Kuzan on the shore lowered his eyes and stared at the shattered ice.
After a long time, he shrugged lazily, and his eyes looked like he was still sleepy.
"Huh? Well, never mind..."
......
The night sky is filled with dazzling stars.
"That's what happened before I was frozen." Merry recalled the last time he saw Robin, his eyes a little dazed. "I wonder how Robin is doing now."
Ace leaned against the mast, raised his finger, and a wisp of flame flicked from his fingertips: "The admiral who ate the ice fruit? I really want to fight him."
Deuce poured cold water on him without any hesitation, saying, "Come on, it took your fire a whole day and night to melt the ice on Merry. You can't beat him now."
"Tsk!" The flame on Ace's fingertips suddenly became fiercer and turned into a firebird with spread wings, big and bright, illuminating the boy's entire face. His eyes under the orange cowboy hat burned with confidence, and the corners of his lips were curled up in an eager arc.
"I was controlling my firepower because I was afraid of destroying the contents of the ice!"
Ace looked towards the distant horizon, flames dancing in his eyes, and his voice was filled with the youthful confidence and vigor.
"In a real fight, who will win or lose is not certain!"
Deuce was first startled by Ace's aura. He was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed drastically: "Hey! Ace! Watch your fire, don't burn our ship!"
"Ah? Wall-E~ Wall-E~" Ace laughed and put away the flames, but the flames in his eyes burned more and more fiercely.
"Hahaha, Luffy's brother is really interesting." Merry couldn't help but laugh along.
"After all, I'm your brother!"
......
"I'll go in first."
As the boat approached the shore and hadn't stopped yet, Ace couldn't wait to jump out and rushed into the woods.
Zeus dragged the boat onto the beach and began to pick up branches and dead leaves nearby.
Merry was flopping around in the shallow water, trying to recover.
Perhaps because he had been frozen for too long, Meli's limbs were still a little stiff and it was not easy for him to move.
After waking up from the ice, for some unknown reason, Meli's appetite increased greatly, and his stomach seemed to have become a bottomless pit, and he ate more and more.
The food on the ship had long been eaten by Meli, and Ace had a big appetite too. The three of them had no time to think about any other ambitions. Just thinking of ways to satisfy their hunger was enough to give them a headache.
Not long after, the rumbling sound of fighting came from the depths of the forest.
Merry swallowed and raised the corner of her lip: "It seems that Ace has made a good harvest."
"That's good. Ace is still reliable sometimes." Deuce piled up the branches and smiled happily. "I've been eating grilled fish every day lately. I'm a little tired of it."
Although Merry asked the nearby sea kings to send a lot of fish.
But Ace and Deuce’s cooking skills are average, and eating too much seafood makes you feel very sick.
As he was speaking, the sound of rustling leaves could be heard in the woods.
Ace rushed out of the woods, dragging a wild boar that was bigger than all of them combined.
The orange cowboy hat was blown to the back of his head by the wind, and the hat string was tied next to his Adam's apple, making his smile even more unrestrained and ostentatious.
"Tonight's dinner is here!"
"What a big wild boar!" Meli shouted in surprise, his eyes shining.
"Big? That's barely enough to fill our stomachs tonight." Ace grinned, the freckles on his cheeks shining in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Hehe, sorry, I seem to have eaten too much recently."
"Hahaha, your little bit is nothing. Luffy eats more than you."
"Ah, Luffy, he could eat an entire wild boar by himself."
"That's right! That guy Luffy! One time, Garp and I had a quarrel, and in the blink of an eye, Luffy ate a huge bison until only the bones were left."
"And then? And then?"
When talking about Luffy's childhood, Ace could talk for days and nights without stopping, and Merry laughed so hard that she rolled on the ground holding her stomach.
"Garp also wants Luffy to join the navy, but I said he could eat up all the food on the entire warship in one day..."
"Hahahahaha, that's something Luffy would do."
Deuce's temples started pounding when he heard this: "You two are Luffy fans! You're treating me like a invisible person again!"
"Are you guys still going to eat?"
"Ah, eat, eat, eat! By the way, let me tell you, there was another time when Luffy mistook the crocodiles in the river for stones and jumped on their backs..."
While Ace was chatting with Merry, he simply dealt with the wild boar with a dagger.
Deuce arranged the branches in a crisscross pattern and lit a bonfire.
Soon, the aroma of meat filled the entire bay, making people salivate.
The setting sun shines obliquely, and bursts of joyful laughter are heard.
Seabirds were circling overhead, chirping in delight at the aroma. Some tried to swoop down to steal some meat, but were shot down by Merry's water arrows, becoming a snack for the three of them.
Meli's several tentacles moved out at the same time, and his cheeks were filled with meat and bulged.
Deuce had eaten his fill and was peeling some wild fruit he had picked on the island.
Ace held up a wild boar leg and enthusiastically recounted Luffy's embarrassing story: "Then, that guy fell into the river while being chased and scolded by the wild boar, crying and shouting..."
After saying that, he imitated Luffy's expression at that time, "Ace! Save me!"
The funny expression made Meli burst out laughing on the spot, and the meat in his mouth sprayed out.
Deuce was also amused and laughed so hard that he almost cut his finger accidentally.
Ace took a big bite of the barbecue and continued incoherently: "Luffy ate the devil fruit and became a landlubber. What can I do? I can only jump in to save him..."
"But Ace has become a landlubber now. From now on, if Luffy falls into the water, he can no longer shout 'Ace, help'."
"Oh, yes, it's okay, Luffy is very lucky..."
"Ha ha ha ha......"
The wild boar of Shuoda was gradually gnawed away until only its white skeleton remained.
The sea breeze carried the young people's unbridled laughter to every corner of the sea.
The sound of waves hitting the shore seems to be amused by the joy here and is responding.
next day
The rising sun was orange, splashing across the earth, and even the Charger was coated with a dazzling golden edge.
Ace went to hunt another big wild boar, and after the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, they continued on their journey.
Merry sat sideways in the middle of the narrow hull, with his eight tentacles hanging down into the sea.
Ace stood in front of the flamethrower with one hand in his pocket, his back straight, his shirt collar wide open and blown back, revealing the outline of his strong chest and abdominal muscles.
"Ace," Merry turned around, her hair instantly messed up by the sea breeze, and she had to raise her hand to hold it down. "Are you going to look for the great treasure too?"
"The Great Secret Treasure? I'm not interested in that," Ace's lips curled up with a confident arc, his five fingers clenched together, his voice burning, "I'm going to the New World, find that living legend, and fight him!"
Meili pondered for a few seconds, "A new world, then I'll go with you."
"No problem, welcome to join our Spade Pirates!" Ace slapped Merry on the back, almost knocking her into the sea.
"Hey, I didn't say I wanted to join..." Merry staggered, and his tentacles subconsciously wrapped around the hull, "Ahem..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ace didn't even give Merry a chance to refute. He stretched out his big hand and ruffled Merry's hair. "You are already a partner of our Spade Pirates."
"No, when did I say I..."
"Welcome to join us!" Deuce next to him immediately applauded to show his welcome.
"Hahaha, let's have a great fight!"
"Ah," Merry opened his mouth but didn't insist, "That's it."
"Let's reach the pinnacle of pirates together!" He threw a flaming fist arrogantly forward.
"Hey! Ace, be careful, your flames burned my hair!"
"Oh, Deuce, I'm so sorry!"
"Hahahaha, it looks like the days ahead won't be boring."
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